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Selling phone, which rom to put on it?

Hey everyone, just as the title states. I just got a MT4G and it is sick I'm going to try and sell my MT3G and was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for which rom to put on it before I do? I don't really care I guess, but maybe just a nice, stable rom...?
Thanks!

I would say sell it stock, so the person you are selling it to can get the T-mobile OTA update. That is what I would do. I just kind of depends on how you are trying to sell it. If you are selling it on CL or Ebay I would sell it stock. If you are selling it to a friend or someone you know that you can help them with it if they have any problems, sell it with a stable version of CM 6.0. Just my opinion.

When I sold my old g1 on ebay I sold it with cyanogen. I got more money for it too listing as rooted. Just my 2 cents.
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If you are selling it on craigslist I would ask the person if they would like it with a custom rom. If they have no idea what you are talking about, just sell it stock with the latest update (Froyo 2.2.1) I would do the manual update.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to get the stock rom on the phone? I mean is it as easy as flashing a rom? I want to still keep it rooted because it'll sell for more.

there should be a guide stickied on how to unroot, go back to stock, and then update to official froyo. after that just use universal androot to root it

Stock with Androot installed.

Cant find a guide on how to unroot and go to stock, I looked in the general/android dev forums. Am i just missing it?

Matt105 said:
Cant find a guide on how to unroot and go to stock, I looked in the general/android dev forums. Am i just missing it?
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Maybe check this thread. It might have some information for you.
[How-To] Root and un-root the T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Or this one:
myTouch 3G Step-By-Step Unroot
Do you know how I found these?
By searching for "unroot". I know it's confusing at times but at least give it a try.

Hey I'm sorry but one more question:
Do I need a SIM card to be in the phone while doing this? If I remember correctly, you can't get past the initial google setup without signing in to your google accout over the data network right?

this is a great guide for instaling froyo on your G1!
Beginners GUIDE:Rooting a HTC Dream(T-Mobile G1) and Installing CYANOGENMOD 6 (FROYO)
I just did myself upgrading my G1 last week, just follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727688

Matt105 said:
Hey I'm sorry but one more question:
Do I need a SIM card to be in the phone while doing this? If I remember correctly, you can't get past the initial google setup without signing in to your google accout over the data network right?
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You can try this:
http://gizmodo.com/5585143/how-to-skip-the-android-tutorial

How To Root On 2.3.20?

Hey Guys.. I Just Got The Droid 2 Yesterday Im Loving It. I used to have a htc touch pro from sprint and i know how to flash roms and stuff. So now i was looking through the forums on the droid2 rooting stuff but couldnt find the 2.3 update so i didn't want to brick my phone with the wrong files or worse.. anyways could someone help me step by step if possible here or if you got msn messenger Thanks.

lol961 said:
Hey Guys.. I Just Got The Droid 2 Yesterday Im Loving It. I used to have a htc touch pro from sprint and i know how to flash roms and stuff. So now i was looking through the forums on the droid2 rooting stuff but couldnt find the 2.3 update so i didn't want to brick my phone with the wrong files or worse.. anyways could someone help me step by step if possible here or if you got msn messenger Thanks.
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Rooting any droid2 is the same no matter if they have the newest update or not.
Here is a link to the post for rooting. Also try and use a forum search or Google search with "XDA developers:" before what you want to know. This will help us keep double post's to a minimum.

Are there any custom roms that are 2.3?

wyzzerdd said:
Are there any custom roms that are 2.3?
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The newest two builds of Fission and Fused should be 2.3.20 but I'm not sure of any others. I think there is a 2.3.20 version of the squidly ROMs but I think that's it. I'm not familiar with ROMs on the other forums.

[q] new aria user and confused

I just exchanged a defective captivate for the ariaand looking at some of the threads confused. Do I root now or wait for froyo??? when I have froyo will rooting give me acces to the portable wifi hot spot feature???

