yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
Yes, the chip is relevant - not the SIM, but the chip the SIM is connected to (i.e. the real telephone inside) as there are two different versions. But if you don't have the T-Mobile version, it might be easier. In theory it should work like that (mind that I never had another Charm): If you have 3G on your phone, check your carriers' 3G frequencies and use the corresponding WCDMA release on the site I mentioned.

As far as I know, as long as you never flash the T-Mobile sbf, you can also just try them all out blindly.

Why not call at Telcel and ask them which version the Phone normally ships with? Maybe you're lucky and you get someone on the line who knows what he's talking about.

(They normally have these versions in their systems, because they ask complaining customers 'When you go into Info, what version do you have?')
[Flipout and Charm General] jm2k7:
for more applications to remove, keep eating battery, cell phone still consumes standby and idle phone 50% and 50% of battery. :mad: :p
[Flipout and Charm General] vamsi209:
help me please i am android noob

i am struck at motorola logo

good thing is i am able to go to recovery mode even after factory reset no use

so can any one help me get it back to work??
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

I'm a bit sad that some people experience 'bricking' their Motorola Charm units by doing the Charm Overclock Guide/App?

I've even reflash my phone to vanilla/clean stock and do the guide from there just to make sure it will work.

huhu :(

is the Charm Overclock Guide/App (or both) not that concise enough?

huhu :(

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have you tried out flashing the 'correct sbf' for your Motorola Charm unit using RSDLite?
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
[Game Question]

I'm able to play now "Plants vs Zombies"!!! :eek:

it may hang when:

● randomly when loading? [loading grass]

● when you press the new plant icon [after you defeat 1game session]

● if your able to press the new plant icon, pressing 'next level' will freeze also

Question?, how to make it stable? :)
[Flipout and Charm General] vamsi209:
Can u explain me in detail of installing sbf rome using rsdlite and where can i get the appropriate rome??and how can i keep my phone in bootloader mode when my phone is o starting...please help e friend
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
help

this may not be that detailed...

1. download RSDLite

2. ask people on the link provided on your appropriate sbf: http://modmymobile.com/forums/633-motorola-charm-general/557900-charm-firmwares-superthread.html

3. go to youtube and search/watch Motorola Milestone XT720 sbf flashing [this is what I've learned how to flash]

4. after you watch the video, you'll know what to do next [I hope]

x. to make your phone go to bootloader mode.

1. turn off/reboot your phone

2. press and hold the 'UP' key [not volume up!]

3. while pressing the 'UP' key..., power-on/reboot your device and you'll see bootloader mode
[Flipout and Charm General] vamsi209:
problem resolved

finally solved my phone is back to normal

u r very helpful
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Anyone knows how to remap the Messaging key to point to any other custom app?

I used ButtonRemapper from the market to remap ok key (d-pad center) to call key, but there is no option to set a custom app/command.
[Flipout and Charm General] bigunj:
hi all, >.<

im a noob here and i tried to remove some apks without backing them up... and i removed

bluremail.apk and now my email doesnt work... t.t

does anyone have a backup? im with telus (canada), running 2.1

sorry!! please let me know if you have a back up!!

thank you!!
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
Getting into recovery

Did anyone manage to get into polovinamozga's recovery while the phone is actually a brick (not going further than the Motorola logo)? He says somewhere in the thread that you can put a file in /data and reboot the phone, but I have no idea how to get to a point where I can adb into the phone. At least recovery and bootloader mode, the two that I am aware of, don't seem to listen to anything on the plug.

I'm planning on trying to get JIT and the apks from the deblur ROM into a system.img we could flash onto the last T-Mobile sbf.

Btw, the 3.90.7 T-Mobile sbf (see post by polovinamozga in this thread) feels much more stable than flashing 2.6 and upgrading OTA to 3.9. Seems like the OTA doesn't actually get applied (might be that OTA can't modify the kernel neither?). Flashing 3.9 directly, the touchscreen is much more responsive, the UI is a little snappier and I now have an uptime of 24h, although I really made it work hard.

I was also thinking about starting a wiki page here on XDA - since the Charm won't have a forum, this thread is getting long and people always ask the same questions. Maybe also find a central place to upload the modules and update.zips that polovinamozga prepared but that are dead.
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
...

