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Just saw a tweet from DLife about an improved Froyo 2.2. Anyone try it yet? I'm not sure I want to do a wipe if its not really that much improved.
EDIT: link http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/02/download-new-android-2-2-droid-incredible-build/
EDIT EDIT: My recommendation is that you don't use this build. It lacks the stock wallpapers except for the red swirl. It lacks the stock ringtones, AND I'm not sure it even has Flash 10.1. Some sites don't seem to work now that I installed it and I'm reinstalling the previous 2.2 leak instead of this one.
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Im steering clear from it. I have made a stable ROM based off the first leak, used skyraider2, amd used the leak itself, amd there is nothong wrong with the firsf.
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jdkoreclipse said:
Im steering clear from it. I have made a stable ROM based off the first leak, used skyraider2, amd used the leak itself, amd there is nothong wrong with the firsf.
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So far I agree.... Not worth wiping out everything I've done with the first leak! Unless someone can convince me otherwise.
I do have one question though.... Shouldn't there be some way to update the first leak with a new version in the future without wiping the phone? They should have mostly all the same base right?
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So far I agree.... Not worth wiping out everything I've done with the first leak! Unless someone can convince me otherwise.
I do have one question though.... Shouldn't there be some way to update the first leak with a new version in the future without wiping the phone? They should have mostly all the same base right?
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Import to the htc basic kitchen and change wipe status
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I'd be more than happy to keep doing "upgrades" if that was the way it worked but these really aren't upgrades; they're new installs. Wiping each time is painful.
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I'd be more than happy to keep doing "upgrades" if that was the way it worked but these really aren't upgrades; they're new installs. Wiping each time is painful.
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Thats why when i make roms, i try to make them flash overs.
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jdkoreclipse said:
Im steering clear from it. I have made a stable ROM based off the first leak, used skyraider2, amd used the leak itself, amd there is nothong wrong with the firsf.
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+100. I've worked out all the bugs that affect my daily usage: 3g hotspot working, no 0's on my Gmail, still pulling 1250-1300+ on Quadrant, market/browser work beautifully. I'll need to see some solid improvements/benchmarks to make it "worth" switching.
Though for posterity's sake, for those concerned about wiping, since it's a 2.2 -> 2.2, I would think a proper titanium restore would work without much issue, app-wise.
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I am the opposite ... I see no reason to apply a beta radio and a beta pre-release (even one from yesterday) at this point, especially if its going to be a pain in the butt due to radio reflash and app reinstall. Would just as soon wait in hopes that unrEVOked can root the real OTA. Would MUCH rather go thru the pain and effort (and danger) using VZW's release.
Have you gotten Ti backup to work with 2.2? I had issues. It worked to restore my apps from 2.1, but since switching to 2.2 I could do a backup. I remember there being some issue but not what it was. I haven't tried again since.
As for the upgrade, I'm only using the stock Froyo rom and I've found some bugs in it when using Seesmic and Astro amongst others. I think they need to upgrade for 2.2 compatibility before I upgrade the rom.
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Just installed the latest ota. All if well. No problems like the last rom. No lame patches and bugfixes neccessary. Works good. Titanium backuped everything fine. Took me 5 minutes after full wipe to have all my stuff back to normal.
None?
Check your paid market apps and make sure they all show up
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Just installed the latest ota. All if well. No problems like the last rom. No lame patches and bugfixes neccessary. Works good. Titanium backuped everything fine. Took me 5 minutes after full wipe to have all my stuff back to normal.
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Did you do a "Backup all user apps + system data" and then "Restore missing apps + all system data" or did you just do apps? I'm new to best practices of Titanium Backup... Thanks!
I just do app+app data. No system crap...it isn't that hard for me to add the 4 icons and clock to the screen and setup some ringer preferences...even with all that it took me 5 minutes. Some people may have insane screens full of widgets and apps...mines pretty simple. Also I already fixed my build.prop Plus I only have 2 paid apps...titanium and phonemypc and I already pulled the apks from my phone to install manually without the market anyway. So I dunno.
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I just do app+app data. No system crap...it isn't that hard for me to add the 4 icons and clock to the screen and setup some ringer preferences...even with all that it took me 5 minutes. Some people may have insane screens full of widgets and apps...mines pretty simple. Also I already fixed my build.prop Plus I only have 2 paid apps...titanium and phonemypc and I already pulled the apks from my phone to install manually without the market anyway. So I dunno.
