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FlyingCheese posted:Are there any good roms for the Evo3D yet? I kinda want to try out CleanROM. Are there any stability issues with it? Anything broken? CleanROM is what I've been using as a daily driver for weeks. Never had a single reboot or crash, great battery life, no lovely themes. Very fast too. You can flash optional zips with different overscroll colors too, as well as different fonts. I like that the optional stuff is just that, and not forced by the rom author. You'll have to manually install an older EPST app if you need the functions it provides, as it's one of the few roms that doesn't include it by default.
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Krittick posted:You'll have to manually install an older EPST app if you need the functions it provides, as it's one of the few roms that doesn't include it by default. Sorry for the noob questions but what does that do? What functions does EPST provide? And why an older one?
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Is it worth rooting my Nexus S if I'm just looking to utilize a few of the features, like LED buttons lighting up on message reception and maybe extending battery life a little? I'm fairly satisfied with the stock options and not so much worried about warranty as I am bricking my phone.
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Sep 8, 2011 21:18
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SplitSoul posted:Nexus S LED buttons lighting up on message reception Has this been reliably implemented yet? Last I knew it was unconfirmed whether it was possible without turning on the screen.
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Sep 8, 2011 21:31
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Surprise T Rex posted:Has this been reliably implemented yet? Last I knew it was unconfirmed whether it was possible without turning on the screen. My friend had it working on his rooted Nexus, and he did it precisely because he was tired of turning on the screen, so yes. I have no idea what ROM he was running, though.
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Sep 8, 2011 22:01
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LastInLine posted:Um, yes? But what benefit does it provide to someone like me that just uses his phone for a web browser and gaming device over having a warranty since rooting it will void that?
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mobn posted:But what benefit does it provide to someone like me that just uses his phone for a web browser and gaming device over having a warranty since rooting it will void that? Your phone is already Sense-less right? In that case I'd just leave it standard, exactly as I've done with my Nexus S Having come from a CM phone these are the main features I miss - Better configuration options for screen timeout/lock - on CM I had the screen turn off quickly to save battery but the screen lock delayed so it was easier to wake the phone up - Individually dismissable notifications (seriously surprised that stock lacks this) - The customisations of the stock messaging app, eg dark background, adjustable text size etc - Lock screen music controls
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Sep 8, 2011 23:11
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FlyingCheese posted:Sorry for the noob questions but what does that do? What functions does EPST provide? And why an older one? It gives access to extra diagnostic phone settings like manual PRL updates using codes like ##775# etc. Unless you care about that, you can ignore the stuff about EPST.
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mobn posted:But what benefit does it provide to someone like me that just uses his phone for a web browser and gaming device over having a warranty since rooting it will void that? dissss posted:Having come from a CM phone these are the main features I miss - Notification power widget - SIM unlock - Easy backup (especially useful for scores generally tied to a device) - Adblocking - Individual permissions denial (for apps that want too many permissions) Plus it's not like you can't go back to stock easily if you needed to use the warranty.
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SplitSoul posted:Is it worth rooting my Nexus S if I'm just looking to utilize a few of the features, like LED buttons lighting up on message reception and maybe extending battery life a little? I'm fairly satisfied with the stock options and not so much worried about warranty as I am bricking my phone. Surprise T Rex posted:Has this been reliably implemented yet? Last I knew it was unconfirmed whether it was possible without turning on the screen.
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Haha, well I think I am going to root after all. Ever since the OTA gingerbread update came out for my phone I've had two annoying bugs: it constantly tries to udpate Google Skymap and then fails because it's not signed properly, and my hardware keyboard randomly starts acting like a bunch of shortcut buttons instead of being letters, so when I try to type a "b" it leaves my text message and does a google search. I have to reboot the phone to fix this. Since I don't want 3/4 of these google apps anyway, what's the best rom for the HTC G2? Additionally, what's the best way to transfer all of my apps (because I have a lot) to the new rom?
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mobn posted:Haha, well I think I am going to root after all. Ever since the OTA gingerbread update came out for my phone I've had two annoying bugs: it constantly tries to udpate Google Skymap and then fails because it's not signed properly, and my hardware keyboard randomly starts acting like a bunch of shortcut buttons instead of being letters, so when I try to type a "b" it leaves my text message and does a google search. I have to reboot the phone to fix this. titanium backup for transferring. when you root your phone you can use the pro version of titanium backup (not sure if the free allows this) to freeze or uninstall any apps you don't want. I used that to get rid of the stock browser and a handful of other apps that I never use.
