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[Q] Just rooted and which ROM to try?

All,
Finally decided to root yesterday and have been monitoring the ROM's in the development section. I'm torn between the CyanogenMod and Iced Glacier. From what I'm reading the CyanogenMod is still a RC and not official yet and Iced Glacier is still using the sense interface.
I use this phone for work ie Touchdown and need something super stable that won't crash on me every other day. What ROM would you recommend that I try? Some keys for me is stability, dialer is functional(hated the MT4G dialer), contacts, camera and Touchdown definitely will need to work.
Thanks for any info.

I'm using iced and no issues. Everything works. Jus flash gorrillas latest kernel with it. I believe its 1.02? V.5(the one that came with the iced rom) froze on me alot when I oc past 1.4
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The best answer is to make a nandroid backup, and try all of the roms. They're all pretty damn stable at this point, its just a matter of personal opinion. CM6 is still an RC, but a lot of people, myself included, are using it ads their daily driver with no issues at all.

I have been using the CM RC2 as of now .. i didnt care much for the other ones due to it was exactly like what i had already .. with the apps removed and so fourth .. seemed like a lot of setup for nothing .. and with cyanogen rom it is not the same stock ROM .. different. This has his settings, which i like. I think this may be the version where people are saying video playback has been an issue and i have had absolutely no issues with the video playback thru stock player or youtube at all .. no forces closes and everything seems to be working fine with this one so far.
But ya the best advice has already been said .. try them all ... thats what people do when they arent sure about something .. they try it .. obviously what i did . or i couldnt tell you about it.

Thanks all! I think I'm going to be trying the CM ROM. Thanks for all the advice.

dont know what im doing
i dont know what i'm doing, but i do believe i rooted my phone, downloaded titanium back, rom manager, visionary super user, setcpu, and super user. but cant seem to get my phone in recovery screen mode. please help

Latest/ best current Ginger Mod for A953?

Hi,
I've successfully modded my MS2 yesterday using (walter's?) "ms2ginger-rc2". It's been quite easy - I expected it to be much more difficult.
Unfortunately it's impossible to add accounts (app crashs). Therefore I plan to roll back to the sysbackup Imade before with Clockworkmod and to re-mod it with a newer/ better/ more stable variant.
Can you suggest one that you are happy with? I am fine with Blur - it can be included.
Anything to keep in mind for the rollback? Just revert to the backup via the bootloader?
CU,
Meszi.
Sent from my MotoA953 using XDA App

i have tried CM7 and was before using it on BackFlip, but on Milestone 2 i am really loving MIUI its great ROM.
The problem is as i saw no one who is maintaining these CM7 or MIUI rom is not Dev, so i kinda think Milestone 2 can perform better with some optimalisation for it. The reason is as far as Stock Froyo was slow, CM7 and MIUI did not show kinda speed progress or increase i guess it is performing same as stock ROM or maybe little but only little better, on BackFlip there was really dramatic speed change on CM7 but the dev around BF was more active then on Milestone and i am happy with what we have already.

As far as I know, the MIUI is the latest one. But that's just because endles7's ( the guy who is porting CM7 to M2) phone is bricked at the moment.
Both, CM7 and MIUI are great ROMs, but, at least for now, if you're looking for the newest one, then MIUI is the one for.
I believe that CM7 will be supported again soon, there is a movement on the forum to buy endles7 a new one if his is really bricked forever.
I'm using MIUI because o like the interface better.
Hope it helped =)

Upgraded to "ms2ginger 1.1" but still problems with accounts management
Hi,
I reverted to Froyo, reloaded the backup I had done with Clockworkmod, made an app backup using Titanium and re-modded the device to "ms2ginger 1.1". But still there is the same issue with accounts ("Konten" in German): When trying to add an account the app crashes.
I am fine with the rest ... it works far faster than with Froyo.
Is there a way to get accounts/"Konten" work again? Probably by finding it in the Titanium backup and taking the old app or by (re)installing some working .apk?
At the moment I am still very new to this topic ... until last week I still believed in the myth having bought an "unmoddable" device.
I'd try CM7, too ... but if it's possible to have it done with "ms2ginger" I'd at first prefer trying it that way.
Any suggestions?
CU,
Mészi.

after trying cm7, i really prefer MIUI Rom on A953 !
but Cyanogen team will soon release a 2.3.7 Rom ... so we'll see !

