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Best Hero Rom for a Noob

What the best Hero Rom for a Noob? I have a Tmobile Mytouch 3G.
I could follow instructions from theunockr.com on how to root and load a hero rom , but dont know how to do my own partitions like ext3 ext4 ect..
So is there any Smoooth Fast Hero Roms thats easy to load for a noob?

32B?? Qtek 1.8. No doubt
You can do partitions with recovery menu.

queroantonio said:
32B?? Qtek 1.8. No doubt
You can do partitions with recovery menu.
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kool thanx. does Qtek 1.8 have Flash?
Is there any lag with Qtek?I was gona flash Evil or Maximus.
But ill try Qtek. Yes i have 32B

Its a MyTouch 3G Tmobile USA

jmannyjr33 said:
What the best Hero Rom for a Noob? I have a Tmobile Mytouch 3G.
I could follow instructions from theunockr.com on how to root and load a hero rom , but dont know how to do my own partitions like ext3 ext4 ect..
So is there any Smoooth Fast Hero Roms thats easy to load for a noob?
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Shameless plug:
Try using my configurator to setup the partitions to your liking.
For the ROM: I'm using mghtyred's MghtyMax 1.9.1 with a 128MB swap partion and ext4. It's the fastest one I've used.

yes ive heard about the MightyRed 1.9.1 . Thats the one i want but DONT know how to do Partition the way he has it.

So do i root my phone then download your config then open it and do step 7? Then load up mightyred rom?
Also do i place the sd card in my PC to do this then place it back in mytouch
thanx in advance

Please start posting in the correct threads.
Can we get this Moved to Q. & A. Please?

eugene373 said:
Please start posting in the correct threads.
Can we get this Moved to Q. & A. Please?
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i second this motion

phillip_hooper said:
Shameless plug:
Try using my configurator to setup the partitions to your liking.
For the ROM: I'm using mghtyred's MghtyMax 1.9.1 with a 128MB swap partion and ext4. It's the fastest one I've used.
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Nice Config App bro.
what steps do i do on your Config App to get MightyRed's Rom running?
Also To Do this do i need to have mytouch device connected to my PC or just slide the sc card in my PC?
Thanx for your help

eugene373 said:
Please start posting in the correct threads.
Can we get this Moved to Q. & A. Please?
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Why move it? So it can go with the other 50times this SAME question has been asked....
also for future reference... the search button is free
HOWTO Partition your sd card
take a look at the threads that start with [ROM] I'm willing to bet somewhere in each of those threads you'll find more than one post saying "This is the [best/fastest/most stable] rom out" and if you look at who said it they most likely said it on a few other roms too thats because each person uses their phone differently and each rom can either be good or not for that specific person.
then theres also the style if your a fan of hero then hero roms are gonna be the best, you also have the live/die for Cyanoden people... can you guess what they consider to be the best rom??? and now theirs tattoo, blur and pulse style roms coming out so that just adds to the pile.
The only thing you can really do is flash until your happy, which its a good thing that it takes 30sec to flash a new rom, to tell you the truth i flashed a good 20 roms before I stuck with the one I use now and I bet someone would disagree that its the best rom but from all the ones ive used for what i do on my phone its the best for me
so instead of asking people that most likely use their phone for completely opposite things you do, I suggest you just flash a few and figure out whats best for what you use if its not better then the last one you flashed then restore [thats what the backups for ] and so on...

jmannyjr33 said:
Nice Config App bro.
what steps do i do on your Config App to get MightyRed's Rom running?
Also To Do this do i need to have mytouch device connected to my PC or just slide the sc card in my PC?
Thanx for your help
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I did the partition whit GParted app on Linux, is very simple and fast....
500Mb Ext4 and swap partition 96Mb whit my MightyMax 1.9.1 on my HTC 32B.
It's the fastest and stable ROM HERO I've used.

Android Noobs are going to be the downfall of xda

Jrbourque said:
Android Noobs are going to be the downfall of xda
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xda needs to enforce a policy like
you cant post until you read the stickys and understand them

Jrbourque said:
Android Noobs are going to be the downfall of xda
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lol what you mean are going to be? lol it has begun

LatinSilEighty said:
lol what you mean are going to be? lol it has begun
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Is this thread a complete joke? Or is it just dedicated to knowledge-less nOObs?