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Well, see?
You had to do a lame fix
Damn. I'd have to go back in and remove all of the bloatware, reinstall all of my apps, and everything else. Not sure I'm up for a minor fix.
Just installed it.. I have to say.. its THE BEST ota leak so far. It's far more stable than the first leak... and it seems like it doesn't drain the battery as much..
Most recent ota leak is a nice improvement over first 2.2 leak. And yeah all you guys saying full wipe is painful.... titanium backup is awesome and can have you back from a full wipe with everything restored and intact within minutes. This 2.2 is faster, fixes most of the problems of the first leak (yes market still needs the fix... so what? Easy easy fix....) and imo is very much worth the upgrade. But seriously only once you know how to extract the most from titanium....
I am more than happy to help anyone with advice on titanium usage or whatever.... pm if you have questions or need help
What's the Market fix?
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bast525 said:
Most recent ota leak is a nice improvement over first 2.2 leak. And yeah all you guys saying full wipe is painful.... titanium backup is awesome and can have you back from a full wipe with everything restored and intact within minutes. This 2.2 is faster, fixes most of the problems of the first leak (yes market still needs the fix... so what? Easy easy fix....) and imo is very much worth the upgrade. But seriously only once you know how to extract the most from titanium....
I am more than happy to help anyone with advice on titanium usage or whatever.... pm if you have questions or need help
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I've got it down to about a half hour doing a Titanium restore. I just use that to restore the apps and the data.
What takes most of the time is getting the screens set up again.
Still seem to have problems with the Market however... intermittent freezing, hangs on "downloading", etc.
I was wondering if you guys the following software on your new phone installed by default.
Qik
App brain
Skype
Quadrant
Speed test
Because when I got my phone from best buy it was already there and I am wondering if I got a used phone.
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None of those apps were preinstalled on the 2 NS's I bought on 12.16. Looks like someone played with/used it before you got it.
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I agree with Herr Bauhaus, app brain alone proves the phone's been played with before you got it.
Disappointing to hear that Best Buy is slipping returned phones into the "new" bin. If nothing else, they should have given you an "open box" discount. I'd take it back and demand that, or a new one. Turn it on before leaving the store and make sure nothing on the phone.
Thanks...this is disappointing. Shame on you best buy
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just some more confirmation, none of those apps should of been on the phone, you got a used device. Take it back and demand a new one, also as someone else said, open it in store.
if it still has the film over the screen telling you how to turn it on then thats a good sign but best to still turn it on and make sure no other apps are there.
Gingerbread auto-restores apps, are you certain this is not the case?
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Gingerbread auto-restores apps, are you certain this is not the case?
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this is a possibility
If you had them on your old android phone that's why they are there. I suppose best buy installed you stored wifi passwords too
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well.. when you first turn on the phone, it does say Welcome to Nexus S... so thats a indicator if it was used or not
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If you had them on your old android phone that's why they are there. I suppose best buy installed you stored wifi passwords too
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He never said his wifi passwords were restored, and if it were Google restoring apps via the backup feature from an old phone, wouldn't it restore ALL his old apps? I doubt those were the only apps he had installed on his old phone, if he even had one...I guess we should ask him (did you, OP?).
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He never said his wifi passwords were restored, and if it were Google restoring apps via the backup feature from an old phone, wouldn't it restore ALL his old apps? I doubt those were the only apps he had installed on his old phone, if he even had one...I guess we should ask him (did you, OP?).
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It will restore as many as it can, depending on a couple variables. One variable being reception. If you are turning on your phone for the first time in a location with crappy signal, you will probably only get a partial, if any, app restore. I speak from experience here.
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It will restore as many as it can, depending on a couple variables. One variable being reception. If you are turning on your phone for the first time in a location with crappy signal, you will probably only get a partial, if any, app restore. I speak from experience here.
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And the rest will never come in after the first attempt? Not a very reliable system, then.
I remember it working for me once with my Nexus 1 way back when, but it's never worked reliably when switching to any other phone.
Of course also on the app restore issue there will be a notification letting you know that X number of apps were restored (or if there was a partial restore as well, I believe).
