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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ingenious247:
Rooting your phone is like getting under the hood of your car.

If you have never worked on a car, it would not be wise to just start pulling out plugs/wires, moving things around and installing enhancements as you would probably ruin your car and end up paying a mechanic to fix it.

However, if you take the time to read up on any changes before you make them, then you could end up with a turbo-boosted hot rod with a custom Chrome setup that not only looks better but performs like a champ.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TheMrRoxtar:
www.youtube.com/themrroxtar noob tutorials and rom reviews. Check it out. Plus everyone can find how to win a free Hercules at the end of this month!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hinghing1113:
for me, rooting is mainly removing bloatware.

just like when you buy a new laptop, they install a lot of crap and it slow your computer down.

rooting can remove bloatware and also give you more speed, but you might lose the upgrading from the OTA(official t mobile update) and need to check update in here.

but if you are ok with the performance that you can on your phone now, stay with it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] audscott:
It's all about the flash (yeah, bahby!) The custom ROM's can't be flashed without root: Forget about deleting/freezing unwanted applications and find a developers ROM you like - experiment a bit and have some fun with the phone.

As well, applications that require root - quick boot and appinstaller, are a must for me, making root mandatory for my phoning pleasure.

I had an HD2 before, and while there's greater variety in the ROM's, set-up to root is a biach on the HTC devices, so we can thank our lucky stars Samsung makes this easier (prolly not on purpose, though :D )
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] escrowdog:
What's up man...wheelerhomes from YouTube.

Enjoying my rooted sg2! Have to agree with some comments ...understand what you're doing or don't do it. I learned just enough to be dangerous! But am picking up more and more as I read. I do wish the tutorials went a little more into WHY you're doing this or that vs just saying do this. It confusing to grasp what rooting is but when start downloading Odin, loading superuser, clockwork mod recovery, titanium, etc its REALLY overwhelming not knowing what each step does.

I certainly did not need to root. But like all these phones, it started out nice and snappy and within a week it was glitching like my old vibrant ...all kinds of stupid crap running in the background. Rooting was stressful because I didn't know exactly why I was doing these different steps!! Once I did it I was stoked at how fast my phone was. Just flashed wifi stock rom today that whitehawkx put up and I'm already missing my Juggernaut! But wifi calling/texting is slick for my location!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Sui Generis:
OK,

- better battery life can serve me better...

- being able to install other apps (such call recorder) can also be beneficial...

The problem is that I come from the Windows side rather than the Linux or Apple so I do not excel into this so I am afraid not to brick the phone.

Having said that, it would be VERY, VERY, VERY nice of you (or everyone else with a very rooted stable phone) to post clear and "for dummies" instructions on how to:

1. root your phone

2. install customed rom (beastmod, juggernaut or odin, etc - upon your recommendation).

Many thanks in advance !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Installed clockwork mod recovery on the first boot while the phone was still in the plastic wrap. Rooted via superoneclick on the 2nd boot ONLY because you have to reboot after flashing clockwork mod.

The process is easy if you read the instructions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jr_718:
Like Allgamer said root equals control. You can do things with your phone even the carriers don't expect. Take an example.. Tethering. When you root your phone and use titanium backup to freeze or uninstall Tethering manager you can bypass Tethering charges. But if you never rooted then you just end up paying $15. So rooting can help a long way if you know what you're doing.. The list goes on..you can also unroot if your experience of rooting isn't what you want..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rayv88:
alright so I'm being forced to update. no idea what I should do though. I've read that you have to be on a stock kernel (Eg30). where do I go from here? both my baseband and kernel have EG30 in there amongst other numbers but I am rooted. any help would be great!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
It depends.

What method did you use to root and did you make any other changes to your ROM (/system) or Kernel?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rayv88:
I used Odin and I don't think I changed anything.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] thx84:
Looks like SE is once again trying to play nice with the android community!

If you want to try and see for yourself what ICS on Xperia will look like, click on the link below:

http://developer.sonyericsson.com/w...pha-rom-available-for-unlocked-xperia-phones/

Issues:

No wifi, bluetooth, fm, ant+, gapps, gsm
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] taaviu:
ONLY Xperia Arc S, Neo V, Ray :(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tinyXperia:
Isn't the Neo V the same, but with a different camera?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] thx84:
Yeah, but maybe some developers can adapt it for us...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tinyXperia:
Awww yeah! Lockscreen music controls. I will switch to the stock player!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] armando101:
It looks awesome with still gingerbread-ish look... (i know it's an alpha relase,but still looks great) :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] grizzlyspid86:
Use stock music player with megabass patch added, then it supercool!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] pawo99:
readme.txt from Xperia_neoV_ICS_alpha.zip :

* You must be using Xperia™ arc S, Xperia™ neo V or Xperia™ ray, running the latest Sony Ericsson software release (which is 4.0.2.A.0.42).