I never thought of the wiki stuff..., but it sure is good to have one [if properly created]

+1 for 'wiki' for Charm
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
Live it is. :-)

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Motorola_Charm

I quickly went through this thread and filled in a little information. If some people could check the info and add what they know, that would be great. It would be awesome if polovinamozga could reupload some / all of the modifications he did. I'd sip through it and see if I can upload it to some central place.

I hope the wiki will encourage people to a) read it and follow the information there instead of asking the same questions over and over again, b) encourage people to play around with it until we have a few stable solutions for deblurring, etc.
[Flipout and Charm General] Arpit12345:
Guys I deleted official YouTube application(that came pre installed) after that I installed YouTube application for 2.2+ users but ported for android 2.1,but the application can't play HQ videos it's always gives error.

So please can anyone post. Apk file for official YouTube application that came pre installed with Motorola charm thanks.
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
Check the wiki :-) Somebody already uploaded all his files ages ago.
[Flipout and Charm General] Arpit12345:
thanks !

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13745950&postcount=347
[Flipout and Charm General] ryukoz:
It's not about version of YouTube application.

Charm can't play 640x360 mp4 videos, Only can play 480x270 mp4 videos.

It's the same HQ vids in YouTube.

So, in YouTube you can play only some of HQ vids.
[Flipout and Charm General] allanlee89:
I m using asian Motorola Charm installed with BASEM_U3_01.12.4_DEBLUR_SIGNED_USABASIL01RINT150AI013.0R. Can i flashed it to T-mobile rom without causing any trouble to my phone?
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
I don't think it is advisable as T-Moble has blur.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] allanlee89:
Which rom is faster n smoother? T-mobile rom or asian de-blur rom?
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Asian deblur.

I've heard t-mob blur is crap. And it does make the phone slow.

But it's a personal choice. I mean if want the social apps, they're on t-mob only.

But be extra careful before flashing t-mob.(if you haven't already) as you can flash any other ROM after that.
[Flipout and Charm General] elliot.newnham:
can defiantly confirm this. Flashing to 3.9 directly is a noticeable improvement over 2.6 to 3.9 OTA
[Flipout and Charm General] plmosqueda:
No more Blur

hi there, there is any way to delete motoblur contact list??? i waht to use only googles contact list. I made a big mistake importing mi contacts to mymotoblur page.

Thanks
[Flipout and Charm General] jm2k7:
I know 2 things, I've read over the thread and never asked the following.

I can I flash with RSD lite rom deblurred a rom on a blur?

in my case my phone has blur, that really sucks.

I can I flash a rom deblurred above?

"and-developers" there on that page I only see these 2

BASEM_U3_01.12.4 and BASEM_U3_01.12.0

The problem is this, mine says BASLA_U3_00.32.203

the million dollar question?, I can install a deblured rom? over the original?

I'm afraid to try. will not be to stay with the Motorola logo and never boot. :)
[Flipout and Charm General] uu1dx:
Hi guys,

seems I found a solution how to deblur and add Russian language into AT&T phones.

My Charm already done but have some little problems, need little help of developer. Is there anyone who can help me?
[Flipout and Charm General] jm2k7:
oh well!, I confirm that I have to flash phone with rsd-lite installed the rom "BASEM_U3_01.12.0_DEBLUR_SIGNED_USABASIL01RINT150AI013.0R_PDS000_US1SOMPBASLTHAI_P001_A002_HWp3_1FF" and it worked without problems.

I finally deblurred my phone.

MOTOBLUR sucks.
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
Please help.

Hi, i´m from chile. and i buy one Motorola Charm (T-mobile)

and this are the rom info.

Mi numero de vesiòn es

Basil_u3_03.90.7

version de banda base

epu93_u_02.3b.02

Version del sistema

Blur_Version.2.3.9007.mb502.t-mobile.en.us

and in my country dosen´t work with 3g, my carrier is movistar.

and also i don´t like blur, so is possible that i can flash the phone with any rom that dosen´t have blur? and is possible that 3g works here??

hope that any can help me.

thanks.
[Flipout and Charm General] plmosqueda:
Hi. This works with t mobile"s charms???

