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Kuvo posted:Reading this thread has convinced me to root my Moto Droid. I remember reading a while ago that Bugless Beast was the de facto ROM for a Droid but it seems like CyanogenMod is the new hot thing. Could someone with experience with both of them give a quick pro/con on the two? CM6.1 is far more superior than BuglessBeast IMO. BB used to be faster but the general consensus is that CM offers a better dev support with better updates and is more streamlined with the vanilla 2.2.
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Kuvo posted:Maybe I'm missing something but it seems like that's a bit too easy. No it really is that easy. Depending on handset the first step can be a pain in the arse but once thats done everything gets really easy.
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Nov 9, 2010 23:33
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Dim, Tired, and Elderly posted:CM6.1 is far more superior than BuglessBeast IMO. BB used to be faster but the general consensus is that CM offers a better dev support with better updates and is more streamlined with the vanilla 2.2. What he said. My girlfriend likes cm6 on hers way better.
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Nov 9, 2010 23:46
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So Fresh is good but slowly driving me nuts with the Evo, so I am debating trying something else to see how it works (I can always flash back if i don't like it). I would use Cyanogen but I need 4G (both because of speeds and I demo the phone), so I need a Sense based ROM. Any suggestions? Also, for backing up apps when switching between ROMs my Titanium backup should be fine? Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Nov 10, 2010 |
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Nov 10, 2010 01:48
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I ran into a problem. I rooted the phone with SuperOneClick and backed up the apps using Titanium. I then downloaded ROM Manager, updated ClockworkMod Recovery and backed up my ROM with ROM Manager. I had already downloaded CM6.1RC2 so I threw that onto the root folder of the SD card and told ROM Manager to install using that (wiping data and cache). The phone reboots to an icon of a exclamation point in a triangle over a phone. I let it sit for about an hour before I figured it was broken a restarted it (it booted back into the verizon OTA 2.2 like nothing had happened). Did I miss a step or something? EDIT: It's a Motorola Droid running OTA 2.2, build FRG22D
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Nov 10, 2010 01:51
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Duckman2008 posted:So Fresh is good but slowly driving me nuts with the Evo, so I am debating trying something else to see how it works (I can always flash back if i don't like it). I would use Cyanogen but I need 4G (both because of speeds and I demo the phone), so I need a Sense based ROM. Any suggestions? Fresh is basically Stock with a lot of the Sprint stuff removed. What is driving you crazy about it?
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Nov 10, 2010 01:51
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brc64 posted:Fresh is basically Stock with a lot of the Sprint stuff removed. What is driving you crazy about it? I can't get rid of this force close issue (I've posted this 3 times now, so I am not trying to beat a dead horse, sorry). It just pops up and says something to the extent of "android.core.process cannot be complete" and i have to hit force close. It never CLOSES anything (although it will occasionally kick me out of GVoice) so my phone functions, but dear god it is annoying. Plus my phone honestly seems to lag switching between home screens, apps and DEF when playing a graphics intense game like MiniSquadron, Radiant, etc. I am running the latest Fresh with Launcher Pro as my main launcher. I have cleaned the Dalvik and cache through both ROM Manager and Titanium Backup, I have wiped, I have reflashed Fresh. Can't figure out how to A. get rid of the force close and B. it just seems that my phone is moving slower than it should.
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Nov 10, 2010 01:56
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Duckman2008 posted:I can't get rid of this force close issue (I've posted this 3 times now, so I am not trying to beat a dead horse, sorry). It just pops up and says something to the extent of "android.core.process cannot be complete" and i have to hit force close. It never CLOSES anything (although it will occasionally kick me out of GVoice) so my phone functions, but dear god it is annoying. Plus my phone honestly seems to lag switching between home screens, apps and DEF when playing a graphics intense game like MiniSquadron, Radiant, etc. I don't know poo poo about reading Android logs, but maybe logcat would help track down what's going on?
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Nov 10, 2010 02:14
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Kuvo posted:The phone reboots to an icon of a exclamation point in a triangle over a phone. Probably means ClockworkMod wasn't installed correctly. Also for future reference the process in Recovery shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.
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Nov 10, 2010 02:17
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God Exists. posted:Probably means ClockworkMod wasn't installed correctly. Also for future reference the process in Recovery shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. I tried it again with CM6.0 and it worked like a charm. Guess that's what I get for using a release candidate for my first ROM replacement. At this point I can download Titanium again and start restoring apps?
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Nov 10, 2010 02:23
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Kuvo posted:Guess that's what I get for using a release candidate for my first ROM replacement. Not sure what this means. You want 6.1 RC 3.
