yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Flipout and Charm General] jonxz:
Here comes the serious problem... It's brick and unable to flash original ROM now.

Now when I boot in the boot rom of my Charm (Press & hold X with power button)

I get to the Exclamation mark screen. And I plug my phone to my laptop or my computer, they can't detect any new USB devices (Moto USB driver installed). Seems the only way to unbrick it is get the update.zip for T-Mobile ROM :(
[Flipout and Charm General] waltercell:
yep brow after try to update with img phone stuk in motorola log but after try many time power of and power on phone back noormally lol

i think cant restor with img file because i try with img file without edit same firmware
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Now that Google is gonna buy Moto can we expect them to make all phones open? Maybe not such luck for us with old devices..:(
[Flipout and Charm General] bordapapa:
Yes, that would be really nice, but I really doubt it...:(
[Flipout and Charm General] viperthegod:
thanks. I did version of this earlier but Iwanted to see if a clean rom would run better. Your list helped me determine more apps that were bloatware.

I noticed without a motoblur account the phone has issues with editing and adding new contacts. I downloaded Contact Editor and made it my default contact app. it fixed everything.
[Flipout and Charm General] nodanero:
Motorola Flipside has Froyo update now.

Motorola said wasn't planed long time ago to have such update, maybe we will get it too.

At least with the release of the Froyo kernel for the Flipside we can do some hacking, both phones have the same processor so we could use the blobs.

:D
[Flipout and Charm General] wilco_sg:
yesssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fingers crossed now!
[Flipout and Charm General] diamond_4g64:
Still no overclocking tough...
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1226664

Need testers
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
today i get my new charm, love the phone but i hate motoblur, there is any simple way to uninstall it?

hope some day some any one make a custom rom for charm. :rolleyes:

greetings.
[Flipout and Charm General] bordapapa:
Hmm, I'll have to check this out, maybe there will be a lucky find! :D
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
No way to remove it completely.

But you can bypass motoblur setup.

Read this thread.
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
i´m soo noob on this phone, there is any guide to do it'

thanks for all.
[Flipout and Charm General] jagguli:
Music Player apx, hi I seem to have deleted the default music player in my charm, is there a way to restore the original, can some one upload an apx please. I used root uninstaller to remove it.

Thanks.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
CMP.apk Here you go... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T6FVS8LM
[Flipout and Charm General] tyotoytony:
are there any method to disable the light of home/menu/back key?

the led hack app is not support
[Flipout and Charm General] :
Help!

That doesnt work for me can u tell me how did u do that? I tried it with terminal emulator
[Flipout and Charm General] :
FM Radio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The same problem here.. how ever i managed to get the application Fmradio on my charm but i cant listen to fm.. I installed the app that was meant for droid 2.When i open the app It says "FM radio loading please wait.." and when i click back button it gets into application but no response..... is there a solution for this? I have only the shoutcast radio in my music application :confused:
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Battery Life

I've heard that the battery life on this device is not that good and does not last a day even if used sparingly.

Does anybody here with Moto Charm that lasted a day plus?
[Flipout and Charm General] :
It lasts almost a day but never a day plus.... :rolleyes:
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Battery life

:(

even with the extended battery and all is in minimal usage plus tweaks? still almost a day?
[Flipout and Charm General] :
No dude we dont get an extra battery in India.. with the standard 1170mh battery im talking about.. :)
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Battery life

ok, thanks for the info...

edit:

anyone with the Extended battery?, will it last a day plus?
[Flipout and Charm General] fort13:
If only the phone calls, I think - yes
[Flipout and Charm General] kevintor113:
I have the phone rooted and froze the forecast and google talk service with titanium backup and the battery lasts a day and a half
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
is this with the normal battery or with the extended one?
[Flipout and Charm General] kevintor113:
with the normal battery and i forgot you should freeze voice commands app and the google talk if you don´t use it
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Battery Life

ok, I'll note that! ^_^
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Is there any way to change notification bar color on Moto Charm? Preferably black?
[Flipout and Charm General] rabe3ab:
it is pokemon firered/leafgreen with female charachter chosen
[Flipout and Charm General] bas-r:
Excellect bro!

