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Hello, i dont know where to put this thread so i just put it in the general thread.
But i lost my G1 and im not sure what android device to choose next.
requirements is that is must have a physical keyboard.
anything else is game.
i was thinking about the g2/g3. is it the same to root it and etc?
any other suggestions?
I will buy G6 if I were you, the difference between the price of G3 and G6 is not much. But it doesn't have Physical keyboard...? Consider Mytouch 3G Slide if you want one with physical key.
riki28 said:
I will buy G6 if I were you, the difference between the price of G3 and G6 is not much. But it doesn't have Physical keyboard...? Consider Mytouch 3G Slide if you want one with physical key.
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are you trying to be smartass? ive never heard of a g6 let alone g3, there is however a g2.
and for the op the mytouch 3g slide is probably the best physical keyboard android right now or a droid (best phone but not best keyboard).
Or you can wait and see if the rumored htc vision is announced and released anytime soon.
asb123 said:
are you trying to be smartass? ive never heard of a g6 let alone g3, there is however a g2.
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No there isn't, and there isn't even an g1 for that matter. The phone is called the "DREAM".
lbcoder said:
No there isn't, and there isn't even an g1 for that matter. The phone is called the "DREAM".
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It's funny how you can call Tmobile, ask questions about the G1 and they'll know exactly what you're referencing.
For that matter, "isn't even an g1" is grammatically incorrect. Just thought i'd put you in check.
Have a nice day.
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No there isn't, and there isn't even an g1 for that matter.
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Based on your reply, i'm trying to figure out, why is it the bootloader on the "DREAM" says.... "TMobile G1" in big ass letters...
alright, well i have some questions about the mytouch slide, can i root it for custom roms?
is it more responsive than the g1
and another question, is it essentially the same thing as the mytouch just with a qwerty keyboard?
peas and tanks
ohyeah, and if there is any other recommendations for android device, give them to me, as of now a physical keyboard isnt necessary
zachary: root hasnt yet been done on the MTS, but its being actively worked on by several developers. it does have a hardware keyboard, a slightly faster processor and much more memory.
however, if you can live for a bit without a phone, rumor has it that TMO is going to be anouncing the Galaxy S on the 19th.
I heard the next google phone will have a keyboard. But who knows when that will happen..
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i was thinking about the mytouch3g slide, and i looked around in the forums, and it looks like there IS root access, but one of my main concerns, is the phones speed, one thing i hated about my g1 was the lag. i always had lag, has anyone expierenced this with the slide?
EDIT: also, if someone could tell me how to ordering of the nexus one works, in laymen's terms, it all seems a bit confusing, and tmobile isnt selling it apparently
I've been told many times that the myTouch slide runs just as fast as the Nexus. And yes, it is rootable.
Edit: And lag is all in how you use your phone. It may lag for you, but not me. That just all depends.
Has anyone installed it yet,
Should we update, or not?
If you don't want root and do want the features given by the update, then update. Otherwise, no.
There is a OTA update by a dev that lets you keep root... wife has it and running and still maintained root
ilostchild said:
There is a OTA update by a dev that lets you keep root... wife has it and running and still maintained root
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Yes, you can install the ROM that was created that incorporated all the features of the OTA update and keep root. However, you can't actually just install the update.
how can i check for the update? On my g1, mt3g, and my nexus i go to "about phone" and "update". On my wife's slide theres no such option. I dont know if its still rolling out, but if it already hit her slide ota but she didnt immediately act upon it, would it just stay as a notification or is there somewhere i go on the phone to check for update? thanks
DMaverick50 said:
how can i check for the update? On my g1, mt3g, and my nexus i go to "about phone" and "update". On my wife's slide theres no such option. I dont know if its still rolling out, but if it already hit her slide ota but she didnt immediately act upon it, would it just stay as a notification or is there somewhere i go on the phone to check for update? thanks
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I dont think you can check. It will come automaticly and prompt you for DL. Yes it would stay as a notification. My gf phone had the notification for a few days now but I told her not to update it yet she has been telling me how annoying having the notification in her bar is....hahaha
They must still be rolling it out because I haven't got it yet. As far as root, this update should still allow us to keep it without going through the whole process again... right?? Either way I'll do the ota, rooting is easy - I just want them to hurry up with froyo
Edit: nevermind on the update, just finished reading that I would have to root again but with a completely different exploit.
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Yeah I have the dang notification and its very annoying, cause I gotz to keepz my rootz
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My phone says download in progress. Is there anyway to stop it from downloading, or does it automatically download, then prompts you to install it?
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Nevermind, it downloads but doesn't automatically install itself. Win for Android!
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Download it or don't, either way I still have the same problems it's supposed to fix. Piece of ****.
BigFellor said:
Download it or don't, either way I still have the same problems it's supposed to fix. Piece of $***.
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Tell me how i got a random(s) reboots on the ota rom(rooted ver), it seems to be unstable for me sometimes....I open kb while in sleep and it froze and then bootlooped like 1000's times..sheesh..I was better off before.Talk about an improvement, a rotary phone is more stable than this update.The phone is more hot with heat inside, this cause multiple kernal panics with android OS a lot of time, for me.Now what I not know what do with phone that is 94 farinheit!
dude you dont need to bash if it doesnt work just flash ur old rom back he didnt need to do all tht work to root it and let use be able to flash it for you to complain about it just flash an old rom back
arayray said:
dude you dont need to bash if it doesnt work just flash ur old rom back he didnt need to do all tht work to root it and let use be able to flash it for you to complain about it just flash an old rom back
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I wasn't serious just felt like saying that to respond to his comment...You probably didn't notice the sarcasm.
