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Is it actually possible to use Milestone's custom ROM for Milestone 2??
maymui said:
Is it actually possible to use Milestone's custom ROM for Milestone 2??
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Sorry but just Milestone 2's custom ROM ...
good thing
good thing you asked, I was just about to start looking at milestone ROMS for it because they seem well developed so far.
So are there any custom ROMS for this? Probably a stupid question, as I'm still researching... (just about it yesterday, though from China, I pray someone makes one that supports chinese...)
You can try Motorola Defy ROMS. Milestone 2 ROM or Motorola Cliq 2 ROM works with some small changes on Defy.
Try nandroid backup and flash a milestone 2 kernel via RSD Lite
Milestone 2 Port for Defy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906465
Cliq 2 port for defy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914598
Theoretically possible, though I prefer using D2 roms, since they also include the bootstrap and very minor modifications need to be done.
uhhh
walter79 said:
You can try Motorola Defy ROMS. Milestone 2 ROM or Motorola Cliq 2 ROM works with some small changes on Defy.
Try nandroid backup and flash a milestone 2 kernel via RSD Lite
Milestone 2 Port for Defy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906465
Cliq 2 port for defy: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914598
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Mikevhl said:
Theoretically possible, though I prefer using D2 roms, since they also include the bootstrap and very minor modifications need to be done.
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Gee, crap... I have a lot to learn. I've flashed a good 3-4 phones before with custom ROMs, but they were never as complicated as how the android forums make it out to be. I still have a lot to learn, I have no idea what a nandroid backup, RSD Lite, defy, boostrap, etc is. I have about 30 threads open reading up on it but none really seem to explain how each of these tie in together. I don't suppose theres a FAQ for noobs for android ROMs is there? Cause so far it's not relating to any of the vague flashing work I've done in the past for a Samsung Blackjack or a Sony Experia X1 Sorry for acting like such a n00b, haha.
Spixe1 said:
Gee, crap... I have a lot to learn. I've flashed a good 3-4 phones before with custom ROMs, but they were never as complicated as how the android forums make it out to be. I still have a lot to learn, I have no idea what a nandroid backup, RSD Lite, defy, boostrap, etc is. I have about 30 threads open reading up on it but none really seem to explain how each of these tie in together. I don't suppose theres a FAQ for noobs for android ROMs is there? Cause so far it's not relating to any of the vague flashing work I've done in the past for a Samsung Blackjack or a Sony Experia X1 Sorry for acting like such a n00b, haha.
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RSD Lite is a program you run on your computer by Motorola. It flashes official motorola releases without having the need of a working phone, so it has two purposes: Updating to a new motorola-release and restoring when the phone is screwed.
defy is a phone by motorola, which earns it's name because it defies water and dust
bootstrap is not something that's easy to explain, to keep it simple it allows you to boot into a custom recovery that allows you to flash non-motorola roms, like the project I'm working on. It also allows you to make nandroid backups
nandroid backups are direct dumps of system partitions packed into an .img, kinda comparable to ripping a dvd to a .iso file. The most important system partitions are:
/system <-- stores, well, the system. All apps and drivers and such. The partition is uneditable by default, but by gaining root acces (rooting) you are able to remount the system as read-write instead of read-only and are thus able to edit the system files. You could compare it to program files and the WINDOWS on one partition.
/data <-- stores your data, google login infos and such. It's always accesable. Comparable to my documents.
/cache <-- not really sure what it does
/recovery <-- this is the recovery mode on the phone. It is locked and unreplacable. It can be used to flash official signed motorola images but that's all. That's why we need the bootstrap app to launch our own recovery, the one inside /recovery is unmodify-able.
/boot <-- You've probably heard of this. The locked bootloader means that /boot is unaccesable for us. /boot contains very core stuff and for some people it's better that it's locked down.
Hope that clarifies stuff a little bit
Mikevhl said:
defy is a phone by motorola, which earns it's name because it defies water and dust
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heh i didnt know that ^^
Crap again, but this time out of surprise and appreciation. Thanks SO much. You probably saved me hours of reading and piecing this information together myself.
So you can backup and restore nandroid backups whenever you screw up a certain partition, is that right? And it sounds like one would need to run RSDLite to be able to use a Bootstrap which would then probably make use of some nandroid backups to modify and/or input some custom ROMS? And in some cases, custom ROMs are merely just modified nandroid backups? This is keeping deep.... haha
May I trouble you for a couple more quick summaries? How about: FissionROM, Angro2...something... I closed the tread that mentioned it (I've probably skimmed 50 threads so far), MIUI ROMs, dlavik, vulerable recovery, root (that is, installing something called "root", mentioned in the "Latest and Best guide" thread), GOT, OR (this means OpenRecovery I assume), CM, and uh... OK, thats it for now. I think I'm starting to tie all of this together. Whether these terms can be easily explained or not, I apprecaite the help you've given so far. Thanx a bunch
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Crap again, but this time out of surprise and appreciation. Thanks SO much. You probably saved me hours of reading and piecing this information together myself.
