I finally got my droid x about 2 weeks ago after waiting almost a month on backorder.. Since i ordered it ive gotten an pneumonia lung infection as of saturday tonsilitis and fevers.. Plus two weeks in i got laid off so this hasent been the greateast of time. Ive been pretty out of it and yea.. anywho. I got this and first thing i did was Root via the "DroidX Root" with the Root Me and UnRoot Me " buttons. Ive owned a G1 and a Droid Eris prior to all this and loved em both. Rooted them gotten the recovery image's custom roms ect. With this im getting confused. I think its partially because ive been so ill and disoriented half the time. Also because of this efuse crap and what not. Yes ive googled and searched but again ive been fairly out of it so im still not certian what i should do here. I downloaded some apk file Recovery Bootstrap v1.0.0.3 that i was told i needed to get but again...
I want or at least i think i want to get to 2.2 im currently still on the 2.1 build it shiped with. i have *228'd it or changed the firmware in any way all ive done is rooted it.
Im having issued with the data connection. My browser seems to hang a good 50-60% of the time wether im on my wireless g connection at home or on 3g. Ill listen to slacker radio and often it stops for sometime and either wont resume playback until ive closed and re-opend it or just does it on its own.
Ive heard of people getting roms on it but others tell me there not "real".
Also its "fluid'ness speed" seems to be jotty at times. I havent hardly installed much on this and its slows down really bad at times.
Basicly i like modding my phone and really enjoy all the work people put out to fully give us the full capability's of these pieces of hardware we buy. But i dont feel like im getting that.
What other suggestions can you all give me to do to my phone, to speed it up back it up remove this crapware like dlna ect. I have seen some threads about doing this but then people telling me they get stuck at the boot logo cause they messed something up and i dont really wanna do that.
What have you done with your phones? How well do they run?
Thanks for taking the time to read my post and i look forward to everyone's reply
-Mort
.....
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
Sorry to hear about your problems. I just went through a week of hell before being diagnosed with pneumonia this June. So I know how it felt.
Basically, even though 2.2 OTA is available, if you mess up your phone while modding, there is no stock image to fall back to, so you'll be stuck with a bricked phone.
The best solution right now is to upgrade to original 2.2 leak. Then you can install leaked 2.3.15 which is the same as OTA (with a difference of being deodexed and rooted). In this case even if you have problems, you can always flash original 2.1 back and start from scratch.
rootzwiki has a good amount of info on how to do all of this. But of course feel free to ask questions.
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php/Smartphones/Motorola/Droid-X/Droid-X.html
I went to flash cwm and ODIN was nice enough to give me a big red FAIL, and then the phone shut off. Turned it back on, and its stuck at the phone-!-pc icon. I've tried various solutions for other galaxy s phones and not had luck.
Actually I got past this. Next question.
Is there any reason I cannot flash cwm with flash_image? Because Odin kills my phone every time I try.
I thought I read something where someone in the dev forum had a similar issue? I'm guessing you've already tried those solutions?
It ended up being a funky usb port. All better.
lol solved your own problem
Yes, I end up doing that a lot
adrynalyne said:
Yes, I end up doing that a lot
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You beat me to it, adrynalyne! I was going to say you usually do, solve your own problems a lot.
Going to be cooking up some ROMs for us? I loved your WinMo ones.
I guess you are one and the same I remember from the old Samsung Omnia forums? (And others)
i was running odin and download mode closed my phone now wont boot up or anything......
Euhmmmmm.... *poo*
just loaded and it has a pic of a cell a caution sign then a pc
*end heart-attack it decided it would work* i love the epic even more now....
PyRo
*please lock*
Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
bullet2300 said:
Take off the back, pull out the battery, pop battery back in and boot as normal into Download mode (holding down 1 as it powers up). Should work just fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I sort of had the same issue, but nothing I do will get the unit to power on. Plugging it in to the charger does not turn the charging light on. And no three button method is working. The screen stays black, no charging light. Suggestions?
Never mind, it did come back.
same problem
epic wont boot, charge, etc
please help
You're going to have to give us info if you want any help.
ROM, What you did right before it happened, etc.
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
903tex said:
RANT- Is it me or is it ever thread now somebody bricking their epic? Not trying to be a **** but it like people dont research at all. Me coming from an evo i will admit the epic is a whole other beast. But i atleast took the time to research everything before i rooted.
mmhertz26= Try getting the phone in download mode( hold power button with #1 key) at the same time. If that works use odin to flash back to stock with right files. Also check your download files size before you try to flash it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA Premium App
XtaC318 said:
The word brick is used too losely around here. Unless you've messed with the boot loader, and can no longer get into download mode your phone is NOT bricked.
