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Sorry if this has been asked but I have just ordered a Milestone 2 and i was wondering whether the Droid 2 ROMs would work on the Milestone 2. I know people say no but i remember reading in the D2G forums about a little patch you can implement to make D2 roms work on D2G - Isn't the hardware and drivers the same apart from the EVDO/CDMA part of the antennae?
Thanks, Jack
I tried to install a ROM designed to work on the D2G and I bricked my Milestone 2 so I advise you to not try it
I might have done something wrong but I won't test again as I had to restore my system with RSD Lite (and it's a pain in the a*s).
Well that sucks - wonder why it bricked it D:
I hope you did something wrong and it does work. I will just try when i get my phone.
If it doesn't i will either install ArgenROM or overclock to 2GHz
D2 custom roms mostly work, however the issue with those is that they do not initialise with the UMTS radio, instead they use CDMA. By "mostly", I mean "everything except for the phone part". All the difficult bits (wifi, GPS, camera etc etc) work perfectly. I've flashed the APEX rom to my phone without issue.
It's possible, when we can work it out, that we can force them to boot with the UMTS radio. When we've worked this out, we should be home free, thus giving us a few more roms to use =)
smacky_wolf said:
D2 custom roms mostly work, however the issue with those is that they do not initialise with the UMTS radio, instead they use CDMA. By "mostly", I mean "everything except for the phone part". All the difficult bits (wifi, GPS, camera etc etc) work perfectly. I've flashed the APEX rom to my phone without issue.
It's possible, when we can work it out, that we can force them to boot with the UMTS radio. When we've worked this out, we should be home free, thus giving us a few more roms to use =)
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There is a file you can flash on the d2g to initialise the UMTS radio once a D2 rom is installed - I wonder if that would work?
What file?
Would you upload it? In a update.zip way?
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JackStoreytime said:
There is a file you can flash on the d2g to initialise the UMTS radio once a D2 rom is installed - I wonder if that would work?
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If you can find it for me, I'm more than willing to try!
The "file" is called D2G romer tool. Yes, it is an update.zip which you install from clockwork recovery. It will NOT work on Milestone 2. However, the approach taken creating the romer tool can be used with Milestone 2 to create similar file based on Milestone 2.
Romer is far from perfect though. If you want to know more, google for Get~R~Done team, or go to droidforums.net and navigate to Droid2 Global section.
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
leobg said:
The "file" is called D2G romer tool. Yes, it is an update.zip which you install from clockwork recovery. It will NOT work on Milestone 2. However, the approach taken creating the romer tool can be used with Milestone 2 to create similar file based on Milestone 2.
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Thanks for that! Based on this info, I have an idea as to how I can make this work. Hell, I have another slightly dodgier thing to try that may also work :3
Will try tonight
smacky_wolf said:
Thanks for that! Based on this info, I have an idea as to how I can make this work. Hell, I have another slightly dodgier thing to try that may also work :3
Will try tonight
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Lets hope we can get some ROMs a Flashin' on the MS2 then
I've downloaded that file. So by, let's say, replacing all files from that update.zip with files from the Milestone 2 Stock ROM, we would be able to create a "MS2 Romer"..?
There are quite some files to replace, but I think I might try it out this weekend!
w0ndersp00n said:
I've downloaded that file. So by, let's say, replacing all files from that update.zip with files from the Milestone 2 Stock ROM, we would be able to create a "MS2 Romer"..?
There are quite some files to replace, but I think I might try it out this weekend!
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Lets see what we can do! Thanking btw
Hah! Messing around, I've managed to get a version of APEX to boot. However, in my messing I removed all the bits that make it APEX, but the rom does boot with the apex logo and the different key map, and the phone part works too..
Pretty sure I know what to modify to get this work... gonna mess some more :3
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Hah! Messing around, I've managed to get a version of APEX to boot. However, in my messing I removed all the bits that make it APEX, but the rom does boot with the apex logo and the different key map, and the phone part works too..