[Q] change the splash screen (after mgldr - before boot to android)

how can i change that screen image ?
the secondary splash i mean after the mgldr

Did you ever tryed amazing thing SEARCH on some forum or web (google for example)???
Ok coz you are so lazy and i wanted same to do then i did it for you, This time it FREE but second time it costs much for you.
Boot animation
Custom Boot/Splash Screen within NAND Android
[Q] Changing splash screen on nand android
Change android boot animation
But i give to you more ... I give to you one very very usable and good secret hint. And yes its FREE this time for you!
USE SEARCH and you will be smarter than Cotulla!
Oeh i hate itself.

Hi,
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905538&highlight=boot+animation
I used "root explorer" method and it worked like a charm.

after magldr? so you mean when it's booting into android? I believe that's in the initrd.gz file.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

datas0ft said:
Did you ever tryed amazing thing SEARCH on some forum or web (google for example)???
Ok coz you are so lazy and i wanted same to do then i did it for you, This time it FREE but second time it costs much for you.
Boot animation
Custom Boot/Splash Screen within NAND Android
[Q] Changing splash screen on nand android
Change android boot animation
But i give to you more ... I give to you one very very usable and good secret hint. And yes its FREE this time for you!
USE SEARCH and you will be smarter than Cotulla!
Oeh i hate itself.
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your links :
first - before mgldr/splash
2nd - useful
3rd - bootanimation/splash
4th - bootanimation/splash
so tnx for the second
you know the search function and you can read but not understand what somebody else wrote
i know the search function , i can read i can understand what somebody else wrote but i hadn't luck
and i don't hate anything
love and peace

wolfpack612 said:
after magldr? so you mean when it's booting into android? I believe that's in the initrd.gz file.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
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yes thanks
i found a good link from the post num 2

czacha234 said:
Hi,
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905538&highlight=boot+animation
I used "root explorer" method and it worked like a charm.
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thanks
but these are bootanimations ( mine already modified ), i'd like to change the image before it

kergekecske said:
thanks
but these are bootanimations ( mine already modified ), i'd like to change the image before it
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You can only change that if you will edit initrd.gz in the boot partition.
Sent from my HD2 Droid HD using XDA App

jose makalolot said:
You can only change that if you will edit initrd.gz in the boot partition.
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i boot android from sd so i can
i hope

kergekecske said:
i boot android from sd so i can
i hope
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again, only if you know how to edit initrd.gz file. It won't matter if you boot from sd or nand.

there has to be some tutorial for this... can anyone shed some lights plz?

mythek88 said:
there has to be some tutorial for this... can anyone shed some lights plz?
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Study linux programming and that would be tutorial. If only it's that easy, many have already made tutorials.
Sent from my HD2 Droid HD using XDA App

I hear ya...ive tried to google and search everywhere, i even tried to google "edit initrd.gz" but no luck. ty for your response anyway

i also want to know how to change this splash screen. i know the one you are talking about because i cant get rid of mines either. it is the screen that magldr sits on.

[Q] How do I do this?

I'm going to attempt to install 'RAM Desire HD RC 0.1' but it's requirements are ;
- CWR Recovery flashed with 400MB system layout
- FAT32+EXT2/3/4 partition on SDCARD for EU users, TMOUS can still install without it, it will be detected automatically
- Brain
I'm guessing the last one is just to check you're not stupid?

What exactly are you trying to figure out how to do? Which part can't you figure out?

SpiderVenom said:
What exactly are you trying to figure out how to do? Which part can't you figure out?
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I just don't understand the terminology thats all mate.

bouncyball said:
I just don't understand the terminology thats all mate.
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I would recommend reading the stickies in the NAND forum if you don't understand what you have in the OP.

[Install Q] Installing DataOnExt, after?

Hey Everybody,
first of all, Happy Merry Christmas,
guys, I try to understand if what I looking for can be done or if there is some way to do so.
I find many NAND Android ROMs which are without DataOnExt, for example HyperDroid-CM7.
But I will be glad to know if can be possible to install DataOnExt after flashing the ROM on NAND.
someone can tell me if this is possible? Please...
Cheers in advance..

Please search before posting.
Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30458727#post30458727
Refer to the main thread for more information.

