When people are discussing routing they speak of installing ROMS into "slots". To what is this referring?
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KruseLudsMobile said:
When people are discussing routing they speak of installing ROMS into "slots". To what is this referring?
Sent from my Galaxy Note III; Previous owner/hacker of Galaxy S III, Galaxy Nexus, Droid X, HTC HD2, HTC Touch Pro 2, HTC Tilt, HTC 8525, O2 XDA II, O2 XDA.
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Once you have Safestrap installed and boot into recovery you will see a bunch of squares with names. Go into Boot Options and now you will see slots. The Stock Rom is your first backup as this should be your freshly rooted rom. Never flash over this. Then you can go into Rom - Slot 1, create it and then flash your new rom there and so on. You can go back and forth between slots flashing and testing. I found it helpful to have a new rom in one slot and the same rom in another while you are playing with themes so if you jack it up, then you can go back to the fresh install and delete the mess you made. It is a great program. Good luck and read up.
I'll keep it a little more basic. Slots let you install several ROM's, and you can boot up different ones. For example you might like a particular ROM with all the bells and whistles. But maybe you want a second one installed with only the basics to increase your battery life. You could reboot your phone, then choose which ROM you want to load up at start up without having to be dedicated to only 1 ROM. This will eat up your memory fast though.
Imagine it like Dual-booting a computer. You can have 1 partition with Windows, and 1 with Linux or Mac OSX. 1 day you can use Windows, and the next day you might want to use Linux. They are both installed on your harddrive and take up space, and what you do in one will not affect the other.
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Hey guys. I'm not new to HTC phones. I have been on these forums a while. I have purchased a used mytouch 3g (32b) and have already rooted and installed cyonagenmod 6, 2.2 Froyo.
I have owned 3 HTC phones in the past all Windows mobile. (HTC Touch, Touch Diamond, and recently deceased Touch Diamond II) The TD2 was a great phone to me for 1.5yrs and am sorta missing it but glad it died cause it gave me a reason to buy an Android phone. Not one of my dream but still an android phone.
I was wondering if you have a thread or know of somewhere where radios have been compiled for downloading. I assume that like WinMo you can flash a different radio the same way with andriod. Am I correct?
My radio version currently is 2.22.19.26I and I'm haveing slow 3G loadtimes compared to my brothers HD2. With my Touch Diamond II I switched radios about 5 times till I got one that worked really well for calls and data.
Is there a newer version out there I can flash? Perhaps one from the new froyo updates T-Mo is sending out? Please help, I've tried to search a little but with no success. I work 7 days a week and am pressed on time. I don't even have time to make custom themes for myself like I used to in WinMo.
Hey buddies i'm planning to buy ah high end android device next month. Currently i've 2 phones in my list
Motorola Defy
and
MILESTONE 2.
I want to use my phone for playing with roms, rooting, and lots of things that may brick it.
1. Can I use that qwerty keyboard for apps like opera mini, uc, dolphin?
2. Can I use that keyboard for playing games?
3. Do we get a touch keyboard in case we don't want to use inbuilt 1?
4. Will this phone get gingerhead?
5. Is any cyanogen mod available?
6. Do you recommend to buy this?
keeping in my mind i I don't have any motorola care centre in my area. So Defy or milestone 2?
1. Yes
2. I haven't played games with the keyboard yet
3. Yes, swype pre-installed
4. Probably not, although there is a thread in this forum with a rumour
5. There is work being done on that, but the progress is slow (sorry mike)
6. Not for the reasons you are stating. First the MM2 isn't a high end device (anymore). High end devices at the moment are: HTC sensation, Samsung Galaxy II, LG Optimus 2X, motorola Atrix, LG optimus Big.
Keep in mind these Motorola Phones are the worst choices for using custom roms because of the locked boatloader. THE PHONE IS OUT MORE THEN A HALF YEAR AND THERE IS STILL ONLY ONE CUSTOM ROM OUT. I wouldn't recommend it for the reason you stated. It would recommend it for the awesome Hardware keyboard.
If you want a device where you can root a lot and use custom roms buy a google developer phone(samsung nexus s).
If you don´t care about custom roms it´s an awesome phone.
Hey everyone,
I have been using my HTC HD2 for quite some time now. Tried WM on it which i didnt like and xda helped me put android on it. Since then im loving my HD2. Its the first phone i liked more over time.