Switching from MS2Ginger to CM7 Nightly
Sorry, if it appears to be a dumb question. But at the moment I am still very new to this topic and want to avoid bricking the device by forgetting a thing when switching from "MS2Ginger 1.1" to some CM7 ROM...
When reading the installation steps of the nightly build (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778)...
*START copy&paste*
[How to Install]:
1. Download all in one update.zip
2. Make sure you have CWM3.x/4.x working. Or download from here.
3. select all in one.zip then apply update.
4. double wipe(if you are coming from previous CM7 version,just wipe cache/dalvik)
5. For CWM4.x, reboot and done.
For CWM3.x, download fixed-sbf and flash it. Then done.
*END copy&paste*
...it's not plain to me if I needed to switch back to the official Froyo or if "updating" with the all in one.zip and wiping the data would be sufficient to get rid of the previous "MS2Ginger". :-/
Any recommendations?
CU,
Mészi.

Do you try with "RSD Lite" software to put the stock Rom ?
and then you do the update to the custom rom ... no brick with this method i think ! but i'm not expert sorry !

buggsbeny said:
Do you try with "RSD Lite" software to put the stock Rom ?
and then you do the update to the custom rom ... no brick with this method i think ! but i'm not expert sorry !
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That's the question.
If it's not necessary I'd directly load the CM7 ROM using CWM.
But, anyway: As long as I can access the boot loader (PowerOn + Cam + VolDown) I could still revert to the official Froyo if updating to CM7 directly would not work.
I think I just give it a try...
CU,
Mészi.

exactly ... i was afraid last friday while updating my stock rom for MIUI ... my battery goes out !
all day i was thinking that my lovely Milestone was bricked ... but with "rsd lite" i re-install my original froyo ... and then i could re-root it and put the miui version !
last version is perfect ! just the problem of keyboard layout but there is a script who put it back to azerty ...
have a good luck for your update !
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So you would recommend downgrading to the official Froyo at first? *somewhat confused* :-/
Sent from my MB953 using XDA App

... i don't really know ... just said that for me that was the only way to rescue my bootlooping m2 !
normaly you can update from any rom, just don't forget to clear cache, "dalvik cache" too (don't remeber the name) ...
the best is to do a factory reset before rebooting too ... but it's not always necessary ... from miui 1.09.23 to miui 1.10.8 i don't have to do it ...
they don't talk about it in the related post of your rom ?

Ok, thx. I am gonna just try it wiping the cache and overwriting the ROM. ROM switching is not relly described in the MS2Ginger HowTos. *g*
Will post my results here...
Sent from my A953 using XDA App

Good luck !
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Worked w/o any problems
Hi there,
I just "updated" my MS2 from "ms2ginger 1.1" to "EndlessCM7_20111001_Nightly_BPSW_v1_0" without any problems.
I can only recommend to check the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778
Thanks for your replies so far.
CU,
Mészi.

happy to see that it worked !

Problems with CM/ Nightly
Hi there,
I am half-way about to throw it away again.
I installed EndlessCM7_20111001_Nightly_BPSW_v1_0.zip and then EndlessCM7_update_from_111001_to_111004_v1_5.zip and it appeared to work fine.
But I had to recognize an instable Market app, WiFi cannot connect to my access point and the camera app crashes reliably after starting it.
I will post this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778 too hoping that these are known issues with known solutions on it.
If anyone of you knows I'd be glad if you threw some suggestions at me.
CU,
Mészi.

