[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] The Great Dane:
F.A.Q For HTC FLYER

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F.A.Q For LeeDrOiD FLYER

Quickies

- When you flash the ROM, you*MUST*complete at least one full boot before applying any patches or themes.

- For some of the below operations,you will need a root explorer. A good one is ES File Explorer, free and with root access. You will need to check root access in settings and mount system for it to work.

- The*first boot*after flashing any rom can take up to 10 mins (especially following a full wipe), this is because the dalvik-cache needs to be re-built.

- Do I need to*wipe?*It is always recommended, however you can just flash the rom over the current one without a wipe, providing you are using the ROM from the same Chef and that the base build is the same. A full wipe should be done if you face continuous troubles with the ROM or feel performance is not what it should be.*

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F.A.Q For LeeDrOID FLYER

Q 1: How do I flash this ROM?

Assuming you have S-Off, and have installed a custom recovery – Reboot the FLYER into recovery (switch off then back on holding volume down, at the fastboot menu select recovery). Select “Install Zip from SD Card” – Select the ROM from your SD and press power – Confirm and you are good to go.*

Q 2. What is S-OFF or Recovery?

A detailed explanation on how to is below:

What is S-OFF?

S-OFF means that the NAND portion of the device is unlocked and can be written to. The default setting for HTC devices is S-ON (write protected), which means that neither can you access certain areas of the system nor can you guarantee a permanent root

Do i need Rooting?

An unrooted device is like logging onto the guest account of windows, you can do many things, just not everything

Think of Acquiring root as having Administrator Access on the device, so you can install/modify/fix/break anything you want.*

What does clockwork Recovery do?

Clockwork allows you to flash Unofficial Roms and Themes via zip files on your SD card, also you can make backups of your current rom and wipe certain types of memory. (User data, system, boot, cache, dalvik cache)

What is flashing?

Flashing refers to Downloading themes or apps or Roms onto your SD Card and then installing them using clockwork or any other utility where the phones Operating System is modified

Q 3: Which radio should I use?

This is a trick question. According to many users over the years, they have recommended to change the radio only if you are facing troubles with the current one that you are using. Radio is a very very very location specific thing. So, what works for me, may not work for you.*Here Here*is a good thread discussing radios and their performance. Generally, Lee will put the recommended radio in the first post.

Q 4: Is the radio included in the ROM? How do I flash?

No, you will need to flash the radio separately.

Easiest steps to flash a radio is (assuming you have*sdk*and*HTC Drivers*and are SOFF)

- Put the radio.img in the folder where fastboot is under sdk\tools

- Turn off your phone and and reboot into Bootloader and select fastboot, connect the phone to the pc - now you show see Fastboot USB on the phone.*

- Goto command prompt on your pc. Goto the folder with Fastboot.

- Type*fastboot flash radio radio.img*and watch it write the new radio.

If the file is named PG58IMG.ZIP, then simply copy it to the root folder of the sd card and reboot into bootloader and follow instructions on the phone screen.

Read about radios and RILs*here*,*here*and*here.

Information on*RIL*can be found*here.

Q 5: Right or recommended order of flashing?

Wipe>ROM>Reboot> Radio.

Q 6: Should I use a task killer on the LD ROM?

Check this and decide for yourself... (Lee would say NO)

Q 7: Backup? What is that?

A good idea is to back up all your data and settings from the phone before flashing a new rom with a full wipe. Best app available is*Titanium Back up(included in the ROM)

The best way to back up the contacts is to sync it via HTC Sync or via your gmail.

Q 8: Are Nandroid and Titanium backup the same thing? How do I manage backups?

No, Nandroid backs up the ROM and Titanium backs up the applications. Nandroid is what you do using the recovery and it makes the exact image of your ROM along with the data.

Q 9: On what occasion will I lose my data (apps, contacts etc)?

Only when you apply the full wipe or the super wipe (see next question, Answer 3). When you just flash a rom or a .zip from recovery, it will not wipe anything unless otherwise mentioned.

Q 10: I was on stock (or another rom from another cook) and I flashed LeeDroiD ROM, now I am having some problems.

