yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yiannisthegreek:
This is good info but... There are other reasons to root a device other than just running custom ROMS such as the ability to use Titanium Backup (for backing up your apps / device), AD Free (for getting rid of ad's in free apps) along with other great apps that you can only use when your device is rooted.

I am running a custom ROM and you are correct, I have / had some bugs with it so in this case for a NOOB the OP may be best to stay stock for the time being but there are other reasons to root.

OP - All I can say is READ, READ, READ and the READ SOMEMORE... Good luck and welcome to ANDROID!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Klippetop:
As a fellow noob/semi noob I can highly recommend using youtube instead of text guides if available. There are a surprising amount of video guides that are alot easier to follow..

For me the posibility to do full and partial backups of my phone is the main reason i rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chjade84:
Right. He mentioned rooting for performance so I assumed he meant he wanted to use a custom rom/kernel/radio. I rooted mostly for roms (HTC Sense, sigh) and tethering but titanium backup was awesome (although less useful if you don't switch roms every week lol). Adfree was alright but I don't notice much of a difference. Overclocking was fun, too - but except for benchmark scores I didn't notice much of a difference either.

If I root again it will be stock ASOP and only for tethering --- but only if I can find a 100% stock rom with just the carrier-tethering-tracker file removed.

+1!

Youtube videos are much nicer than written guides. Just watch and follow along step-by-step seeing how everything is supposed to go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Esteway.619:
I actually made a how to video for the nexus s 4g on a Mac. And did it the same way on my galaxy nexus. Only thing u would have to do different is make sure u type in the right clockwormod recovery image but here's the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m3ypr4J5Gc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbuck1984:
You couldn't really pick an easier phone to root, I would do a lot of reading before having at it though. I was able to find a guide fairly quickly by doing a google search. I would link it but apparently I'm still a noob myself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
root causes random reboots?

LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sg1969:
I found this method to be the easiest, at least for me.

I was in the same situation a couple weeks ago, didn't know a thing about rooting but now I'm flashing custom roms and testing kernels :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1352413

good luck and have fun
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
Firstly, just use the device. Get used to Android before trying everything else. For all you know it might do exactly what you want it to without rooting.

If, after a week or 2 of using it, you want to explore rooting then read the rooting guides available online or in the Dev forum. Then give some ROMs a try! Better to find out for yourself which work for you than asking for a recommendation as what works for one user might be **** for another.

Also, learn how to use adb and fastboot as they'll come in handy in future (not enough people have any idea what to do). Try and do things manually as opposed to using one-click tools so you have the confidence to know what you're doing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] moviecouple:
Just got my AT&T Galaxy Note yesterday and saw that it has built in Hotspot functionality, you just need to have it on your AT&T plan for it to work.

So my question... is there a free app out there (for non rooted) that will allow you to do Wifi tethering even if you do not have it on your AT&T plan?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jdsemler:
There's no WiFi tethering apps for a non-rooted phone. Your only options are the apps like Tether (clockworkmod's), PDANet, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Zabalba:
If you were rooted, you could use Titanium Back up to freeze AT&T's "TetheringManager" and it will allow you to use the built in tethering (USB and WiFi) for free.

AT&T might have the ability to notice it. I wouldn't worry about it too much. They usually give warning before and action.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jeffmast:
Use FoxFi

Doesn't require root.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zoso28:
There's an app called FoxFi that seems to work well and doesn't require root or a tethering plan.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jamesyboy:
Foxfi. It's free. Never say never.and I might add...the Dev says it's for non-rooted phones only.

:-P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] faded03cobra:
Foxfi works like a charm for me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sweetboy02125:
Foxfi works perfectly for my GB but not with leaks ICS.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] holmanm:
Actually Dev Says:

Works fine on my rooted stock.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] faded03cobra:
Works fine for me with ICS leak
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sweetboy02125:
Used Collective ICS and not working
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mr-bits.com:
Sprint banned the app from the market, I am sure ATT and others will follow soon!

