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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandale:
Deodeoxed version of stock froyo. Themed over some gingerbread. That is as stock as you can get.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
I'd disagree completely. CM7 with a stock launcher flashed over it is as close you can get to stock 2.3 simply right now. Skinned 2.2 is pretty far away from stock 2.3...

Just flash the latest CM7 nightly (at #5 almost #6 now). Or if you're worried just go with RC1, although all the nightlies after RC1 came out have been just fine for me so far. If you wanna get rid of ADW Launcher for the "stock" feeling, flash the stock Gingerbread launcher after you install CM7. Been doing this for about 10 nightlies now and it works like a charm and looks amazing as well. This is a really fast ROM, and it looks just like stock 2.3 on the NS does, but with all the CM7 goodies baked in if you want them.

I used the "CM7StockLauncherOnly.zip" from THIS thread. Its from the Nexus S community forum but it works just fine on G2. All this does is uninstall ADW and install the stock 2.3 launcher. I've gone ahead and attached the .zip that I've been using to this post for convenience :). Just flash through recovery after doing a boot up with CM7.

Also, if you're going to be updating your nightlies of CM7. I can give you some advice. While in recovery, after flashing a newer version of CM7 (aka nightly #5 to #6, etc.), just go to advanced > Reboot Recovery, THEN flash the CM7LauncherMod.zip.

Don't

flash the new CM7, boot, then go back and flash the launcher mod. This way you will save all of your homescreen locations, widgets etc. If you let your phone boot with ADW installed it will wipe it clean when you install the stock 2.3 launcher and you'll have to start over. If you do this I can explain more in detail but thought I'd give you the headsup now.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lainvalenajr:
Hmm... thanks lol I will try this when I flash cyan
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
I can't stress how much more I love CM7 with the stock launcher lol. I was kinda luke-warm on CM7 at first because its just got a little lag with ADW, but now its buttery smooth. Let me know if you need any help I'd be glad to run you through it.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arts711:
thanks a lot for the insight, i'll prbbly work my way to cm7 once it becomes final
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Awesome. Hope you make the move its a great ROM.

FWIW, CM7 has been

extremely

stable for me. Never had a crash, reboot, force close, or anything since build #30 when I started. I think a lot of people are in the same boat. I really don't think theres many instable issues this has been a daily driver for a lot of people for many weeks now, even before the RC1 came out.

If you find instability you can always go back to the nandroid backup of your stock 2.2, but I don't think it would hurt to try it out and see how you like it! Just remember to update to the latest CWM Recovery 3.0.0.5 from ROM manager, it handles both 2.2 and 2.3 backups/restores.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spudkinks:
im still new to this...i just flashed rc1 this morning, been playing with it all day. can i flash this stock launcher now with no issues? should i have flashed both one after the other?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Nope you can flash it any time you want. Just go into recovery (hold down power button, select "reboot" then select "recovery", and wipe cache to be safe. Then go to "install zip from SD card" > "Choose zip" then select it and hit YES, just like you would for any other zip.

Remember, this will completely uninstall ADW. You will probably lose all of your icon/widget locations, although the 1st initial time I flashed the stock launcher I didn't lose my locations completely (everything shifted over by 1 homescreen weirdly). I'd most definitely run a nandroid backup before you flash anything (this should be normal practice anyways).

The reason why I instructed to flash the ROM, then restart recovery then flash the Stock Launcher Mod without a boot up is that when you're using the stock launcher over and over, installing ADW will wipe your homescreen locales.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spudkinks:
Thanks very much. Just installed with no issues/lost widgets or icons. This is WAY better.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Glad it worked for you. Like I said I've been using this for about 10 nightlies now and its the best 2.3 experience I've ever had.

Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions or troubles.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarlosTheJackal:
Quick question for the people in the know, I'm running RC1 with the stock launcher & loving it, but I would like to upgrade to the latest nightly.

So if I flash the latest nightly (With no wiping) then before booting into the OS I flash this zip it will be just upgrading the OS & won't touch any of my screen setups?

Delivered by Western Union in the rain after 70 Years
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Yes. If you follow my instructions from the first page properly. Otherwise you'll either not flash the launcher properly, or you'll flash it and lose your home screen setups.

Before starting. Do a Nandroid backup. Always a good idea! That being said, follow these instructions:

1) Go into recovery (Power Button > Reboot > Recovery), wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (doesn't hurt, takes 10sec)

2) Flash the new nightly build you're upgrading to (Install Zip from SD card > Select Zip > select the latest nightly you're upgrading to.

2a) DO NOT REBOOT SYSTEM

3) Still in recovery, go to Advanced > Reboot

Recovery

4) After recovery reboots, go ahead and flash zip from SD card > Select Zip > Flash the stock launcher mod.