O well....
For me, MIUI is workind perfectlly, without any problems.
And, my battery life increased alot with the latest build of it
So i would recommend it.

meszi1977 said:
Hi there,
I am half-way about to throw it away again.
I installed EndlessCM7_20111001_Nightly_BPSW_v1_0.zip and then EndlessCM7_update_from_111001_to_111004_v1_5.zip and it appeared to work fine.
But I had to recognize an instable Market app, WiFi cannot connect to my access point and the camera app crashes reliably after starting it.
I will post this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778 too hoping that these are known issues with known solutions on it.
If anyone of you knows I'd be glad if you threw some suggestions at me.
CU,
Mészi.
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Update: I reverted to the stock ROM and installed the most recent version of EndlessCM7. Now it's working fine.
Details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18352563&postcount=1382
Thanks for all suggestions. Hopefully this thread will be useful though too for other noobs avoiding the mistakes I did.
CU,
Mészi.

Hi, Michael:
I'd like to have my MS2's battery improved like you said and enjoy Exchange server support as well . Do you know if MIUI rom supports it?

MIUI has Exchange server support and works fine.

CM7 for Idea Blade users!

Good news for Idea Blade users. The CM7 Rom by Burgerz found here works on our phones perfectly. Camera and touchscreen issues are fixed and the Rom is FAST. I'm using it now, you might want to give it a try
Cheers!

Thanks for handing out the information mate because i was getting lots of PM`s about that reason and i could not give a clear answer.

No problem

hi,
Tried the Rom on my Idea blade and camera gives error. the same error as other versions of CM7. "cannot connect camera"

Format all your partitions from cwm and try flashing again

hi couldn't download the rom from official page, could you please upload to mediafire thanks.

Dear jerrinfrncs,
Try this link: h**p://burgerz.pro/zte-blade/roms/

Rapier07 said:
Good news for Idea Blade users. The CM7 Rom by Burgerz found here works on our phones perfectly. Camera and touchscreen issues are fixed and the Rom is FAST. I'm using it now, you might want to give it a try
Cheers!
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What about the battery performance? How long it last in standby mode?

praatikr said:
What about the battery performance? How long it last in standby mode?
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I get one day with data always on, some games, browsing and music

Rapier07 said:
Format all your partitions from cwm and try flashing again
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I Have an Idea Blade. Had problem with both camera and touchscreen in CM7.1.0. Yesterday i tried the CM7 Rom by Burgerz. Touchscreen is working properly but still can't use the camera. The same "cannot connect camera" error appears.What are all the partitions should i format? I've formatted data, cache and dalvik partitions. Still the problem persists.

zajith said:
I Have an Idea Blade. Had problem with both camera and touchscreen in CM7.1.0. Yesterday i tried the CM7 Rom by Burgerz. Touchscreen is working properly but still can't use the camera. The same "cannot connect camera" error appears.What are all the partitions should i format? I've formatted data, cache and dalvik partitions. Still the problem persists.
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Some newer Blades have different hardware which needs different drivers to work. As ZTE doesn't release the source code for these properly, the current roms won't work properly on all of the newer versions. If may be possible that someone can fix it, but without ZTE releasing the sources it will be difficult for them.

jerrinfrncs said:
hi couldn't download the rom from official page, could you please upload to mediafire thanks.
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i tried to download from that page but it never completes, gets cut off and can't resume. if somebody could upload to mediafire it would be very helpful thanks

