Database Users

MyTouch 3G Questions..

So my girl is getting a MyTouch today and I want to root it. Found the 1 touch root **** and am going to give that a shot. My question is...is cyanogens 1.4 recovery and hykuros latest spl compatible with the MyTouch? I already have a rooted g1...i was just wondering on the cross compatibilty seems those things were devised with the dream in mind.
Thanks..any answers appreciated.

I haven't tried Haykuro's SPL and I definitely wouldn't try it with the tragic results it had on some G1's before reading a lot of success stories. Cyan's recovery should work fine but Amon's works better for MyTouch.

So my girl is getting a MyTouch today and I want to root it. Found the 1 touch root **** and am going to give that a shot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Laughed a little when I first read that, trust my dirty mind..

Lol...that does sound bad. Well I asked because I wanna use cyans recovery(the not having to name every .zip is kind of extremely nice and convenient) so that things go faster.

Honestly77 said:
Lol...that does sound bad. Well I asked because I wanna use cyans recovery(the not having to name every .zip is kind of extremely nice and convenient) so that things go faster.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you should be fine with amon_ras' recovery, they allow the flash any zip. as far as running custom rom's on mytouch, dont be suprised, or panic if your screen gets blurry after you wake the phone up. we have a thread going about roms that work and ones that get blurry: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550179
good luck! i hope you get a mytouch that plays nice! congrats...

how to 1 click root and install Amon_Ra's recovery in one shot
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/

[Q] Amon Ra recovery?

Has anyone come across a compatable version of amon ra's recovery yet. Clockwork is godd but I like amon ra better?

From my understanding... Amon Ra is no longer being developed for any platform... but that statement is based off something a heard a month or so back... so take it as you will...

Never say never. The source code is out there and plenty of people like the Amon_Ra recovery including myself. Heck if I can up to speed I may take a crack at it myself although I still have a lot to learn before I feel confident enough to work on that one. I am sure there are folks who are willing and able to take it on. Just give it time.

Ya I really wish AR recovery would come to are vibrants, only time will tell.

I feel that Amon's recovery was the best, I hope someone ports that to this phone

don't they all do the same thing?

I may put up a ubuntu VM for this. Im on a mac. So it makes it hard to use the rom kitchen and do things.
but, anyone on linux could port this. using the tools.

Love AR on my MT3G can't wait to get my Vibrant so would really love it if I could use the sameish recovery.

+1
Have it on my g1. Quick, simple and convenient.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

I have Amon Ra Carebear Recovery on my MT3G Fender
I think we should hold him at gun point.

I'll be straight up honest here. I freaking BOUGHT clockwork mod recovery and it NEVER worked on my G1. So, yeah. Hate clockwork and very worried about having to use it as the sole recovery...

Droidicus said:
I'll be straight up honest here. I freaking BOUGHT clockwork mod recovery and it NEVER worked on my G1. So, yeah. Hate clockwork and very worried about having to use it as the sole recovery...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
why the hell would you buy it? its free.

This is my first Android phone, and CWM Recovery has been working flawlessly for me.
I should research what AR recovery is

Nice way of reviving a thread from 2+ months ago....
And clockwork can be bought for premium features + supporting the dev
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

I bought as well.
A bunch of the Android community has this idea in their heads that everything should be for free.
If I feel a dev deserves it for their app, I'll buy.
Back on topic tho... On my G1 I also always used AR recovery and loved it way more than the Clockwork I have to use now on my Vibrant. Tho I have to say that I've not experianced anything bad with it, I just was use to AR and loved it back in my G1 days

[Request] Amon_RA

Can anyone try to get Amon_RA going for Epic 4G? We need something better than Clockworkmod. Sometimes, I have to wipe 3x to get a proper wipe of the base system. I can provide hosting for the files for who ever wants to do this port.

Attention Amon
+1 for Amon RA Recovery. Its always been a staple of this thing we do. I do like clockworks data restore feature and i bet Amon has cooked something up wich is similar.

Attention Amon
+1 for Amon RA Recovery. Its always been a staple of this thing we do. I do like clockworks data restore feature and i bet Amon has cooked something up wich is similar.

1+ bump
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Agree 1+
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

You might wanna try asking Forcytos. He did some really nice work on the recovery image for the Moment, which seemed to have more features and a better reputation than Clockwork.

Send Bart a message and ask him to. We have contacted him numerous times and he just is not interested in the Galaxy Line "german" I Even offered to send him an Epic to work on still no go. But as I said put some pressure on him show him people really want it and maybe he will actually listen. But as it stands he has stated several times NO!

Somene needs to port it to all the Galaxy S devices.

