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I know it's been done on the Captivate, I've actually never messed with rom development before and the last time I ever tried coding anything was back when I was in middle school making games on BYOND. Could we possibly use their roms as long as we use the original Vibrant kernel?
I found that the Captivate forum already has been working on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
Figured it would help our development section to speed up if some devs saw this. I wouldn't mind trying it myself I've just never tried something like this before.
yeah, i wanna know if that is possible too...
Yes, but only if you're VERY careful or don't mind not being able to revert back to stock. There are some issues that can cause a brick going from the i9000 ROMs back to the Vibrant ROM. In the dev forum Eugene posted a 2.2 leak that works and doesn't brick coming back to stock.
Personally, I don't recommend it. I just run a modified stock 2.1 ROM with the JAC kernel. It's quite nice. I'd love 2.2, got used to CM6 on my G1, but I'll live for now.
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I know it's been done on the Captivate, I've actually never messed with rom development before and the last time I ever tried coding anything was back when I was in middle school making games on BYOND. Could we possibly use their roms as long as we use the original Vibrant kernel?
I found that the Captivate forum already has been working on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734871
Figured it would help our development section to speed up if some devs saw this. I wouldn't mind trying it myself I've just never tried something like this before.
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what if you use the stock vibrant kernel in step 7, instead of the captivate kernel?
rothariger said:
yeah, i wanna know if that is possible too...
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Ok guys, i recently sold my motorola defy and upgraded to the mytouch 4G. It wont be here for a few days, as i ordered it online, so i figured i would take the hiatus and gather up some info and ideas from you wonderful people at the xda forum. That said, any ideas as far as easy rooting, sick/reliable roms (honeycomb preferably, but i am completely open to all and any ideas), and generally anything that you think would benefit me. I will also post a complete video run through of the whole operation upon request, and i will deffinately give bigups to the contributors and use the info given to help others along the way.
Thanks, guys.
PS. This is the dopest forum i have ever found when it comes to phone hacking, and I greatly appreciate all that contribute.
I would suggest either the visionary or gfree method of rooting. After rooting it is recommended to flash the engineering bootloader as it will be easier to recover if you soft brick your phone. Do alot of reading on these items in the mt4g android development forum. There is not a stable honeycomb ROM at this time, but there are some amazing Sense and AOSP ROM's out there (also located in the development section). I use and highly recommend Royal Ginger 2.1..which will probably be 2.2 by the time you get yours. Also, take this time to read up on and set up ADB as it makes life alot easier.
Thaks! Too bad theres no stable gingerbread roms, as i figured there wouldn't be.(I REALLY want a moto xoom) But on the other hand, I had a gingerbread rom on my defy and i really liked it. My battery use was good, it was really fast, and exceptionallyt user friendly, in my opinion. Also, I know that the MT3G had a massive problem with freezing and it was pretty unstable all around. Is this problem persistent in the 4G? And if so, would the rom you recommended fix or at least dampen this problem?
No no. PLENTY of stable and amazing gingerbread ROM's. RoyalGinger 2.1 like I mentioned is gingerbread. In the OP you mentioned honeycomb, which at this time there is not a stable ROM.
No, yea sorry i meant no stable honeycomb roms, my typing got ahead of my thinking XD.
I dont think there are really any stable honeycomb roms on any phone. This is to be expected since honeycomb wasn't open sourced (And might never be, but it's reasonable since honeycomb will be outdated once ice cream sandwich is released for both tablets and phones.)
Either way, welcome to this community of copious amounts of development and cool people. And if you are having issues deciding on a ROM, cyanogenmod is never bad. it's working great so far on the Mytouch 4g.
Also, a bit of input on the rooting method you use. It's not proven 100%, but rooting with the visionary method is safer in the long run. here's the thread with instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
Many people prefer the gfree method because it gives you "real" S-off and allows for a few more options like sim unlocking the phone. If you don't need that, just use the one i linked. people who used gfree have been getting errors in recovery that effectively brick their phone. If we learn anything more and it turns out to not be gfree's fault, it's not difficult to use gfree even after using the method i linked. Using the visionary method will still let you do everything you want otherwise like flashing roms and whatnot, but has recently shown to be safer.
also, using the method i linked will flash the engineering hboot, which will help get out of many sticky situations.
I am currently running Virtuous Fusion 1.0.9. It is by far the most stable HTC 3.0 rom out. Its a gingerbread rom, not honeycomb but most honeycomb builds are for tabs anyways unless its one of the few recently or to be release HTC phones anyways.
Virtuous Fusion is the 4th most used rom for the MT4G and is updated regularly by eViL D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070444
It is fully compatible with Faux123's kernal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070444.
