Few Questions - myTouch 3G, Magic General

First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.

Moving to General because this has nothing to do with developing ROMs.

Sorry about that Binary.
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Hollywood80 said:
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No worries. The Magic thread has been a bit slow the past few days anyway. It's nice to have something to do.

Hollywood80 said:
First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.
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If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.

AdrianK said:
If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.
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HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?

Hollywood80 said:
HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?
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If you want stock you will lose root. If T-Mobile send you the 2.2 update you will still not have root. Why haven't you checked out CM6-RC1 yet? It's stable and with root. I've been running it for over a week on my MyTouch 1.2 and haven't had any issues.
Individual results may vary.

So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

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So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Yes CM6-RC1 runs very well on MyTouch 1.2, you just need root and a custom recovery installed. You should use Titanium to backup your apps and data because a wipe might be required. I didn't have to... but results may vary. In regards to SetCPU, I wouldn't know because I am comfortable with what I have. I have 7 completely filled screens with JIT and everything else is default. I have just over 100 apps installed and I have about 150mb of internal memory remaining still. No need for a2sd.

Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?

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Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?
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Amon_Ra, clockwork, etc.

Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.

Hollywood80 said:
Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.
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Make a nandroid backup first!!!!

Oh yeah of course.

Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?

Hollywood80 said:
Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?
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That's what a nandroid backup is for.
But try a complete wipe, reflash and restore SOME of your apps and data. You also need to make sure that you flash the correct gapps. Froyo not the donut, eclair one.

Yeah I used the one on the same post with the CM6 download link. Will try a wipe then try CM6 again.
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So Binary here is an interesting one for ya. I ended up doing a wipe. Also did a Dalvik wipe as well. Loaded CM6 RC1 on. Loaded the Google Apps on. Worked fine. Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed. Eventually it appears the Market installed every app I had running before I wiped. Not sure how it did that. Trying to get my Weather Widget Donate to work. Try to load the Large flip clock and weather widget and all it does is make my home screen fade a little but that's it.
EDIT: Finally got my weather app to work. Think I'm finally on the right track now. Loving the fact I can have up to 7 screens! And the Update All in Market is a godsend!

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Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed.
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Did you wipe your ext partition?

Thats the google backup thing workin foe ya...also if its still slow turn off the color thing and turn ON jit under the cyanogenmods settings. And keep the clock at 576. Alsso dont enable compcache.
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2.1 sucks...how can I get 1.5 back?