Whosdaman said:
Somene needs to port it to all the Galaxy S devices.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Once it gets done for one the others will be easy.Its getting it done for that first one that will be hard.

Amon_Ra recovery soon.

We can expect Amon_Ra recovery pretty soon, He got his Nexus S yesterday, and today he tweeted:
Ugh, I'm using a Samsung phone and I actually like it... Handing over Nexus One to gf.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is after he bashed it since it was announced.
I prefer his recoveries over ClockworkMOD.

Mind to share your personal opinion why you like Amon_ra?
I am new to this recovery thingie, so I might learn something here.
nxt said:
We can expect Amon_Ra recovery pretty soon, He got his Nexus S yesterday, and today he tweeted:
This is after he bashed it since it was announced.
I prefer his recoveries over ClockworkMOD.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

gogol said:
Mind to share your personal opinion why you like Amon_ra?
I am new to this recovery thingie, so I might learn something here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It really is just preference, they both do the same thing

Not really a fan of Amon_ra because of his history with cyanogen.

I prefer Amon_Ra's recovery as well. It does just boil down to preference, though.

what history??

A reason i prefer Amon-Ra is because if you have Rom Manager installed and then CW recovery sometimes spontaneously RM will download and install a ROM you dont want

cant wait soon as the recovery comes I will root my phone

kobe8108 said:
what history??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm interested in hearing this as well.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

how do i get rid of amon ra for cwm?

i had clockwork mod but wanted to try amon ra so i flashed it and now cant get rid of it.. anyone know how?

you can use rom manager to flash the latest CWM recovery or if you have the recovery image file you can flash it via flash_image with adb or terminal emulator
the command would be something like
flash_image recovery filename.img

Keep Amon....there is NO good reason to use Clockworkmod.

IMO Amon is a better choice than CWM. I have seen lots of issues with CWM and Rom Manager while Amon RA has had fewer and seems to do a better job. If you are certain you want to switch, go here and follow the directions to get CWM 2.6.0.1

Braneless said:
Keep Amon....there is NO good reason to use Clockworkmod.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1............

Stay on Amon RA.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

its funny how everyone states its better but doesnt provide any evidence.
flame on

drdrewdown said:
its funny how everyone states its better but doesnt provide any evidence.
flame on
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The only evidence I can provide is the number of times I had issues with installing roms and had major problems. As soon as I switched to AmonRa all the problems disappeared. Some say the AmonRa clears Dalvik and cache much better. Give it a try.... you can easily switch back and forth.

winter128 said:
The only evidence I can provide is the number of times I had issues with installing roms and had major problems. As soon as I switched to AmonRa all the problems disappeared. Some say the AmonRa clears Dalvik and cache much better. Give it a try.... you can easily switch back and forth.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I also had problems with cwm flashing new roms/kernels and backing up and restoring. After going to amon ra I haven't had any problems
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

I had problems installing roms with cwm. Had a couple of boot loop issues because if it. I don't like to use it. Hey, if cwm works for you, fine, last I checked this was a general forum for everyone to give feedback on their personal experiences.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

drdrewdown said:
its funny how everyone states its better but doesnt provide any evidence.
flame on
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's a good point. If you don't mind, I'll share a couple things from my limited experience:
1. Amon-Ra allows you to select which partitions to wipe, making flashing new roms much easier and more intuitive.
2. It allows you to select which partitions to include in nandroid backups as well
3. CWM is no longer backward compatible with older types of flash package scripts. I don't entirely understand this, but I needed to flash rooted OTA 3.70 a few times and had to downgrade my CWM.
Sadly, I'm currently unrooted because of a new phone and the stupid GB OTA update. My own stupid fault, but I'm jealous of any custom recovery at this point...

soldierforchrist2 said:
That's a good point. If you don't mind, I'll share a couple things from my limited experience:
1. Amon-Ra allows you to select which partitions to wipe, making flashing new roms much easier and more intuitive.
2. It allows you to select which partitions to include in nandroid backups as well
3. CWM is no longer backward compatible with older types of flash package scripts. I don't entirely understand this, but I needed to flash rooted OTA 3.70 a few times and had to downgrade my CWM.
Sadly, I'm currently unrooted because of a new phone and the stupid GB OTA update. My own stupid fault, but I'm jealous of any custom recovery at this point...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1) you can format any partition in CWM
2) you can choose advance restore when doing a nandroid restore
3) this is well explained in Koush's thread regarding amend vs edify scripting
i understand where you're coming from tho, & i'm sorry you have an unrooted device... i'm not sure how i'd handle that if it was me lol
however on the flipside
i was just vaguely making a point that perhaps all these people who claim Amon_ra is sooo much better are often times the same people who claim they've wiped cache/dalvik 18x & are still having problems.
i personally have no problem with either recovery, they both do exactly what they are supposed to. its quite disrespectful to Koush who is an awesome part of the whole picture. Without him supporting & creating CWM for the crazy amount of devices, where would we all be right now? Not to mention he's a huge part of cyanogemod & for everyone to say his recovery is garbage isn't kosher imo.
its personal preference & honestly none of this has anything to do with the OP & the question he had lol
i mean no hard feelings about anything i've said, so i hope nobody takes offense.

