So I have a simple question, I flashed a new kernal onto the 2.3 gingersense leak and I want to try the Virtuous sense 3.0 rom do I need to revert back to stock kernal before switching to Virtuous?
I know probably a a dumb question. But better be safe than sorry, Also im kind of worried about flashing a new rom with all these failed pu things going around. Is this Virtuous rom safe to flash?
one more question what are the benefits to flashing a new radio. Are people actually seeing increased battery life and signals?
Jerald2 said:
So I have a simple question, I flashed a new kernal onto the 2.3 gingersense leak and I want to try the Virtuous sense 3.0 rom do I need to revert back to stock kernal before switching to Virtuous?
I know probably a a dumb question. But better be safe than sorry, Also im kind of worried about flashing a new rom with all these failed pu things going around. Is this Virtuous rom safe to flash?
one more question what are the benefits to flashing a new radio. Are people actually seeing increased battery life and signals?
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You don't need to revert back to stock kernel before switching to new ROM. Just go ahead and follow instructions to flash new ROM. If you mean Virtuous ROM by eViL D: , yes it is safe to flash. Just read instructions carefully. For me, I am using Royal Panache and it runs great. About flashing the new radio, I have read mix reviews of working well for some and for some, decreased battery life and inconsistent service. So, I am just sticking to the stock Radio for now and it is consistent.
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Firstly, I tried to search but if this ends up simply rehashing another thread, mods please direct me to proper thread and delete this.
Now to my question. I am still running the base HBoot of my phone from the 1.56 RUU (I bought phone in December 2009). I'm rooted right now with that and using custom ROM/radio.
Now that the infamous 2.1 official RUU is out, would it be safe to up my phone to the root-included TEST RUU, RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.20.651.1_signed_test, and re-push flash_image or does it even really matter which hboot I'm running on (figure hboot is the only thing permanently stuck on phone from RUU)?
Or to put another way, do I gain anything from a higher-version hboot from the Test RUU other than it looking more like the official release so root isn't as obvious?
Any thoughts welcome
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This is sorta deprecated now that we have Root on the Release RUU, so repurposing the thread.
My new question: Now that i've rooted the Official Release version, can I restore my old nandroid backup without breaking my phone?
I did a nandroid backup of my fully-set-up Fresh 2.1.2 Install before I ran the Official RUU to 2.27.651.5 and now I'm wondering if it will break anything to "restore" that backup.
Again, any thoughts are welcome.
diaknia said:
Firstly, I tried to search but if this ends up simply rehashing another thread, mods please direct me to proper thread and delete this.
Now to my question. I am still running the base HBoot of my phone from the 1.56 RUU (I bought phone in December 2009). I'm rooted right now with that and using custom ROM/radio.
Now that the infamous 2.1 official RUU is out, would it be safe to up my phone to the root-included TEST RUU and re-push flash_image or does it even really matter which hboot I'm running on?
Or to put another way, do I gain anything from a higher-version hboot from the Test RUU other than it looking more like the official release so root isn't as obvious?
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to my knowledge if your hboot changes from 1.56 to the one from the official you will lose root as of now, the test RUU still has root but its super buggy, why would you want to flash the official or the test anyways, theres roms here that blow the stock ones out the water, but once again to my knowledge you WILL lose root. And the test ruu with root has mad issues you should do a search bro as far as upgrading to the newer hboot well im not sure if it has features but the devs are still trying to break root in the new hboot.
check this out bro just in case you already flashed it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=693449&highlight=hboot
I have not yet flashed the Test RUU.
From what I understand the Test RUU still has su built in, so all I need to do is re-push flash_image to get a custom recovery back on it and I'm golden from there.
I don't plan on using the stock ROM that comes with the RUU more than I have to, just curious about installing custom ROMs from that base versus the 1.56 base.
I still plan on uploading flash_image and doing the custom ROMs and Radio like now.
diaknia said:
I have not yet flashed the Test RUU.
I don't plan on using the stock ROM that comes with the RUU more than I have to, just curious about installing custom ROMs from that base versus the 1.56 base.
I still plan on uploading flash_image and doing the custom ROMs and Radio like now.
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well from what i heard recently that base doesnt have audio issues that some people deal with on certain roms like the drivers are better, but my old hero i always had audios issues not with this refurb i dont get um anymore. but that 1.56 base is solid theres so much **** to work outta 2.1, until then im rocking darchdroid2.63 the only asop rom out there for our phones!
