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[Q] Anybody know how to install an alternative launcher into a custom ROM?

Hi Folks,
I'm still working on perfecting my custom ROM from yesterday. You know, "T-Mobile Froyo 2.2.1 Firmware 3.4.2: Rooted - Deodexed - Overclocked/Undervolted".
First of all, let me just apologize for inflicting a half-baked experiment on all of you. I appreciated the props from some people, but really, I'm pretty embarrassed about the whole episode. I was up for about 36 hours doing the trial and error thing to get that far, and I was really proud of the results for a minute, until I realized that I made some pretty dumb mistakes.
Which leads me to this call out for help:
Can anybody give me a step by step guide on how to install an alternative launcher into the ROM alongside Moto Home? I've been scouring forums and wracking what's left of my brain to figure out a way to do this.
I'm almost there, I just need this one final bit. Any help?

Why not install it via the market?
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Sqoerk said:
Why not install it via the market?
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Hey Sqoerk, thanks for replying, but please do re-read my question.
I thought I made it clear that I'm working on a custom ROM to share with everybody on the forum.
In order to do this, I'm looking for a way to bypass mandatory Motoblur sign-up, which is a problem of the T-Mobile USA Froyo firmware.
My bad if I didn't make that clear the first time....
ANYBODY???

[Q] HTC Wildfire Bee from Cox

Hi Guys, I really need your help on this one. I have HTC Wildfire from Cox. I wanted to root and remove Cox power up animation on this phone. Here is the details of my phone:
Android 2.2.1
HBoot 1.40.0000
Kernel 2.6.32.21
Let me know if you need more information. I saw many guides about Wildfire but I did not see anyone that has HBoot 1.40.0000 that is why I'm not really sure if the guide is right for my phone.
Sorry I'm new with HTC and Android please help and point me to the right direction.
Thank you so much!!

Sorry, the HTC Bee is very similar but not the same as the Buzz. But that doesn't mean I can't help you
Get one of the Wildfire boot animations or any boot animation that is 240x320. Look in the folders
/system/customize/resource or
/system/media or
/data/local.
Replace it with your boot animation.
Watch it go
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Thanks Giffgaff! You are a ROCKSTAR!!
I was able to root my phone using Z4root
Instead of just changing the boot animation I want to load a new ROM. There are so many ROMs in this site how can I tell if the ROM is the right for my phone? Please note this is a CDMA phone.
Thank you so much Guys!!!

iUNWiReD said:
Thanks Giffgaff! You are a ROCKSTAR!!
I was able to root my phone using Z4root
Instead of just changing the boot animation I want to load a new ROM. There are so many ROMs in this site how can I tell if the ROM is the right for my phone? Please note this is a CDMA phone.
Thank you so much Guys!!!
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Lol, giffgaff is just the name of my carrier, not actually my username
Unfortunately, this is where the Bee is lacking in - ROMs. As the Buzz is a GSM phone, not CDMA, the ROMs in this phone's Development section will not work on your Bee
The Bee is very similar to the Buzz but as it is CDMA, most ROMs will not work and as there have been no custom recoveries, that makes it even harder to flash ROMs
But you're free to make one if you wish, you'll save the Bee community
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

usaff22 said:
Lol, giffgaff is just the name of my carrier, not actually my username
Unfortunately, this is where the Bee is lacking in - ROMs. As the Buzz is a GSM phone, not CDMA, the ROMs in this phone's Development section will not work on your Bee
The Bee is very similar to the Buzz but as it is CDMA, most ROMs will not work and as there have been no custom recoveries, that makes it even harder to flash ROMs
But you're free to make one if you wish, you'll save the Bee community
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
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I'm new with Androids. Can you point me to the right direction? Thanks!

iUNWiReD said:
I'm new with Androids. Can you point me to the right direction? Thanks!
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I don't know any ROMs personally for the Bee, but a good place to start to make ROMs is Chef Central, here in XDA. You can ask whatever you wish about ROM making - there are quite a good few guides to making them. You can start by extracting a ROM from the HTC Bee RUU. A guide for that is here: I also started off like this!
But first of all, it would be a good idea to start learning the Android slang - this is a good one. Or alternatively, browse any random HTC device and browse the threads, looking for new words. And that thanks was to increase your thanks meter.

usaff22 said:
I don't know any ROMs personally for the Bee, but a good place to start to make ROMs is Chef Central, here in XDA. You can ask whatever you wish about ROM making - there are quite a good few guides to making them. You can start by extracting a ROM from the HTC Bee RUU. A guide for that is here: I also started off like this!
But first of all, it would be a good idea to start learning the Android slang - this is a good one. Or alternatively, browse any random HTC device and browse the threads, looking for new words. And that thanks was to increase your thanks meter.
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Man you are awesome! You are a ROCKSTARR!! Thank you so much!!!

iUNWiReD said:
Man you are awesome! You are a ROCKSTARR!! Thank you so much!!!
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No problem
Sent from my Wildfire using Tapatalk 2

iUNWiReD said:
Hi Guys, I really need your help on this one. I have HTC Wildfire from Cox. I wanted to root and remove Cox power up animation on this phone. Here is the details of my phone:
Android 2.2.1
HBoot 1.40.0000
Kernel 2.6.32.21
Let me know if you need more information. I saw many guides about Wildfire but I did not see anyone that has HBoot 1.40.0000 that is why I'm not really sure if the guide is right for my phone.
Sorry I'm new with HTC and Android please help and point me to the right direction.
Thank you so much!!
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I found Alltel and C Spire RUU.... I'm sure these are "Bee" RUU. How can I tell these are compatible for my Wildfire? Thanks!