So you can backup and restore nandroid backups whenever you screw up a certain partition, is that right? And it sounds like one would need to run RSDLite to be able to use a Bootstrap which would then probably make use of some nandroid backups to modify and/or input some custom ROMS? And in some cases, custom ROMs are merely just modified nandroid backups? This is keeping deep.... haha
May I trouble you for a couple more quick summaries? How about: FissionROM, Angro2...something... I closed the tread that mentioned it (I've probably skimmed 50 threads so far), MIUI ROMs, dlavik, vulerable recovery, root (that is, installing something called "root", mentioned in the "Latest and Best guide" thread), GOT, OR (this means OpenRecovery I assume), CM, and uh... OK, thats it for now. I think I'm starting to tie all of this together. Whether these terms can be easily explained or not, I apprecaite the help you've given so far. Thanx a bunch
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There are two sorts of custom roms:
Real: Something build from the AOSP sources with modifications to it. They usually are way different from each other. CyanogenMod is the most famous with the most modifications to the AOSP ( Android Open Source Project ). Liberty is one of those and so is FissionRom. Miui is also a custom rom.
Fake: People that just modify stuff from others. Angro2 is an edit of the stock milestone2 rom.
Dalvik Android is an system which runs inside an emulator, DalvikVM. (DalvikVirtualMachine). It's comparable to virtualbox and vmware on windows.
vurnerable recovery, GOT, OR are terms which only concern orinigal milestone.
What you guys need to do to run a custom rom is this:
1. Root (download z4root from the market)
2. Install recovery bootstrapper (droid2 version from the market)
3. Use the recovery to install cyanogenmod, which I will supply
Thanks again Mikevhl, again, saved me hours (if not days) of piecing together info.
Am I right in assuming you are the creator of the CyanogenMod? You said you [will] supply it... may I ask where can we get it? I'd like to try it out. Do you know of any of these ROMs support Chinese by chance? Will yours? I live in China so its a necessity.
So it sounds like Dalvik would be slower than using actual ROMs, since it runs on top of the OS. Fake ROMs sound easier to make, so theres probably a lot of those floating around I would image. Right now I still have to learn the difference between all these ROMs, and which ones the MS2 can even use, since ROMs for other phones are not compatible with this (as per the initial point of this thread, haha).
Looking forward to your updates Mikevhl
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So it sounds like Dalvik would be slower than using actual ROMs, since it runs on top of the OS. Fake ROMs sound easier to make, so theres probably a lot of those floating around I would image. Right now I still have to learn the difference between all these ROMs, and which ones the MS2 can even use, since ROMs for other phones are not compatible with this (as per the initial point of this thread, haha).
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Dalvik is the default virtual machine from android, so it wouldn't be slower because every app on android uses it, it's not a modification from the ROM.
Basic Dalvik is the java virtual machine chosen by android.
@Mikevhl:
The user cvpcs had made an AOSP rom for Droid 2 that may help your job. You can modify to milestone 2 the config he made. It's on hxxps://github.com/cvpcs/android_device_motorola_droid2
I thought of doing this and use to compile AOSP but I never had time to actualy do it.
root Milestone2.2.1 with z4root and instal Cynogen Gingerbread ROM
Dear Mike,
I need your advise and help.How can I root my Milestone 2(Italian version-now using in India), officially updated to 2.1 and then to 2.2.1, using z4root and install latest version of Cynogen Mod Gingerbread ROM?And, is there any other ROM more suitable to my phone than Cynogen?Please give me a step by step specific instructions for z4rooting and installing the suitable ROM avoiding the sophesticated technical terms as I am not an expert in this field.I am using a Windows XP laptop in which Motorola Driver pack5.1.0 and Installer 3.8.3 are installed.I have been surfing through hundreds of threads in various forums but they all seem to be complicated and confusing .So I am requesting you to please render me your kind help.
Waiting for you with thanks in advance,
pnsdhrn.
PS:Also please give me your link for making a donation.
You can root your M2 with SuperOneClick (search on Google or XDA)
You can't install Cyanogenmod or any other custom rom that you don't see in this section, the only rom available for Milestone2 is argent2stone
I believe he's talking about Milestone 1, not 2
patton82 said:
You can root your M2 with SuperOneClick (search on Google or XDA)
You can't install Cyanogenmod or any other custom rom that you don't see in this section, the only rom available for Milestone2 is argent2stone
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Dear Patton &Majkel,
My Milestone is unrooted and officially updated to 2.2.1 from Motorola Software update site using USB AND WINDOWS XP PC.Hence whether this can be rooted with z4Root?If yes,what is the procedure?And I saw in various threads that latest CynogenMod7 7.1.0-RC8-11.06.02 can be installed in this rooted Milestone2.2.1.Is it possible without any drawbacks?Pl advise.
pnsdhrn
But this is Milestone 2 forum. With Milestone you should go here. Here you have information about CyanogenMod for Milestone 1.