Im running Godspeed recovery, darchdroid2.63 and the latest 2.1 sprint radio and i cant complain
good to know
dirkydirk23 said:
well from what i heard recently that base doesnt have audio issues that some people deal with on certain roms like the drivers are better, but my old hero i always had audios issues not with this refurb i dont get um anymore. but that 1.56 base is solid theres so much **** to work outta 2.1, until then im rocking darchdroid2.63 the only asop rom out there for our phones!
Im running Godspeed recovery, darchdroid2.63 and the latest 2.1 sprint radio and i cant complain
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I've already had audio issues installing custom ROMs based on 2.20.651.1 Test while using the 1.56 base, yet Fresh 2.1.2 based on 2.27.651.5 has yet to glitch on me for audio *crosses fingers*.
I'd still prefer to run a 2.27.651.5-based ROM like Fresh 2.1.2 even after upgrading my HBoot to the one from the 2.20.651.1 Test RUU, if I do so.
Original point of my question was if there was anything buggy in the HBoot itself moving from 1.56 to 2.20 RUU. Correct me if I'm wrong but HBoot is really the only thing that can't be easily flashed. You can flash both ROMs and Radio.
Far as AOSP, it's cool and all, but call me crazy: I actually like Sense.
diaknia said:
I've already had audio issues installing custom ROMs based on 2.20.651.1 Test while using the 1.56 base, yet Fresh 2.1.2 based on 2.27.651.5 has yet to glitch on me for audio *crosses fingers*.
I'd still prefer to run a 2.27.651.5-based ROM like Fresh 2.1.2 even after upgrading my HBoot to the one from the 2.20.651.1 Test RUU, if I do so.
Original point of my question was if there was anything buggy in the HBoot itself moving from 1.56 to 2.20 RUU. Correct me if I'm wrong but HBoot is really the only thing that can't be easily flashed. You can flash both ROMs and Radio.
Far as AOSP, it's cool and all, but call me crazy: I actually like Sense.
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There is nothing wrong w/ the hboot. and the hboot isn't even the thing blocking root. The audio issue seems to differ from phone to phone, I have never had audio issues on my phone.
Thanks for the responses, regaw and dirky.
It looks like doesn't matter one way or another which base (rooted 1.56 or rooted 2.20) I use. I should have same functionality either way. I'm just gonna stick with 1.56. Really comes down to "if it ain't broke..."
On a side note.... i'm an eager follower of the official RUU ROOT thread on the dev sub-forum, Regaw, keep up the good work. Still feel bad for you that you've been stuck without root so long...
When you crack the thing, and I maintain hope you will, that's when I'll probly go and upgrade to the Release RUU.
diaknia said:
It looks like doesn't matter one way or another which base (rooted 1.56 or rooted 2.20) I use. I should have same functionality either way. I'm just gonna stick with 1.56. Really comes down to "if it ain't broke..."
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Basically this.
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Basically this.
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yeah ive yet to run into it but i hear hboots are *****es to downgrade, but yeah i guess you and i both learned something dude, im rollin with your last post, if it aint broke dont fix it lol
dirkydirk23 said:
yeah ive yet to run into it but i hear hboots are *****es to downgrade, but yeah i guess you and i both learned something dude, im rollin with your last post, if it aint broke dont fix it lol
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If you had run the test ruu and already pushed flash_image and custom recovery back to the phone then you can restore the original hboot in about 10 seconds if you want.
From recovery flash the .zip attached here and the hboot will revert to 1.41 instead of 1.47.
Cool, moot point now, though.
Now that the release version is rooted, I upgraded to the release RUU and re-rooted. Got Toast's OC recovery kernel rocking already.
Sorta off-topic, but I do have one small question:
I made a nandroid of my install of Fresh 2.1.2 before I upgraded. Would it be safe to restore that nandroid back now that i'm on the 2.27.651.5 RUU?
diaknia said:
Cool, moot point now, though.
Now that the release version is rooted, I upgraded to the release RUU and re-rooted. Got Toast's OC recovery kernel rocking already.
Sorta off-topic, but I do have one small question:
I made a nandroid of my install of Fresh 2.1.2 before I upgraded. Would it be safe to restore that nandroid back now that i'm on the 2.27.651.5 RUU?
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I am curious about this also. Currently running fresh 2.1.1 previously from a 1.5 root and was thinking about updating to the .5 ruu and doing the root and than restoring a nandroid
What would be the best rom to flash before transferring my Hero over to a new line? I am just giving it to a family member, so no need to do anything drastic here. I still have my stock nandroid of 1.5 that I've been using to update PRL's with on the SD card, but if I can hand it to them with a "modern" rom that can be used to update PRL/Profile, I'd rather do that.