iUNWiReD said:
I found Alltel and C Spire RUU.... I'm sure these are "Bee" RUU. How can I tell these are compatible for my Wildfire? Thanks!
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This should be it. I think C Spire only sell the Bee, judging by their website

Is this a good news or what Let's start cookin' people

iUNWiReD said:
Is this a good new or what Let's start cookin' people
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Keep it going and they might open a Bee forum
You can also theme icons once you get the ROM going by going into /system/framework and decompiling framework-res.apk before replacing the icons. Then, compile it as a system app and replace your existing one. APK Manager is a good tool for compiling and decompiling, and using adb pull to get your framework-res.apk in command prompt. e.g
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk C:\Users\Me\Desktop\ROMcooking
EDIT: If you want to unlock your bootloader, not just root, you can try this:
Here
or you can also try plugging your phone into your computer, typing adb reboot bootloader and try fastboot oem write secureflag 0.
But I don't take responsibility if your phone is damaged

I have Alltel and C Spire RUU. How can I tell this is compatible with my phone? Note I have a Cox branded Wildfire. Thanks!

[Q] ICS ROM Development Guide!!!

Hi everyone i was just wondering what tools everyone is using to develop ROMs for ICS i know how to develop ROMs for Gingerbread but the tools i was using for that are out of date and dont see to work so if you guys could point me to the right thread/guide or just give me a list of Tools that you use that would be awesome!! thanks

mkeller96 said:
Hi everyone i was just wondering what tools everyone is using to develop ROMs for ICS i know how to develop ROMs for Gingerbread but the tools i was using for that are out of date and dont see to work so if you guys could point me to the right thread/guide or just give me a list of Tools that you use that would be awesome!! thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661770

Installing Stock ICS ROM

Hey community,
I am still a newbie to HTC, Flashing, Custom ROMs and rooting in the first place.
I managed to install a custom ROM a while ago, now I wanna go back to the stock ROM (ICS - Icecreamsandwich 4.0.4)
What I need now, is the orignial stock ROM, which I am not really sure where to find via google etc. (Since i found hundreds of different links everywhere)
Further I'd like to know how to install it correctly. Can i just put it in my storage, and flash it via the phone?
Or do I need any special software or anything else?
I hope you can help me and explain the process nice and easy, since I don't have much experience as mentioned before.
Greetings,
raiseyavoice
(if you find spelling or grammar errors, I'm not a native english speaker, so i apologize in adavance)

raiseyavoice said:
Hey community,
I am still a newbie to HTC, Flashing, Custom ROMs and rooting in the first place.
I managed to install a custom ROM a while ago, now I wanna go back to the stock ROM (ICS - Icecreamsandwich 4.0.4)
What I need now, is the orignial stock ROM, which I am not really sure where to find via google etc. (Since i found hundreds of different links everywhere)
Further I'd like to know how to install it correctly. Can i just put it in my storage, and flash it via the phone?
Or do I need any special software or anything else?
I hope you can help me and explain the process nice and easy, since I don't have much experience as mentioned before.
Greetings,
raiseyavoice
(if you find spelling or grammar errors, I'm not a native english speaker, so i apologize in adavance)
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Have a look here loads of info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714
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elsworth1983 said:
Have a look here loads of info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859714
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Thanks a lot mate, exactly what i was looking for =)

[Q] upgrading the os

my htc dhd has a 2.3.7 android os, I want to upgrade for the new rom and new android os
I don't know nothing about nothing. all I nead is a good advice about nice tutorial/guides for work on it
Thank's!

Henm3000 said:
my htc dhd has a 2.3.7 android os, I want to upgrade for the new rom and new android os
I don't know nothing about nothing. all I nead is a good advice about nice tutorial/guides for work on it
Thank's!
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Here you go!
http://bit.ly/13VrMks

Unfortunately my friend this is not a hold my hand and guide me forum. You need to do some reading and learning like the rest of us. We all had to do it and we all were new at this once. So please read and search then read and search some more before you end up coming back to us requesting help to fix your phone.
Never attempt anything without some kind of basic knowledge of what you are trying to do.
To get anything higher than 2.3.7 means you have to go custom rom like JB or ICS. So my first advice to you would be reading up on how to get your bootloader unlocked since its a DHD. If its an inspire then read up on rooting if its still supported.
Good luck and enjoy the learning.
Sent from my GOLDENEYE S4

Reinaldo33897 said:
Unfortunately my friend this is not a hold my hand and guide me forum. You need to do some reading and learning like the rest of us. We all had to do it and we all were new at this once. So please read and search then read and search some more before you end up coming back to us requesting help to fix your phone.
Never attempt anything without some kind of basic knowledge of what you are trying to do.
To get anything higher than 2.3.7 means you have to go custom rom like JB or ICS. So my first advice to you would be reading up on how to get your bootloader unlocked since its a DHD. If its an inspire then read up on rooting if its still supported.
Good luck and enjoy the learning.
Sent from my GOLDENEYE S4
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I agree...
To op. Please look through the forums, people have already done lots and lots of work already for you, creating guides and tools and roms and recoveries.
Now I don't want to sound mean, but at the end of the day your going to have to do all the work rooting and flashing yourself, this stuff is not easy for beginners (noobs) your going to have to do some reading and learning.
However this does not mean that some one is not going to help you after you've learned some skills.
Welcome to the xda DEVELOPERS community.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

ranger4740 said:
i agree...
To op. Please look through the forums, people have already done lots and lots of work already for you, creating guides and tools and roms and recoveries.
Now i don't want to sound mean, but at the end of the day your going to have to do all the work rooting and flashing yourself, this stuff is not easy for beginners (noobs) your going to have to do some reading and learning.
However this does not mean that some one is not going to help you after you've learned some skills.
Welcome to the xda developers community.
Sent from my gt-i9505 using xda app-developers app
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yeah what he said!