If you're planning on rooting at some point, then you might as well get on with it. You can have Froyo now with either CyanogenMod 6.1 or Liberated FR008. Both have the wireless hotspot feature included.
If you wait for the AT&T Froyo update, you will probably be waiting awhile, and at least for now, you are not able to gain root once you've applied the official update.

clark222 said:
I just exchanged a defective captivate for the ariaand looking at some of the threads confused. Do I root now or wait for froyo??? when I have froyo will rooting give me acces to the portable wifi hot spot feature???
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If and when HTC/AT&T release Froyo for the Aria, chances are the wifi hot spot will be disabled.
My advice would be to root now and then install either CyanogenMod 6.1 with is AOSP Froyo 2.2 or Libertated FR008 ROM (HTC Sense w/ Froyo 2.2) from the European Gratia. Both of these custom ROM have the Froyo Wifi hot spot enabled and working.

Ihave a few questions...how do i find htc sync and install it?? after getting modified froyo on does that stop att upgrade? and all modified upgrades roms manual intal?

clark222 said:
Ihave a few questions...how do i find htc sync and install it?? after getting modified froyo on does that stop att upgrade? and all modified upgrades roms manual intal?
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You can download HTC Sync from here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/
Nobody really knows if the Liberated ROM will get a notification about the AT&T upgrade because it has not happened yet.
Yes all of the custom ROMS are manual install.

keep in mind that when ATT releases the FroYo update it will probably be unable to ROOT at first. they love to add new securities to make life interesting for us hackers
if you do get an Aria check out my Aria Superthread Guide for info about how to mod your new phone

I do own an aria

thanks for the files!! doing root now

how do i know unrevoked is working or not?

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how do i know unrevoked is working or not?
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It should tell you when it is finished.
One word of advice, unrevoked didn't work for me under windows. I think the Ubuntu LiveCD method is pretty trustworthy though.

I've used UnrEVOked to root 3 different Arias with no problems... so if you don't want to go with the Ubuntu method, go ahead and try Unrevoked.

if unrevoked were working, would I see a series of messages?? I just started it , should the mesage pushing recovery stay on for sometime? how long should it take? Im running win 7 pro 64 bit

It took me about five minutes using the ubuntu method. If it pauses at waiting to reboot, it's safe to take it out, and start it over again I believe.
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if unrevoked were working, would I see a series of messages?? I just started it , should the mesage pushing recovery stay on for sometime? how long should it take? Im running win 7 pro 64 bit
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I got 0ne reboot should I try again? or go to recovery mnu and select recover?

How do you wifi tether a TMo MT3G non-3.5? Do you have to root? :clueless:

OK, so I used to have the MT3G before 2.2 was out, went with the HD2, then the MT4G, and now I'm back to a TMo US MT3G without the 3.5 jack, non-Fender. I user to know the process for root, but now I'm clueless. I can't even remember which is the 32A and which is the 32B (which do I have?).
So, what I need is WiFi tether for my Galaxy Tab, but I'm not sure what to do. This MT3G I bought (from someone on CL) currently has Android 2.2, however I do NOT know if it is stock or rooted, or how to tell. I am not worried about having custom ROM's and whatnot since I have the Tab, I just need WiFi tether...
What should I do? lol

Google the Universal Androot method. That'll get you root then you can get Barnacle from the Market.
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DonJuan692006 said:
Google the Universal Androot method. That'll get you root then you can get Barnacle from the Market.
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I'll do that right now. Thank You!

DonJuan692006 said:
Google the Universal Androot method. That'll get you root then you can get Barnacle from the Market.
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Two Things:
1st: When I plug the USB into the phone and PC, it does not do anything. The typical notification is not there either. It acts as though nothing is there, yet it does show to be charging. I can't find an option for this.
2nd: Saw this on XDA in the Nexus One forums for this method of rooting: "EDIT2: Since Google patched the loop hole in 2.2.1, this app is no longer working for newer builds." Does this mean it will not work with a MT3G with 2.2.1, which I have?
***Edit: I emailed the file to my phone, it did not work after multiple tries. Just says it failed... Could I go back to like 2.1 somehow and get it to work? I am needing the WiFi tether STAT... lol

Anyone? I need to do this ASAP if at all possible. I'm at work till 6pm (4:30'ish now) and would like to finnish before I leave...

