Hi guys, I'm a stock rom user and I've getting bored of my current screen. It looks like stock rom has less themes. And after I've go thru the theme's topic in this forum, CM7 has really attracted me with it's beautiful theme. I would like to change to CM7 and I have few question to ask before I'd really change it =)
- I heard that CM has a bug of, showing all the contacts in numbers instead of name. Is this true? Or has it fixed? Can someone list me the bugs of CM?
- Is it available to use the market app that I'm using now? If i used Mybackup to backup my phone, after I have turn it into CM, can I download back the Mybackup and then restore my things?
- What are the other features can be found on CM7? Can it overclock too?
Please provide me other relavent infos that I need to know before I turning my wildfire into CM7.
Thanks a thousand
OK to answer your question about bugs. I'm on the RC1 and haven't found any! Everything works perfectly! If you find anything let them know and it might be fixed in a nightly.
Yes you can download mybackup and then restore all your apps! I use titanium backup as it has more features but mybackup works just as well.
Other features: Loads!!! Basically everything is configurable!
When you asked if it can overclock, all ROMS can be overclocked, however you must first install an overclock kernal like HCDR.Jacob 4.1 which I use.
Hope I've been of help, if you've now got any more questions stick them below!
Things to know about before changing is that you CAN'T get any HTC apps on it, and that's really it!
Also CM doesn't have an FM radio. Don't know if Jacob will add it in the future.
first of all, thanks to djdevine2 and imlgl for the reply. much appreciated =).
@djdevine2
what do you mean by "Things to know about before changing is that you CAN'T get any HTC apps on it, and that's really it!"? only HTC apps but on the apps on the market right? what is an example of HTC apps? Htc Sense?
titanium backups can backup contacts also? i dont mind about apps, the most important thing for me is my contacts. i couldnt afford to lose any of it.
what do you mean by RC1?
@imlgl
i see no radio huh. but what does that radio worked as? I think it's not referring to the FM AM broadcast radio right?
and yeah if anyone has the full thread of installing CM7 and all the relevent stuffs, please provide me also?
I can't wait to try it out already X).
thank you very much!
halaue said:
first of all, thanks to djdevine2 and imlgl for the reply. much appreciated =).
@djdevine2
what do you mean by "Things to know about before changing is that you CAN'T get any HTC apps on it, and that's really it!"? only HTC apps but on the apps on the market right? what is an example of HTC apps? Htc Sense?
titanium backups can backup contacts also? i dont mind about apps, the most important thing for me is my contacts. i couldnt afford to lose any of it.
what do you mean by RC1?
@imlgl
i see no radio huh. but what does that radio worked as? I think it's not referring to the FM AM broadcast radio right?
and yeah if anyone has the full thread of installing CM7 and all the relevent stuffs, please provide me also?
I can't wait to try it out already X).
thank you very much!
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Yeah, you can't install HTC apps like the HTC Camera or the HTC FM radio or the sense launcher. No titanium backup doesn't do contacts but when I created contacts I created them on google so I just log in and they're downloaded straight away.
RC1 is the best version of CM7 at the moment in terms of things working.
Answering your question to @IMLGL by radio they mean the FM radio, it will NOT work in CM7 but you can download apps that let you stream it so it's not much of a problem!
Are you rooted? I can guide you to it if you need it or I can go straight to CM7!
I'm sure you'll like CM7!
CM7 is pretty good.
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Ummm Titanium Backup does do contacts. And SMS, and Calendar, etc, but it probably wont work as its moving from HTC to AOSP ROM.
Cyanogenmod.com has a wiki that details the install process, and also their own forum.
I have found a few bugs, mostly minor though and safely ignored. One that comes to mind is that when trackball centre is assigned to screen-on, it sometimes does nothing. CM7 is freakin' awesome, and so fast. Gameboid runs full speed when holding down screen unlike other rom's. And gingerbread is such an improvement! I especially love the customization in the Notifications button widget... best access to music controls when in another app!
Edit: just do a nandroid backup before flashing a new ROM. If the new one doesn't work out, restore nandroid and no harm done
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My nandroid bootlooped once, that was fun =D
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Could you elaborate on that? I.e. how you overcame it, and what you did wrong? It's not very nice trying to scare people for no reason. I have never had a nandroid restore cause a bootloop.
Hahaha i'm not trying to scare them, it just happened. I don't know why :S, after formatting my sd card, repartitioning it and putting everything back, it was all fine. it happened when i tried to upgrade wildpuzzle, LOL.
Well yes, you should always format the swap partition (if you have one) and also do a full wipe/factory reset to erase the .android_secure folder before restoring from a nandroid backup (all under Clockworkmod). Recovery is known to be quite buggy on the Wildfire, though it's mainly with the ADB server.
@djdevine2
hey there. couldnt install htc camera, but there are others camera apps on market right?
maybe you can list me a list of apps that i should get after i change to CM7 TONIGHT<< .
my phone is rooted! android 2.2 rooted. so how do i start now?
@jonusc
hey there. =). so titanium backup is out, and then does nandroid backup contacts too? i've used mybackup and it worked quite well. so if no other suitable backup apps i guess i will just stick to it?
@kevin2516
huh huh that will encounter errors too? how often does that happen on people who did the same thing like you?
It was a rare occurrence, only happened like once or twice. But it really doesn't bother me since i'm used to flashing and restoring apps with titanium backup only takes like 20-30min. (i don't have over 100 billion apps i want) ;D
halaue said:
@djdevine2
hey there. couldnt install htc camera, but there are others camera apps on market right?
maybe you can list me a list of apps that i should get after i change to CM7 TONIGHT<< .
my phone is rooted! android 2.2 rooted. so how do i start now?
@jonusc
hey there. =). so titanium backup is out, and then does nandroid backup contacts too? i've used mybackup and it worked quite well. so if no other suitable backup apps i guess i will just stick to it?
@kevin2516
huh huh that will encounter errors too? how often does that happen on people who did the same thing like you?
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I can't tell you what apps you'll like or find useful! But I like overclock widget for overclocking and LCD density is quite cool!
I have bought MyBackup Pro, I may try it. I had a problem with TB, I backed up everything in CM7 and reinstalled fresh, but it does not restore Widgets for ADWLauncher properly
Nandroid is very different to MyBackup/TB. It takes a complete 1:1 image of your phone. Yes it does do contacts, but you cannot restore those contacts individually - you use nandroid as a complete ROM restore. Before you edit your firmware, Nandroid is used as a backup incase you want to revert. It has no use for migrating across rom's, but is the best and only way for an exact entire backup.
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actually i've found the best way to backup contacts!
just go into the phone/contacts there, press menu, export to sd card and thats done! done perfectly!
and for notes backup, i suggest you all to use OnePunchNotes. It can backup either automatically or manually, then restore it even with password. This is the best notes app that I've found so far.
for the apps i dont really care i can download it again =).
Im in CM7 now, the GUI is awesome!!!!!!! makes my phone so fresh
but just one problem, sometimes the apps will get force closed and hang, anyone knows why?
p/s: the kernal for overclock is same as stock rom? what what jacob?
Force close AND hang? They are both completely different things. Which one is it? I get no FC's, if you do try a permissions repair in ROM manager.
If you mean hanging, yes I get this too but only within first few minutes of booting up. Just press Wait and let it finish, pressing Close will make it take even longer to load. Remember that this is RC, it is still in testing stages, so there's nothing you can do except wait for a new version.
Yes, Jacob's HDCR kernel is already in CM7. It is probably best to stick with it too instead of flashing the generic one.
Under performance settings, using a 32mb heap and enabling JIT may help with hanging. Also, switching off dithering definitely helps reduce hanging. It also seems to make my emulators faster
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so means that i can directly install SetCPU into it right? I see.
And 1 more thing, the video keeps hang, do you know why? When i start play the video then after 3 secs it hanged =(
I don't know for sure cause I don't have a Wildfire myself, but in cm7 you can change the CPU speed in Settings - CyanogenMod settings - Performance - CPU settings
it force closed =(
After searching for awhile I can't find anything related to this in Mytouch section.
First off my phone
Stock ROM 2.2.1
Rooted S-OFF
Kernel Faux123 0.8.6 LV #98(no issues with lock screen or anything at all! )
Recovery 2.5.1.2
And my problem is this:
Everytime I do Fix Permissions from recovery it messes my contact icons/pics only in the Messages app. The pictures are still there they even show when someone calls and in the contact list. However in the Messages app I get the default pic icon like there isn't one assigned to the contact. The only solution I have found is to delete my google and facebook accounts then add them and resync and relink everything. I have even tried using Titanium Backup Pro version and it just restores old messages. Is anyone else having this issue or know easier fix for it.
Thanks!
I'm having the same issue and haven't been able to figure out why it does this...
Yeah sucks guess ill keep doing what I'm doing
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SoltyPK said:
Ok so I just ran fix_permissions and after my reboot i lost all my messaging contact pictures and some of my contact pictures. But as this is NOT a problem caused by the kernel but still a problem that occurs as part of the, dicking around with your file system territory, heres a fix. Before you flash a new Kernel version or fix_permissions run a titanium back up on everything and if a problem occurs restore the following Via Titanium All are in green text:
[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage
[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage
[SMS/MMS PREFS] Messages
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Thanks
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I would like to move from Rubix to Liberty but I was curious, am I able to save ALL of my application settings (ie ADW settings) and transfer between ROMS (home screen and app data staying the same as well) or am I looking a fresh install?
Both Yes and No are the correct answer. Let me explain why:
If You are asking about just plain backups of ROMS so you can test one then go back to another then YES is the answer, You can use bootstrapper as long as you are staying on the same android version; IE froyo 2.2 or Gingerbread 2.3
Now if you are asking about transfering all your apps / data from 1 rom to another in a matter of seconds then no. But to be more honest with you its more of a "kinda"
This is because google automatically saves all your contacts / calender / etc. (main android apps) data to their servers. Motorola ALSO has a backup program that if you are a part of (and your rom supports) will automatically re-download all of your apps you had on your old phone (but not the save data IE saved games, or prefs)
There is however ANOTHER WAY as well: Get titanium backup pro. IF you are rooted (which you should be if you are talking about roms) Get Titanium backup which basically saves all your apps as well as your data in them to your SDCard. This is VERRRRY useful especially if you like to switch between roms frequently like I do.
The only thing it doesnt do is put the icons on your home screen the way they were last time. It just basically re-installs them with the data attached
Hope that helps.
So, Titanium > back everything up > switch to new rom > restore everything ..?
The5ickne55 said:
So, Titanium > back everything up > switch to new rom > restore everything ..?
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Yep... that easy.
If you want more specific guide, try:
http://matrixrewriter.com/wiki/tiki-index.php
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cant share picture on whatsapp... it will says "unfortunately whatsapp has stopped.... i have tried clearing the cache and data but the same thing happen.... im using this rom http://www.needrom.com/download/hackerone-ui-based-on-1631/comment-page-6/
flaysdov said:
cant share picture on whatsapp... it will says "unfortunately whatsapp has stopped.... i have tried clearing the cache and data but the same thing happen.... im using this rom http://www.needrom.com/download/hackerone-ui-based-on-1631/comment-page-6/
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I had the same problem but with different rom. It fixed itself up after I cleaned phone with SD Mail Pro. Just a food for thought.
sd maid pro doesnt fix it
i am facing this issue on Vibe UI 1631 Dev i can't send pictures on whatsapp, whatsapp keeps crashing when tried to send a pic
thinkgadgetsme said:
i am facing this issue on Vibe UI 1631 Dev i can't send pictures on whatsapp, whatsapp keeps crashing when tried to send a pic
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did you try to wipe *everything* related to you old WhatsApp installation?
Move backup to secure location. (I didn't have backup in the cloud) Go to settings - apps - whatsapp - delete cache- delete data - uninstall - delete whatsapp folder.
I also ran SD Maid Pro to clean my phone up. My SD Maid has a lot of permissions. (Settings - corpse finder - almost all categories are checked). Also you could go to TWRP and clear cache there.
After you are sure that all WhatsApp leftovers are gone, install Whatsapp again. Move backup to its folder and run the app.
It should work. I hope. Worked for me with similar issue.
If that doesn't do the trick, I'm out of ideas.
I tried replacing the Contacts app and contact storage from albe96 thread, but when i restarted my phone contacts and phone disappeared and i keep getting contact storage has stopped, i had to delete data from my contacts, and put back both stock apps, to recover from this.
Any of you know working way to get dialer (phone) from UX? Please guys i am on stock mm
Ragazzza said:
I tried replacing the Contacts app and contact storage from albe96 thread, but when i restarted my phone contacts and phone disappeared and i keep getting contact storage has stopped, i had to delete data from my contacts, and put back both stock apps, to recover from this.
Any of you know working way to get dialer (phone) from UX? Please guys i am on stock mm
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This pack by @or1m with several UX apps works fine on MM roms: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70821086&postcount=4405.
And, it has been updated already a few times.
Ragazzza said:
I tried replacing the Contacts app and contact storage from albe96 thread, but when i restarted my phone contacts and phone disappeared and i keep getting contact storage has stopped, i had to delete data from my contacts, and put back both stock apps, to recover from this.
Any of you know working way to get dialer (phone) from UX? Please guys i am on stock mm
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It's really hard to change these original system apps. Trying to do that often means factory reset just after.
Why not just try 3rd app, there are many on play store.
Good luck
Franck