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Penguissimo posted:I've been using Spare Parts on an Inc running CM since the day I bought it and never had any trouble. Really not sure what's going on with yours, sorry. From the last page but... Because it's either CM uses the old FroYo battery API's or the Spare Parts included in CM is fixed to use the new Gingerbread API's. Either way, Spare Parts from the Market is horribly broken if you're on a Gingerbread ROM (OEM or otherwise) that isn't CyanogenMod. For us non CM scrubs grab BetterBatteryStats. Grab it on the Market for $2.80 or get it free from his regularly updated thread on XDA.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:From the last page but... Ahh, that makes more sense. Shame that the guys maintaining the Market version haven't updated it for GB yet.
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To add to the talk about GB spare parts I started- I recently switched back to miui on my Dinc and spare parts is working for me again.
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mobn posted:Haha, well I think I am going to root after all. Ever since the OTA gingerbread update came out for my phone I've had two annoying bugs: it constantly tries to udpate Google Skymap and then fails because it's not signed properly, and my hardware keyboard randomly starts acting like a bunch of shortcut buttons instead of being letters, so when I try to type a "b" it leaves my text message and does a google search. I have to reboot the phone to fix this. As for the rom; time and time again I always end up back on CM7. You may want to try one of the virtuous roms if you want to check out sense, and there are about 100 MIUI ports, but everything aside from CM7 seems to be unstable and 'hackish' for me, with OMG EXTREME OVERCLOCKING KERNEL, and little niggling bugs, or features that don't quite work right.
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Baram posted:To add to the talk about GB spare parts I started- I recently switched back to miui on my Dinc and spare parts is working for me again. Not surprising since MIUI "borrows" heavily from CM.
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LastInLine posted:It's definitely worth rooting the NS just to use a Voodoo/BLN (backlight notification) kernel. You don't even need to switch ROMs to get what you want, just root (which will wipe the phone), flash a kernel (I'd recommend the Lucid one), and install the apps, Voodoo Control and BLN Control. Would this allow me to still get regular Android updates and such? And would it be possible to also get the ad-blocking features?
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ZShakespeare posted:As for the rom; time and time again I always end up back on CM7. You may want to try one of the virtuous roms if you want to check out sense, and there are about 100 MIUI ports, but everything aside from CM7 seems to be unstable and 'hackish' for me, with OMG EXTREME OVERCLOCKING KERNEL, and little niggling bugs, or features that don't quite work right. What is Sense?
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mobn posted:What is Sense? Custom version of Android (and WinMo) made by HTC. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Sense
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I get the feeling that i don't know enough about rooting to even vaguely justify the risk of getting my phone bricked. I've got an HTC sensation; is there really much point in rooting my phone? Sense 3 already gives me the option of wi-fi tethering and other things, and despite the bloatware, things seem lightning fast already on it. The only thing that troubles me is the battery power. Rooting means you can underclock the processor to save battery power right? Is the difference significant enough to justify the risks?
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Entropy238 posted:I've got an HTC sensation; is there really much point in rooting my phone? S-OFF means your phone is totally unlocked, you can change the system software any way you want, or leave it all as is. The problem is that, the OTA updates out there prevent the phone from being made S-OFF (fully unlocked). Now, you can still root the phone using HTC's official unlock method, but that requires registering with HTC, and the phone isn't "fully" unlocked in the sense that while you can install custom ROMs and crap, you can't replace the bootloader or radio. If you've already done the Sensation OTA updates, or decide to apply them without unlocking your phone first, it's probably not a huge deal in the long run. Hopefully HTC won't take the official method away, and as more pre-updated devices hit the market, folks will have to get used to doing things "HTC's way". But it's worth knowing that there is a way to fully unlock the device now, that you might not be able to do in the future.
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Is anyone willing to walk me through the process of rooting a Nexus S? There seems to be a bunch of different methods outlined on XDA.
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SplitSoul posted:Is anyone willing to walk me through the process of rooting a Nexus S?
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SplitSoul posted:Is anyone willing to walk me through the process of rooting a Nexus S? There seems to be a bunch of different methods outlined on XDA. You also should download the stuff you're going to want before you root, not after. That would be the ROM, GApps (if CM7), and the kernel. Also it doesn't void the warranty, no idea why that's there. You can stop just after installing Clockwork Recovery if you don't want CM7. Just install Superuser and you're rooted on the stock ROM. If you just want the Voodoo/BLN and adblocking, you'd just need the Lucid kernel, this app, and the two apps I listed above (Voodoo Control and BLN Control). Any questions, feel free to ask. By the way, the biggest bitch is getting adb to recognize the phone. Those loving drivers took forever to get working. After that though the process takes like five minutes.