By the way, great app! +10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thefusz:
Bell charges a arm and leg here, hope they don't ban this app
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] zoso28:
At least it's out in the open now.. Even if it's banned you'll always be able to find it
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
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[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
it is highly recommended to do full wipe between flashes.

data/factory reset

/system

/boot

flash

fix permission

reboot
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
another just in case
[Droid Incredible Android Development] carlosirai:
First.... Yea i will try this looks great
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Akomack:
w000t
[Droid Incredible Android Development] collins521:
How's this compared to the one over on MIUI.us?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
What's broken?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
This is, i figured it's stable enough to be updated to beta. And i'm comfortable with having it in more than two threads now.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
emmc music, use doubletwist, or similar to fix for now, no true hw acceleration, and a popup when downloading from market about file size.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] collins521:
Hmmm ok I'll try it out, hopefully the calendar shows this time. I tried the MIUI.us one and didn't have a calendar
[Droid Incredible Android Development] lolreconlol:
Thanks! Will give it a shot when I get home later. :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tmoney468:
Will try this out when I get home, thanks for all your hard work on this!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
i've been working on that, it's been a lingering issue. but on my last 4 boots with install it's been there.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] collins521:
Just loaded it on and everything works as it should. Even put Apex on so now I have either MIUI launcher or stock launcher!

Although I'm having problems with root permission and the keyboard doesn't do as well as correcting like the AOKP ICS build

**Sorry didn't see the post about the SU flash...I'll try that**
[Droid Incredible Android Development] collins521:
Just thought I would put out my findings so far on this version:

Cons:

- After putting on the SU flash it seems to have helped with the root permissions. Root Explorer crashes on me when I open it, it asked for root permission and this FC's.

- The keyboard doesn't recognize words like the typical ICS keyboard does and puts the red line under normal words that you would use. Even changing keyboards it still does it in the messaging apps and things. Not sure if it's a translation thing or what. Like in notes I have "one call for scheduling" for some notes I took and all four of those words have red lines under them.

- Notes and a few other things aren't translated to English, still is in Chinese even though I have English set as the language.

- Autobrightness doesn't seem to work the best, it stays pretty dim after the screen goes off and back on.

Pros:

- Battery life seems to be good but I haven't charged completely to test, I just charged a light charge and has stayed at the battery level for about a hour now and I have used it slightly so it does appear that it's good.

- Not really by your doing but it's nice being able to use the Apex launcher with the MIUI launcher so you could have the vanilla ICS look as well as MIUI look without changing roms.

- Gallery works fine on my end as well as the external music files. Doesn't read the internal but that's already posted I believe.

Hope that's not to long of a post and provides some good feedback, Calendar showed up this time on this flash and everything else seems to be working like it should
[Droid Incredible Android Development] s_wall98:
Is the fixed ROM a flashover and is there a way to get rid of the "download size requires WI-fi"?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ChuckFarley:
Hey Mark, loving this rom so far. Seems really solid and am looking forward to the next update.

Was the 1x4 miui music widget removed? I'm only seeing the 4x4. Any way to get that back?

Just rembered: the Facebook sync, under accounts and sync, doesn't work. When you choose it, it just returns you to the account list.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
If the widget was removed it was because of china, we should see it again soon though. This week they reintroduced their "custom music" app. For facebook sync, ICS removed it, you will need to download an app from market, i use http://tinyurl.com/7snt9sw from market. It syncs all contacts and pictures. Just add account from settings>accounts and sync
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gatormark08:
I am still trying to disable that, a workaround is Downloads app> settings> disable notification
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ChuckFarley:
Thanks for the info! Surprised to hear ics removed Facebook integration. I'm a sucker for that kind of baked in goodness, but luckily there's usually an app for it.

Thanks for your work on this rom.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aeckert:
No update as far as miui.us is concerned. I've tried following Mark's twitter lately, but finding updates between tons of direct messages is tedious.

I did put my own miui port together last night just to see if the ICS updates would make anything better on MIUI... well, some things are smoother, but it doesn't fix my Netflix issue (won't play on MIUI v4), so I'm possibly going to drop MIUI for the time being. Shame, really... I've been using MIUI since Froyo. Love the look and feel, but the support is not great for the Inc.

As for your "insufficient space" error... I started getting this as well. Seems it partitions off a small amount of space for internal storage (even though the Dinc has like 8gb internal). I ended up using Apps2SD and moved a few of the bigger apps (some of them 20+mb) off internal and over to the SD. I don't get the insufficient space errors anymore.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] orfius christ:
Sir, do you possibly have said build on any online storage facilities?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
I also would be willing to give it a shot.Netflix isn't important to me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aeckert:
It was just a personal-use build for testing and won't be published. I layered an official desire miui port into cm9.

If you have an hour of time, you can follow this and have your own build to tweak as needed.

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1738495.html
[Droid Incredible Android Development] orfius christ:
Thanks man! I'll get on this as soon as I wake up tomorrow :D
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Osiris19:
Well is there anyway to fix this so that I don't have to keep moving apps whenever I get it?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aeckert:
The reason this happens is that the Incredible was programmed with an "app partition" which is a separate storage block from the internal storage the phone comes with.

