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I have a Kindle Fire on the way. What's the best ICS ROM to put on it in your opinion? Which ROM is the most stable? GB or ICS? Any input you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading.
Good ROMs
Okay, so there are a whole bunch of roms for GB and ICS.
-Cynogenmod 7 (gingerbread) is the most stable, and is a daily rom.
Runs games, internet, apps great - never crashed
-ICS (based on CM9) is also pretty stable, but still not quite as good yet IMO.
With ICS there are lots of good roms:
- Stock(ish) ICS - not quite as recent though - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411895
-Classicnerd ICS - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527046
-Energy ICS Rom - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528024
-MIUI ICS - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488930
All of these have small bugs, and no hardware acceleration.
I've probably forgotten a whole bunch, so check out this great thread to keep up with things!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467013
By the time you've got your KF, ICS will be even more stable.
Not long 'till we see a daily use rom!
Thanks to the DEVS!
Hey, thanks a bunch. It's nice to actually see some helpful people. If your a sign of the kind of people in this section, then i'm definitely looking forward to hanging out here. I appreciate your input.
Not a problem, happy to help, PM me if you have any more trouble!
Flashing Energy ICS ROM
Since we are on the subject of ICS ROMS, I hope someone can answer this question. In the Energy ROM thread in the developers section, they mentioned using TWRP to flash that ROM. I used the BurritoRoot3 utility to root my KF and it installs FireFireFire for recovery. I got the impression from the Energy ICS thread that you HAVE to use TWRP to flash the ROM but that doesnt seem right to me.
CAn someon set me straight on this? If it is the case, how hard will it to be to replace FireFireFire with TWRP ?
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Since we are on the subject of ICS ROMS, I hope someone can answer this question. In the Energy ROM thread in the developers section, they mentioned using TWRP to flash that ROM. I used the BurritoRoot3 utility to root my KF and it installs FireFireFire for recovery. I got the impression from the Energy ICS thread that you HAVE to use TWRP to flash the ROM but that doesnt seem right to me.
CAn someon set me straight on this? If it is the case, how hard will it to be to replace FireFireFire with TWRP ?
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Im new to the Kindle Fire, but I've been reading and googling. FireFireFire is the custom bootloader that allows onetouch operation to get into recovery. TWRP is the actual recovery.
Will someone confirm this?
Does CM7 have hardware acceleration?
ledd760 said:
Does CM7 have hardware acceleration?
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Yes it does..
dw9906 said:
Im new to the Kindle Fire, but I've been reading and googling. FireFireFire is the custom bootloader that allows onetouch operation to get into recovery. TWRP is the actual recovery.
Will someone confirm this?
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You are right. Firefirefire is the bootloader. You can install it when you root it using burito3. TWRP is the recovery. I believe someone actually sucessfully installed Energy rom using CWM too. I am using TWRP and have successfully flash the Energy.
I installed the ICS Energy ROM using CWM. Not a problem.
vulturesrow said:
Since we are on the subject of ICS ROMS, I hope someone can answer this question. In the Energy ROM thread in the developers section, they mentioned using TWRP to flash that ROM. I used the BurritoRoot3 utility to root my KF and it installs FireFireFire for recovery. I got the impression from the Energy ICS thread that you HAVE to use TWRP to flash the ROM but that doesnt seem right to me.
CAn someon set me straight on this? If it is the case, how hard will it to be to replace FireFireFire with TWRP ?
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Bootloader is different from TWRP. TWRP is recovery. You dont replace firefirefire with TWRP
I installed cm7 and it didn't seem to handle portrait mode well. I don't know if it was an aspect ratio issue, but it made it unusable for me.
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Thanks all. Im not sure why I didnt realize Firex3 was the bootloader and not a recovery. Thanks for setting me straight nicely!
kingsway8605 said:
I installed cm7 and it didn't seem to handle portrait mode well. I don't know if it was an aspect ratio issue, but it made it unusable for me.
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run both portrait & landscape without any problem using launcherpro,golauncher or adw...
dieandromeda said:
run both portrait & landscape without any problem using launcherpro,golauncher or adw...
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The stock cm7 launcher is adw amd it gave me issues especially in portrait. Many apps were unusable in portrait (google music for example).
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kingsway8605 said:
The stock cm7 launcher is adw amd it gave me issues especially in portrait. Many apps were unusable in portrait (google music for example).
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Then its the apps and not the launcher?
wildsoyabean said:
Then its the apps and not the launcher?
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It is something in the aspect ratio of the device.
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Hello. I'll probably get shouted at for missing some FAQ somewhere, however, I am trying to flash my ROM on my phone.
I have rooted it, and I have downloaded the ROM, however, the instructions tell me I should use ClockWorkROM to install it, but on Google Play it tells me it is incompatible with my phone. Its a Gen1 San Francisco.
