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Few Questions

First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.

Moving to General because this has nothing to do with developing ROMs.

Sorry about that Binary.
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No worries. The Magic thread has been a bit slow the past few days anyway. It's nice to have something to do.

Hollywood80 said:
First off I'm running CyanogenMod-5.0.7-DS-test2. I know it's old but just never have updated. That being said is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for the myTouch 1.2 phones? I ask because T-Mobile just announced that we will be getting Android 2.2 soon. Bummed because I really like some of the new stuff in 2.2 but because I've rooted, modded my phone I won't get that update as far as I know right? So therefore I have two questions. Again is there a 2.2 ROM being worked on for these phones and if not how can I get my phone back to the way it was when I first got it? Thanks in advance.
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If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.

AdrianK said:
If you flash back to your stock ROM when it's released you will get the notification and be able to install it.
The problem for XDA at the moment is that the 2.2 source has not been released, which makes it a pain in the arse to work with for cooking ROMs.
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HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?

Hollywood80 said:
HOw do I get my phone back to stock? Is there a way to get it back to stock without losing my ROOT access?
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If you want stock you will lose root. If T-Mobile send you the 2.2 update you will still not have root. Why haven't you checked out CM6-RC1 yet? It's stable and with root. I've been running it for over a week on my MyTouch 1.2 and haven't had any issues.
Individual results may vary.

So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

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So CM6-RC1 runs pretty good on the MT3G 1.2 (32A EBI0)? No updating needed on anything to run it? I JUST loaded 5.0.8 tonight. Didn't do a wipe since I was upgrading from 5.0.7 to 5.0.8. Really hate to have to wipe AGAIN and reinstall all of my apps LOL!
On a 5.0.8 related note I thought I could overclock to 576 with 5.0.8. I'm using SetCPU and it won't let me go higher than 528. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
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Yes CM6-RC1 runs very well on MyTouch 1.2, you just need root and a custom recovery installed. You should use Titanium to backup your apps and data because a wipe might be required. I didn't have to... but results may vary. In regards to SetCPU, I wouldn't know because I am comfortable with what I have. I have 7 completely filled screens with JIT and everything else is default. I have just over 100 apps installed and I have about 150mb of internal memory remaining still. No need for a2sd.

Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?

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Custom recovery? Would that be the Aman of whatever it's called that I have currently?
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Amon_Ra, clockwork, etc.

Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.

Hollywood80 said:
Ok cool. I'm using Amon_Ra so we're good to go. I'll go download 6.0 RC1 and post back here with the results.
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Make a nandroid backup first!!!!

Oh yeah of course.

Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?

Hollywood80 said:
Well got CM6 running. Not sure what's going on but man it's SLOW for some reason. I did notice my max CPU went up to 576 though. Still not sure why it's running so slow. Notice everytime I go into settings and hit the Home button my home screen has to refresh.
EDIT: Not sure if this is a bug or what but a lot of my contacts have no green phone icon next to them anymore and if I press and hold to edit them I get a Force Close. So I did some digging and notice no GMAIL accounts were setup. I went to GMAIL and it told me I had to setup an account. Hit Add Account and nothing happens. Not good at all. That explains why those contacts aren't showing up. I installed the GAPPS on the CM6 RC1 page. Should I not have done that? Weird that there is no GMAIL account setup as that's how I had to setup the phone initially. Same when I'd wiped and installed a custom ROM in the past. Also seems that Market doesn't work. I click the Market icon and a white screen opens and then closes. Very ****ty. And I know that I can't downgrade back to 2.1 (5.0.8) without wiping right?
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That's what a nandroid backup is for.
But try a complete wipe, reflash and restore SOME of your apps and data. You also need to make sure that you flash the correct gapps. Froyo not the donut, eclair one.

Yeah I used the one on the same post with the CM6 download link. Will try a wipe then try CM6 again.
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So Binary here is an interesting one for ya. I ended up doing a wipe. Also did a Dalvik wipe as well. Loaded CM6 RC1 on. Loaded the Google Apps on. Worked fine. Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed. Eventually it appears the Market installed every app I had running before I wiped. Not sure how it did that. Trying to get my Weather Widget Donate to work. Try to load the Large flip clock and weather widget and all it does is make my home screen fade a little but that's it.
EDIT: Finally got my weather app to work. Think I'm finally on the right track now. Loving the fact I can have up to 7 screens! And the Update All in Market is a godsend!