Let me know if you have any questions. The crucial part is rebooting recovery after flashing the nightly and before flashing the launcher mod, this way ADW is installed and you can properly uninstall it and replace it with the stock launcher. Also, make sure you don't accidentally boot up the ROM before flashing the stock launcher, as it will wipe your homes because it installed ADW.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarlosTheJackal:
Just realised i never said thanks for this! *Slaps head*

So Thanks (Y) :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
Very welcome, everything work out upgrading and applying stock launcher?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarlosTheJackal:
Yes thank you! Running the latest Nightly with the stock launcher & didn't lose a single widget! XD

Delivered by Western Union in the rain after 70 Years
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuart.upton666:
Okay so I've recently come up with a little idea to make a series of videos of new and old roms in action to give people an idea of what the roms look and feel is. :confused: I've already made one for the SDK port in honeycomb but it was just thrown together in an hour so i never had sufficient time to edit the video to spec. But good things take time. So if you like this idea and want your rom or app or theme featured in the videos please don't hesitate to contact me, but be patient as it could take me some time to get everything together. Oh and very important this will only be for the N1 at the moment until i can get hold of a few more Android devices, That will only be for roms and themes. But if you want your app featured please email me or send me a PM on here and I'll get back to you asap.

Thanks.

Stu

[Edit] okay so I've how made 3 videos. One for the Miui-Au rom, One for the SuperAosp rom and one for the Honetcomb SDK port. Send in some requests guys.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superatmel:
Ok, I'd rather a SuperAosp video would be great, thanks for the idea
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Great idea...now checking out the vid u made of supertamel's cool new rom!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuart.upton666:
Okay so ive made 3 new videos now. Please check my youtube out and if you like please subscribe. http://www.youtube.com/StuartUpton666
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dropkickstart:
I'm running CM6 on my Sprint HTC Hero and cannot update or install any apps from the android market, they all get an error with a random number attached (usually 18) during the installation process. Additionally, I've noticed that when I attempt to flash a new ROM to my phone the ROM says it installs successfully but upon system reboot the phone shows the HTC splash screen for about 5-10 seconds then the screen turns off and this repeats until I pull the battery.

Is anyone else having this issue? If so, is this a software fault or a hardware issue?

Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
You seem to be very very new here. Anyways, I'll answer you this time... but you got to learn to search, because THIS is nothing new. Most of us around here have faced this problem and it has been posted/answered atleast a thousand times...

Anyways, you need to wipe - system, data, cache, dalvik cache from the recovery before you flash a new ROM. Also, not sure what you did before flashing CM6, but if you would do the wipe, you should be good.

Market problem is also a known issue - try clearing Market app's cache and try again. If it does not work, search on the forums and you are sure to find a solution.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dropkickstart:
Sorry for the newbie mistake. Thanks for the advice.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
the error 18 is a google issue, unmount your sd card to DL an app, remount when done (I googled that, lol). the splash freeze/loop is probably because you need a capped kernel, what version of CM6 are you on again?
[G Tablet General] scottder:
I am having issues on the Gtab with various screen capture programs. I have tried the usual suspects dropcap2 and such and always end up with a blank/black screen capture. I am using Launcher Pro if that helps at all.

Scott
[G Tablet General] Evo8IKON:
ShootMe is a great program! :)
[G Tablet General] scottder:
Yeah that's one I tried, just got blank screenshots :(
[G Tablet General] manikin13:
DDMS is the only current way

the android SDK contains a tool called DDMS, which is used to capture screens either with or without the use of Eclipse IDE. It requires ADB to work, and there are threads in the development subforum on howto setup ADB.
[G Tablet General] jayune:
yea none of the screenshot apps will work you need to use adb but there this app called qtadb it works great as a manager and it has a screen shot taker and the sdk is even required cause it has the adb file already, the worse part of adb for the gtab was the drivers, i have them already set up so let me know if you need them
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
I haven't touched my Rogers G1 rom, it is as stock as they come. One day the battery died, so I plugged the phone to charge and also tried to start it up.

My problem started after that.

I will try to restart the phone and it'll get stuck on boot screen - where it says HTC or sometimes even just the Rogers screen.

Only solution is to take battery out, do hard reset.

I've searched the forums but everybody else asks regarding modded roms and not stock.

Any idea how I could resolve this issue without flashing new roms? Or is that my only way out?

Thanks.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beav_35:
Did you apply Rogers mandatory 911 update that was released about a year ago? You can check by booting into fastboot mode (hold the camera button while powering it on). If your radio version is 3.22.26.17 you have the update. Rogers locked down fastboot in this latest update and the only way to root it is through the ROM. If you don't have this update I can walk you though the steps to root your phone though fastboot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
Just checked and it does have the update.

Should I just go ahead and flash new roms?

I keep having the same issue as before.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beav_35:
With the latest update Rogers locked down fastboot so it is useless. So, I don't believe that there is any way to flash a new ROM without first booting into your existing ROM.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
Sorry but I'm inexperienced with flashing roms...

