yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid X2] Calcobrena:
I'm still a little confused. Is the ROM based on Gingerbread?
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Nope, is 2.2 and its practically the same thing you're running, WAIT UNTIL 2.3.4 LEAKS
[Motorola Droid X2] Calcobrena:
Thanks and will do. This is very exciting, though. :)
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Additional mirror for ROM: Mirror

Also, YouTube Video

Have a good day all!
[Motorola Droid X2] zakth:
Well after several pages of banter I get to post! :)

I downloaded the file and installed, booted into recovery and made a backup. Everything worked the first time as it should. I honestly don't care what this is a port of or based off of - the fact that it works (albeit flaky for some) it's progress people!
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
So its legit? ....anything sketchy needed for recovery to work?
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Nope, it worked perfectly for me slowz3r. If you check back a little further I attached a copy of the recovery to one of my posts. Just go ahead and download and install it... Its just an apk. It does say you should be connected to ur wall charger, why I'm not sure, but I has 70% battery and did it anyway and it took no time almost to install the apk and then the recovery....
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
This will make it super easy to make a bloatware remover and installer
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
The chinese ROM we have listed does remove some bloat as well as adding some of its own chinese apks. As for other tweaks of the rom, it seemed to kill the paid portion of the market for me, this may have something to do with the chinese origin of the rom. Other things include a LCD density change and RAM modifications. It seemed to have about 30+ mb free ram compared to a stock X2 at boot. It also loaded all apks faster (browser loaded instantly) and seemed a lot "snappier." I currently don't have the the device with the rom installed with me (im at work), but i'll do a deeper analysis when I get home.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Let us know if u can remove the chinese bloat and if you can switch the language to english or can we just add a language pack to get it in english...
[Motorola Droid X2] spr0k3t:
Surprised noone has made a torrent of the files. Doing so now, waiting for trackers to respond.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Put the .torrent file up here and I will seed as soon as I get off work...
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Mines hosted on a 100/100 server i go through 5tb a month and this month I had 45000 file downloads
[Motorola Droid X2] lakesdr:
This worked for me the first time. I was able to do the backups with no problem. I entered recovery through the apk. I have what might be a dumb question. How do I get into recovery when powering on my phone. I came to the X2 from the Samsung Fascinate and you just held down both volume keys while hitting the power button.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
You can't do it tell we get the bootloader unlocked that will allow us to flash our own android recovery
[Motorola Droid X2] zakth:
Uploaded to my server, feel free to add as mirror.

http://www.mijinkiyo.com/dx2/MOTODX2_Bootstrap_signed.rar
[Motorola Droid X2] lakesdr:
so if I try to load the rom mentioned on here and mess something up and brick my phone. How would I install the backups I created if I can't boot my phone and open the apk.
[Motorola Droid X2] wdenker:
Use the sbf in the other forum.
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
If you brick your phone to the point of of bootloop, currently you will have to sbf the device. After you sbf the device, you can root, and install the system recovery again, then recover from your back up.

As for the ROM, I'll be home within the next hour. I'll dig through it a bit and see if I can remove the chinese bloat and find out what other tweaks are included. If you don't get a response containing details today, I apologize. Its too nice of a day and I have to take advantage of the opportunity and go fishing.

Also, thanks everyone for hosting via your servers. I plan on updating the first post gradually with a disclaimer about this being from a chinese website, instructions, pictures and videos of success, as well as mirror download links.

Thanks everyone who has responded.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Fyi once you install recovery to get into it you can pull your battery plug in phone to wall charger and than put in battery and it will boot up automatically into recovery
[Motorola Droid X2] 0vermind:
Thanks! I didn't know that..

TMI dude...... TMI!
[Motorola Droid X2] gte619n:
Droid 3?

Hey guys,

I've just gotten my Droid 3 and am suffering the pains and thrones of having a non-root device. Do you think this fix/technique could be applied to the Droid 3?

Thanks!