Please note that you can’t use the original Xperia™ arc or Xperia™ neo, as they have different partition layouts. :confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Androidddd2:
we can use rom for neo v!!! 5+ testers on rus forum 4pda...

camera work "bad"))

also many lags, but nice))

need wait...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] poyensa:
we continue here:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1393407
[HD7 General] devnode:
I was just wondering which is the most effective batterie on the market available for everyone for the htc hd7.

I've seen there are some batteries with like 1500mAh but people report thats its not even such effective + the original batterie is still better. (which was about 1250mAh i guess)

One step is to create energy efficient ROMs but on the other side it would be great to have a bigger batterie.
[HD7 General] jasonkruys:
Have a look in the HD7 Accessories section, which is a better place to look. All these threads are on the first page of that forum:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324509

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1299475

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1207894

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336081

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1280255

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1152948
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NutinButNubz:
Hi,

I am currently on MySam v1.5, and i tried restoring and installing videoeditor.apk. The installer runs but at the end stated application is not installed. Any idea how to go about restoring it?

Thanks
[HTC Incredible S] sabret00the:
Anyone else having an issue with the data connection dropping all the time despite having numerous bars worth of signal?
[HTC Incredible S] owziee:
Yes after the Sense 3.0 update I've got that problem too... It makes me think the reception bars are showing wrong (too high) values at times.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
Has anyone managed to make GTA III work on the Kindle Fire?

I managed to install it but right after the intro videos it jumps to my homescreen....

I'm using Chainfire3D with NVidia plugin....
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] huskerdu25:
I'm having the exact same issue, so frustrating!

I have a similar issue with some N64 games I play through the rom.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Printerscape:
I tried all sorts of methods, from Tegra APK, to Qualcomm APK (and direct to Kindle Fire, which should be PowerVR), and none of the three versions work stock.

Interestingly, they all had different size downloads.

I tried all sorts of combination with Tegra/Qualcomm/PowerVR (with respective APKs), as well as unrolling textures, disabling hi res textures, etc., and none seems to work.

The furthest I got was after the opening intro, and crashes back. It seems to be an openGL overflow, so... yea... nothing we can do.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] zirooo:
did you try the SGS 1 apk ?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] foxdog66:
hmm...

...
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] drcalypso:
no success on my side so far aswell :/
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] screwyluie:
Are you guys emulating? Its going to be released in the android market before too long
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] markkenzy:
-so sad. I love Gta III so much >.<
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] drcalypso:
We actually are talking about the, already released, android market version of GTA 3 and not about an emulated version.

huskerdu25 just stated that he has the same issues regarding some N64 Roms, if that's what made you think we're talking about an emulator.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Snak3x:
Here : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rockstar.gta3

Crashes for me too.

Rooted.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Skimp Killah:
Has anyone tried it on the latest CM7?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] michintom:
Tried it and it freezes after the rockstar logo.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] screwyluie:
Indeed was just making sure we're on the same page
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] dranyam:
The range of devices that this seems to run on is rather odd.... It runs fine on my Thunderbolt, but then I saw people talking about phones released after the TB with better specs that it seemingly would not run on. Sure would be cool if we could get it running on the Fire.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] wassupsumu:
best games working on kindle fire...

I have tried nfs shift, asphalt 6, GTA 3 but only nfs shift runs properly.....I had resolution issues with asphalt 6....gta 3 seems to return to home after video playback.....

What games toy are playing on kindle fire....especially HD games????? :)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] screwyluie:
Heavy gunner is great... in fact most games I play work well, shine runner is another that comes to mind, looks awesome the fire
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
i finally managed to get it going using this apk which is V1.1

started a new game and it was just stuck at the end of the loading bar

after 5min of impatience my kindle crashed and rebooted

MOD EDIT: NO WAREZ
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] HapaBiH:
I installed v1.1 and it works,no problems.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] foxdog66:
What was needed to make it work? Also, what sdcard data works? I was quite pissed to find these HD games don't work especially when i found out that Amazon does something attempt to cripple these games bought from the Android market and make special copies that they sell on their app store. I guess it's not that surprising....but i still don't want to rebuy several of these games just to play them on my tablet rather than my phone
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] wassupsumu:
I had earlier downloaded version 1.0 and let the app download its own data over wifi( roughly 450 MB)....but game used to return to home screen after initial video....