Whatever happened to the OP?
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Of course also on the app restore issue there will be a notification letting you know that X number of apps were restored (or if there was a partial restore as well, I believe).
Whatever happened to the OP?
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There's no restore notification as far as I know.
My apps and settings didn't restore when I replaced my nexus s. I have backup my data and automatic restore enabled, and did on the previous phone too.
in the end it's quite clear the OP got a "used" phone from the "new" phone pile from BestBuy
it might have even been from some of us here in XDA that found some defect and sent it back (j/k)
if i were you, i'd got back to complain at BB, and get a new unit
as mentioned by the guys above, you should get a WELCOME screen, touch here to begin your setup wizard.... blah blah blah, and no weird software should be installed
you can also go into Phone> Settings> About, and check on the usage status
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There's no restore notification as far as I know.
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That's odd, I always get a restore notification letting me know how many apps were reinstalled after changing devices or wiping/restoring.
Thanks guys for the answers. Quick update. I went back to BB to replace the phone and got a new one. No more extra apps.
I also noticed that this time the screen was no longer a finger print magnet either. They must have cleaned the previous phone and stripped the anti-smudge coating.
Problem: This time around though, I have a problem with the back button being stuck sometimes -- checking on xda forums and google forums, it looks like this is a hardware issue. Guess this phone is going back too. Too bad.
Maybe i'll just wait and see what happens to the GT-i9023.....
No for me. I did not own an android phone before (well, except for the 2 weeks I owned a Vibrant last summer), but I never had Skype or Qik installed, so it is not possible that this is a restore.
This was a used phone from Best Buy.
As the title says, in-app purchases don't seem to work. I'm running the latest update, rooted if that matters. I checked 3 different games, and no love at all. My desire z, on the same networks, has the in-app purchase options. I have even tried connecting using my dz as a wifi hotspot, nothing. When i try to get the full version of GOF2, it just sends me to a useless help page that says i need to have myapps 5.0.12, which i do, and a broken link to instructions on updating the market.
Tl;dr
Can't buy stuff on tab, can on phone. Same networks. All up to date. Any ideas?
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had the same issue.... Did you factory reset it yet.... Thats what i had to do... Luckily i did it the first day i had it...... Solves a lot of market issues anyway
Was hoping not to have to. Thank god for titanium backup.
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Sorry for the double post. Did a full wipe, reinstalled GOF, re-downloades SD content, still no love as far as getting the full game is concerned. DD:FW also still has no in-game purchase options. Any ideas, anyone? I'd love to support the devs, but android isn't letting me do that. Not a good look, android. Why can my phone on 2.2 do something that my tab on3.0 can't?
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I'm well aware I'm posting in the Droid X forum, but only because it's far more active than any Milestone X forum I've found and I feel that this should be seen, especially by anyone who wants ICS as badly as I did.
After weeks of searching, I was fed up with the lack of documentation on flashing ROMs to the Milestone X, I decided to take the dive. I figured... I have an upgrade coming, so if I totally brick it and they won't fix it, I'll just upgrade to the X2. Don't get me wrong, I know people have flashed it, but the documentation as to what works at what doesn't, the step-by-steps that exist for major carrier phones... just isn't there. And oh by the way, if it is there somewhere. Please direct me to it.
So one problem that I have is that I must have the latest and greatest. If I'm going to upgrade my phone software, I don't want to miss out on any of the fun (mainly ICS). Okay, let's make that two problems, because I can't, for the life of me, find an SBF for my phone with my carrier (Cellcom US)... and here we go.
I discovered this over at RootzWiki which I figured would be a good place to start as far as choosing my ICS ROM:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18589-cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-beta-622/ (All credit for anything related to this ROM goes to x13thangelx)
I downloaded the ROM and Gapps from his links, transferred them to the root of my SD and continued on with the typical Droid X flash method that I've read all over.
First, I loaded up D2 Bootstrapper.
Tapped the first option, waited for "Success!".
Tapped the second option and waited for it to boot into recovery.
Once in recovery, I performed a nandroid backup and then a factory reset... easy enough.
Then I went on to select my CM9 zip file, install it (only took about 60sec, this scared me at first. Literally my first time flashing Android and that just seemed way too fast)
WOW! It succeeded... no errors, nothing. A slight sigh of relief was definitely in order.
