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[G2 and Desire Z General] dancetoexpress:
Hey all!

I finally decided to root my phone after having it for about two years or so. I don't know why I never bothered, but decided to do so today. It was a bit of a hassle, even with the instructions that I found (the same ones I found in this thread), but I finally got it to work! I just flashed my first rom (Gen.Y VisionX R2 ) and so far I'm liking it, but I don't really know what's out there in terms of what I can do (customizing options, speed/performance, overclocking, and all that).

But anyways, great links in this thread :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] ahmedrzvi:
without downgrading to 2.2 Froyo, there's no way to Root desire z 2.3.3, if you are already on 2.2 and you can continue rooting procedure. make sure to follow the instructions correctly and (copy past the command do not type it>> IMPORTANT) :cowboy

Ahmedrzvi
[G2 and Desire Z General] Abdullah Dot:
Recently got my vision on 2.3.3 and already soff . Now I'm not sure what to do.

Which root method could be the best option now
[G2 and Desire Z General] manchuia:
The rooting page on XDA links to the PDFs that have step by step guides, but the tools that are used/referenced are no longer available for download. This is a step above the Cyan page which is just plain gone.

Can anyone point to currently active steps in rooting the phone? I have it downgraded, I just need to root it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cevad:
Im in a similar situation, bought a Desire Z from Ebay, already has bootloader unlocked and s-ff (was like this when I got it). Unfortunately, I upgraded to Gingerbread before I realised this was an issue with rooting.

Have tried a few different guides, but it appears as though the fr3yo file is no longer available.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gzimzzz:
thank you im rooted :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] asotiriou:
Hi.

I purchase desire z from ebay. From the first time i have some issues with the phone. Touchscreen was pressing by itself etc. I asked for help and told me that was digitizer fault. Before that i thought that may be they didn't flash the ROM corectly so i returned to stock froyo but i don't think i'm rooted.

I gave it for repair and after some days they gave me the phone back and told me that it is ok. To tell you then truth the problem it wasn't so intense so take it from there. I turn it on, played al little and turn it of. I made a charge for 5 hours. After that device turn on, go to menu and after some seconds reboot and reboot and reboot.

I have tried to install CWM with this method but i can't. At first step says "sending file" but after i got message "failed"

I know here are the most experienced guys that will try to suggest me a solution before sell it for parts.

Thank you very much

Antonis
[G2 and Desire Z General] fmstasi:
Changing ROM

Hello,

I rooted my DZ a few weeks ago, without any issue; I did everything which was mentioned in the instructions, so I suppose I have S-off, rooting, and whatever. Of course I don't remember anything at all.

Now I'd like to change ROM, mainly because, in spite of using CM 7.2, which is widely recognized as one of the fastest, I am having several issues with performance. I read around that a "superwipe" may be useful, yet I don't remember having done it last time. So, my question is: what are the steps I should perform? I should maybe mention that I have ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.2.4 installed.

I hope this is a correct 3D to post into, if it isn't please take into account that I am new in this forum :angel:
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
All links you should need are in here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43195539
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagytb:
Hi All,

I m trying to go back from android to winmobile and my device is stuck...

In bootloader (3 colors) i have the following error: "upgrade rom code error please try again"

I have tried to flash different winmobile roms include RUU_Leo_S_HTC_WWE_3.14.405.2_Radio_15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14_LEO_S_Ship and i have tried to flash HAED SPL 4 and i received error in device id...

In bootloader it appears correctly with SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE, and in the white eare it write Serial in in the begining and when I try to flash it change to USB.

The main problem is that I have tried to flash Energy.Leo.21916.Sense2.5.Jul.04 above android it stuck on 4% and I can't reflash anymore, when i try to reflash it stuck on 0% no matter what I do.

In bootloader (3 colors) i have the following error: "upgrade rom code error please try again"

Please advice...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
do you have a tmous hd2? because if you do you are VERY lucky not to have bricked it, , the tmous CANNOT just take any old stock rom, it MUST be a tmous stock rom, and that one listed above isn't.

go get the real tmous rom, try to flasj it over usb with the phone in bootloader, , if it fails, extract ruu_signed and flash it from sd card (4gb sd card or smaller, , bigger wont work)

If you get any errors (especially the blue writing on white when you sd card flash, , example ''radio fail'') let us know.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagytb:
I have european device no Tmobile device.