Any suggestions? Is Fresh 2.4.0 still a viable rom, or maybe something like LiquidSense 2.1?
I'm assuming that none of the ported 2.2 roms will work for this. And this person is a non-techy, so they will not be wanting Cyanogen. I'd rather them have the sense dialer instead of AOSP anyway...
sladehawke said:
What would be the best rom to flash before transferring my Hero over to a new line? I am just giving it to a family member, so no need to do anything drastic here. I still have my stock nandroid of 1.5 that I've been using to update PRL's with on the SD card, but if I can hand it to them with a "modern" rom that can be used to update PRL/Profile, I'd rather do that.
Any suggestions? Is Fresh 2.4.0 still a viable rom, or maybe something like LiquidSense 2.1?
I'm assuming that none of the ported 2.2 roms will work for this. And this person is a non-techy, so they will not be wanting Cyanogen. I'd rather them have the sense dialer instead of AOSP anyway...
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I would run a ruu before activating the phone
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Nfinite's rom is good
After a while i recovered enough courage to start unlocking my DHD.
Well today was finnaly the day i did. And must say it was allot easier then i thought.
I now have a rooted 2.2 DHD with full root acces and an overclocked kernel to 1200 mhz
Now the following question comes across my mind. am i able to download the stock 2.3 gingerbread update and update that rom? or do i loose everything i have unlocked right now?
Is there a good working 2.3 rom available that i can flash with clockwork? Does a OC kernel work after a rom flash?
Thanks for your time!
Kind regards John
If you flash a new ROM, the kernel of that ROM wi be flashed over. Also, your old kernel would be incompatible. So you'd have to flash over a Gingerbread overclockabke kernel.
As for ROMs, don't ever flash stock, official OTA updates, or RUUs/unrooted updates. You will loose root, and end up with an install that is all over the place.
Finally, as to what ROM...there's a whole forum section dedicated to that. If you want as close to stock as possible, Android Revolution HD is really your only choice now; most have them have moved away from stock.
Read around the Development section if you're feeling experimental though!
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If you flash a new ROM, the kernel of that ROM wi be flashed over. Also, your old kernel would be incompatible. So you'd have to flash over a Gingerbread overclockabke kernel.
As for ROMs, don't ever flash stock, official OTA updates, or RUUs/unrooted updates. You will loose root, and end up with an install that is all over the place.
Finally, as to what ROM...there's a whole forum section dedicated to that. If you want as close to stock as possible, Android Revolution HD is really your only choice now; most have them have moved away from stock.
Read around the Development section if you're feeling experimental though!
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+1 for Android Revolution HD, Stock looking and very very optimized! Or if you want sense 3 and HTC Sensation's like looking then download the RcMix 3D 234 v2.6.
Also, if you would like an idea of the look of a few roms - check out the ROM Screenshots link in my sig. The ROM list is also regularly updated.
Of course many rom threads have their own screenshots too.
Its the phone that I gave to my wife and its starting to do the random reboots often. I think I wanna go ahead and upgrade to 2.3."?" but I wanna make sure I could root it. Is the GPS is working on those. GB ROMs or should I just flash a custom 2.2.1? My wife won't know the difference but I still would like to put a ROM with the least bugs possible (Froyo or GB) that has the best battery life and GPS possible. Which is it? Sorry I would like to do my homework and read,read,read but she needs a functional phone now so forgive me if I sound like I'm just lazy and I want the ROM handed to me. Thx for your support people.
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If you update to 2.3.4, you will lose root and 2.3.4 can't be rooted at this time, people with 2.3.4 have to downgrade back to 2.2, if you want 2.3.4 on it, I would give Virtuous Unity a try
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Its the phone that I gave to my wife and its starting to do the random reboots often. I think I wanna go ahead and upgrade to 2.3."?" but I wanna make sure I could root it. Is the GPS is working on those. GB ROMs or should I just flash a custom 2.2.1? My wife won't know the difference but I still would like to put a ROM with the least bugs possible (Froyo or GB) that has the best battery life and GPS possible. Which is it? Sorry I would like to do my homework and read,read,read but she needs a functional phone now so forgive me if I sound like I'm just lazy and I want the ROM handed to me. Thx for your support people.
Sent from my Bionixly-Blutiful-Vibrant
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just reflash the rom youre running now or flash a newer rom. VU is very stable or sense 3.5 roms like runnymede and bliss are the new hype.
Hi guys,
I don't like when people post "how do I root my phone?" when you can search 100 threads to root your phone, so I was hesitant to post this, but I've been away a year or whatever it's been, and I see a whole bunch of new ROMS that are totally unfamiliar to me.
