I'm going to root my gf's Eris to clear up memory & wanted to know the best Eris ROMs & where can they be found
Highly recommend gsb if she doesn't need sense. There is really no downside that i've seen.
Highly recommend gsb if she doesn't need sense. There is really no downside that i've seen.
except that its still being developed... it works great for me,too,but i dont know if its refined enuff to put it on someone elses phone,especially my GF,or anyone who wasnt also kind of a geek like most of us here
if it all of a sudden lags or freezes,will she know what to do? (if so then disregard ) i know my GF would freek out if she needed to make a phone call and her phone hung or froze up!
Well said my man. My GF doesn't even want to know more than make a call on a dumb phone.
lol yeah my GF has an env touch that she doesnt even use to its capacity literally... all she does is call and text. and take pictures on occasion(wich she just looks at, doesnt send )
she hardly gets on a real computer,let alone figure out how to use the web and apps on a smartphone!
Highly recommend gsb if she doesn't need sense. There is really no downside that i've seen.
to a small extent LG Env TouchI got a env touch that I only used about four month's before getting the eris. It's gathering dust. Dumb question, can it be hacked to take the bloatware off of it.
Well said my man. My GF doesn't even want to know more than make a call on a dumb phone.
Geez, what do you expect of a plumber's girlfriend?!?
(kidding, of course).
My wife is the same way, the phone is just supposed to work.
For my wife, I put XTRSense on her phone, that way it could look just like it always did, but run lots better.
For my self, I'm a ROM hopper, but I tended to stay with the 2.2 ROMs because I like some of the 'little' features offered by them (my wife grumbles every time she tries to use my phone because (a) it looks different than hers and (b) it looks different than it did the day before...)
Okay. Just rooted today. Had some problems but worked my way through. I did a wipe then the zip file and now doing nan back-up. Now, I would like to get the BEST Cyanogen ROM. Please if you can provide suggestions, OH, and the easiest way for me to get it on my Eris. Thank you.
Depends on your definition of "best" to many of us,the best is the "gingershedbread" cm7 based rom. While most of us are having very good results with it,be aware that it is still in developmental stages and not yet a stable,polished release.Okay. Just rooted today. Had some problems but worked my way through. I did a wipe then the zip file and now doing nan back-up. Now, I would like to get the BEST Cyanogen ROM. Please if you can provide suggestions, OH, and the easiest way for me to get it on my Eris. Thank you.
I think that you got those steps mixed up a bit.
You should always Nandroid backup *before* you wipe data. The point of the Nandroid backup is to create a way to restore your phone to a known good working point.
Also, I think it's probably smarter to actually copy the .zip files for the ROM to your phone before you start wiping data, etc.
The location to find ROMs is here: Droid Eris Android Development - xda-developers
You said Cyanogen, but there are three CyanogenMod versions for the Eris - version 5 (Android 2.1/Eclair), 6 (Android 2.2, or Froyo) and now there are early builds of version 7 (Android 2.3, or Gingerbread). You'll see them all there.
A good first ROM for CM6 is FroShedYo. For CM7, GingerShedBread, but the install for GSB is more complicated and I would stay away from it for now if you are new to this.
I might have to do some updating here first. I have a version 1.6.2 installed. Do I need to do anything there before getting a ROM etc.
I might have to do some updating here first. I have a version 1.6.2 installed. Do I need to do anything there before getting a ROM etc.
Depends on your definition of "best" to many of us,the best is the "gingershedbread" cm7 based rom. While most of us are having very good results with it,be aware that it is still in developmental stages and not yet a stable,polished release.
All of the froyo Roms are cm6 based,and all the ones listed above are stable enuff for a daily driver. If you want pure cm6 with few to no developer tweaks thrown in, go with CELB 4.3.
The best way to get your rom of choice is IMO,to download it from one of the links above(or from your own searching on XDAdevelopers) to your computer,transfer it to your phone via USB cable to the top level of your sd card(not inside a folder). Then boot into recovery,make a backup,wipe data and dalvic cache,and flash the rom. If your particular rom requires google apps to be flashed separately,flash it as well. Then reboot.
That's it,in a nutshell
I believe you are speaking of Amon_RA's custom recovery which shows version 1.6.2 on the main screen.
If your trackball is operating fine, then you are on the most current version of this custom recovery, which is nice .
If (when ) your trackball begins to go south on you, have a peek at this thread:
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...2-custom-recovery-trackball-not-required.html
Cheers!
edit: Scotty beat me to it! Good on ya, mate!
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