Pretty sure I know what to modify to get this work... gonna mess some more :3
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Well this is a start- just shows we are getting there
Also, The milestone's BL is blocked but devs just load the system files such as SenseUI or other ROMs without replacing kernels. With some tweaks would it be possible to port Sense 2.2/2.3 to the MS2? (I like blur but sense is good too and i tend to chop and change roms on my current phone)
Yay! Congratulation!
I see MM2 community raise. Now I don't have any arguments, I will buy MM2
JackStoreytime said:
With some tweaks would it be possible to port Sense 2.2/2.3 to the MS2? (I like blur but sense is good too and i tend to chop and change roms on my current phone)
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Theoretically it's possible to bring across SENSE. Not sure how deeply it integrates, I don't know a lot about sense. Theoretically you could replace the bits of BLUR with Sense, dunno for sure yet. The fact that sense exists on non-sense devices makes me believe it's possible :3
But like someone said before, the camera probably wouldn't be working because of the integration of its libraries into the kernel
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But like someone said before, the camera probably wouldn't be working because of the integration of its libraries into the kernel
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If the camera itself is a part of sense, then sure. But otherwise, D2 roms have working camera on them on MS2.
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If the camera itself is a part of sense, then sure. But otherwise, D2 roms have working camera on them on MS2.
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They just use the moto client for the camera so it works so we could keep the moto camera?
Hey, try Apex Rom and youre gonna see it mostly works(except from, obviously, the signal)
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Now that we have gingerbread for the Droid X, Do we need Root access to try to add the TV Off animation? When We have Root will we adding that feature or turning it on be possible?
I really hope someone can add this. Gingerbread isn't complete without this animation *shakes fist at Motorola* lol
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lol !! I really really want this!!
snowboarderxd1 said:
Now that we have gingerbread for the Droid X, Do we need Root access to try to add the TV Off animation? When We have Root will we adding that feature or turning it on be possible?
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Just to check make sure all animations are turned on under settings>display
just as well do not make your animations fast with spare parts, they need to be set to normal.
At that point the crt animation should be working IF it's included in the build.
Can anyone verify? I don't have a droid x
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Just to check make sure all animations are turned on under settings>display
just as well do not make your animations fast with spare parts, they need to be set to normal.
At that point the crt animation should be working IF it's included in the build.
Can anyone verify? I don't have a droid x
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We don't have Spare Parts because root has not be obtain yet..
ram130 said:
We don't have Spare Parts because root has not be obtain yet..
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Spare parts doesn't need root to change the speed of animations; just download it from the market.
johnclevenger said:
Spare parts doesn't need root to change the speed of animations; just download it from the market.
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Oh. Well either way it should be on it's default settings..
Even with all animations enabled in settings and in spare parts, the CRT animation doesn't happen .
I guess it's for Samsung, SE, LG and HTC phones only then ..sad sad..
It's not just that only LG and HTC put it into their builds, Google included it in Gingerbread... Motorola just took it out, but that's not to say we won't have someone dev up a rom with this very important feature included.
im not familiar with the crt animation.. is that when the phone is powering down?
orion11 said:
im not familiar with the crt animation.. is that when the phone is powering down?
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be amazed ..:
Now that we have root, does anyone know a way to restore that animation?
as far as i know that CRT animation is just a feature of CM7 ......
draken78 said:
as far as i know that CRT animation is just a feature of CM7 ......
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No it's actually a GB feature. First demoed on the Nexus S a while back.
does anyone know where these animations are stored (framework maybe?)
