I'm hopefully going to soon be a Galaxy S2 owner and would like to install MIUI or Revolution. This is my first experience with flashing/rooting and am slightly confused with both the process and also the terminology.
Being a Mac owner I'm somewhat confused with what software to use. I have read about Heimdall but again I'm not sure as to the step by step process of how to work it. Also, could someone explain what clockworkmod recovery is and how to also install that?
Sincere apologies for noob questions.
Oh this is my first post so hello to all btw
Welcome to the forum mate...hope you enjoy your stay
About your many questions...feel free to search through the site and you'll find out all about your phone, CWR and the many benefits of rooting it
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222558
Samuel has helped a lot of members with his questions about Android phones. He has an IRC channel for live support
Cheers,
M_T_M
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That's a great start. Much appreciated.
Well it's all making sense now. I'm glad I have a few days before I get the SGS2 so I can read up on here.
One question I now have is,
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate via bootcamp on my MacBook. Will this be ok to run in windows mode and use Odin and kies?
Retroglide08 said:
Well it's all making sense now. I'm glad I have a few days before I get the SGS2 so I can read up on here.
One question I now have is,
I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate via bootcamp on my MacBook. Will this be ok to run in windows mode and use Odin and kies?
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I don't think there should be a problem since i know someone who does exactly that and has no problems with the process.
Thanks for that. It's good to hear. Just gotta get the phone now, next week. I can't wait.
a excellent guide to flashing. Google : step by step flash xperia arc. the guide you find there is good.
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i was installing a rom and i had some error.
Now i couldnt install any rom.
what i should to do?
please someone help me :/
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look around the forum for threads about this problem. and it would help if you knew your error so you could search for that particular one.
The first thing you should do is to learn how to take notes so that you can provide information for others to try to help you. I would NOT attempt flashing any more roms until you have mastered that first step. Please understand that your installation of some unknown rom, and then receiving some sort of error message probably isn't going to get many meaningful answers from forum members.
The second thing you should do is read the wiki, and the rules of posting on these forums. The rules will point out the necessity of providing details, as noted in the first step, above. The wiki might explain things you needed to watch out for before you took your first steps to upgrade (maybe too late for them now, but who knows?).
Anyway, good luck with your dilemma. Hopefully, somebody who's got a working crystal ball will be able to provide some further assistance.
-pvs
Also, dont install roms with vista. It works for some and not for others.
I have used Vista to flash ROMs all the time and never have any problems.
Lord_BlackAdder said:
I have used Vista to flash ROMs all the time and never have any problems.
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Just a question ... do you think the OP knows what OS he/she is using?
-pvs
Lord_BlackAdder said:
I have used Vista to flash ROMs all the time and never have any problems.
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Ahem.
Hence me saying, it works for SOME and not for OTHERS.
You my friend, are in the SOME category. Congrats!!
YOU WIN THE GRAND PRIZE OF BEING AWESOME!!
lol winner
hi for all, i just want to ask the great members of this site some questions because i am new in this field but i need to be good in this. sorry for my bad English. first i want to know how can i install linux on my ba and what is the benefit that will i have when i install it or in what i will use it? the secound question can play station games run on my ba and how?. sorry again for lating you in my bad questions and thanks for anyone trying to help my. thanks for all.
For the playstation emulator you can download it from here......also, you'll need to make an image file of your preferred PSone games by using some cd burner software like nero or ultraiso....for some games, go **********well, that's all i could help for now...i hope that someone can post some tutorial on how to make linux works on ba....i'm just too lazy to search for it,,,,,
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hfzarx said:
For the playstation emulator you can download it from **********also, you'll need to make an image file of your preferred PSone games by using some cd burner software like nero or ultraiso....for some games, go here.....well, that's all i could help for now...i hope that someone can post some tutorial on how to make linux works on ba....i'm just too lazy to search for it,,,,,
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No Linking to Warez Sites!!!!!
to mr.egzthunder1
hi you are a famous member in this site and you read my question and you didnt answer me.can i ask you why? for mr.egzthunder1.thanks for all
hi mr.hfzarx i installed the emultor and try to install the bios but it didnt run it always closed thanks for your help and i wish you have a solve for this. thank for you.
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hi you are a famous member in this site and you read my question and you didnt answer me.can i ask you why? for mr.egzthunder1.thanks for all
hi mr.hfzarx i installed the emultor and try to install the bios but it didnt run it always closed thanks for your help and i wish you have a solve for this. thank for you.