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Then I noticed apps showing up in my drawer that I hadn't manually installed.
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Did you wipe your ext partition?

Thats the google backup thing workin foe ya...also if its still slow turn off the color thing and turn ON jit under the cyanogenmods settings. And keep the clock at 576. Alsso dont enable compcache.
composically

[Help] Did I Brick My Mytouch4g?

MODS: I am unsure of where to post this so sorry for the trouble.
So I work for Tmobile and love showing off my rooted mytouch 4g in all its glory.
So I requested a warranty exchange and got a TAIWAN VERSION w/ GOOD SCREEN in return. Like Day and Night.
Upon Receiving my warranty exchange phone it was 2.2.1. I attempted the same Visionary Root Process, (however was there some extra file i needed to DL? i forget)
After rooting my new phone, S-Off, I had flashed FAUX stock kernel 0.4.0b.
THEN THIS HAPPENS:
I cant get past the mytouch 4g splash screen. The first logo that appears. It gets stuck or bootloops. I can HBOOT and get into recovery 3.0.0.5
This is all i can do...i already asked for another warranty exchange...but in the meanwhile..how can i fix this problem or what did i do wrong?
ALSO can you backup one mytouch 4g and load it back up on another mytouch 4g with the same sd card? Thanks!

I had this problem with my MT4G when I flashed his kernal. It seems that his kernals are not designed to work with every 4g device. I hope you did a nandroid backup on the device. I was never able to get past the mytouch splash screen with his kernals
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Well, at since you can get into recovery there should be a number of things you can do to get your phone to boot.

Download a new ROM to flash, if you are on clockwork 3 then you need CM7.
Clockwork has usb drive ability, turn it on, transfer the ROM then flash.

If you can get into HBoot or Recovery on ANY phone, you're safe. Hell, if you can't get into HBoot, your phone wouldn't even start up since HBoot is basically the equivalent to BIOS.

THE VERSION OF CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY YOU USE IS CRITICAL!!!
The version you are using is for Android 2.3 only.
Flash a v2 Recovery with adb or fastboot and reinstall your kernel, or install CM7.
HTC Glacier CM7 41

I am trying to do this. How would I get my comp.to.recognize the devise. Sometimes it says mass storage device detected sometimes not. So I need cm7 rom to b able.to boot?
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Tiltpoet said:
I am trying to do this. How would I get my comp.to.recognize the devise. Sometimes it says mass storage device detected sometimes not. So I need cm7 rom to b able.to boot?
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If you've ever connected it via USB, it should have installed the drivers automatically (at least on Windows). I think the ADB driver only installs if you had "USB Debugging" checked. Mass Storage usually only refers to mounting the SD card; the driver for ADB is different. Look for something like Android Phone or Android ADB Interface in your device manager (again assuming Windows).
If you have ADB set up, try running the adb devices command. If it spits back the serial number of your phone, you should be okay to proceed.

Don't exchange the phone, fix it...
Just use another phone to copy the latest CM7 to the root of your sdcard and flash, if that doesn't work do the same thing with a PD15IMG.zip file to the root of your sdcard, hboot and restore to stock.
I have no problem with someone doing a warranty exchange for a hardware issue, but if you break your phone, don't make someone else pay for it...

i ended up solving the problem by doing what some of you had suggested. I flashed CM7 and WAH-LaH! when the phone got past the splash screen into CM7 i was on cloud 9.
Now What are the benefits of running CM7? as opposed to going back to Sense w/ Faux kernel again?
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how would i go back to a sense type rom again? would i go back into rom manager and flash a different recovery?
XDA you have been so helpful!
___bonus__also the haptic feedback on this phone was not as strong as my original..though idk if its just me or not..should i call tmobile and stop shipment of the OTHER phone? how is it i have a taiwan version plum W/ good screen?

