yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
next step.. put a different rom on my phone.

what are some good roms for the slide? how do i get them? where do i get them?:D:D:D:D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] blaquerain79:
dude thank you so much...so question though...why did he put those steps in if it doesn't allow you to have a2sd?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
i just rooted my slide.

can someone give me the name of a wireless tethering app. i installed barnacle and i get an error when i go on it. also if someone can tell me some ROMS that i can put on? and finnaly... how do i tweak my phone to make it faster???
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
You need to be rooted to successfully tether over wireless, but here's a link to the app.

As for roms to flash, it all depends on what you're looking for. I run SlideMeRoot5r1 myself. Check the Slide ROM Bible for all your options.

As for making your phone faster, install ADW.Launcher from the market and run as few widgets as possible on as few desktop screens as possible. Best you can do until you get an overclocked kernel.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
my phone is rooted but the barnacle app says the following when i hit start "unexpected error occured! inspect the log and try the troubleshooting guide.

do you know wht that means??

thanks for ur help
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Nope. Don't use barnacle myself. Use the wifi tether app I linked to.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] turbo23:
I had to pull my comments, I give up trying to root this device. I'll just keep playing with my old G1/CM phone as long as it continues to function. If somebody would like to give it a shot and root my MT3GS, it can be arranged possibly.

look up my YIM handle and say hi.

St. Louis area

UPDATE

Tmobile is sending me a new Slide, been having other data network problems anyway, might try it again when the other phone gets here. This one is junk.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
yea that worked thx
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
How do i put a new ROM on my slide safely??

How do i remove the ROM if i do not like it????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
You should be making nandroid backups before you flash any new rom. The SlideMeRoot5r1 rom is pretty darn close to stock -- I suggest flashing that.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
how do i make a nandroid backup and whts good about the slidemeroot5r1 is its close to stock.????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
does the nandroid backup save all my downloaded and payed apps ??? and if so are they going to be on the new ROM or do i have to re-install them again???/
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Nandroid backups save EVERYTHING that is not stored on the sdcard.

Your market downloads are linked to your google account, so you'll have to re-download them if you didn't back your phone up.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
ok thank you.

i just put the slideroot5 on myslide and im about to install it.

one last thing. Is there an easier way to get to clockwork recovery or do i have to keep doing those redicules steps over and over agian each time i want to go to clockwork recovery??????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Yes, there is. You need to downgrade to the engineering build. Then you'll want to flash the stock radio. And then you'll want to re-flash SlideMeRoot5r1. All the links are in the forum.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
is downgrading a good idea?? wht do you think?? what are the pros and cons of downgrading to eng build????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
It's the *only* way to avoid having to "re-root" every time you want to get into clockworkmod recovery. I've done it; Eugene has done it; countless others have done it. Just do it ;)

Follow the directions in the thread to the 'T'

Once you've successfully downgraded, boot up the phone.

Boot back into recovery and flash the stock radio.

Once you've flashed the stock radio, boot up the phone.

Boot back into recovery and flash SlideMeRoot5r1.

It's easy. :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
ok how do i flash the radio??? i didnt see the zip download for it
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Engineering build thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703076

Stock radio thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705064

SlideMeRoot5r1 thread: http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?p=14131#post14131
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] megan23247:
got my slide rooted! Thank you everyone for all the instructions and the video, a combination of both got me rooted on my first try EVER since this is my first Android phone. Thanks again, Megan.

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mistajayz:
can someone please send me a link to a slideroot.zip download, i cant seem to find it
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
need help

When i type in adb install on my command promt to install something i get an error.

FAILURE[INSUFFICIENT STORAGE]

i think its trying to install to my internal memory. How do i get it to install onto the sdcard?? my phone is on normal operating window. Does it have to be in clockwork recovery for me to install to the sdcard????

please help
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] culpanotengo4u:
Can I get some help in this steps...

ADB Shell

# sdparted

#sdparted: not found

Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
i try and try but still no luck 1/2 sec i juz cant get it thanks tho
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
will you be kind to show me the steps in Wes method plz
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
do i install anything on my sdcard be4 starting the root process ?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
if it says to in the rooting instructions, then do so
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] encrypti0n:
Once more

again I could be mistaken (probably am) but I still dont think I am fully rooted I mounted system in clockwork and used adb shell and tried to mount system with write privileges in order to delete some of the t mo bloatware and when I try to mount -w system or when I type in su it gives me this

http: //img189.imageshack.us/img189/333/mehk. png

just remove the spaces and follow the link its a screen of my cmd prompt
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] encrypti0n:
should i just nandroid restore and re-root? or flash to a rooted rom?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
just flash a prerooted rom like teamslide's nonsense if you want bland, or whatever you're looking for.. just make sure its got su and everything beforehand
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
I cant download anything onto my sdcard wtf is going on????