Marvlesz said:
Please search before posting.
Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30458727#post30458727
Refer to the main thread for more information.
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Dear Marvlesz,
I was writing a PM to you just to ask you about that but I changed my mind and I opened this thread,
I saw that thread and like always you make me a criminal
That thread is a lot too complicated to make it right, there is not any easy way?
I mean flash DataOnExt anfter installation or something similar?

Haha, I am not making you a criminal or anything, but rather YOU are making yourself a criminal.
I mean seriously, here is a quote of that post:
How is this done?
The Easy way - Thanks to @Kokotas (Note that I have not updated Kokotas' .zip file to include the recent changes (20th October 2012) (See The Long Way below)
Visit the post (quoted below), thank @Kokotas, download the .zip from the post, flash it in recovery and lets us know how it goes. Did I tell you to make sure you have a NANDROID backup?
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The only thing left is to ask us to flash the zip for you, come on!
It couldn't be any easier!
Please always .. oh forget it.
Enjoy.

Marvlesz said:
Haha, I am not making you a criminal or anything, but rather YOU are making yourself a criminal
The only thing left is to ask us to flash the zip for you, come on!
It couldn't be any easier!
Please always .. oh forget it.
Enjoy.
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ohh man, you right, I am a criminal, I do not saw that part, I was thinking is some kitchen and have to be done it that way.
Thanks, i go to test it!

eclyptos said:
ohh man, you right, I am a criminal, I do not saw that part, I was thinking is some kitchen and have to be done it that way.
Thanks, i go to test it!
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I noticed that you rarely thank those who try to help you, or even manage to help you!
Thanks by words is not beneficial for them as much as pressing the thanks button. The button is there for a reason.
I also ask you kindly to go over your past threads, such as the almighty battery life thread, and thank everyone who tried to help you. Not just by saying "Thanks!", but by pressing their thanks button!
An example is shown on the above post, the thanks button is located right next to the "Quote" button.

I click thanks for you.
Last one thing, the DataOnExt have to be flasher via recovery, buy I do not have the recovery installed on my Phone, I got Android on NAND which was installed via MAGLDR in Flasher Mode.
Now if I will flash the Recovery my Android will be deleted, right?
I can't find any explanation for this, do I have reinstall all again?

I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall everything from scratch .
Why are you using the flasher anyway? All ROMs that use flasher are old and outdated .
(By the way, I didn't mean just thank me, I meant everyone.)

Marvlesz said:
I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall everything from scratch .
Why are you using the flasher anyway? All ROMs that use flasher are old and outdated .
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ACA Gingerbrad was only in this way before the release of 13-12-12 for NativeSD and NAND also via Recovery.

Marvlesz said:
...... the thanks button is located right next to the "Quote" button.
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unless, like me, you use the original css styles, in which case we see neither the thanks meter nor the thanks button.
---------- Post added at 01:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:22 PM ----------
eclyptos said:
I do not have the recovery installed on my Phone,
.................
Now if I will flash the Recovery my Android will be deleted, right?
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Marvlesz said:
I'm afraid you'll have to reinstall everything from scratch .
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not so, , , OP could use cwm that runs from sd card, and use that to flash the dataonext.zip to the current android, , HOWEVER, , the fact that he has no cwm on there already tells us that the version of android he is using is probably the original proof of concept (desire stock) and may or may not work with an ext anyway (its not rooted, for a start), so OP would be better picking a more up to date rom anyway (one with dataonext built in would be a good start) and flashing again anyway.

samsamuel said:
not so, , , OP could use cwm that runs from sd card, and use that to flash the dataonext.zip to the current android, , HOWEVER, , the fact that he has no cwm on there already tells us that the version of android he is using is probably the original proof of concept (desire stock) and may or may not work with an ext anyway (its not rooted, for a start), so OP would be better picking a more up to date rom anyway (one with dataonext built in would be a good start) and flashing again anyway.
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I did that on one of my two HD2, 1 have Gingerbrad and the another one have ICS 4.0.4 but currently ICS give me big problems to run programs which Gingerbrad do not have. On ICS I can install the apps but they crash after run them.
So now I try to keep my Gingerbrad but expand it with DataOnExt, anyway run CWM from sd is a good idea, I will give a shot on that, if something go wrong I will reinstall all from scratch again.