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Nov 10, 2010 03:09
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Ok, I'm really stuck. Rooted Samsung Galaxy I7500 using this method. Everything is fine except all the google apps are gone. I try "restore gapps" in recovery, gives me an error to check recovery.log. I try the gapps.zip for this phone, it installs but only a few of the apps are there. Market is missing. I tried rewiping, reinstalling 1.6 Galaxeo, several times. Not doing the trick. Tried fixing permissions many times. tl;dr - I need Market on this I7500!
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Nov 10, 2010 04:18
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yamdankee posted:Ok, I'm really stuck.
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Nov 10, 2010 05:01
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brc64 posted:I don't know poo poo about reading Android logs, but maybe logcat would help track down what's going on? I ended up downloading and running the Warm ROM, so far so good. Edit: damnit, got the force close pop-up again. At least the Rom is faster so far. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Nov 10, 2010 |
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Nov 10, 2010 07:51
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Well, rooting the G2 is quite painless and after installing ROM Manager and flashing Cyanogen's "Baconbits", I must say I am very pleased with how the aftermarket community surrounding Android has matured since the days of the G1. By that I mean ease of use. The community is still full of pathetic idiot children.
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Nov 10, 2010 07:52
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Kuvo posted:I tried it again with CM6.0 and it worked like a charm. Guess that's what I get for using a release candidate for my first ROM replacement. Using the RC won't have been the problem.
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Nov 10, 2010 10:52
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Duckman2008 posted:I ended up downloading and running the Warm ROM, so far so good. If you're getting these problems across multiple ROMs, it really sounds like something is hosed up with your phone itself. Maybe the memory? I don't know. Also I've heard people report that Clockwork Recovery doesn't clear cache correctly, so you might try doing it with RA Recovery if you haven't already. You can flash that recovery via ROM Manager, under "Alternate Recoveries" at the bottom.
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Nov 10, 2010 14:43
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Mask posted:More Evo fun incoming. Only going to quote this once just to make sure it didn't get looked over with the new page. Any help is greatly appreciated. Also, I just started getting into messing with Launcher Pro and I have beefed up my phone pretty heavily over the last two days. It looks great, Warm ROM is loving lightning fast, Kernel #10 has extended my battery life two fold it seems; still testing but so far I hardly lose even 1% over three hours when idle; and I cannot be happier with my phone. Edit: Another Evo Question: I just snagged Handcent and everytime I receive a text message, I receive it both to my default Android Messages and Handcent. Is there a fix for this? Also, how do I get certain widgets to display on my Lock Screen? Mask fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Nov 10, 2010 |
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Nov 10, 2010 14:59
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Mask posted:More Evo fun incoming. I'm a little wary of that combo file, several people in that thread have had big issues with it. Run unrevoked3 to set S-OFF forever (unrevoked forever has been rolled into the unrevoked tool so there is no need to use it separately), then flash a stock ROM and accept the OTA update(s), which will give you current versions of all the various radios, then flash whatever custom ROM you want. Or if you're already on stock, do the updates first and unrevoked second. There's no need to worry about the new hboot 2.02, it's not being pushed to existing phones.
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Mask posted:Edit: Another Evo Question:
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heat posted:I'm a little wary of that combo file, several people in that thread have had big issues with it. Run unrevoked3 to set S-OFF forever (unrevoked forever has been rolled into the unrevoked tool so there is no need to use it separately), then flash a stock ROM and accept the OTA update(s), which will give you current versions of all the various radios, then flash whatever custom ROM you want. Or if you're already on stock, do the updates first and unrevoked second. There's no need to worry about the new hboot 2.02, it's not being pushed to existing phones. So if I am already rooted, I should still run Unrevoked3 to get the S-Off as there is no other easy way to do so? Also, is Fresh considered a Stock ROM or would I have to find something off XDA to flash over first? datajosh posted:Go into your default messaging app and turn off the notifications and you won't get it from both anymore. The only way to get widgets on your lockscreen would be with a replacement app like WidgetLocker. Thanks for this.
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So my girlfriend destroyed her Moment and somehow because she's a best buy employee, knows the dude in mobile, moment stock is gone, is poo poo rear end lucky, etc etc is getting a replacement Epic. That being said, any concensus out there on kerenls and roms for this guy? She was a big fan of laucher pro when I threw it on her moment so I'll prolly go that route unless she really likes whatever interface smasung packages into their phone.
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Everything I've read on ROMs for the Epic has been such a jumbled mess that I haven't even done anythign with it. Removed their dumb widgets and get some better ones, rooted it, installed a couple things (wireless tether, whatever) and that's it for now.
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Mask posted:So if I am already rooted, I should still run Unrevoked3 to get the S-Off as there is no other easy way to do so? Also, is Fresh considered a Stock ROM or would I have to find something off XDA to flash over first?
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Nov 10, 2010 20:06
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toby posted:Everything I've read on XDA for the Epic/evo has been such a jumbled mess/dumpster fire Yeah man; I know how you feel.