Is there any hope?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
Well rom update error usually means you tired to flash the wrong rom over SD card whilst hspl is installed, however since you say it still says 2.08.hspl then its not that,

(incidentally, that's not a correct spl,,,2.x are tmous spls, they'll work on the reg HD2,and are required for magldr Android etc, but they can cause issues going back to stock, nothing critical, but can annoy )

I personally think you have a stuck radio,, confirm this by flashing the correct rom from SD.

By correct rom, i mean if the phone is originally a german o2 phone, flash the german o2 rom, if it was bought rom unlocked (this has nothing to do with the network lock), from for example carphone warehouse, in the uk, then use the wwe rom, for uk voda, use the uk voda rom, only the correct rom will flash from sd card.

#take note of what it says, blue writing on white background, during the flash.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sagytb:
first, thanks for your help, i manage to flash wwe roms, but when i try to flash hard spl, it stuck again, in the phone, in bootloader menu (3 colors) i see usb mode and it doesn't continue to flashing mode (black screen) and it stuck on the SPL execution as well, some times i receive unknown errors.

I have tried to flash from sd card several wwe roms (i have no idea what was the original) and the problem is the same.

Any solution ?

Can i flash hard spl from sd card?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
no, you can't.
[HTC One X] viizx:
Hey, so I am now ARHD user, but before I was on CM10. I loved the speed and that pure android. I had only one problem and that was battery life. So I saw that ncx kernel has pretty nice battery life. But is it still nice with the CM10? And should I get the extreme ncx or normal? Thank you all in advance.
[HTC One X] viizx:
Help someone please? Just give me opinion on those two together?
[HTC One X] tomascus:
Why don't you try it yourself? Personally I use it for all ROMs

Sent from my cardboard box
[HTC One X] viizx:
I am just wanted to know is it worth trying it in CM10? Can you tell me are you using extreme or normal version?
[HTC One X] -Koze-:
with cm10

i use ncx v10b1 standard run stable save battery than stock kernel and no heat issue.but still have Small issue

ncx v10b1 extreme don't test
[HTC One X] AboulSAM:
i don't know about those two together. U can try faux kernel which has great battery life and then compare the two with the stock or whatever
[Galaxy S III General] sshanky:
I'm a long time android user, having used an Evo for about a year (upgraded to ICS), and also playing with the G Nexus. I recently switched to an iPhone 4S just to see how I'd like using iOS, and overall, after a few weeks, I'm pretty pleased with the ease of use and smoothness of it. Siri has turned out to be a nice bonus - it's nice to set reminders, send texts, have messages read to me while driving, etc.

I have an opportunity to trade my 4S for an i9300, and I'm very tempted, as I've always wanted a GS3. Obviously, i'm very familiar with the differences between the two operating systems, but I'm wondering if anyone can give me some input on the GS3, specifically with JB, so that I can better understand this phone and what ownership and daily use would be like.

Anyone else move to the GS3 from an iPhone? Is the GS3 really as awesome as people say it is?

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
Don't make the switch yet, as there's only a week to go to the new nexus announcement. While the GS3 is running JB right now there is no guarantee that samsung will update it to KLP once it gets released, and Cyanogenmod is not a viable option without proper documentation from samsung(not as smooth as it should be).

I'm selling my Sgs3 come October 29th.
[Galaxy S III General] bobsie41:
Get the iphone 5. It's brilliant (and really big!).
[Galaxy S III General] TheCraig:
Samsung will if they updated the S2 to Jelly Bean.

I would swap if I was in your position.
[Galaxy S III General] Toss3:
S2 is still on ICS, as far as I'm concerned, and just because they promised to update it, doesn't mean they'll actually deliver.

I just don't see the point in buying a non-nexus device anymore unless you like being stuck with an old OS version that is not 100% guaranteed to be updated in the future.