drdrewdown said:
1) you can format any partition in CWM
2) you can choose advance restore when doing a nandroid restore
3) this is well explained in Koush's thread regarding amend vs edify scripting
i understand where you're coming from tho, & i'm sorry you have an unrooted device... i'm not sure how i'd handle that if it was me lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds reasonable to me. I never figured out how to do those things with CWM, but I was new to rooting at the time and eventually switched to Amon-Ra
By the way, did the person who started this thread ever figure out how to get back to CWM? Doesn't CWM have PC36IMG.zip that you can download and allow to flash?

Only reason I ever switched to Amon's recovery is for the older script support, and really I don't even use that unless it's for a theme for a rom or something. I'm just too lazy to switch back to CWM lawlz.

drdrewdown said:
1) you can format any partition in CWM
2) you can choose advance restore when doing a nandroid restore
3) this is well explained in Koush's thread regarding amend vs edify scripting
i understand where you're coming from tho, & i'm sorry you have an unrooted device... i'm not sure how i'd handle that if it was me lol
however on the flipside
i was just vaguely making a point that perhaps all these people who claim Amon_ra is sooo much better are often times the same people who claim they've wiped cache/dalvik 18x & are still having problems.
i personally have no problem with either recovery, they both do exactly what they are supposed to. its quite disrespectful to Koush who is an awesome part of the whole picture. Without him supporting & creating CWM for the crazy amount of devices, where would we all be right now? Not to mention he's a huge part of cyanogemod & for everyone to say his recovery is garbage isn't kosher imo.
its personal preference & honestly none of this has anything to do with the OP & the question he had lol
i mean no hard feelings about anything i've said, so i hope nobody takes offense.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right On Brother

drdrewdown said:
1) you can format any partition in CWM
2) you can choose advance restore when doing a nandroid restore
3) this is well explained in Koush's thread regarding amend vs edify scripting
i understand where you're coming from tho, & i'm sorry you have an unrooted device... i'm not sure how i'd handle that if it was me lol
however on the flipside
i was just vaguely making a point that perhaps all these people who claim Amon_ra is sooo much better are often times the same people who claim they've wiped cache/dalvik 18x & are still having problems.
i personally have no problem with either recovery, they both do exactly what they are supposed to. its quite disrespectful to Koush who is an awesome part of the whole picture. Without him supporting & creating CWM for the crazy amount of devices, where would we all be right now? Not to mention he's a huge part of cyanogemod & for everyone to say his recovery is garbage isn't kosher imo.
its personal preference & honestly none of this has anything to do with the OP & the question he had lol
i mean no hard feelings about anything i've said, so i hope nobody takes offense.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you edit this, or did I just miss the latter half the first time reading it?? Very good point, and I'm wondering again if the OP got the help he needed
Yeah, lack of root sucks... I think there's some new exploits coming our way very soon though!

soldierforchrist2 said:
Did you edit this, or did I just miss the latter half the first time reading it?? Very good point, and I'm wondering again if the OP got the help he needed
Yeah, lack of root sucks... I think there's some new exploits coming our way very soon though!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea sorry man i was editing as you posted.
i wonder if i'd be tempted to sell my 2.3 evo on ebay then buy one with 2.2 on it lol

drdrewdown said:
its funny how everyone states its better but doesnt provide any evidence.
flame on
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because it's already been documented a thousand times on xda. Why reiterate over and over again?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

drdrewdown said:
yea sorry man i was editing as you posted.
i wonder if i'd be tempted to sell my 2.3 evo on ebay then buy one with 2.2 on it lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem. I was just confused, lol.
Lots of other people have done that... I was "out of my mind" for a while, but it looks like I'll be able to root it again very soon!

It's Dominos Pizza vs. Pizza Hut. Everyone likes Pizza, some like Pizza Hut, most like Dominos. You can't fault either side, but you can't realistically just proclaim your preference is better either.
I used CWM for awhile, I like AR better. That's just me, and for some reason, most people agree. I really don't think it's a case of the blind following the blind.
Most of the heavy hitters use AR. If for no other reason, that's good enough for me.