Not sure what they did on this thing. I thought 2.1 was supposed to IMPROVE performance...and add some BT functionality.
I got no BT improvement. Instead, I got:
1. Random reboots
2. Slow/crashing Navigation
3. Useless voice recognition on Navigation
4. Random phone calls placed when fiddling with BT
5. Slow opening notifications
6. WIFI won't turn on
I could go on and on...
Sprint says I can't go back to 1.5, but I'm sure there's a way to do it.
HELP PLEASE! I'm rooted, if that helps.
Greg
theres noway. your H-Boot has been updated. thats the end of it. 1.5 just wont work anymore.
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troublestylist said:
HELP PLEASE! I'm rooted, if that helps.
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Yes it does. Just find a 1.5 ROM for CDMA hero. However, before most of our devs moved on to the EVO almost all of them stop developing 1.5 and moved to 2.1
I would suggest trying out some 2.1 ROMs and see what you like.
If you are rooted you should have put a recovery on your phone that you can get to by pressing home and turning on your phone. The first thing you will want to do is make a nandroid backup in case you don't like things. Then stick a ROM on your sdcard. Select all the wipe options except for battery and rotate and then flash a new ROM.
Id try wiping and reloading a 2.1 rom. I never had any of those problems when I went to 2.1.
I'm running the latest DamageControl and can honestly say I am not having any of those issues. I say you should try using a different ROM.
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Yes it does. Just find a 1.5 ROM for CDMA hero. However, before most of our devs moved on to the EVO almost all of them stop developing 1.5 and moved to 2.1
I would suggest trying out some 2.1 ROMs and see what you like.
If you are rooted you should have put a recovery on your phone that you can get to by pressing home and turning on your phone. The first thing you will want to do is make a nandroid backup in case you don't like things. Then stick a ROM on your sdcard. Select all the wipe options except for battery and rotate and then flash a new ROM.
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I didn't root until I got 2.1, so I surmise the 1.5 is gone, right?
derekwilkinson said:
I'm running the latest DamageControl and can honestly say I am not having any of those issues. I say you should try using a different ROM.
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RegawMOD was also recommended. Any reason why to pick one or the other?
Thanks for all the help. Sad that unpaid and unsupported independent developers can do this job better than HTC.
In a best case world, I'd be able to get ad hoc networking to work. I followed the directions but didn't have any success. My ultimate goal was to enable my Hero to display photos wirelessly from my computer. Many programs do it the other way around.
Originally I thought BT would be the easiest wireless protocol, but it seems pretty weak for that sort of data transfer. So 802.11 seemed a better solution...but for some reason Android folks decided to cripple the OS from recognizing ad hoc networks. Odd.
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I didn't root until I got 2.1, so I surmise the 1.5 is gone, right?
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You can still flash 1.5 ROMs. You just can't flash the 1.5 RUU.
Great...
Tried Damagecontrol 2.09, did a clean wiped install, and everything seemed fine. Didn't seem much faster, but whatever.
Too bad I waited until I was at work to reboot. Now it's in a bootloop, and I'm stuck at work with no phone.
Sprint sent me a new phone. Once I confirm it's got 1.5, they can have this 2.1-infected POS back.
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Tried Damagecontrol 2.09, did a clean wiped install, and everything seemed fine. Didn't seem much faster, but whatever.
Too bad I waited until I was at work to reboot. Now it's in a bootloop, and I'm stuck at work with no phone.
Sprint sent me a new phone. Once I confirm it's got 1.5, they can have this 2.1-infected POS back.
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Look... there's a good chance your new Hero WILL have 2.1 on it. If it does, just root it and install a custom 1.5 rom.
troublestylist said:
Tried Damagecontrol 2.09, did a clean wiped install, and everything seemed fine. Didn't seem much faster, but whatever.
Too bad I waited until I was at work to reboot. Now it's in a bootloop, and I'm stuck at work with no phone.
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This might mean you simply didn't wipe everything before you flashed the new ROM. Always perform a full wipe before flashing new ROMs.