There are no Sense-based Gingerbread (Android 2.3) ROMs available now ... Best practice its to make a Nandroid backup of CM7 with your installed CWM Recovery, then flash a version 2.x of CWM Recovery to install any Froyo (Android 2.2) based ROM.
HTC Glacier CM7 41

Tiltpoet said:
i ended up solving the problem by doing what some of you had suggested. I flashed CM7 and WAH-LaH! when the phone got past the splash screen into CM7 i was on cloud 9.
Now What are the benefits of running CM7? as opposed to going back to Sense w/ Faux kernel again?
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how would i go back to a sense type rom again? would i go back into rom manager and flash a different recovery?
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Good to see it is working.
Its mostly personal preference at this point. Sense on the MT4G is pretty responsive and has some nice features. CM7 has its own tweaks and features. You loose the sense widgets but many can be replaced with alternatives in the market. You gain and loose relative in both ROMs So try out both and decide.
Use ROM Manager app to flash a new recovery. One of the 2. versions, then flash a froyo based ROM.

what about flashing kernels..are those "roms"
is cm7 itself pretty battery efficient? i still downloaded setcpu and set it to 11---.
2.XXX ..u mean like 2.5.1.4 for example..sorry not lookin at the phone atm.
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i also dl the cynogyn updater or wut not..wut url do i add for themes?

Tiltpoet said:
what about flashing kernels..are those "roms"
is cm7 itself pretty battery efficient? i still downloaded setcpu and set it to 11---.
2.XXX ..u mean like 2.5.1.4 for example..sorry not lookin at the phone atm.
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i also dl the cynogyn updater or wut not..wut url do i add for themes?
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Kernels are not ROMs, the kernel is the underlying software of an OS. The kernel talks to the hardware and lets different parts of the OS communicate. Kernels are ROM specific, or Framework specific. A sense ROM can not use a AOSP kernel and vice versa.
CM ROMs can be good on battery, or not. It all depends on personal use and how you set it up.
That is a good recovery to use when flashing sense ROMs.
Not sure about the updater. If it is the one I am thinking, it hasn't been updated in a while. I think it has been abandoned in favor of ROM Manager. CM updater did come in some of his older ROMs, before ROM manager became the norm.

So I can or cannot flash fauxs kernel. I really liked the smartass profile. Also..I'm on cm 7 now...y do I get force closes on my market.
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As people have already said, you used the wrong version of clockwork, also, use clockwork to flash a new rom. And make sure you use the right version.

Tiltpoet said:
So I can or cannot flash fauxs kernel. I really liked the smartass profile. Also..I'm on cm 7 now...y do I get force closes on my market.
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Try fix permissions. If that does not work, do a full wipe (factory reset). If that still does not work, try re-flashing the ROM.
If you flashed a new kernel before you started having issues, this may fix it, or you may need to wipe caches and re-flash the kernel.

Please Help My DHD is dying

Ok today my dhd decided to pack in. I was using my sat nav on way home went to exit sat nav got got fc's on everything including sense launcher. I have tried all of what is below to try resolve the problem but nothing.
1. full wipe reinstalled backup same issues.
2. full wipe installed new rom same issues.
3. Tried using brand new sd card same issues
I have now ran out of options so does anyone have any idea i have never had any problems with dhd,
Just incase it matters before all this happened my dhd was in this state rooted, s-off, eng-off and running leedroid GB

snowwhite007 said:
Ok today my dhd decided to pack in. I was using my sat nav on way home went to exit sat nav got got fc's on everything including sense launcher. I have tried all of what is below to try resolve the problem but nothing.
1. full wipe reinstalled backup same issues.
2. full wipe installed new rom same issues.
3. Tried using brand new sd card same issues
I have now ran out of options so does anyone have any idea i have never had any problems with dhd,
Just incase it matters before all this happened my dhd was in this state rooted, s-off, eng-off and running leedroid GB
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99% this will work..
I had an issue where my dhd screen became totally unresponsive.. nothing worked (Full wipe, new rom, nandriod backup etc.)
The only way to sort it out was to flash an RUU (http://iloveabath.co.uk/index.php?dir=RUUs)

then reroot??

snowwhite007 said:
then reroot??
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what you do is:
1. turn your phone on
2.connect to your phone using USB to computer (just leave it in charge mode)
3. Run RUU , after view clicks it will do everything.
Done phone back to its old state.
Edit: sorry, must of been half asleep. Yes you need to reroot, like the person pointed below, thus I recommend to flash 1.32.