I wasn't too concerned that Gapps wouldn't install at this point, and I was right not to be too worried because that went fine too.
Reboot.
Red Motorola M
and voila!
CM9 Loading animation!
I'm playing around with all my new features and things and seeing what does and does not work.
So far, the following is WORKING *out of the box* with no effort on my part:
Data
Voice calls
Camera
Wifi
USB Charge and SD access
Bluetooth (Audio streaming to my aftermarket head unit in my car and Calls are clear... at least I've had no complaints)
What's NOT working:
MMS (probably my fault, APN settings probably wrong)
Chrome - FCs after a few seconds. May already be fixed in a later build
I figured any Droid/Milestone X users could post questions here about my experience and I can be the test dummy to see what works and what doesn't. I literally took about 10min to post this because I'm just so damn pumped to play with my phone. I'll keep an eye on this post and respond to any questions etc that people might have.
p.s. I'm sorry for the formatting of this, it's terrible and probably hard to read. But I was in a rush!
It's very good that you documented this! Milestone X users come through here all the time asking questions and I can never give answers.
One small thing though. You skipped the most important step in your outline, creating a nandroid backup.
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Oh yes! I did do that. I'll add that in. Notice how the xda app now recognizes my phone as a DX ;-)
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Just out of curiosity, what version were you running on your Milestone X prior to flashing CM9 to it?
What features don't work? What are other known issues, and is it stable?
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I was running 2.3.5 Stock Rooted prior to flashing.
Overall stability - No real app crashes to speak of. The Dev Tools app does crash when I select "Google Login Service". I have no idea what this is used for, but I think this is so beyond minor compared to the overall stability. Chrome FCs shortly after opening, but it's definitely trying to work. I suspect the Dev will have that working soon enough.
Battery life seems normal... slightly less than I'm used to because I'm playing with it so much more, but that will level out and I'm sure it should end up the same or better overall.
I should also mention, it is blazing fast. I'm not sure if I'm the only one with this issue on this phone, but Live Wallpapers have always been way too big of a performance hit for what they're worth. They're great to show off, but it's pretty disappointing not to have a smooth scroll from screen to screen with LWP on, so I never used it. I tested the LWPs on this ROM and they're all *butter* smooth! I was amazed! I'm very sensitive to dips in frame rate and there is hardly a hiccup between a normal wallpaper and LWP on this ROM!
Chrome is currently not working (FC shortly after opening, as stated above) - this is stated by the Dev, but it looks like some of the newer versions of it are working (with some other features being temporarily broken in exchange)
MMS is not working, but that is (I think) user error. I have my APNs backed up and a personal friend who works for my carrier is going to be verifying that I have correct settings just in case. When I attempt to add those APNs in, everything is fine until I add in the "APN Type" which according to my backed up settings, the value should be "mms". As soon as I save that value, the entire APN setting itself disappears from the list or no longer has a radio button to select it. I did make some changes to build.prop to match my carrier, but those didn't seem to help any.
If anyone here has any idea where to go with the MMS, I'd appreciate it. It seems like it's just a simple setting thing and once I figure that out, I'll be golden.
Cellcom APN info that I have so far (for anyone who wishes to help me tackle this):
apn name="Cellcom"
numeric="31060"
mcc="310"
mnc="60"
apn="internet"
user="null"
server="*"
password="null"
proxy="66.255.055.023"
port="9201"
mmsproxy="null"
mmsport="null"
mmsprotocol="null"
mmsc="http://mms.cellcom.com/cellcom/mms.php"
type="mms"
Have you been able to get the MMS working.?
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So far, still no MMS. I am successfully now on the latest build from 7/15.
Chrome is now working, awesome! However the tradeoff (I'm told) is that video playback and Netflix are temporarily not working in this build. I haven't tried either, but it's pretty widely confirmed to not be working over on the Rootzwiki thread.
I'm working a bit with different forums trying to get this MMS pinned. The biggest issue I'm having is figuring out what MMS relies on. Everyone has their "this will fix it" claims. But it's usually a one or two step process like an MMS.apk or changing an apn setting, etc. I'm sure all these things have something to do with it, but what really needs to happen is someone to say:
"Alright, MMS is comprised of these 5 files and these 8 settings. Modify these to match your network, and it should work."