Now I had downloaded ver 1.1 ....and its working awesome....:D

---------- Post added at 02:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 AM ----------

Cant post the link here.....
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] the_scotsman:
Thread cleaned. Anyone else discussing or offering warez will receive a ban.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Android16:
Yea works great for me v1.1
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] alchemyst:
Is the one on the market v1.1?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
shoud be, can confirm 1.1 working fine...so you can support the devs and buy it....
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] alchemyst:
Got it working with the new update. Just let it download the data files itself once installed.

Quick q - how do you get to the ingame menu? My power button has a 'Menu' option as its CM7, but it does nothing. Same with Back. All I can do is go Home and then kill the app.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Android16:
Game plays fine, I played over an hour through a few missions and driving, running around town. One of the best game i have played on the Fire so far.

No lag, music plays great on radio while in cars, controls are pretty solid.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] smirkis:
i can confirm the update does work on my fire on cm7. question, does anyone know where the 400mb files gets saved to?

sent from my kindle fire
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
the data is saved here: /Android/data/com.rockstar.gta3/

i cant get into the game menu aswell, home-> kill the app, managed it once though but it was very stressfull as i had to tap the back button for a few seconds....

BTW: you can try to improve graphics using this tutorial... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399258&usg=ALkJrhhGUqdvqiXM4l59LDnuktWKS_taMQ
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Snak3x:
To get into the Game menu while in the middle of the game, keep repeatedly pressing 'back'.

Out of every 10-15 tries, it works once. Atleast it's better than force killing the app.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] victy23:
Can we have a solution?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] jcorv58:
Like a few others I have v1.1 working, managed to get to the menu by pressing the back button 50 times...game play is great albeit controls are still annoying, anyone else have a slight light leak on the edges where the controls are? I think im pressing too hard at times
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
v 1.2 is out, downloading now, maybe they fixed the back button thing...
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Snak3x:
Please confirm this after testing.

I'm weary of updating as apart from the 'back button' thing all else seems to work fine. The controls are a bit messy & 'oversensitive' though.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] dranyam:
I've paid for this on my HTC Thunderbolt and it plays fine on there... That being said how are you guys getting this for your KF? When I go to the market and search it won't even show up, and if I look in my devices over to the right when I go directly to the GTA III page is says it isn't compatible with this device? When obviously it will run on the device. Can I just use the .apk I downloaded on my Thunderbolt and sideload it?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mitzumr:
back button still doesnt work, i see a slight improvement in fps and control

and yes sideloading works, thats how i did it...
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Iztokhy:
HELP ME!!!!!!

Hey guys. Just got the kindle fire and I wanna try gta. Can someone please explain the steps I need to do so. Thank u so much in advance. Merry Xmas
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] bngkhoa:
- first time you must know how to install application on Kindlefire.

- Root your Kindle Fire to install Chainfire 3D, set plugins to PowerVR

- Install GTA 3 ver 1.1 and use wifi to download data game

- Play.

That my steps i did on my kindle fire.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Iztokhy:
im rooting now. Is there a link for this Chainfire 3D? did u install GTA3 on android market PC version? Thanks bro. Just trying to understand
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] johnsaldivar:
Not sure if it was legit . but I seen a video of a kindle playing game on CM7 on youtube
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Iztokhy:
HELP ME!!!!!!

I was able to get GTA3 to work on the kindle fire, but I have no in game sound. Only on the home cut screens. Is there anyway to fix this? Thanks
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Iztokhy:
It works!!!!

Ive got GTA 3 1.2 running very smooth with sound now. Its sick!!!! Ive always loved gta and this will keep me busy for awhile.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rukin5197:
I was going to wait for somebody to post this, but it looks as if im the only one getting it. When i press to download the sdcard files, i get this error:

Data download authorization error. Is the time on your device set correctly?

Yet my time is in fact set perfectly fine. Help would be appreciated :D
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] billyapd21:
where is everyone getting the apk from? Can someone pm it?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] irishmyles003:
Woot, got it working as well. Now that I know I have it working, I'm going to support the devs and download thru the market and then transfer it to my kindle.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rukin5197:
Download it on your phones market and sideload it on your kindle. The moderators will ban people for warez. It's already happened in this thread once
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] BigFuzzyArchon:
how do you close the game? lol

edit:

figured it out, had to keep pressing the back/menu button a thousand times
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] billyapd21:
It's not available for my phone! Sucks
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] irishmyles003:
Or you can push and hold the power button, its easier for me doing it that way anyway. Thats my preferred method of closing things anyways. I wonder if I can get it working on ICS, works good on CM7.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] BigFuzzyArchon:
holding power button turns kindle off....
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rukin5197:
Not on CM7
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] fleton:
1.2 is running perfectly. 1 issue I have ran into in the game so far, the mission bomb da base II, incredibly hard to beat with the controls.