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I apologize for not answering your question, but the truth of the matter is that it was already answered by hfzarx. Links aside, my answer would have been the same. Again, I apologize for not replying, I simply did not see the point if there was already an answer to your question.
no why apologize!!!!
firstly there is no place for apologizing here we are all brothers if you dont mind with this. secound thing he answer just apart of the question my questions are for two things linux<first i want to know how can i install linux on my BA and what is the benefit that will i have when i install it or in what i will use it?> and ps games.thanks for all thanks for you egzthunder1.
well, me too has some problems running the latest version of the emu(0.1)... maybe you should try the 0.095 or 0.096 version..it works on my ba...however, i don't enjoy much playing ps1 games on my ba as my d-pad button is no longer working......i've just googled some info about linux and found this website but i dont seem to be able to open it(limited guest account on this pc--i'm at a cybercafe--) hope you'll find your way around it....
There is a tutorial in the wiki on how to do it but it is kind of old. I will try to upload my folder with QTopia later today. To use, simply put everything in a clean SD card and run HaRet. As far as the benefits of using Linux... at this point... not many. The development for this slowed down/stopped a while back, so there has not been much progress on it. Aside from being able to say "I am running a Linux build on my BA" there isn't a whole lot you can do with it (however, it is fun to play with it for a while). I hope this answers your question.
thanks
i know from the beginning that you are a great supervisor in this site and i just waited you answer bcs i know that is the correct one and the tested one thank you mr.egzthunder1 thank you alot Do not deprive us of your answers
linux again
hi foor all first thanks for all who treid to help me. then about the emulator it works with me but is there any way to make it faster it to low i over clocked my processor to 590 mhz but its still slow then to mr egzthunder1 you told me you will upload your linux and i still waiting you i open this page everyday.please upload it or learn me how can i found it ob the internet thanks for alla again
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hi foor all first thanks for all who treid to help me. then about the emulator it works with me but is there any way to make it faster it to low i over clocked my processor to 590 mhz but its still slow then to mr egzthunder1 you told me you will upload your linux and i still waiting you i open this page everyday.please upload it or learn me how can i found it ob the internet thanks for alla again
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I haven't had a chance, but I will soon!
ok iam waiting you thanks please dont forget me.
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ok iam waiting you thanks please dont forget me.
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I haven't forgotten... just haven't had a chance... I'll try to do it later.
installing linux on blueangel:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5953328&postcount=6
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installing linux on blueangel:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5953328&postcount=6
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Thanks for that. I remember that someone had posted that, but I couldn't remember where it was
Hey everyone
im a new user on android, the thing is that i bought my new htc desire a day ago, and i found out that it doesnt support arabic, it only shows font but not complete words... i heard that there has been found a solution but on rooted phones, my phone version is 2.2,
i would really like to be guided through this, and for instance what is rooting the phone and CM7 and CM6, i also tried searching and i found cyanogen; the website; a good source if i decided to hack my phone to support arabic,
i also would like to know if i can return my phone to factory settings if i decide to after i hack it ? and how can i backup ?
Do you think that if i install cyanogen would be better than the platform that comes with the phone from htc ?
i also knew that ps1 games and others can work on my phone and it has to do with emulators... which is the best emulator and where to download the games from ?
and any other information u might add that might help me would be great
thanks alot in advance
and sorry, i know the questions are too much
ie : u dont need to answer all questions hehe, any helpful answer to any question would be great
my apprectiations to all of u
Hi
Read and Follow this for a complete guide on how to root to flashing, its pretty simple and this guide will help you a lot and it has videos too to make it more simpler to understand.
If you want to ROOT the guide is here: ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084, or you can follow the steps here: ht tp://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/300866-guide-rooting-unrevoked-windows-updated-20th-may-2011-a.html. This is the tutorial I used to ROOT, and everything worked perfect.
Also before you ROOT be sure to make a Gold Card.
Instructions and download: h t tp://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/
You can go back to your original STOCK ROM with and original RUU, which you can download from here: http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
Be sure to check your version with the one you download. From Phone go to Settings->About Phone->Software Information and check Baseband Version and Software number.
After you ROOT you can also make a back-up from ClockWorckMod Recovery, which is automatically installed when you ROOT. Also a good back-up application is Titanium Back-up (back-up app, settings etc.).
To run PS1 games you can get FPse app from market.
TO GET THE GAMES IF FORBIDDEN IF YOU DON'T OWN THEM!!!!
Hope this helps you. If you have any more questions post them here.
a great thanks to aamir007 and UsManyDead
but i didnt get wut u mean concerning the games, i downloaded the nintendo emulator and the ps1 as well, after that wut do i do ? do i download the games from the market or from some blogs or wut ???
concerning the root i will do it in a couple of days insha'alla and i will post my questions here if i face any problems, thanks alot mates
and do u personally advice rooting the phone, and is it better than the platform that comes with the phone ? wut do i gain from rooting my phone, for example do i get better performance and such things ?
sorry my questions might look weird but im new user
Hello.
