ATRAIN904
Member
What are you referring too "three links for linus"?
You cant use chmod for the admire yet.
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Root [Root] One Click Root for Samsung Admire (SCH-R720) :: Windows/Mac/Linux :: 9/12/2011
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What are you referring too "three links for linus"?
You cant use chmod for the admire yet.
ATRAIN904
Member
What windows are you using? Vista, XP, 7 ?
If your computer is not reconizing your phone being plugged up via usb cable then thats a PC / Windows issue you have which could be a number of reasons causing it .. when you attach the cable to your phone you computer should make a sound letting you know it detects a "device" is connected .. if its not giving you that indicator then a "restore" to a previous date could resolve it or virus/malware/spyware/ etc scan might be a start as well ..
ATRAIN904
Member
Ok thats good it see's the phone.
Next is to drag your notifications window down on your phone and click usb connected then click "debugging mode on" or goto settings , development, turn debugging on then after the android man goes from green to orange then look in your device manager/ my computer under com ports
or have you already done this?
ATRAIN904
Member
glad it helped ..
im getting off of here but hopefully you either figure it out from here or post whats going on and someone helps out more !
bye bye bloatware
You do not have to go though this and downloading things on your PC you can download 4 squared mobile on the android market go to settings-applications-enable install non market apps. Open 4 squared and press menu button on phone and click search type in gingerbreak-v1.30.apk. Download it and open it and click on root device it will root it when your phone is rooted it will turn off. Turn it back on search for a app called super user your rooted. (Hint this can work on all devices and some not like on htc phones sometimes)
BikeBuilders
Newbie
So I went through the process of rooting, and deleted a bunch of the bloatware recommended. With the exception of Metronav, IM & Social (I do use Facebook) and MetroPCS Easy WiFi.
The ones I am still unsure of whether or not I shoud uninstall are Voice Dialer and Voice Search.
In lurking around, I have seen reports that after rooting, and removing bloatware, people went from having less than 2mb system ROM free to having around 100.... This would explain speeding up the phone substantially...
In my case, with the uninstalls I have done, I am still at only 19.7 mb free out of 187. So obviously, I haven't noticed any significant increase in the phones speed. Is there something I am missing?
Also, I have read about people getting 3g signal after rooting. I am not getting that either...
The ones I am still unsure of whether or not I shoud uninstall are Voice Dialer and Voice Search.
In lurking around, I have seen reports that after rooting, and removing bloatware, people went from having less than 2mb system ROM free to having around 100.... This would explain speeding up the phone substantially...
In my case, with the uninstalls I have done, I am still at only 19.7 mb free out of 187. So obviously, I haven't noticed any significant increase in the phones speed. Is there something I am missing?
Also, I have read about people getting 3g signal after rooting. I am not getting that either...
gelige
Well-Known Member
Two ways to try to get 3g. Easiest first. Dial *228, then option 5.
BikeBuilders
Newbie
ATRAIN904
Member
Now that you figured the 3G out lol ( it used to be a 8 step process) .. need to download "link2SD" app then move everything to it besides system apps ie: google, contacts, etc & widgets since they will not load on re-boot if they are on the SD. So games, and any other app you've added thats not being used as a widget move then you should get 80-105mb free.
originalcyn
Lurker
This is exactly what I've done,, and I still get the same issue as the poster above you. When I open superuser it just lists apps for rooting...and root checker says not rooted 
(this was to the guy who posted instructions for windows users...)
(this was to the guy who posted instructions for windows users...)
BikeBuilders
Newbie
ok, did as you instructed. My "System ROM" remains the same (19.7 free) I did, however notice that my "Internal" went up from 50ish to 91.3 free. Does this sound right???