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[Motorola Droid X2] h_10:
i wouldn't try this apk for the droid 3, at least not until there's a sbf for the droid 3. if it doesn't work, then you are w/out functioning phone until the sbf is released.

but if you're feeling feisty, give it a shot. take one for the team.
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
No no and no for one you already have to have root for this to work
[Motorola Droid X2] GulMiguel:
Well, installed the apk and it worked like a charm. Now all we need are some ROMs to go with this puppy and we're cookin with gas.

I wonder...if this apk originally came from an Atrix, could the unlockable bootloader also possibly come from there as well? Nice to think about, but I have no evidence with which to back up that theory. Just a dream I have.

Thanks to the posters of the apk. Progress is slow, but by gosh ,it IS PROGRESS!!
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Just tried this on my phone and it still holds true
[Motorola Droid X2] zakth:
I managed to get into recovery without removing my battery. I turned the phone off and plugged in the wall charger then held down the power button until it went into recovery. It's too much work to take off the otterbox defender :p
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Different chipset....
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
The original is done by tenfar lin, he made the atrix cwm, then some one just go ahold of the code and type dx2 in all the right places... koush gets credit because everything that doesn't pertain to the phone was koush
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Thats what you're supposed to do....
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Awesome... I was worried I was gonna have to give up my otterbox until we got another custom recovery......
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
This is such a great start, Now we need some roms and i can possible die happy
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
I neeed miui to be happy BEST UI EVARRRRRRRR
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Nope you're good, plug into the wall, install recovery, then boot, and your good :D
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
You don't have to press any buttons, just power off the phone normally, once it's powered down just plug it in. It boots right into recovery.

Looks like the recovery over writes the power off charging boot up. That's the reason for the charge only button in the apk I'm guessing, to restore that function.

I wonder if you run the battery dead and you don't have charge only selected in the apk if it will screw you over. Any thoughts on this?

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
plug into the wall, press install recover, then press recovery thats it...
[Motorola Droid X2] HerbManORedEye:
What a great day!
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
You must have mis understood me, I already know how to get into recovery.

I'm talking about if your battery dies, and you've left the system recovery apk on recovery mode, you plug your phone in, will it charge up?

I was under the impression that the battery won't charge in recovery mode. (except rzr for the D1, but he hacked it that way)

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Charge it then do this
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Dude, read post, then reply to them.

After you press the boot recovery button in the apk, every time you plug the phone in from a off state, it will boot into recovery mode instead of the normal charge mode. So if you don't switch it back to charge mode and one day your battery dies I'm thinking you'll be in trouble unless you have a external battery charger or it does charge in recovery mode, which is what I was asking for peoples thoughts on.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
*scared face*
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
@slowz3r I'm assuming that's why you can switch it back via the apks charge mode button, but if you forget to do so it could pose a problem. Don't you think?

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
Ya, I figure that is why its there, it could just turn into one of those "oh ****" moments when you forget or something goes wrong

Throwing it into charge i guess requires a restart? cause the phone automatically just shuts itself off and you need to start it up
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Yeah, needs a restart, same steps to boot recovery, just use the other button.

definitely a potential "oh ****" maker. I had left mine set to recovery and I use the power off charge mode a lot, usually I don't plug in till 10%. Personally, I just set mine back to charge mode for now.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
When i set it to "charge" mode, i didnt pay attention so i didnt notice it shut it self off for that, and when i went to wake it up it was off and my heart dropped
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
Maybe if enough people have heart attacks over crap like this verizon/motorola will actually unlock the bootloader so we don't have to use hacks like this...

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Maybe some one with an extended battery can help us figure this out....
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
It would charge with my atrix
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
In recovery mode? Sorry, just trying to clarify.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Yea
[Motorola Droid X2] LancerV:
Can confirm it does charge your phone in recovery mode
[Motorola Droid X2] dead5hea:
I actually just had that happen and it booted up fine after I selected reboot system now but I may have just been lucky...
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
I dunno if there's dragons or not, but one person confirming it will charge in recovery mode and you saying it booted. I'm going to go on a limb and say it's nothing to worry about.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] mobyj:
Can someone explain to me how to do a full system backup with this..... Thanks
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Any word on whether the chinese rom can be changed to english??? Wont it let us select the location to switch the whole rom to english??? I would figure it should... I may give it a try this weekend when I have the time and then post instructions as I need my phone for work during the week.... All interested let me know.... I'm willing to take on the challenge....
[Motorola Droid X2] ferg40:
I'm interested. I'll even try out what you fix. Lol
[Motorola Droid X2] MiniTru:
You couldn't have posted a non-blurred, legible image? Everything I've read on this thread leads me to believe that it's all a hoax.
[Motorola Droid X2] DAG425:
Cool, I may feel froggy tonight after class and give it a shot...
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
It is 100% legit I've even themed and flashed an update.zip containing a framework-res.apk to try it out.

