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[Q] Strange Problems on my gt540 !! Plzz help me out

I recently found the phone numbers in contacts being displayed like 123-456-789. Previously it was being displayed without "-". I tried to change the locale & regional settings but it didn't work ! Why is it so ? Now After I factory resetted the phone & selected locale & English (US), though this problem got sorted out. I am facing two new problems. My Android market does not update itself !!!!!!!!! & the progress of the ongoing downloads does not show/appears blank. I am very worried. plzz tell me what to do !! i am using stock 2.1 V20c (India) ROM in my rooted gt540. Previously I never had any issues with my phone. Plzz help it's urgent. I have tried to master reset my phn 5 times hoping the problem wud get solved but it didn't.
New problem- new downloads take a lot of time to start after they have been queued for download

well... I`am not sure if this will help....but i had some issues with market not updating itsef and displaying wrong letters in system...so i formated my system, boot, data and cache partition through clockworkmod recovery and then restored from backup, after that everything worked fine...now, I assume you don`t have a backup, or clockworkmod recovery....or do you??

No.. I dnt hav a backup. Recently when I rooted my phone I deleted everything in the system cache folder and also removed some built in apps like SNS,layar,task killer, vid editor and wapedia thinking this wud free up internal memory. I think that is where the prob originated. Now tell me wat to do...
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Try to flash ur phone with M6 or something like that...
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I would reinstall the operating system (and i suggest you to do that)....first install rom manager from market.. if you can..then while still conected to internet install clockworkmod recovery (you`ll see an optyion in rom manager) when you do that..try to boot into recovery by presing power button (first shutdown your phone.....) and home button, when it turns on(holding) if you get something new...a menu, that`s recovery... now go and make a backup of you existing system....that way even if you make some bad choices you can always get your system back.........from this point you can put any ROM you like.... just download wanted ROM put it on the root(outside of any folder) of your sdcard ond go into recovery and choose instal from .zip.........I don`t have the time to search the stock 2.1 ROM v20c for you to install...you could try google
EDIT: here you can find all ROM-s, even a backup of 2.1

@ssik -- thanku so much 4 d detailed info..buddy.. as far as the complete list of original stock ROM's link goes... I already hav the link.. so u didn't hav to search it 4 me...anyways since u hav already done..thanx a lot..i owe u a lot 4 dat. so dont get disgusted..since I am new to this modding thing I feel frightened to hav my phn bricked while flashing...so I was asking 4 any othr alternative.

How to select my device in rom manager ? Since gt540 is not present in device list ? Does my phn's firmware needs to be fastboot enabled so that I can install clockwork ?
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@matcho do u mean 2.0 m6 clockwork recovery ?
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you welcome @sujitmohanty .....while in a rom manager (conected to internet aswel) just press flash clockworkmod recovery, wait till its finished and then try to boot into recovery mod as described, if that doesn`t work then we`ll do something else.... let me know if it works... and ask for any help you need... I was also as frightened as you in my beginnings )

ok dear..got it ! I wil be definitely doing it but today. I will be carrying it out tmrw cozz now its 8.23 p.m here in india and I am feeling bit tired. aft I do it, I wil b informing u in this thread or thru PM. till then take care.. and lastly once again thank u very very much for lending ur support and instilling confidence in me.

The guy above is telling you BS. You cannot flash clockwork on our device through ROM manager. It must be flashed in fastboot.
Jack

@jack.. can u pls explain how to flash using fastboot since I am using neither carphoneware house nor european rom which r fastboot roms..I am using v20c india rom. Rnt thr any othr procedures to install clockwork without fastboot?
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sujitmohanty said:
@jack.. can u pls explain how to flash using fastboot since I am using neither carphoneware house nor european rom which r fastboot roms..I am using v20c india rom. Rnt thr any othr procedures to install clockwork without fastboot?
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I think there is but it is untested and only just my theory.
Also, it doesn't matter what fastboot rom you flash, they all work the same, regardless of country etc
EDIT: Look at this..
http://android.modaco.com/content/l...id-2-2-on-your-phone-for-total-newbs-like-me/
It tells you everything on how to flash a fastboot ROM and that.
Ignore step 1 btw, it is un-needed.
Jack