ATRAIN904
Member
Yes. Internal I am showing about the same, Ram is at around 105 free and hd space internal anything above 70mb is going to allow your phone to run smooth .. now just continue to repeat the process of moving every app you download to your sd card as long as it is not a widget and you should maintain the speed along with the free space just incase you need it in the future for a system app of some sort that you want .. i clear my cache once a day usually or every time i surf the web/android market plus delete my tombstones and data cache every once in a while which is located using root explorer /date/tombstones
BikeBuilders
Newbie
So, I just went in to data/tombstones as instructed..... Selected all, and deleted. Somehow this deleted all of the files in /data/ and now nothing on my phone works, it went a little skitzo and shut down. I turned it back on, and it somehow reset itself, and I have lost EVERYTHING.... Now I gotta start all over. <<<F**K ME>>> I don't even see any of the apps I had already put on my sd card....
Not your fault, I must have done something wrong. Oh well, back to square one.
BikeBuilders
Newbie
OK, so I am back home now.... Re-rooted my phone, reinstalled Titanium Back Up, Root Explorer, and Link2sd..
But my apps I had previously moved to the sd card are all gone.
Other than that, phone seems fine, but in trying to download the apps I had before, my phone keeps timing out in the Market.
***Just noticed that link2sd says that it can't find the second partition on my sdcard..... Guess that's what got wiped out.
But my apps I had previously moved to the sd card are all gone.
Other than that, phone seems fine, but in trying to download the apps I had before, my phone keeps timing out in the Market.
***Just noticed that link2sd says that it can't find the second partition on my sdcard..... Guess that's what got wiped out.
BikeBuilders
Newbie
ok, just installed a new sd card and link2sd says the same thing at the bottom of the screen..
"Symbolic Link - Second partition not found
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2: device not found
Make sure you have two partitions on your SD card and both are primary."
Should I do some sort of reset on the phone or something???? Everything seems to functioning ok. So I don't know if this is normal, or something o be concerned about. I did notice that before the crash, I had around 93mb free of "Internal" storage. After the crash, and after reinstalling stuff, I have like 153mb free.... So something is definatley gone.
"Symbolic Link - Second partition not found
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2: device not found
Make sure you have two partitions on your SD card and both are primary."
Should I do some sort of reset on the phone or something???? Everything seems to functioning ok. So I don't know if this is normal, or something o be concerned about. I did notice that before the crash, I had around 93mb free of "Internal" storage. After the crash, and after reinstalling stuff, I have like 153mb free.... So something is definatley gone.
ATRAIN904
Member
Sorry to hear that but im def spot on deleting the tombstones dat>tombstones>this is the folder you need to clear not data\
I dont know what / how to fix if data\ was deleted .. factory reset is hold power/home/vol down button but it sounds like you already did that .. have you tried inside titanium backup > re-install backup of the files you had and now are missing ?
ATRAIN904
Member
This is exactly what I've done,, and I still get the same issue as the poster above you. When I open superuser it just lists apps for rooting...and root checker says not rooted
(this was to the guy who posted instructions for windows users...)
are you still having this issue? check your inbox also on here i sent you the link
BikeBuilders
Newbie
I thought I was in the tombstones folder, but somehow, I guess I wasn't. Spent the afternoon re-rooting and reinstalling stuff. Seems to be working fine...
You mentioned that you had 100+ of RAM, and around 100 "internal".... My phone shows System ROM (not RAM) of 26.7 free out of like 186. Is this the same as RAM?? This is the same number it showed before the crash too. Just wondering if that is a good number. Before rooting and removing BS, it was only 1.8mb free. So is 26.7 good, or can that be increased somehow??
As for my "Internal", prior to rooting was around 50mb, after rooting went to 96mb, then after the crash and rerooting it is at like 150mb free.
ATRAIN904
Member
RAM,ROM, Internal Storage are 3 seperate things. Ram is what moves up and down depending on what all you have running and open. So it could say 30mb free if alot of things are open / running or 100+ if you just restarted your phone .. I use 1 touch reboot widget anytime it starts running slow. ROM is internal system memory that you cant change i dont believe and it stays almost full 20mb free or whatever which is system items & processes. Internal is like hard drive space on you phone if you have all of your games and apps that dont require system process on your sd card then you should have 100 or so free so sounds about right. I also use 1 touch cache cleaner also.
BikeBuilders
Newbie
Titanium Backup doesn't show RAM on my phone.... Only ROM (26.7mb free), Internal (154mb free) and SD card (1.94 gb free)
Where do I see RAM?