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ROM Cooking?

Does anyone have any websites that they would like to recommend regarding info on ROM cooking?
I really like the idea of being able to totally customize our phones once the root is done but would like to try to have something done by the time our Dev team gets root to us. If this is possible and we won't be needing much from the phone before it is rooted (device specific files that we don't have access to now?) to put a ROM together then I am ready to get started.
If you're already working on this I'll be more than happy to help you out with some guidance.

this is someting you just have to learn it's preaty much doing a system dump of a current working rom. but it's more complicated than replace this file and that file as i spoke before. thta was just a gereral idea.
real rom cookers manipulate the kernal so thier ideas work better and faster than the original. just take a look at my friend cyanogen he's done wonders in rom cooking. i think haykuro and old dev from xda has a rom kitchen tut out there in the intertubes but have lost touch with him.

rigamrts said:
this is someting you just have to learn it's preaty much doing a system dump of a current working rom. but it's more complicated than replace this file and that file as i spoke before. thta was just a gereral idea.
real rom cookers manipulate the kernal so thier ideas work better and faster than the original. just take a look at my friend cyanogen he's done wonders in rom cooking. i think haykuro and old dev from xda has a rom kitchen tut out there in the intertubes but have lost touch with him.
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Very True...I do my own ROMS for myself and a few friends with my Xperia WinMo....its all about performance and how you put it together...

I've played around with rom cooking for my Omnia last year. It is pretty involved. This site and MoDoCo are some of the best places to find information on. I would suggest looking at the Hero forums and other Android phones as I would think some of the specifics are different than say WinMo.
Any way, I plan on reading up on this myself, so if I come across any good info I'll post it here.

i've got a rom done when we get root. just took out all the apps and replaced them with stock android, but its better than nothing for now. we'll still need to get amon-ra recovery and stuff working.

Is anybody thinking about making a Nexus One ROM for the Eris once we get root

iloveandroid said:
Is anybody thinking about making a Nexus One ROM for the Eris once we get root
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A 2.1 ROM or a Nexus One themed ROM?
I'm sure someone will do 2.1 but I'm sure Nexus One stuff (startup animations etc) could just be added to any other ROM with minimal work after we get this thing rooted.

from what ive been reading..and surely hope its true, alot of Chefs are looking to port of specifically Espresso and Nexus themed roms.
and that to me is just freakin awesome.
but all jokes aside..i just wanna metamorph and go nuts with the themes lol

Looking for a GOOD Custom ROM for my myTouch 3G!

Hey there.
I've just had my phone rooted the other day and have a Custom ROM that my friend gave to me for download and I'm just looking for another GOOD ROM
for my to try out.
If you have one, or know of a good one that would work on my myTouch 3G,
please comment with a link! :]
Thanks,
-- Lation

Lation said:
Hey there.
I've just had my phone rooted the other day and have a Custom ROM that my friend gave to me for download and I'm just looking for another GOOD ROM
for my to try out.
If you have one, or know of a good one that would work on my myTouch 3G,
please comment with a link! :]
Thanks,
-- Lation
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I guess ill say this before someone else does which magic do you have???
do you he 32a or 32b version???
also the forums here are filled with ROMS depending on what you want to do with your phone no rom is perfect do you want an everyday ROM or do you want a new rom that you will have to constantly upgrade?
Also what radio and or spl do you have

I have a 32B =o

I'm running superd, since your pottery noob, you'll want to stick with either superd or cyanogens roms, their easy to upgrade with the cm updater.
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[Q] android noob

Having taken the plunge for my first android phone namely the SE X10 on a standard rom and already rooted it, I'm just wondering if any of you would like to give me some tips on what to do next with this phone having being a wm 6.1 user for many years I'm at a bit of a loss with this one I've never used linux or any of the derivatives of that software which I'm lead to believe android is based, so pretty much clueless with this one kind regards Mcpaddy.
Sorry forgot to mention it has android 2.1 update 1 installed on it and its the X10I regards Mcpaddy.

Mcpaddy said:
Having taken the plunge for my first android phone namely the SE X10 on a standard rom and already rooted it, I'm just wondering if any of you would like to give me some tips on what to do next with this phone having being a wm 6.1 user for many years I'm at a bit of a loss with this one I've never used linux or any of the derivatives of that software which I'm lead to believe android is based, so pretty much clueless with this one kind regards Mcpaddy.
Sorry forgot to mention it has android 2.1 update 1 installed on it and its the X10I regards Mcpaddy.
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Good places to start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=989129
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&pagename=SonyEricssonXperiaX10

Basically you need to decide whether you want to go with a totally custom ROM, or modify the SE 2.1 ROM.
If you go total custom there are some guides to do it as telmoabff linked above.
I chose to just mod the 2.1 SE ROM and there are many different options you can go with, also many guides which will help you out.
You can get some very good customization / performance out of the 2.1 SE ROM...however, to get the absolute best performance / totally custom you will have to go with one of the user developed ROMs.
(Since I am kind-of new to this as well someone please correct me if I am wrong.)

I would root, install xrecovery and then z's freex10 b4 froyo rom as its the simplest and most stable rom i have tried. Once you have it running good then make a backup and try out any of the roms that float your boat, you can always just restore back to z's rom if things go wrong. Very hard to break the x10 have put mine in bootloop bout 6 times trying out the cool stuff on here but always been able to fix it!
Just my opinion tho
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FreeX10 is the base for which all of the X10 Froyo ROMs are built, if you want something that has more tweaks and features Wolfbreak's CyanogenMod 6.1.3 ROM is a good one with a lot of support and features. Id go custom if I were you mainly because of the fact that 2.1 doesnt support Flash or app2sd which are 2 features that really make android great.
Sent From My *Super Fly X10*
If I (or anyone for that matter!) help you, dont be afraid to press THANKS!

Or you can use freex10 and simply flash cyanogen settings via xrecovery
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If you want to stick with stock you should sysctl and jit along with few build.prop mods. Just search the forums. I would recommend the Z's freex10 rom for speed and stability. Tripmiui rom for something different.
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Sorry all was expecting an email to tell me if anyone had replied to my post I apologise for seeming ignorant thank you all for your suggestions

Mytouch 4G tweakin!

***If you feel that this post does not belong in this section of the forums, please just send me a pm and let me know where to put it, as i am a complete noob to the whole forum thing. I have never been part of a forum whatsoever before xda. ***
Ok guys, i recently sold my motorola defy and upgraded to the mytouch 4G. It wont be here for a few days, as i ordered it online, so i figured i would take the hiatus and gather up some info and ideas from you wonderful people at the xda forum. That said, any ideas as far as easy rooting, sick/reliable roms (honeycomb preferably, but i am completely open to all and any ideas), and generally anything that you think would benefit me. I will also post a complete video run through of the whole operation upon request, and i will deffinately give bigups to the contributors and use the info given to help others along the way.
Thanks, guys.
PS. This is the dopest forum i have ever found when it comes to phone hacking, and I greatly appreciate all that contribute.

I would suggest either the visionary or gfree method of rooting. After rooting it is recommended to flash the engineering bootloader as it will be easier to recover if you soft brick your phone. Do alot of reading on these items in the mt4g android development forum. There is not a stable honeycomb ROM at this time, but there are some amazing Sense and AOSP ROM's out there (also located in the development section). I use and highly recommend Royal Ginger 2.1..which will probably be 2.2 by the time you get yours. Also, take this time to read up on and set up ADB as it makes life alot easier.

Thaks! Too bad theres no stable gingerbread roms, as i figured there wouldn't be.(I REALLY want a moto xoom) But on the other hand, I had a gingerbread rom on my defy and i really liked it. My battery use was good, it was really fast, and exceptionallyt user friendly, in my opinion. Also, I know that the MT3G had a massive problem with freezing and it was pretty unstable all around. Is this problem persistent in the 4G? And if so, would the rom you recommended fix or at least dampen this problem?

No no. PLENTY of stable and amazing gingerbread ROM's. RoyalGinger 2.1 like I mentioned is gingerbread. In the OP you mentioned honeycomb, which at this time there is not a stable ROM.

No, yea sorry i meant no stable honeycomb roms, my typing got ahead of my thinking XD.

I dont think there are really any stable honeycomb roms on any phone. This is to be expected since honeycomb wasn't open sourced (And might never be, but it's reasonable since honeycomb will be outdated once ice cream sandwich is released for both tablets and phones.)
Either way, welcome to this community of copious amounts of development and cool people. And if you are having issues deciding on a ROM, cyanogenmod is never bad. it's working great so far on the Mytouch 4g.
Also, a bit of input on the rooting method you use. It's not proven 100%, but rooting with the visionary method is safer in the long run. here's the thread with instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
Many people prefer the gfree method because it gives you "real" S-off and allows for a few more options like sim unlocking the phone. If you don't need that, just use the one i linked. people who used gfree have been getting errors in recovery that effectively brick their phone. If we learn anything more and it turns out to not be gfree's fault, it's not difficult to use gfree even after using the method i linked. Using the visionary method will still let you do everything you want otherwise like flashing roms and whatnot, but has recently shown to be safer.
also, using the method i linked will flash the engineering hboot, which will help get out of many sticky situations.

I am currently running Virtuous Fusion 1.0.9. It is by far the most stable HTC 3.0 rom out. Its a gingerbread rom, not honeycomb but most honeycomb builds are for tabs anyways unless its one of the few recently or to be release HTC phones anyways.
Virtuous Fusion is the 4th most used rom for the MT4G and is updated regularly by eViL D.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070444
It is fully compatible with Faux123's kernal
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070444.
As my signature states I am currently OC'd at 1.2gHz but the kernel is capable of 1.8.
EDIT: I rooted with the directions on theunlockr.com Mytouch 4G but its not any different from the link posted in a previous thread. Read up on the dev and general forums as they will provide the most knowledge about your newly acquired phone.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/10/how-to-temporarily-root-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g-htc-glacier/
Follow those instructions leading to perm root. I am just posting what I did. The instructions are easy to follow and those that post on the unlockr.com follow XDA as well.
Oh and welcome to a fantastic community.
Hope you enjoy your MT4G, its a fantastic phone.
Happy flashing buddy.

Thanks for the heads up kim. I will most deff. use visionary, as, currently, i dont need sim unlocking and if i do, im sure i can take it to my uncle and he' ll do it for me.
Also, thanks to rillusion. I'll be trying several different ROM's, so ill make sure to the the forementioned rom in mind, as i love gingerbread. And i know that honeycomb is for the pads, but ya gotta agree, it would be extra beast on on a phone.

grubbyfoot said:
Thanks for the heads up kim. I will most deff. use visionary, as, currently, i dont need sim unlocking and if i do, im sure i can take it to my uncle and he' ll do it for me.
Also, thanks to rillusion. I'll be trying several different ROM's, so ill make sure to the the forementioned rom in mind, as i love gingerbread. And i know that honeycomb is for the pads, but ya gotta agree, it would be extra beast on on a phone.
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I do agree it would be beastly on a phone, sadly a 1gHz processor wouldNT run that the way I would want it to.

Welcome to the community, grubbyfoot!
I also highly recommend Virtuous Fusion by eVil D:. I love the Sense interface and find Virtuous Fusion to be the best ROM I've ever run on any device. It's being updated to version 1.1.0 (waiting for the upload to finish as we speak).
When rooting, Visionary is recommended over other methods for now because of some issues that may or may not be related to gfree's method of rooting. Unfortunately, some devices will just refuse to be rooted using Visionary.

Im gonna slide this on over to Q&A...........
Oh..... almost forgot, welcome to XDA

Lol, ok. and thanks for the welcomes, guys.

You should also try the InsertCoin Rom.

i am also a complete noob, and have never been part of a forum before xda. just rooted for the first time using the visionary method a few days ago, and i am completely wowed at what rooting did. i run the faux123 aosp gingerbread rom, blue bionic theme from the market, and a custom system font from dafont.com. my friend tells me im still just scratching the surface. good luck and happy rooting! go noobs(with help from the dons, of course).
MyTouch 4g rooted, running Faux 1.2.0 AOSP 2.3.4

I recommend RoyalGinger 2.1 as well. After rooting my MT4G and flashing it with that ROM, I can finally say I'm proud of my phone!

OMG!!! THANKS SO MUCH YOU GUYS I JUST GOT DONE PARTIALLY FAMIARIZING MYSELF WITH VIRTUOUS FUSION AND I GOTTA SAY BIGUPS TO EVIL DEE AND ALL WHO DEVELOPED THIS ROM I AM ECSTATIC!!! Sorry for yelling I'm in mild shock n I'm having problems controlling the volume of my typing
;-))
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[Solved]HELP! I need to get back to stock Ginger stuck in 2.2 downgrade with no OTA

After following this guide: wikicyanogenmodcom/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide#Downgrading_to_1.17.531.2
and having second thoughts about Cyanogen, I tried then to unroot my phone, successfuly, now being stuck in 2.2, it will not let me OTA back to gingerbread.
I have no idea what I am doing.
I want to basically just get back to my stock gingerbread.
I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264704
but none of the files work because megaupload is gone for good.
What are my options, what exactly do I need to do to get back to my OEM status.

demoncamber said:
I want to basically just get back to my stock gingerbread
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Can I ask why? There are great gingerbread ROM in development section. Sense or AOSP.
If you absolutely want t-mobile gingerbread, ask in the thread for someone to reupload it to file factory or another hosting service.
Sent from my HTC Panache / CM7 using xda premium.

Well to be honest I think I kinda freaked myself out, this being my first root.
I really want to get back to my stock default T-Mobile gingerbread just so I'm positively sure on how to do it and save the files just in case they go missing again online. (In case I return it to T-Mobile in the future)
Could someone please point me in the right direction on what steps I need to do to go from 2.2 back up to 2.3 with the ability to do OTA updates?
Can you possibly point me out to the best gingerbread rom to check out?
I really was only going to initially root so I can set the CPU speed but now that I saw this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
I can do it right in gingerbread. But I need to get back there

demoncamber said:
Could someone please point me in the right direction on what steps I need to do to go from 2.2 back up to 2.3 with the ability to do OTA updates?
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You can follow this guide to return to stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1244018
You can probably ask there for someone to reupload the t-mo. ROM.
Can you possibly point me out to the best gingerbread rom to check out?
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There is no best ROM. You need to give us more detail : what you want or need...
ROM with HTC sense ? Without Sense ? AOSP ? Do you like customization ?
Some well known ROM :
Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 (AOSP)
MIUI
Virtuous Unity (Sense)
...
Look here to get more info : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866175
Regards

Would this method also do what I need? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264704

Yes,
It looks easier and quicker.
Sent from my HTC Panache / CM7 using xda premium.

i think i got the file i needed now