Take the battery out of your phone. Put it back in and reboot to Recovery (hold Home and press Power). Then select the Wipe option, and go down that list and wipe every single category (I do them each twice just to make sure).
Then go back to the main menu and flash the ROM again. That should probably solve any bootloop problems.
(I don't know if it works exactly this same way with the rooted 2.1 RUU [I'm still on rooted 1.5], so if any of the above is wrong, anybody please correct it...)
HeroMeng said:
Look... there's a good chance your new Hero WILL have 2.1 on it. If it does, just root it and install a custom 1.5 rom.
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Yeah, I was thinking about that. If so, I might as well keep MY phone and install a 1.5 ROM on it. Less work, and they can have their "new" phone back.
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This might mean you simply didn't wipe everything before you flashed the new ROM. Always perform a full wipe before flashing new ROMs.
Take the battery out of your phone. Put it back in and reboot to Recovery (hold Home and press Power). Then select the Wipe option, and go down that list and wipe every single category (I do them each twice just to make sure).
Then go back to the main menu and flash the ROM again. That should probably solve any bootloop problems.
(I don't know if it works exactly this same way with the rooted 2.1 RUU [I'm still on rooted 1.5], so if any of the above is wrong, anybody please correct it...)
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Wow, so working with this ROM is like dealing with my kids. I have to tell it everything twice No thanks. Not worth the hassles.
2.1 doesn't do anything better that I can see. I'll deal with wired tethering considering how rarely I use it. The Navigation on 1.5 works better, or at least the voice recognition does.
Why exactly are you still using 1.5??? What custom 1.5 ROM would you guys recommend? Any that have ad hoc networking built in so I don't have to hack it myself?
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Pretty sure all of them do.
Sure wish we could get WPA working for us....stupid kernel.
troublestylist said:
Wow, so working with this ROM is like dealing with my kids. I have to tell it everything twice No thanks. Not worth the hassles.
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You don't have to do them all twice, I was just saying that I do to make sure -- personal preference. Considering how those wipe options only take like 1 second each, there is no "hassle" of which you speak. Adds maybe an extra 4 to 5 seconds to your day at most.
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Why exactly are you still using 1.5??? What custom 1.5 ROM would you guys recommend? Any that have ad hoc networking built in so I don't have to hack it myself?
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I'm not still on a 1.5 ROM, I just haven't yet updated my phone to stock 2.1 using the can't-ever-go-back-again 2.1 RUU. What I meant is that I still have the 1.5 root, but I have been using 2.1 ROMs over top of that for at least a couple months now. I think all these 2.1 ROMs are much faster than 1.5 ever was. Slow speed and lag were my biggest annoyances in stock 1.5.
We probably won't be able to answer all your questions or remove all your doubts. You won't know completely until you try some of them yourself.
If you look in the Wiki there are several 1.5 Roms out there that you can use. However, there are some apps that will only work with 2.1. Once your rooted you can flash any ROM from 1.5 or 2.1. You might also consider an AOSP rom which doesn't have Sense UI. But as I stated in another thread yesterday, most people end up adding apps to try and emulate certain characteristics of Sense UI. I don't like vanilla android, but it is supposed to be faster.
Here are all of the ROMs available. If you want a 1.5 Rom I would suggest Gumbo 1.5c, Modaco 2.2, or Fresh 1.1.
Thanks all. I honestly can't imagine how anyone could find 2.1 faster than 1.5, but I guess maybe once I'll reload 1.5, it may remind me. The "other half" of the people are (like me) saying the CPU can't handle the extra 2.1 features.
I never found 1.5 slow for anything other than phone calls. Now, those are WORSE, and the lag time to do anything else now exists, where it didn't before.
I ran DC all day, and it was just as annoying as the stock ROM. Maybe a little better in places, worse in others.
I guess I'm running "basic" stuff compared to all you guys running heavy apps or something.
Pancake 1.5 running now...refreshingly smoothly Yea, a bit of the glitz is gone, but wow, no lag.
And I have a Navigation program back that has a functional voice recognition. I hesitate to update because I'm not sure how far the revs go under 1.5. I don't want the new version back and I don't know if it's 2.1-only.

