I'm a noob and I have a few questions about Custom Rom's. First, what is Cyanogen? Is it a standalone Rom or is it a platform for Custom Rom's to run on? I have an X8 and I have Link2SD, if I flash the CM7 ROM in this forum will the apps in the EXT2 partition disappear? Also, I live in China at the moment and I flashed the operating system to an American Version... Which Rom will work better for me in China,the Cyanogen or the one ported from Sense? I bought my X8 in China. Thanks for the help~ oh and one last question, will SE really stop upgrading the X8 or is it just for the moment?
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CyanogenMod is a popular custom Android ROM. It includes features that aren't normally built into Android.
The apps on the EXT2 partition will not disappear, however they will not appear in your app drawer. You'll have to re-install them/re-link them.
It does not matter where you bought the phone, the ROM will work exactly the same. The ported Sense ROMs are not completed and barely work.
SE has only stopped upgrading the X8's Android version (so we will never see an official 2.2 or 2.3 firmware). We will still see future 2.1 updates.
Edit: Also, this was posted in the wrong section.
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Hi to all,
first of all it's only a learning post, I'm not requesting dev updating
We've got roms based on CyanogenMod 6, I saw a friend of mine updating his desire on the fly and well, I know that this isn't possible, but if I go on cyanogen forum i see downloadable roms for every device.
My question is: we've got a rom which is based on desire OR nexus one, I downloaded the package rom of the new cyanogen for desire, what happen if I simply change al the files in the HD2 rom with the files in Desire rom? I suppose it doesn't start, obviusly.
In the Cyanogen for desire archive there are those folders:
System
|--app
|--bin
|--etc
|--fonts
|--framework
|--lib
|--media
|--usr
|--xbin
|--build.prop
and the a boot.img
If I just change the whole system (not the boot.img) folder in my rom with the one in desire, shouldn't it just upgrade cyanogen?
Or just some of that folder.. I mean, I don't think that cyanogen based mod are fully modded and every file is modified to fit our HD2.. or is it so?
Thanks for any help! ^_^
Like the rom manager? I dunno. It might be different since this is a hacked device with different drivers....
Plus its on sd card.
Best to just update your build every week out so.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Well the question was a bit different... I can update my build only if the builder releases his update, but if he stops, is there a way to update using directly the cyanogen files found on official cyanogen forum? i suppose no, but i'd like to know why and what is the difference between the nexus or desire CM build and our CM build? (and not desire build are made for desire, nexu for nexus, hd2 for hd2, I've understood that XD)
I know it isn't clear -.- can't find a way to explain it better anyway :/
Dear All Experts,
I'm a newbie for Android and do have some questions to ask you guys. I have a rooted MT4G.
Dump question (possibly)
Do custom Roms come equipped with latest device software update ( Froyo and soon to be Gingerbread ) or I would have manually update my device software again once Gingerbread is out before I could flash new custom Roms again?
Flashable roms include all the software you will need. If/when gingerbread rom comes out - all you will need to do is wipe and flash.
Your apps are updated through market, rom has nothing to do with it.
Thank you very much for your comment.
I'm looking to use boot manager and I know it needs to be a 2nd init rom not based off blur. I was considering the Justice ROM by the liberty team. I'm currently on Liberty 3 v2.0 and am happy with that but I really want to do want boot manager.
My concern with Justice is that it appears to be an old build and I haven't seen any updates to it. Other than CM7 are there any other current roms that would work?
Check over at the DX dev forum on rootzwiki. There are a handful of versions of miui and cm that you could use. It also seems to be the most up to date and active dev forum for this phone
when using 1.6 ROM rooted some apps are not shown in the market like Whats app or Twitter... i'v tried a lot of patched markets and a lot of 1.6 ROMs in this forum .. can anybody tell me whats the problem ?
A lot of apps do not support android 1.6 anymore, most of them require 2.x and higher android versions, i would suggest you to flash 2.x ROM to get those apps..
I just want to recommend you Cyanogen Mod CM7 7.2.0 RC1 ROM. It's fast and smooth, good thing for your phone. I'd say that it's faster than stock 1.6 ROM.
Hi all,
My HD2 had upgraded from WM to android 2.2.
However, the system is unstable lately (it rebooted occasionally).
Thus, I wonder whether I can do another upgrade to either 2.3 or 4.0?
Could you suggest which version is more stable and functioning well?
Also the how-to?
Thx a lot.
Yes you can do an upgrade, have a good read first as these are custom ROM & bugs will be present, those 2.3.xx versions are pretty much stable nowadays but you can give ICS - different flavours - a try also. Go the the SD ROM thread & if your phone has MAGLDR all you have to do is put the ROM in SD & boot from there or try the link below
Thx for the suggestion.
Just another Q: Why to store image in the SD? Doesn't it slow down the boot up time?
What's the benefit on the other hand?
Much appreciated.
NexusHD2 series GB & ICS are very stable and fast ROMs.
I am now using an ICS one and I am very pleased
You can found guides about flashing in my signature.
If you`re interested only in Android you should choose a NAND version to avoid slowness.
You can upgrade to this rom, now it is stable enough, enjoy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639932