*shrug* still waiting on that magical rockstar dev to come along lol
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Wow...it MUST be a completely deserted island because the dx forums are just a bunch of us ghosts hanging around....lol
Don't bother with getting the dx2 you will be severly disapointed .
I am hoping to swap mine for something else soon.
Nice job on the research though!
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So far, still no MMS. I am successfully now on the latest build from 7/15.
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Sadly, most developers just recommend using GoSMS as a workaround to MMS issues.
I'm sure in due time something will come out of the water work, though.
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freakboy13 said:
Wow...it MUST be a completely deserted island because the dx forums are just a bunch of us ghosts hanging around....lol
Don't bother with getting the dx2 you will be severly disapointed .
I am hoping to swap mine for something else soon.
Nice job on the research though!
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I was told the same by my carrier that the X2 is nothing but problems. Plus it's just not worth $100 to gain essentially just dual core.
Progress with mms has been basically nothing. I was told to try a slightly different address for mms to at least gain receive capability. That have me a different error, but still no pics coming through. I feel as though I've tried everything I can find with no progress.
In the other hand, the Rom itself has been fairly solid. Very few fcs and even fewer reboots. The dev doesn't claim any of the releases to be perfectly stable so issues are expected, but minor.
Chrome is blazing fast and so nice to use. It literally feels like 4g speeds compared to any browser I've used.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm mostly happy with it and definitely had happier than stock. Hopefully other Milestone X users will give it a try. I know there are others that have tried and have working mms on their carrier, so my experience is basically worst case scenario.
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Funny how it shows that I posted from a Droid X. Psych! Lol
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I'm itching to give it a try, but the lack of an .sbf gives me pause.
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I have to say ive had pretty good success on the milestone x flashing. Im on ntelos small wv carrier. I currently am running the latest cm7 build 2.3.7. I did the following steps to get mine working, I dont know if you have to do all this but I did it from before because I wasnt sure.
Installing a Custom Rom on your nTelos Milestone (Droid) X
As always, I am not responsible if your device breaks.
Requirements: Make sure you are on the latest 2.3.5 Gingerbread build.
Also you can get the nTelos 2.3.5 sbf file from here: http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/milestone-x-support/40938-dire-need-sbf-2-3-5-ntelos-5.html.
Installing the Rom
A. Download the rom
a. For miui download the zip from this link: http://roms.miui.us/shadow/MIUI.us_Shadow_2012-01-08-Wizard0f0s.zip
(The main forum is http://forums.miui.us/showthread.php?12643-ROM-MIUI-us-DefX-2012-1-8)
b. For liquid Gingerbread download this zip: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...DOWNLOAD NOW&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13275238425901
(the main webpage is http://liquidsmoothroms.com/node/73
c. Don’t unzip it. Put the entire zip in a folder on your SD card. (So for the miui rom I have it under /miui/filename.zip on my sd card. It doesn’t matter what you name the folder. Just put it in a place where you can find it.)
B. Boot into recovery
a. Make sure you are rooted. (If you need help with this just let me know. I used superoneclick)
b. From your phone download “Droid 2 Recovery Bootstrap” from the android market. (https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZHJvaWQyLmJvb3RzdHJhcCJd)
c. Launch the app and click the top button “bootstrap recovery”. If prompted allow it to have superuser privileges.
d. Click on “Reboot Recovery.” Your phone will now reboot into android recovery.
C. Flash the Rom from zip
a. From here most would recommend doing a nandroid backup which is basically a backup of your entire system.
i. Using the volume keys scroll down to “backup and restore.” Select it with the camera button.
ii. Select “backup.” This will take a few minutes but it will backup your entire system. Theoretically if you get messed up doing this process you can go to “restore” and get your old system back.
b. Using the volume keys to move up and down and the camera key to select, scroll down to “wipe data/factory reset” and select it. It will want you to confirm it so scroll down and hit “yes”.
c. Next scroll down to “wipe cache partition” and select it. Hit “yes” to confirm.
d. Now you are going to scroll down to “advanced” and select it.
e. Another menu will pop up. Scroll down to “Wipe Dalvik Cache” and select it. Hit “yes” to confirm.
