kad3t
Member
My phone is rooted already and I have no problems with it no more but I'll keep that in mind as an alternative though after getting used to (the hard way) the GoldCard method I don't think I'll need to use it.
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My phone is rooted already and I have no problems with it no more but I'll keep that in mind as an alternative though after getting used to (the hard way) the GoldCard method I don't think I'll need to use it.
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After months of contemplating I've taken the "brave" steps to root my phone and install a custom rom. I've tried to follow these steps and I was pretty sure everything was going as it should.
However on the final reboot I notice that the phone looks very similar to how it did when it was new. It looks pretty like the orange rom that came with the phone. How can I find out if I do actually have the villainrom installed? Also what could possible have gone wrong?
Thanks
kad3t
Member
Most probably instant root did not work. And hence all the other steps either... Because you would've noticed if you had a custom ROM straight away.
Try Goldcard method - if you follow it step by step it's fail proof.
kad3t
Member
kad3t if that were true surely bzzzzz would have run into problems trying to follow the guide when it was talking about the recovery menu. (If instantroot is blocked -> no recovery menu).
You're too quick to recommend the goldcard method
That may be true, however I did not succeed with instanroot and putting recovery image through adb and had no recovery menu - blank screen with three green androids and nothing more there. And yet I managed to put the recovery image on using a GoldCard method.
I agree though that my advice may be wrong, as I'm by no means not an advaned rooter and haven't rooted many devices and have not much experience with it. I only tried to help with what worked for me. ^__^
Numbnuts here made a pretty elementary mistake. Instead of placing a custom rom in the sdcard memory I placed VillainROMUpdaterV4-signed.zip.
I don't think this is a rom at all, just some kind of way of updating the rom over the air.
Anyway I'm now downloading VillainROM6.2-Full-signed.zip
and will put that into the sdcard memory. Hope that's the right thing to do.
I don't think this is a rom at all, just some kind of way of updating the rom over the air.
Anyway I'm now downloading VillainROM6.2-Full-signed.zip
and will put that into the sdcard memory. Hope that's the right thing to do.
That's right, that file is simply a minor update for one of their ROMs. So you were right, it was the stock ROM you were looking at (just a slightly mangled version )
And yes, that file is the one you want
No worries, we're all here to learn, right? I'm by no means an advanced rooter either; this is my first android phone. Everything I know about it comes from discussing it here on these forums with others like you (and I'm sure I've given out plenty of wrong information in that time). So don't think I was judging you or anything.
It's just I didn't want bzzzzz to think he'd have to go through the goldcard method again, that'd be a real pain
) And yes, that file is the one you want
No worries, we're all here to learn, right? I'm by no means an advanced rooter either; this is my first android phone. Everything I know about it comes from discussing it here on these forums with others like you (and I'm sure I've given out plenty of wrong information in that time
). So don't think I was judging you or anything.It's just I didn't want bzzzzz to think he'd have to go through the goldcard method again, that'd be a real pain
Ok thanks guys.
Particularly Xyro.
Now got a new rom
It looks fairly similar to the old one. And rather slow to go through all the updates. I hope its worth it and I can settle on this for at least a month.
I daresay there'll be another post from me in the next 5 minutes or so as I find out that something doesn't work.
I think my next stage is to update radio, am I correct in thinking just go for the most recent?
Thanks again
Particularly Xyro.
Now got a new rom
It looks fairly similar to the old one. And rather slow to go through all the updates. I hope its worth it and I can settle on this for at least a month.
I daresay there'll be another post from me in the next 5 minutes or so as I find out that something doesn't work.
I think my next stage is to update radio, am I correct in thinking just go for the most recent?
Thanks again
kad3t
Member
Well, if there's one thing I am sure of is that you HAVE to be carefull with radio as flashing a wrong one can brick the phone permanently. So, read a lot first, then act.
Good luck!
Ermm. I've heard that's nonsense. But there is a lot of nonsense chat about so I'm wary of everything.
Have to say after first boot, this thing is running so frustratingly slowly and doesn't look a whole lot better than standard orange 1.5. I couldn't even load market to install titanium backup.
Just rebooted so hopefully I'll see the wheat from the chaff now.
Have to say after first boot, this thing is running so frustratingly slowly and doesn't look a whole lot better than standard orange 1.5. I couldn't even load market to install titanium backup.
Just rebooted so hopefully I'll see the wheat from the chaff now.
kad3t
Member
Ermm. I've heard that's nonsense. But there is a lot of nonsense chat about so I'm wary of everything.
Have to say after first boot, this thing is running so frustratingly slowly and doesn't look a whole lot better than standard orange 1.5. I couldn't even load market to install titanium backup.
Just rebooted so hopefully I'll see the wheat from the chaff now.
Read this...
help to unbrick - xda-developers
Which custom ROM have you flashed that it's slower?
You can get the latest radio, 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26, here.
Yes, the radio flash has the potential to brick your phone IF you pull the battery out (or flash a radio designed for a Sprint CDMA phone). No matter what your phone does, leave the battery in
It won't behave like a normal flash. It reboots first and then flashes in stead (that's what the picture of the box with an arrow comming out of it will mean).
