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Best Rom to use when selling phone

Hi guys
I'm getting rid of my hero and was just wondering should i leave it running villainRom 10.3 (after a full wipe) or put the offical rom back on?
Many thanks
Darren

probably best to use the RUU to make it official, thatway they cant have a go at you because they dont like the way it is, or, put it in your ebay listing saying when they buy it, do they want villain with the recovery or completely official

am i right in thinking that i need a 'windose' machine to use the ruu?

yes, i think so, if you have a mac you could use paralells desktop or bootcamp, and i think on linux it is called 'wine'

isn't there an almost offical 'update.zip' lurking about?

I would leave the stock rooted rom on. in my experience rooted phones sell for higher than non rooted IF you fully explain what root is and how it benifits the end user.
if you want to use an ruu I made an app called openruu (search for it in dev section) so you can flash on Linux or Mac.

If you are gonna sell it, upgrade to villain 12, and wipe. it is based on official release.
And rooted should fetch more money. Be clear in description that it is rooted and running whatever rom (maybe point to info on it) and they can't whine as it is as described.

[Q] Going back to 1.6..

Hi All,
Currently I'm using Cyanagoen 6, on my G1 but finding although it works.. it's forever running low on memory and trying to close tasks etc so I'm going to make life easy on the fella and go back to 1.6 and make things easy for it for the rest of its existance..
Just curious if there are likely to be any issues, or whether I can just re apply the DreamIMG.nbh I did early in the rooting process and that will be all I need to do.
Cheers,

Applying dreamimg.nbh will bring back to RC29, which can be, hopefully, will be updated to stock 1.6 over the air. You would loose your root and all of your info. Much better way would be to just flash one of 1.6 roms. I suggest Super-D1.9.3, then just remove the features you don't need. That's what I had for the last 6 months or so, fast enough, super stable, no ptoblems at all.
Good luck.

NO! Do not use DREAIMG.nbh, it'll revert EVERYTHING (along with SPL and recovery) to stock, so you'll be left with Android 1.0 and no root. Sure, you can apply official updates to it (and not only OTA, flashing official zips through stock recovery will also work), but why don't you try one of ROMs based off Donut (I recommend SuperD or TheOfficial, they're very smooth and with that they're providing you with extra goods)?

Went back to stock.. the got the OTA update.. It will do for now till I upgrade...
The G1 is only used for development really so it will be fine as is.. certainly helped going back as now not running out of memory constantly..
Thanks for replies.

[Q] Tell me if i understand flashing / rom replacement right

Hello All -
Im making the jump from WM6 to android and i purchased a droid X on ebay to flash over to cricket and put on my account. it did not say which version of android 2.x is installed on it at the moment. so it could either be 2.1 or 2.2 im not sure.
Anyway, im new to flashing androids, but am used to flashing WM devices (ppc6700-wm5/wm6, moto q9c-wm6, ppc6800 wm6). i THINK i have the whole flashing procedure down.
So i downloaded all of the usb drivers and the SDK, droid x bootstrap, ROM manager, RootMyX2, RDSLite 4.8, xUltimate 2.2, and the apex 1.3.1 ROM. basically trying to have everything i need in one place so i can get started when my DX gets here in the mail.
The way i understand it, i flash the rom first and then flash to cricket and put in my cricket info? also, i know theres a 2.3.x update out now via OTA, while it's still stock verizon should i let it update OTA or should i flash to cricket, let it OTA, and then flash a new rom onto the device?
I am sorry about all the questions, im sure they have been answered a million times but after a fair amount of research those are the questions im left with
EDIT: i decided to go with liberty 1.0 for my rom. on the rom's thread it says: "Liberty is tested and supported on only 320/340 droid X’s.", and that its built on gummyJAR 2.5 and can be installed over that. what steps would i need to take to update my device to 320 or 340? is there a preferred version as to 320 or 340?