JackG256 said:
The guy above is telling you BS. You cannot flash clockwork on our device through ROM manager. It must be flashed in fastboot.
Jack
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well it worked for me..belived it or not
he could also use a program on the market called yaffsexpert with the recovery_clockwork_2.5.1.8_swift.img ----> ***.mediafire.com/?sax544hf3cye3gx (www insted of ***)
on root his sdcard.... less risky for him

ssik said:
well it worked for me..belived it or not
he could also use a program on the market called yaffsexpert with the recovery_clockwork_2.5.1.8_swift.img ----> ***.mediafire.com/?sax544hf3cye3gx (www insted of ***)
on root his sdcard.... less risky for him
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I tried that but it didn't work for me before lol I've just went for the old fashioned fastboot method Also I was on about the ROM Manager thing because it doesn't support our device.
Jack

JackG256 said:
I tried that but it didn't work for me before lol I've just went for the old fashioned fastboot method Also I was on about the ROM Manager thing because it doesn't support our device.
Jack
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you were right...should suggested fastboot immediately...
i just tried that too...keep getting 0% done.........then fasboot is the mother of everything

JackG256 said:
The guy above is telling you BS. You cannot flash clockwork on our device through ROM manager. It must be flashed in fastboot.
Jack
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Or on the phone with terminal and flash_update command
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fishears said:
Or on the phone with terminal and flash_update command
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flash_image you mean I remember this method but didn't want to suggest it because I didn't try it on non-fastboot ROMs.
Jack

Hai sujit where is ur location in india.which state.
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@vinod- I am from Odisha (previously spelled orissa) in india. I stay in it's capital Bhubaneswar and u ?

[Q] Help! Power Button Broken, Cant reboot into bootloader (calling all gurus)

Trying to return phone to stock and CANNOT enter the bootloader for it to recognize my stock image on the sd card because the darn power button is broken/stuck.
I try adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader
any other way to get to bootloader (without use of the power button) or flash back the stock rom?
Thanks!

There is an app on market called quick boot that you could try. Hope it doesn't boot into fastboot too. Otherwise just try to flash an unrooted stock rom, that might work for what you need.
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I use an app called Widgetsoid, which includes the ability to make a widget that can reboot your phone, Can be set up so that you choose how to reboot (Recovery, Power off, etc).
Requires SU access to reboot with the widget, and please be aware that when I had a couple different roms, the widget simply failed to reboot at all -- for example it works fine when I'm running Darkside Sense 4.0, failed to work at all on meXdroidMod Ghost Chili's rom.
Hope this might help ya out

I found an app called button remapper thanks to I forgot who.
It will remap power,but...
It will not work to turn the phone on,and once you use it to get to recovery,you will need the power button to scroll through,so you'd still be in trouble if its completely broke.
Pm me and I could send you the file when I'm on the computer tonight.
If you want to try.
Or search for button remapper on xda.I don't think its in the market.
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Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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Dwill107 said:
Can't you use the trackpad in recovery to navigate?
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yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol

saranhai said:
yeah, it's what you're supposed to do lol
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That's what I thought. Its how I get around in recovery, I hate our power button
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Oh come on.
How about if you go to install zip from sdcard,or wipe/reset,did I miss something where you can use the trackpad to go back,when there is no go back option?or like I was saying,you would need to hit that trusty power button to ho back.
I don't know,I might have missed it after flashing about 500times.
But pretty sure I use the power button all the time to go back after wiping data,then cache,power to ho back,wipe dalvik,power to go back,install zip from sdcard,power to go back,then reboot system.
Have I been doing it wrong?
Btw,this android keypad on tdj's 7.2 just fast.whoohoo.
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Oh yeah.lol that.smartbutt.
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Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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sunlaw2 said:
Oh ummm.forgot about the back button.my bad.lol.
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You do realize there's an edit button, right? And power button does not function as a back key (or at least never has for me..
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Hardly ever say this,nut you do realize you can **** off! Edit that *****.
Edit:just kidding,but **** off.
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Getting a bit sidetracked here, I am trying to revert to stock ROM and cannot because the Power button is broken on this piece of crap and I cannot get to bootloader.
• adb reboot bootloader and that sends me into FASTBOOT, NOT bootloader and does not load image
• no option in Settings > Power or Settings > Applications to disable fastboot (I have gingerbread)
• using CWM recovered > Install zip from file does not work
Can anyone advise a way to revert to stock image without HBOOT, that actually works and does not require the power button?
P.S. this whole thing has really made be disenchanted with the mess that is android right now. Since it seems that it really android is not open or owned by google. Instead owned by the carriers. I should not feel like a criminal for wanting a basic android phone. Makes me almost want to scrap and get an iPhone.

Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915

@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.

Kevinthebox said:
@ajm
Why are you trying to revert to stock if you don't mind me asking? Are u sending it to HTC for them to fix it? They wont care if your rooted they will just wipe your phone and put in the mysense gingerbread rom. I highly advise u to contact HTC and check your warranty. I sent in NY CM7 mt4g and they fixed the power button for free.
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Sending it to t-mobile, not HTC for return (they already sent replacement); I thought they would mind??

silentsnow31802 said:
Firstly, its not the Android OS that's the problem. Its your broken ass phone so calm down. If your thinking Android is not open, go ahead and get an iPhone and you'll see what a not open OS is really like.
Secondly...
I read you have Clockwork recovery installed. Flashing this image through Clockwork will at least make it look stock. It is said you will lose root but probably keep S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901477
You might also want to check out this program here before you try the link above. I havent used it but it seems like it might be something worth checking out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193915
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Thanks, frustrated is all. Taking it out on Android OS, but really peeved at GOOG
- for having caved into the carriers by letting them bastardize the OS with their mods, forcing me to feel like criminal in modding and jumping through hoops to get a vastly better experience
- for not outbidding verizion on that wireless spectrum and becoming a carrier themselves
Was original N1 owner (first week) and will prob sqitch to galaxy nexus (as soon as they get on more carriers)
Thanks on the suggestions, tried to reflash through CWM several times and keeps giving me installation aborted.. will download again (in case is corrupted) and try again; Interesting other suggestion, will take a look at, but not much time, have to send back replacement tomor
Thx again

You can also try this. It is a nandroid restore somebody made. It seems a bit more involved because it looks like you need to use an older version of clockwork recovery. If I am correct you can find an older version of the recovery and flash it through rom manager, but dont quote me on that one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845756
When I had a MT4G and the EMMC chip died I hooked the phone to a 12 volt battery and fried it. I then called and told them I plugged the phone in to charge one night and the next morning it would not power on. They replaced it no questions asked and I never heard anything about it again.

My mom's power button went out as well. Tmo and HTC flat out refused a replacement MT4G, Saying it was a "known issue". I called them about 10 times total about this problem. They just want to sell me another phone. Full price. Since i've called them so many times they wont even do a Insurance claim.
If this is a "known problem" why the f isn't it being taken care of properly?
Has anyone else had this problem with customer service?

[Q] smoothness and responsiveness

Hi, i have question about this nice phone. I had it for about a week now and i like it but only one annoying thing is that sometimes it lags. I'm rooted, using ram manager, caching everything and i raised heap size to 32 but still it can be better. Anyone have any advice apart from ROM changing? I'm too scared to do it because i don't have spare money for repair or new phone. Thanks. I'm running stock 2.2
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Gnaver said:
Hi, i have question about this nice phone. I had it for about a week now and i like it but only one annoying thing is that sometimes it lags. I'm rooted, using ram manager, caching everything and i raised heap size to 32 but still it can be better. Anyone have any advice apart from ROM changing? I'm too scared to do it because i don't have spare money for repair or new phone. Thanks. I'm running stock 2.2
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no shouldn't be scared of flashing ok the first day i did i too was but following the instructions everything went absolutely fine and i hadn't required any repair

Can you point me to tutorial which is easy and working? And also recommend me a good ROM. Is better custom or stock with newer android? I have gen2 device
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A good ROM is cm7.2 burgerZ kang. Its smooth, quick and stable. Here's how u flash it
Download Rom manager from the play store
Select the first option "flash recovery"
Confirm phone model as ZTE Blade.
Download the burgerZ rom from burgerz.pro website (select zte blade/cyanogenmod 7)
Download the Gapps from the same page
Backup ur apps
Charge phone to around 60%
Reboot the phone holding the
volume down button
You'll see a screen with small text . This is called recovery. Use the volume buttons to navigate and home button to select
Select wipe data option
Select install zip from sdcard
Select choose zip manually
Navigate to where u downloaded the rom
Select it and confirm flashing
Wait for around 3 minutes
When its done, flash the Gapps in the same way
Reboot
Wait till it gets stable
Set up ur phone
If u want download cm7 ics theme from the market to make it look like android 4.0
All done!!
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AND DO MAKE A BACKUP FOR your stock rom. before flashing it will get u back from where u started if anything go bad.
and charge your phone 100% just incase...........

