Hi guys
I'm getting rid of my hero and was just wondering should i leave it running villainRom 10.3 (after a full wipe) or put the offical rom back on?
Many thanks
Darren
probably best to use the RUU to make it official, thatway they cant have a go at you because they dont like the way it is, or, put it in your ebay listing saying when they buy it, do they want villain with the recovery or completely official
am i right in thinking that i need a 'windose' machine to use the ruu?
yes, i think so, if you have a mac you could use paralells desktop or bootcamp, and i think on linux it is called 'wine'
isn't there an almost offical 'update.zip' lurking about?
I would leave the stock rooted rom on. in my experience rooted phones sell for higher than non rooted IF you fully explain what root is and how it benifits the end user.
if you want to use an ruu I made an app called openruu (search for it in dev section) so you can flash on Linux or Mac.
If you are gonna sell it, upgrade to villain 12, and wipe. it is based on official release.
And rooted should fetch more money. Be clear in description that it is rooted and running whatever rom (maybe point to info on it) and they can't whine as it is as described.
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Hello All -
Im making the jump from WM6 to android and i purchased a droid X on ebay to flash over to cricket and put on my account. it did not say which version of android 2.x is installed on it at the moment. so it could either be 2.1 or 2.2 im not sure.
Anyway, im new to flashing androids, but am used to flashing WM devices (ppc6700-wm5/wm6, moto q9c-wm6, ppc6800 wm6). i THINK i have the whole flashing procedure down.
So i downloaded all of the usb drivers and the SDK, droid x bootstrap, ROM manager, RootMyX2, RDSLite 4.8, xUltimate 2.2, and the apex 1.3.1 ROM. basically trying to have everything i need in one place so i can get started when my DX gets here in the mail.
The way i understand it, i flash the rom first and then flash to cricket and put in my cricket info? also, i know theres a 2.3.x update out now via OTA, while it's still stock verizon should i let it update OTA or should i flash to cricket, let it OTA, and then flash a new rom onto the device?
I am sorry about all the questions, im sure they have been answered a million times but after a fair amount of research those are the questions im left with
EDIT: i decided to go with liberty 1.0 for my rom. on the rom's thread it says: "Liberty is tested and supported on only 320/340 droid X’s.", and that its built on gummyJAR 2.5 and can be installed over that. what steps would i need to take to update my device to 320 or 340? is there a preferred version as to 320 or 340?
I have absolutely no knowledge of cricket, so I can't help you on that. There are various people on here who do use cricket and so they can help you with that.
However, its pretty simple flashing ROM's. I've actually done it for several (2) of my friends while we were out somewhere. All you need is z4root, which can be found on XDA, and then each ROM will have instructions on how flash their ROM. That's easy though.
It may be in your best interest, and since you've already downloaded RSDLite, to do an SBF and then flash a ROM. You'll need to do that depending on which version you are running. It's not essential but I'm sure others will recommend the same.
I can't remember off the top of my head which SBF's are for which versions/kernals but there are plenty of people on here who can help you on that issue. I'll throw one little plug in there and let someone, more knowledgeable, take over. Give Liberty 1.0 a try.
I hated my DX and contemplated switching back to my D1 for considerable amount of time until I flashed my first ROM, Fission. Once I flashed that first ROM it was like a completely new phone. I'm hooked on these ROM's and the DX's huge display.
Goodluck and enjoy.
darnei said:
Hello All -
Im making the jump from WM6 to android and i purchased a droid X on ebay to flash over to cricket and put on my account. it did not say which version of android 2.x is installed on it at the moment. so it could either be 2.1 or 2.2 im not sure.
Anyway, im new to flashing androids, but am used to flashing WM devices (ppc6700-wm5/wm6, moto q9c-wm6, ppc6800 wm6). i THINK i have the whole flashing procedure down.
So i downloaded all of the usb drivers and the SDK, droid x bootstrap, ROM manager, RootMyX2, RDSLite 4.8, xUltimate 2.2, and the apex 1.3.1 ROM. basically trying to have everything i need in one place so i can get started when my DX gets here in the mail.
The way i understand it, i flash the rom first and then flash to cricket and put in my cricket info? also, i know theres a 2.3.x update out now via OTA, while it's still stock verizon should i let it update OTA or should i flash to cricket, let it OTA, and then flash a new rom onto the device?
I am sorry about all the questions, im sure they have been answered a million times but after a fair amount of research those are the questions im left with
EDIT: i decided to go with liberty 1.0 for my rom. on the rom's thread it says: "Liberty is tested and supported on only 320/340 droid X’s.", and that its built on gummyJAR 2.5 and can be installed over that. what steps would i need to take to update my device to 320 or 340? is there a preferred version as to 320 or 340?
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The link I used to flash my Droid X to cricket is not working anymore. Its easy to flash it to Cricket but like I said the site is either down or not working. What I did was use the stock OS and once I had all my cricket settings I flashed a new ROM. If you can I would update it to .340 first before you do any cricket settings.
Hello.
I've rooted my phone a while back and currently have Recovery 3.0.2.4. Everytime I try to install a new ROM, i go into a boot-loop and I have to reload my Froyo based ROM.
I've just read that Gingerbread came out on the MT4G and I was wondering if its worth un-rooting my phone (if thats possible), to get this update. I'm not making much use of ROMs because I always get bootloops. This is probably due to the fact that I never have a version that works on both Froyo and Gingerbread based ROMs as I don't know where to find one.