Just deblurred the cheap ebayed Charm :-)

Worked like a charm ;-)
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
[Q] Some Questions

Good Day Everyone!,

I have questions, I hope you can answer them ^_^

Q. any good updates for our Motorola Charm device?

Q. hows our custom recovery going on with polovinamozga?, is it fully working?, any updates?

Q. I have read that Charm units can only be flashed on a higher version only [via RSD and sbf]?, can we flash an sbf of equal version?

Q. I have also read somewhere that the official deblured Charms has problems with adding/editing contacts and thus requires to add the BLUR!? :eek:
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
[Q] Some Questions
[Flipout and Charm General] :
FM RADIO

GUYS ANY ONE HAVING FM RADIO(NOT INTERNET RADIO) DEFAULT IN CHARM CAN POST THE FOLLOWING FROM /SYSTEM/APP FMRADIO.APK, FMRADIOSERVICE.APK & CMP.APK FROM UR DEVICE.. PLS :(

I WANT TO ENABLE FM RADIO IN MY CHARM! :mad:
[Flipout and Charm General] bcpk:
Anybody know what size Torx screwdriver you should use to open the Charm? Keyboard has stopped working, hope it's just a loose ribbon connector.
[Flipout and Charm General] amealwithlargefries:
Launcher refuses to work with my charm....i cant select the launch button. and when i try to run it from the notification after i download it it just leads the market. What do you think is wrong?
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Polovinamozga:

Please tell me if you have stopped working on Charm?

You are my only hope that his phone will get atleast CM6 one day?

Are you still cracking bootloader ?
[Flipout and Charm General] victory144:
This is what you need.. its for Droid 2, but it will work with the charm. So you can try:

Download
[Flipout and Charm General] gustusdemrinongx:
Hello. I'm from Indonesia .. I am using CHARM and BASEM_U3.01.12.4 without blur. I ask if I can flash with T-mobile ROM or whatever so I could try with Blur

thanks before ..

oh yes. I use clockworkmod by polovinamozga and can not use recovery and backups .. Any body can help me how to use it?

thanks

sorry if my bad English language. :)
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Can anyone confirm this works on Charm (India)?

I have a LOT of tweaks and apps installed and don't have time and patience to do it all again!
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
Polovinamozga Sir you have successfully created, recovery mode app for motorola charm, thanks for that and i'm also using it but few Question I have which are.

Q1. Sir i'm in india and I think my MB502 is not have blur version because I don't see any facebook and other social website updates on my homescreen and also there was no blur accounts setup wizard when I first time start my phone and I also did hard reset many time but there was no blur setup wizard. Is my version is blurless?

Q2. sir I'm able to create backup successfully is it mean that I can install any custom rom on my moto charm or I have to use any particular custom rom?

Q3. is there any custom rom which can give me android 2.2 or 2.3 on my motorola charm now or I have to wait for it if yes than kindly create a custom rom really don't want to use 2.1

Q4. I saw there is custom rom for motorola milestone what will happen if I flash my charm with milestone custom rom.

Q5. I backup my motorola charm with your recovery mode app what will happen if I system.img of my motorola charm with a system.img of a android 2.2 device and restore it. Is my mobile will work or not.

Q4. can anybody have CM7.1 for motorola charm.

Thanks in advance

Kindly reply
[Flipout and Charm General] t4r0moto:
A: all Moto Charm in Asia market are without Moto Blur and fast yes it is, but whitout Radio FM. for get back this fitur uninstall your old CMP and replace with this file:

http://www.4shared.com/file/Z4_J1MHK/commotorolacmp-57e1378842da4c1.html

Q3. I'm also waiting for any custom ROM for Charm 2.2
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Question(s)

Hello to All,

I have these info about my new phone:

here is my phone details:

System version

Blur_Version.2.3.9007.MB502.T-Moblie.en.US

Model number

MB502

Firmware version

2.1-update1

Basebad version

EPU93_U_02.3B.02

Kernel version

2.6.29-omap1

wfn001@zbr05lnxdroid10#1

Build number

BASIL_U3_03.90.7

Edit: below blue

Q1. does anybody have the latest sbf for this?