I chose Royal Ginger 1.6 (based on android 2.3.3) way back when (still have it) because I thought it was a stable, non-SENSE plain android ROM that was much faster than the sense that came with my mytough 4g. And I was right. I know it was updated to 2.0 and then the DEV stopped, or whatever the demise was.
I didn't update to 2.0 at the time since I have one of the "bad chips", so it wasn't compelling enough to risk something that was working fine.
I'm getting the itch again to update my phone - it's cheaper than getting a new 4.0 phone and a new contract and $$$. Figured if I slap jelly bean on this it'll make it feel like I got a free upgrade.
Mostly I'm after something that is solid and not something I'd look back and say "why didnt I just leave well-enough lone?" where I'd lose functionality in things I'm used to. (camera etc)
What's the new Royal Ginger nowadays? What's the no brainer ROM to flash when reliability and compatibility is concerned?
Should I go back to entertaining CM nightlies? It seems that some of the andoid v3 ROMS are stable, and what about andoid v4-- isnt that too much of a reach to make compatible with this aging glacier that we have? Not too buggy to use a jelly bean aopk 4.x.x on this?
Thanks for any input
If u wanna stay aosp wuth everything working I suggest cm7.2 stable or nightly that GB For ICS/JB I suggested AospX, or Dark Jellybelly or the port O.O all pretty stable with little to no bugs
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for aospx, you mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684835
if so, looks like plain android base of ICS, plus optimizations.
that sounds like what i need. still looking, but this is a good candidate.
funny, when you dont think of these things for a year, you get wobbly on the details.
i still have rom manager on my phone, with root and s=off, i'll have to read the talking points on how to update to make sure i do it right the 1st time...
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for aospx, you mean this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684835
if so, looks like plain android base of ICS, plus optimizations.
that sounds like what i need. still looking, but this is a good candidate.
funny, when you dont think of these things for a year, you get wobbly on the details.
i still have rom manager on my phone, with root and s=off, i'll have to read the talking points on how to update to make sure i do it right the 1st time...
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I plan on building the milestone release tonight, so go ahead and take your time into getting back into things (unless you're eager to try BR7 ). I might be able to get it released tonight as well if everything goes right.
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Thanks man. Read on another thread here you released the milestone or RC. I'll have to check it out.
question for you or anyone else reading this - maybe on that other thread I read about a guy who got into some boot loop trying to flash your rom I think the BR7 iteration, when he way trying to upgrade from royal ginger.
As I said that's the rom I have on there now, and so my brain brain froze a little while reading that.
Any people upgrading from Royal Ginger to this? Hey bootloop guy - did you ever get past your problem? (I think the responses to your post were to wipe again, reflash, etc etc, but I think you said you did that)
Thanks
acsi007 said:
Thanks man. Read on another thread here you released the milestone or RC. I'll have to check it out.
question for you or anyone else reading this - maybe on that other thread I read about a guy who got into some boot loop trying to flash your rom I think the BR7 iteration, when he way trying to upgrade from royal ginger.
As I said that's the rom I have on there now, and so my brain brain froze a little while reading that.
Any people upgrading from Royal Ginger to this? Hey bootloop guy - did you ever get past your problem? (I think the responses to your post were to wipe again, reflash, etc etc, but I think you said you did that)
Thanks
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He likely had an older version of clockwordmod (someone else had similar trouble on another ics/jb rom) so just make sure you update it if you haven't in a while. I'd also suggest using 4ext if you're not using it already as people on cwm seem to be having trouble using it with the OTA Updater. Also, it allows you to wipe everything you need to flash a rom with just one option.
I'm on royal ginger 1.6 from way last year, and am ready to flash your aospx mr1.
I have ROM manager 5.0.2.1 and with that I flashed CWM Recovery (it downloaded it over data network nice and fast), just 2 days ago, so it must be the latest.
So you're saying that 4ext may be less prone to error... If I go with that, where does that leave ROM Manager, it stays installed- there's no reason to uninstall it? And the CWM recovery? Does 4ext flash its recovery right over my existing CWM recovery?
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I'm on royal ginger 1.6 from way last year, and am ready to flash your aospx mr1.
I have ROM manager 5.0.2.1 and with that I flashed CWM Recovery (it downloaded it over data network nice and fast), just 2 days ago, so it must be the latest.
So you're saying that 4ext may be less prone to error... If I go with that, where does that leave ROM Manager, it stays installed- there's no reason to uninstall it? And the CWM recovery? Does 4ext flash its recovery right over my existing CWM recovery?
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You can still use ROM Manager with 4ext. Yes, just flash it right over.
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