crt animation enabled and working not for noobs
Disclaimer if you brick its not my fault but i found this guide in the i9000 forum i have a vibrant also and this is the same method used all credit goes to the OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977501
this method works just tested on the prerooted gb rom for the droid x should also work for the droid 2 the animation is built in to gingy you just have to enable it
Edit: in the step that asks for the twframework-res.apk you must use the moto-res.apk to compile with
i also used the autodeodex app to dump the image to my pc
silver2ks4 said:
Disclaimer if you brick its not my fault but i found this guide in the i9000 forum i have a vibrant also and this is the same method used all credit goes to the OP
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977501
this method works just tested on the prerooted gb rom for the droid x should also work for the droid 2 the animation is built in to gingy you just have to enable it
Edit: in the step that asks for the twframework-res.apk you must use the moto-res.apk to compile with
i also used the autodeodex app to dump the image to my pc
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I have also confirmed this method works. As stated by silver2ks4, make sure to use moto-res.apk as the dependee apk. Also, avoid trying to shortcut this process by using RootExplorer, as you will more than likely encounter a boot loop (I know from experience ). Be sure to use ADB as prescribed by the OP. All of the steps are there, and the process takes less than 5 minutes to complete. Really nice effect!
Awesome! I followed the instructions and it worked quite nicely. To be honest, this was the number one UI aspect I was looking forward to in gingerbread and I was so sad to see it not present in Motorola's build. Thanks a million for the link to the tutorial.
Is there a non-adb method to getting this to work? ya know for us folk who have never used adb before.
can I transform my droid2 a955 into a r2d2 version hardware exclusive, of course? I would like to have the device run like the r2d2 (themes, extras, etc.)
thanks
There is a system dump out there that would give you all the stuff the Droid 2 R2D2 had (minus the lock screen).
Or you could find the sbf file specific to the R2D2 Droid 2 (if it exists) and flash it. That would give you the lock screen, which the other way doesn't.
any idea where it is?
I see bits and pieces of it everywhere, but don't know where the full dump is. Give me a bit, I have an idea.
Edit: Scratch that. I thought I had the dump, but I can't find it anywhere. Google search for it. You can find the wallpaper (live and static), the sounds, the boot animation, and the apps/widgets. The lock screen is a bit harder to find.
I used my TBH app and it says it has the R2D2 Froyo 2.2 - flashed it but it didn't do anything
It probably just had the version of Froyo that the R2D2 droid had, but not the theme/content that came with it.
Don't know what else to tell you. If I could have found my copy of the dump, I would have uploaded you. Sorry.
This is old but it could work for you:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...tars-wars-no-star-wars-clean-super-clean.html
JDunc said:
This is old but it could work for you:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...tars-wars-no-star-wars-clean-super-clean.html
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I saw that too. I wasn't sure how good it was and wasn't sure if he wanted to ROM or just theme his D2. That's why I didn't mention it.
thanks - great find - I downloaded the ROM (Full) to my SD, rebooted into Bootstrap and wiped - installed the full Star Wars ROM but it just brought the D2 back to stock 2.3.2 - weird - didnt change a thing - did I do something wrong?
nevermind - think i got it - all except the boot aniumation whcih i have in a sepewrate zip...thanks!
Congrats! Hope you enjoy it.
Mind sharing it with the rest of us?
Much thanks and appreciations will be given.
Old Thread:
Hi guys,
With this new kernel and a lot of new ideas, isnt better if we try a new port of cyanogen with no motoblur?? Particulary, i prefer that ROM...
I didnt know how to do, but i can test...
There are so many roms for droid 2, like fission, that i want to use in my milestone 2, but see that mike and others try to port but doesnt work. But now, we have new roms and new oportunites...
=)
Is that port possible now (with leaked CHINA rom)?
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Rom UPDATED!! (02/09): Check on DEV Section using the link below
New Rom Release (28/08):
Hi Guys,
A new CM7 Rom was just released in DEV forum by Endless7 (thanks!)... If anyone (like me!) dont be able to post in DEV forums and need suport for this ROM... PLZ!! USE THIS TREAD....
I´m working now, but I will try this ROM at Night, finger crossed! THIS IS THE WAY
Bye..
jorgebaruchi said:
Hi guys,
With this new kernel and a lot of new ideas, isnt better if we try a new port of cyanogen with no motoblur?? Particulary, i prefer that ROM...
I didnt know how to do, but i can test...
There are so many roms for droid 2, like fission, that i want to use in my milestone 2, but see that mike and others try to port but doesnt work. But now, we have new roms and new oportunites...