=> daywalker04 of http://modmymobile.com gave a link to this firmware: http://modmymobile.com/forums/633-m...harm-firmwares-superthread-3.html#post4106452

Q2. I haven't rooted the phone yet, has someone with a Charm already rooted with the same specs as above?

=> Already rooted the phone using SuperOneClick version 2.1.1.0

Q3. I have read it somewhere that we can't flash an sbf of a lower version..., is it possible to flash the same (equal) sbf file over?

thanks,

dabiano
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Side Question

does 'plants vs zombile' works on our Motorola Charm?

I know that the installer apk is very big (around 75Mb) :eek:

If someone has access to the game..., can someone confirm if it will work on the Charm!? ^_^
[Flipout and Charm General] t4r0moto:
Dabiano,

My original ROM is BASEM_U3_01.12.4

then flashed to BASIL_U3_02.60.5 similiar with yours but you have higher version.

Can you back up and upload it, pls.

A: I've rooted and success using Z4root.apk, just install this apk to your device then Root, you can choose permanent or temporary root.

for install big size games you need link2sd and setting new installed apps link to SDCard.

connect your device to PC and start Droid Explorer program , find file Plnt vs zombie right click and install.

once installed window will close automatically.

I'm not yet try for this games but working on other big size games.

if you like, pls share to me the game and will try on my device.

thanks
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

please see my updated post above.

er, I still haven't tried the 'plants vs. zombies' and I heard from a friend of mine that has pvz that with link2sd as you stated still does not work and said like: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]
[Flipout and Charm General] t4r0moto:
thanks Dabiano,

download it. and wait for your review

Have try install PVZ and yes its failur.

does anyone can solve this problem?
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Motorola Charm Sources

Hello to All,

Can Somebody point me on where can I find the 'official' link for the "latest sources" for our Motorola Charm? (like kernel sources and etc...)

thanks,

dabiano
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
https://opensource.motorola.com/sf/projects/charm
[Flipout and Charm General] mir2006:
I'm thinking to buy this phone but I think there is no update to Froyo. I'm right?
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
sad to say that it will be stuck with Eclair..., and hope that someone will port CM6 to this device
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
Polovinamozga pls reply me
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

I'll answer some of your questions:

A3. No. there is no currently any 2.2 or 2.3 Custom ROMs available.

A4. This may be a possibility..., but don't hold your breath to it! ^_^..., there will be someone in the near future that will be porting out CM6

And anyone can add up as well... ^_^

thanks,

dabiano
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
dabiona thanks for your reply but what will happen if we flash with milestone custom rom and why we not use the same process which is used to hack milestone and defy
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

Q. what will happen if we flash with milestone custom rom?

A. I believe there will be plenty of problems ^_^, but you can be the brave one to try it out!?, it may damage your phone!, use it at your own risk!

Q. why we not use the same process which is used to hack milestone and defy?

A. it's because no one yet is that interested porting 2.2plus CM6/CM7 just yet :(???
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
Motorola Charm Overclock Howto!

Hello to All,

I have created an overclock guide thread at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17795412#post17795412

best regards,

dabiano
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Q1. Sir i'm in india and I think my MB502 is not have blur version because I don't see any facebook and other social website updates on my homescreen and also there was no blur accounts setup wizard when I first time start my phone and I also did hard reset many time but there was no blur setup wizard. Is my version is blurless?

Yes, u can, if you have any rom.

But we have some problem with updating to 2.2

I have no time to deal with them (android 2.2)

but it possible

2.3 not possible for us, until motorola will not update charm kernel to 2.6.32

Look previous answer.

Guys with milestone's have 2.6.32 kernel and have official "testing" updated to 2.3, we not.

Not.There are many restrictions for update from 2.1.1 to 2.2.2

---------- Post added at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

When kernel.org with android sources will be available i will make

modified Usb.apk (when you plug phone to PC from top of screen dropped Menu with media-portal. sd-card, cdrom menu)

But new Usb.apk now with Motorola like a Modem.