To temporarily resolve:

Boot into Recovery and select Wipe Cache Partition, then reboot

Your apps and data will still be intact
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Osiris19:
I think it worked. Thanks.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
So is miui dead on the Inc now? or is someone still working on it? I loved using it before and really want to see an update for it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
Last update was in June. I hope it's not dead. I think he's on twitter, you might find some info on there as to what he's up to.

He did say in July that he wasn't done with it yet. @itsmarkhoj
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 7he Messiah:
There is another MIUI ROM made by another individual that you could check out. It's been updated more recently than this one has, I believe.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
yeah I have tried that one and I didnt like it, way too many things were in Chinese and it was pretty frustrating to use it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 7he Messiah:
Ah, I haven't tried it myself, but I could see that being a problem.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
yeah there is also A LOT of bloatware on it that you cant really use because it is all in chinese. also from what i have seen no gapps has been able to work with it so you dont have a play store.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] 7he Messiah:
If you know what the bloat is, you could delete it from the zip prior to flashing the ROM, I suppose. Regarding gapps, have you tried Evervolv's JB gapps (we are talking about the JB MIUI, right?)? I would think those should work..
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
I honestly would not be able to delete it because it was all in chinese. I did try the JB miui but for some reason i couldnt get it to work because it kept saying something about a permission not being able to be granted and it would abort the install.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aeckert:
The rom on MIUI.US looks to have been abandoned. Mark posted a tweet early July about being busy but was planning to continue work. Since then, he hasn't mentioned MIUI. He also got a new phone I believe, so his contributions would purely be for the handful of people who bother visiting the DInc forum over there.

There's quite a bit of Chinese leftover, and there are some apps baked in that I personally didn't like. There is an ICS and JB build on this forum, as well as the QISS ME rom, which is a sister clone of MIUI. They are all posted by the same user.

Personally, the rom built by the MIUI.US team was great because it gave us a clean experience with great functionality and style. The miui roms listed on this forum --though similar in appearance-- didn't have the same feel. I'm currently on Albino's JB build, and it honestly feels as good as MIUI used to.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Pons:
Just saw this tweeted:

http://twitter.com/leeechMiui/status/242468558175625217

"@leeechMiui: Miui.us inc jb uploaded.. just looking for someone to test data for me.. tweet @leeechMiui*for link to test"
[Droid Incredible Android Development] withbloodskies:
Anyone else think Miui is getting too far in the incredible?

I mean the ICS works great but could be better, now they are dabbling in jb..

Its at no means disrespect but I feel they should top off ICS before moving to Jb. Even the GB version still had some issues lol..
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
I also saw this post & responded with a tweet @ leeech. I was VERY excited to see that he is once again developing for the Inc as his builds where very stable. As far as mark and the ICS build it did have some issues but was also appreciated and I fully respect that life often gets in the way of things and people have to move on from things.

So that all being said I totally look forward to a stable JB build from leeech. I would like nothing more than too test drive his build if still needed. I love my incredible and have no plans on upgrading as this phone is a great little device with alot of life still in it.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
Nice Labor Day present.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tcberg2010:
I tested it for him this morning to verify data worked. Still a tad buggy but nothing unexpected..looking forward to his updated one with some fixes
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
I have been testing all day. I'm off this week so I don't mind dealing with the bugs if it will help leeech out with updates.I have to say for a alpha its pretty darn stable.I have not had any force closes or reboots. There has been some lag in the keyboard, glitchy when opening Google plus and plume. That being said I'm stoked that he is working on the inc again .oh and Google now seems to be working fine.:good:
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tcberg2010:
The lock screen seems to be slow..but the rom runs awesome overall.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
Agree.Also the music app doesn't read my music on internal.Camera is only 3mega pixel and no camcorder. Still not deal breakers for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tcberg2010:
Camera and camcorder and jellybean issues not specific to this rom.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Pons:
Try a different camera from the market, like ics (free or paid) or jb (paid) cameras.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
Anyone know when leech is going to release the JB build he is working on? I read a tweet that said he was going to release it last night but I haven't seen anything since that tweet.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
Haven't heard but I'm sure he's trying to work some things out before a release. I think I speak for alot of people when I say I'm very excited to see where leeech takes this.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
yeah I am very excited to see what he has done with miui, it is my favorite rom to use so I hope it is as good as the previous ones were
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
He posted on twitter about a sneak peak on goo.