Enviado desde mi MB502 usando Tapatalk
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Thanks jm2k. I flash to this rom, it seems to run better than 1.12.4. Battery life seems to improve & able to last the whole day with 3g on.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] plmosqueda:
Hi there Matt, this wil work with t mobile's charms?? I have one rooted. Thanks

Sent from my Motorola Charm

Stuck with T-mobile's Motoblur
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Not sure if you are able to flash this using rsd. I remember reading somewhere here that T-Mobile will not be able to downgrade. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
I tested ""BASEM_U3_01.12.0_DEBLUR_SIGNED_USABASIL01RINT150A I013.0R_PDS000_US1SOMPBASLTHAI_P001_A002_HWp3_1FF" ON T-MOBILE Mi numero de vesiòn es

Basil_u3_03.90.7

version de banda base

epu93_u_02.3b.02

Version del sistema

Blur_Version.2.3.9007.mb502.t-mobile.en.us BUT ONLY GET BOOT ERROR.

I fixed installing t-mobile rom.

Any nows how to change baseband to movistar chile?

i´m only can use 2g.
[Flipout and Charm General] gp1200ss:
Camera Issues

Hello,

Bought the phone unlocked, seems from Brazil, works perfect, but when taking a picture i get a green screen and pics are not saved. I then rooted reflashed, no change, I am out of options, any ideas?

JB:confused:
[Flipout and Charm General] DarkGonz:
I just bought this amazing phone, but for some reason I wanna restore the firmware is there any way to do that?? plz :(
[Flipout and Charm General] motostigr:
Came a soft-unlock method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19979485#post19979485
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
New on Charm

First of all i'm spanish, so sorry for my bad english.

Well, I've bought a Motorola Charm for these Christmas, it's bough from eBay,and it is from T-Mobile but unlocked.

I've Some questions.

1) Does the Motorola Charm have Spanish language?

2) I've read about the Clockwork recovery, so is the nandroid working?, and do we have any custom rom?, or update zip or something?

3) Is there any sbf deblurred for T-Mobile USA charm?, I love this phone, but i hate BLUR :S

4) Does anyone has a Benchmark test?, so i can compare it whit other phones ( anything is better when you come from a HTC DREAM :p )

5) and finally, is there anyone working on a Bootloader unlock?
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
All your questions are answered on the wiki.

Apart from the Spanish - I don't know but guess not - there are a few South American stock ROMs, but you can't flash anything else than T-Mobile if you once had it. I always wanted to try and take one of these other ROMs, take out the whole system folder and replace the original system folder with all other applications. No idea if it works. And I somehow learned to appreciate Motoblur.

(Also just added the soft unlock, which is awesome.)
[Flipout and Charm General] DarkGonz:
That soft unlock works for any operator, like south america??
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Thakyou! :D, so, it's unocked but thankyou :P, well, so i can't erase blur -.-' okay. And, is there any T-Mobile ROM From South america ? :S, another question :confused: , if i flash another Rom, and it doesn't start, can I flash the TMobile USA rom another time?.

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My last question :p, is there any Tmobile USA Charm user that can comfirm if is there Spanih on it?
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
you don´t need another rom for spanish language.

just change the language from english to spanish in settings.
[Flipout and Charm General] maylihe:
It seems be deleted again, the later one is "502 bad gateway".... Can you please upload again? Maybe upload it here as an attachment "tun.ko.apk".

BTW, I'm pretty interested by you Charm MODing, maybe i could contribute some code or testing in early 2012. :)
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
https://github.com/fedya

source code =)

Modules not available for me just now...
[Flipout and Charm General] maylihe:
I will have some spare time in the coming Spring Festival, next month. I just watched the charm repo.:)

It's pretty hard to find tun.ko for charm, google didn't give :( anything helpful...

Hope charm will get 2.2/2.3 soon.
[Flipout and Charm General] victory144:
See this link maybe it can help you.

Good luck...
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
I have tun.ko uploaded by polovinamozga before....

