Archive for November, 2009

ROM Info: http://db.androidspin.com/android_developer_display.asp?developerid=19

ROM Download: http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_filedownload.asp?release=42&type=2

My Fastboot Info:

• Sapphire PVT 32B
• HBOOT-1.33.2009
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 6 2009

Process (adding more detail to this post):

1. Download ROM
2. Download update BFS-230 (you can choose another if you like)
3. Reboot into Recovery Mode
4. Wipe
5. Partition 16GB, ext4, see Partition The SD Card Using Amon Ra and ADB
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   • 15.4GB  primary  fat32
   • 500MB   primary  ext4
   • 202MB   primary  linux-swap
6. Remove cover from phone
7. Pull battery
8. Remove SD card
9. Connect SD card to PC
10. Copy ROM and update to SD card
11. Insert SD card back into phone
12. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
13. Install ROM
14. Install update
15. Updated swap to 90, see Increase Your Swap File Permanently
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16. Testing but like it so far

Pros:

1. Exchange Email (Data synchronization)
2. Exchange Contacts (Data synchronization)
3. Exchange Calendar (Data synchronization)
4. Gmail (Data synchronization)
5. Email (Other)
6. Facebook (Social Networks)
7. Facebook and Contact Photo Integration
8. Twitter (Social Networks)
9. Flickr (Social Networks)
10. Hero Clock w/ Weather
11. Expanded HTC Contacts Widget (instead of a vertical scroller you have a full screen widget)
12. Browser w/ Pinch
13. Browser w/ Mobile View On/Off Option
14. Picture Viewer w/ Pinch
15. Hero soft keyboard
16. Auto-rotate works
17. Decent background selection
18. Decent speed with widgets (average around 20mb available after killing everything with Advanced Task Killer Free)
19. Nice blue color to UI
20. Pretty clean lock screen
21. Cool to have both Sense, aka Hero, and Original UI’s to use

Cons:

1. Doesn’t seem to use APPS2SD (still testing)
2. Display goes dark when switching Scenes

ROM Info: http://db.androidspin.com/android_developer_display.asp?developerid=19

ROM Download: http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_filedownload.asp?release=42&type=2

My Fastboot Info:

• Sapphire PVT 32B
• HBOOT-1.33.2009
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 6 2009

Process:

1. Download ROM
2. Wipe
3. Format
4. Install ROM, see Installing Custom ROM’s
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Pros:

1. Exchange Email (Data synchronization)
2. Exchange Contacts (Data synchronization)
3. Exchange Calendar (Data synchronization)
4. Gmail (Data synchronization)
5. Email (Other)
6. Facebook (Social Networks)
7. Facebook and Contact Photo Integration
8. Twitter (Social Networks)
9. Flickr (Social Networks)
10. Hero Clock w/ Weather
11. Expanded HTC Contacts Widget (instead of a vertical scroller you have a full screen widget)
12. Browser w/ Pinch
13. Browser w/ Mobile View On/Off Option
14. Picture Viewer w/ Pinch
15. Hero soft keyboard
16. Cool to have both Sense, aka Hero, and Original UI’s to use

Cons:

1. Probably should have applied an update as mentioned in the ROM Info
2. Reboots
3. Slow, might have to do with low memory available (average around 14mb available after killing everything with Advanced Task Killer Free)
4. Doesnt seem to use APPS2SD

ROM Info: http://db.androidspin.com/android_developer_display.asp?developerid=41

ROM Download: http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_filedownload.asp?release=88&type=1

My Fastboot Info:

• Sapphire PVT 32B
• HBOOT-1.33.2009
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 6 2009

Process:

1. Downloading ROM
2. Wipe
3. ROM’d, see Installing Custom ROM’s
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Pros:

1. Exchange Email (Data synchronization)
2. Exchange Contacts (Data synchronization)
3. Exchange Calendar (Data synchronization)
4. Gmail (Data synchronization)
5. Email (Other)
6. Facebook (Social Networks)
7. Facebook and Contact Photo Integration
8. Twitter (Social Networks)
9. Flickr (Social Networks)
10. Hero Clock w/ Weather
11. Expanded HTC Contacts Widget (instead of a vertical scroller you have a full screen widget)
12. Browser w/ Pinch
13. Browser w/ Mobile View On/Off Option
14. Picture Viewer w/ Pinch
15. Good Speed (average around 30mb available after killing everything with Advanced Task Killer Free)
16. 7 screens
17. Hero soft keyboard
18. Cool little bounce to the Menu pop-up
19. Nice UI changes for button down colors, GPS icon, etc