OK... All the sudden USB mount works. Ran SuperOneClick, it finished saying it's been rooted.
*** NM, figured it out, I'm an idiot... lol
Thank for the help...

Thing is, this SuperOneClick root method is pretty limited. Im afraid to partition my sdcard and wipe it. I just got a refurb MT3G 1.1 mailed to me after I told them my old mt3g was in a loop and i "tried everything". I was hoping to get a 3.5mmm jack 1.2 or some crap. Guy at t-mo store said Id get one if i returned it. Nope. same old mt3g. Came w/2.2.1 so Im having trouble. DO I need to partition my sd to root correctly? Thankx

to the op- take the apk from google dev/labs or off an older rom. adb push it to phone.

20_Eyes said:
Thing is, this SuperOneClick root method is pretty limited. Im afraid to partition my sdcard and wipe it. I just got a refurb MT3G 1.1 mailed to me after I told them my old mt3g was in a loop and i "tried everything". I was hoping to get a 3.5mmm jack 1.2 or some crap. Guy at t-mo store said Id get one if i returned it. Nope. same old mt3g. Came w/2.2.1 so Im having trouble. DO I need to partition my sd to root correctly? Thankx
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No you don't need to partition.

So... The root seemed to work with SOC and Barnacle is installed, launches amd runs. However, I am unable to get any devices to see the ssid from barnacle. I have tried all the customer ad-hoc's, nogo. I have read there could be issues, but not what they are or how to resolve them... Any idea
Thanks everyone...

What devices are you trying to tether to?

DonJuan692006 said:
What devices are you trying to tether to?
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Mainly a Samsung Galaxy Tab, Win 7 didn't see it either though...

Weird. I know it works for an iPad so I would imagine it would work on the tab as well. I'm not sure about this one. I know for sure it works with a PC.
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ I've used it on many OS's.
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Ok, so I am able to get the win7 laptop to see the mt3g with the tether at the link above. However, the galaxy tab still doesn't see the ssid. Any ideas???

Anyone? :hs:

Still nothing? I've used it with various Linux and window OS's and an iPhone and Android's so I can't think of anything else. It should work? You can send me a Tab and ill do some tests =D
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Lost phone..new one came with stock 2.3.4

So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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lxcrazzydxl said:
So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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I just received my exchange today and very upset mine came with 2.3.4 also I can't lie it's better than I expected but than again I was using a G1 while waiting a month for my phone I have pre-paid but I was so looking foward to using the new evil d sense 3.0

lxcrazzydxl said:
So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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Look in the vision g2 section I was in the same boat as you there is a tut in those forums for downgrading to 2.2.1 with adb it also works for mt4g wish I still had link but its there

Same here... Lost my phone and received the replacement yesterday (off course version 2.3.4). Turned out it is a refurbished, the speaker not working, the earpiece not working. I missed another release of lovely Miui

I just happened to see this post and am curious what the problem is... Why are you downgrading it???
I have a Mytouch 4g (HTC Glacier) which was having issues and I just got the replacement. I have not even turn it on, but I have not doubt it will be 2.3.3-- their latest OTA udpate.
Is there going to be any problem rooting this?? Again, it alarmed me that people were trying to downgrade..
Has the firmware/bootloader changed???

syntropic said:
I just happened to see this post and am curious what the problem is... Why are you downgrading it???
I have a Mytouch 4g (HTC Glacier) which was having issues and I just got the replacement. I have not even turn it on, but I have not doubt it will be 2.3.3-- their latest OTA udpate.
Is there going to be any problem rooting this?? Again, it alarmed me that people were trying to downgrade..
Has the firmware/bootloader changed???
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There is no method to root 2.3.4 yet. That's why people have to downgrade.