f. Go back to the main menu (do this using the back button on your device).
g. Scroll down to “install zip from sdcard” and select it.
h. Select “choose zip from sdcard”
i. It will pull up a list of folders on your sd card. Scroll down to the folder with the .zip file we downloaded earlier and select it.
j. Select the zip file you downloaded earlier for your rom (either miui or liquid). Select “yes” when prompted.
k. It will now install the rom. It may take a few minutes. When it is done hit your back button until you get to the main recovery screen.
l. Select “reboot system now”.
m. Your phone will now reboot onto the new rom. It may take a few minutes the first time but it should work fine.
n. If it doesn’t get past the red ‘m’ after about 5 minutes then take out the battery and try again. If you still don’t have any luck you’ll have to sbf and try again.
just as an FYI these are not my instructions i did follow them to the T. I got this from another person who had the same issues with the milestone x flashing. Hopefully we will get a definite guide going so that others can use it as well.
Yeah my issue is that there hasn't been an .SBF released/found for my carrier. If I were to break something I would pretty much be stuck.
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Understandable. What carrier again? Sometimes the brand on the sbf isn't important. Ntelos worked fully for me even though I'm on Cellcom. I was shocked. Even my carrier had no idea I was on another carrier's Rom when they saw my phone in person.
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I'm on Appalachian Wireless. It's a small CDMA carrier in KY.
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I have a Motorola Milestone X running Gingerbread 2.3.5, CDMA, and my carrier is Alltel.. I have never rooted before.. I'm a Newbie... I was wondering if you or anyone else can give me instructions or something, on how to root my phone.. Also how to unroot, get roms, ect.. I want to change my boot screen too.. Please Respond.. Thanks
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Well I never did figure out the MMS. I kind of got sick of forcing an old phone to do things that the newer phones are doing. I cancelled my small carrier and switched to Sprint and got the SGS3 for a steal ($100). Couldn't say no to that... Now I have a new toy to root and flash > And I will gladly leave behind the days of hunting for hours for solutions to issues relating to my small carrier.
I suppose this thread could be closed, unless someone else wants to continue on with it. I was glad to have gotten ICS on the phone, but I've now flashed it back to stock and given it to mom (aw, how sweet).
Now... back to my toy....
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Well I never did figure out the MMS. I kind of got sick of forcing an old phone to do things that the newer phones are doing. I cancelled my small carrier and switched to Sprint and got the SGS3 for a steal ($100). Couldn't say no to that... Now I have a new toy to root and flash > And I will gladly leave behind the days of hunting for hours for solutions to issues relating to my small carrier.
I suppose this thread could be closed, unless someone else wants to continue on with it. I was glad to have gotten ICS on the phone, but I've now flashed it back to stock and given it to mom (aw, how sweet).
Now... back to my toy....
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Good luck with that. Honestly Sprint would be my last choice in carriers probably. Their pricing is ok, but where I am they have exactly 1 tower (and that is only because there is currently a Sprint support call center here). Everything else roams off the carrier I currently have. I had a friend who tried to use Sprint but got into trouble over his data usage since he was using too much roaming data (again, because they only have 1 native tower).
I've considered either going back to ATT or going with Verizon when my contract expires next Spring. We'll see. App Wireless is supposed to start lighting up some 4G LTE panels next month and are one of the Verizon rural partners. It's rumored that the Razr Maxx will be their first 4G phone though they should also be getting the next iPhone as well which should also be 4G.
I've also considered switching to an iPhone if I stay with them just so that I can at least easily stay on the current firmware release, but I don't know if I can do it. I really like my Androids and really don't agree with Apple's business practices.
Dude.. Can someone help me.. I am trying to root my Milestone X running Gingerbread 2.3.5.. I'm using Super One Click version 2.3.3 0... When I click root, I get a message.. Unknown Device
HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_11C1&DEV_1040&SUBSYS_107B0690&REV_1002
Would you like me to forcefully install an Android ADB Interface Driver for this device?
Okay so I don't know if I should click "yes" or "no".. Please help.. Someone
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Is it possible to turn off OTA updates? If so, how?
Thanks.
Falen said:
Is it possible to turn off OTA updates? If so, how?