If you guys were in my situation, what would you do?
[email protected] said:
Hello.
I've rooted my phone a while back and currently have Recovery 3.0.2.4. Everytime I try to install a new ROM, i go into a boot-loop and I have to reload my Froyo based ROM.
I've just read that Gingerbread came out on the MT4G and I was wondering if its worth un-rooting my phone (if thats possible), to get this update. I'm not making much use of ROMs because I always get bootloops. This is probably due to the fact that I never have a version that works on both Froyo and Gingerbread based ROMs as I don't know where to find one.
If you guys were in my situation, what would you do?
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The newest 3.x.x.x Recovery image will handle both 2.2 and 2.3 ROMs. Are you verifying the MD5SUM of the download prior to flashing them?
I don't know exactly how to do that. I don't see Md5 sums on ROM manager, where I'm attempting to download the C7 Mod.
I want to revert my Iconia back to STOCK 3.1 rom + root and STOCK Kernel. I am currently running honeyvillians oc kernel with the stock rom and the Google + theme. I am not quite happy how I have it set to run and am sick of monkeying with it.
I did a nand backup under backup and recovery, but am not sure if that will put my kernel back to stock as well. If so, just let me know and I will restore it then problem solved.
Problem is:
PC crashed with my backups of the stock rom and stock kernel (not my nand backup unless that got wiped flashing the new rom/kernel)
How do I go about reflashing the stock kernel without causing major issues (I really don't need to brick this like I did to my HTC Glacier...... ) if thats the case. Can anyone provide the correct links to said stock rom and stock kernel or can I just grab the rom off the link below and go to town.
To those who would answere do a search... I have ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189461&page=2 ) and I really want to make sure I get this right. Thats why I am posting this and asking for help from "the pros."
I passed my noobness just a little while back and am kinda afraid to screw up (again) I have flashed many different rom cooks to this beast but only once the kernel and that is what I am afraid to touch again.
Geeze this is a long post. Sorry everyone.
KK love peace and chicken grease yall.
hi everyone right now im on an errand for a friend of mine, i've been searching and i haven't found something that can serve me, i have found that i need to upgrade to froyo to install cm9, well in fact my friend will be fine if i just can put gb on his defy so if it is a real mess to install ics on this phone i think i will stick to cm 7.2 or 7 it doesnt matter i just need it to work fine and that he is able to install some apps that my firend isnt able to, i havent done root so if someone provide me with a good way to do it i would apreciate it a lot.
Does not mind whether you want CM7 or CM9 - first you should upgrade to froyo, best way through moto RSDLite program.
Upgrading to froyo will let you always downgrade to froyo again and you will have a way to any proper CM7 or CM9.
All info u can find here and here
U have to root, install sndInint, check whether u have green or red lens and choose any proper CM7 or CM9 to flash
Always do all steps as in threads - then u will not get into trouble
Hey all, I've come here to ask these basic questions...since this is the place where gurus come.
I'm currently in possession of an a500 running stock 3.2 however I can not update it or even use the google play store to download apps as the a500 is no long supported. Are there any work arounds to get the play store to work on a stock rom (and how could I update it to ICS)? I think it's pretty ****ed up that by dropping support for it you can no longer download a thing from it.
I say this because the owner of this tablet is not at all good with technology and would greatly appreciate the vanilla experience of android compared to a custom rom.
And I'm not all that familiar with how the play store operates on custom roms so my next questions are:
1. If a custom rom was to be used which is the most stable?
2. If using a custom rom will the play store become usable again?
Thank you all!
strange
Play store, as far as I know should work fine on a stock install. It has worked for me in every single ROM I have ever used, including stock roms.
Since you got it used - the prior owner may have screwed something up. Done a factory reset yet?
Google play store has always worked on all my ROM's, sounds like something else is wrong.
Probably best to make a nandroid backup and change or reinstall a Custom ROM after the correct WIPE method of that ROM.
Google play store will automatically update to newest version 3.10.10 or you could download a newer version, but i'm sure that will not fix ur problem...
Best to restart with a ROM u know is new to your tablet...This will be easier to troubleshoot in future
and before your install ROM, wipe everything (except External SDCARD)
at this point all will be fresh and only problems will be with ROM (unless you have hardware isues), but you won't know until you change ROM
I recomend TWRP Recovery 2.3.3.1, not CWM
operatorplease said:
Hey all, I've come here to ask these basic questions...since this is the place where gurus come.
I'm currently in possession of an a500 running stock 3.2 however I can not update it or even use the google play store to download apps as the a500 is no long supported. Are there any work arounds to get the play store to work on a stock rom (and how could I update it to ICS)? I think it's pretty ****ed up that by dropping support for it you can no longer download a thing from it.
I say this because the owner of this tablet is not at all good with technology and would greatly appreciate the vanilla experience of android compared to a custom rom.
Thank you all!
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The play store works fine, you have something borked on your tablet.
Sounds like you prefer to return to Acer stock Rom. If so, go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560 and dowload the 3.01 EUU for the A500, (not for the A501), flash it in APX mode, go to Play store, update (like, at least 4 times) and you will be on stock Acer ICS 4.03.
Your welcome (for clicking thanks!)