[Q] Phone is SLOW after 2.2.1 Update

When I woke up this morning my phone prompted me to install the long awaited update to 2.2.1. Now that I've installed the new OS my phone is dreadfully slow! To the point where it's almost unusable. Anyone else experiencing this problem after updating? Any solutions?
Thanks,
-Adam
Try a factory reset.
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Try a factory reset.
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There is no longer a Factory Reset option in SD card & storage settings; what is going on with my phone?!!? AHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I called tech support and they told me an alternate way to perform the factory reset. Power Off, Hold Home+Power button for 20 sec, etc. Gonna try that and hopefully my phone will work properly.
Thanks for the help,
-Adam
Root it post the System dump and come back tomorrow for the fast version.lol
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adam79 said:
There is no longer a Factory Reset option in SD card & storage settings; what is going on with my phone?!!? AHHHHHHH!!!!!!
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Sad story really. Factory data reset wasn't paying the rent and got evicted from SD card and phone storage settings. Now living under the Privacy settings bridge in a cardboard box. All because it couldn't be content with donuts and blew the the rent money on a frozen yogurt habit.
Kind Regards,
Kevin
kpetrie77 said:
Sad story really. Factory data reset wasn't paying the rent and got evicted from SD card and phone storage settings. Now living under the Privacy settings bridge in a cardboard box. All because it couldn't be content with donuts and blew the the rent money on a frozen yogurt habit.
Kind Regards,
Kevin
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Wow. Creative!
Is there anyway to revert back to 1.6, or am I stuck with 2.2.1? I did the factory reset and the phone is running ok, but it ran much better before.
I'm having an issue with the browser.. My phone reboots when I open the browser and try to run a search, or while I'm typing in a website address. However, the phone is stable when I run searches or "go to" websites via the Google widget. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
-Adam
I had exactly the same problem.
I was quite happy with the speed of 1.6. Got the OTA update to 2.2.1 and I have hated the phone since! Rang HTC to see if anything can be done and as usual no returned calls etc.
I ended up rooting it and using setcpu to get it almost back to how it was but it still has its issues.
I would put a custom rom on but I dont want to risk bricking it just yet.
Download this, rename it to update.zip (not update.zip.zip), and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, do the factory reset from there, then select apply update.zip from SD card. Let it do it's thing. The problem is that you did the factory reset AFTER installing, doing it before is the way to go. The file is the official update, so you'll just be re-installing it.
@creative, your past the hard part. Just download/install ROM Manager from Market, select "Flash Custom Recovery", reboot into recovery, wipe, and flash whatever ROM you want. Or just do the above to get the 2.2.1 working better.
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Download this, rename it to update.zip (not update.zip.zip), and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, do the factory reset from there, then select apply update.zip from SD card. Let it do it's thing. The problem is that you did the factory reset AFTER installing, doing it before is the way to go. The file is the official update, so you'll just be re-installing it.
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ummm im on a mytouch 3.5mm jack too. ive hadnt gotten the update yet. im rooted and using cm6.1. if i flash the .zip, will my root be gone? and will anything happen to my phone? thanks
adam79 said:
When I woke up this morning my phone prompted me to install the long awaited update to 2.2.1. Now that I've installed the new OS my phone is dreadfully slow! To the point where it's almost unusable. Anyone else experiencing this problem after updating? Any solutions?
Thanks,
-Adam
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Do another factory reset and this time let it sit there (DON'T TOUCH IT!) for a solid 10-15 minutes after it gets to the sign-in screen. This is a very slow phone in the first place and there are all sorts of background processes and "thinking" going on the first time you boot up into new software.