Thanks.
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Sorry, but why would you want to turn it off?
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kattara said:
Sorry, but why would you want to turn it off?
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I would like to decide when and if I want to update instead of constantly getting reminders.
Falen said:
I would like to decide when and if I want to update instead of constantly getting reminders.
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Ah ok. Sorry, I don't know the answer to your question. I was just wondering why you'd wanna turn it off. It's probably under Settings/About phone or something.
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If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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just lou said:
If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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The updater being DMClient right?
One thing to keep an eye on (I plan to disable OTA's on my two tablets) is battery life.
There are supposedly some instances where the system may think the OTA update is corrupt and will continuously try to re-download it in the bg affecting battery life. It's still worth attempting IMHO, just a tip though to keep an eye on your battery, if disabling the OTA affects it for you, you could unfreeze the dmclient service and use a different workaround to stop the OTAs
-For freezing, after looking around, these three apps seem to be best suited - Titanium Backup pro (obviously), AntTek & Gemini App managers (free)
I'll be Rooting then freezing OTAs on my Prime (ww .15) and rebooting it to ensure it doesn't softbrick. If unsuccessful I can flash a blob/format no probs, if successful, I'll root my Nxs7 JB, rinse repeat and report back
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Successfully performed all tasks on the Prime (hooray no OTAs!!), it's rooted with frozen DMClient, no firmware download prompts since the service was stopped and frozen.
I have rebooted a few times to ensure it is not soft bricked and the App remains frozen
I will be doing my Nexus next since I do not foresee any brick issues, all I need to do is simply look into rooting it.
edit: seeing the several methods all require unlocking to exploit root capability, I'm going to wait out my DOA period (since Ive only had this tablet for 2 days lol) before I unlock the bootloader.
The methods discussed though work perfect for ICS, if you've unlocked and root then turning OTA's off is a sinch, with very minimal risk of a softbrick IMO
Thanks, I will try freezing with TB.
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The updater being DMClient right?
One thing to keep an eye on (I plan to disable OTA's on my two tablets) is battery life.
There are supposedly some instances where the system may think the OTA update is corrupt and will continuously try to re-download it in the bg affecting battery life. It's still worth attempting IMHO, just a tip though to keep an eye on your battery, if disabling the OTA affects it for you, you could unfreeze the dmclient service and use a different workaround to stop the OTAs
-For freezing, after looking around, these three apps seem to be best suited - Titanium Backup pro (obviously), AntTek & Gemini App managers (free)
I'll be Rooting then freezing OTAs on my Prime (ww .15) and rebooting it to ensure it doesn't softbrick. If unsuccessful I can flash a blob/format no probs, if successful, I'll root my Nxs7 JB, rinse repeat and report back
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Successfully performed all tasks on the Prime (hooray no OTAs!!), it's rooted with frozen DMClient, no firmware download prompts since the service was stopped and frozen.
I have rebooted a few times to ensure it is not soft bricked and the App remains frozen
I will be doing my Nexus next since I do not foresee any brick issues, all I need to do is simply look into rooting it.
edit: seeing the several methods all require unlocking to exploit root capability, I'm going to wait out my DOA period (since Ive only had this tablet for 2 days lol) before I unlock the bootloader.
The methods discussed though work perfect for ICS, if you've unlocked and root then turning OTA's off is a sinch, with very minimal risk of a softbrick IMO
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Just to let you know, everything's going awesome with my Prime, initially when I downgraded it, the OTA tried to download (i stopped it at 66 percent) and I just kept the wifi off while I rooted and disabled DMClient.
The bonus of freezing the process/service is when another update occurs ours should continue to block the FOTA, some other methods like modifying the build prop only work until a new update is out.
I'll definitely be unlocking and rooting my nexus to stop ota's
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Just to let you know, everything's going awesome with my Prime, initially when I downgraded it, the OTA tried to download (i stopped it at 66 percent) and I just kept the wifi off while I rooted and disabled DMClient.
The bonus of freezing the process/service is when another update occurs ours should continue to block the FOTA, some other methods like modifying the build prop only work until a new update is out.
I'll definitely be unlocking and rooting my nexus to stop ota's
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I finally have a minute to try to freeze the update with TB but I do not see a DMClient. Am I missing something here? I not sure which one(s) of the system apps to freeze.