Edit: Finished the level, just used the cheat to get all weapons then just blew them all away with rocket launcher.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rukin5197:
If someone could post a video on how to install this on CM7... that would be VERY nice (:
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] HDCowboy:
gannon5197......Google is your friend!!!! ;););)
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] androidcues:
can u make video on how to use google?

kthxbai
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] rukin5197:
Uhh sure: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=running+gta+III+on+Kindle+Fire
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] g. genius:
It works

My KF accepted the gta 3 file and runs great sound video playback is okay.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] knopv:
Graphics fix

Has someone tried this on a kindle. Maybe I'm just blind, but there is nothing in my SD folder. I just have Android/data/com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3/ many folders but no GTA.set...

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] irishmyles003:
When you look in /sdcard/Android/data/com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3 you should see 9 folders and then you'll see gta.set on the bottom. I simply extracted the gta.set file from that thread and replaced it. That's all you do.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] knopv:
Ok tried es explorer before and saw nothing. With root explorer it worked. Thanks
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] ASMAteMe:
I'm running 1.2 perfectly. Simply find a place to download it. It will even use its own installer to download the files.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] dj.lub:
It's running fine for me (also on 1.2). Just a little lag here and there, but it's totally playable.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] jb0ne:
Does this require Pro version of Chainfire 3d? I have the free version and see no plugins. Nor do I see any options to modify MSAA setttings. No options at all really other than load the driver and a few changes to texture compressions.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Misune:
You shouldn't need Chainfire 3D... but you don't need the pro version.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] The K-Zoo Kid:
I'm having the same problem... I was going to try and beat it with no cheats but it looks like I might have to
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] jb0ne:
Yeah I know it's OT I was thinking of using CF3D to enable MSAA in other games though. But no option for it in the free version nor any plugins.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Misune:
Ah, I see what you mean now. Yes the pro version allows this. I personal think it's a good investment.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] zandroidz:
I bought GTA a few weeks ago for my Galaxy Nexus, and just rooted my Kindle.

The Nexus is not rooted and I don't plan on doing so at the moment - is there a way to move the GTA from my Nexus to the Kindle without root?
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Dark__king:
gta 3 fix for fire

Hey guys i have the link but i need to post 8 times first :/
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] mdblaze:
I can also confirm that v1.3 works also.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] treo750ii:
Pm me the link if u need someone to post it
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] poopoo152010:
I know this post is kinda old, but I was having trouble getting it to run and came accross this thread. Got it to work and here's what I did (neither my kindle fire nor my galaxy nexus is rooted at the moment ). I used astro file manager to save a backup of the apk, then uploaded that backup to my box account. I then downloaded Box app from Amazon app store, logged in, opened the backup file installed and then it was up and running flawlessly after downloading the extra data. I first had trouble because the data download was interrupted, I just cleared data and re downloaded and was all good.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] ma.da.ladla:
gta 3 is not running smooth i deletedbit
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Damedus:
gta 3 runs fine for me on kindle only game that lags is shadowgun
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] jayhawk4life:
I downloaded GTA III from PandaApp on my rooted kindle fire before i installed a custom CM9 Kang rom and it worked fine and didnt crash and i didnt have Chainfire.

I had tried it before and it just crashed after the intro but for some reason it worked.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Medic Pro:
I just downloaded and flashed the gede ice from its brand new but so far no problems. I am able to see and play every game that I can think of including gta lull. Check it out in the development section.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] Damedus:
try backstab and a few other games they force close on me.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] 20031014:
it crashes all the time with an error: "io-error occured"

anybody have a solution for me ?

thx
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] johnnywayne28:
Works for me
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] doctor3d:
GTA III on Kindle

Hey FWIW, GTA III on PLAY store for $0.99 for a few upcoming days.

It seems to run ok on my gedeROM-ed Kindle EXCEPT NO audio ..
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] notdeadyet01:
Um... I'm kind of new here but, I just sideloaded the APK (memorial day sale FTW!) without rooting the Kindle (or even using a PC)

So for people with an unrooted Kindle..... you guys don't need to root to play this game.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
hey guys,

I just saw the "coin in phone magic" app. its awesome . i did a hell lot of search but could'nt get it. i cannot buy it. if anyone has the app, plz post .
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dildikodil:
no piracy please.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
Google makes you smart.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Can u get?'
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] electrash:
Yes i can, but i don't support warez :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Hey please man, g

help .

I got you can but how??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Just google it, if he found it, you can do it, too.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Man,

As I said I did hell lot of googling. I get any app I want but not this. Please try if u can.

Thanks
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aisleofview:
merry christmas

bazaarandroid search cip
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Thank you very very much.

Your the best!!

Xperia Arc (rooted)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Afzal57hhh:
Can u update to v3.2??

If possible

Xperia Arc (rooted)