What I meant about games is that you can't ask warez questions here. If you have the apk for android then all you need to do is get the image of the game. This one only you know how and where to get it. GOOGLE.
I think it is good to ROOT your phone since after you root you have a lot more options of what to do with your phone.
To find out what you exactly get after ROOT-ing please read the whole FAQ from here, it explains most of your questions (that you might have): ht tp://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/221212-faq-rooting-updated-2nd-june-2011-a.html
Depends on your needs.
You are currently asking the same questions I asked myself many months ago. Basically, it will all depend on what you want to do with your phone. If it will just be a phone, then there's no need to root it. On the other hand, if you plan to change every single aspect of how your phone looks or behaves, then rooting and "S-OFFing" should be done to it.
Just be prepared for headaches that you might experience. I know there are guides throughout this forum. But not everything will go smoothly. If you do decide to install another ROM, start with a well-tested and stable firmware, then experiment with bleeding-edge ROMs once you become more familiar with troubleshooting.
One more thing: enjoy the adventure! You will love it!
thanks alot guys i really appreciate ur help
honestly co_dominic, im starting to have a headache hehe ! thought it looks quite good
i actually entered to the stock rom ruu website u gave me but i didnt know wut link i should download.. how do i know ??
I'm trying to fix my cousin's galaxy nexus that was bought new a few months ago. It's jus that after the recent system update, his whole phone has become sluggish, and it doesn't feel right. I must admit that I've never owned an Android device (neither has he) so we both really don't know how to fix it or restore the phone. I looked in the development section but its just so overwhelming, not sure what I should be looking for or trying out..
Can someone please point this beginner in the right direction? I read that the latest update was causing problems and people installed the "stock version" on their phones, which made it better, but I don't know I how I would go about doing that.
I'd appreciate some feedback thanks!
Android version: 4.2.1
Do you need the baseband, kernel version, build number?
This isn't a support site so you're going to need some self reliance.
This is a good starting point.
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This isn't a support site so you're going to need some self reliance.
This is a good starting point.
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I know this is not a support site but this is the section to ask for help, isn't it? I read through that sticky but it doesn't necessarily explain how I would go about restoring me phone to install a stock copy of the latest Android..I really don't want to mess up this phone so that is why I want to confirm everything before I try to load something onto it.
If you scroll to the 2nd post in that thread there's a link to a guide to return to stock as well as a guide to root.
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This isn't a support site so you're going to need some self reliance.
This is a good starting point.
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LOL, this is exactly a support forum where one can come to post Questions, and get answers, and get help and troubleshooting tips.
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LOL, this is exactly a support forum where one can come to post Questions, and get answers, and get help and troubleshooting tips.
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jpalo said:
LOL, this is exactly a support forum where one can come to post Questions, and get answers, and get help and troubleshooting tips.
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Sure it is.
The NooB backlash is coming from users who have walked in the development shoes and is directed mainly at those who don't care for the journey but just want the end result or destination.
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Let me be very clear on this: IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE JOURNEY THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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Basically you have not browsed the forums at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Best way to make it quick is to earse everything like I did after owning my Nexus for 1 yr. Back up everything that needs backing up on a computer.
But the New 4.2 update is pretty heavy and causes lag. Also having low storage space can cause it to slow down too I think.
Here's what I recommend. Root it. Have u done that yet? If not I'll help. It's REALLY easy. Only four commands(I believe) and a driver for adb and fastboot and the SUfile and the recovery.img.
This will EARSE everything. So you'll be fresh. And then put ur freshly backed up stuff back on the phone.
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Hello everyone!. I am sorry to post this question, but i have a hard time finding anything here, been searching all morning :/
I have a Galaxy Note II sgh-i317m with Bell running kitkat 4.4.2 Canadian. I would like to root it. I have rooted my s3 from instructions here
and it worked like a charm! I am running Next launcher now and the phone is jailbroke but there is a few apps i need that require rooting.
Any help at all would be great. I always search here it i a wonderful site!
Thanks in advance.
aguynamedchad
I found an odin file but when i click the pda thing no image in found where i dl it to...
still searching...
Still searching here and internet. but nothing is working of all the people on this site I thought I would have had a reply bye now...
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Still searching here and internet. but nothing is working of all the people on this site I thought I would have had a reply bye now...
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Hi, there are a few tutorials on rooting Note 2.
There is a step by step guide on galaxynote2root.com, google it with your model number phone its easy to find. I am unable to send you the link due to not posting enough comments yet. (SORRY I TRIED)
Let me know how you go...
marky.