=)
Is that port possible now (with leaked CHINA rom)?
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Well, I'm still learning the basics of android building. As soon as I get my custom hijack for 2nd init working I will try to port CM to the Milestone2. Note that I'm not promising any dates. My free time is very short and I'll do my best, but I don't want to get under pressure because of this
I think a leaked unlocked bootloader would do the trick
Just jocking. As I see it, nothing has changed regarding custom roms, as the bootloaded stays the same.
But I am quite confident, that r2beta0 will have progress on 2nd-init soon.
cypressious said:
I think a leaked unlocked bootloader would do the trick
Just jocking. As I see it, nothing has changed regarding custom roms, as the bootloaded stays the same.
But I am quite confident, that r2beta0 will have progress on 2nd-init soon.
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filgers crossed!! but i remender that there are some blocks on system booting with froyo rom... then, i thinked that new rom could change this issue... =/
well, thks everybody!
r2beta0 said:
Well, I'm still learning the basics of android building. As soon as I get my custom hijack for 2nd init working I will try to port CM to the Milestone2. Note that I'm not promising any dates. My free time is very short and I'll do my best, but I don't want to get under pressure because of this
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I think we don't need the 2nd-init built specially for GB rom, since Defy's CM7 (and Droid 2/X's) still have the base SBF on froyo. Maybe if we exchange the boot.img and devtree.img from GB leak to the ones inside Defy's CM7 update.zip (don't forget to delete /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/pds_init too, or you'll get all that GSM problems again)?
Edit: Won't Apex 2.0 RC2 work on GB Mile2?
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
dangpzanco said:
I think we don't need the 2nd-init built specially for GB rom, since Defy's CM7 (and Droid 2/X's) still have the base SBF on froyo. Maybe if we exchange the boot.img and devtree.img from GB leak to the ones inside Defy's CM7 update.zip (don't forget to delete /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/pds_init too, or you'll get all that GSM problems again)?
Edit: Won't Apex 2.0 RC2 work on GB Mile2?
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
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We need 2nd-init in order to change the boot sequence required by CM7. DroidX already have a customized 2nd-init for CM7, but I don't want to use it yet as it uses bootscripts inside a /system/etc/shadow-boot.zip. I prefer to have my files ready to edit and not inside a zip file. Also, trying to make my own hijack is giving me knowledge I will need when trying to port CM to M2.
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We need 2nd-init in order to change the boot sequence required by CM7. DroidX already have a customized 2nd-init for CM7, but I don't want to use it yet as it uses bootscripts inside a /system/etc/shadow-boot.zip. I prefer to have my files ready to edit and not inside a zip file. Also, trying to make my own hijack is giving me knowledge I will need when trying to port CM to M2.
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Hm... Okay, nice! So we have a better coded 2nd-init.
PS: If you need to unpack a boot.img to get the scripts/zImage, I got it with dsixda's Kitchen
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
dangpzanco said:
Hm... Okay, nice! So we have a better coded 2nd-init.
PS: If you need to unpack a boot.img to get the scripts/zImage, I got it with dsixda's Kitchen
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
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Yeps, I'm using that one too.
Hi guys,
Searching the web, i found a oficial port of MIUI for droid 2, than i think: "Can we port this version with the ch kernel and change the baseband?"
If its possible, i think that this way is more simple, however port a defy rom and fix the incompatible bugs...
=)
jorgebaruchi said:
Hi guys,
Searching the web, i found a oficial port of MIUI for droid 2, than i think: "Can we port this version with the ch kernel and change the baseband?"
If its possible, i think that this way is more simple, however port a defy rom and fix the incompatible bugs...
=)
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We should check first if this ROM is compatible with the kernels we have available. If so, we can try to port from that. Some ppl into Development forum are already trying to do that.
r2beta0 said:
We should check first if this ROM is compatible with the kernels we have available. If so, we can try to port from that. Some ppl into Development forum are already trying to do that.