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then reroot??
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Yes, you will have to reroot after running the RUU

flashed ruu phone worked fine then when market started redownloading apps i got every fc possible i think phone is now giving fc's after evey restart making it unusable again i could cry

snowwhite007 said:
flashed ruu phone worked fine then when market started redownloading apps i got every fc possible i think phone is now giving fc's after evey restart making it unusable again i could cry
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The last thing you can do since the problem starts to occur when apps are. Downloaded, is to not not allow the market to re-download and down the apps you want one by one...
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still doesnt work im going to send it back to tmob how do i put soff and eng-off back to normal?

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still doesnt work im going to send it back to tmob how do i put soff and eng-off back to normal?
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Installing the RUU should return the system all to stock (kernel, radio, bootloader etc.) I don't see why the issue remind, unless it's the app your downloading... Search through the development section there should be a guide, best of luck...
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chers all back to stock now had to use radio tool to s-on again now gotta wait 2 weeks at least till i get phone back gutted. Dunno what has happened seems like the system is infected

[Q] Black camera screen Mytouch 4g

Hey guys I have a mytouch 4g that has been rooted to 2.3.3 (gingerbread) (I bought it like this) and when I try to go to the camera/camcorder/ or any other camera using application its just a black screen. I don’t know how to fix it, please help thanks!

Try to flash another ROM and see if it works then. I don't know if you are familiar on how to do that, but in the Mytouch 4G android development section there are plenty of ROMs to choose from with instructions. Make sure you make a back up. I suggest royalginger 2.1

thanks for the response,
i actually dont know how to change the ROM, does that mean changing from gingerbread? thanks for your help,

Nope, there are plenty of roms that are gingerbread. The link I am posting is the resource bible located in the development forum. It has basically everything you need to know. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866175

I suggest you go to the android market, look up rom manager, an download it. Also go to cynogenmods website an find the mytouch 4g, go to the wiki part of it. It well show you there how to download an install a new rom.if you still need help send me a private message, cause I change roms bout once every few days.
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Since his phone is already rooted with a custom rom, I am willing to bet he has ROM Manager on his phone...

thanks guys i am a little confused, but yeah it does have a rom manager but im not sure how to use it, its my first android and i didnt know it was rooted when i bought it lol

i might be asking for too much, but can anyone break it down for a 1st timer, i just want a stable phone with the camera to work lol

Make sure you have recovery installed,rom manager can install it. Its the very top in the app.Open rom manager,select download rom,pice the rom you want.make sure you also download gapps(google apps). Wait for it to download. Once it downloads rom manager will ask you,to wipe cache,dalvik,an back up rom. Do all three of them. Select ok. You should now reboot into recovery,use your track pad,to find install zip,select that then find choose zip,from sd card. Look for either rom manager or cynogenmod(not,sure which it is). Find the rom you downloaded,select it. Itll ask you if you want to install,select yes. Then repeat the process in,recovery to install a rom,for gapps. One you done that,hit the back button an,reboot your phone.
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Hey, guys i finally got a new ROM! but the bad news is that the camera still doesnt work? any other suggestions.... the weird thing is that the camera has worked before, and then it goes black again

I think the camera on that phone, is probably messed up. Maybe a bad connection.
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.

