Hi,
I have run a guide on the ZTE Blade on MoDaCo right from the initial launch of the device.
The guide at MoDaCo (I can't link because I am too new on this forum) is designed for new users to understand how to get started with custom roms and is also supposed to keep all users up-to date with the new ROMS and changes to existing ROMS.
The Question I have - I know that XDA is a big community and I believe that users would benefit from having access to my guide; should I Link to my guide from a thread here - or Keep a Duplicate thread in this forum?
Here is a non click-able link
android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/319831/25-dec-installing-the-modaco-custom-rom-from-scratch-and-other-roms/
It's a great guide, I read it a week ago or so when browsing for information on the ZTE Blade and it's modding capabilities and status of current custom ROMs. As an Ubuntu user I especially like the Linux specific step-by-steps
Would love to see it in "XDA markup", meaning "ported" to this forum since it would be easier to follow when you're used to this forum's style. Although, it's very easy to follow due to being well written and constructed, so you'd have to weigh that against the pain keeping two versions in sync.
Dunno what forum policy is regarding just linking to another site/forum, but I think this guide should be sticky somewhere on XDA. It would definitely keep down the numbers of questions and new threads
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Just got my hd2 today and looking through the boards im confused.
i understand theres new roms, loads of extensions and some critical apps but i dont know where to start.
Could someone please create a new thread thats just for n00bs, that gives an up to date guide for getting the best out of a factory fresh hd2?
im not talking about anything too specific, just the latest (or best.most stable/fastest) rom (and how to flash) and some general guidance as to the most popular apps to install off the bat (theres got to be some commonality there).
thanks guys!
there are at least three sticky guides to rom flashing on the rom development section, the hints and tips sticky in this section is also a first stop.
as to questions like"best rom"..that's a completely subjective question...everyone has their favorite.
course, if you wanna write a new guide no one will complain!
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as much as the tidy up is great, i truly believe that making the "Complete Leo Flashing video guide" and "how to flash everything" a bit less obvious to find (as these are after all intended for newcomers) is perhaps a little unwise.
ultimatly is up to XDA, but just my thoughts
Great idea: a sticky to collect stickies J
Just an additional thought: can't you guys define subfolders in a forum? Isn't it easier to have in each forum a subforum called stickies?
g.lewarne said:
as much as the tidy up is great, i truly believe that making the "Complete Leo Flashing video guide" and "how to flash everything" a bit less obvious to find (as these are after all intended for newcomers) is perhaps a little unwise.
ultimatly is up to XDA, but just my thoughts
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If we start to notice an upsurge in posts asking how to flash then maybe a flashing guide will be stickied back in the forum but this way cuts down on people saying "well if that one is stickied why cant mine be stickied"..
Dont worry I will keep an eye on posts and act accordingly
Mark.
appelflap said:
Great idea: a sticky to collect stickies J
Just an additional thought: can't you guys define subfolders in a forum? Isn't it easier to have in each forum a subforum called stickies?
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A stickie roll-up thread is alot easier to manage. If a subforum called 'Stickies' was created then it would need maintaining and non stickie worthy post being moved which means more work (and none of us wants that)
This way everything can be categorised and more useful info added.
Mark.
mskip said:
A stickie roll-up thread is alot easier to manage. If a subforum called 'Stickies' was created then it would need maintaining and non stickie worthy post being moved which means more work (and none of us wants that)
This way everything can be categorised and more useful info added.
Mark.
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Sounds as a really great idea. Now, all we need are some roll-up threads for roms, clocks, icons etc. So the reader can reduce his workload also (ahum)
bad idea
stickies was looking cool and these are easy for new users ..
specialy hsp thread , vbn files , must be sticky @ all !!!!!
mskip said:
A stickie roll-up thread is alot easier to manage. If a subforum called 'Stickies' was created then it would need maintaining and non stickie worthy post being moved which means more work (and none of us wants that)
This way everything can be categorised and more useful info added.
Mark.
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Interesting re-organisation. is this your idea Mark? if yes then you need a promotion.
On second thoughts, it is quite a nicely organised thread for the noob, I like.
Regards
Flashmore
Staxxthedan said:
Interesting re-organisation. is this your idea Mark? if yes then you need a promotion.
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No the concept has been around for a long time (originally created by a great mod called DaveShaw I think) I just modified it for the HD2 Forums.