Old Thread:
Hi guys,
With this new kernel and a lot of new ideas, isnt better if we try a new port of cyanogen with no motoblur?? Particulary, i prefer that ROM...
I didnt know how to do, but i can test...
There are so many roms for droid 2, like fission, that i want to use in my milestone 2, but see that mike and others try to port but doesnt work. But now, we have new roms and new oportunites...
=)
Is that port possible now (with leaked CHINA rom)?
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Rom UPDATED!! (02/09): Check on DEV Section using the link below
New Rom Release (28/08):
Hi Guys,
A new CM7 Rom was just released in DEV forum by Endless7 (thanks!)... If anyone (like me!) dont be able to post in DEV forums and need suport for this ROM... PLZ!! USE THIS TREAD....
I´m working now, but I will try this ROM at Night, finger crossed! THIS IS THE WAY
Bye..
jorgebaruchi said:
Hi guys,
With this new kernel and a lot of new ideas, isnt better if we try a new port of cyanogen with no motoblur?? Particulary, i prefer that ROM...
I didnt know how to do, but i can test...
There are so many roms for droid 2, like fission, that i want to use in my milestone 2, but see that mike and others try to port but doesnt work. But now, we have new roms and new oportunites...
=)
Is that port possible now (with leaked CHINA rom)?
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Well, I'm still learning the basics of android building. As soon as I get my custom hijack for 2nd init working I will try to port CM to the Milestone2. Note that I'm not promising any dates. My free time is very short and I'll do my best, but I don't want to get under pressure because of this
I think a leaked unlocked bootloader would do the trick
Just jocking. As I see it, nothing has changed regarding custom roms, as the bootloaded stays the same.
But I am quite confident, that r2beta0 will have progress on 2nd-init soon.
cypressious said:
I think a leaked unlocked bootloader would do the trick
Just jocking. As I see it, nothing has changed regarding custom roms, as the bootloaded stays the same.
But I am quite confident, that r2beta0 will have progress on 2nd-init soon.
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filgers crossed!! but i remender that there are some blocks on system booting with froyo rom... then, i thinked that new rom could change this issue... =/
well, thks everybody!
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Well, I'm still learning the basics of android building. As soon as I get my custom hijack for 2nd init working I will try to port CM to the Milestone2. Note that I'm not promising any dates. My free time is very short and I'll do my best, but I don't want to get under pressure because of this
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I think we don't need the 2nd-init built specially for GB rom, since Defy's CM7 (and Droid 2/X's) still have the base SBF on froyo. Maybe if we exchange the boot.img and devtree.img from GB leak to the ones inside Defy's CM7 update.zip (don't forget to delete /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/pds_init too, or you'll get all that GSM problems again)?
Edit: Won't Apex 2.0 RC2 work on GB Mile2?
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
dangpzanco said:
I think we don't need the 2nd-init built specially for GB rom, since Defy's CM7 (and Droid 2/X's) still have the base SBF on froyo. Maybe if we exchange the boot.img and devtree.img from GB leak to the ones inside Defy's CM7 update.zip (don't forget to delete /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default/pds_init too, or you'll get all that GSM problems again)?
Edit: Won't Apex 2.0 RC2 work on GB Mile2?
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
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We need 2nd-init in order to change the boot sequence required by CM7. DroidX already have a customized 2nd-init for CM7, but I don't want to use it yet as it uses bootscripts inside a /system/etc/shadow-boot.zip. I prefer to have my files ready to edit and not inside a zip file. Also, trying to make my own hijack is giving me knowledge I will need when trying to port CM to M2.
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We need 2nd-init in order to change the boot sequence required by CM7. DroidX already have a customized 2nd-init for CM7, but I don't want to use it yet as it uses bootscripts inside a /system/etc/shadow-boot.zip. I prefer to have my files ready to edit and not inside a zip file. Also, trying to make my own hijack is giving me knowledge I will need when trying to port CM to M2.
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Hm... Okay, nice! So we have a better coded 2nd-init.
PS: If you need to unpack a boot.img to get the scripts/zImage, I got it with dsixda's Kitchen
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
dangpzanco said:
Hm... Okay, nice! So we have a better coded 2nd-init.
PS: If you need to unpack a boot.img to get the scripts/zImage, I got it with dsixda's Kitchen
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
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Yeps, I'm using that one too.
Hi guys,
Searching the web, i found a oficial port of MIUI for droid 2, than i think: "Can we port this version with the ch kernel and change the baseband?"
If its possible, i think that this way is more simple, however port a defy rom and fix the incompatible bugs...
=)
jorgebaruchi said:
Hi guys,
Searching the web, i found a oficial port of MIUI for droid 2, than i think: "Can we port this version with the ch kernel and change the baseband?"
If its possible, i think that this way is more simple, however port a defy rom and fix the incompatible bugs...
=)
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We should check first if this ROM is compatible with the kernels we have available. If so, we can try to port from that. Some ppl into Development forum are already trying to do that.
r2beta0 said:
We should check first if this ROM is compatible with the kernels we have available. If so, we can try to port from that. Some ppl into Development forum are already trying to do that.
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It is more difficult to port from a CDMA device. If you achieve Apex Rom to work with GSM network, then you can think about porting it.
@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)
Hey guys, a new ROM has just released on Dev Forum, click here and see by your self!!!!
One maybe stupid question:
Can I install this rom on froyo or should I first upgrade my MM2 to GB?
There´s what u have to do (didn´t test yeat, I will try at night. But u can always downgrade with a stock SBF):
** Make u sure of your phone is rooted before everything !! **
1. Download all-in-one.zip and put into /sdcard/
2. Download and Install Droid2bootstrapper (old CWM) from the internet/market
3. Update to Ported Defy CWM (there´s a thread in general forum explain how to install that)
4. Boot into CWM and apply the all-in-one.zip and after (without reboot) make a full-wipe (make u sure that u have maked a backup of everything before)
5. At this moment, reboot your phone and use the keys combination for enter in bootloader mode
6. Download the fixed_sbf from the original thread in DEV forum and apply with RSD lite.
7. Your phone will reboot and after some minutes, U Can Enjoy the new ROM!!!
I think I made a big mistake!
I touch everything and I'm going to Defy baseband! I change the parameter.
Since the network can not be found.
Any idea?
i will take a look at this
ping0o said:
I think I made a big mistake!
I touch everything and I'm going to Defy baseband! I change the parameter.
Since the network can not be found.
Any idea?
i will take a look at this
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Strange..
Try that tread and if dont work, reapply the rom...
Good mod!
But does anybody know how can I get back low battery beep and camera sounds? I find them rather useful.
I got struck in "google" logo and the phone dont boot
how can i do factory reset in bootmenu from the CM7 ? i dont find this option there...
or even re-install all the stuff...
EDIT: i can't open CWM 4.0 from the BootMenu 1.0.2 , i try latest recovery or stable recovery but it says "error in /system/bootmenu/script/recovery.sh (result: no such file or directory)
Please help ! T__T
I can't post in thread on development's subforum, so I ask my question here:
where can I find a tool and howto to make my own custom *.zip file to use with CWM? I have found a tool called Android Kitchen, but readme inside archive says, that it is mainly created for HTC devices. Am I following a correct path , or I should search some other tools?
update:
I have successfully flashed my custom *.zip file based on information taken from www[dot]londatiga[dot]net/it/how-to-create-android-update-zip-package/
coming from miui, how should i update?
I just bought a zte blade...i flashed cyanogen stable 7.1 and now i wonder how i can unlock the 512 ram..cause the phone is bought in greece and for all i know the greek ones have limited their ram by software at 256 or something like this..
So...firstly..by installing cyanogen did it already got unlocked ,and if not how do i unlock it?
Mods,please move to general...
Sent from my ZTE Blade using XDA app
you came in just to say the obvious? (I found out just 2 minutes before that i was in wrong section)
Y U NO helpfull?!?!?!
Use this to unlock your 512mb ram (Greek Blades only) - http://amphoras.co.uk/index.php/downloads/blade-tpts#g2v2a
Read the instructions on the page.
Moved to general
I dont really understand which one i should install or what these numbers mean...which one will make my phone less laggy in games? data or system?
Sent from somewhere with big effort
bakas666 said:
I dont really understand which one i should install or what these numbers mean...which one will make my phone less laggy in games? data or system?
Sent from somewhere with big effort
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It wont make any difference to speed at all. You can choose from either Gen2 v2a, or Gen2 stock, none of the others will work for you. Either version will unlock the 512mb ram. The only difference is how the storage space is partitioned.
You want the gen2 v2a version for CyanogenMod 7, or the gen2 stock version if you ever want to install CyanogenMod 9.
They will wipe your phone. You should backup in clockworkmod first & then restore from clockworkmod afterwards. There is a small risk of bricking your phone, especially if you do it wrong, so read all the instructions.
System is where the rom is, if it's smaller than the rom that you want to use then it wont work. Data is where your apps & their saved data are.
Cache is only used for market downloads, most custom roms will redirect that to somewhere else, so you don't need much cache because it never gets used.
If you use the v2a version you'll have more room to install apps, but CyanogenMod 9 & other ICS roms won't work, because they're too big for the small system size.
If you go for the stock gen2 then you'll have the same space available for apps as you do now. Apps2Ext is a better way to get more room to install apps, download Simple2Ext from Google Play to get it working on CyanogenMod 7.
This is all assuming your Greek Blade was sold to you with Android 2.2. If it was sold to you second hand with CyanogenMod 7 installed, then it's likely that somebody else has already done it & you don't need to because you already have 512mb ram unlocked. If the Gen2 TPTs from Amphoras' page don't do anything, then it's almost certainly already been done.
Make sure that you really don't have over 256mb, download 'Android System Info', look under RAM, at the Max, if it's about 420MB, then you don't need to do anything, you've already got 512mb ram enabled.
wow wbaw....that was really helpfull...so i have gen2 ,not the 512 ram...
now...if i follow the guide and unlock more space...i will have to first backup cyanogen7 with clockwork and after i unlock the memory,i restore again through clockwork,and ill have 512 AND cyanogen7?
Also if i want to install cm9 which one you suggest?
i know it is personal choise which rom to install but i need a starting point
Sent from my Blade using XDA
bakas666 said:
wow wbaw....that was really helpfull...so i have gen2 ,not the 512 ram...
now...if i follow the guide and unlock more space...i will have to first backup cyanogen7 with clockwork and after i unlock the memory,i restore again through clockwork,and ill have 512 AND cyanogen7?
Also if i want to install cm9 which one you suggest?
i know it is personal choise which rom to install but i need a starting point
Sent from my Blade using XDA
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As of now coldfusionx is the favorite. It had camera issues but saaransh recently posted a camera fix
thnx a lot...and wat is the max cpu freq. i can set?
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bakas666 said:
thnx a lot...and wat is the max cpu freq. i can set?
Sent from my Blade using XDA
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you have to test it using setcpu whith governor at performance and try all frequences by incresing step by step
Send from my ZTE Blade!
Gokh said:
you have to test it using setcpu whith governor at performance and try all frequences by incresing step by step
Send from my ZTE Blade!
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Nearly all blades can remain stable at 710 MHz. However some, (like mine and karthiknr's) are stable at 748 too.
Ans while testing, DO NOT CHECK THE SET ON BOOT options
QuantumFoam said:
Nearly all blades can remain stable at 710 MHz. However some, (like mine and karthiknr's) are stable at 748 too.
Ans while testing, DO NOT CHECK THE SET ON BOOT options
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Mine work also at 748 but I know blade which freeze at 675.
Send from my ZTE Blade!
wbaw said:
You want the gen2 v2a version for CyanogenMod 7, or the gen2 stock version if you ever want to install CyanogenMod 9.
If you use the v2a version you'll have more room to install apps, but CyanogenMod 9 & other ICS roms won't work, because they're too big for the small system size.
If you go for the stock gen2 then you'll have the same space available for apps as you do now. Apps2Ext is a better way to get more room to install apps, download Simple2Ext from Google Play to get it working on CyanogenMod 7.
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can you please specify more something?
you said that if i want to install cm9/ics i have to get v2a but then you say that it wont work on v2a.. :S so which one i need?
Gokh said:
Mine work also at 748 but I know blade which freeze at 675.
Send from my ZTE Blade!
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That is so weird!
bricked and de-bricked lets go again
QuantumFoam said:
As of now coldfusionx is the favorite. It had camera issues but saaransh recently posted a camera fix
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can you post or send me a pm with how to fix the cam problem in ColdfusionX ? when i start the cam app, it shoots photos normally...saves normally...but screen wont or will will work partially......otherwise great rom...
Just flash this via cwm(credits : kahush)
https://hotfile.com/dl/154509589/6aad98e/Pre-CM9-AOKP-REMIX-RC6.1fix-BLADE-full-signed.zip.html
Btw cwm in auto correct is cement. Lol
i flashed it..and google play doensnt work now...
reflashing minigapps....
after flashing minigapps...it got bricked...-.-
Just picked up a new galaxy tablet 7.0 (8GB) about a week ago. Great device so far and love it. I just can't stand the preloaded bloatware on the device and the space its taking up. It's currently running version 4.0.4
I've read up a bit up on ROMS and rooting the device. Seem pretty comfortable with it just have a few questions.
1) Do I need an SD card in the device in order to root it?
2) Best rom out there? Appears like the most talked about rom is the Cyanogen Mod 10?
No you don't need an SD Card but you may as well get one as you will need it once you start making nandroid back ups. Your tab fill up quickly ! Not to mention media and apps on top of that as well. Bigger the better to be honest.
No such thing as the best ROM, Once you are rooted try them all out and find one that suits your needs. I love AOKP M1( link in my sig) as you can customize it more than CM10 and has better features IMO.
If you dont want to customize it , try a deodexed stock based ROM with all the bloat removed, ROMSWELL makes some cool ROMS. Search the DEV section of this forum.
As i said its a personal choice , so flash them and try them out. Wont cost you anything apart from some time..... If you need help just ask and someone will give you some advice. Don't forget to flash some GApps ( Goggle Applications) as they are not normally included in a ROM due to copyright issues.
Most of all have fun. :laugh:
Oh id go for a JellyBean based ROM , nothing wrong with ICS , just the latest version out (4.2 is around the corner as well with some cool new stuff )
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No you don't need an SD Card but you may as well get one as you will need it once you start making nandroid back ups. Your tab fill up quickly ! Not to mention media and apps on top of that as well. Bigger the better to be honest.
No such thing as the best ROM, Once you are rooted try them all out and find one that suits your needs. I love AOKP M1( link in my sig) as you can customize it more than CM10 and has better features IMO.
If you dont want to customize it , try a deodexed stock based ROM with all the bloat removed, ROMSWELL makes some cool ROMS. Search the DEV section of this forum.
As i said its a personal choice , so flash them and try them out. Wont cost you anything apart from some time..... If you need help just ask and someone will give you some advice. Don't forget to flash some GApps ( Goggle Applications) as they are not normally included in a ROM due to copyright issues.
Most of all have fun. :laugh:
Oh id go for a JellyBean based ROM , nothing wrong with ICS , just the latest version out (4.2 is around the corner as well with some cool new stuff )
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Thanks for the info! So the 4.0.4 is not jelly bean but its ICS?
How can I not download Jelly bean.. when I try to do an update it says its the most recent one..
I did see that some ROMS allow you to OC the device, so squeezing that extra little juice out of it I wouldn't mind either
Yeah you're trying to update "stock" and its not been released as yet to the general public.....So flash a custom ROM (once you have root)
Once you root , forget about Samsung updates as they wont work any more, But the XDA community devs do that for us much quicker than Samsung does !
Heres a rough guide from Codeworkx (CM10)
First time installing CyanogenMod 10 to your Galaxy Tab 2, or coming from another ROM:
- Make sure you're running a proper working ClockworkMod-Recovery
- Copy GApps and CM10 ZIPs to your internal SDCard ( or the external SD Card )
- Boot into Recovery
- Flash CM10 zip from internal SDCard
- Flash GApps zip from internal SDCard
- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET
- Reboot
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The ROM you are running is Ice Cream Sandwich, comes as a "stock" standard on our tabs, CM10 and AOKP are both JellyBean, Some other customs ROMs are as well. Both are under/over-clockable and both can use custom kernels as well. Both VERY stable and have very good support threads by the devs that compiled them.
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Sean_Seany said:
Yeah you're trying to update "stock" and its not been released as yet to the general public.....So flash a custom ROM (once you have root)
Once you root , forget about Samsung updates as they wont work any more, But the XDA community devs do that for us much quicker than Samsung does !
Heres a rough guide from Codeworkx (CM10)
The ROM you are running is Ice Cream Sandwich, comes as a "stock" standard on our tabs, CM10 and AOKP are both JellyBean, Some other customs ROMs are as well. Both are under/over-clockable and both can use custom kernels as well. Both VERY stable and have very good support threads by the devs that compiled them.
How to ROOT your Tab
ClockWorkMod recovery
CM10
AOKP
More ROMs for our Tabs
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Thanks for your help! Great info there. Are any of these ROMS more complex than the other? I just don't want to get into it too deep or too complex and having more of a issue getting things up and running properly or are these all the same complexity when installed? ie.. customization etc..
Aokp is very similar to CM based ROMs. They are as easy to set up as a stock ROM, only they allow for more tweaks than a factory ROM. The only thing that you have a to do with a custom rom is flash gapps(Google apps) usually in the rom thread. Read, reread, and grow a pair. The fear will turn into a high that draws you in. There is a reason that the term crack-flashing was born. It is very simple to do it on this tablet. If you have any trouble pm me, or post here, and I will walk you through it. I just did it a couple of days ago for my daughters. Good luck
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At first try stable roms like AOKP JB milesone 1
As JeramyEggs said , just jump in and get wet ! They are all pretty much the same , I just prefer AOKP as I can customize it a little bit more than the others. I really dont like the way CM10 handles the navigation bar , where as AOKP lets you do as you wish to it. And I like the toggles it uses as well.
Dump stock what ever you do, Dont get me wrong I love the Samsung stock ROMs as they look stunning and the widgets are top class.The music/video players are quality. You will also gain some space on your tab as well. Stock ROMs are around 750MB and custom ROMs are normally under 200MB
Stock has no theme engine as such , that means if you want to change the way it looks ( other than wallpapers) you will have to start decompiling some system .apks ( Applications ) and it gets a tad tricky messing with .xmls.and getting it all working again.
With the theme engine in place you have 100s of themes to choose from ( over 500 in fact) and plenty of mods you can flash as well, You can even edit themes either online or on your PC with some XDA made applciations ( I use "tickle my android" personally to make themes / Edit apks like widgets n stuff )
CM10/AOKP are always being updated ( But AOKP has stopped development for the moment as I mentioned above , until 4,2 is ported) CM10 has a preview build out already.Both ROMs have a ROM control option to pimp your device up as well.
If you look through this thread , you can see most of the main ROMs and what we all do with them. :laugh:
I tend to flash most of the new ROMs just to try them out. When I'm done messing around with it all I do is boot into recovery and restore my nandroid back up and I'm back to the way I was .Its kinda like system restore on a Windows PC.
Get stuck on anything , just ask as most of the forum members are all pretty cool and more than willing to help out.
My advice is......GO FOR IT !!11!!!1 What you got to lose ?
Sean_Seany said:
As JeramyEggs said , just jump in and get wet ! They are all pretty much the same , I just prefer AOKP as I can customize it a little bit more than the others. I really dont like the way CM10 handles the navigation bar , where as AOKP lets you do as you wish to it. And I like the toggles it uses as well.
Dump stock what ever you do, Dont get me wrong I love the Samsung stock ROMs as they look stunning and the widgets are top class.The music/video players are quality. You will also gain some space on your tab as well. Stock ROMs are around 750MB and custom ROMs are normally under 200MB
Stock has no theme engine as such , that means if you want to change the way it looks ( other than wallpapers) you will have to start decompiling some system .apks ( Applications ) and it gets a tad tricky messing with .xmls.and getting it all working again.
With the theme engine in place you have 100s of themes to choose from ( over 500 in fact) and plenty of mods you can flash as well, You can even edit themes either online or on your PC with some XDA made applciations ( I use "tickle my android" personally to make themes / Edit apks like widgets n stuff )
CM10/AOKP are always being updated ( But AOKP has stopped development for the moment as I mentioned above , until 4,2 is ported) CM10 has a preview build out already.Both ROMs have a ROM control option to pimp your device up as well.
If you look through this thread , you can see most of the main ROMs and what we all do with them. :laugh:
I tend to flash most of the new ROMs just to try them out. When I'm done messing around with it all I do is boot into recovery and restore my nandroid back up and I'm back to the way I was .Its kinda like system restore on a Windows PC.
Get stuck on anything , just ask as most of the forum members are all pretty cool and more than willing to help out.
My advice is......GO FOR IT !!11!!!1 What you got to lose ?
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Reading some of this stuff I am overwhelmed. So in order to backup the device up I need to root it first?
I will start with the HOW TO ROOT YOUR TAB thing now and see how far I get..
So I started last night and let's say didn't get very far. Downloaded the neccessary files but for some stupid reason the Kies software (needed to install this to get the drivers installed for the tablet so I can transfer the contents to it) was not installing.
I left my laptop on during the night and it never finished installing the software. I obtained it right from the Samsung Support website.
Any idea what could be causing this?
Also, once I do get this software installed so that the device shows up under Windows Explorer so I can drag the neccessary .zip files to it. Is there a specific location on the device I should place the files on? I do not currently have a SD card in the tablet.
Oh and my device model is a GT-P3113
So I managed to install Kies.. Guess it was getting hung up on .NET framework 4. So I just downloaded and installed myself and then tried the Kies thing and it went right through the install.
So now I should be good to actually see the device in Windows Explorer once I plug it in.
My question still remains, any particular spot on the device I need to place the .zip files for rooting?
DHeffernan said:
So I managed to install Kies.. Guess it was getting hung up on .NET framework 4. So I just downloaded and installed myself and then tried the Kies thing and it went right through the install.
So now I should be good to actually see the device in Windows Explorer once I plug it in.
My question still remains, any particular spot on the device I need to place the .zip files for rooting?
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Anywhere you can easily find the tar.md5 file on your windows drive, the*cwm-root-gtab2.zip goes to*/mnt/extSdCard which is the root, don't place in a file. I rooted mine via http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25228-how-to-rooting-gt-p3113-step-by-step-updated-07182012/
acefsw said:
Anywhere you can easily find the tar.md5 file on your windows drive, the*cwm-root-gtab2.zip goes to*/mnt/extSdCard which is the root, don't place in a file. I rooted mine via http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25228-how-to-rooting-gt-p3113-step-by-step-updated-07182012/
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Okay.. so /mnt/extSdCard is if you have a SD card in the device.
But I do not have a SDcard, that is why i am actually asking does it matter where I place the files within the tablet internal storage due to not having a micro sd card.
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Okay.. so /mnt/extSdCard is if you have a SD card in the device.
But I do not have a SDcard, that is why i am actually asking does it matter where I place the files within the tablet internal storage due to not having a micro sd card.
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All the methods I've seen require an sd card
acefsw said:
All the methods I've seen require an sd card
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Hmm.. On my first post in this thread I asked if I needed a SD card to root the device and the reply I got back was "no you dont need one"
DHeffernan said:
Hmm.. On my first post in this thread I asked if I needed a SD card to root the device and the reply I got back was "no you dont need one"
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Well, do your own research. There is a table of contents in the 7" dev forum, go read the rooting method there and also in the general section. Also, I'm not responsible for what others post and, you can ask the other guy how he rooted his without an sd. I recommend reading about rooting before doing it. I will say this is the easiest device to root.
So I managed to root the device. Was pretty straight forward once I got going. I installed AOKP milestone 1 rom as per someones suggestion here saying it's stable. Overall it does look nicer now and smoother only a couple of questions.
1) I took a backup or the stock stuff before doing anything after performing the root. Now I noticed all the data is gone lol.. Is there anyway to get the data back? Mainly the game progress and all the other stuff?
2) I see AOKP has a theme function under it's settings, currently there is only 1 listed. Where does one obtain themes for it? It's not in the Play Store, is it?
3) Saw the overclocking option also, does that mean the overclock can be pumped up to 1200mhz?
Guess my main question now is whether or not I can get that data back lol..
If you performed a factory reset after flashing your custom ROM, which you should have anyway, I'm sorry to say you have lost your data.
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mrcreativity said:
If you performed a factory reset after flashing your custom ROM, which you should have anyway, I'm sorry to say you have lost your data.
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Sure did.. Oh well now I'll know at least and look into the actual backup apps to backup game progress.
The .zip files I put on the table prior to rooting, like fix-recovery, the clockwork mod file as well as the actual ROM, can those be removed off the tablet now?
I played around a bit last night and I found the THEME Choose on the Play Store and I saw themes.
DHeffernan said:
So I managed to root the device. Was pretty straight forward once I got going. I installed AOKP milestone 1 rom as per someones suggestion here saying it's stable. Overall it does look nicer now and smoother only a couple of questions.
1) I took a backup or the stock stuff before doing anything after performing the root. Now I noticed all the data is gone lol.. Is there anyway to get the data back? Mainly the game progress and all the other stuff?
2) I see AOKP has a theme function under it's settings, currently there is only 1 listed. Where does one obtain themes for it? It's not in the Play Store, is it?
3) Saw the overclocking option also, does that mean the overclock can be pumped up to 1200mhz?
Guess my main question now is whether or not I can get that data back lol..
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1) which app do you use to back up? some apps only back up apk and some other back up the data too
2) you can find aokp/cm theme on playstore, usualy nice theme will cost more
3) yes you can overclock it via ROM control on setting
Hey guys,im a long time lurker in this forums and i have to say good job on making these great roms for my galaxy y
Anyways i have a number question for this rom,its:[CM7.2][RC4] Reincarnation Rom Series v.6 Final 1 | S4 Edition
1.How to increase the internal memory of my galaxy y on this rom?i tried amarullz script but it just wont install on my phone(it worked when i used CM 11 and 9 though),i dont even know how to use a2sd and i dont like link2sd because it can only move apps to the sd card instead of increasing it.
2.Why is this rom's android version showed 4.3 jelly bean?isnt this is till on gingerbread since if it is,it would include a gapps?
3.Do this rom in any way,increases my phones performance?for example,running multiple applications at once like using a browser,calendar etc..etc?
Any help would be appreciated and sorry if this has been posted before but i cant find any post of these questions on the forums
scoub said:
Hey guys,im a long time lurker in this forums and i have to say good job on making these great roms for my galaxy y
Anyways i have a number question for this rom,its:[CM7.2][RC4] Reincarnation Rom Series v.6 Final 1 | S4 Edition
1.How to increase the internal memory of my galaxy y on this rom?i tried amarullz script but it just wont install on my phone(it worked when i used CM 11 and 9 though),i dont even know how to use a2sd and i dont like link2sd because it can only move apps to the sd card instead of increasing it.
2.Why is this rom's android version showed 4.3 jelly bean?isnt this is till on gingerbread since if it is,it would include a gapps?
3.Do this rom in any way,increases my phones performance?for example,running multiple applications at once like using a browser,calendar etc..etc?
Any help would be appreciated and sorry if this has been posted before but i cant find any post of these questions on the forums
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I dont know clearly but
1A.try other methods
2A.I think thats a build.prop edit
3A.only a bit,but try mods to increase performance
gurram prashanth said:
I dont know clearly but
1A.try other methods
2A.I think thats a build.prop edit
3A.only a bit,but try mods to increase performance
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1.I see...then please explain the 'other methods' because a 190mb of internal storage just isnt enough for me.
2,I tried both CM9(beta 5) and CM11(nightly),ive realized that even though it says android version 4.0.4 or 4.4.4,it can never really run any of the latest apps(force closes),i guess its because they are still in development?or is it because older devices just cant run the newer apps?
3.Mods?never heard of them,explanation please?
Sorry for asking again,and no offense for this but your answer isnt elaborated enough(sorry)
scoub said:
1.I see...then please explain the 'other methods' because a 190mb of internal storage just isnt enough for me.
2,I tried both CM9(beta 5) and CM11(nightly),ive realized that even though it says android version 4.0.4 or 4.4.4,it can never really run any of the latest apps(force closes),i guess its because they are still in development?or is it because older devices just cant run the newer apps?
3.Mods?never heard of them,explanation please?
Sorry for asking again,and no offense for this but your answer isnt elaborated enough(sorry)
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1A.carldeancatabay method of increasing through partition
2A.
3A.carldea...... v6 supercharge