JB is still not available on the non-branded SGS3, and that's a week before the launch of android 4.2, a version of android that our phones are not guaranteed to see until sometime next year, if we are lucky.
[Galaxy S III General] chwads2k8:
gt the s3 lte alot bettrr with 2gb ram
[Galaxy S III General] Nick14:
Get an xperia T instead as it's supports development as contrary to s3 which samsung hasnt releasesed proper source = no good AOSP/CM
[Galaxy S III General] dark_polok:
Agree with Toss3. S3 lacks proper documentation support at the moment and chances of them releasing the documentation is slim. And with Nexus 4 just around the corner, I'd say you wait a few days n then decide.
[Galaxy S III General] zedular:
Well i have been using iphone since iphone 3 (4 and 4S included) was released and made switch to sgs3 in september. To tell the truth i like s3 much more phone is describable with only one word: GREAT. And i like it much more than iphone. Especcially now with that apple maps disaster, 2nd important thing no need for dedicated software for sync with pc (i.e. itunes). Just copy paste movies and music from PC. 3rd storage. S3 comes with max 64 gb internal mem and supports 64gb microSD which is double of largest iphone... there are more points but this are main at least for me
[Galaxy S III General] instinctkiller:
I used to have iPhones (since the first until the 4S).

I sold it and i took a S3.

No regret so far ! I love tweaking everything and trying different ROMS !
[Galaxy S III General] kerman19:
I bought my S3 outright quite a few months before my contract was due for renewal. My renewal since arrived and I opted for the iPhone 5, I used it for less than 24 hours before sending it back.

WAY too many apps that I use on my S3 have not yet been adapted to the iPhone 5, which considering I had to pay for them was pretty shocking. Also vs my S3 using SwiftKey, typing on it was a ball ache.

I can't deny thought that it does look nice, and then you turn it on :)

I'll probably wait to renew and go for the next Nexus device.

Phil
[Galaxy S III General] sak500:
I can add more as well, like customization right from get go no need to JB, true widgets on screen and not just bland rows of icons, have a nandroid backup and not have to worry about screwing up modding and losing everything since in matter of few mins you can restore your last backup, unlike backup u do on itunes and lose half of the stuff and then spend half a day trying to recover or reinstall apps and games and still lose the save progress.

Yes i'm a jumper from iPhone4 32gb and dreaded every FW upgrade but on Android platform u can just peform complete formation of system and reinstall the o/s or back up from your extSD card without even hooking to a pc.

For me it was a good jump after using iphone 4 since 2010 but now i can hardly stand my wife's 4s after jumping ship in MAY. I think if you go with the newer iteration of S3 International Specs but with LTE and 2GB then you have a winner. Dont' bother with el cheapo nexus devices as the software on S3 is amazing barring TW, smart stay, smart alerts, briefing alarm, smart call and tons of other touches which makes it so simple to use and i feel withdrawal when using my other android phone.
[Galaxy S III General] danoer:
I have bought the s3 and i'me very satisfied. IOS is far away from Android.
[Galaxy S III General] seppfett:
I am a dual user of an old 3S and a SG3. Basically I find IOS excellent for work and normal use: telephone, music, messaging, etc. One can just use it - from kids to oldies. ..

My SG3 is great to install roms und play around with android. There are however lots of bad and underperforming apps. I would not recommend it to my mother. ..
[Galaxy S III General] sshanky:
I forgot to specify that the GS3 i would trade for is not compatible with LTE on ATT, and only works on edge on TMobile, or at least that's what I *think*. This bothers me a bit, even though I use straight talk and AT&T's HSPA service is fast enough for me. I would like to know that I could go to Tmobile if i wanted to, but with this phone, I cannot.