Mark.
newstar said:
bad idea
stickies was looking cool and these are easy for new users ..
specialy hsp thread , vbn files , must be sticky @ all !!!!!
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But with this organization you can still easy find those important threads AND (and I like that very much) threads with much or new activity will "stick" themselves back on top of all threads. Very useful when something new is happening in one of those threads.
Appreciate for the compilation
Regards
Hard SPL 3 package extract attempts fail
Help please
Many attempts extracting Hard SPL3 package gives the following message;
! F:\Software\HTC HD2\HD2 HARDSPL3 Package\HSPL3_PKG.zip: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged
Turned off antivirus, used winrar 64-bit and 7-zip 32-bit. Destination folder content zero files
Now adding an HTC HD2 to my profile
Hey guys!
Im quite new to all this.. So my question is: How do i update my radio? And ROM? I want to run Android on my HD2. So i really need to update radio, but i dont know if i need to update ROM? And what ROM would be good, and whats the difference between all the ROMs?
A guide would be nice(I couldn't find anyone with the search function, thus this thread)
//Zenny
EDIT:
Do i need to update HSPL too? And to do that? If it is necessary
Zenny_ said:
Hey guys!
Im quite new to all this.. So my question is: How do i update my radio? And ROM? I want to run Android on my HD2. So i really need to update radio, but i dont know if i need to update ROM? And what ROM would be good, and whats the difference between all the ROMs?
A guide would be nice(I couldn't find anyone with the search function, thus this thread)
//Zenny
EDIT:
Do i need to update HSPL too? And to do that? If it is necessary
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Taken from the first post:
Rom Flashing Guides
[TUT] Flashing your First GSM 512LEO Rom (For Noobs) <-- A must read if you are new to this
Did you not see that?
Mark.
Windows Phone 7 ported on a HD2
As a fan of cooked roms for my HTC, I wonder if therewill be several devices comming with windows Phone 7 SO, may be some off our genious on XDA can start to find some leaks roms and star the cooking for our HD2, ones brandom Miniman from Pocketnow said that if HTC didnt bring the windows Phone 7 for the HD2 as they said , the only one´s that can deliver something like this is our guys from XDA.
Hey guys..... lets the fun begind ...let do some WP7 cooking.....
thanks.
Ricardo.
RicardoPerez said:
As a fan of cooked roms for my HTC, I wonder if therewill be several devices comming with windows Phone 7 SO, may be some off our genious on XDA can start to find some leaks roms and star the cooking for our HD2, ones brandom Miniman from Pocketnow said that if HTC didnt bring the windows Phone 7 for the HD2 as they said , the only one´s that can deliver something like this is our guys from XDA.
Hey guys..... lets the fun begind ...let do some WP7 cooking.....
thanks.
Ricardo.
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This thread is for sugestions for HD2 sticky threads and not for general banter lol.
Mark.
mskip said:
This thread is for sugestions for HD2 sticky threads and not for general banter lol.
Mark.
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I was walking through the city and I had I ended up thinking about apples, anyone here know where I can find some good ones... JK
[NEW] What are ROM's?
Hello, i'm quit new here i have my HTC HD2 for about 3 to 4 weeks and i've been looking around this forum downloading wallpapers and apps and stuff, but i don't really know what ROM's are and what they are for. and i have read something about flashing youre phone is that dangerous for the phone?
Dennehy.
The purpose of this thread is to solicit discussion on Supersonic related wiki pages since everyone may not be comfortable updating the wiki directly or familiar with the wiki syntax. This will also serve as a sanity check for the people maintaining the wiki pages to ensure we are getting the right information out in the best possible format and organization.
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Custom Roms vs. Dev Roms
What do we see as the difference between Custom Roms (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs#Custom_ROMS) and Dev Roms (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs#Dev-ROMs)?
All Roms are pretty much under constant development. I think these two tables should be combined.
Added CyanogenMod wiki page
Wiki page devoted to our favorite community based AOSP ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Supersonic/ROMs/CyanogenMod
Missing a theme? Or other key information? Let us know.
don't know if this thread is still active, but as I'm unfamiliar with editing wikis, but I'm full of ideas (and I have a big mouth), I thought I'd list some discussion items here. I'm working on the assumption that the wiki should be one of the, if not the, first place new users shouldbe looking to get information.