Hopes this works for you.
Ive been having the same prob for months. Then tonight I did something unusual. I called T-mobile to see if they had a solution, and by golly it worked! The tech mentioned that the black screen may be due to an issue with the sd card. She said that if I used to much memory, the camera will not allow anymore videos and pics to be taken(why it doesnt just flash a note that says memory overload or something, IDK) So she said to remove the sd card and reboot and try to access the camera. If the phone allows you to do that then there is an issue with the card. Remove all saved data to another device and reboot.
I actually did it a little different. I remembered that the last time it worked, I was at a concert and took several videos, so I was hoping I had just used to much memory. So before rebooting I simply deleted all the videos from that concert(you can dump files on another device).Then I tried to start my cam, got the black screen. So I powered the phone down, removed the SD card and battery, reinserted the battery sans the SD card and rebooted phone. Activated the cam, still got a black screen. Powered down again, re-inserted the SD card, and rebooted. Started the camera and......it worked.
No more black screen!

[Q] peer review request

So, I'm new to this forum but this isn't the first device I've ever liberated from the carrier's limitations. I've had this Glacier/MyTouch 4G since it was new. It is my primary phone until I upgrade early next year. It's long out of warranty and started giving me a few problems not long ago (which I found was a failing micro SD card).
After recovering it from that I decided to change it from the stock T-Mobile version 2.3.4 and did the firmware downgrade to root it using the gfree and visionary method.
All was successful with no problems thanks to this forum. By the way a big THANK YOU FOR THAT! :good:
I now have the engineering bootloader, and am running cyanogenmod 7.2.0 stable at present although my goal is to find a stable ICS or possibly JB ROM for it if possible.
The bootloader reads as follows:
Glacier PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD1510000)
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010,12:44:14
My question is, what else do I need to consider doing prior to looking at other ROMs and eventually settling for something permanently?
I'm not unhappy with cyanogenMod 7.2.0 (although I may try the newer nightly) but I would like to get to at least ICS.
I read something about updating the RADIO but am not sure if that's necessary or not. Perhaps someone could guide me based on the above info. If there is any other updates I've missed along the way on this project, pointing that out is also greatly appreciated.
I noticed immediately that the Google Play Store, etc. wasn't there when I installed cyanogenMod and got that update in, so all that is working quite well at this point.
Again, thank you forum for your excellent instructions that worked flawlessly for me on the first try and got me to this point. I have gone through and hit the thanks button on all the threads I used.

A couple things, they aren't really necessary, more of precautions.
1) Do a nandroid of your current rom
2) Before you flash the new rom, do a FULL wipe, this means data, system, cache, dalvik yada yada
3) get 4EXT recovery, it really is a time saver

Get 4ext recovery and have a pretty good sized microsd. The radio is more of an experiment on your own time thing, if you're curious to see if there are any improvements then flash away, but if you don't care, then you'll be fine on stock radio.
Oh, and make sure you have everything you need prior to flashing a ROM such as gapps and additional files like newer kernels and fixes
Sent from my LG E960

Thanks for the responses. I've been doing backup/restore using ClockworkMod Recovery and I noticed it came already installed on CyanogenMod.
I've gotten familiar with the interface so Is that one okay vs. the ones mentioned or should I switch?
As far as the Radio, I read up on it and downloaded the various ones to try so I'm fairly confident I can accomplish that if need be.
From what I read, I understand I should travel around to my usual locations and see what my signal is like, and also watch my battery life to see which works best if I decide to experiment with Radio options. Having used T-Mobile for so many years I already know all the areas I travel to and have good signal or none at all (way too many with little or none at all).
I know prior to rooting I was getting solid 4G in my home. I ran speedtest this morning and am seeing between 4622-5722kbps down and 1605kbps up. I think that's not too bad although I notice the icon fluctuates between 3G and HSPA frequently, where with the stock phone it was consistently 4G (as far as the icon displayed anyway).
I'm using an 8GB microSD card and occasionally I'm going to connect it to a computer and copy those backups off to other storage, just in case.

Icon means nothing (or actually, the stock lies and 3G/H are telling the real connection state). The connection is the same.

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Icon means nothing (or actually, the stock lies and 3G/H are telling the real connection state). The connection is the same.
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That's pretty much what I thought too, especially based on my speedtest results. I know from years of experience with T-Mobile that they stretch the truth on not only data speeds but also network coverage maps which like in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are more "guidelines" than anything else.
However, since I do see that constant fluctuation between the 3G/H icons so frequently, experimenting with the different radios might be worthwhile.
Thanks for your response.