Can't find it though.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tcberg2010:
Browse all. dev/Miui/inc
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
Think this might give this thread a little bump.

leeech ‏@leeechMiui

Inc 2.9.7 available on http://ROMs.miui.us

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Experiencing boot loop. Md5 checks out. Gonna re-download & try again.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] KennyJive:
Getting the same thing. Shame.

Edit/Update: Leeech pulled the build, probably to check it over.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
He pulled it and will work on it in the morning. He said it booted fine for him.

Can't wait to run this.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
He said an twitter that the new build is up and needs feedback.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
cha ching!!!!! Booted
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Osiris19:
How is it? I'm too busy right now flashing Albinoman's JB RC1 update, but I'd like to see how the new MIUI is.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
A few issues I've noticed. Music player doesn't see music on either internal or external, photos don't show up from previous miui install. Trying to install app from market and get error not enough space ( 4 gigs free).
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Osiris19:
Clear your cache, or look up the EXT4 mod.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] leech2082:
figured id stop by and say whats up.. for those who dont know me i worked on the inc a long time ago before moving on to inc2,kindle fire, transformer prime , galaxy nexus... since i dont have my prime anymore of my kindle and the galaxy nexus build is pretty much taken care of i figured id jump back in to help mark out since he took over for me all those months.. I know we have some issues to over come. some are rom wide meaning every rom has them.. others though i should be able to squash.. I have had 2 phones since inc so i dont run it everyday so i need feedback from u guys as much as possible.. so of you may remember me if youve run miui on inc for awhile..I said a long time ago that i wouldnt let inc die as long as it can be ported. I take great pride in our site and our roms. if you run a miui on a phone and miui.us supports it , well then u can say its gonna be the best.. few things to look forward too.. toolbox is in this week, i just posted a fix for themes on twitter, working on being able to mount storage to pc right now.. also miui jb weather for US sbhould be included next week as well as google now..

for the guy who said gb wasent great then they started porting ics and then that wasent solid now they are doing JB... well the truth is you roll with the punchs and try to stay up to date.. IMO im not going to sit around working on ICS miui when I can move up to JB with all the new **** miui is coming out with week by week so you guys can run it and fix **** as i go.. Remember im not here doing it cuz its my device im here doing it because inc is where i got my start and dont want u guys getting left behind if i can help it.. best way to get intouch with me is twitter and if you are the type that likes irc.. then freenode #miui-us is always a place im hangning out .. we try to keep conversation going so its not always about miui but we have a fun time...... see u guys later..

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oh also im looking for someone to create a new thread for the JB build and help me in making sure it gets updated weekly and be my point man sicne i cant watch the threads all the time.. would need u letting me know if people here and having issues etc.. if no one wants to that ok too.. if u are interested hit me up on twitter @leeechmiui
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Aeckert:
leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech. Glad you've stepped in. MIUI would be good. Figuring out the Netflix issue would be great. Just throwing that out there :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bobAbooE:
If anyone flashes and has trouble with root apps, go into permissions, then apps and trust that app. It worked for me.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Osiris19:
I tried the rom for a few minutes. I liked.it, but didn't have time tto play with it. Ill flash it tomorrow.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] culpn8r:
Is this good enough for a DD or is 12.9 still the best bet
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zachf714:
Leech any problems that u are having
[Droid Incredible Android Development] D.A.N.:
Where is the older 9 12 rom at?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
http://goo.im/devs/miui/inc/MIUI.us_inc_v4.1_2.9.7_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_leeech.zip

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all the old releases http://goo.im/devs/miui/inc
[Droid Incredible Android Development] D.A.N.:
Where is gingerbread miui stable release at?

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Sorry. Thanks for the link.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] sjgeek89:
http://goo.im/devs/miui/inc this has the old Gingerbread,ICS & JB releases

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[/COLOR]all the old releases http://goo.im/devs/miui/inc[/QUOTE]
[Droid Incredible Android Development] ck04:
Anyone that has downloaded the most recent miui for inc (2.11.9) have any trouble trying to install it?

I keep getting

symlink: some symlinks failed

E: Error in /sdcard/download/MIUI.us_inc_v4.1_2.11.9_Eng_Deo_ZipA_signed_0xD34D.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] Shakes27:
Same here, might have to do with the size? I'm not sure. Then again, if it's failing with symlinks then it might be there's a symlink that's not right. Honestly I'm just talking out my ass lol fingers crossed that someone knows what's going on with that.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] tiny4579:
What's your recovery?