Kind of tethering.
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
polovinamozga sir motorola milestone also use 2.6.29 kernal and his CM6 ver is Using 2.6.29 kernal with that. is there any custom rom u can build which system is android 2.2 but kernal will use the same which we are using on 2.1.

or is there any way to hack motorola charm bootloader as motorola clik xt or motorola defy.

or what will happen if I use your bootstrapper recovery mod and flash with motorola milestone CM6 custom rom.

and one more thing when I use rommanager and chose droidX as my phone and flash recovery and use the option reboot in recovery mode it's take me to recovery mode. is there this thing will help u.

and sir requesting u to take out some time which will make us to run android 2.2 on with ur help.

polovinamozga sir please reply
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14796425#post14796425

Recovery apk updated
[Flipout and Charm General] clxer:
502 bad Gateway
[Flipout and Charm General] :
ROM Manager: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/02/clockwork-recovery-image.html

Steve: http://twitter.com/cyanogen
[Flipout and Charm General] whiterabbit1:
need step by step for bootunlocker and a spot for charm rom

I got the rom manager working thank you very much for your help so if you got a way to make every thing happen let me know i got half the update to work any who let me know how to make this work i gotta have flash player please help
[Flipout and Charm General] theguy155:
has anyone come out with a custom ROM for the charm yet? this thing would be badass with one, as far as i know, i have not found one yet, the nandroid feature does not work with ROM manager, so you cant flash a new rom on it, please someone prove me wrong
[Flipout and Charm General] Chahk:
As far as I know, the bootloader on the Charm is locked and has not been cracked. Until that happens, flashing anything like ROMs or recovery images will not be possible.
[Flipout and Charm General] theguy155:
dang that hurts, hopefully itll get the 2.2 update soon but im not holding my breath
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Seems like there are not many Charm users around. Would love to have a Froyo ROM without motoblur like Openfire for my HTC wildfire.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] theguy155:
there aren't really, i jumped on the opportunity because my phone was 3 years old and i wanted to try a smartphone, its was 75 dollars in store with a 75 dollar rebate, so i got the phone for free, but had i done my research i would have known that moto bootloaders are locked and would have gone with an HTC probably
[Flipout and Charm General] matheusoc:
its a good phone for the price

as soon as someone do a rom for it, it will be awesome

about the crack, its the same for charm and flipout, so i bet the owners comunnity will be large enough to someone care about
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Charm without Motoblur....

Hi Guys,

Own a T-Mobile Moto Charm (unlocked) previously but had to return it due to reset/shutdown issues when using a sim card other than T-Mobile in Singapore.

Got myself another Moto Charm in Singapore & I realise it doesn't have motoblur (although there is a motoblur logo at the back of phone). Could not add/link facebook account to contacts & some stuff are missing.

Screen shots of the system....

Matthew
[Flipout and Charm General] ayanami2:
Is there any other rom for charm?

Is there any other rom for charm?
[Flipout and Charm General] :
No. No. And no.

The Milestone probably has a much larger userbase and history compared to FLIPOUT and CHARM. And nobody has been able to crack it (yet).

Custom ROMs can be made but custom kernels cannot (cause locked bootloader). So that's not very useful.

Based on the history thus far, by this time next year, you may get Froyo on CHARM. :rolleyes:
[Flipout and Charm General] jesusdavid:
I just got this phone and I used Z4 to root it, and DL setcpu, and have tweek it and so far so good, I agree with many of the post this would be a really awesome phone with a custom rom. I don't know much about how to build a custom rom, however willing to help in any way. And yes my biggest complaint is the screen shame on you Moto, shame on you.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
find the fonts too small on the Charm....manage to increase the font size with an app called 'font size' .

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] Chahk:
I think I might have removed something essential while trying to clear some of the bloatware Motorola/T-Mobile put on this device. Of course I completely forgot that I can't just do a nandroid backup and didn't ave the copies of APKs I removed :(

Now I can no longer add new contacts or edit existing ones on the phone. It errors out with the following:

W AccountManagerService: caller uid 10013 lacks android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
D AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
W dalvikvm: threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001e288)
E AndroidRuntime: Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.motorola.blur.contacts/com.motorola.blur.contacts.detail.AddDetailsActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: caller uid 10013 lacks android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS
...