I have absolutely no knowledge of cricket, so I can't help you on that. There are various people on here who do use cricket and so they can help you with that.
However, its pretty simple flashing ROM's. I've actually done it for several (2) of my friends while we were out somewhere. All you need is z4root, which can be found on XDA, and then each ROM will have instructions on how flash their ROM. That's easy though.
It may be in your best interest, and since you've already downloaded RSDLite, to do an SBF and then flash a ROM. You'll need to do that depending on which version you are running. It's not essential but I'm sure others will recommend the same.
I can't remember off the top of my head which SBF's are for which versions/kernals but there are plenty of people on here who can help you on that issue. I'll throw one little plug in there and let someone, more knowledgeable, take over. Give Liberty 1.0 a try.
I hated my DX and contemplated switching back to my D1 for considerable amount of time until I flashed my first ROM, Fission. Once I flashed that first ROM it was like a completely new phone. I'm hooked on these ROM's and the DX's huge display.
Goodluck and enjoy.

darnei said:
Hello All -
Im making the jump from WM6 to android and i purchased a droid X on ebay to flash over to cricket and put on my account. it did not say which version of android 2.x is installed on it at the moment. so it could either be 2.1 or 2.2 im not sure.
Anyway, im new to flashing androids, but am used to flashing WM devices (ppc6700-wm5/wm6, moto q9c-wm6, ppc6800 wm6). i THINK i have the whole flashing procedure down.
So i downloaded all of the usb drivers and the SDK, droid x bootstrap, ROM manager, RootMyX2, RDSLite 4.8, xUltimate 2.2, and the apex 1.3.1 ROM. basically trying to have everything i need in one place so i can get started when my DX gets here in the mail.
The way i understand it, i flash the rom first and then flash to cricket and put in my cricket info? also, i know theres a 2.3.x update out now via OTA, while it's still stock verizon should i let it update OTA or should i flash to cricket, let it OTA, and then flash a new rom onto the device?
I am sorry about all the questions, im sure they have been answered a million times but after a fair amount of research those are the questions im left with
EDIT: i decided to go with liberty 1.0 for my rom. on the rom's thread it says: "Liberty is tested and supported on only 320/340 droid X’s.", and that its built on gummyJAR 2.5 and can be installed over that. what steps would i need to take to update my device to 320 or 340? is there a preferred version as to 320 or 340?
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The link I used to flash my Droid X to cricket is not working anymore. Its easy to flash it to Cricket but like I said the site is either down or not working. What I did was use the stock OS and once I had all my cricket settings I flashed a new ROM. If you can I would update it to .340 first before you do any cricket settings.

[Q] Quick help please

I want to revert my Iconia back to STOCK 3.1 rom + root and STOCK Kernel. I am currently running honeyvillians oc kernel with the stock rom and the Google + theme. I am not quite happy how I have it set to run and am sick of monkeying with it.
I did a nand backup under backup and recovery, but am not sure if that will put my kernel back to stock as well. If so, just let me know and I will restore it then problem solved.
Problem is:
PC crashed with my backups of the stock rom and stock kernel (not my nand backup unless that got wiped flashing the new rom/kernel)
How do I go about reflashing the stock kernel without causing major issues (I really don't need to brick this like I did to my HTC Glacier...... ) if thats the case. Can anyone provide the correct links to said stock rom and stock kernel or can I just grab the rom off the link below and go to town.
To those who would answere do a search... I have ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189461&page=2 ) and I really want to make sure I get this right. Thats why I am posting this and asking for help from "the pros."
I passed my noobness just a little while back and am kinda afraid to screw up (again) I have flashed many different rom cooks to this beast but only once the kernel and that is what I am afraid to touch again.
Geeze this is a long post. Sorry everyone.
KK love peace and chicken grease yall.

[Q] LG Optimus L3 OS upgrade

Hi my phone (LG Optimus L3) has Android 2.3.6 I want to upgrade it to a newer version (3.5 or higher). Is this phone able to use higher versions of Android ? is it safe just to update the OS in the phone, if something will went wrong how can I reinstall the old version, that manufacture has installed ?

Tatevik said:
Hi my phone (LG Optimus L3) has Android 2.3.6 I want to upgrade it to a newer version (3.5 or higher). Is this phone able to use higher versions of Android ? is it safe just to update the OS in the phone, if something will went wrong how can I reinstall the old version, that manufacture has installed ?
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Ill be straight to the point.. most of us have been using cm9 which is ics 4.0.0 since august 2012,each week, well sometimes every two weeks, since they are missing weeks. Cm9 is a nightly, which means there are bugs and issues, since teh rom is not stable. However, most of the problems have been fix and I have had not had any real issues with it, I do use it day to day, till a new custom rom (based off a previous cm9 nightly release) comes out that I want to try. but the roms has come a long way since build 1.
If something went wrong? like you bricked your phone. There is two ways.. create a back up in cwm before you flash cm9... or you can used kdz, which is used to recovery your phone if your brick it or you want to upgrade or download your firmware.
Also please give me more info about your phone. Like what baseband you are using, what country etc.
Also there are some stock custom roms, which are modified version of stock (2.3.6). With features like 1000 GHz overclock,new launcher,file manager and other useful tweaks/mods