Be a little optimistic and just try it out instead of filling the thread up with pointless posts like everyone that lead you to believe its a hoax, I bet they didn't even try it.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
It's not a hoax, I've made a back up and restored.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] funkencool:
if you look at my status bar you'll notice its different thanks to a themed framework-res.apk flashed in recovery. Not rock solid proof, but just a little more.
[Motorola Droid X2] MiniTru:
Thanks. I apologize, because I posted that remark before I got to the end of the thread, but as a new user I can only make one post every five minutes, and i got busy at work.
[Motorola Droid X2] magman687:
nice simple looking bar can u post more please and thanks for sharing with us :D
[Motorola Droid X2] Computer Dreams:
Can we get some liberty or rubix love now????
[Motorola Droid X2] ericerk:
Jrummmy just posted this "thinking of porting over Liberty to the Droid X2 :)"
[Motorola Droid X2] magman687:
:) guy does some good work i dont know much about makeing roms but i know he works fast
[Motorola Droid X2] Terri M:
c21johnson, You made headlines!!! Congrats!!

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...recovery-leaks-in-the-wild-download-available
[Motorola Droid X2] Computer Dreams:
I realllyyyyy hope he does, I've had my dx2 for only two weeks and I miss liberty so much
[Motorola Droid X2] DJJasonK:
Backing up as I type right now.

Download apk, install apk, open app, plug in charger, press flash button, press recovery button, and your in recovery. Volume up and down and power to select. So damn easy even a dj can do it. Haven't got a rom yet, so don't know it the back up works, but it looks good. Starting to like this phone finally. Who needs a donation to got this rom ball rolling?
[Motorola Droid X2] Computer Dreams:
Where's jrummy at????? Someone needs to direct him here
[Motorola Droid X2] onemotodroid:
Confirmed - This works GREAT!!

Download apk, install apk, open app, plug in charger, press flash button, press recovery button, phone will boot into recovery.

Volume up and down to highlight an items and than use the power button to select.

if you are this far than u should know how to do a nandroid backup and restore
[Motorola Droid X2] infinity8x3:
Does installing and running this apk change any of the phones internal software permanently?

If I uninstall the apk is there any traces of the software left that might hinder GB updates?

No biggie if not because a gb leak will prolly be out before moto/vzw gives us one.

Just wondering.
[Motorola Droid X2] juhde:
My experience with it shows that a factory reset removed anything it did, this leads me to believe opening the app, plugging in the phone, pressing charge mode, rebooting, then uninstalling the app will remove it completely.

This is purely speculative. Besides, a sbf should take care of it.

But in my opinion having it is better than not having it.

Sent from my DROID X2
[Motorola Droid X2] Terri M:
I was able to boot into Recovery and I was able to make a backup with NO problems!

Thank you for finding this!!
[Motorola Droid X2] magneticzero:
Should of just edited your first post in the other thread instead of making a new one :P
[Motorola Droid X2] mario9702:
Again thanks its works perfectly!
[Motorola Droid X2] c21johnson:
Couldn't edit for some reason. Is there a time limit on these forums?

Edit: Nevermind, that's silly. Earlier it wouldn't let me edit it and now it does. Haha, oh well. I will edit the original as well. A mod can feel free to delete this.
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr. Clown:
Huh? Didn't you open another thread:confused:

Threads merged.
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr. Clown:
Apparently, you posted almost at the same time I did. What I did is that I merge your 2 threads. I hope this ok to all of you.