I'm running this one from Burstlam and really like it. I prefer it because Burgerz's using and older (and plain) launcher. Camera works fine also.
burstlam
Posted 17 February 2012 - 08:33 PM:
latest build , OC, wifi-UV, 2 way Recording enabled Kernel. (ie.: no CPU UV)
Full Lanaguage, Latest repo sync + Fixed ICS rotation Animation.+ ... many other
to-be-merged Gerrit Patches
Normal Version:
http://hotfile.com/dl/146855038/9e67238/N353X-35-Full-Lang-signed.zip.html
md5 : 7b1b30ec08274fac0d961817543e3794
From: http://android.modaco.com/topic/335...-237/page__st__12620__p__1902127#entry1902127

ok installed it on my idea blade and everything was working perfectly until i switched off. on turning the phone on the touchscreen stopped responding, got similar problem with swedish snow and MMHMP.

jerrinfrncs said:
ok installed it on my idea blade and everything was working perfectly until i switched off. on turning the phone on the touchscreen stopped responding, got similar problem with swedish snow and MMHMP.
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You might want yo PM the dev about it. I had similar issues on CM stable but not anymore. Also you can give a try to LewaOS and other Chinese roms. They are based on cm7 fot the V880 which is what idea blade is.

jerrinfrncs said:
ok installed it on my idea blade and everything was working perfectly until i switched off. on turning the phone on the touchscreen stopped responding, got similar problem with swedish snow and MMHMP.
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I also had the same problem with CM7.1. Formatting the cache and data partitions might make the touchscreen work (worked for me). Even though you format the partitions, touchscreen will stop working after the phone get into sleep mode and you have to format the data and cache partitions every time the touchscreen stops responding.
I have heard that Libraginger works fine on ZTE-U V880. But the download link seems to be broken. I am working on CM7 Rom by Burgerz even though camera is not functioning as i feel it is much stable and lesser buggier than official ZTE rom.

Amphoras said:
Some newer Blades have different hardware which needs different drivers to work. As ZTE doesn't release the source code for these properly, the current roms won't work properly on all of the newer versions. If may be possible that someone can fix it, but without ZTE releasing the sources it will be difficult for them.
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Is there any way to backup driver for the camera from the stock rom and use it the current custom rom? I know the kernels are different. Still is there any chance?...
Sent from my Blade using XDA App

zajith said:
Is there any way to backup driver for the camera from the stock rom and use it the current custom rom? I know the kernels are different. Still is there any chance?...
Sent from my Blade using XDA App
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Not that I know of, sorry.

jerrinfrncs said:
ok installed it on my idea blade and everything was working perfectly until i switched off. on turning the phone on the touchscreen stopped responding, got similar problem with swedish snow and MMHMP.
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Even i had the same touchscreen problem when i installed MMHMP on my idea blade. All i had to do is restore the stock rom which was working fine and then i again installed MMHMP and its working fine.

Any method for custom partition in idea blade?
I want more space

[Q] account

GPS not working.
I got my ZTE blade from Swiss orange and flashed it with CM7 Nightly 08312011
My GPS is not working, accelerator does and everything else but GPS just wont work...
What should i do? flash it with another rom? is there some kind of a fix that someone is familiar with? Did anyone have a similar problem and if anybody knows what might be the issue please, cuz I'm ultra noob, i already bricked one HTC so i don't like doing it...

Enable use wireless networks for location in location settings
Or try a stable cm7 build
Hit THANKS if helpful
Sent from my Blade using xda premium

crnadakm said:
GPS not working.
I got my ZTE blade from Swiss orange and flashed it with CM7 Nightly 08312011
My GPS is not working, accelerator does and everything else but GPS just wont work...
What should i do? flash it with another rom? is there some kind of a fix that someone is familiar with? Did anyone have a similar problem and if anybody knows what might be the issue please, cuz I'm ultra noob, i already bricked one HTC so i don't like doing it...
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That is a really old CM7 nighly you installed, try a newer one.