FlowUK said:
Ill be straight to the point.. most of us have been using cm9 which is ics 4.0.0 since august 2012,each week, well sometimes every two weeks, since they are missing weeks. Cm9 is a nightly, which means there are bugs and issues, since teh rom is not stable. However, most of the problems have been fix and I have had not had any real issues with it, I do use it day to day, till a new custom rom (based off a previous cm9 nightly release) comes out that I want to try. but the roms has come a long way since build 1.
If something went wrong? like you bricked your phone. There is two ways.. create a back up in cwm before you flash cm9... or you can used kdz, which is used to recovery your phone if your brick it or you want to upgrade or download your firmware.
Also please give me more info about your phone. Like what baseband you are using, what country etc.
Also there are some stock custom roms, which are modified version of stock (2.3.6). With features like 1000 GHz overclock,new launcher,file manager and other useful tweaks/mods
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I bought the phone from Dubai but I leave in Armenia, what is baseband ? and I read that if I insert and iternal SD card to increase the phones memory, it will not help me, as I will be able only to transfer photos and music, so I have to root my phone, do you think It is ok to do for this phone ?
Thanks

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FlowUK said:
Ill be straight to the point.. most of us have been using cm9 which is ics 4.0.0 since august 2012,each week, well sometimes every two weeks, since they are missing weeks. Cm9 is a nightly, which means there are bugs and issues, since teh rom is not stable. However, most of the problems have been fix and I have had not had any real issues with it, I do use it day to day, till a new custom rom (based off a previous cm9 nightly release) comes out that I want to try. but the roms has come a long way since build 1.
If something went wrong? like you bricked your phone. There is two ways.. create a back up in cwm before you flash cm9... or you can used kdz, which is used to recovery your phone if your brick it or you want to upgrade or download your firmware.
Also please give me more info about your phone. Like what baseband you are using, what country etc.
Also there are some stock custom roms, which are modified version of stock (2.3.6). With features like 1000 GHz overclock,new launcher,file manager and other useful tweaks/mods[/QUOT
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The baseband is MSM7225A-1-AA
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Tatevik said:
FlowUK said:
Ill be straight to the point.. most of us have been using cm9 which is ics 4.0.0 since august 2012,each week, well sometimes every two weeks, since they are missing weeks. Cm9 is a nightly, which means there are bugs and issues, since teh rom is not stable. However, most of the problems have been fix and I have had not had any real issues with it, I do use it day to day, till a new custom rom (based off a previous cm9 nightly release) comes out that I want to try. but the roms has come a long way since build 1.
If something went wrong? like you bricked your phone. There is two ways.. create a back up in cwm before you flash cm9... or you can used kdz, which is used to recovery your phone if your brick it or you want to upgrade or download your firmware.
Also please give me more info about your phone. Like what baseband you are using, what country etc.
Also there are some stock custom roms, which are modified version of stock (2.3.6). With features like 1000 GHz overclock,new launcher,file manager and other useful tweaks/mods[/QUOT
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The baseband is MSM7225A-1-AA
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Kernel 2.6.38.6-perf
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Tatevik said:
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I bought the phone from Dubai but I leave in Armenia, what is baseband ? and I read that if I insert and iternal SD card to increase the phones memory, it will not help me, as I will be able only to transfer photos and music, so I have to root my phone, do you think It is ok to do for this phone ?
Thanks
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. Are you taking about using the SDMerg Mod to increased your memory? I dont have a problem with it, I can transfer video,music and images to my phone... as well as apk files.
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Tatevik said:
Kernel 2.6.38.6-perf
Software V10g-Sep-14-2012
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Upgrade to the latest firmware using the Lg firmware site. Also make sure you do a back up when you install cmw, before you flash cm9. Also you might want to download the 1GHz Kernel, even if you dont plan to overclock, it will get rid of the battery bug on start up.
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