Cons:

1. No auto-rotation
2. No Lock Screen wallpapers
3. No WiFi

In the process of installing KiNgxKxROM Sense Hybrid v2.3 downloaded from here http://db.androidspin.com/androidspin_filedownload.asp?release=103&type=1

ROM information available at http://db.androidspin.com/android_developer_display.asp?developerid=38

My Fastboot Info:

• Sapphire PVT 32B
• HBOOT-1.33.2009
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 6 2009

Process:

1. Downloaded the ROM
2. Formatted SD, see Partition The SD Card Using Amon Ra and ADB
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3. Wiped
4. ROM’d, see Installing Custom ROM’s
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Pros:

1. Exchange Email (Data synchronization)
2. Exchange Contacts (Data synchronization)
3. Exchange Calendar (Data synchronization)
4. Gmail (Data synchronization)
5. Email (Other)
6. Facebook (Social Networks)
7. Facebook and Contact Photo Integration
8. Twitter (Social Networks)
9. Flickr (Social Networks)
10. Hero Clock w/ Weather
11. Expanded HTC Contacts Widget (instead of a vertical scroller you have a full screen widget)
12. Browser w/ Pinch
13. Browser w/ Mobile View On/Off Option
14. Picture Viewer w/ Pinch
15. Excellent Speed (average around 30mb available after killing everything with Advanced Task Killer Free)
16. Clean Lock Screen (no box, just Carrier, Time and Date over the picture)
17. Good wallpaper selection
18. 7 screens
19. Hero soft keyboard

Cons:

1. No auto-rotation
2. Carrier Internet Reads "H" (normally T-Mobile reads "3G")
3. No Lock Screen wallpapers
4. No WiFi

In the process of installing KiNgxKxlick `Clair 2.0 Sholes Port v0.1 downloaded from here http://www.4shared.com/file/149936056/39cdace/KiNgxKxlick-Clair-v01_signed.html?cau2=403tNull

ROM information available at http://db.androidspin.com/android_developer_display.asp?developerid=38

My Fastboot Info:

• Sapphire PVT 32B
• HBOOT-1.33.2009
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 6 2009

Process:

1. Downloaded the ROM
2. Wiped
3. ROM’d, see Installing Custom ROM’s
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Pros:

1. Neat to see Eclair, 2.0
2. Exchange Email
3. Exchange Contacts
4. Exchange Calendar
5. Gmail
6. Email (Other)
7. New Facebook UI

Cons:

1. No GPS
2. No Mic (Incoming call answered but no one could hear me)
3. No sound
4. No Wifi
5. No Hero type contact photo integration
6. Auto-suggest force closes keyboard

Definitely one of the fastest ROM’s I have tried. Downloaded from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H9MXQBK4

I went back to the ROM that shipped with the myTouch3G, took the 1.6 update, and used it for about a week. Never had so it was a good experience to see why I needed to go back to Hero.

MGHTYMAX was good but some of the logo’s and sounds annoyed me so I modded it a little. Had to learn how to sign my own ROM so that was also good.

Pros:

1. Exchange Email
2. Exchange Contacts
3. Exchange Calendar
4. Gmail
5. Email (Other)
6. Facebook
7. Facebook and Contact Photo Integration
8. Twitter
9. Flickr
10. Hero Clock w/ Weather
11. HTC Contacts Widget
12. Browser w/ Pinch
13. Browser w/ Mobile View On/Off Option
14. Picture Viewer w/ Pinch
15. Screen auto-rotate everywhere except Home screen
16. Good Speed (average around 20mb available)

Cons:

1. Could be faster
2. Marketplace 1.5 (I liked 1.6)
3. Missing some apps on install like Google Maps
4. Had to use the blurry fix file

Disclaimer: You could brick your phone and/or void your warranty. What you read here and then attempt to do is at your own risk. I am not responsible for what you do with your phone, PC, Mac, or whatever else you are messing around with. Proceed at your own risk.