Yeah. I forgot that. Select backup current rom from rom manager before rebooting the first time. And yeah. 100% to be on the safe side
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QuantumFoam said:
A good ROM is cm7.2 burgerZ kang. Its smooth, quick and stable. Here's how u flash it
Download Rom manager from the play store
Select the first option "flash recovery"
Confirm phone model as ZTE Blade.
Download the burgerZ rom from burgerz.pro website (select zte blade/cyanogenmod 7)
Download the Gapps from the same page
Backup ur apps
Charge phone to around 60%
Reboot the phone holding the
volume down button
You'll see a screen with small text . This is called recovery. Use the volume buttons to navigate and home button to select
Select wipe data option
Select install zip from sdcard
Select choose zip manually
Navigate to where u downloaded the rom
Select it and confirm flashing
Wait for around 3 minutes
When its done, flash the Gapps in the same way
Reboot
Wait till it gets stable
Set up ur phone
If u want download cm7 ics theme from the market to make it look like android 4.0
All done!!
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I just love this post. Lol.
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Lol why? Because it shows how jobless I am to type so much?
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QuantumFoam said:
Lol why? Because it shows how jobless I am to type so much?
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Not exactly. I seldom see people writing long posts on flashing procedure.
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Well he did ask for an easy tutorial. And since he seems really scared about bricking ......
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[Guide] Revert back to Original Stock Rom With Kies

Hi to all. This is a very simple guide to revert back to the Stock rom that came with your phone.
Odin is not needed, also no special skills needed. All you need is a PC with Samsung Kies installed.
Kies is best to be updated to latest version. latest one is 08-01-2013
So, let's start. If you were rooted and the custom binary counter has increased, please use TriangleAway prior to this guide.
1-) Open up Kies with phone disconnected, but keep it powered up cause you will need it for the serial number.
2-)Navigate here (tools) (picture 1) and select the 3d option (software upgarade and preparation). you will get this Enter GT-N7100 press confirm.
3-) enter your phones serial number(picture 3) wich you can find either under the battery or by navigating to yout phone Settings- About device- Status- Serial
Number. Press confirm. after pressing confirm you will be presented with a dialog which lets you know that the device will be wiped. Press Confirm again.
4-) you will now be presented with the version (picture4, it is for my phone. you will have maybe other) that is the latest for your phone and your serial number. press confirm and wait for the first download (picture5). wait till it finishes.
5-)in the next screen (picture 6) read and select Agree. put your phone in download mode by pressing volume down+ home button+ power on. do not release the buttons till the phone is in the screen that tells about warning. press volume up.
connect phone to PC and press down at Start Update button.
this will take a while to download cause the update is about 1GB.
wait till it finishes and phone boot up.
Set up as usual.
Hope it helps.

Wow, thanks!
I hust have a question about this, for example, if i ever want to rollback to carrier stock ROM, i should follow the steps above? If we do this, are we going to enable OTA carrier updates as long as we don't root the phone, right?
Thanks!

luismedina said:
Wow, thanks!
I hust have a question about this, for example, if i ever want to rollback to carrier stock ROM, i should follow the steps above? If we do this, are we going to enable OTA carrier updates as long as we don't root the phone, right?
Thanks!
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you are correct. in both questions:laugh:

Do you think this procedure would work with a Note 10.1?
Ive triangled away, so the download screen says its official
But its still rooted, this seems a very simple and effective way to remove all traces of changes

Blackhorse said:
Do you think this procedure would work with a Note 10.1?
Ive triangled away, so the download screen says its official
But its still rooted, this seems a very simple and effective way to remove all traces of changes[/QUO\
it should worl in your tab too. it was the same for S3 and S2.
it is like restore function in Itunes but a bit under disguise :laugh:
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mariosraptor said:
Blackhorse said:
Do you think this procedure would work with a Note 10.1?
Ive triangled away, so the download screen says its official
But its still rooted, this seems a very simple and effective way to remove all traces of changes[/QUO\
it should worl in your tab too. it was the same for S3 and S2.
it is like restore function in Itunes but a bit under disguise :laugh:
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Will this work coming from a 4.2.+ CM / AOSP based ROM?
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It will work coming from any rom. Just backup, backup, backup your personal data. It will wipe internal sd.
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mariosraptor said:
It will work coming from any rom. Just backup, backup, backup your personal data. It will wipe internal sd.
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Thanks... This is good to know. Question though... I live in Canada and my device was a UK version that I bought from a store here in Edmonton, Alberta. That being said... Will Kies be able to find my proper STOCK firmware given my location or does it find it based soley on the serial number?