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Nov 10, 2010 20:45
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Mask posted:So if I am already rooted, I should still run Unrevoked3 to get the S-Off as there is no other easy way to do so? Also, is Fresh considered a Stock ROM or would I have to find something off XDA to flash over first? Unrevoked is pretty easy, you just install some custom drivers (if you're on Windows) and hit some buttons in Hboot. It's the most painless way to unlock NAND that I'm aware of. Even better than my previous post would be to run this RUU to go back to bone stock with all the updated radios and non volatile memory versions that no one can explain, then run unrevoked3, then flash whatever ROM you want. Back up your apps with Titanium first if you have data you don't want to lose.
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I installed Juice Defender, and currently have the default settings enabled (free version). One of the settings enables data for 1 minute for every 15. When data is disabled, what do I lose access to? I assume general push functions will only turn on for 1 minute, meaning Trillian, Gtalk, mail, etc, correct? What about SMS? Those still come in real time, right? That's not data as far as I know, but I could be wrong. I'm at a conference with fairly flaky 3G coverage inside, but still need to receive texts and calls. Mail can be queued up every 15 minutes, that's fine. IM functionality would be nice, but I need my battery to survive the day so I can live with the loss of instant IM communication provided I have SMS.
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SLOSifl posted:I assume general push functions will only turn on for 1 minute, meaning Trillian, Gtalk, mail, etc, correct? What about SMS? Those still come in real time, right? That's not data as far as I know, but I could be wrong. SMS still works without data but you'd have to experiment with GMail/Talk push - sometimes it seems to take a while before it starts working again after turning data on and I have a feeling a minute won't be enough. Perhaps you'd be better off just switching data to 2G only and living with the slowness. I'm surprised they don't provide wifi at the conference though, especially if the mobile service is bad.
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Scrubed posted:Yeah man; I know how you feel. That is actually what I should have written, yes.
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brc64 posted:If you're getting these problems across multiple ROMs, it really sounds like something is hosed up with your phone itself. Maybe the memory? I don't know. Also I've heard people report that Clockwork Recovery doesn't clear cache correctly, so you might try doing it with RA Recovery if you haven't already. You can flash that recovery via ROM Manager, under "Alternate Recoveries" at the bottom. Gonna try that next, appreciate it. For the record though, I flashed to Warm and drat is it faster than Fresh. Looks cooler (to me at least) as well. I would highly recommend it so far, and the force close problems i am having are down to only twice a day.
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SLOSifl posted:I assume general push functions will only turn on for 1 minute, meaning Trillian, Gtalk, mail, etc, correct? What about SMS? Those still come in real time, right? That's not data as far as I know, but I could be wrong. SMS comes over your voice network which is separate from 3G. They'll still come in. God Exists. fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Nov 11, 2010 |
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I can't find a rom that will work on my Sprint HTC Hero without breaking something. Either visual voicemail, or text messaging, currently using Cyanogenmod but the thing runs pretty slow and laggy it feels sometimes, even thought I oced it.
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hatersg2haet posted:I can't find a rom that will work on my Sprint HTC Hero without breaking something. Either visual voicemail, or text messaging, currently using Cyanogenmod but the thing runs pretty slow and laggy it feels sometimes, even thought I oced it. From my experience that is how the Hero is going to be. Cyanogen has all the neat features but my phone can't handle it. The Hero has slow downs for almost every rom I have tried. I cannot get it to be lag-free and smooth for me.
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Duckman2008 posted:Gonna try that next, appreciate it. Things like this are the reason I will probably always buy whatever Cyanogen does. I can't imagine dealing with bugs like that daily.
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big mean giraffe posted:Things like this are the reason I will probably always buy whatever Cyanogen does. I can't imagine dealing with bugs like that daily. To be fair, his problems aren't indicative of the normal experience. I don't get random force closes on Fresh, but I have had issues with some of the CM6 builds. Your mileage will vary.
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If I want to root my Incredible (to make Verizon's crapware vanish, get access to every folder, install Titanium Backup just in case and be able to take screenshots) but not install a new ROM, will the phone still be wiped in the process, or is it just the installation of a new ROM that wipes the phone?
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tzirean posted:If I want to root my Incredible (to make Verizon's crapware vanish, get access to every folder, install Titanium Backup just in case and be able to take screenshots) but not install a new ROM, will the phone still be wiped in the process, or is it just the installation of a new ROM that wipes the phone? Rooting your phone doesn't result in any data loss, no.
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God Exists. posted:Rooting your phone doesn't result in any data loss, no. Excellent, thank you.
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Uh...IIRC...when I rooted my EVO it involved a factory reset so I had to reinstall everything...
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Ozmodiar posted:Uh...IIRC...when I rooted my EVO it involved a factory reset so I had to reinstall everything... It didn't or you screwed up somewhere, I've never heard of rooting causing a factory reset especially with foolproof method like unrevoked.
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