When i type in adb install on my command promt to install something i get an error.

FAILURE[INSUFFICIENT STORAGE]

i think its trying to install to my internal memory. How do i get it to install onto the sdcard?? my phone is on normal operating window. Does it have to be in clockwork recovery for me to install to the sdcard????

please help

Why are my downloads going on my internal memory instead of the sd card?????????????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
I cant download anything onto my sdcard wtf is going on????

When i type in adb install on my command promt to install something i get an error.

FAILURE[INSUFFICIENT STORAGE]

i think its trying to install to my internal memory. How do i get it to install onto the sdcard?? my phone is on normal operating window. Does it have to be in clockwork recovery for me to install to the sdcard????

please help

Why are my downloads going on my internal memory instead of the sd card?????????????

can someone help me?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Which rom are you running? You need the sdcard partitioned with ext2 for most of them to work, but not all the roms are apps2sd enabled.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
You should really pop into IRC to get help.

The slide area is on chat.freenode.net in #teamslide.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] alexxgee914:
how can i go back to stock?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
seriously? no need to poost in multiple pages the same question!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] alexxgee914:
ease off man wtf.just trying to get an answer.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Alex, it's not that he's trying to be harsh -- he's trying to reinforce the concept of using SEARCH before asking a question. To revert your phone to stock you'll need to throw this file on the root of your sdcard, boot into the bootloader and follow the on-screen instructions.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] orrorin:
!!

I just can't get it to stay in offline mode!

I'm on a mac, what do I do?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Z51:
lol I dont know why it was that big. i took it off already
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] MattKilla:
Oooh.. Guess you beat Wes to it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sutiban:
once you get into clockwork mod you can mount /system (part of the steps).

However in clockwork mod, I can't su. it doesn't see the file in /sbin and I can't push su to /sbin as i get a permission denied (even though everything is mounted as rw).

Once booted however I can use root explorer to start ripping out files, however (starting to hate that word), after I delete the files I want gone (just working on killing amazon mp3 store) I can still start up amazon... any ideas? Also, after mounting /system rw using root explorer, I delete the files (which says it completes) I go to umount /system and it reboots the phone and ****ing amazon is right back where it was!!!

WTF is up with this phone?????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] goodwinm:
some clarification please

First off, which file should exist as /sdcard/update.zip when the process is started? Or should there be none?

After step 7, should it be showing as offline still, or recovery?

And, step 11 is confusing...

I've caught it in offline mode just a couple times, but maybe my timing for unplug/replug is off.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] faylix:
Using ubuntu:

I'm stuck:

I only see the device for the period between the mytouch screen and before you get the first recovery screen (the triangle). It never stays.

I'm currently doing the reboot, then adb reboot recovery method

- faylix / local
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] serialtoon:
Consider yourself lucky. I cant even get it to show up as a device. The list is empty.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] newspeak:
I would find a Ubuntu guide useful ....i will have this phone tomorrow and i think i will prolly root it out of the box
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] tubaking182:
i will write up a document when i get to my ubuntu box it will be a while because i have been up for 48 hours(last 12 on xda waiting for this) and i have to fiure out how to unroot my phone so i can try in ubuntu as well as mac(i have several different computers running multi-boots) pnce i have a write up for ubuntu i will upload as well as let eugene know so he can attach to his first post and make it easier to see.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
Thank you, would greatly welcome it :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] darkdelusions:
On step 11 are we pushing that to the SD card as well?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
doesnt step 11 say adb push it??
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] morellostrat:
:D

Newb here. Worked for me! :D
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] darkdelusions:
Yes but it doesn't state where to push the file.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] tubaking182:
adb push Slideroot.zip /sdcard
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
yes,

adb push slideroot.zip /sdcard

I change this as people was Posting Problems..

Once in the Temp Recovery you mount the system, then flash .zip from sdcard.

don't use the update.zip!! install from zip from sd! Select slideroot.zip

all done
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] tubaking182:
now can we cat this into recovery to keep clockwork as our recovery image?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
Working on a Permanent Recovery based on ClockworkMod.