Villain 6.2 takes a few reboots and a bit of time to speed up to normal.
And you can always nandroid backup your new 2.1 ROM, restore to 1.5 and backup your contacts and then switch back (Assuming you backed up 1.5, which you probably did).
Yes, the radio flash has the potential to brick your phone IF you pull the battery out (or flash a radio designed for a Sprint CDMA phone). No matter what your phone does, leave the battery in
It won't behave like a normal flash. It reboots first and then flashes in stead (that's what the picture of the box with an arrow comming out of it will mean).
Villain 6.2 takes a few reboots and a bit of time to speed up to normal.
And you can always nandroid backup your new 2.1 ROM, restore to 1.5 and backup your contacts and then switch back
(Assuming you backed up 1.5, which you probably did).You can get the latest radio, 63.18.55.06JU_6.35.09.26, here.
Yes, the radio flash has the potential to brick your phone IF you pull the battery out (or flash a radio designed for a Sprint CDMA phone). No matter what your phone does, leave the battery in
It won't behave like a normal flash. It reboots first and then flashes in stead (that's what the picture of the box with an arrow comming out of it will mean).
Villain 6.2 takes a few reboots and a bit of time to speed up to normal.
And you can always nandroid backup your new 2.1 ROM, restore to 1.5 and backup your contacts and then switch back
I'll do the radio thing tomorrow as its late and I've just had a long drive and don't want to risk doing anything that I'll regret.
I am finding 6.2 to be incredibly slow and I'm only sticking with it, as some people (xyro in particular) seems to think it speeds up. I'm pretty sure I'm running 6.2.0.
How do I get the elusive 6.2.1?
6.2? Pfft, that's last weeks news
Last night the official 2.1 ROM was released in Taiwan, and is now available for flashing
There are no fancy custom ROM modifications yet since it's simply the stock ROM in flashable form. But since it's based on the real official 2.1, not the ports and leaks used to build the old custom 2.1 roms, everything just works.
04/Jun - Official HTC 2.1 (3.31.751.1 Chungwa Taiwan) multiple repacks + online kitchen - Android @ MoDaCo
Last night the official 2.1 ROM was released in Taiwan, and is now available for flashing
There are no fancy custom ROM modifications yet since it's simply the stock ROM in flashable form. But since it's based on the real official 2.1, not the ports and leaks used to build the old custom 2.1 roms, everything just works.
04/Jun - Official HTC 2.1 (3.31.751.1 Chungwa Taiwan) multiple repacks + online kitchen - Android @ MoDaCo
GT3guy
Lurker
6. Go to the market. Download an app called 'Titanium Backup'. (Needs Root access). Install it. Click Backup/Restore. Click menu, Batch, Then select the option best for you. I select Backup all user apps. However you can select backup all user apps + data (but this may cause problems with your new ROM...but it works fine for me). Let the app do its thing.
I'm a "newbie" here, but an experienced computer geek. I've a question regarding the above step, in that I'm unclear how to give Titanium Backup superuser rights and it complains that BusyBox isn't available at this point in the script. So, what haven't I done?
Great script so far.
I'm a "newbie" here, but an experienced computer geek. I've a question regarding the above step, in that I'm unclear how to give Titanium Backup superuser rights and it complains that BusyBox isn't available at this point in the script. So, what haven't I done?
Great script so far.
kad3t
Member
OTA Update. Just click VillainROM Update icon in your menu and follow instructions or go to villainrom.co.uk and search for it there...
However the latest VillainROM is 10.0 (!!) and it's based on official Hero 2.1 release, so you may wanna read about that one as well.
If you check the last three/four pages of this thread - I've done some speed test of some of the ROMs - that may help you choose the one you're after.
[Benchmark] 3D/OpenGL performance across ROMs - xda-developers
kad3t
Member
Basically, you've picked a bad time to start with custom ROMs
Every man and his dog will be bringing out lots of versions based on the official ROM.
I like to think of it as best time! Plenty to choose from, many of them real high quality crafts...
Anyway, I've tested many over the last few days and am happy that 2.1 got released as over the next few I will choose one ROM that I'll be able to stick to until unofficial 2.2 gets ported. ^__^
jUsT2eXy
Android Enthusiast
Lots and lots of ROMS to pick from.... VillainRom is by far my favorite and has been for the last couple of months.
The XDA 2.2 community release is making progress too so yeah exciting times.. wooh.
If there are any suggestions as to how I can improve / update my guide drop me a private message.
I am so glad I have been of help to you guys.
The XDA 2.2 community release is making progress too so yeah exciting times.. wooh.
If there are any suggestions as to how I can improve / update my guide drop me a private message.
I am so glad I have been of help to you guys.
Yeah that's true. But I feel I will spend the next month flashing the modaco and villain releases all the time until things settle down a bit
If you want to be able to pick a ROM and stick with it, confident that you have the best version, this is definitely not the time jUsT2eXy, thanks for adding that bit to your guide