As my signature states I am currently OC'd at 1.2gHz but the kernel is capable of 1.8.
EDIT: I rooted with the directions on theunlockr.com Mytouch 4G but its not any different from the link posted in a previous thread. Read up on the dev and general forums as they will provide the most knowledge about your newly acquired phone.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/10/how-to-temporarily-root-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g-htc-glacier/
Follow those instructions leading to perm root. I am just posting what I did. The instructions are easy to follow and those that post on the unlockr.com follow XDA as well.
Oh and welcome to a fantastic community.
Hope you enjoy your MT4G, its a fantastic phone.
Happy flashing buddy.
Thanks for the heads up kim. I will most deff. use visionary, as, currently, i dont need sim unlocking and if i do, im sure i can take it to my uncle and he' ll do it for me.
Also, thanks to rillusion. I'll be trying several different ROM's, so ill make sure to the the forementioned rom in mind, as i love gingerbread. And i know that honeycomb is for the pads, but ya gotta agree, it would be extra beast on on a phone.
grubbyfoot said:
Thanks for the heads up kim. I will most deff. use visionary, as, currently, i dont need sim unlocking and if i do, im sure i can take it to my uncle and he' ll do it for me.
Also, thanks to rillusion. I'll be trying several different ROM's, so ill make sure to the the forementioned rom in mind, as i love gingerbread. And i know that honeycomb is for the pads, but ya gotta agree, it would be extra beast on on a phone.
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I do agree it would be beastly on a phone, sadly a 1gHz processor wouldNT run that the way I would want it to.
Welcome to the community, grubbyfoot!
I also highly recommend Virtuous Fusion by eVil D:. I love the Sense interface and find Virtuous Fusion to be the best ROM I've ever run on any device. It's being updated to version 1.1.0 (waiting for the upload to finish as we speak).
When rooting, Visionary is recommended over other methods for now because of some issues that may or may not be related to gfree's method of rooting. Unfortunately, some devices will just refuse to be rooted using Visionary.
Im gonna slide this on over to Q&A...........
Oh..... almost forgot, welcome to XDA
Lol, ok. and thanks for the welcomes, guys.
You should also try the InsertCoin Rom.
i am also a complete noob, and have never been part of a forum before xda. just rooted for the first time using the visionary method a few days ago, and i am completely wowed at what rooting did. i run the faux123 aosp gingerbread rom, blue bionic theme from the market, and a custom system font from dafont.com. my friend tells me im still just scratching the surface. good luck and happy rooting! go noobs(with help from the dons, of course).
MyTouch 4g rooted, running Faux 1.2.0 AOSP 2.3.4
I recommend RoyalGinger 2.1 as well. After rooting my MT4G and flashing it with that ROM, I can finally say I'm proud of my phone!
OMG!!! THANKS SO MUCH YOU GUYS I JUST GOT DONE PARTIALLY FAMIARIZING MYSELF WITH VIRTUOUS FUSION AND I GOTTA SAY BIGUPS TO EVIL DEE AND ALL WHO DEVELOPED THIS ROM I AM ECSTATIC!!! Sorry for yelling I'm in mild shock n I'm having problems controlling the volume of my typing
;-))
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What is the most stable ROM with GingerBread+Sense for X8? Or at least, is there a rom with full functions working?
I use Racht's CM7 Roms. It is stable but quite battery drain.
Thanks. Any more choices? Since this one has some major bugs on Camera, FM etc. Also the X8 battery is really weak...
qiushuo said:
What is the most stable ROM with GingerBread+Sense for X8? Or at least, is there a rom with full functions working?
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I'm with shpit's ROM, XGin 5.4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135343
The camera works only in VGA mode but works
I really don't understand what's wrong whit those threads, i mean, if you look in Development forum there are many Custom Roms topics, every chef gave description of what does and doesn't work in theyr roms, there are people that report back issue and not of that roms, so what i'm asking to myself is:
Is it really necessary to open a thread for "what is the most stable rom?".
Am i wrong here?
I know, this is general forums but it doesn't mean that every new user should post here these no sense threads ( no offence here).
Again, am i wrong? Because sometimes i was told that i'm evil to close some kinds of threads.
I know that new users cannot post in dev section but IMO all these questions have an answer only by reading Rom Threads.
I don't want to be "the evil moderator" since that, if i can, i like to be helpful, say that, i can make a sticky thread for a general vision, pro/cons of every x8 roms but someone need to start and take care of it because i don't have an X8.
let me know.
af974 said:
I really don't understand what's wrong whit those threads, i mean, if you look in Development forum there are many Custom Roms topics, every chef gave description of what does and doesn't work in theyr roms, there are people that report back issue and not of that roms, so what i'm asking to myself is:
Is it really necessary to open a thread for "what is the most stable rom?".