Will have it Posted shortly for everyone to flash :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
once we have a perm recovery, we'll be golden.. i'm about to make the video now for basic root
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] riles22:
hurry up king i'm hoping your video may show me my errors :confused:
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
why post your question in the same words pretty much in 3 different pages??? no need to fill the forum up with more stuff than is already here... in example, we have about 5 or 6 froyo request threads. is there really a need for that? no. something else you could do, if you have a question, use google or possibly the search button. sorry for taking my heat out but its starting to perturb me :*(
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
im runnin the slidemeroot5 rom

how do i go back to my originall rom??
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
not again... please dont.. i dont have the patience for this >.< if you're serious, then use the search button or go to slide bible original thread
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Stock? You should have been making nandroid backups as I recommended!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
k hope not taking up space but i think i rooted my phone but when i went back to get in recovery i cant any help plz

used root.zip and how do i install rom?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
You need to follow these steps to SUCCESSFULLY access clockworkmod anytime you want in order to apply custom roms:

1) Root phone to gain access to clockworkmod

2) Downgrade to the engineering build

3) Flash the stock radio

4) Flash a near-stock rom (I recommend SlideMeRoot5r1)

5) Make a nandroid backup of this known-good state

6) Flash a custom rom

All the links and instructions to do this are in this forum. In fact, many are in this very thread. Hop on to the IRC channel for detailed instructions and help.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
i did a nandroid backup before i put the rom on.. so how do i put it back to the stock if i put the back up on the nandroid?? will the device still be rooted after i return it to the stock rom??
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
not if you unroot , no it wont be rooted. if you change roms to slidemeroot or something, it will be thoiugh
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
thanks a lot will try
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
my phone is on the slidemeroot. and i can't save apps to sd card. my phone keeps tellin me that it has low storage space available. wtf????? i just want it rooted and to be able to save on the sd card. can any1 help???????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
nenonv, you should really try to visit the irc channel I mentioned earlier. It's much easier to walk people through these things there...

chat.freenode.net

#teamslide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jriv:
Hey guys sorry for the dumb question and this thread is way to huge to look for the answer so ill just ask it once I go into recovery after I run loop it will say devices is offline only once then it will go away as the loop continues any one got any ideas? Once again if this has been asked already I apologize
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
There's a thread purely dedicated to loop issues. Try searching for it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] el2minikno:
help

i want to know how you root my touch 3g slide

I've 5 days TRYING & i can't do it; i give up... somebody??? PLEASE!!! :confused:

BTW Who ever knows how to

explain to me STEP BY STEP
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
First post has step-by-step instructions. You can't really make it clearer than that. There's also a link on the first post to a method to use if you can't use this one.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
C:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

# sdparted

sdparted

/sbin/sdparted: line 5: can't create /data/sdparted.log: Permission denied

/sbin/sdparted: line 569: can't create /data/sdparted.log: Permission denied

checking script requirements...

OK I WAS TRYING TO GET A2SD ANY HELP PLZ I HAVE ROOT ALREALLY CUZ INSTALL WIFI TETHER AND IT'S WORKING DONT HAVE THE ENG.OR ANY CUSTO.ROM
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
in recovery partitions menu did you mount /data?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
no: Do i have to?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
yes. give it a try before running the sdparted command
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] thugmafia:
no luck says the same error thanks tho

C:\Users\INNIS G>adb shell

# sdparted

sdparted

tune2fs 1.41.6 (30-May-2009)

Usage: /sbin/sh [-c max_mounts_count] [-e errors_behavior] [-g group]

[-i interval[d|m|w]] [-j] [-J journal_options] [-l]

[-m reserved_blocks_percent] [-o [^]mount_options[,...]]

[-r reserved_blocks_count] [-u user] [-C mount_count] [-L volume_label]

[-M last_mounted_dir] [-O [^]feature[,...]]

[-E extended-option[,...]] [-T last_check_time] [-U UUID]

[ -I new_inode_size ] device

#
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] elementsking:
E:Can't Open /cache/recovery/command/

I've been following the instructions to the letter, but when I get into stock recovery, I get a phone with a red triangle. When I open the recovery menu to flash the update.zip, I get an error that states it can't open /cache/recovery/command/. Right before it boots into recovery, it shows up as offline for maybe a few seconds, but then it goes away again... I've formatted my sd card, and wiped the cache partition. I've even gone as far as resetting the phone, but it still won't allow me to move any further. Any ideas?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] em2drvr03:
i love this phone to death but this rooting is a pain in the ass...i did my 1st slide no problem but i cant do my gf's....it shows the device online then i get it offline...but when i plug it replug it ..it wont come up...and when i try to adb push anyway just to try it says error no devices or something like that.