I've flashed many roms on my old mt3g and this genuinely makes a huge difference. Try it.
Oh, and did I mention this phone is just slow in the first place? It is, and it has way too little RAM. Why on earth T-mobile gave us the 32B instead of 32A, I will never know...
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ummm im on a mytouch 3.5mm jack too. ive hadnt gotten the update yet. im rooted and using cm6.1. if i flash the .zip, will my root be gone? and will anything happen to my phone? thanks
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Your not going to be able to flash the update.zip if your using CM 6.1, the install will just fail. You'll have to return the phone to stock using the stock sappimg, then apply the update. You will lose root, but you can get it right back using SuperOneClick. Nothing should happen to your phone unless something happens while its updating the radio, which is nearly impossible unless you pop the battery out or drop it or something of that sort during the update (same risk you run if you do the update OTA).
I had the same problem. Before I updated, I formatted the SD and wiped everything. I left the phone on the counter over night after flashing. 6 hours later and it was still pretty bad.
I just went back to stock and I'm going to try Gio's themed ota.
Edit: Gio's version is blazing. Just in case anyone was wondering.
Sent from my nuclear powered submarine!
DonJuan692006 said:
Download this, rename it to update.zip (not update.zip.zip), and put it on the root of your SD card. Boot into recovery, do the factory reset from there, then select apply update.zip from SD card. Let it do it's thing. The problem is that you did the factory reset AFTER installing, doing it before is the way to go. The file is the official update, so you'll just be re-installing it.
@creative, your past the hard part. Just download/install ROM Manager from Market, select "Flash Custom Recovery", reboot into recovery, wipe, and flash whatever ROM you want. Or just do the above to get the 2.2.1 working better.
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Or you could rename the file to sappimg.zip and power the phone off and hold down the Volume Down + Power and press the Action button (which is just pressing the scroll ball) and it will take you phone back to your factory reset. Then you can root and install you ROM as mentioned above.
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Or you could rename the file to sappimg.zip and power the phone off and hold down the Volume Down + Power and press the Action button (which is just pressing the scroll ball) and it will take you phone back to your factory reset. Then you can root and install you ROM as mentioned above.
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No you can't. That update depends on the 1.6 build. It's just patching the 1.6 build to 2.2.1, when your loading up a sappimg, it's looking to update all the partitions (e.g. SPL, recovery, radio, system, data, etc.). So, it won't work this way, and in reality, you should just get an error in hboot trying to run this as a sappimg.
Follow the advice on this attachment. My Magic was useless after update. While not perfect now, this helped a lot.
Steve
This thread is sad news to me.....I bought a mytouch last week on eBay expecting to do the froyo update to replace my blackberry 9700 that is having all kinds of issues after a few accidental drops. Sounds like I would be better off flashing it with one of the donut faster roms than going to 2.2
The stock rom provides stock performance and does work fine. Just need to wipe and give it time to finish running all the background processes to sync the Google bits.
I will say root and OC to 614 works wonders: I have been going back and forth between the 1.2 and Fender OTA ROM's making tweeks and have a stable, fast and battery effcient phone with both. Makes me wonder if other members coming from a CM rom or others with OC are basing a lot of their sluggish compliants (after the Google sync is done) from running at 528mhz.
Don't give up, just pop the hood and tweak to your liking.
Kind Regards,
Kevin
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2.2.1 ota froyo
pretty much the stock rom is evil made my phone choppy even after a full wipe and i let it boot completely i had to root my phone and put a new rom on there i suggest cm6.1 its stable and good for new rom/root users
Edit:yes the mt3g is old and the fastest i ever seen it was on a rom that wasn't OTA (over the air) its from 09 give it a break. a few months left then i can get a new phone with more ram im almost off my contract lol