1 - remove the radios from the rom section, and give it it's own section on the main wiki page - it's too confusing for new users to locate this information under roms
2 - instead of just linking to roms, kernels, radios, etc. from the main page there should be a few sentances on what each is above the link to the new page - something simple defining each term, and some basic instructions on how to flash each (what should be wiped, what goes on top of what, etc).
3 - would also like to see some info on the main wiki page on nandroid (and the importance of nand backups), hboot, recovery info for both amon ra and clockwork, what wiping means and what it does, themes and themeing, and possibly even a section on popular apps and what they do, like setcpu (and what it means to over/underclock), various launchers (like rosie, adw, launcherpro, etc), and various benchmarking tools and what they measure.
I could probably think up a bunch more, but I'll see what kind of response this gets before posting more
Bump from the dead. no new ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for the wiki?
toastcfh said:
Bump from the dead. no new ideas, thoughts, or suggestions for the wiki?
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What about an android development setup environment guide to Linux? Forgive me if I have not searched throughly for a good guide.
Seems this may be dead but this is worth a try.
I would like to add a link to some RUU's provided by Football
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335368
This would be extremely helpful for those wanting to revert to stock for any reason.
Hi, guys!
I don't 'wonna disturb all you hard working developers and other users, but as I was going thru all the sources it seemed like a good waste of time and I think it should all be rewritten for a simpler use...
IF YOU OWN A GSM TAB AND WISH TO UPGRADE IT TO 2.3.3. GINGERBREAD, THEN FOLLOW THIS:
1. Flash your GSM TAB GP-T1000 (only) with the following instructions:
2. There is an upgrade to this ROM, the "RC1" pack (use it at your own risk), at the following link:
As I myself had gone all the way round all this and finally came to the above mentioned procedures, I was lucky enough not to brick my tab, yet following some procedures made me do a repair described at the following links:
MY PROCEDURE, MY EXPERIENCE:
1. I followed this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083971
2. Then I was made to do the following to repare the damage from "step 1":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073854
Finally I had discovered the methods mentioned at the beginning of this posts, which are more reliable and to the point...
Hope this helps all of you, who did not make it to the 2.3.3. yet...
Edit : already mod look at it
+1 for me the firmware provided by the OP in that forum were error free when I tried them. I was new to flasing then.
Yet I am quite surprised that you are allowed to make a comparison between that forum and xda.
Also why would you recommend an upgrade using a non official firmware? JQ1 is quite outdated now.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079295
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047500
All necessary links, already contained in two guides.
@ the OP...
Whilst we appreciate you taking the effort to put this guide together with the intention of helping people out. I feel that its probably wise to close the thread as this information is already available from older more established threads.
Theres also the fact that some users may be confused at being directed off site for a tutorial then being directed back to XDA to download a file....
Please dont take this personally its just that I think it would be better for new users to follow an older guide thread where most of the likely questions have already been asked and answered
Cheers
To all XDA Developers,
I would like to suggest that:
At the first line on every first post on new Development ROM, that is the start of a new post for any New Development ROM (alpha, beta, etc), which is still undergoing test and development,... can you put an advice targeted to new user, who are unfamiliar with this site. Put up an advice there where they should start off. Something that is like these, example for DS5 ROM:
To New Users who own Dell Streak 5, please go this page/post to get you started with familiarizing yourself with flashing new ROM, and finding stable stock and custom ROM for your device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=695
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
and add probably other pages that might be useful for any eager new users to start reading properly before acting on impulse doing somethings that they are not be doing, unfamiliar and no knowledgeable of. Well, something like that. Would it be helpful to do so?
I actually stumble onto this page after viewing some Youtube clips on upgrade done on DS5, searching on Google and I somehow end up on xda-developers page. I was struggling to find a starting point, what to do first... I read endlessly and jumping onto different forums, sometimes ending up on different device forums (ugh, that's kinda stupid of me, :silly: )... until I discover somehow some pages that would be somewhat my starting points. Perhaps this suggestion might be useful.
Secondly, I found out that, for DS5, I can go to these page to get info on DS5, with stock roms and custom roms:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5/ROMs
But, is there such page as well, similar to that, that list out all the Development ROMs ?
Thanks.
open xda via pc there you can find whole list of completed roms with respective recovery and base files
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium
There is no list of custom ROMs such as what you find in the wiki with the stock ROMs.
As to the idea presented, it's redundant as there are pinned posts in these forums which cover the same material. You should be reading those posts instead of trying to force developers or chefs to provide a link to the material on every ROM.