If someone can give me a listing of all the apps in their /system/app folder I'd be very grateful: "ls /system/app/*". After comparing to my own list, I might ask you to pull, zip up and post somewhere the apks I deleted.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Hi Chahk,

Not sure how to print out the list, this is the best I could do.....Please note that my Charm doesn't have motoblur

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] Chahk:
Thank you guys for the listings. As soon as my wife lets me have the phone for a few hours, I'll try to see where I've screwed up. I might just have to restore it with the original ROM (link in this thread) via RDSLite.

She can still manage her contacts online, but it's kind of inconvenient (not to mention embarrassing) not having this very basic functionality.
[Flipout and Charm General] shahinfarhadi:
charm bricked!

Guys, i have (almost) bricked my charm. i can still go into recovery but it doesn't let me install unsigned roms on it. any ideas how i can get the original signed rom? or perhaps any solution to the problem?
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
you can try this... http://androidforums.com/motorola-charm/170140-charm-bricked-official-rom-needed.html
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
battery seems to last longer...

Hi Guys,

I use adb shell to remove voicecommands.apk from /system/app + switched battery to smart mode & the battery now last longer. Usually the battery level goes to 10-20% after 6 hours (I have 3G data & wifi on with about 10 calls and a lot of smses) It lasted 18 hours with 20% left.

I'll monitor for a few more days.... (please note that my Charm is an asia set & it doesn't have motoblur)

Besides removing voicecommands.apk, I also remove the following:-

FMRadioService.apk

MySpace_Client.apk

MySpace.apk

PicoTts.apk

SoundRecorder.apk

StickyNoteWidget.apk

Term.apk

TtsService.apk

VpnServices.apk

WeatherWidget.apk

I'm pretty sure Voicecommands.apk is the culprit cos thats the last one I removed & it's always running in the background.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
http://rghost.ru/23202641
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
polovinamozga kindly reply
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Yeah it's possible to luanch 2.2.1 froyo on charm but i not have time for it.

It's not hack it's 2nd-init.

In my previous version of recovery i'm use 2nd-init.

When kernel.org with android sources will be availbale again i will update /system/bin/sh for 2nd-init method.

Same method as i use in CharmBootstrap.
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

can someone with ME502 display their 'mount' output?
[Flipout and Charm General] udayshankarv:
Thanks to all xda members

I'm am indian user with de-blured version 12.4

Thanks to all XDA members for clear guides(root,link2sd,app2sd,fm radio,overclock(modprobe didn't work) ,recovery(backup works perfectly, tried aosp umts basil but there is imei problem)

Awaiting custom rom for my charm .
[Flipout and Charm General] kevintor113:
I did all and link2sd says:

"Mount script error"

Mount script cannot be created

mount: invalid argument

help please!
[Flipout and Charm General] manish.kr.nd:
link app to sd

step 1

Install z4root and root ur device and restart.

step 2

create 2 partition of your sd card using a partitioning application on ur computer ( me used Partition wizard home edition u can download it from cnet ). both should be primery and u can set both partition as FAT32 because me also using FAT32 and working fine

step 3

install Link2sd and start application this will automatically lunch the script for mounting second partion u just have to restart your phone.

step 4

all done just link ur app to SDView attachment com.z4mod.z4root-4-1.2.1.apk

View attachment com.buak.Link2SD-30-1.8.0.apk
[Flipout and Charm General] udayshankarv:
Hi polovinamozga,

How to change the orientation (in this rom its portrait ) and i have imei problem after updating to the rom .how to avoid/rectify the problem.Have again flashed the 12.4 original rom .
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
What guide did you follow for radio? Is it working perfectly?
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
It's very beta, lol.

I don't know how fix it.

And post screen of your error and text.
[Flipout and Charm General] elliot.newnham:
Yes yes and more yes! this little gizmo at 1000mhz with LauncherPro and deblured is snappy as balls.
[Flipout and Charm General] trooops:
hey guys, I just receveid my charm lastweekend, and today, I dont know why, I decided to flash the latest T-Mobile rom, (3.90), and now I have no 2g/3g signal at all, I tried this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12016459&postcount=39 and tried to flash another roms but it doesnt work.

anyone can help me ?