Hello I got my Droid x back in December. Before that I had a palm pixi which I overclocked, rooted, and changed the kernels on. That was easy. I've been reading about installing roms and what not. I JUST rooted my Droid x yesterday using superoneclick. That was easy as well. I just have a couple of questions about installing custom roms. Do you HAVE to use bootstrap recovery? Can you install a custom rom without using a computer? Also, what are the "must have" apps on a rooted Droid x?
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You can do it without a computer, I did. Apps I have include: advanced task killer, anti virus, bootstrap, astro, rock player, quadrant standard, titanium and z 4 root. Those are must haves for me. I would recommend bootstrap, titanium backup, and liberty 1.5 rom and liberty toolbox. I've had a droid x 6 days. I used z 4 root though. If you want to do what I did you need to back up with titanium before flashing liberty. There's a thread around here about it.
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Hello I got my Droid x back in December. Before that I had a palm pixi which I overclocked, rooted, and changed the kernels on. That was easy. I've been reading about installing roms and what not. I JUST rooted my Droid x yesterday using superoneclick. That was easy as well. I just have a couple of questions about installing custom roms. Do you HAVE to use bootstrap recovery? Can you install a custom rom without using a computer? Also, what are the "must have" apps on a rooted Droid x?
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Bootstrap in my opinion is the easiest way for backups, installing themes/ROMs. I'm not sure what you mean about installing a custom ROM without using a computer... If you can explain that a little more, I can help you out.
If you just started, check out my guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940986
Well from what I have read you have to use a computer to put the rom on your SD card, or am I completely wrong on that one?
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I don't use a computer i just download the rom when I'm on wifi and it goes into the 'download' folder on my sd card and then i use astro file manager to move it if i need to
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After rooting your DX one of the "must have" apps would be DX bootstrapper. It is very important to make a backup of your phone after rooting for future update purposes and also something to fall back on if need be. You do not need a computer for that or flashing custom roms/themes, it can all be done directly from your phone. Although it is a good idea to use a computer and transfer your backups or anything else important too you just in case of SD card damage/failure.
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hullie10 said:
I don't use a computer i just download the rom when I'm on wifi and it goes into the 'download' folder on my sd card and then i use astro file manager to move it if i need to
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As with What hullie and dirtyfingers said... To save battery, I generally try to download ROMs/themes on my computer and then move them to my sdcard
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Speaking of saving battery... what are your opinions on the extended battery for the DX? Is it worth the money? I found the battery and cover on amazon.com for 43.00. Not sure if I want to spend the money yet..
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debrad0307 said:
Speaking of saving battery... what are your opinions on the extended battery for the DX? Is it worth the money? I found the battery and cover on amazon.com for 43.00. Not sure if I want to spend the money yet..
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Me personally, I have a car charger and one at the house, and a few extra blackberry chargers that fit, and I like otter box defender cases that I would have to mod to make an extended battery fit, so I haven't ever really considered it. I did get the defender before I saw the ballistic case, which I almost wish I had got instead now.
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debrad0307 said:
Speaking of saving battery... what are your opinions on the extended battery for the DX? Is it worth the money? I found the battery and cover on amazon.com for 43.00. Not sure if I want to spend the money yet..
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I bought the Motorola 1880 mAh battery on eBay for $10 + $2 for shipping and the Motorola extended battery cover on Amazon for $10 + $4 for shipping. The 2 fit well in my OtterBox Defender Series case. Also, I don't recommend task killers or anti-virus apps with Android. There are plenty threads that will tell you why.
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zwade01 said:
I bought the Motorola 1880 mAh battery on eBay for $10 + $2 for shipping and the Motorola extended battery cover on Amazon for $10 + $4 for shipping. The 2 fit well in my OtterBox Defender Series case. Also, I don't recommend task killers or anti-virus apps with Android. There are plenty threads that will tell you why.
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Really? I had no idea.I will look into that.
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Make sure you learn how to sbf your phone with rsd lite incase you mess up or want to revert back to stock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jrXqqiepI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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owenbeals said:
Make sure you learn how to sbf your phone with rsd lite incase you mess up or want to revert back to stock.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0jrXqqiepI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Thanks I will
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Hi, i dont know if you guys notice it already, but the evo has a latency on the screen response.
For exp., if you play a instrument on it like drum or piano, the sound will delay after we touch the screen, so it makes it impossible to play music on it.
I would like to know if is there any way we can set the screen response latency. My evo is V2 with froyo2.2 non rooted.
Thanks.
In compare to the iphone, the iphone has almost 0 lantency.