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If anyone is stuck with an HTC Evo Shift on Android 2.3 without root, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474 <-- that tutorial will walk you through downgrading to Android 2.2, then you can root and install a custom ROM or a rooted stock ROM.
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Does Adfree even still work? I've been running it since I rooted my phone and I haven't noticed any decrease in the amount of ads I get (either on the web or in apps).
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FlyingCheese posted:Does Adfree even still work? I've been running it since I rooted my phone and I haven't noticed any decrease in the amount of ads I get (either on the web or in apps). Works fine for me. There are some apps and websites that still show ads for some reason, but they're few and far between on my EVO 3D.
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Surprise T Rex posted:Has this been reliably implemented yet? Last I knew it was unconfirmed whether it was possible without turning on the screen. Mine works fine on my Nexus S running Brainmasters MIUI and Trinity's kernel. I didn't know what was going on at first...thought something was stuck. After I realized it replaces the missing LED for notifications, I called it...well, genius. Love it. 
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mobn posted:Haha, well I think I am going to root after all. Ever since the OTA gingerbread update came out for my phone I've had two annoying bugs: it constantly tries to udpate Google Skymap and then fails because it's not signed properly, and my hardware keyboard randomly starts acting like a bunch of shortcut buttons instead of being letters, so when I try to type a "b" it leaves my text message and does a google search. I have to reboot the phone to fix this. Any suggestions on how to fix this, or should I take it to a different thread? I have the same issue with the keyboard short-cut poo poo, and this awful black shortcut bar comes up over my screen randomly, along with a bunch of other issues. When it gets bad enough, my phone is totally unusable. I'm running a rooted Droid 2 and 2.3.3. I don't know squat about rooting though; I just downloaded a bunch of the stuff in this thread and haven't gotten a chance to play with them yet.
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I tried to install Virtuous Sense 2.0 onto my G2. When it booted up I just kept getting a force close for android.process.acore. Googling just lists a bunch of stuff about bad facebook contacts, but I had literally just booted up the rom for the first time. I tried rebooting into recover, re-wiping cache and dalvik cache, reflashing, and still no go. I'm putting CM7 on there for now, but does anyone have any ideas about Virtuous Sense? What little I saw around the force close popping up over and over seemed swanky.
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Little update: CM7 didn't work either. The phone app wasn't installed for some reason and I couldn't get it to connect to the t-mobile network. I had to restore the original froyo rom and now it's working fine, so I'll have to try again tomorrow as far as flashing a different rom on there. Hopefully by then y'all will have some advice for me.
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mobn posted:I tried to install Virtuous Sense 2.0 onto my G2. When it booted up I just kept getting a force close for android.process.acore. Googling just lists a bunch of stuff about bad facebook contacts, but I had literally just booted up the rom for the first time. mobn posted:Little update: CM7 didn't work either. The phone app wasn't installed for some reason and I couldn't get it to connect to the t-mobile network.
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hotsauce posted:Mine works fine on my Nexus S running Brainmasters MIUI and Trinity's kernel. Shitfucker posted:I just rooted my Incredible 2 and put cm7 on it. I now notice that the sound jack only outputs the left channel of music. Is this a known problem?
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LastInLine posted:It sure sounds like you're not wiping. Go to recovery, wipe EVERYTHING. Wipe data, wipe cache, and wipe Dalvik (which is under Advanced, not by the other wipe things for some stupid reason). You don't need to wipe battery stats or rotation settings. I'm almost positive this is your problem. If I wipe data, won't it delete Rom Manager and things like that?
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It will delete everything, but when installing a new ROM you have to or else you get all these wonky issues. That's why you make titanium backups before installing a new ROM.
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Someone found a toggle for Beats audio in the HTC Music APK for the Sensation. It only activates itself when Beats headphones are plugged in, but it's been modded so that it works when any headphones are plugged in. Here's the link to a modded APK. It's all software here. First impressions is it seems to actually work. However, I'll have to roll my own stuff whenever ICS CM comes out. There's a system-wide version of this too, but not sure if it works as well.
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mobn posted:If I wipe data, won't it delete Rom Manager and things like that?
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LastInLine posted:This is just how it works. You back up data to the SD card and you have to wipe everything when you flash a new ROM. Restore poo poo using Titanium or redownload it from the Market but wiping data when you change ROMs is not optional. Also, by the time you get to the wiping phase, everything ROM Manager has to do is done. ROM Manager is essentially a GUI for scripts that tell the phone to reboot into recovery and install a ROM from the SD card. Since the commands have already been issued by the time you arrive at wiping, and the wipe doesn't touch the SD card, having ROM Manager taken out by the wipe isn't a problem.
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