Bricked means your phones is just a hunk of metal/plastic that's good for nothing but a paper weight.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
heathmcabee said:
Yeah we need a new word for soft bricking. Softing? Broft? Oops?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA Premium App
XtaC318 said:
How about forget the term, and have people who are new to this actually research before jumping in.. but that's impossible because there's a lot of ignorant and stubborn people out there ^-^
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you think with all the disclaimers on each and every rom,root,theme,ect that people would understand the risks involved in modding whether its a ps3 xbox360 phone router anything but all logic seems to disappear.
kennyglass123 said:
Nerf Brick? TV Brick? Sponged?
Do you BONSAI?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
lol
BTW its is thrown around how about saying in your thread title like stuck on a screen, errors in clockwork or other nice terms to help u more,
It is really hard to brick this thing believe me ive done it all, FCs, errors in clockwork, stuck on samsung screens boot loops and yesterday officially bricked!!!
The only reason it bricked is some charge card in a beta bonsai rom, but thats what tep is for.
And remeber if you can see something on your screen of your phone use odin or heimdell to go back to stock if you phone wont charge,gointo download mode or go on or go into recovery then its time to take it in and replace it.
Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
I know what a brick phone is. Im just tired of people not knowing what to do asking questions that are already explanied and sticky on top of the page. Not researching will cause this problem until people realize that if you dont understand this then you need to read, read, read. I had a wm phone and if you flashed the wrong file...DONE. Atleast with the epic as long as it can get in download mode you should be fine.
brendan802 said:
Mnhertz26. Did you fix your epic too or is it another real brick?¿
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Another real brick? So far there haven't been any Epic's that weren't recoverable.
Ouch I am so glad I did not run Bonsai on my phone yet I was waiting for i dunno what but dodged that issue.
For those who jacked thier phones but didnt brick persay make sure you have a charged battery before starting and if unabl to charge after the incident you can charge in an external charger to get back into dload mode to odin back to stock or CW flash a back-up
Peace
hey guys,
this is geared towards people like me (noobs). PLEASE FOLLOW ALL FLASHING PROCEDURES TO THE LETTER. It's now 4:15 est and I just spent the last 8 hours unbricking my phone. thankfully i didn't have to make a jig but the amount of effort put into recovering my phone was like getting the troops to come back home. i tried and tried and tried again and all i kept getting was the phone <!> computer screen. finally i ventured off on my own and just started pushing kernals and bootloaders into my phone until i saw the most beautiful thing i have ever seen (besides the opening scene of we own the night where eva mendez is getting nailed). that gorgeous download mode popped up out of nowhere and i was FINALLY able to push the full stock rom back to my phone, reroot, reflash the gloryusness in which is bionix-v and get my dragon kernal back. time for an hour nap and head to work. if anyone is really curious i will gladly explain my stumblings back to operation. anyway thank you for all the threads, links and downloads devs. you guys make it all worth it.
Stickies, read them.
Ok, I should really kick myself in the a$$ for this cause lack of me not looking into things. First things first, I had the Note 2 sense it came out and had everything under the sun done to it and for some reason back in September AT&T sent me a S4 and I just put it away for awhile. My good o'l t0tlteatt was running SlimKat - 4.4.2.beta.1.9-WEEKLY-2150 with a bunch of other stuff, sadly the other day i got out of my car and my phone fell out of my pocket and into a storm drain. I went home got the S4 fired it up and all that good stuff and I got a notification sayin there was an upate, so I update the phone. Sense I have off work today I wanted to root the S4 and all that good stuff. I'm seeing that the phone has the MK2 build and the only way to root is with saferoot and the only recovery is Safestrap and there is only a couple compatible roms. Is there anyway I can downgrade to a older build so I can do what wish? Can Someone please get back to me about this cause I wanna get my Flash on!!!
Thanks For everyone"s time!!
thatmetaldude85 said:
Ok, I should really kick myself in the a$$ for this cause lack of me not looking into things. First things first, I had the Note 2 sense it came out and had everything under the sun done to it and for some reason back in September AT&T sent me a S4 and I just put it away for awhile. My good o'l t0tlteatt was running SlimKat - 4.4.2.beta.1.9-WEEKLY-2150 with a bunch of other stuff, sadly the other day i got out of my car and my phone fell out of my pocket and into a storm drain. I went home got the S4 fired it up and all that good stuff and I got a notification sayin there was an upate, so I update the phone. Sense I have off work today I wanted to root the S4 and all that good stuff. I'm seeing that the phone has the MK2 build and the only way to root is with saferoot and the only recovery is Safestrap and there is only a couple compatible roms. Is there anyway I can downgrade to a older build so I can do what wish? Can Someone please get back to me about this cause I wanna get my Flash on!!!
Thanks For everyone"s time!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No you can't.
Alright Thanks..