Nightly 257
I will trz nightly 257... I'll let zou know if it sorts the problem...

crnadakm said:
I will trz nightly 257... I'll let zou know if it sorts the problem...
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It's still old use newer ones like burstlam's latest with beats and bravia u can find it at cm Kang development

Thanks
Well I flashed it with nightly 257 and it seems to be working
iGo tells me where to go
Thank you all, and i will install those newer roms but for now i'll stick with this one cuz i need gps and i know that this one works.
So thread solved

crnadakm said:
Well I flashed it with nightly 257 and it seems to be working
iGo tells me where to go
Thank you all, and i will install those newer roms but for now i'll stick with this one cuz i need gps and i know that this one works.
So thread solved
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I have tried all the cm after n257 and almost all roms out there and gps works on all as I too use gps regularly

[q] my milestone 2 physical keyboard playing up

HI , I am new here , i registered in many motorola forums with no luck in getting any help , i only just discovered this problem , some of my buttons on my physical keyboard dont work , but the next day they were working fine again then the same buttons stopped working again , i'm thinking it could be a software issue but am not sure , i was on froyo 2.2 then officially updated to gingerbread through motorola site , but when i was on froyo i hardly used it so wasnt sure if the keyboard was playing up back then , before i discovered this keyboard problem a few days ago i tried to root my phone using a software (petes motorola tools) it didnt root it came up with an error message , so am thinking if this has anything to do with the problem , the buttons that dont work are like half the letters from the keyboard the other half work fine , but when the problem happens again its the same letters that stop working , as i said all buttons started working again the next day and then problem came back again , so i am very confused please help..

Try to do a full wipe (factory reset) from stock recovery.

---UFO--- said:
Try to do a full wipe (factory reset) from stock recovery.
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thanks for your advice , is that the standard factory reset from the phone , if so i have tried doing a factory reset , and it didnt fix the problem ,

you have to root your phone and install the following app from play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.rmdir.ms2debounce use the settings from the picture in the store. if this doesn't solve your problem, you need to send it to the service. mine has it's third hw keyboard now. but now it's fine since 7 months!!!

lulli1 said:
you have to root your phone and install the following app from play store: use the settings from the picture in the store. if this doesn't solve your problem, you need to send it to the service. mine has it's third hw keyboard now. but now it's fine since 7 months!!!
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i tried to root it with petes motorola tools , but it came up with an error , do you know any other ways to root it , i dont mind replacing the keyboard , but i need to be sure its the keyboard and not the software ,

deejay_uk said:
i tried to root it with petes motorola tools , but it came up with an error , do you know any other ways to root it , i dont mind replacing the keyboard , but i need to be sure its the keyboard and not the software ,
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ok so i have rooted the phone and installed the debounce app , now can you tell me is there something i need to do on the app ? how does it work

its self explaining...
just install it and set it up like on the pictures in the store...
it changes the keyboard delay. you should realize it as soon as you start typing. if not play with the settings. if its not better than, you have to use the service to repair your device.

lulli1 said:
its self explaining...
just install it and set it up like on the pictures in the store...
it changes the keyboard delay. you should realize it as soon as you start typing. if not play with the settings. if its not better than, you have to use the service to repair your device.
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i have tried the debounce app , it doesnt solve my problem even after messing around with settings , i dont change the keyboard i am very sure its a software problem , even if i replace my keyboard i am very sure the problem will still remain , i cant believe i am the only person with this problem i have searched all over the internet no one has had this problem yet

if you want to be shure, flash another rom as cm10 or cm10.1 or ms2ginger or miui. if your problem still exists you can be shure....

lulli1 said:
if you want to be shure, flash another rom as cm10 or cm10.1 or ms2ginger or miui. if your problem still exists you can be shure....
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can someone post some links how to flash my phone with cm 10 or 10.1

cm10 is the most stable one this time... here is the link. read the first post and do exactly what is written....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827801

lulli1 said:
cm10 is the most stable one this time... here is the link. read the first post and do exactly what is written....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827801
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thank you sir - i will try this on my new phone - sorry for the late reply , but i have sold the phone , fortunately only lost out by few pounds , but have purchased another one , the buyer has informed it is working fine on a custom rom ,