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If you root, you can freeze the updater. I don't know any other way.
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And what would that file be? Where is it located?
Disable using autostarts works...
I had my nexus 7 nagging me constantly to update too... rooted and heavily customized stock rom, different kernel, a lot of system files I altered... I really am not overly concerned about doing an update that might screw with any one of those components and having to go through the whole process of getting it where I want again.
I couldn't find this DMClient you guys are speaking of.
Here's how I did it:
Install Autostarts app.
Go to "After Startup"
Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Touch it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService.....(you get the point)
Disable it. Done...
I don't know if there are any other repercussions to disabling this.. I just know it's not nagging me, and everything works still.
DMclient is a service, it's the most ideal thing to freeze since when stopped the OS will not even attempt to check of OTAs or attempt to download anything, plus it does not modify the OS in any significant way (i.e, editing build.props) so you can undo it with ease if you want. All you need is Root to be able to freeze the service.
I'm not arguing about how to do it... I just couldn't find dmclient , as one of the others stated as well. Just sharing what worked for me.
I don't know if it matters, but it's stock jb 4.1.1 on the nexus 7. If somebody knows where I can locate this dmclient in it, I'd probably feel better about doing that as well. Don't like the idea of it downloading or doing anything in the background if I don't need it to. I'm rather anal about background processes.. at least I have been in my other OS's so far... getting more familiar with the innards of android now... lol
Are we sure it's in this version? I don't even see it in ps in terminal. Unless the process I disabled with autostarts stopped it.
I might enable it again tomorrow and reboot and check ps again.
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You're right, I checked my nexus 4.1.2 and the service isn't there, the All area doesnt show everything but even using apps that show all apps/services it doesnt show up. :/
I checked my TF Prime which is 4.1.1 now (sigs outdated) and the service is there, it mustn't exist in AOSP builds or something
It seems as if Google has done a lot of little different things to the OS on the nexus 7. Some of the system components I've messed with relating to sound don't have any effect... I think they left some files in place but are utilizing something different for configuration of sound.
I see every mobile OS now is taking proprietary steps... I still gotta stick with Google though, because they are so heavily involved in the open source community and do a great deal to help the development community.
Next tablet is going to have top have more options for me... better usb support, hdmi out.. the ability to use a headset with Mic connection.. sd card... I am, however, extremely happy with my nexus 7 purchase. For the price and the performance.. can't go wrong there. They are practically giving away the 8 gb models.. barely more than cost of construction. The 16 gb ones aren't exactly a ripoff either..
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My nexus 7 rooted , don't have this service DMClient , doesn´t show in the titanium backup ... any one have another suggestion ? because this constant notice to actualize the firmware , is very inconvenience .
Thanks in advance
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I had my nexus 7 nagging me constantly to update too... rooted and heavily customized stock rom, different kernel, a lot of system files I altered... I really am not overly concerned about doing an update that might screw with any one of those components and having to go through the whole process of getting it where I want again.
I couldn't find this DMClient you guys are speaking of.
Here's how I did it:
Install Autostarts app.
Go to "After Startup"
Scroll down until you see "Google Services Framework"
There should be several of them. For me it was the third one. Touch it and read the bottom of the popup to find out. It will say "Receiver com.google.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService.....(you get the point)
Disable it. Done...
I don't know if there are any other repercussions to disabling this.. I just know it's not nagging me, and everything works still.
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davieslacker posted it like 3 posts above yours....follow that method..and read previous posts before asking an already answered question..especially when it was JUST answered
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My nexus 7 rooted , don't have this service DMClient , doesn´t show in the titanium backup ... any one have another suggestion ? because this constant notice to actualize the firmware , is very inconvenience .
Thanks in advance
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That solution uses a paid app. Any free solution?
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frank35 said:
That solution uses a paid app. Any free solution?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Same features,free app
Enable show system apps in settings
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harpocrates said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun
Same features,free app
Enable show system apps in settings
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I used this and it stopped the nag, but for some reason, it removes my email app (standard nexus 7 app) it says app not installed . Luckily. I had a titanium backup of it , but putting it back would not work. I reenabled the service, and put the app back and all is well now, but obviously the nag is back. Any ideas?