mikfroyo 4.5

i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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you should be able too but you will have to reinstall your kernel but you should have asked this on ROMS thread
I did that and the wireless was not working so i recommend to do a complete wipe so you can make sure you dont have problems trust me on the long run its better.
enigma7820 said:
i currently have 4.4 on my phone, but was wondering if i can just install 4.5 over it with out wiping anything so i can keep my kernal and all apps and screen layout
Thank you in advance
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You'll save more time by wiping, believe it or not. A lot of little issues may pop up if you don't.
Do this... Make a nandroid of your 4.4 setup, then try flashing over it with 4.5. If you have problems, either go back to your 4.4 nandroid, or wipe and start over with a fresh flash of 4.5.
thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops
some questions
I am only a few days old to the flashing a ROM to the HTC Evo but I feel I have a pretty good hang of things. I have the following things:
4.5 Mikfroyo (installed last night after finally reading enough to upgrade to the 4.5)
netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc flashed
the sdreadahead-512.zip installed for faster SD card speeds ( if you want to try it out... http://www.goodandevo.net/2011/02/h...c-evo-even-faster-than-previous-mod.html#more )
but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
Also, just a general question. why is the 4g toggle missing in the notifications bar now? that was kind of handy for me. oh well, i guess i can just use the HTC toggle on a page instead.
Last question, i would like to flash a new theme to the ROM (white version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853050) But when I downloaded it, set it to the SD card, went into recovery, flashed it, and rebooted, the HTC splash screen (white screen) just stayed on forever. I had to restore from my backup, thank god I knew to do that before hand, and just kept the stock theme with MikFroyo. what could I be doing wrong?
I also am having a problem with the lock screen but mine is a little different. When i boot up and unlock phone for the fisrt time. I get a forced close error. Other then that everything in 4.5 is working good so far
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but what i am trying to accomplish now is getting the Vanilla lockscreen to work on my phone. I have read that the 4.5 update seems to have the lockscreen within the ROM already, that I just need to delete or rename the htclockscreen.apk within the system/app folder with the Root Explorer app. Here is my issue though: I have changed the Root Explorer to r/w and have located the file from root--->system-->app--->htclockscreen.apk. If I tap on the file it asks me to install/ view/ or cancel. But I thought it was already installed on the system already? If not, do I need to install it, then delete it? That sounds outright silly but then again some stuff is just that way. I have renamed the file and rebooted but, again, to no success. I know that there was a person asking the same question but I guess I could not understand their conversation enough to know how to follow as they did.
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Long press on the .apk, a menu will pop up, then click rename from there. Just did it yesterday and it worked fine. I just added .bk at the end (htclockscreen.apk.bk)
As for the 4g missing in the pulldown menu, you can learn how to change it here (taken from the mikfroyo thread) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877003
thank you Bamba, the lockscreen is now operational and wonderful!!! always have wanted this lockscreen! (Guess it is true, the grass is always greener on the other side.)
as for the missing 4g toggle, i kimd of understand the thread but i will read over it one more time so that i do not mess anything up.
Thanks again!
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thank you for the quick responses i had to wipe every and it is working great average of 40mflops
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What kernel are you using if you dont mind me askin?.. and are you using SetCPU or anything?.. Juice defender type stuff?..
I was just wondering cuz I have 4.5 w/ the stock kernel and only get about 28-29 most of the time... not that it really matters, but it does seem a little sluggish goin from app to app.... thanks
i have since switched to vp 3.0 remastered, and is by far in my experience the best rom i have every used. everything is working good for me so far and since falling in love with LP this is the rom for me. I am using the latest radio and pri 1.77 and sbc-net 4.1.9 no havs and it is amazing, really fast. So far I have been on this rom and kernel for 18 hours sitting at 71%. I am going to make a detailed video and post a link to it here and for youtube.
New to mikfroyo,Had cynaogenmod cm7 on evo with cricket.worked ok.3g did.Friday i had it flashed back to sprint.Put cyanogen back on it.worked great.EXCEPT the 3g would go back to 1x. So put 4.5 mikfroyo. and it works great.So my question is were do you get the updates for mikfroyo? cyanogen released nightly builds.Is there a site or info on updates?Also is there a 2.3 android mikfroyo out?
Check themikmik.com
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[Q] help: cannot install any apps from market after rooting

I just perm rooted my phone with the gfree method and flash a engineering hboot. I found out I cannot install any apps from the market any more, always says installation unsuccessful. tried to clear the market and market update data, unmounted the SD, but still cannot solve the problem.
and i also found out that I cannot move my previous installed apps from my SD back to the phone any more. How can I solve this problem, many thanks......
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I just perm rooted my phone with the gfree method and flash a engineering hboot. I found out I cannot install any apps from the market any more, always says installation unsuccessful. tried to clear the market and market update data, unmounted the SD, but still cannot solve the problem.
and i also found out that I cannot move my previous installed apps from my SD back to the phone any more. How can I solve this problem, many thanks......
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try going to : settings > application > all > market > Clear Data/Clear Cache > reboot : see if that helps
Yea, I already did that, does not help
If your on cm7 sometimes when you have it set so the apps install to an external source it won't work if its set to automatic it will work.
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but i did not flash the cm7 rom. and i still cannot install any apps even i unmount my SD card. it is a stock rom with permroot and engineering hboot.
I cannot even be able to move the apps on sd back to the phone, not sure if this is a sd problem. help please....
Install a custom rom. After root some of the my touch 4g's have problems when done rooting. I couldn't download any thing and my phone became really laggy. Installed cm7 and all was well.
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is CM7 stable? I read many questions on the CM7 thread. I prefer stability instead of performance for my phone.
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is CM7 stable? I read many questions on the CM7 thread. I prefer stability instead of performance for my phone.
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i use Cyanogen day in and day out....
cm7 rc3 is very stable had a couple problems with rc2 but none at all with rc3 everything works great.
Yup I'm running cm7 rc3. stable and fast. haven't had any issues yet and I'm one of those who can't leave well enough alone, I'm always installing and messing around with it.
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is CM7 stable? I read many questions on the CM7 thread. I prefer stability instead of performance for my phone.
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Oh GOD, i think i just bricked my phone. I did a factory reset and i kept on getting the laugher error problem, then i reset again. now my phone is totally dead. it is not charging, cannot turned on at all... Is it possible to fix it?
From what I have read, no. if you can get it on again and get to hboot you might be able to fix it if you have the eng hboot. Or maybe into recovery and flash a back up or pd15 img. Id take the battery out and let sit put it back in and see what happens.
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yeah....
i took out the battery and let it sit for a while, now i can turn my phone back on again!!! just flashed the cm7, everything seems running fine now. Thanks for all the help so far.
BTW, i did a quadrant test, it seems the score is similar with my previous stock 2.2.1 rom, it is about 1650. I guess this is a bit low from what i read in the forum.
Yeah you can go to settings then cm settings and under performance you can over clock a little bit and get really high score. or under clock for better battery life. mine will score in the 2k range when over clocked.
Just be careful over clocking can cause stress on the processor and damage it.
Glad its working for ya!
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[Q] 2.3.3 OTA Rooted problem...