1. You will need to be root’d to complete this task, see myTouch3G Rooting
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2. Install a file manager on your phone, such as Linda or Astro, if you don’t already have one
3. Check to see if you are running SPL other than 1.33.2009, for help see Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Download the Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2009-signed provided by Amon Ra from here http://rs602.rapidshare.com/files/267475617/update.Engineering-SPL-HBOOT-1.33.2009-signed.zip
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   or 1.33.2005 from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
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5. Download the Radio update from here http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/
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6. Save the file to your computer
7. Plug your phone into your PC using a USB cable
8. Mount the phone to the PC
9. Copy the engineering SPL and Radio update that you downloaded to the SD card, no folder
10. Unplug the phone
11. Power down your phone
12. Press the Home and Power buttons to start up in Recovery Mode
13. Once in Recovery Mode select "Apply sdcard:choose zip" and click the action button
14. Select the applicable .zip file and click the action button
15. If you are going to update your Radio, now is the time to do it, if you try to do it before the SPL you are likely to brick your phone
16. Select "Apply sdcard:choose zip" and click the action button
17. Select the applicable Radio .zip file and click the action button
18. After the installation you are done, reboot the phone
19. It might hang for a while on a screen with a box and a yellow arrow coming out to point down at a phone before rebooting, this is normal
20. To verify the updated SPL power down, then restart in Fastboot Mode by pressing Back and Power for about 7 seconds
• Old Fastboot Info
• Sapphire PVT 32B…
• HBOOT-1.33.0006…
• CPLD-10
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I
• May 27 2009
• New Fastboot Info
• Sapphire PVT 32B… (no change)
• HBOOT-1.33.2009… (upgraded)
• CPLD-10 (no change)
• RADIO-2.22.19.26I (no change)
• May 6 2009 (older)

Swappiness is how often the swap partition is used. If you bounce between apps and/or home often and would rather not have home get killed or wait long periods of time for things to load you will want to increase your swap.

You will need to have ADB running to get the file and a good notepad type editor, I recommend NotePad++, http://www.filehippo.com/download_notepad/

1. You will need to be root’d to complete this task, see myTouch3G Rooting
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2. Connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable
3. Use ADB to connect to the phone by launching the command prompt on your PC
4. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory and type "adb remount", press Enter
5. Then type "adb pull /system/bin/user.conf user.conf (this will put it in the adb folder)
6. Open the user.conf file with your editor
7. Look for "swappiness=" and change the number to what you want
8. Save the file
9. Go back to the command prompt and type "adb push user.conf /system/bin/user.conf", press Enter
10. Type "adb shell reboot", press Enter, to complete the process

1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
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3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
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   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Unplug your phone from your PC
6. Power down your phone
7. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
   • It has a bunch of text on a black background
8. Once your phone has entered Recovery Mode select and click "…fat32+ext2+swap"
9. Once that is complete select and click "Convert ext2 to ext3"
10. If you want to upgrade ext3 to ext4 continue on, if not, you are done
11. Plug your phone back into your PC using a USB, while the phone is still in "Recovery Mode"
12. Use ADB to connect to the phone by launching the command prompt on your PC
13. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory and type "adb shell"
14. Check that the conversion and partitioning looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
15. Type "print" and Enter
16. Assuming everything looks good type "quit" and press Enter
17. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
18. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
19. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, done

1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
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      for instructions
3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
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   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
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4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable
6. On the PC launch the command prompt
7. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory, for example c:\android\adb\
8. On the PC again type "adb shell reboot recovery", press Enter
9. Open the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter
10. View the partition information by typing "print", press Enter
    • Do this to make sure your card if formatted correctly
11. Make note of how much space you have on your card, in the steps that follow I have 7969 available
    • Work backwards from the total space available, 7969 (8GB card), to determine how much to allocate in the next steps
      • For example: 7969 – 32(swap file) = 7937(ext2) – 512(to be allocated for ext2) = 7425(available for fat32 storage)
12. Create a new fat32 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7425", then press Enter
    • The fat32 partition will be used for storage and can be any size as long as you leave enough space for at least a 32mb linux swap, created last
13. Create an ext2 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary ext2 7425 7937", then press Enter
    • This partition is for app installation and also can be any size as long as at least 32mb is left for the next step
    • You can convert the ext2 to ext3 then ext4 using a different command available further down in these instructions
14. Create the swap file by typing "mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7937 7969", then press Enter
15. Check the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter 
16. View the partition details by typing "print", press Enter
17. If everything looks good, type "quit" and press Enter and proceed to next step, if not go back to step 12 and try again
18. Upgrade the ext2 to ext3 by typing "upgrade_fs" and press Enter
19. Check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, if not go back to step 18, proceed to the next step
22. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
23. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
24. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
25. Type "print" and Enter
26. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, and if not go back to step 21