If I can't flash by the fastboot method, I can still flash by rooting the phone, correct?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael2041:
I'm not completely sure, but usually you need to be able to get into the rom to root. Maybe there is another way.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
6 hours later and i got nowhere...

I rooted phone, flashed new cyanogen rom, setup amon ra's recovery but I didn't do new radio since my current is one of the newer ones.

The booting goes nowhere as soon as the rogers logo shows at the beginning of boot up.

Would a new radio help? Could that be the issue?

edit:

The phone rebooted properly and now I have a working fone!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beav_35:
Wait, how did you root the phone without getting into the ROM?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
I used the Androot method, copied onto sd card, launched file via file manager app on phone and it rooted the phone. This is how I remember anyways - I fiddled with the phone for good part of the afternoon so my memory is all over the place with the specifics.

I used this site for rooting.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beav_35:
I thought you said in the op that you couldn't boot into the ROM (got stuck on boot screen). So, what was the problem in the first place? (or how did you fix the ROM?)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JiggyNS:
Sorry I guess I wasn't clear enough in op.

The only way I could get to use the phone was to do a hard reset and let the phone boot up from there, however if I ever wanted to turn the phone off or restart the phone it would get stuck on the next boot up.

I was able to flash the rom by constantly hard reseting the phone every time I needed to put files onto the memory card.
[Droid 2 General] sloppysam:
Hi All,

Sorry, I got a pretty silly n00b question... but is Titanium Backup or any other backup/restore app needed, if you just do a backup/restore from the ClockworkMod Recovery too?

Thanks

Sam
[Droid 2 General] toysturnaseraphim:
A recovery backup doesn't cover the apps you've installed, so without Titanium or the like you'll need to restore them manually.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
This is wrong.

A Nand backup (recovery backup) through Clockworksmod DOES backup your apps. In face, it backs up EVERYTHING you have on your phone, aside from you SDcard. It makes a copy of your entire phone exactly as it is when you make the backup.

When you make a nand backup, be sure to mount your /system and /data beforehand or you could run into trouble. Likewise, mount your /system and /data when restoring.
[Droid 2 General] snowblind64:
As already stated, a recovery backup creates a full backup of your phones internal files.

Titanium backup should also be used.

Titanium is useful for backing up apps but more importantly it backs up your app data. This is a great feature if you change ROM's often as you can quickly restore your app data, thus restoring game scores, settings, etc.

You can also use Titanium to revert to older versions of apps should an update cause problems.
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
Very useful information I left out.
[Droid 2 General] sloppysam:
ah, thanks, so let's say I have a application that requires a activation code, and I switch from Fission to Liberty or whatever ROM, once switched, I can use Titanium Backup to restore my app, and I won't need to reactivate?

Thanks,

Sam
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
Question to all you intelligent people because im confused. im on a desire z

I want to flash this radio here.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11556936&postcount=576

i have rooted and succesfully S-Offed using this method below and at the time i used Visionarty R12

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9143423&postcount=3

my question is if i flash this radio will it brick my phone? and do i have perm root? or just a temp root?.....im confused, i am currently running a custom rom, (gingermex) and have flashed tons of roms already. so will this be safe to flash this radio file???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
is it safe to flash this radio file?

bumpp..anyone with some feedback? was hoping to flash this in the next hour or so.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmama:
The root method that you've used is obsolete, suggest to use this one if you want to flash new radio and before flash the eng-boot also ...

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kurosoul:
I used this thread to update my radio, it's pretty easy to understand.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=799208

Hope this helps.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jark99:
so i guess what your sayiing is i dont have perm-root?.....right? or does it even matter now? cause i can still flash all the roms and still rooted and everything.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ianmcquinn:
No, you have permanent root. You're fine. You should be able to flash the radio without issue. What you might want to take note of is if you ever want to run gfree in the future (to get true radio S-OFF, super CID, and SIM unlock). At least one user has reported that gfree didn't work with one of the newer radios and he had to downgrade back to the stock radio in order to run the program. Just an additional hassle (which is why most people recommend running gfree first, prior to messing with the radio).