Hey I would have posted this on a different thread but i cant because i just made this account they want atleast 10 posts...
heres the deal... i have a rooted evo and running cm7 which i like, but i was dropping calls and where i live i should have good service. so i got the updated radio/wifi/ ect package and flashed it... it installed but did not help with the call issue... i heard many other having the same problem.
so i flashed the ota root update... which seemed like it did it really fast (wasnt watching the whole time) and the phone rebooted but gets stuck at the white htc evo screen, i let it sit there for 20 mins nothing, so right now i am recovering my old cm7... just wondering if anyone has that same problem or can help with getting better voice reception on cm7.. like i said i have tried the package for radio ect... and my prl was updated before i flashed to stable of cm7 so that should be in good standing i would imagine... thanks..
The obvious first question is, did you do a full and complete wipe of everything before you flashed the ROM?
As far as your signal, it may have been just in my area, but I know a few people that had problems texting and making calls, getting a "Network Is busy" error.
yea i did the wipe data/cache i wasnt dropping calls before the cm7 so im not sure right now im shootin to myns seeing how that is... cm7 was first flash i did
well as im trying to flash to the myns its looking like the samething... ill go through the steps...
have zip file in root of sd card
open up rom manager, have the newest clockwork thing installed
i goto flash from sd wipe data and cache are checked... i already have a backup so i skip that part
it installs.... says install is done and reboots itself... but seems to stay on that white bootscreen
if i take the battery out then i can reboot with recovery from the save file i have
blah i dont know... i got the ota installed... looked like it got a bit better reception.. i updated prl and came back to cm7 same probs... i dunno maybe ill just have to let go of cm7... really dont want to though its so sexy lol
I had the same weak signal issue with cm7 and had dropped calls and data dropping to 1x. I am on stock rooted 2.3.3 and reception is good again. Liked cm7 but need a phone I can use in the boonies.
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Dude, please, don't use ROM Manger.
Just boot to recovery, hopefully, you have Amon Ra, if not, search how to get it on your phone, it's not hard, do a FULL WIPE, full, wipe everything in recovery, then flash the ROM in recovery.
No offense to the Dev, I know he's a great guy, a smart guy, hard worker that makes a contribution, but Rom Manager is not the best way to do this.
Yea had to do it manually but nymph works now liking it so far
ok now i have different problem.... got the myn working liking it, but my market is completely different, not just the theme, but the apps i usually download... so tried to flash new market but it just open/closes quickly... any ideas for that?
Not sure by what you mean by the apps you usually d/l.
One thing about the Market in these newer ROMS is that sometimes, you just need to give it some time to fully sync before all your apps so up...
You should pull the market out of the zip file for the ROM and re-install that one, but you'll have to delete the one you have installed now, first.
umm usually download ninjump cant find that just some games that are usually on my phone the market on cm7 had them... ill give it a try though
look on the android market website

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