Have you tried a different kernal? I went from the stock HTC kernal to Netarchy's kernal and everything was greatly improved when it came to screen response (and many other things as well).
Edit: Just noticed that you weren't rooted. I would suggest rooting your phone and THEN flashing a different kernal. The trouble of the rooting process is well worth it in the end.
If you root and flash a kernel with a fps fix such as netarchy you can ditch the input lag. The fix for 60 fps essentially doubles the refresh rate of the screen giving you better touch response and at the same time allows the evo to display more frames per second.
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Thanks.
Now I have to find out a way to root my EVO over SD card, cause the usb port just broke.
Is there any way to root it with SD card?(froyo 2.2)
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ricomilion said:
Thanks.
Now I have to find out a way to root my EVO over SD card, cause the usb port just broke.
Is there any way to root it with SD card?(froyo 2.2)
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Wouldn't that mean you can't charge your phone anymore? I'd say you have about 8 hours to get rooted, find your rom of choice, pick a kernal, and a theme if you're really adventurous.
After that, it's going to look like a black rectangle.
You should be able to accomplish it using these two apps from the market.
adbWireless (for adb) and WebSharing or AwesomeDrop (for transferring files onto your SDcard wirelessly)
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Wouldn't that mean you can't charge your phone anymore? I'd say you have about 8 hours to get rooted, find your rom of choice, pick a kernal, and a theme if you're really adventurous.
After that, it's going to look like a black rectangle.
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Lol. I have my tp2 wich use the same battery type, and I switch batteries every time.
I know, i know, is a pns. But I don't have money for a new one.
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Wouldnt it be smarter to bring your evo into sprint prior to rooting and get that usb port fixed? They might do it under warranty!
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Wouldnt it be smarter to bring your evo into sprint prior to rooting and get that usb port fixed? They might do it under warranty!
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Sprint will not fix it.
The only way to fix it is getting a new board, cause my circuit lines are striped.
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But anyway,is there any chance I can root my EVO over SD card?
I can put files in the SD and install them on the phone.
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And if so what apps do you have install on your rooted Space Time Continuums
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And if so what apps do you have install on your rooted Space Time Continuums
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I'm still on DL20 but have root. Nothing of interest to note for my installed apps.
I has root and I am on DL17 xD
I used bubby's one click xD
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I try every app for whatever need I have. I.e, tried all the launchers, all the file managers, etc...what kinds of apps are you needing, or what are you interested in? I was thinking just today that I need to start blogging app reviews for power users...
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I try every app for whatever need I have. I.e, tried all the launchers, all the file managers, etc...what kinds of apps are you needing, or what are you interested in? I was thinking just today that I need to start blogging app reviews for power users...
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I was looking for the best of the best
Just let us know when you start you blog because I what my top notch phone to have the top notch apps
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Has anyone been successful with rooting on DL17 version?
And if so, can you point me to the instructions?
Look in the Continuum> Android Development forum under Root That Works...
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Has anyone done this yet. I found a thread where this was done on liberty 1.0 but couldn't (not smart enough) to determine if it is possible on other roms.
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About two weeks ago I swotched from liberty, I had to choose between apex and ds, I could not find an unthrottle.zip for ds so I went with apex it has the option to unthrottle in the toolbox.
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It's possible on almost every rom out there. Just do some Google searching and I'm sure you'll find it
Sure its possible all you have to do is modify the service.jar
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About two weeks ago I swotched from liberty, I had to choose between apex and ds, I could not find an unthrottle.zip for ds so I went with apex it has the option to unthrottle in the toolbox.
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Thanks Owen. I've been contemplating apex...I'll give it a go
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Ds is the best rom out there for the x..it is possible to achieve that but you do have to alter the service jar...
but using apex come on ppl darkslide is the way to go and with ds3 coming out nothing close can touch it.
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Has anyone done this yet. I found a thread where this was done on liberty 1.0 but couldn't (not smart enough) to determine if it is possible on other roms.
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What do you mean uncapped?
Is that like, bypassing your carriers data block? i.e. ive got 500MB a month... by uncapped, do you mean my phone would be ignoring those 500mb and (obviously) i wouldnt have to pay jack to my carrier?
This sounds INTERESTING...