However its time to get a new phone And i need some help to make the perfect choice for my next phone. Im basically looking for something similar to the HTC HD2. A phone which u can tweak a lot. The tweaking is the main concern i have at the moment.
After doing some research i believe that the Samsung galaxy s3 and HTC one X are the closest to the HD2.
What are you guys thoughts on these 2 phones as a follow up and are they tweakable like the HD2? Are there any other phones im missing which can achieve the same?
Neither of those phones are currently tweakable as the hd2 nor will they ever will be. For most phones, you can only install android roms. You can try HTC sensation, galaxy s2, or evo 4g, which have a lot of android roms and activity on xda. Also consider galaxy nexus if you can get it since it has ics integration and a good buy at a discount price.
htc one x is a good choice.
No phone will be the same as the hd2
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Waaa its so hard to make a choice
Go for something like the galaxy note!!! I would go with that or the s2 and use paranoid android rom as well,
Hello all. After three years on my trusty HD2 (stock ROM, using Cookie's Home Tab), I am considering taking the Android plunge and purchasing a new Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Don't know anything about Android, so I have a few basic questions before making this move:
1. How did you move your telephone contacts and text messages from the HD2 to the Note 2?
2. How do you like the screen size of the Note 2 compared to the HD2?
3. Any issues with Wi-Fi calling on the Note 2? Didn't have this capability on my HD2.
4. How durable has your Note 2 been so far? Easier/harder to scratch its screen, capable of surviving a minor mishap, etc.?
5. Any other particular pluses or minuses involved with going to the Note 2 (easier/harder to navigate TouchWiz versus Sense, better/worse keyboard(s), etc.) that you'd like to share?
Not planning to sell my beloved HD2, but will likely keep it as a backup device. Thanks in advance for your replies!
Interesting. I just got the note 2 TMOUS. I love it. You can send me a message to my inbox. I'll be happy to respond to your questions.
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Just post your comparison thoughts. I would also be interested in hearing from someone who migrated directly from a HD2 to a Note 2.
Asquared said:
Hello all. After three years on my trusty HD2 (stock ROM, using Cookie's Home Tab), I am considering taking the Android plunge and purchasing a new Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Don't know anything about Android, so I have a few basic questions before making this move:
1. How did you move your telephone contacts and text messages from the HD2 to the Note 2?
2. How do you like the screen size of the Note 2 compared to the HD2?
3. Any issues with Wi-Fi calling on the Note 2? Didn't have this capability on my HD2.
4. How durable has your Note 2 been so far? Easier/harder to scratch its screen, capable of surviving a minor mishap, etc.?
5. Any other particular pluses or minuses involved with going to the Note 2 (easier/harder to navigate TouchWiz versus Sense, better/worse keyboard(s), etc.) that you'd like to share?
Not planning to sell my beloved HD2, but will likely keep it as a backup device. Thanks in advance for your replies!
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HD2 was an awesome phone with a veryyyyy bad OS. Since you been using it with Stock ROM, Android will be a delight.
I would suggest you to install Android on your HD2 even if you using it as Backup Device. Forums will Help you With That
1. Android auto-syncs its contacts from Google Contacts. So try uploading/syncing your contacts with google. Do you have your contacts saved locally on HD2? If Yes, extract them as vcf and upload.
2. Cant answer this (I don't own Note 2)
3. Cant answer this either
4. Note 2 has Gorilla Glass 2, so i would be really surprised if its scratched easily.
5. Sense is Definitely charming. But with the Improvement in Touchwiz for S3 and Note2. it would surely be an eyecandy. (Cant help you here also)
But seriously.. Running HD2 on Stock Rom is like Running i3 machine on windows95.. Android on HD2 is highly developed and daily usable.
Presently I am using an AT&T HTC One X. I have never had my hands on a Samsung. I would like some clarification on rooting and using the custom roms.
I know this phone is new to the market and not much other than developers know much about it, but I still am curious. I am reasonably sure I will be switching to the GS 4 after the "hype" cools after the newness wears off.