samsamuel said:
unless, like me, you use the original css styles, in which case we see neither the thanks meter nor the thanks button.
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HaHa, I have no idea what that is, but it sure sounds boring
samsamuel said:
not so, , , OP could use cwm that runs from sd card, and use that to flash the dataonext.zip to the current android, , HOWEVER, , the fact that he has no cwm on there already tells us that the version of android he is using is probably the original proof of concept (desire stock) and may or may not work with an ext anyway (its not rooted, for a start), so OP would be better picking a more up to date rom anyway (one with dataonext built in would be a good start) and flashing again anyway.
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I was skeptical when I wrote that sentence, because I knew you'd come and say something like that. Because that happened before.
But I also wanted him to cope with the rapid development of the HD2 and the recoveries. Besides, that ROM is outdated anyway, i.e. the ACA gingerbread.

PIT file for 16GB i9505?

Would really like to reduce my system partition from 2.5GB to 1.2GB, cache from 2GB to 1GB and remove the 500MB preload altogether. Is there a PIT file anywhere that covers this or how can I create it myself?
Thanks

Not possible.

Lennyz1988 said:
Not possible.
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Why?

Because you can only flash signed .pit files. Thus only Samsung can create them.

Lennyz1988 said:
Because you can only flash signed .pit files. Thus only Samsung can create them.
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A shame, cheers

Lennyz1988 said:
Because you can only flash signed .pit files. Thus only Samsung can create them.
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I am not saying that you are lying, i simply try to understand!
If what you are saying is true, what about this guys:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...y-app-t2538947
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...n-rid-t2353551
I have played with those files and i experienced a few until i choose one that suits me, and all are working fine.
So it is true or is not true what you say...!?

Robotu said:
I am not saying that you are lying, i simply try to understand!
If what you are saying is true, what about this guys:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...y-app-t2538947
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gala...n-rid-t2353551
I have played with those files and i experienced a few until i choose one that suits me, and all are working fine.
So it is true or is not true what you say...!?
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You've messed those links up. Are you saying you've managed to repartition the S4?

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stokesd3 said:
You've messed those links up. Are you saying you've managed to repartition the S4?
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Man, i did not mess nothing!
It was just an example, an example that fits only in the context quoted by me in the message... )))

Robotu said:
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Man, i did not mess nothing!
It was just an example, an example that fits only in the context quoted by me in the message... )))
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Lost me, sorry... but will take that as a no

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Lost me, sorry... but will take that as a no
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No man, but i would like to find a way... The partitions map in i9505 is so ****ed up, and i don't understand how come nobody manage to do anything about this, and those links are just as examples that this is very possible...

Robotu said:
No man, but i would like to find a way... The partitions map in i9505 is so ****ed up, and i don't understand how come nobody manage to do anything about this, and those links are just as examples that this is very possible...
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Again, the links don't work dude. Would seem Samsung added an extra layer of security with the signings which you can't get around on the S4. I have no reason to disbelieve it as no one has done it lol

stokesd3 said:
Again, the links don't work dude. Would seem Samsung added an extra layer of security with the signings which you can't get around on the S4. I have no reason to disbelieve it as no one has done it lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...es/mod-partition-internal-memory-app-t2538947
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...t/guide-enlarge-datafs-partition-rid-t2353551
Sorry man, the links are for the Galaxy S2 i9100, and when you said i messed them up i thought... you know, here we are talking about S4.
Galaxy S2: system partition 500 mb, now 1 gb; preload partition 500 mb, now 8mb; data partition 2 gb, now 6 gb but it can also be 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 gb, they have theme all pits, and i tried theme all

Robotu said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...es/mod-partition-internal-memory-app-t2538947
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...t/guide-enlarge-datafs-partition-rid-t2353551
Sorry man, the links are for the Galaxy S2 i9100, and when you said i messed them up i thought... you know, here we are talking about S4.
Galaxy S2: system partition 500 mb, now 1 gb; preload partition 500 mb, now 8mb; data partition 2 gb, now 6 gb but it can also be 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 gb, they have theme all pits, and i tried theme all
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No worries. I did suspect that, hence I threw S4 in there to confirm. I9505 model as per thread title. I used to do it with no problems on my old S2.