Am i wrong here?
I know, this is general forums but it doesn't mean that every new user should post here these no sense threads ( no offence here).
Again, am i wrong? Because sometimes i was told that i'm evil to close some kinds of threads.
I know that new users cannot post in dev section but IMO all these questions have an answer only by reading Rom Threads.
I don't want to be "the evil moderator" since that, if i can, i like to be helpful, say that, i can make a sticky thread for a general vision, pro/cons of every x8 roms but someone need to start and take care of it because i don't have an X8.
let me know.
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You (I guess it's you ) made my FAQ post sticky.
But still, same q's remain...
I should update my post with roms questions and reviews ...
damn....owned lol
if you wanna help this community with some custom roms reviews, faqs and tips i will be thankfull to you
Let me know if you need some additional blank posts under your first one.
Cheers man
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You (I guess it's you ) made my FAQ post sticky.
But still, same q's remain...
I should update my post with roms questions and reviews ...
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I really like racht's roms, there are less services running in background than others and is a pretty stable rom. I've been using it for weeks and i had no reboots. About the battery drain question, disable the automatic sinc in the options.
its only my opinion... already tried floyo, miniCM and froyobread....
1) floyo is fast but battery drain very fast..
2) the most stable is miniCM.. all is working and suitable for daily use
3) stable rom with gingerbread look...
try all of em yourself and pick what u like....
I believe I've tried all kind of ROMs: 2.2.1, 2.2.9 (?) and 2.3.4. For me kuyaDROID was the fastest and stable 2.3.4. But all 2.3.4 I have tried consumed my battery at most in a day (also kuya's). One version ate my battery in a half of day. So, for the moment, I decided to come back to 2.2.1 (floyo-0.20) which is the fastest (1000+), stable and battery care (more than two days) for me. An advice: you will see here different opinions for the same ROM - so try all for youself, and make your own opinion. Good luck.
People are waiting for an update on Lite'ning Rom v6.1 since a long time but no news from LITEPRO the maker. I really wish that LITEPRO does come up with an awesome update on lite'ning rom asap but atleast there should be an alternative to it.
I would appreciate if people can please come up with their own experiences and share their valuable information on which Rom one can install that can substitute the Lite'ning Rom without any wipes.
Things that we are looking for in another ROM are as similar to the Lite'ning Rom and they are as follows:
1. Lightning fast speed
2. NO BUGS
3. The rom can be installed without any wipes
4. Regular Updates to be made available
5. All the features that lite'ning rom contained.
Looking forward for my XDA family to come up with the best possible solution.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18023628&postcount=15221
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274&page=762
tried already to do a similar thing. but read the answers.. i don't think that it will really work, but i would really really love it. hope for a wonder...
Sticky? why would this be stickied?
Nothing to do with development either...
I'm too looking for other ROM.... but its to dificult....
Look all the ROM post.....
always has bug and usually has stranges themes with a lot of pictures....
I prefered the stock rom Look and a lite Blue theme.....
If you see the others...... has a lot off updates ... NOT for new base... only for include beta or news modules and packages that late fail and produce BUGS.
I can't remenber more than 5 or 6 bugs... on ROM.....
Please, tell me your next ROM.
I thinking to test :
[ROM][KI3] Batista70 FOXHOUD EDITION 2.1 |03-10-2011|Jkay 11|+++RTL Arabic patch+++
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162715
or
CriskeloRomV22-S-BAR7-Tog-BLN-CallREC-Overscroll-3LS-CamHack-PWR-M-Esxt-(XXKI3-2.3.5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1168836
But don't want to start finding news bugs and don't has the phone to daily usage.
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Sticky? why would this be stickied?
Nothing to do with development either...
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Exactly, it has nothing to do with development nor contributes anything new other then what is floating around in all of the threads.
Not having a bash but if you wan to know what ROMs are out there to use, simply try them.
Everyone will experience different bugs as people use different add-ons like themes, diallers, kernels etc so a bug for one person isnt for another.
If you like a ROM, read the thread from the OP of that ROM, they generally have a changelog, FAQ's etc in the first few posts that will tell you if its a no wipe etc.
Backup always via CWM to revert back if youre unhappy and honestly, try all the ROM's so you can judge for yourself. If you read the first few pages you generally wont go wrong, espeically with a backup.
Something like a collective Kernel thread etc should be a sticky as that benefits everyone, not this.
