[myTouch 3G Slide General] mingolianbeef:
hey XDA, i figured that while i was looking around i might as well post a tutorial of my own. for the MT3GS users, this will give you the ultimate features out of your slide. Ok first off if you didnt see in parentheses "with root" then i jus sed it again and if you do not hav a rooted mytouch slide, look away from this post now! Now that that is out of the way, let us begin

1. (cant say this enough) ROOT THE **** PHONE

rooting the phone makes majority of the stuff on this page possible

2. Install a custom official rom

i installed CM7, quite possibly the greatest rom for the slide, introducing a Gingerbread 2.3.3 UI and a bus load of features

3. Enable data2ext

this is VITAL for users because the slide has at most what, 150mb of space? that sucks right! so data2ext takes the data within the internal memory, and puts it on your SD card [data2EXT(ernal)] if you do this correctly, it will give you 500mb of space (well really more like 482mb) this makes your phone EXTREMELY fast.

4. enable apps2sd

download modinstalllocation from the android market and give it super user permissions to force install all apps to SD (can be moved freely between SD and internal) at the time of me writing this post (june 2, 2011) i have roughly 195 apps installed on my slide with apps2sd and data2ext both enabled

[WARNING, APPS-2-SD AND APPS-2-EXT ARE 2 DIFFERENT THINGS, DO NOT USE APPS-2-EXT AND DATA-2-EXT AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE DATA-2-EXT WILL BE REMOVED!!!!]

with data2ext

4. Install Flash player 10.- (whatever is the newest version)

to do this, you must have android sdk on your pc:

4a. put the flash player apk in the tools folder of android sdk

4b. open command prompt

4c. type in:

cd

cd c:\androidsdk\tools\ (or whatever path it is to get to the tools folder in SDK)

adb install (name of flash player file).apk

[it will install.......]

then it should say [success]

(note: can use this to install any app on your phone, i used it to install swype because CM7 did not have it)

4c. reboot your phone (do the process to get to the tools folder, then type adb shell, it should show a "#" type in "reboot" w/o quotations)

5. download CPU tuner from the android market

i used CPU tuner because it is free and official. you will need this to run high end games like Asphault 5 HD, Modern Combat: Sandstorm, etc. (this is wher it gets awesome). afterwards, open CPU tuner, click profiles, press the menu button on your phone, and click insert, create a new profile (i called mine gaming, because it helps run the stuff smoother, increases the power of coverage, both 2G/3G and Wifi, and a bunch of other stuff). I set mine to min. 787 MHz, max 864 MHz, and know that this doesnt come free, this thing will MURDER a battery, and the CPU tuner is designed to change profiles when battery is low unless you change the option in the settings!

[another warning: messing with the CPU settings can cause damage to your phone if you try and push it, if you do not have a reliable battery or screwed up phone, use caution when doig this.]

6. GET DOWNLOAD CRAZY

i have taken my phone to a new level! here is where the fun comes in:

A. get on the internet (or the XDA forums and search "[name of game] HVGA apk" or "gameloft games HD HVGA". and here is something little to no one knows, the Sony Xperia X8 has the same screen resolution (HVGA) and the games are compatible on the Slide, for example: people have modded the files in games like Asphault 5 so that it fits the screen, and they WORK on the slide. so far i currently have: Asphault 5, NOVA, NOVA 2, Guerilla Bob, Modern Combat Sandstorm, Gangstar: West Coast Hustle, Gangstar 2, Heroes of sparta, and am looking to find Galaxy on Fire 2. And hey if all you want is performance on non-modded currently compatible games, then it does the job too. It makes them faster and smoother!

I will be posting links once i get past the XDA rules (i am a new user and need to do 8 posts on the forum before i can post links!) i hope this helped everyone, and if you have something i can add to this list of things to do then feel free to post it in a comment or PM me :-)

sincerely

Ognimnella

[EDIT (June 4th 2011)]

SKAm69 and gtmaster303, when i originally installed the HD games (thank you SKAm69 for your help) the games were EXTREMELY choppy even with the CPU tuned and almost 490mb of ram! so i went to the market (on PC internet) and found the latest version of flash, then googled "Flash Player 10.3 apk download" and downloaded it, then used Android SDK to install it! that simple!! :)

[EDIT (June 8th 2011)]

Please disregard the June 4th Edit flash does not work unfortunately. Thank everyone who allowed me to realize this! I apologize!

Also wave_sailor i apologize for forgetting to post links to these methods, here you (and everyone else) go(es) :)

Root Method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1025336

Custom Rom: http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/htc-slide

data2ext: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921347

apps2sd modinstalllocation: https://market.android.com/details?id=my.codeandroid.modil&feature=search_result

CPU Tuner: https://market.android.com/details?id=ch.amana.android.cputuner

*Note: Flash Player does not work! dont ask me for the link to install please because you would be wasting your time!!

Download crazy is your preference! for example, i love the HD games so i search "(game name) hvga apk" and results come up!

Also I am making a ROM (awesome right :) ) and i need help so please answer this question for me! thank you in advance for all answers :)

ROM Creation: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1114778