There was a fear that a new radio may be released at some point that does not allow you to downgrade again (thereby preventing you from ever running gfree), but that would be unusual and so far there hasn't been one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narddawg314:
I was wanting to setup a whole screen with a grid of "favorite contacts" so that I don't have to search for them each time I want to call/text.. I use the Launcher Pro contact grid right now, but I was thinking the Transparent look would be nicer since I like my wallpaper. Something like the transparent widgets app that's out there, but for contacts instead of a news feed, calendar, or clock...anybody got any ideas or know if there's something out there already?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caballero777:
This would be cool!!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flint420:
Search in the themes section and you will find multiple skinned versions of launcher pro. Some with transparent contact widget backgrounds. I would post a link but I'm using the mobile app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] narddawg314:
The themes section on where? In the XDA forums or is there an actual theme download for launcher pro through the app or somethin?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rbrthrly90:
Sounds cool... Would also like to see this!!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decalex:
Inversion Conversion

if you don't find what you're looking for - (something that's already been created), a good place to post to see if someone wants to take it on is here. The honcho over there "The Bowers" is awesome with this stuff:

Team Inversion Conversion (Transparent Apps thread)

Btw, not all of the current apps that they've modded will flash nicely with our phones-- since most of them are using droids. If testing them out, I usually adb push them to my phone (backing up first, of course).
[Defy Android Development] chaihg:
Good work Walter. I was wanting to do this myself and collected a lot of sbfs.

Here is 2.51.1 France version of 2.1 that I stole from RSD lite ;)

http://www.mediafire.com/?o4dckhi8bykidwm
[Defy Android Development] chaihg:
I wrote to Sorensiim about two weeks back about this project. No replies yet :(
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
we have one mirror.

"dear walter79, You can use my domain to host all SBF files and tools. This site is hosted at 3ix.org, it has around 150GB free space"

kzkz spent this ftp server

next week i will upload the sbf files
[Defy Android Development] hurka11:
the page for download 2.51.1 CE without blur is not working. Where can I download it. Thank you.
[Defy Android Development] Kasu80:
2.1 Central Europe JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1:

w w w.fileserve.com/file/U6tcc7t
[Defy Android Development] chaihg:
Walter, just wanted to let you know that the And-developers site that you have posted is of no use because the files on motorola server have been moved. I tried contacting the owner of that site. I dont think that will be running again. So please delete that link, if not people will keep asking here for sbfs on that site.

Here is my copy of the 2.21 France sbf. Though not needed, dont know who will brick their phone and need it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?k0megjz5es2aelf
[Defy Android Development] hurka11:
Hi. Is there a way that I can download the Eclair 2.1 Build 2.5.1.1CE? I could't find it anywhere. Thanks
[Defy Android Development] Citynomad:
Why don't you just use the "link" 2 posts above yours? Just leave out the empty spaces and you'll get:

http://www.fileserve.com/file/U6tcc7t
[Defy Android Development] noxunas:
There's a mistake :

"3.4.2-117 UK Deblur" is a BLUR Rom.
[Defy Android Development] hurka11:
Thank you.
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
Next week i will upload the sbf-files to a ftp server.
[Defy Android Development] dirtbaghh:
System version =

Blur_Version.2.51.1MB525.retail.en.IT

firmware version =

2.1-update1

kernel =

2.6.29jfqk83@zch68lnxdroid07 #1

bflex =

USAJRDNEMARAB1B8RTIT030.0R

aflex =

GAS_EMEA_USAJORDANRTIT_P044

BUild Number

JRDNEM_U3_2.51.1

that's on my "About Phone "

at the back of my defy is made in china ..

what stock rom should i use ??

is it ok if i use diferrent stock rom for my defy ?

thanks in advance !
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
Use the china froyo (Android 2.2) Rom.
[Defy Android Development] Peglezn:
he cant use china froyo ...he is on non downgradable 2.51

u can use any other 2.51 (UK,CE,FR) as a stock, your .IT version hasnt been uploaded yet (that would be the best one to flash if ud have any warranty issues)
[Defy Android Development] dirtbaghh:
thanks for the reply guys i'll try the ce 2.51 stock rom without blur .....

but seems the download is not available right now !!...

this file is huge

by the way is sbf file normally 300mb + or just 100 +

and what do you mean by flashing my .IT sir Peglezn

thanks again ... waiting for the ftp links sir walter i hope you can upload CE 2.51 nonblur version to mediafire

... thank again guys !!
[Defy Android Development] Peglezn:
by .IT i meant Blur_Version.2.51.1MB525.retail.en.IT

im guessing .IT stands for italy? ...and nobody uploaded that sbf yet.
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
If it is a italy rom it is better that you do not use china roms.
[Defy Android Development] dirtbaghh:
ahh ok .. hehe i'll use the CE blurless stock rom ... i just couldn't find it anywhere to download .... poor me !! hhe
[Defy Android Development] walter79:
Mirror is online.

On the new China Froyo is missing.
[Galaxy Spica General] boditza:
Can someone please upload the latest firmware avaialable for spica that has romanian language and it is unbranded. i installed a french firmware but it doesn't have ro language.
[Galaxy Spica General] yamen.meddeb:
original firmware but eclair 2.1

http://www.multiupload.com/VS9QWXDV4W
[Galaxy Spica General] boditza:
thank you for that but it does not ave romanian. installed I570EXXJH7 and it has romanian, but its branded with 3-4 apps :). its ok i guess, at least i got the desired language :)