1600RoadStar said:
Thanks for the responses. I've been doing backup/restore using ClockworkMod Recovery and I noticed it came already installed on CyanogenMod.
I've gotten familiar with the interface so Is that one okay vs. the ones mentioned or should I switch?
As far as the Radio, I read up on it and downloaded the various ones to try so I'm fairly confident I can accomplish that if need be.
From what I read, I understand I should travel around to my usual locations and see what my signal is like, and also watch my battery life to see which works best if I decide to experiment with Radio options. Having used T-Mobile for so many years I already know all the areas I travel to and have good signal or none at all (way too many with little or none at all).
I know prior to rooting I was getting solid 4G in my home. I ran speedtest this morning and am seeing between 4622-5722kbps down and 1605kbps up. I think that's not too bad although I notice the icon fluctuates between 3G and HSPA frequently, where with the stock phone it was consistently 4G (as far as the icon displayed anyway).
I'm using an 8GB microSD card and occasionally I'm going to connect it to a computer and copy those backups off to other storage, just in case.
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About recovery, i would say that you are better off switching, 4EXT gets the job done faster and its known to produce less problems when flashing the roms. Its completely optional but its highly recommended plus it only takes a couple minutes of your time.

Point taken, thank you.
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THEindian said:
About recovery, i would say that you are better off switching, 4EXT gets the job done faster and its known to produce less problems when flashing the roms. Its completely optional but its highly recommended plus it only takes a couple minutes of your time.
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I did install and am using nandroid and I'd like to ask a question regarding using 4EXT instead of CWM recovery.
I'm now using the most recent cyanogenmod nightly and I see that like the previous version it has CWM recovery pre-installed. Looking at it in the apps list it allows uninstalling updates only, and not complete removal. Is installing 4EXT going to interfere with that or am I safe to do it because it will then be the default custom recovery? Or is there something else I'll need to accomplish to remove CWM recovery first?
Apologies for the beginner questions I'm sure these are but I haven't been able to find a thread clearly explaining this aspect.

1600RoadStar said:
I did install and am using nandroid and I'd like to ask a question regarding using 4EXT instead of CWM recovery.
I'm now using the most recent cyanogenmod nightly and I see that like the previous version it has CWM recovery pre-installed. Looking at it in the apps list it allows uninstalling updates only, and not complete removal. Is installing 4EXT going to interfere with that or am I safe to do it because it will then be the default custom recovery? Or is there something else I'll need to accomplish to remove CWM recovery first?
Apologies for the beginner questions I'm sure these are but I haven't been able to find a thread clearly explaining this aspect.
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I'm guessing you mean ROM Manager?
CWM is the official recovery of Cyanogenmod. However, 4EXT Recovery works very well. I've had zero issues using it with ROM Manager. Never, I repeat, never install a ROM using the menu in ROM Manager. ALWAYS reboot to recovery and do it manually.
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1600RoadStar said:
However, since I do see that constant fluctuation between the 3G/H icons so frequently, experimenting with the different radios might be worthwhile.
Thanks for your response.
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When there is a data transfer of any kind, HSPA connection is negotiated and you see H.
When the phone is idle and doesn't transmit anything, you see 3G.
Perfectly normal.
You're welcome.

1600RoadStar said:
I did install and am using nandroid and I'd like to ask a question regarding using 4EXT instead of CWM recovery.
I'm now using the most recent cyanogenmod nightly and I see that like the previous version it has CWM recovery pre-installed. Looking at it in the apps list it allows uninstalling updates only, and not complete removal. Is installing 4EXT going to interfere with that or am I safe to do it because it will then be the default custom recovery? Or is there something else I'll need to accomplish to remove CWM recovery first?
Apologies for the beginner questions I'm sure these are but I haven't been able to find a thread clearly explaining this aspect.
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All you've got to do is install 4ext. Madmaxx made it easy to go from cwm to 4ext, all of my backups stayed intact after I made the switch a while back.
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Jack_R1 said:
When there is a data transfer of any kind, HSPA connection is negotiated and you see H.
When the phone is idle and doesn't transmit anything, you see 3G.
Perfectly normal.
You're welcome.
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Makes sense. My plan is to leave the current radio alone. :good:

Synthetic.Nightmare said:
All you've got to do is install 4ext. Madmaxx made it easy to go from cwm to 4ext, all of my backups stayed intact after I made the switch a while back.
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Awesome, thank you. I was reading about your ROM earlier today, the positive remarks of it convinced me it'll be the one I try next as I'm looking for an ICS daily driver although I'm entirely happy with my current cyanogenmod installation.

estallings15 said:
I'm guessing you mean ROM Manager?
CWM is the official recovery of Cyanogenmod. However, 4EXT Recovery works very well. I've had zero issues using it with ROM Manager. Never, I repeat, never install a ROM using the menu in ROM Manager. ALWAYS reboot to recovery and do it manually.
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That is what I meant. I'm still getting some of the names and terminology confused. I have used ROM manager to install the ROMs I've tried so far but will discontinue that.

Well, it's been a few weeks since I started on this adventure and it hasn't been a very smooth ride. I went from stock GB to CyanogenMod 7.2.0 stable to cm-7-20121007 nightly to SyNthetic_aospX to cm10.1 unofficial and back to SyNthetic_aospX which I finally settled on as my daily driver.
My goal was to get the phone to a very stable and reliable ICS or JB ROM that I could use until I upgrade in another month. During the installing of one ROM I got the dreaded
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E: cant open /cache/recovery/log
E: cant mount /cache/last_log
E: cant open /cache/last_log
errors that I posted in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063057&page=24.
After that I was able to recover it by reinstalling Froyo using PD15IMG.zip and rerooting using visionary and recovery manager to reinstall SyNthetic_aospX.
That worked well for awhile until one morning I woke up and went to take my phone off the charger and found it to be shut off and unresponsive.
I pulled the battery and got it into recovery and when rebooting got the dreaded
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E: cant open /cache/recovery/log
E: cant mount /cache/last_log
E: cant open /cache/last_log
again.
I had nandroid backups but they all failed when attempting them with the same error messages as above.
Finally, after many attempts I was able to get the phone back to stock GB using the PD15IMG.zip.
The phone is back to stock except for apparently still having S=OFF
The bootloader now reads as follows:
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.89.0006
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Jul 15 2011, 16:45:17
Not sure what to do now, if anything. I really can't afford the time to tinker with the phone any more not knowing if I'll have additional problems with a different ROM. It is my primary phone and although I'd like root back to get rid of the unnecessary apps I don't want to risk errors or bricking.

And so the saga continues...
After awhile running the stock gingerbread once again the phone began locking up and shutting down the other day. When this began happening the first time I thought it was a bad SD card but that seems to have eliminated itself as the problem now. This time I'm thinking the battery may be the culprit.
Right before it happened I saw a message appear that said the SD card had been mounted read only. The phone was sitting untouched when it happened.
I was once again able to reinstall stock Froyo, gain root with visionary and get 4EXT recovery installed so now I'm running the debloated and rooted stock GB on it (I never lost permanent S-OFF so it was easy).
Still saw:
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E: cant open /cache/recovery/log
E: cant mount /cache/last_log
E: cant open /cache/last_log
but 4EXT recovery seemed to handle it better than Recovery Manager did so eventually the custom ROM worked.

I read it thread and saw u were using cm7.2 before. For me with that version of cm7 it was not stable, kept getting signal drops. I think its due to the fact that its based on gb 2.3.7 as well is cm7.1.
If u want a rock solid cm7, then flash cm7.0.3 no problems there just doesn't have as much options as the later. I also use it with Holo launcher which is an ics/jb aosp themed launcher for gb
Cm7.0.3 is gb 2.3.3
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If you have time, you might want to get familiar with adb to root your phone using computer commands. I've read people have had better success permanently rooting their device that way.

elmagnificado said:
If you have time, you might want to get familiar with adb to root your phone using computer commands. I've read people have had better success permanently rooting their device that way.
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That's what I did, using the gfree and visionary method which requires ADB.
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996)