Until the HTC One X, I used iPhones since the first iPhone 3 and never thouht about rooting or custom roms then came across the root thing and swapping roms, I had no problem with the root stuff or swapping after reading several posts and forums on the HTC One X so the ? is, is the Samsung's that hard or difficult to unlock the bootloader ?( see I don't even know for sure the Samsung has a bootloader).
I have read about the "Gold Card", using a Y cable , etc. is all that a necessary part of rooting ?
With the HTC One X there is a International and a U.S.A (AT&T) version, roms will not interchange, is this the case with the Galaxy S 4?
If there is two versions which is which? ATT code name or number in particular.
In the past with custom roms, what does the Samsung roms have over the HOX roms ? I know HTC sense and like it , I have heard about touch whiz, but what is it?
I know comparison's are illegal in the forums and this is on the verge of comparing but just asking for the difference on some points.
Samsung FOREVER <3 <3
sadekmefti said:
Samsung FOREVER <3 <3
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Guess this forum isn't as "noob" friendly as stated, unlike the HOX forums. With regards to the type of answer I got here, I might just reconsider the HTC One when due for an upgrade. At least in the forums I use I can at least get some kind of replies.
To be honest, this forum is pretty stupid .. Been here since 2009 and just got back to android and realised this forum became crap. Full of memes and nonhelpful posts.. meh
leesumm said:
Presently I am using an AT&T HTC One X. I have never had my hands on a Samsung. I would like some clarification on rooting and using the custom roms.
I know this phone is new to the market and not much other than developers know much about it, but I still am curious. I am reasonably sure I will be switching to the GS 4 after the "hype" cools after the newness wears off.
Until the HTC One X, I used iPhones since the first iPhone 3 and never thouht about rooting or custom roms then came across the root thing and swapping roms, I had no problem with the root stuff or swapping after reading several posts and forums on the HTC One X so the ? is, is the Samsung's that hard or difficult to unlock the bootloader ?
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( see I don't even know for sure the Samsung has a bootloader).
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Every phone to my knowledge has a bootloader
I have read about the "Gold Card", using a Y cable , etc. is all that a necessary part of rooting ?
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Gold Card is unique to HTC I think, it's not used in Sony phones. I've only ever needed the charger (Micro USB B cable) for unlocking both my Sony Arc and HTC desire HD
With the HTC One X there is a International and a U.S.A (AT&T) version, roms will not interchange, is this the case with the Galaxy S 4?
If there is two versions which is which? ATT code name or number in particular.
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USA usually have their own "custom" built phones. For Code names
In the past with custom roms, what does the Samsung roms have over the HOX roms ? I know HTC sense and like it , I have heard about touch whiz, but what is it?
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Touch whiz is the sense for Samsung, It's essentially Samsung adding their own stuff on top of regular android
I know comparison's are illegal in the forums and this is on the verge of comparing but just asking for the difference on some points.
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You could probably look up reviews.
SevenD2 said:
Every phone to my knowledge has a bootloader
Gold Card is unique to HTC I think, it's not used in Sony phones. I've only ever needed the charger (Micro USB B cable) for unlocking both my Sony Arc and HTC desire HD
USA usually have their own "custom" built phones. For Code names
Touch whiz is the sense for Samsung, It's essentially Samsung adding their own stuff on top of regular android
You could probably look up reviews.
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Thank you for the information, although with all the reading this morning on the GS4 and the HTC one I think I am more confused than before. I still don't know for sure what the difference is between the HTC and the Galaxy as for the root procedure. Then, enters the ODIN thing? Unlocking seems easier with the HTCDEV than whatever the procedure for the GS4, but the software review from Engadget makes the GS4 seem more appealing than the HTC out of box for me anyway. But , still with all the reading there is conflicts as to what I see whether the GS4 can be unlocked. From what I read, HTC is easier to unlock and S-OFF than the Samsung also. AS I understand it , TWRP cannot be used on the GS4 as with the same on HTC and CWM could not in the early stages. I am used to the TWRP for recovery but have used the CWM since it was altered for the HTC. Like some of the DEVS , plastic or aluminum it doesn't really matter as there will a case of some sorts on either one if nothing more than to protect from scratches.
All in all it sounds as if the Galaxy has the better software than the HTC One and IF the devs incorporate the features in the custom roms , it would make the GS4 a better device for me any way. I guess it comes down to the wait period for my upgrade to see what the DEVS come up with for customs and which one will win.