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What's the best way to root my device?

My device was recently updated to 2.2 froyo using the qdl tool... I now would like to root it, but have no idea on how to. Can someone please point me in the direction on which would be the best way to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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What are you planning next? Which baseband are you on now? The version that the qdltool installs is 305 and you should upgrade to 318 if you are staying stock. If you are staying stock get to the version you want then root with SuperOneClick. There are a lot of threads about that.
If you plan on using one of the Streakdroid roms than go to streakdroid.com and read the guides there. If you install one of these it's pre-rooted.

troybklyn said:
My device was recently updated to 2.2 froyo using the qdl tool... I now would like to root it, but have no idea on how to. Can someone please point me in the direction on which would be the best way to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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I found z4root to be an easy rooting process for me.

First, thanks so much for the immediate response.
My baseband is 318. I tried oneclick and kept getting the error / failed message.
I do plan to stay stock for a while, but would like to try an unofficial rom sometime in the near future because I have two streaks.
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Thanks russiansolja... I'll look into it.
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troybklyn said:
First, thanks so much for the immediate response.
My baseband is 318. I tried oneclick and kept getting the error / failed message.
I do plan to stay stock for a while, but would like to try an unofficial rom sometime in the near future because I have two streaks.
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Search the web for z4root app 1.3.0

I've tried superoneclick (all versions)... and z4root, and none of them worked for me at all. )0: Guess I'm stuck with an unrooted device huh?
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I had to remove my sd card to get SOC to work with my phone. (baseband 318)

I've tried tht as well, and still no joy. I also have baseband 318.
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I was able to have success with superoneclick ver. 1.5.5
Make sure you run the application as admin and usb debugging is checked.
Before you connect to your computer turn off, take battery out, restart.
Start superoneclick as admin, THEN connect to pc.
Goodluck. That is how it worked for me.

Ok, so after I eject the battery and replace it again, do I turn the phone back on at this point, or does it to remain off thru out the process?
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troybklyn said:
Ok, so after I eject the battery and replace it again, do I turn the phone back on at this point, or does it to remain off thru out the process?
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Yes. Sorry. Restart the phone. Before you connect it back to the pc
Check usb debugging and start superoneclick as admin

Will do. Thanks a bunch!
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Thanks guys! I am now rooted!!! U guys rock!
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Another question, lol... Now where should I go from here? Performance fix, maybe? (o:
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troybklyn said:
Another question, lol... Now where should I go from here? Performance fix, maybe? (o:
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Hahah thats what I was asking myself after I rooted my phone lol

Very confused lol. I noticed after updated to the official 2.2 (baseband 318), the network icon at the top now display an "H" instead of 3G... Is this ok, or did I lose my 3G?
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troybklyn said:
Very confused lol. I noticed after updated to the official 2.2 (baseband 318), the network icon at the top now display an "H" instead of 3G... Is this ok, or did I lose my 3G?
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The Streaks locked to AT&T never showed when they were connected by HSPA. Unlocked Streaks and the ones running Steve's ROMs do. HSPA is a faster than standard 3G so when you see the H it's a good thing.

Nice! Thanks Marvin!
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Does anyone know how to enable emlist or terminal on the streak after it has been rooted? I rooted my streak on 1.6 before using QDl to update it to 2.2 and those apps were automatically enabled. Now that I have rooted it again wjile on 2.2 I don't see terminal or emlist (well emlist is visible but I can't mess around with it)

Gingerbread Roms for Android 2.2

Hey guys!
I would like to know the best, least bugest, stablest gingerbread like Roms for our vibrants! If you have the answer then please help!
Thanks!
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I like miui
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Look for the ROM thread that has the most number of pages, or look in the Q&A sections.
By the way this question should be posted in the Q&A section, and you should read the forum posting rules.

coolairG1 said:
Look for the ROM thread that has the most number of pages, or look in the Q&A sections.
By the way this question should be posted in the Q&A section, and you should read the forum posting rules.
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I agree with this. But personally, I'd go with asgard. It's been the most stable and battery friendly in my opinion.
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laristech said:
I like miui
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Second that! Oh and yeah bad place to put this. Actually this question get's asked a lot, yet there is no definitive answer it seems?... I believe it is all about personal preference. MIUI seems to have a great balance of everything I could want in a phone and super user friendly customization. I searched a month for a rom... Tried most 2.3.x and while they all offer something and are greatly appreciated... I just so happen to like MIUI the best. Goodluck!