And as some mentioned, with the new Galaxy Nexus being announced soon, and the pricing bound to be reasonable on it like the current nexus, it may make sense to just hold on to my iphone 4S (as its value is still high) and wait it out. The GS3 values are bound to drop faster than the iphone's.
[Galaxy S III General] IntenseTorture:
I would like to share my opinion here. Its you who has to choose. If you want to do a lot more with your phone then i suggest you get S3. I have used iphone and i personally din find it better than android. Customizations are only limited to your imagination in android. I daily use a new ui. I love to customize my phone, and S3 bags some serious speed and is extremely smooth compared to 4S

S3 is samsungs flagship device, i'm pretty sure that they will release KlP. I would switch if i was in your position.
[Galaxy S III General] axel199513:
As I think iPhone is a not king, but the very unique phone...it's like a bmw 7...it's for business men...sgs3 is like bmw m6..it's quickly like a lightning...in my case I'll changed my sgs3 with carbon cover:D to iPhone 4s. Because I need something new, and want bmw 7:D
[Galaxy S III General] tian105:
iphone is more like a honda civic with automatic transmission, its a good A to B car. But the SGS3 is a whole new different animal packed with horse power, at times it night give you trouble from A to B but its hell lot more joy on the road.

each to their own.
[Galaxy S III General] a67543210:
You have Google now on JB, which its better than Siri. You can view them compared on YouTube. You will therefore be able to set your schedules by voice, and even command navigation to a destination.
[Galaxy S III General] kaynpayn:
It's all about what you want from your phone. You'll probably have biased awnsers if you come to this forum with this question,

That said, i can easily say, from using both i prefer the S3. Not going to discuss looks, that's the least important thing i'd want in a phone and it's totally up to your taste, which i assume it's not a decisive factor since you're considering the s3. Looks aside, the iphone is everything it ever was. The S3 isn't. It's SO much more. Touchwiz is actually very good, it's there to help you do everything in an easy way. Very customizable in just about any way, has gestures integrated to do every sort of things , ex: double tapping the top of the phone to go to get to the top of the list of your emails in the email app, turn to unlock, smart stay (this one's brilliant i love it), change of keyboards (i can't even imagine me using anything but swype), sms managers, shortcuts in notifications (wifi, bt, gps, data, rotate, driving mode, etc), power saving modes, svoice, i could be here all day.

Honestly, it's just too different and far better imo.

Your call thought, i wouldn't even think about it.
[Galaxy S III General] dazza7111:
Hi this is exactly what i did having had an iPhone 4 then 4S, just got bored same old, I even think there is not much difference with 5!

Never used Siri, turned it off, my only worry was the size of the phone but now I would have the Note 2! Think there brill and screen is much better.

Yes there is more apps for iPhone but apart from a few, I have all the ones I used to have on my S3.
[Galaxy S III General] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
No brainer ;)
[Member-Found Deals] KillaHurtz:
Amazon has them for 54 or so but if you qualify for their credit card they give you a $30 credit. Werd 2 the wise......
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skingulz:
i have flash with odin official firmware but my computer auto shutdown during the proceees not complete.... and i try on my ace... my ace is cannot on, screen is blank not download mode or any .... is blank only.. i try remove batery n push 3 button n pullin back the batery still cannot on...

pleaese help me...

my ace is sofware poblem only rite?

can repair? or is dead forever?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canibus13:
dont worry , try if you can enter again in download mode and repeat the procedure
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prawesome:
Computer getting shut down while Odin flash is going on is not at all good...Only jTag or service center can help you now ...If you can't get into donwload mode,that's the only way..

I am a potato, problem?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skingulz:
i have try and same , cannot up /on and still blank screen..... my waranty by samsung is end,

so how much samsung charge to srvice?? i hope my phone not dead forever... oh my god..
[LG Optimus 3D] berni987654321:
Changelog:

-21/10/12 added acuramiui, cyan_beta, original_cm, original_miui and titanfusion kernels

-24/10/12 added tool for terminal work thanks to defcomk

-26/03/13 added 4.2.2 support

-??/??/13 aroma zip installer for all the kernels

modded recovery to backup 1st and second rom

Credits:

-Dreccon for his script

-Defcomk for his tool

-Samno for his kerne

-Acura for his kernel

-orlox for his guide on partitioning sdcard

-Ricardo Cerqueira for his awesome work on our O3D
[LG Optimus 3D] BG64:
This will be great, thank you! I can't wait for the tutorial to be completed!