It finds it base on serial number. If is is a UK device it will install the latest one for the specific serial number and UK.
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Great guide but i still have a question!
Q- Should i flash stock recovery prior to following this procedure? or will KIES do it for me?

sda.171 said:
Great guide but i still have a question!
Q- Should i flash stock recovery prior to following this procedure? or will KIES do it for me?
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Kies will
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anyone on windows 8 having trouble with this? program stops responding after downloading the initial upgrade components (step4)
this might be the final push for me to go back to win 7

sda.171 said:
Great guide but i still have a question!
Q- Should i flash stock recovery prior to following this procedure? or will KIES do it for me?
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no. Kies will do it.
danfozzy said:
anyone on windows 8 having trouble with this? program stops responding after downloading the initial upgrade components (step4)
this might be the final push for me to go back to win 7
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Sorry. Not using win8
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just a heads up that you cant do this on a mac, the option isn't in the tools menu

What does the serial number look like? I've tried every number on the back of the battery and on the box!!!

It is like S/N: 8BC6738BSH
It is under the imei
Or settings-about phone-status
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Would this method work in restorin my UK S3 back to stock please? It was originally a '3' branded phone tho, not sure kies would install that, sorry to sound totally silly, just not familiar..thanks!

Yes it will restore to what it had out of factory.
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YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER

Great guide Marios!
Very usefull for everyone, especially some users like me who have never seen kies ui to know about....
So, now i found a reason to use Kies one day....

[Q] Need some help with boot loop on ColdFusionX

Well, i've flashed my Blade with ColdFusionX ROM and everything seems to be great.
Then i decided to restart it and it stays on boot loop. It can be solved by entering on recovery and wiping the Dalvik Cache, but i want to know if there is another way to solve it? It's kinda annoying making it everytime i need to restart or shutdown.
Another question is for a good app to make USB Thetering, since the one on this ROM works but drains battery faster then USB provides.
Thanks and sorry about the bad english.
link to ROM's page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429539

Update:
Now things are worst then ever. I've updated ROM Manager to last version and then i can't enter on recover anymore and cellphone can't start.
Is there any way to flash the recovery from outside the phone?

Method 2.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/343587-guide-de-bricking-a-zte-blade/
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Do you have Blade drivers for Windows 8, that drivers are for 7 and they aren't working.

Tryed method 2 but it didn't work, adb can't see my device connected. Now i'm trying method 3.
How can I know what TPT should i use?
Sorry for being so noob.

If you got your phone with 2.1 it is gen1, if 2.2 it is gen2.
Therefore, use gen2.
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UrbanDrawer said:
If you got your phone with 2.1 it is gen1, if 2.2 it is gen2.
Therefore, use gen2.
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It is with 4.0.4 gen2, but i don't know if i have to use chinese or european TPT.
It was manufactured in china, so I use the Chinese TPT, right? Seems obvious but i'm kinda scared.

Update: Problem Solved!
I turned it in recovery mode, and it got stuck as was happening before. So I left it a while and when i plugged him on the computer, adb recognized it and I could use the fastboot of method 2.
But i still got the problem with the Boot-looping on ColdFusionX that I said on first post. Is there a way to fix this? (It can be fixed wiping the Dalvik Cache every boot, but it is annoying)

Flash another rom.
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vittal said:
Update: Problem Solved!
I turned it in recovery mode, and it got stuck as was happening before. So I left it a while and when i plugged him on the computer, adb recognized it and I could use the fastboot of method 2.
But i still got the problem with the Boot-looping on ColdFusionX that I said on first post. Is there a way to fix this? (It can be fixed wiping the Dalvik Cache every boot, but it is annoying)
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This will keep on happening because the rom u are using has stopped development. Soon u will also loose Google play.
Do what urbandriver said. I recommended konsta T' cm9 (Google it).
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