Cm7 is what many people go for, but if you google the things you can do in MIUI, then you will see it offers the most features. The non stock version that nickminn updates every friday seems to be better than any other 2.3.5 rom I have seen otherwise.. but they all have bugs, reduced battery life versus 2.2.x, and barely or non working gps.
The bugs I still had when I stopped using it a few weeks ago: media button on headphones doesn't work, if listening to music when you get a call and you answer, the music will continue to play, you have to restart it after charging(at least after long charges) or it will not go into deep sleep, and occasional sd card issues(my music player would too often not be able to find the music).. the plus side is all of the features: the notification bar being customizable and shortcuts to each toggle, the ability to theme EACH part of the UI individually, the built in backup/restore, the battery tracking, the device data usage app, the multi touch drag/drop and tons more.
Also I was getting 16-20 hours under heavy/moderate use which is the best I have seen on any ginger rom including cm7.. on ANY 2.3.5 rom you need to use cpu spy to make sure it goes into deep sleep to have good battery.
Hope this helps.. there is a large trade off using any gingerbread rom until we get the source code-- I went back to 2.2.1 because EVERYTHING works, and I simply can't kill it in 24 hours unless I TRY.. I get 24-48 hours per charge. I miss the features of MIUI, but not enough for the costs-- most of the differences between 2.2 and 2.3 is mostly cosmetic in the end.

I think he means 2.2 roms that look like GB. In that case, try Bionix 1.3.1. It should be easy to find.

ali1276 said:
I think he means 2.2 roms that look like GB. In that case, try Bionix 1.3.1. It should be easy to find.
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Yes exactly!
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Yes exactly!
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Ya bionix 1.3.1 ginger edition is by far the best rom for the vibrant if its your main phone. I have cm 7 on mine now... if i didnt upgrade to a sensation 4g id still be rockin bionix though.
Flash it and enjoy the butter
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hev88 said:
Ya bionix 1.3.1 ginger edition is by far the best rom for the vibrant if its your main phone. I have cm 7 on mine now... if i didnt upgrade to a sensation 4g id still be rockin bionix though.
Flash it and enjoy the butter
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Hey bro! Can you please help me flash it because I tried it! Can you give me step by step tutorial? Please thanks!
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why would you want a 2.2 rom that looks like 2.3 when you can have 2.3?
that's like body kitting a car to look like a ferrari when you can just get a ferrari... sure the ferrari may get worse gas mileage, but it's still definitely worth it.

funeralthirst said:
why would you want a 2.2 rom that looks like 2.3 when you can have 2.3?
that's like body kitting a car to look like a ferrari when you can just get a ferrari... sure the ferrari may get worse gas mileage, but it's still definitely worth it.
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Where can I have 2.3 Roms? You tell me man!
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Hey bro! Can you please help me flash it because I tried it! Can you give me step by step tutorial? Please thanks!
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Root. Install rom manager. Install vibrant recovery via rom manager. Download bionix 1.3.1. Reboot into recovery. Clear cache and and dalvik cache. Install zip from sd card. First boot takes a bit and your phone starys talking saying its enabling vodoo lagfix. And then you are done
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Where can I have 2.3 Roms? You tell me man!
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I use CM 7.1.0.1 on my vibrant. its the latest stable build. You have to install vibrant mtd recovery via rom manager. You can also download cm or other ginger roms from there... gapps too
However if you do go to ginger you have to odin back to stock if you wanna return to froyo
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
Where can I have 2.3 Roms? You tell me man!
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cm7, miui, and there are plenty of others. cm7 is as easy as odin to jfd, root, install rom manager, flash cm7 and the gapps. miui should be the same. for any of the samsung i9k based roms you want/have to flash new bootloaders (at least that was the case last time i used one).