Also, added this to the roll up sticky.
[Motorola Droid X2] mistawolfe:
Mr. Clown,

I've never seen you so nice, you must like that this has recovery.

Either way, I love it :)
[Motorola Droid X2] ferg40:
Yeah but the other one was all mucked up from all the Hatters and non believers. Lol
[Motorola Droid X2] ferg40:
Shouldn't have merged... To much bs to read through...
[Motorola Droid X2] Mr. Clown:
Thread cleanup ;). Back on topic, please.
[Motorola Droid X2] lakesdr:
any news on the chinese rom?
[Motorola Droid X2] magman687:
very nice work here friend was reading your how to guide and i feel it somes it up very well.

wouldnt happen to know if they had any kernals on that china site would you id love to play around with it. maybe put somthing out you can use
[Motorola Droid X2] kevinniven:
Nice

Just installed on my phone and worked perfect. Cant wait for CM7! I hate the stock moto crap.
[Motorola Droid X2] dragonzkiller:
If I remember correctly, this doesn't do kernels. The bootloader is still locked, so custom kernels are still out of the question. The ATRIX is unlocked now, maybe some hope for us soon?
[Motorola Droid X2] slvrbul:
Clockwork

Did I miss it I didnt find Koush's Clockwork. Glad that this is all beginning to come together. Can't wait for the Roms and hopefully the unlock for the bootloader !!!
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
Now i home that CWM/RM pick up this device so we dont have to depend on 3rd parties modding his updated recoveries...cant wait for ROMS
[Motorola Droid X2] romuloxiii:
Thank you for providing us with this info and for uploading these files!!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] hga101:
Finally the X2 is getting some real attention. Thanks to everyone who got this info together and all the hard work and many hours put into finding this! Cannot wait for ROMS! Really hoping to see liberty and cyanogen mod 7 for my X2.
[Motorola Droid X2] BBEvolution:
Mr. Johnson, you are the " INDIANA JONES " of the " Android World " !!!! Your persistence really paid off. Now we need Roms and an Unlocked Bootloader. God Damn good job !!!!;);)BTW, Financing available for ROM Development !!!!
[Motorola Droid X2] rancifer:
Worked flawlessly. Thanks to all involved.
[Motorola Droid X2] jajordo1:
just loaded it working great can't wait for the roms to start pouring in.
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
if we install a custom rom is all we have to do install the .apk again?
[Motorola Droid X2] Peperm1nt:
Being new to this, I have some questions...

1.. So I created the back-up of the INTERNAL SD, do I need to make one for the EXTERNAL SD?

2.. Can I delete the DL'd .apk to install the custom recovery and still be able to boot into custom recovery?

3.. IF THE WORST SHOULD HAPPEN! I SHOULD be able to boot into the custom recovery and restore with the file on the SD? Or do I SBF my phone>root>install custom recovery>reboot to CR>RESTORE?

4.. Do I need to backup the External SD?

I'm not completely illiterate when it comes to doing mods/hacks to locked devices, I just want to be thorough before i proceed with flashing.

***EDIT***

Having issues booting into system recovery, as in PHONE OFF> Power+Volume Down button > Loads fastboot txt > scroll to android recovery > I get an Android with a Yellow exclamation point ina white triangle. I have to battery pull to reboot the phone. I can go to Custom Recovery from within the app, just not while booting and it was installed successfully.
[Motorola Droid X2] slowz3r:
gotta go to the app, set it in the correct mode, plug your phone into a wall charger then reboot and it will boot itself into recovery
[Motorola Droid X2] Peperm1nt:
Well I was wanting to be able to boot up from phone being off cause that its the point of having custom recovery. But I figured it out, you have to boot phone up with ac charger and wait for the initial red moto logo to boot up and after two or three seconds hold volume down till it boots into custom recovery... Note tht u cant do this if u load the custom recovery and reboot within it with the reboot option.

Sent from my Bulletproof DX2
[Motorola Droid X2] booked:
Is there any way to boot into the recovery without being able to get to the homescreen? Like I could on my OG Droid.
[General Questions and Answers] xxpawzxx:
Is anyone else having a problems registering on BAMF's new website?