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1. Try to rebooting the FLYER and see if it makes a difference.

2. Reboot into recovery and clear cache and dalvik, reboot the FLYER and clear data of the apps causing problem.

3. If nothing else works, then use the*Full Wipe*from the first post above or “SUPERWIPE”. Beware: A superwipe/ full wipe will erase EVERYTHING on the FLYER. So be sure to backup what you want.

Q 11: How do I flash Full wipe or Superwipe and what does it erase?

Copy the .zipfile to the SD Card and flash it via recovery. DONOT REBOOT once it is done, flash the ROM straightafter. The full wipe will erase data, cache, system and format in EXT4 partition. Superwipe will erase data, cache, system, boot and system files on SD card (EXT4 again).

Q 12: The screen is not very responsive and is lagging.

Let the FLYER settle down a bit after you unlock it. It generally needs a few seconds to kick up the CPU.

Q 13: The market is not installing anything. Gives error.

Reboot into recovery and select “clear cache partition”. And under settings - applications - Manage applications - under the Market app < Clear Data>.

Q 14: I don’t like the CRT on and off animations, what can I do to disable these?

CRT Animations are*NOT*included.

Q 15: My battery is draining heavily*.

When you first flash a ROM this is what happens. Give it atleast one full charge cycle and it should come back to normal. If required, reboot into recovery and clear battery stats. It is advisable to do so on 100%. Here is the*battery caliberation*app from the market. You can try this.

The battery calliberation script is now included in the rom and stats wiped when at 100%, automatically. This is done only once.

Q 16: Should I run the FLYER battery to zero percent, and what if it does??

Absolutely not! Both the current recoveries are giving problems while pulling the battery up from zero percent.

Q 17: I am getting random lines across my screen on some widgets.

This is a fairly common problem. A Quicke remove the widget and re-apply it or to use a different skin.

Q 18 Some games that use the motion/G sensor are not working as they should.

Re-Calibrate your Gsensor – Settings – Display – Gsensor Callibration

Q 19:dont like the animations. Dont want them.

Go to spare parts, and disable all animations OR go to settings - display - animations.

Q 20: How do I disable or change the boot sound?

You will need to a root explorer to do this. On your phone, using the root explorer, navigate to data\local. Rename the file android_audio.mp3 and reboot.. Viola - No more boot sound. To change, rename the one you want as the boot sound to andoid_audio.mp3 and place it in data\local folder.

Q 21: And the bootanimation?

Data\Local again. Replace the bootanimation.zip file with the one you want. The new file must be named bootanimation.zip.

Q 22: Can I modify frequencies using SetCPU?

Yes, You can use SetCPU

Q 23: GPS Problems?

Try*faster fix the market. Has helped a few members.

Q 24: SuperUser Force closes.

Goto Setting - Application - Manage Application - Super user - Clear Data. And, go to Super user application and click the right most icon on the top of the application (top right corner) and re-update the binaries. Also, go to settings and disable logging, its a bug in su3.

Special thanks to Senior member and Moderator Prateek Gujral:cool: for inspiration to this faq.

Feel free to PM me if something else should be added.:cool:

Pls. Look at Lee´s 1st post in this thread for further explanations.

IMPORTANT​

Jailbreaking and rooting could soon become illegal again, unless you act now.

Back in July of 2010 the US government ruled that jailbreaking and rooting weren’t a crime as long as the intention behind them isn’t circumventing copyright.

The ruling is set to expire soon and unless renewed, jailbreaking and rooting of smartphones will become illegal once again.

An organization called the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) has issued a petition that anyone can sign – the idea is to get enough objective opinions in favor of renewing the ruling. The EFF also wants to add tablets to the agreement.

You can find all the details on the source link below. Keep in mind that signing up to renew the agreement closes on February 10.

Whether jailbreaking is legal or illegal may not matter much to the end user, but not voting for legalization would surely put all the hard-working devs outside the law.

https://www.eff.org/pages/jailbreaking-not-crime-tell-copyright-office-free-your-devices