Can someone point me in the direction of a ROM installer that I can use?
Thanks, Chris
Having just posted that, I installed TFT software and that managed to download and install a new ROM (I think)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/ZTE_Blade
The wiki, under recovery, tells you how to install ClockworkMod Recovery. And has other useful info, worth a look
This is the development section. Please post all questions in the general section. Thanks! Thread moved.
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Lollipop is aufull 4 this phone, mate. Use cm11-pure or slim rom based-great batt and fluid like juice
hi guys, i don't have enough posts to post in the development section yet!
So i'm making my thread here. I'm curious as to how to upgrade cyanogenmod 10 nightlies on the lx nexus 4 without erasing any of your data or apps you have installed. is this possible?
just install it.
Please read the stickies and don't post this in the development forum.
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robbieast said:
hi guys, i don't have enough posts to post in the development section yet!
So i'm making my thread here. I'm curious as to how to upgrade cyanogenmod 10 nightlies on the lx nexus 4 without erasing any of your data or apps you have installed. is this possible?
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You should read through the cyanogen thread, and if you ever have questions do a search on the forums before posting a question because it's probably already been answered.
Make a backup of your apps with another app like Titanium backup in the playstore. Or another app that will backup and restore your apps.
When you upgrade your ROM your saved items will stay on the emulated sdcard on your phone, so your backed up apps will stay on there.
If you have to wipe everything on your phone someday, just transfer your backups to your desktop.
Read this root guide, the second post will tell you about backups.
Nexus 4 root guide
I highly recommend you download Cyandelta for using CM Nightlies, you'll be downloading 8-20MB instead of ~150MB. Using it's openrecovery script it can auto install via TWRP, too.
I have not been able to find any threads for the Nexus 10, but I was wondering if it were possible to dual boot the Nexus10?
My goal is to try and install both Android and Ubuntu Touch preview on my nexus 10 tablet so I could try out Ubuntu touch without losing all of my android functionality.
Are there any resources on how to do this and has anyone ever attempted to do dual booting on the Nexus 10.
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I have not been able to find any threads for the Nexus 10, but I was wondering if it were possible to dual boot the Nexus10?
My goal is to try and install both Android and Ubuntu Touch preview on my nexus 10 tablet so I could try out Ubuntu touch without losing all of my android functionality.
Are there any resources on how to do this and has anyone ever attempted to do dual booting on the Nexus 10.
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That would be totally awesome. Let us know if you find something.
joshdmiller said:
That would be totally awesome. Let us know if you find something.
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I found MultiROM for the nexus 7, which seems to work exact how I wanted, even supporting booting from otg cable. However, there was no release for Nexus 10, or planned, and there was one thread asking about its existence on the Nexus 10 but was locked by a moderator for being in the wrong sub forum.
ThomasBags said:
I found MultiROM for the nexus 7, which seems to work exact how I wanted, even supporting booting from otg cable. However, there was no release for Nexus 10, or planned, and there was one thread asking about its existence on the Nexus 10 but was locked by a moderator for being in the wrong sub forum.
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What's the thread for it? Maybe we can get some developers to port it to Nexus 10 .
Pretty sure kernel/recovery is a big part of duel booting and not a Rom
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mymusicathome said:
Pretty sure kernel/recovery is a big part of duel booting and not a Rom
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Yes it mostly has to do with kernel and recovery but rom must also be edited to work on dual boot. On my xperia play I can boot up to 4 ROMs using turbo kernel. The kernel creates slots on the SD card where the other ROMs are installed. I don't know a lot about how its done. But its very useful to have especially when you have a low ram phone so you could boot different android versions. Now if someone could get that done for nexus 10 it'd be awesome. Cosmicdan is the developer who did it for xplay
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Hello. I know this should go in the android development area, but I can't post there since I have not posted 10 other posts yet...I have a nexus 4 and I installed CM10 using the installer that was available for a little while...It worked great, but I would like to update my nexus 4 to CM11 Snapshot M3. Do I need to wipe the device to do this update? I'd really rather not wipe it if at all possible....Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Anyone?
schneiderm3709 said:
Hello. I know this should go in the android development area, but I can't post there since I have not posted 10 other posts yet...I have a nexus 4 and I installed CM10 using the installer that was available for a little while...It worked great, but I would like to update my nexus 4 to CM11 Snapshot M3. Do I need to wipe the device to do this update? I'd really rather not wipe it if at all possible....Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Any thoughts anyone? I'd like to do this soon if possible...
schneiderm3709 said:
Any thoughts anyone? I'd like to do this soon if possible...
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Going from cm 10 to 11 you should wipe. You could try not doing it but you'll most likely have problems.
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