For me it comes back saying that the Captcha is not correct even though it checks out...even tested it directly on the Captcha website...
[General Questions and Answers] douglasbb:
Same problem for me

Annoying. I'd like to post a message to get help, but of course I can't do that until I am registered.

Did you get it resolved?
[Android Apps and Games] tombarr:
Seven+ Calculator for Android

The Seven+ Calculator is now open source on GitHub!

Current version: gamma two

Now introducing the custom WP7 style status bar (and the ability to disable it)!

This Calculator is now part of the Seven+ Project.

Features include history, shake to toggle vibration when a button is pressed, accent color chooser, and much more!

Please leave suggestions below, I would love to continue to improve this app!

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Announcing the release of the first application to be part of my Windows Phone 7 User Interface for Android: Windows Phone 7 Calculator. As such it is freely available on the Android Market. This is the first public beta, so expect bugs. Your feedback is highly valued so if you wish to suggest another application for development, inform me of bugs, etc. please do so. Below is the Market description:

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Inspired by the beauty and simplicity of the Metro User Interface, Windows Phone 7 Calculator offers an easy to use, effective alternative to the default Android calculator application. This calculator includes all basic operations (multiplication, division, subtraction, and addition) as well as advanced operations (sine, cosine, tangent, logarithms, exponentials) and more.

In the portrait orientation basic operations are displayed; in the landscape orientation advanced operations are displayed. The memory function saves a number and the preferred trigonometric mode (degree, radian, or gradian) even after the device is rebooted.

Press the menu button to be given the option to choose the preferred accent color, which will display using the fly out animation.

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This calculator is the simplest demonstration of my Windows Phone 7 User Interface for Android. Please head over to the donate version if you would like to support development. By donating or giving a good rating on the Market I know if I am doing a good job.

Thank you for reading,

- Tom

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DOWNLOAD

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You can download this app on the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tombarrasso.android.wp7calculator.
[Android Apps and Games] Saketme:
Great app and the transition is nice. Few basic things which I would like to see in WP7 Calculator:

1. I like it when the phone vibrates when any button is pressed, like when I press the menu button for changing settings.

2. Also, the settings button should change its color when I touch it.

3. When I choose a new accent, please take me back to the calculator interface immediately.

4. Give it a good icon please, the current one doesn't look good. Give it a metro icon.

5. History of performed calculations? I miss it as compared to stock calculator.

Rest is wonderful!
[Android Apps and Games] tombarr:
Cool, thanks for the suggestions.

1, 5) I will consider these. I'd prefer not to have an entire settings page just to enable/ disable vibrations. As for history, while I haven't used a Windows Phone 7 phone to verify, from what I've heard I do not believe that it a feature of the app. If so it should not be too hard to do, but I cannot figure out how the AOSP calculator stores history.

4) Where do you suggest I get a better icon? I am using the one from the Metrostation set. I am not much of a graphic designer, so making my own would only be worse.

2, 3) I just updated my UI framework to support these features, and implemented them into my calculator. In my next release I will include these.

- Tom
[Android Apps and Games] BenKranged:
May I suggest name it something other than "Windows Phone 7 Calculator" so microsoft doesn't send you a cease and desist letter.
[Android Apps and Games] tombarr:
Well I've published the previous #2 and #3 updates to the Market, go ahead and check it out.

As far as a name goes, if anyone has any suggestions feel free to let me know; I not sure what to call it. However a C&D from MS is too far fetched, worst case I change the name (are they going to say that they patented the standard layout of a calculator, or rectangles with solid colors?).

If anybody has suggestions for an icon, a name, or perhaps a way to get the project more publicity it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

- Tom
[Android Apps and Games] richiebm:
Good Start for a Metro like ecosystem on Android :)

Thanks for this calculator... It is well done and joins the list of my other Metro like apps ...

Since you are looking for a new name, how about naming it after a Greek alphabet... for example, 'Omega Calculator 7' or something .. This makes it sound cool..