Can someone give me some advice...thank you
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nenonv:
i just formatted my sdcard to fat32 and i put the card back into my phone and i still cant save apps2sdcard.

did i do something wrong or miss a step?

PLease help.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] nnelson13:
Maybe Silly Question

Couldn't an image be made like a gold card? Like was done on older devices. I may be showing my stupidity but am curious. Can't somebody make an Espr.img or whatever it looks for when first booting into recovery? Just was wondering is all. Just need a better way of rooting than what is currently available.

Thanks!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] rodgerdodger:
Help removing bloatware

Can someone help me get rid of some of this bloatware?

i got back into CW Recovery and after I adb shell... i cd to the /system/app directory and try the rm command but i keep getting Permission Denied error.

how do i do this properly?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
You can't recovery anything from CWmod Recovery.. unless you flash the eng-build.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] rodgerdodger:
are you saying i have to flash the eng-build to remove the bloatware?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] encrypti0n:
...im sorry? I make sure to use the search and generally dont even post all that much..
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Stratis1978:
I've got root now and just wanted to repeat what made the difference for me (also posted pages back):

when you're ready to run recovery in the bootloader be sure to unplug the USB from your phone until 'HBOOT' not 'HBOOT USB PLUG' displays.

So basically you unplug the phone until 'HBOOT' appears, have 'RECOVERY' highlighted, and plug the phone in a moment before you select 'RECOVERY'.

The moment I did that I had 'recovery' displaying in my loop.

Continue with the directions...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Kid Poker:
Even when I enter the fastboot mode, ADB doesn't see my device at all. I can see it when the phone is turned on. I've rooted a Nexus One a while back.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
@Stratis I posted exactly the same thing before and I also mentioned before tips are usually buried soon after posting. Unless the tips are posted on the front page I don't think anyone really cares to look and even then sometimes they don't look.

@Kid did you install the "Android 1.0" drivers? It should ask for those once it's booted into fastboot and connected.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Stratis1978:
I was actually following your post back there.

So maybe that piece of information should be added somewhere in the first post or in a "tips" sticky?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Oh you were? >.>; hehehehe well at least it got through and helped a couple people. If it helps enough people I'm sure eugene will add it as a tip.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
Tip added :)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Speak of the devil! Lol glad it was tip-worthy.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] onyx550:
backing up mytouch slide and rooting it?

what is the easy way to back up the tmobile usa mytouch slide and root it i want to add a few things to my mytouch slide like battery percent at the top can some one help me with a easy way thanks?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Read the thread you are currently posting in?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Kid Poker:
Yes all the drivers are fully installed. I had it going the first time but I couldn't comprehend the steps so I stopped. Now I can't get back into the computer recognizing the phone when it's in hboot mode nor fastboot mode. I even partitioned my Mac into Bootcamp so I can run Windows 7 x64 to see if it was my main desktop and no good. I installed everything and still couldn't get ADB to recognize the phone in hboot or fastboot mode =(

I even wiped out my phone and thought it would help but no good on that part.

Edit: Now ADB doesn't even see my phone when connected regular under charge.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Uninstall all the drivers then plug the phone back in and reinstall them. That should fix your issue.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] androidmakeheadhurt:
UGH

Ok i need someone to walk me through all of this step by step..I have had a iphone for years now and finally got a android...I have downloaded the file and dont know where to go from here i dont even know what adb is...so you can email me chris.s.cossey@gmail.com or even text me 405 837 1536... i really want to root and cant figure it out lol thanks in advance!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Start here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

That will walk you through installing the ADB tool.

Then move on to the rooting walkthrough here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=702973

Then proceed to flashing the engineering build here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703076

Then continue by flashing the stock radio here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=705064

And, finally, decide which rom you want to flash by reading the ROM Bible here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=704567

Should you run into any problems you cannot solve by reading or googling, I highly suggest you log on to irc.freenode.net and visit the #teamslide channel. People there can help you out.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] riverajuan:
Please can some one help if available? I have finally gotten to recovery mode using Eugene directions, I am trying to apply update zip and I can't seem to be able to do it.

Does any one have an idea of what am I doing wrong?