It is just a mod to take throttling away not atually uncapping data
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I was just curious of the perks that come with the Razr M root versus not rooting. I actually like the new 4.1.1 Jellybean, but am so used to the whole LauncherPro home. I know I won't use LauncherPro unless I really end up hating the stock Jellybean home. Also, people seem to say the amount of custom Roms is scarce at the moment for the "M". That's initially what makes me worry. I guess what I'm asking here, is it worth the risk of bricking my phone? I've rooted my Droid X in the past flawlessly, twice and then bricked it because of a low battery and my own impatience. I rooted my Motorola Atrix as well, but was very unpleased with results, so much so that I didn't even flash a Rom, not only that but everything went down hill from there in terms of productivity, uses and overall what killed it the most for me was the battery life. I'm a noob to the community and all of the facts, but I've definitely rooted before and let's be serious, it's not a hard thing to do. I just want to know if it's worth it? I love total control, productivity and mulitasking (plus the little perks that come with the root such as apps). But do you think rooting this specific phone is something for me? Thank you for your input in advance and sorry if there's already a similar thread, but I tried to make this one stand out a bit.
the only major reason i would suggest root is for directory bind (root app for folder redirection) because internal memory is reflected at sdcard0 and the ext-storage is reflected as sdcard1.
other than that there isn't a real point to it unless you unlimited data and want to tether.
also, titanium backup, one of the main reasons alot of us root, you can get rid of alot of that bloat and also apply some tweaks and stuff if your into it / know how.
Also to remove and/or block annoying ads and to use apps that require root access
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TB is a biggie. Hugie actually!
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Aosp browser, TB, under clocking, ad away are all reasons to root.
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How about wifi tether, does this work on the Razr M rooted?
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Aosp browser, TB, under clocking, ad away are all reasons to root.
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Excuse me, where can i get aosp browser?
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Could someone be kind enough to point me in the right direction. I've searched but can't seem to find the basic info. I have very little background in flashing and such.
I rooted my thunderbolt years ago with little guidance and than bought a rooted bionic. But now I'm lost with all the terms. Looking for somewhere that will explain what everything means so I can then choose what os to flash, and how to do it in recovery.
Thank you,
David
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Right now there isn't a whole lot you can do until the devs port custom roms to our phone. They didn't know it was going to be possible to unlock our bootloader or root(after kitkat update) , and therefore didn't put much effort into later versions. At most, you can install the latest CWM and backup your current rom in preparation for if you decide to install custom roms. That's basically where I am right now.
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You can freeze or remove the bloatware. Just make a backup first.
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There is a list of the verified bloatware you can remove with titanium backup without breaking the phone. Just search "Razr HD bloatware" in the forum
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Thanks guys!
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By the looks of it, I should stay with stick KK for now? I have froze a few apps with titanium but looking for something to improve my battery. I'm going through battery in about 5 hours. I was getting 10-12 on JB. Still looking for a way to go back to JB.
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By the looks of it, I should stay with stick KK for now? I have froze a few apps with titanium but looking for something to improve my battery. I'm going through battery in about 5 hours. I was getting 10-12 on JB. Still looking for a way to go back to JB.
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Yes stick with KK for now. That's surprising that your battery is draining so fast now. Can you go to your battery usage and see what is sucking up most of your juice? I have heard others state that it took a few days for their phone to settle in after the upgrade (I personally think people were so excited for the new OS that they were just using their phone a lot more than they were before .) I know mine has been draining faster because I've been doing so many things with it since the update. I highly recommend the app "Greenify" since you are rooted. It will automatically hibernate any non-necessary background apps that suck up ram, battery, and data.
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Yes stick with KK for now. That's surprising that your battery is draining so fast now. Can you go to your battery usage and see what is sucking up most of your juice? I have heard others state that it took a few days for their phone to settle in after the upgrade (I personally think people were so excited for the new OS that they were just using their phone a lot more than they were before .) I know mine has been draining faster because I've been doing so many things with it since the update. I highly recommend the app "Greenify" since you are rooted. It will automatically hibernate any non-necessary background apps that suck up ram, battery, and data.
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Thank a lot for the info. This motocare is sucking up a lot of battery. Don't remember seeing it before. I'm searching now to see what it is and if I should freeze it or hibernate it. Just downloaded greenify and it seems like a great app. Thanks again for your input!!
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davfed said:
Thank a lot for the info. This motocare is sucking up a lot of battery. Don't remember seeing it before. I'm searching now to see what it is and if I should freeze it or hibernate it. Just downloaded greenify and it seems like a great app. Thanks again for your input!!
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Sure thing. When its all good and working...it should appear something like this
Agree on greenify. It is an truly awesome app for improving battery life! Better battery stats with root use enabled for checking wakelocks also. I had the same experience with motorcare. Major batterydrainer. Being able to properly disable apps, is worth rooting alone.