hev88 said:
Root. Install rom manager. Install vibrant recovery via rom manager. Download bionix 1.3.1. Reboot into recovery. Clear cache and and dalvik cache. Install zip from sd card. First boot takes a bit and your phone starys talking saying its enabling vodoo lagfix. And then you are done
I use CM 7.1.0.1 on my vibrant. its the latest stable build. You have to install vibrant mtd recovery via rom manager. You can also download cm or other ginger roms from there... gapps too
However if you do go to ginger you have to odin back to stock if you wanna return to froyo
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I did all that but whenever I go in recovery, it takes me to regular recovery. I need help in that!
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
I did all that but whenever I go in recovery, it takes me to regular recovery. I need help in that!
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I dont rememver what it says on it exactly but that happened to me too a few times. i domt remember if i had to boot into recovery manually with volume down+power or cliked one of the options a few times. I dont remember what the options are so if yoi can post or pm me a pic of what they are it might refresh my memory lol... its been a while
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L1LK1LLERZ said:
I did all that but whenever I go in recovery, it takes me to regular recovery. I need help in that!
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if you installed clockwork recovery and you are getting the stock recovery, you need to hit 'reinstall packages' (sometimes twice).

funeralthirst said:
if you installed clockwork recovery and you are getting the stock recovery, you need to hit 'reinstall packages' (sometimes twice).
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Thats what it was... lol. I could not remembwr what it was for the life of me
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In that cas zendroid with his gb theme that is in the thread I actually prefer his vanilla aosp theme which is also in his thread. Way more up to date then bionix. Best 2.2 imho don't look back.
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Hi

Hi guys im new here and new to all this, i only got my wildfire a couple of days ago and was wondering on how to mod it and do all the things you guys have going on on your phones?
I should also add im scared of ruining my phone so yes i am a newb but we all gotta start somewhere havent we

Don't worry bricking your phone is unlikely unless you do something silly and don't follow the guides correctly.
This is the best place to start, you'll find everything you need in this one thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
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Welcome to the section. Check out the guides for rooting and installing custom roms on your phone. There isn't really a big chance of getting your phone bricked. Once you root it, you'll feel alot safer because the worst thing that can happen is a bootloop. (Which can be repaired!)

Scratch0805 said:
Don't worry bricking your phone is unlikely unless you do something silly and don't follow the guides correctly.
This is the best place to start, you'll find everything you need in this one thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
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thanks but it looks like i will need to downgrade and the possibility of me losing my phoneis too scary lol

wishmasterdjl said:
thanks but it looks like i will need to downgrade and the possibility of me losing my phoneis too scary lol
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You're on 2.2.1? Can't you use revolutionary?

Justice™ said:
You're on 2.2.1? Can't you use revolutionary?
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lol im a newb and dont know how

Its fairly simple when you actually do it, revolutionary does all the hard work for you. The guides just look scary as there's so much in them.
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Scratch0805 said:
Its fairly simple when you actually do it, revolutionary does all the hard work for you. The guides just look scary as there's so much in them.
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can you point me in the right direction for an idiots guide of how to do it step by step lol

This worked first time for me on mine and my girlfriends wildfires.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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Scratch0805 said:
This worked first time for me on mine and my girlfriends wildfires.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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do i connect my phone when running step1.bat

wishmasterdjl said:
do i connect my phone when running step1.bat
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Try it with and without the phone plugged in. I think you'll probably have to have it plugged in.
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okay i did all that now its stuck on the cyanogen loading screen what can i do

You've done the hard part don't worry its not broken. It should take around 5-10 minutes for first boot anyway so if its only been a minute or two and the rhythm of the boot logo is still turning smoothly and not pausing or restarting just leave it a little longer but if the logo freezes and restarts over and over this is called a bootloop. Easily fixed by rebooting into recovery again then select the wipe menu and wipe dalvik cache, cache and data then install your cm7 zip again. Everything should work then.
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hmm i may have ruined it then for i just re did the installing of RUU_Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.2_R_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_130814
then left it at that for it worked then lol, is there anything i can do to get it actually done from there

You might need to run revolutionary againcan you still get to clockwork recovery?
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Scratch0805 said:
You might need to run revolutionary againcan you still get to clockwork recovery?
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yes i can still get to clockwork recovery by rebooting into hboot and going through recovery, ive also got the super user app in my apps

Just check in hboot that you are s-off and as you can still get recovery you're good to go, remember to wipe dalvik cache, cache and data when changing roms, if its an update you might get away with not wiping data sometimes. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Before you flash cm7 again just run the backup in cwm then if it goes wrong again you can just restore.
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Scratch0805 said:
Just check in hboot that you are s-off and as you can still get recovery you're good to go, remember to wipe dalvik cache, cache and data when changing roms, if its an update you might get away with not wiping data sometimes. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Before you flash cm7 again just run the backup in cwm then if it goes wrong again you can just restore.
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cwm?? sorry for being dumb but whats that

Clockwork mod recovery.
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Scratch0805 said:
Clockwork mod recovery.
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woohoo it works, now all i have to do is find a decent theme and my apps and games

CyanogenMod 7.2 RC1 Released for 69 Devices (Including Atrix)

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-olympus-signed.zip

I've only downloaded 10mb and I have 4hrs left.