Ok I guess the wife hasn't received it yet, no notification. Seems like they should all be out by now. With my g1, mt, and nexus I don't think I've ever waited for an ota, I'm in san Antonio and ota's just never come. I've always had to do it manually, but I haven't kept up with my wife's slide, can I manually update her slide for her?
I switched my wife over to Sprint to be on my family plan and I thought it would be nice to use her old T-Mobile myTouch 3G as wifi-only Android device. I have already reset the device to stock. It was never rooted or anything.
The problem is that now it boots up and says "touch the android to begin". But we don't have T-Mobile service on it, so it won't let me get past the setup. I have Googled this and I can find is some stuff about touching the 4 corners, but it does not work.
I would just like to do two things:
1) Load the new 2.2 ROM
2) Use the phone on my home network
How? Please help.
I have experience with custom ROMs on Windows Mobile phones, I'm even running Froyo on my Touch Diamond, but I'm new to the native Android scene...
You'll need to just throw a data enabled SIM in to activate and you'll be good after. You'll have to have one for T-Mobile though unless you unlock the phone. A lot of people have had success getting an unlock code from T-Mobile though so that shouldn't be too hard, just a phone call.
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So to be clear, there's no method to simply connect the phone to my computer using USB and bypass activation and/or load a new ROM? Keeping in mind that I don't want to use any cellular service with it...
nick_danger said:
So to be clear, there's no method to simply connect the phone to my computer using USB and bypass activation and/or load a new ROM? Keeping in mind that I don't want to use any cellular service with it...
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cant you just skip the sign in part? then just use wifi?
if not, maybe you need to root it andload cm or something on it
on my backup mt3g, which is rooted, with cm6, i can skip the sign in, and then use wifi
He can't bypass the activation on the stock ROM. It'll be a pain to root without being able to access the phone unless he's got ready access to another Android powered device.
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DonJuan692006 said:
He can't bypass the activation on the stock ROM. It'll be a pain to root without being able to access the phone unless he's got ready access to another Android powered device.
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more evidence of:
stock=bad
root=good
btw, with UniversalAndroot, you could root that sucker in literally one or two clicks, my 7 year old niece could do it, then install rom manager, and if you dont have a file explorer, here's root explorer
after that, i would wipe all, flash cm nightly 221 over that stock junk and add pershoot's kernel
problem solved-skip sign-in and use your mt3g on da wi-fi
That would be great if he didn't have to get past the activation screen on the stock ROM initially to do all of it. Not trying to troll you, just saying.
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DonJuan692006 said:
That would be great if he didn't have to get past the activation screen on the stock ROM initially to do all of it. Not trying to troll you, just saying.
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guess he just needs to borrow a friend's tmo sim card, then
oh well
just went back and read his op
"I have already reset the device to stock. It was never rooted or anything."
curious as to why he "reset" if it wasnt rooted? should have just left it alone
wonder if the friendly folks at the Tmo store would let him borrow a sim for a few minutes
I just rooted my T-Mobile LG G2x 2.3.3 with CWM and flashed CM7 on. It was a whole lot easier than i thought it was gonna be! I used my linux box which made it even easier than if i were to do it on Windows. Gotta love Linux!
So the question i have is can i root the MyTouch 4G Slide the same way? As well as flash it the same way as my G2x? I have heard it is one of the harder droids to root and rom. Insight/thoughts/help? Thanks!
You're in the wrong place man, this is myTouch 3G slide, not 4G slide.
I just got this HTC Evo 4G from a friend for $30 bucks and I wanted to root it. When I went to the Bootloader screen,on top it says LOCKED(OOW).I already search what is means,it means that my phone is locked and is out of warranty.The phone was Remanufactures by Asurion.My question is, can I still root the phone? I read that using Captains guide I will be able to root it.But I can't find that guide.If anybody can help or give me suggestions I will appreciate it.Thanks
Danieliyo said:
I just got this HTC Evo 4G from a friend for $30 bucks and I wanted to root it. When I went to the Bootloader screen,on top it says LOCKED(OOW).I already search what is means,it means that my phone is locked and is out of warranty.The phone was Remanufactures by Asurion.My question is, can I still root the phone? I read that using Captains guide I will be able to root it.But I can't find that guide.If anybody can help or give me suggestions I will appreciate it.Thanks
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there you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473373 and http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
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there you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473373 and http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-)
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Thanks a lot
evo on boost cannot signe in google mail or store etc...
ok i have a similar problem with locked oow just bought this evo 4g that was flashed to boost, in hboot mode the s is off but on top it says locked oow. when i try to use any google apps or signe in google mail it wont let me almost like the screen digitizer freezes .. this only happens with any google apps. how can i restore back to sprint to gain full functions of my phone?? or is there an easier way i dont care if its boost or sprint i just want to watch some videos and play some games plz help. p.s i am familiar with rooting and flashing.