Here I've uploaded again.

http://www.multiupload.com/48X96G4C5E

Please do work for 2.2 on Charm. I've heard 2.3 is not feasible because for that kernel needs to be updated.
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Can some dev suggest if this is possible for Moto Charm.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=725870

Thanks
[Flipout and Charm General] eholot:
[ solved ]
[Flipout and Charm General] anavas:
Charm stuck at the M Logo

Hi,

I have a motorola charm stuck at the "M" logo. I was able to flash the T-Mobile latest firmware (since it was a T-Mobile unlocked one) using Up arrow + Power button, after rebooting it is still staying at the "M" Logo. Recovery mode does not work, I tried "X" + Power and no lock, all I see it the "M" logo, please help me some one to bring my phone alive.
[Flipout and Charm General] dabiano:
what do you want to accomplish on this!?
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
UP-Arrow + power

enter in bootloader

and reflash firmware via sbf_flash
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Radio transmitter. :P

I thought I'd have some extra time for new year and this should be relatively easy for n00b like me to do rather than trying to learn/hijack the bootloader.

I still like my Charm and want it to do good things.
[Flipout and Charm General] luisfebar:
Hi, there is any way to change baseband from T-MOBILE rom usa to movistar and use 3g on chile? :S

any help?
[Flipout and Charm General] anavas:
Charm stuck at M Logo

Hi,

Thanks for the prompt response. I tried flash using RSD Lite, It is flashing firmware and every thing, when it says the phone is being rebooted, it is stuck at the "M" Logo. I tried many times but no luck :(

Please help ;(
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
>RSD Lite

Please use linux and sbf_flasg utility.
[Flipout and Charm General] hieronymos:
My god, guys... please try obvious places before crying for help.

The kernel modules are ON THE WIKI. As are instructions for flashing.
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Well i've search a lot on the wiki too, but i haven't find anyrhing, so this is my question, Is there any themes (metamorph) for the moto charm?. If not, any idea to change the status bar colour fron ehite to black?

Sorry for my bad english.
[Flipout and Charm General] anavas:
Works great !!!!!

Dude, you are awesome. I used Linux and sbf_flash utility within 10 minutes, the phone is up and running, Sorry for my language, but what the heck is wrong in windows ???.

Anyways, I love linux....
[Flipout and Charm General] maylihe:
There is no "theme" for charm now, but you could try unpack the framework-res.apk to achieve a transparent status bar.

Use apktool to decode /system/framework/framework-res.apk

Find status_bar.xml

Modify it

Repack the apk

Copy back the apk to phone

Detailed steps, please google it.

like this one.
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Cool. :thumbup:I will just do this soon.

Btw, any other performance / visual tweaks you can suggest for the Charm. Just tell me barebones and I'll Google the rest.

Thanks!
[Flipout and Charm General] elliot.newnham:
Check out my guide on how to uninstall most bloatware. Then use Lightning launcher and use NO widgets. Also get the Charm Overclock App. I use statusbar+ to change my status bar :)

IMO this phone doesn't have guts to run a homescreen and still feel snappy
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Link for the guide?

Statusbar+ looks nice but I wanted the android statusbar to be black/transparent(including the pull-down notification panel).

I've searched for guides to modify framework-res.apk but couldn't find one for QVGA devices. Moreover, they risk bricking the ROM which I can't afford unless I buy a new microSD and do a nandroid using Polovinamozga's hijacked recovery.

Also, post the OC to 1GHz, the Charm feels snappy enough to run Go Launcher(with several widgets) and a live wallpaper. (I know battery sucks but I'm home most of the time)

As for the guts of this phone, 1GHz and 512MB are quite promising specs. (Only if the bootloader was ever unlocked and there were custom ROMs)
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
GTA3?

Can someone try it?, i'm trying it, I install the app and download the data, then: Black screen... I don't know if it is because it's a cracked app or if it's because that mobile can't run it...
[Flipout and Charm General] diamond_4g64:
What i can't understand at all is that my charm as stock form would eat batterys and always become very hot, laggy, trackpas did not seem to sense me well and phone was slow overall. Now i am clocked at 1.1Ghz and the phone is a charm...... it works better in all ways than before!!! I am not overheating and battery lasts longer???!!! WTF? I don't understand motorola and this phone. They did not keep it long at all on the market probably because everyone that had it was complaning of bugging and so on but after they got an update just before taking it away and it was much better... now you can overclock it and it goes way better. This IS a great phone but was on the market as incomplete and its a shame now that i see its potential... it would be nice to have cyanogenmod on this one to pass the 2.1 point that gives you so much more.
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
What app are you trying? Framework-res.apk?