Atrix_Owner said:
I've only downloaded 10mb and I have 4hrs left.
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Their site's really slow right now, their servers are probably getting hammered by tons of people with tons of phones trying to get the RC.

Yea its was taking 2 or 3 hours to download
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Mirror
There is a mirror here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325943&page=92

why dont they use torrents?

Sorry for the noob question, but what does RC means??
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djluis48 said:
Sorry for the noob question, but what does RC means??
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it means release candidate

installed last night, no issues other than the xda app isn't listed in the market while searching on the device. no idea why, just found/installed an apk.

Xda for some reason has been removed from the play store temporarily. Search forums for more on this
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I downloaded it from the CM site and installed it this morning ... ADW kept force closing and the ROM was ultimately unusable. I went back to the nightly and everything is working well.

IUH1991 said:
I downloaded it from the CM site and installed it this morning ... ADW kept force closing and the ROM was ultimately unusable. I went back to the nightly and everything is working well.
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Have had no problems with this build at all. Did you do a full wipe prior to flashing? (And I don't mean just a fastboot -w or wiping Dalvik, userdata, and cache).

IUH1991 said:
I downloaded it from the CM site and installed it this morning ... ADW kept force closing and the ROM was ultimately unusable. I went back to the nightly and everything is working well.
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Wipe, wipe, wipe before flashing. Fix permissions also.
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Any good reason to use this vs the latest weekly ?? Also, how did you find the download link ?? I was looking on the Cyanogen main page and couldn't find the Atrix at all. Must be blind ...

mobileweasel said:
Any good reason to use this vs the latest weekly ?? Also, how did you find the download link ?? I was looking on the Cyanogen main page and couldn't find the Atrix at all. Must be blind ...
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http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=olympus

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Have had no problems with this build at all. Did you do a full wipe prior to flashing? (And I don't mean just a fastboot -w or wiping Dalvik, userdata, and cache).
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No, I assumed that a full wipe wasn't necessary if going from a nightly.
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mobileweasel said:
Any good reason to use this vs the latest weekly ?? Also, how did you find the download link ?? I was looking on the Cyanogen main page and couldn't find the Atrix at all. Must be blind ...
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Atrix = Olympus
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IUH1991 said:
No, I assumed that a full wipe wasn't necessary if going from a nightly.
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Sometimes you are just better off doing a full wipe as a sanitary precaution.

Updated earlier. Didnt wipe. Absolutely no problems. I actually never wipe from one version of CM to the next. I guess that's probably not a good thing. But, I've never had any problems.

I ran a full wipe and am loving the update so far
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Which is a good rom for the nook

Hello xda , im currently running cm7 i know really old built. I purchased this nook a year back but its just been sitting in my drawer and dont pay much attention to it. I want to install a different rom but i dont know which one its the most stable one for you guys. Please help with this. Thank you.
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I have tried them all and keep coming back to the MiRaGe rom in the development section. It just can't be beat! Try it and see if it's what you are looking for.
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Or just try some ICS rom for the latest look and features. But don't expect the speed and the full hardware acceleration that the mature CM7 can provide.
Produced by NookColor at CM9 4.0.4

k8108 said:
I have tried them all and keep coming back to the MiRaGe rom in the development section. It just can't be beat! Try it and see if it's what you are looking for.
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ok so i found this one , im thinking this is the one you are talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1344873
So since i didn't install cm7 on this nook i just have to download this into the sd card that has clockworkmod, wipe and flash right?
Thank you for your help.

Yes, this is the one. Be sure to wipe data, system and cache before installing rom.
This thread has some great instructions and settings to use with the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443292
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k8108 said:
Yes, this is the one. Be sure to wipe data, system and cache before installing rom.
This thread has some great instructions and settings to use with the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443292
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Got it running, looks great so far, Thanks for your help!:good: