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[Q] First time rooting ... is this the right way ?

Hey guys
Just a quick yes/no answer
I have a HTC HERO gsm... its running with the newest HTC update...
To root I shall do this right? :
1. Universal Androot -> root device
2. ROM manager -> Flash ClockworkMod Recovery...
3. Download a ROM (suggestions ?)
4. ROM manager -> Install ROM from SDCard
Done ??

B4Me said:
3. Download a ROM (suggestions ?)
?
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I'll try this ROM
Floyo 1.1.8
but the rest ?..

Floyo is great! FroydVillain is also good (but imo a little bit bloated). You could always try piecing your own device together from great pieces of work created by various people around XDA (this tends to be what the ROM packagers do, but they put them together in nice neat packages that do a lot of the work for you).
However, for a first rom, Floyo is a great choice!
Zeb

and the rest i listed is correctly ?

And one more question...
Will this rom install wipe my SD-Card ???

No, but if you choose to wipe SD Card Or EXT- Partition than it will !

Okay thanks
Then I'll properly have a rooted hero with android 2.2 at the end of this day

First time Boot
I have rooted now...
How long time should the FLOYO boot screen be there ?
its just goes round and round... and then blink some times...
is this normal ???

B4Me said:
I have rooted now...
How long time should the FLOYO boot screen be there ?
its just goes round and round... and then blink some times...
is this normal ???
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Yea, this can take a very long time. Leave it, but if it takes longer than about 30 minutes then I would pull the battery and reboot.

thanks.
How do I boot into recovery if I need that ?

When powering on the phone, push and hold the Power and Home buttons until recovery boots.

Okay, thanks againg

New ROM
Hey again
Just to keep it thight..
I have Floyo 1.1.8 now, played around and have a nice working phone
but ! Floyo 1.1.9 have just arrived, and i want it baaaad
how can I install it and dont start from the beginning all over again with all my aps and settings ?

B4Me said:
Hey again
Just to keep it thight..
I have Floyo 1.1.8 now, played around and have a nice working phone
but ! Floyo 1.1.9 have just arrived, and i want it baaaad
how can I install it and dont start from the beginning all over again with all my aps and settings ?
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just Wipe everything .. its okay if you dont wipe App2sd Because you going from 1.1.8 to 1.1.9 but its good to wipe everything .. because it affects your ROM & Speed

Hello, its my first time of rooting and installing a custom rom.
I have followed what B4Me has done as far as
1. Universal Androot -> root device
2. ROM manager -> Flash ClockworkMod Recovery...
Ive then used rom manager to partition my sd card
512mb ext size
and 32mb swap size.
Im planning on following Zebwen guide
The Perfect Hero Setup (How to set up your Hero with granular control)
Once ive downloaded all the parts what part of the SD card do i put them in?
When i mount the phone to the computer and open the sd card i have a one folder called rosie_scroll.
And then can i use Rom manager to flash and install the new rom?
Oh and whats the easiest way to completely wipe the phone?
cheers for any help, or a point in the right direction.

clobberknocker said:
Hello, its my first time of rooting and installing a custom rom.
I have followed what B4Me has done as far as
1. Universal Androot -> root device
2. ROM manager -> Flash ClockworkMod Recovery...
Ive then used rom manager to partition my sd card
512mb ext size
and 32mb swap size.
Im planning on following Zebwen guide
The Perfect Hero Setup (How to set up your Hero with granular control)
Once ive downloaded all the parts what part of the SD card do i put them in?
When i mount the phone to the computer and open the sd card i have a one folder called rosie_scroll.
And then can i use Rom manager to flash and install the new rom?
Oh and whats the easiest way to completely wipe the phone?
cheers for any help, or a point in the right direction.
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If you are using clockwork recovery you can put the zip files anywhere you want on the SD card. I have a folder named roms and I place them all in there.
You can wipe the device through recovery also. When people say "full wipe" they mean to wipe nand, battery stats, rotation, ext... basically all of the wipe options. This will leave your phone with only the recovery mate on it and it will leave the storage area of your SD card intact too.
Once you have done all of this you can go ahead and flash the roms as outlined in the other thread.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App

then put new rom on sd-card (ex. Floyo 1.1.8.zip)
turn phone off
turn phone on WHILE holding down the HOME button, till a recovery screens appers.
in here, select first wipe all
then install .zip from sd-card
select the rom (ex. Floyo 1.1.8.zip)
it will then flash, and then you just WAIT and WAIT...
if like mine nothing happens after 40min
pull the battery, and restart the phone, DONT flash again.. just reboot it...
then It should start up after some tries

Spot on, thanks very much for the help.
Is it also advisable to do a nandroid backup?
Or is that not needed with me using the flash clockworkmod recovery in ROM Manager?

clobberknocker said:
Is it also advisable to do a nandroid backup?
Or is that not needed with me using the flash clockworkmod recovery in ROM Manager?
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No Idea... I did It JUST in case...
but didnt need it

Hi, I just did the same thing as clobberknocker but floyo just seems to keep spinning on screen! I pulled the battery and tried to boot again but it wont boot up. What should I do? Just let it keep going? Thanks.

Rom manager Error

Hello members first of all thanks for all the awesome guides and stickies tht helped me flash many a roms on my DHD until last night I flashed to a new Rom called Tashakbate ... Since I installed the new Rom I noticed tht for the first time Rom manager asked me to clear dalvik cache that I did before flashing ... Since then on the new Rom I can't play any videos whenever I o so thephone restarts even trying to open terminal emulator I get force close error .. while Rom manager gives a error of the phone not being rooted .. need help as to how Sino get rid of the root error and flash back to my old core2droid Rom ... My clockwork recovery is 4.2 somethif and build number is 2.36 .. please help
I even tried rerooting the phone but when I click temproot on visionary it says rooting device and starts to blink constantly ... Thts the complete story to be precise

Helpppp someone !

ImPeCcAbLE said:
Hello members first of all thanks for all the awesome guides and stickies tht helped me flash many a roms on my DHD until last night I flashed to a new Rom called Tashakbate ... Since I installed the new Rom I noticed tht for the first time Rom manager asked me to clear dalvik cache that I did before flashing ... Since then on the new Rom I can't play any videos whenever I o so thephone restarts even trying to open terminal emulator I get force close error .. while Rom manager gives a error of the phone not being rooted .. need help as to how Sino get rid of the root error and flash back to my old core2droid Rom ... My clockwork recovery is 4.2 somethif and build number is 2.36 .. please help
I even tried rerooting the phone but when I click temproot on visionary it says rooting device and starts to blink constantly ... Thts the complete story to be precise
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1. Did you do a full (factory) wipe before installing this new ROM?
2. If not, go into recovery, do a full wipe and re-flash the ROM. In fact, do this anyway after checking the MD5HASH.
3. Did you check the MD5HASH of the downloaded file before flashing it? If not, check it and if wrong download again.
4. Did you make a backup of the old ROM using ROM Manager or recovery? - If so, have you tried restoring it (not necessary of above fixes it)?

I ticked the dalvik cache and wipe on Rom manager in the window that pops up right after ur installing a new Rom
How do I go into recovery its thrrough that power + volume up button right that's not working for me
As for knowing the md5 I don't know what nd how to do it
Yup I did make a backup using Rom manager and now when u try to restore or do anything through Rom manager it says phone not rooted nd the privelleged command error

if visionary didn't work, then maybe u need to downgrade first... ???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003

My build number is 2.36 !! So which method froyo or ginger

ImPeCcAbLE said:
My build number is 2.36 !! So which method froyo or ginger
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well, should be 'Section 2b', Gingerbread... correct???

If you have CWM Recovery installed (I guess you have) you don't need rom manager.
Just boot into the bootloader with vol - and power, then select recovery.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

Yup I got into the clockwork recovery ... Which one shud I select apply update.zip or install zip from SD ? I have my backup in clockwork/backup

thankyou thankyou thankyou all done

Had the same problem earlier today.
I just flashed another ROM and the problem went away.

[Q] VilliamROM v 13.00 for Hero telus?

My hero is from telus and is now rooted . Can I get VilliamROM v13.00 for this phone? and can anyone direct me to a GUIDE on how to install....
I have ROM manager installed but cannot locate any ROM? I have been trying many things none seem to work. I would gladly donate to any ROM that helps my phone work quicker any gives me some free memory, many thanks, Mike

mikepratte3 said:
My hero is from telus and is now rooted . Can I get VilliamROM v13.00 for this phone? and can anyone direct me to a GUIDE on how to install....
I have ROM manager installed but cannot locate any ROM? I have been trying many things none seem to work. I would gladly donate to any ROM that helps my phone work quicker any gives me some free memory, many thanks, Mike
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if you installed clockwork mode on your phone, it's easy to install a custom rom.
To get VR 13 you have to download the rom first and copy it to your SD card root. After that you have to reboot your phone into recovery mode, by pressing for a few seconds Home + Power button when the phone is OFF.
After entering the recovery mode, i recommend you do the next steps that are very easy?
1. Backup you existing ROM (the is a section that is called Backup and Restore)
2. Wipe phone data
3. Wipe cache partition
4. Go to advanced -> and wipe dalvik
5. Press back to get back to the main menu and chose to install zip from SD card and after that Chose the ZIP and select the VR 13 ZIP and install it.
6.After installation i recommend that you flash Flykernel 13. You install it just like the rom. You chose the zip and install it. After flashing the kernel you reboot your phone and wait 10 minutes
7. When the phone is ready it enters setup mode and you know what to do from there
8. Ejnoy the new rom
If you have any other problems leave a message.
Stefan

thanks for the info.... when you say save to the SD card root, what exactly do you mean... sorry it will be the first time I try and flash a ROM... and will this work on my Telus phone as I am in Canada not the UK and lastly when I back up my existing ROM the Back up and Restore is this in my ROM manager on on the phone menu, Mike

mikepratte3 said:
thanks for the info.... when you say save to the SD card root, what exactly do you mean... sorry it will be the first time I try and flash a ROM... and will this work on my Telus phone as I am in Canada not the UK and lastly when I back up my existing ROM the Back up and Restore is this in my ROM manager on on the phone menu, Mike
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It means you shouldn't save it to a folder on the SD-card
Like this
DeviceName/here
Not
DeviceName/folder/here
Sent from my HeroC using XDA App

mikepratte3 said:
thanks for the info.... when you say save to the SD card root, what exactly do you mean... sorry it will be the first time I try and flash a ROM... and will this work on my Telus phone as I am in Canada not the UK and lastly when I back up my existing ROM the Back up and Restore is this in my ROM manager on on the phone menu, Mike
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Sorry missed the other questions
1)Yes it should work in Canada
2)The backup is saved to your SD-card in the clockworkmod-folder, it will then display in rom manager (if it's installed).
You can also get to the backup through the recovery. (The same place were you installed the rom) by holding home+power on startup
Cheers
Sent from my Hero

many thanks, will give it a try, Mike

When I hold the home and power and it comes on I just get a red Triangle, I have Titanium back up and did a full back-up and used ROM manager as well, any suggestions, thanks,
my phone is fully rooted

You need to install a recovery.
Tap "Flash ClockworkMod recovery" in rom manager. When it's done follow stefpaul's instructions
Sent from my Hero

yeah, great rom but u can try some newer roms

bhunor said:
yeah, great rom but u can try some newer roms
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he can try a new rom, but the problem is: can the new rom be stable enough? GB roms are but they are no so shiny like a sense one:d
Stefan

You install it just like the rom. You chose the zip and install it.

[Q] Help: Dell XCD35 India : Automatic restarting, Process System+Google gapps FC

Dear Members,
Hi, I have dell xcd 35 Gen1 2.1
I am new with Mod, Rom etc.
Yesterday with the help xda forum of I have tried to update to gen 2 and By Clockword recovery 5.0.2 i have tried to install Dell Stock rom 2.2 Froyo
after many tries and errors finally i install 2.2
but i have getting message Fc Process system not responding and process com.google.gapps has stopped and FC. and in 3-4 minutes phone getting automatically rebooting.
Now I am also not able to go To clock word recovery by pressing Vol+ and Power.
as i am not able to go in root in starting. it is also showing a big green android logo then dell LOGo and Then FTM Logo.
as dell only give a very restrictive PC software to connect to mobile with No option to install APK.
So Now i can only copy Apk in SD card but can not install any apk.
I dont know now what next as all option look close.
Pls Any One can provide detail solution. pls give me very details solution as only then i can recover as i dont know much about rooting and commands.
Thanks in Advance
Vijay Gupta

You are not able to enter CMW because you flashed a stock rom. When you flash stock rom you will lose the CWM recovery. To fix this install rom.manager and root your phone again because you have lost your root and recovery this will fix your problem
Sent from my Blade using xda premium

First root your device using an app z4root. Get it from your pc and transfer and install using filer. Go for a permanent root. Next,like said above,flash Clockworkmod using the Rom manager app. Download it to your system and copy it over to the sd card and install using filer again. Flash lateat Clockworkmod in Rom manager. After that,to enter clockworkmod,power off your phone and boot with power and vol- pressed. Since you're already Gen2,flash ONLY gen2 roms such as Cyanogenmod or gingerstirfry or swedish snow. And remember before flashing these files,do a Wipe data/factory reset in clockworkmod.
Sent from my Blade using XDA app

First flash a gen 1 to gen 2 tpt then flash any ROM or u will brick it

karthiknr said:
First root your device using an app z4root. Get it from your pc and transfer and install using filer. Go for a permanent root. Next,like said above,flash Clockworkmod using the Rom manager app. Download it to your system and copy it over to the sd card and install using filer again. Flash lateat Clockworkmod in Rom manager. After that,to enter clockworkmod,power off your phone and boot with power and vol- pressed. Since you're already Gen2,flash ONLY gen2 roms such as Cyanogenmod or gingerstirfry or swedish snow. And remember before flashing these files,do a Wipe data/factory reset in clockworkmod.
Sent from my Blade using XDA app
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first thanks for your kind reply and solution. i have z4root apk on my pc and i can transfer by Sd card but can not use filer application on my phone as as soon as i open my phone it force close process google gapps and i can open nothing on my phone. so i can not install z4root on phone. even if i manage somehow to install my phone is showing no application so how can i use z4root. pls help
tell me anything

Kannibalism said:
You are not able to enter CMW because you flashed a stock rom. When you flash stock rom you will lose the CWM recovery. To fix this install rom.manager and root your phone again because you have lost your root and recovery this will fix your problem
Sent from my Blade using xda premium
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first thanks for your kind reply
as i mentioned that my phone is not loading anything. as soon as my phone starts it shows me lock screen and as i unlock my phone screen it Force close my phone saying process system and process.com.google.gapps not responding.
and then my phone automatically reboot.
as dell also does not provide apk installation thorough any pc connect software so i can only transfer my apk files through phone Sd card but can not install any apk as my phone does not loading any application. so i can install rom manager and root phone. if any other way to install and root my phone pls tell.

vijay gupta said:
first thanks for your kind reply
as i mentioned that my phone is not loading anything. as soon as my phone starts it shows me lock screen and as i unlock my phone screen it Force close my phone saying process system and process.com.google.gapps not responding.
and then my phone automatically reboot.
as dell also does not provide apk installation thorough any pc connect software so i can only transfer my apk files through phone Sd card but can not install any apk as my phone does not loading any application. so i can install rom manager and root phone. if any other way to install and root my phone pls tell.
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to root your phone all you need to do is have usb debugging enabled on your phone and download an application from your pc super one click all you have to do is connect your phone via the cable to the pc and click on the root button. This will root your phone from your pc directly.
Once you have root on your phone download rom manager nd install the latest CWM recovery and flash a rom of your choice best not to use stock roms because you will lose root and CWM recovery again

Solved: Thanks Cyanogenmod
I Visited Cyanogenmod For Zte Blade and follow instructions
first install clockwork recovery through fastboot option and then install 7.0.1 version for blade and then i have 2.3.5 android install.
thanks for all who replied and special thanks for Cyanogenmod and XDA developers to make life easy.
Thanks n best regds
Vijay
vijay gupta said:
Dear Members,
Hi, I have dell xcd 35 Gen1 2.1
I am new with Mod, Rom etc.
Yesterday with the help xda forum of I have tried to update to gen 2 and By Clockword recovery 5.0.2 i have tried to install Dell Stock rom 2.2 Froyo
after many tries and errors finally i install 2.2
but i have getting message Fc Process system not responding and process com.google.gapps has stopped and FC. and in 3-4 minutes phone getting automatically rebooting.
Now I am also not able to go To clock word recovery by pressing Vol+ and Power.
as i am not able to go in root in starting. it is also showing a big green android logo then dell LOGo and Then FTM Logo.
as dell only give a very restrictive PC software to connect to mobile with No option to install APK.
So Now i can only copy Apk in SD card but can not install any apk.
I dont know now what next as all option look close.
Pls Any One can provide detail solution. pls give me very details solution as only then i can recover as i dont know much about rooting and commands.
Thanks in Advance
Vijay Gupta
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vijay gupta said:
I Visited Cyanogenmod For Zte Blade and follow instructions
first install clockwork recovery through fastboot option and then install 7.0.1 version for blade and then i have 2.3.5 android install.
thanks for all who replied and special thanks for Cyanogenmod and XDA developers to make life easy.
Thanks n best regds
Vijay
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its nice to see you solved the problem mate. As a side note i would recommend staying away from stock roms because once you install a stock rom you will lose root and clockwork mod recovery. Using a custom rom will not delete your root and recovery.

thanks
Kannibalism said:
its nice to see you solved the problem mate. As a side note i would recommend staying away from stock roms because once you install a stock rom you will lose root and clockwork mod recovery. Using a custom rom will not delete your root and recovery.
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Yes, In future i will only install custom roms. Actually when two days ago i attempted to update zte blade i did not know what is stock rom custom rom tpt gen all that. i just read at this website and decided to do. thank god i also have a Desire HD so i backed all data on my desire and then rooted Blade. but things goes
wrong and only by further reading and understanding i able to not only solve the problem and also updated blade and as well desire Hd.
thanks for your kind reply
Take care
Vijay

no problem mate if you need any help in the future send a PM my way if you want to

possibility of adding as friend just like FB
Kannibalism said:
no problem mate if you need any help in the future send a PM my way if you want to
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Ok i will if i need any help. Also is it a good idea/ any possibility for this website owner to start a new feature among members to add them as friend just like Facebook. so that it is easier to connect each other as this website also have so many users so if you are not a regular visitor then it is very hard to remember each members id to pm then.
it is just a idea/request only.
cheers mate

vijay gupta said:
Ok i will if i need any help. Also is it a good idea/ any possibility for this website owner to start a new feature among members to add them as friend just like Facebook. so that it is easier to connect each other as this website also have so many users so if you are not a regular visitor then it is very hard to remember each members id to pm then.
it is just a idea/request only.
cheers mate
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You can already do this. Click on his name, then click "View Public Profile". Once you are there, click the "Befriend Kannibalism" button under the "Friends" tab.

thanks
Amphoras said:
You can already do this. Click on his name, then click "View Public Profile". Once you are there, click the "Befriend Kannibalism" button under the "Friends" tab.
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Thanks for info.
Now You are already on my friend List

hi frnds, i have a dell xcd35,
whenever i press vol-up+power+home, i get these options:-
1)reboot system now
2)apply sdcard:update.zip
3)wipe data/factory reset
4)wipe cache partition
Now i have installed the ics rom and i dont see the play store, filer and some other files....
Is this because i didn't install gapps??
If yes, then how to install gapps?
Need a quick solution. Thanks

Abhayblues said:
hi frnds, i have a dell xcd35,
whenever i press vol-up+power+home, i get these options:-
1)reboot system now
2)apply sdcard:update.zip
3)wipe data/factory reset
4)wipe cache partition
Now i have installed the ics rom and i dont see the play store, filer and some other files....
Is this because i didn't install gapps??
If yes, then how to install gapps?
Need a quick solution. Thanks
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Hi
This is called clockworkmod recovery. It's used to flash (install) ROMs, tweaks, mods and Google Apps
Download any ICS GApps package (it'll usually be in the same thread you downloaded the ROM from)
Then place this GApps zip in your SD card. In recovery mode, select install zip from SD card, and then choose the zip you just downloaded
Sent from my Nexus⁴
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[Q] First time ever that im going to use a custom rom

Allright.. i decided to start using a custom rom, which will be CM9. but because of soo mutch information on this website i dont fully understand anymore what to do, and because im still a noob, i cant post in the original thread of CM9.
I have a Red lens Motorola Defy MB525, found out with catlog that i got the bayer camera module , non branded, stock froyo.
Rooted my defy
nandroid backup with 2nd init , made a copy to my laptop to be completely save.
did backup the apps with titanium backup
also have the app battery calibration so i can fix my battery after the custom rom.
i will write the custom rom when my battery is on atleast 50 percent, so it will not die.
So what do i have to do next?

download the correct ROM, it will come as a .zip
copy it to your sdcard, reboot to 2nd init recovery,
factory reset, and wipe dalvik cache from advanced menu.
then in recovery choose install zip from sdcard, choose your ROM.zip, install,
reboot, it will take pretty long until it boots first time because system is rebuilding the dalvik. (~5min)

Wow , thats sounds way more simple then i can find on this site.
Ill try it tommorow night! any further suggestions?

Maybe you should try multiboot first just to be on the safe side.

what is multiboot and how can i do that?

Multiboot is basically the possibility to have two or more different ROMs (e.g. CM7 and CM9) installed at the same time and when you boot up you can choose which ROM you want to use. But it is a bit complicated and it wouldn't work with stock Froyo as one of the ROMs I think.
More suggestions? You should also download the latest gapps from http://goo.im/gapps and put the zip on your sd card as well. After wiping and installing the CM9 Nightly from sd go to install zip from sd again and choose the gapps .zip. After that you can reboot the system.
The gapps are the Google Apps (i.e. Play Store and some more) and without them you can't even setup your Google Account, download apps, use Gmail etc.

Ah thanks for that! downloaded it and saved it to my desktop for now.
Still need to figure out which rom i need to choose.. the epsylon?

regenboognl said:
Ah thanks for that! downloaded it and saved it to my desktop for now.
Still need to figure out which rom i need to choose.. the epsylon?
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That would be good. Try it out and see if it suits your requirements..There are many ROM's for froyo kernel. You can try those and see which suits you best.
Happy Modding.

yeaaay! Thanks for all the great help, it worked perfect and was really easy to do!
Cant wait till all the apps are back on my phone from the backups that i made and then let the modding begin! haha
- running Epsylon CM9!

regenboognl said:
yeaaay! Thanks for all the great help, it worked perfect and was really easy to do!
Cant wait till all the apps are back on my phone from the backups that i made and then let the modding begin! haha
- running Epsylon CM9!
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Congratulations, have fun with ICS on your Defy!

Questions go in the Q&A section