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It is more difficult to port from a CDMA device. If you achieve Apex Rom to work with GSM network, then you can think about porting it.
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
Hey guys, a new ROM has just released on Dev Forum, click here and see by your self!!!!
One maybe stupid question:
Can I install this rom on froyo or should I first upgrade my MM2 to GB?
There´s what u have to do (didn´t test yeat, I will try at night. But u can always downgrade with a stock SBF):
** Make u sure of your phone is rooted before everything !! **
1. Download all-in-one.zip and put into /sdcard/
2. Download and Install Droid2bootstrapper (old CWM) from the internet/market
3. Update to Ported Defy CWM (there´s a thread in general forum explain how to install that)
4. Boot into CWM and apply the all-in-one.zip and after (without reboot) make a full-wipe (make u sure that u have maked a backup of everything before)
5. At this moment, reboot your phone and use the keys combination for enter in bootloader mode
6. Download the fixed_sbf from the original thread in DEV forum and apply with RSD lite.
7. Your phone will reboot and after some minutes, U Can Enjoy the new ROM!!!
I think I made a big mistake!
I touch everything and I'm going to Defy baseband! I change the parameter.
Since the network can not be found.
Any idea?
i will take a look at this
ping0o said:
I think I made a big mistake!
I touch everything and I'm going to Defy baseband! I change the parameter.
Since the network can not be found.
Any idea?
i will take a look at this
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Strange..
Try that tread and if dont work, reapply the rom...
Good mod!
But does anybody know how can I get back low battery beep and camera sounds? I find them rather useful.
I got struck in "google" logo and the phone dont boot
how can i do factory reset in bootmenu from the CM7 ? i dont find this option there...
or even re-install all the stuff...
EDIT: i can't open CWM 4.0 from the BootMenu 1.0.2 , i try latest recovery or stable recovery but it says "error in /system/bootmenu/script/recovery.sh (result: no such file or directory)
Please help ! T__T
I can't post in thread on development's subforum, so I ask my question here:
where can I find a tool and howto to make my own custom *.zip file to use with CWM? I have found a tool called Android Kitchen, but readme inside archive says, that it is mainly created for HTC devices. Am I following a correct path , or I should search some other tools?
update:
I have successfully flashed my custom *.zip file based on information taken from www[dot]londatiga[dot]net/it/how-to-create-android-update-zip-package/
coming from miui, how should i update?
Hey, I've done some research and found that although it is somewhat obtuse (seems to require a modified sbf), there is a way to downgrade from the .621 update to either the .602 or .605 version. However here is my problem, all of the links to access these files seem to be dead and I'm not quite advanced enough to know how to build them. If someone either has these files or knows where I might find them your help would be greatly appreciated. Also if you have any other downgrade help for the Dx I would love to hear it. Thanks!
no you can not downgrade.
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Ok well then what would be my options as far as roms. I've seen where there was a cm9 build fort Droid X but no one seems to be hosting those files anymore either. Is there some way I could possibly get a hold of that zip?
11indy said:
Ok well then what would be my options as far as roms. I've seen where there was a cm9 build fort Droid X but no one seems to be hosting those files anymore either. Is there some way I could possibly get a hold of that zip?
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MIUI DefX by Wizard0f0s
Pooka's CM7
OpenAndroid-VXLR V2.2.0 Stable w/Aroma
[ROM] CM7-GBKernel .621
LiquiKang ,
MiKangyUI v4/ ,
GummyKang,
AOKP-Kanged?,,
CMKang
Wifi only Roms
AOKPMedia v1.5
and
LiquiMedia beta1
links in my list of 621 roms
CM9 Roms
11indy said:
Ok well then what would be my options as far as roms. I've seen where there was a cm9 build fort Droid X but no one seems to be hosting those files anymore either. Is there some way I could possibly get a hold of that zip?
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I looked around for a few hours the other day and found this... haxr . org/omar/android/Droid%20X/ (remove spaces (not enough posts to share links yet))
Running it on my DX now and it works great
Edit: That link is to CM9 Roms for DX