I love Cyanogenmod for speed, but I also like using 3D occasionally and the HDMI, so now I can do both. Thanks!
[LG Optimus 3D] martinakerman:
sounds great mate, thanks

Sent from my LG-P920 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[LG Optimus 3D] BigBadSheep:
great stuff

But you should write the undo method also, just in case someone wants to undo all the changes. So in theory any ROM made for P920 should work in dual boot? Can you do some sort of guide, a real working one, on how to have Ubuntu or GNU/Linux on the phone? I've tried a few guides but, or I'm very dumb (it might be so) or my phone is not working right.
[LG Optimus 3D] berni987654321:
theres an simple app in the play store on how to boot ubuntu.

It worked for me I can post you a link.
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
@ Berni Aroma Zip Installer Could be used for users to choose Main or SUB ROM just add both boot.img into rom
[LG Optimus 3D] rezzsha:
so with this can we run the boot manager app??
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
No this Works a lil Differently this is an Actual true Dualboot method. The Best Would be to make a Bat File/script to automate the process
[LG Optimus 3D] Bdadd34:
Sweeeeet...running thrillseeker with miui...just a quick kernel flash to switch...

I had some errors running code in adb ..my internel SD was formatted a couple bytes short...I choose not to fix when prompted and also chose ignore error when it came up..

Also needed SD card mnt fix in thrillseeker...your code worked perfect now both are running fine. :D

Thank you for this great contribution to our phones.
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
Is it possible to boot Straight into Recovery without Key Conbo? If It is we could modd touch recovery to look something like this

Stock and CM7 would just Run package extract boot.img and last option Normal Recovery

Just a thought we would have the Ultimate Dual Boot :D
[LG Optimus 3D] Bdadd34:
You can from Rom manager.
[LG Optimus 3D] wayno140:
what's the script rom manager uses can it be extracted from the apk and used
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
!!!!!! JUst TEST!!!!

Made an App to Help Automate the Process

Here it is

XDA_Make DualBoot.zip - 4.03 MB

It just runs scripts and helps reboot the phone weird thing adb reboot recovery just does a normar reboot weird lg
[LG Optimus 3D] wayno140:
Yea I noticed a long time ago our o3d doesn't reboot into recovery except the button combo or rom mananger kinda screwy of LG
[LG Optimus 3D] defcomg:
adb shell "echo boot-recovery|dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=1 seek=0; reboot"

found that for the asus tf101 reboot recovery also does not work on stock rom
[LG Optimus 3D] berni987654321:
I think iBlueMind made a file you had to put in system/bin and the if you type in shell reboot-recovery you get strightly into recovery.

We could also put the boot.img of the second rom on the recovery partition so we could faster acces to the second rom
[LG Optimus 3D] iodak:
Here is the file.

http://db.tt/KlslJGQH
[LG Optimus 3D] lzzar:
I made a .bat file for the first part. I don't know if it works 'cause i don't want to dualboot my phone yet.

u just extract it and put it in your adb directory and run it.

Please let me know if it works then i will write the second part.

I didn't "@echo off" because i wanted u to see what i have writed
[LG Optimus 3D] Chris189:
Hi! Thanks for the great tutorial!

I have a problem.. I do the dual boot , i have new partitions , everything fine but on my first rom ( Acura Team 3D Max 3.1) , i can't mount the SD card's.

I tried to modify the vold.fstab file in the system but it wont work.

Please help! Thanks
[LG Optimus 3D] berni987654321:
AW: [DualBoot]How-to[GB/JB]

In theory yes but not with the images I've posted
[LG Optimus 3D] dreccon:
Re: [DualBoot]How-to[GB/JB]

No! Multiboot will work if Berni can create a kernel that can load img files instead of real partitions. The files can be located as standard in a directory called for example boot.2 in external SD. Then it would only be a matter of renaming any of many directories to boot.2 and then use my ROM switching tool. On a class 10 card, you shouldn't be able to tell the difference in speed from a normal ROM installation.

Sent from my 3D phone
[LG Optimus 3D] lzzar:
Sv: [DualBoot]How-to[GB/JB]

Hey berni. Could you maybe make a boot.img cm10 for the int sdcard?

Sent from my 3D phone.

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 PM ----------

Guess I dont have to try it then to see if it works :p

Sent from my 3D phone.