Do you mean like downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 root it, and then upgrade to 2.3.4?
But the only way to do that is if we had the stock 2.3.4 rom, which we don't have, correct?
So I can skip the root and wait, or I can downgrade and be able to use 50% of the apps which I would otherwise be unable to use as they require root.
This sucks.... I am sure someone is working hard on this... but I am surprised there has not been any method (even one that was risky -- as in one typo and you've bricked it) figured out by someone...
Ummm.. Next question then, Can anyone tell me any obvious benefits of the TMO 2.3.4 stock? Is it fast, or mediocre? Or is it just worthless due to the fact that you cannot root it?

syntropic said:
Do you mean like downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 root it, and then upgrade to 2.3.4?
But the only way to do that is if we had the stock 2.3.4 rom, which we don't have, correct?
So I can skip the root and wait, or I can downgrade and be able to use 50% of the apps which I would otherwise be unable to use as they require root.
This sucks.... I am sure someone is working hard on this... but I am surprised there has not been any method (even one that was risky -- as in one typo and you've bricked it) figured out by someone...
Ummm.. Next question then, Can anyone tell me any obvious benefits of the TMO 2.3.4 stock? Is it fast, or mediocre? Or is it just worthless due to the fact that you cannot root it?
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Didn't quite understand what you mean but yes, if you got the phone pre-installed with TMO's 2.3.4 then there's no way to root that. You would have to downgrade back to Froyo then root it.
There really are no benefits to TMO's stock 2.3.4 since CM7 2.3.5, VU's 2.3.4 and MIUI's 2.3.5 GB are all better and faster. And even if you liked TMO's GB version for some reason there are rooted and deodexed versions to flash in the dev section. So there really is no downside to rooting.
And as previously stated, the only way to downgrade would be to use that thread in the G2 section which requires ADB.

If you have any questions I just finished downgrading my replacement phone and and rooting via gfree last night.
And before last night I've never even used ADB before.
Found 2 threads that helped me do just that.
Got it all downgraded then followed a video to root gfree. (mackster248)
(Never rooted that way before either.)
Anyway PM if you need help. Maybe I can help you out.

nguyendqh said:
If you have any questions I just finished downgrading my replacement phone and and rooting via gfree last night.
And before last night I've never even used ADB before.
Found 2 threads that helped me do just that.
Got it all downgraded then followed a video to root gfree. (mackster248)
(Never rooted that way before either.)
Anyway PM if you need help. Maybe I can help you out.
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I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.

same thing happened to me, I tried the adb process but it's hard. so I gave up.. Good luck to you

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I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.
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Thanks for the links. Going to have the phone on Monday with the hope that the phone is working fine so i can play with that.

mikeyinid said:
I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.
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Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo

nguyendqh said:
Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo
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thank you. gotta bookmark these.

I posted the same link twice? Lol, my mistake. I'll post the root method also.
*Here is the root method I used.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
nguyendqh said:
Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo
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mikeyinid said:
I posted the same link twice? Lol, my mistake. I'll post the root method also.
*Here is the root method I used.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
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But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?

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But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?
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Yes you would half to downgrade to 2.2.1 to root there is no way to root 2.3.4 right now

Yea, unlike most of the other HTC. Phones that got a 2.3.4 update, revolution doesn't support unlocking the mytouch 4g without a downgrade. On the first page of this thread I posted a link to downgrade and the easiest way I found to root. Someone also posted links on this page. I found a few other root methods but they required you to install apps to gain temp root access or download files on the phones browser. The link I found actually only requires you to dl and unzip a few files to your PC and run maybe 10 or 12 commands in a terminal. Very easy.
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But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?
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2012
Seems like even a year later the best method to root the mytouch 4g is downgrading. I can see why people hate HTC phones

DurtyKing said:
Seems like even a year later the best method to root the mytouch 4g is downgrading. I can see why people hate HTC phones
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A little more work for a better build quality is worth it.
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