I went from litening, to criskelo, cognition, skyrom and now leomar revolution. All no wipe and phones running great but thats with my setup, yours may be different so give it a go.
My rom after Litening [ROM][KI3] Batista70 FOXHOUD EDITION 2.1 |03-10-2011|Jkay 11|+++RTL Arabic patch+++
[ROM] [XXKI3] LeoMar75 Rom Revolution v2.7.1 - Kitchen App
this thread is only been made to get a good solution.......
i know there is no development involved in it but atleast this will help many people who are confused for which rom they should get for their phone. This will surely help many people to take a sensible decision.....
I've noticed that Wi-Fi direct doesn't work fine on lightening 6.1. I hope litepro will fix it. I don't to move to another rom cause I'm quiet satisfied with this one.
why is this in development?
Should be in Q&A.
This thread is pointless, just move on to another rom. It wont kill you to try roms that arent outdated
And the great thing about making a CWM backup (nandroid) is that you can flash new roms to your hearts content and if you don't like it, you can be back up in 2 minutes using restore. I am sure you'll find something you like. For me, I love Batista ROM it has blue themes and much more
Leomar75 rom. really a revolution rom. great in everything.
how is the battery life in this rom LEOMAR??
soulreaperak said:
Leomar75 rom. really a revolution rom. great in everything.
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I used lite'ning rom for months and loved it.
Now using batista 2.1 and loving it just as much, if not more.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
I was in the same position as the OP - loved LR but didn't want to get left behind with no updates from LitePro.
I've just moved to CriskleoROM today and after a minor hitch that required a reflash, it's working flawlessly.
Seems super fast.
Can't reliably report on battery life until 2nd or 3rd recharge cycle, but from what I have read it seems to be as good if not better than LR
Hi, I'm a noob just bought a new Defy (my first Android device)
I know this will annoy most of you here, but I have been reading this forum for past few days but couldn't come to a conclusion. So thought of posting a new thead.
I have a Defy running on Eclair and wanted to upgrade to 2.3 or to some custom ROMS, but I got too much confused reading all about Stock ROMS, CM7, CM9, MIUI and other Custom ROMS.
I just want to upgrade my phone from 2.1 and I desire a ROM which will give me Great Performance and Good Battery Life.
Can anyone here be kind enough and give me a simple explanation of what should I do.
You can post a wacky caption as well.
Thank for any help.
addu said:
Hi, I'm a noob just bought a new Defy (my first Android device)
I know this will annoy most of you here, but I have been reading this forum for past few days but couldn't come to a conclusion. So thought of posting a new thead.
I have a Defy running on Eclair and wanted to upgrade to 2.3 or to some custom ROMS, but I got too much confused reading all about Stock ROMS, CM7, CM9, MIUI and other Custom ROMS.
I just want to upgrade my phone from 2.1 and I desire a ROM which will give me Great Performance and Good Battery Life.
Can anyone here be kind enough and give me a simple explanation of what should I do.
You can post a wacky caption as well.
Thank for any help.
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congrats on your new defy.
read this
any other help pm me or post it.
Thanks, that clears lot things.
Can you suggest me which ROM should i choose? as i said in previous post i want to upgrade. I'm just confused with so many options. Should i go for stock ones or the custom ones? Or which one is most stable. M just looking for speed and battery life.
Thanka for your time.
Sent from my MB525 using XDA
Don't have time to give instructions now, but DO NOT flash a full 2.3.6 sbf/upgrade to 2.3.6! Stay on froyo. It is possible to run all custom roms with this as base, also the newest 2.3.6 gingerbread ROMs. Someone please specify for the guy^^
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
Okay thanks mate for that info.
Currently i'm on Eclair so i think first of all i have to upgrade to froyo then i can think of going to cm7 and othet custom roms, right?
As you all would have played with lot of custom roms, can anyone suggest me which one should i go with?
Sent from my MB525 using XDA
It's really just a matter of taste. Here are some of the main categories of custom roms:
MIUI
CM7
Modified stock roms
CM9 and CM9 based ICS roms (that's ICS, android 4 . Not stable yet, maybe never 100% without unlocked bootloader )
There are many different flavours to choose from within most of these categories, but there are already a lot of threads about this. You need to read, read, read before you start flashing custom roms. Have you read the All-in-One Defy Beginner's guide? Every defy user should read it. Every single day a noob starts a new thread about a bricked defy: "please help me, my father will kill me if he finds out about my defy", etc, etc. These questions have ben answered 1,000,000 times already, so use the search function before posting!
By the way this thread should be moved to the Q&A section. Moderator will take care of that when it's reported...
Questions go in the Q&A section