If yes, please sight your source/how-to.
[Flipout and Charm General] elliot.newnham:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18791987&postcount=672

This trick breaks a few things here and there (like making new accounts, and the on/off switch for background data) But overall most functionality is retained, you need to install Contact Editor but thats it. Just make sure your phone is set up exactly how you want it to be, then uninstall it all, and its easy enough to re-install them (may require a reboot)

If you find out how to make the notification bar transparent post back :)
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Oh, sorry, I'm trying to play GTA 3 on my moto charm :P, I know it's difficult, but i wanted to try... Galaxy mini can, why not an overclocked motorola charm?...

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One question.... I'm interested into using the battery charging led as a notification led, is there any app or hack?... if not, it would be a great project for any developer :) I'm don't know how to programme for android, but it doesn't seems too difficult, only change the settings on sounds and dysplay to make it think that the led that it needs to bright is that one that gets green when you connect the usb or the charger.

Well, i don't know what the hell is vsel, that's why i havent my motorola overcllocked more than ! Ghz, is there anyone who can explain to me what is that, I want to put my motorola to 1.1 -1.2 Ghz :D

The last thing to say... My lockscreen is very laggywhen I unlock my motorola... is there any reason for this or it's just android 2.1 Anyone have this problem too? How can i make my lockscreen more responsitive? (i don't know how too say in english, sorry I'm Spanish :P ) i just want to make it work faster,
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Galaxy Mini-600MHz, 384MB, 2.3 gb

Moto Charm-720MHz, 512MB, 2.1 froyo

I guess it should. PM me the link for qvga download. Thanks.

I don't think its possible to use charging light as notification LED. Its locked out somewhere in the firmware, possible. (I'm also not a dev. so i can only guess)

vsel=voltage selection (probably)

For lockscreen, try widget locker.
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Sure. :D

(But don't keep your hopes too high. At least not very soon.)
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Well but i want to know what vsel to put with different overclocks... for example, if i want to try 1.2 ghz how to know whats the better vsel?... tonight i'll send you the gta3 link... now i'm in my mobile and i cant... ( tonight in spain, i don't know what time is it in your country...) anyway i'll send it to you :D

Enviado desde mi MB502
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
There is no definite way to tell what voltage will suit what frequency. You try many voltages. Of phones becomes stable at on you can tell dabiano to add it to his list on the Charm Overclock thread.

One thumb rule I can give you is that higher frequency require higher vsel values. :P

Also, see first 3 posts on Dabiano's Charm overclock app forum.
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Well i've tried everithing and gta 3 doesn't work... a tip that i discovered... chainfire 3D works on Charm... try it for big games :D

Enviado desde mi MB511
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Dang! I wanted to try it on the tiny screen.

Anyways, how about sharing your chainfire 3D settings? Does it bring a huge improvement?

Also if you want, try out the v6 Supercharger script.
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
I have the reduce textures size and it improves a lot the performance of the games... I've put the nvidia and the qualcomm plgins to play GTA3 but it doesn't work... i think the problem is open gl because samsung galaxy mini can run it with less ram and less cpu...

Everithing worked in chainfire 3D, if anyone want to help me please, try to install gta3 on it and make it work :( and if someone can run it, post it here... matorola flipout owners can try it too... i think they are the same mobile with different design.

Enviado desde mi MB511
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
I'll try supercharger tonight :D

Enviado desde mi MB511
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Are you sure you downloaded the correct game data?

Anyways, I'll give it a shot sometime later.
[Flipout and Charm General] s0e0r0a:
Well there is not a aspecific data for charm... i've downloaded the galaxy mini" same resolution as charm" and followed a tutorial to make it work with chainfire 3D in the tutorial they gave the sd data to work on g.mini with qualcomm plugin, so i put my charm with cualqomm plugin and that sd data... and after starting the game acepting the t&c pressing back on the download sd data screen going to the launcher and running it from de statur bar... black screen... I continue thinking that the problem is opengl.... i'll continue trying it with other sd datas and other configurations

Enviado desde mi MB511
[Flipout and Charm General] akashspeaking:
How do you get rom manager to install recovery?

It does not recognize my charm. Please help