[Thunderbolt Android Development] slvfox:
This write up is from McLabia. I take no credit whatsoever.

So, this is going to be a wall of text. Experienced users skip this.

So, with all of the new faces we see lately, a lot of questions are repeatedly asked. Hopefully this will answer 90% of things.

Links:

Support: http://infectedROM.com

ROMS: http://androidfilehost.com/XxXViRuSX...y/thunderbolt/

Radios/Extras: http://devious-intentions.info

MD5 Checker: http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...-Checker.shtml

Well start off with flashing the rom and how to do it. First you want to download the latest ROM from the above site. You need to download both the ROM as well as the MD5. Open the MD5 in notepad and compare them with the ROM zip in the program I posted above or any other MD5 comparison tool.

You now need one of the mr2.x+ or mr3.+ radios. If youre already on one of these radios and it works for you, skip the radio portion of things and go straight to the ROM install.

You need to WIPE WIPE WIPE, so make sure you make a nandroid and you backup your apps in either mybackup pro or Titanium Backup. Im partial to MR3.5 and TiBu myself. You need to place the ROM in a place on your SD card that youll be able to find it. I reccommend placing it in the root or in a new folder so that you know exactly where to look at it. If you place it in root, youll just have to press the up volume button once and itll be right there.

This is how I do it after downloading what I need. The Radios can be found on my website posted above. The RADIO needs to be renamed to PG05IMG.zip and placed on the ROOT of your SD card.

REMEMBER TO DELETE, RENAME OR REMOVE AFTER BOOT OR YOU WILL RUN INTO PROBLEMS.

1. Download Titanium Backup or MyBackupPro(this will be auto installed from the the ROM) from the market and install whichever you choose.

2. Run the app backup app you decided on. Make sure you backup everything you want to keep.

3. Restart the phone into Recovery. You can do this by either going into ClockworkMod and clicking restart into recovery, or if you have the five in one restart, you can just hold down the power button and click restart into recovery.

4. Now that youre into recovery, you want to scroll down to where it says backup and recovery. Select it and click backup. This will take a while.

5. Once this is done, go back to the main menu and click wipe data/format. Let that run through.

6. Once thats done, go back into the main menu and click install zip from SD card and click choose zip from sdcard. Now you need to go to wherever you placed the rom that you downloaded and click it. Flash it in.

7. Reboot

8. To install the radio, after flashing in the rom, i do a battery pull and then press volume down and power at the same time. This will bring you into hboot. Select yes to upgrade and then reboot.

9. ???????????

10. WINNING!

Now, here are some tips when it comes to use of the ROM. If you want to see what issues have been fixed or what commits have been done, Check HERE.

So, there seems to be an issue when it comes to using the Repo. The problem isnt that people are using it, but rather its being used in the wrong way. As a community, there will always be community support first and foremost. The forums are your initial stop when it comes to having issues. Post here before posting on the repo. The reason for this is simple. Would you rather Team Synergy to read posts like "I have no network connection" or anything along those lines or would you rather have them read the real issues? Personally, if Virus, Trev, Ziggy and Eschelon never typed except to bull**** with us and let us know whats going on, that would be best. Id much rather them focus on the things we as a community cant/dont do. Thats Dev ROMS.

Part of Devving though is knowing where the bugs are. This helps them immensely when fixing things, but if they have to wade through a bunch of non issues to get to the real ones, it makes the repo less useful. Because of this, some issues may get overlooked or not even looked at. This will no longer be the case. Since I now have the ability to either escalate or close issues that are due to user error or an updated app, they will be done quickly. From now on, within 48 hours of posting an issue, it will be either cleared up or sent up the chain. This is to minimize the amount of non issues being posted and to give the guys a much better vantage point as far as what the real issues are.

Like I said though, the BEST place to post issues is HERE on the forums. Let us try to help you out first. If its still an issue, then it needs to be posted on the Repo so that it can be fixed. This is a community effort of support and development. Weve gotta help each other out, but weve also gotta help out the Devs.

When filling out a Repo issue, please fill out EVERY BOX. More information is always helpful. Screenshots or logcats are extremely helpful. Sometimes its simple fix, sometimes its HTC not knowing how to spell disable. These things will make this ROM better.

When going from build to build, it is ALWAYS recommended to wipe, but there are builds that you dont have to do this with and its called Dirty flashing. If you dirty flash, and have ANY issues, you need to WIPE AND REFLASH before posting them. Chances are it was caused by dirty flashing.

If you have ANY issues, everyone here is ALWAYS glad to help, but asking the same questions over and over or ignoring the answer you got because you didnt like it isnt helpful for ANYONE and only leads to frustration. Enjoy!

Oh, Compliments of Eschelon, heres a gif on how to use the drop down.

Well start off with flashing the rom and how to do it. First you want to download the latest ROM from the above site.

You now need one of the mr2.x+ or mr3.+ radios. If youre already on one of these radios and it works for you, skip the radio portion of things and go straight to the ROM install.