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What do I do now?

Okay, first timer here and I have a few questions. I just completed rooting my phone via Simple Root. My build number is now 1.17.651.1.
My questions are as follows:
1) Now that I am rooted, what installation files can I delete from my SD Card?
2) I see that I need to do a recovery flash, do I do this immediately? What one do you recommend?
3) After I do the flash, are there any others files I need to install before I do a custom rom?
4) Which custom rom do you recommend?
5) Am I leaving anything else out that I forgot?
Thank you so much in advance!

SHicks18 said:
Okay, first timer here and I have a few questions. I just completed rooting my phone via Simple Root. My build number is now 1.17.651.1.
My questions are as follows:
1) Now that I am rooted, what installation files can I delete from my SD Card?
2) I see that I need to do a recovery flash, do I do this immediately? What one do you recommend?
3) After I do the flash, are there any others files I need to install before I do a custom rom?
4) Which custom rom do you recommend?
5) Am I leaving anything else out that I forgot?
Thank you so much in advance!
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After you have rooted you can delete nearly anything you want, I wouldn't suggest doing it because I doubt you know what to do. But you do have the freedom to..
I would suggest you flash a recovery as soon as possible. It makes life easier. The two most common recovery are Amon Ra And clockwork.. I use amon Ra just because it had a better wipe feature but clockwork is used in rom manAger (look in to it).
After rooting you can look into upgrading your radio and your wimax and your kernal.
Custom roms are like sneakers, They all have different purpose and size. The most common ones are damagedcontrol and fresh. Do your research and experiment and find your sneaker. You can also just wait til the official stable cm6 comes out. For now I use fresh.
Try oUt some themes and different apps that are for rooted devices only. And there us always something neiw to do with your evo.
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I am in the same boat as OP. I managed to make my way through SimpleRoot. But I am having a heck of a time digging through the forums to figure out what to do next. I feel like kind of an idiot, but I have no idea how to set up my backup/recovery "amon ra" right? And then I'd like to install the rooted 1.47 build and update my radio and wimax. Any direction would be VERY appreciated.

Thanks for the reply. Mind pointing me in the right direction for the radio kernel and wimax?

I'm new to this too. Read up a lot first. Easy root looks to make it pretty easy, but I learned more doing it the hard way. Used the two part method in dev section, by toast I think, with adb, nand unlock and all. Helps to understand the odd file structure, and what different parts do. You have to try things too, and just hope you don't f up. Using cm6 now and its pretty cool. Have fun man.
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Liked he said read. And do a lot of it. Last thing you want is to brick your phone
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gangsterholla179 said:
I would suggest you flash a recovery as soon as possible. It makes life easier. The two most common recovery are Amon Ra And clockwork.. I use amon Ra just because it had a better wipe feature but clockwork is used in rom manAger (look in to it).
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What's wrong with Clockwork's wipe feature?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734564&highlight=clockwork
Also, as for flashing a recovery, if you install ROM Manager from the market, it will give you an option to flash either Clockwork or Amon RA. It will stay there even if you flash new ROMs later, though there's a quirk where a new ROM Manager install will ask you to flash recovery, but then if one is already there it won't really change it, it just needs to see it to believe it.
Installing new files won't make a difference if you switch ROMs. It wipes your data when you re-flash, so you'll lose it all anyway (unless you back up your apps with Titanium Backup or MyBackup). All you need is a recovery installed - and I actually recommend Clockwork, but only because I use it myself and I have no problems with it - and you can reboot into it, install a new ROM, and start playing. I've never flashed from ROM Manager, even though it gives the option, but I imagine it does the same thing, but runs it automatically after a recovery reboot.
Read the "favorite ROM" thread with the poll attached, lots of good ROM recommendations in there. I'll say it once more: I'm using Fresh 1.0.1 and netarchy's 3.7.3c kernel (Fresh-compatible version). It's so fast and smooth.
If you like your current setup but want to try a new ROM, use ROM Manager (or Clockwork as a recovery reboot) to do a Clockwork backup. That way you can return to your current state if you want to. It's basically a system image that you can restore.
Here's one helpful page to start with.
And have fun.

Back on fresh 0.5.3, clockwork was not doing a great job with the wipe, causing the boot to loop. I believe it wasn't completely wiping the dalik cache.
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[Q] Did I break my root?

So in the intrest of using ap2sd on the 3rdsense rom, (I was curious), I used rom manager to try to partition my sd card. After format I had a heck of a time trying to replace the update.zip for clockwork(because of the 3rd Sense java problem).
Now after flashing to Wired Cyanogenmod I can't seem to be able to use apps that run privilaged commands. I have superuser permission, but what other folders may be missing?
Btw, sorry in advance to all those who are gonna hate for people learning and screwing up.
Oh and if some one could help me with a bit of instrustion on how and what I can use terminal for since my computer decided to die, id be very greatful. Thanks fourm.

neanderthal0 said:
So in the intrest of using ap2sd on the 3rdsense rom, (I was curious), I used rom manager to try to partition my sd card. After format I had a heck of a time trying to replace the update.zip for clockwork(because of the 3rd Sense java problem).
Now after flashing to Wired Cyanogenmod I can't seem to be able to use apps that run privilaged commands. I have superuser permission, but what other folders may be missing?
Btw, sorry in advance to all those who are gonna hate for people learning and screwing up.
Oh and if some one could help me with a bit of instrustion on how and what I can use terminal for since my computer decided to die, id be very greatful. Thanks fourm.
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I can help you in that field, I don't have a usb cable for my phone. I just download flashable zips right to my phone with the browser and flash them via clockwork, and I find ways to work around adb, such as creating flashable zips for installing to /system, and using titanium to force remove system apps via a recovery exploit.
Now, for your root problem, were you ever able to flash clockwork recovery and get into it? Or can you use ROM manager to do it? Because if you can flash the clockwork update.zip then you are most likely rooted. If you can flash self-signed zips and flash rooted ROMs and all that, I can't see how you wouldn't be rooted. MIGHT be a ROM error, maybe try making a nandroid backup and flash something like cyanogenmod6.1.1 or CR_mod and see if root works on those ROMs. If it does, then it's a ROM issue, if it doesn't, then you should try unrooting and rerooting.

thank you
MusicMan374 said:
I can help you in that field, I don't have a usb cable for my phone. I just download flashable zips right to my phone with the browser and flash them via clockwork, and I find ways to work around adb, such as creating flashable zips for installing to /system, and using titanium to force remove system apps via a recovery exploit.
Now, for your root problem, were you ever able to flash clockwork recovery and get into it? Or can you use ROM manager to do it? Because if you can flash the clockwork update.zip then you are most likely rooted. If you can flash self-signed zips and flash rooted ROMs and all that, I can't see how you wouldn't be rooted. MIGHT be a ROM error, maybe try making a nandroid backup and flash something like cyanogenmod6.1.1 or CR_mod and see if root works on those ROMs. If it does, then it's a ROM issue, if it doesn't, then you should try unrooting and rerooting.
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So not only were you right but the desire to keep the boot animation off un-wired mod cause it was so awesome helped me to learn my first terminal comand
cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /data/local
Thanks music man.

neanderthal0 said:
So not only were you right but the desire to keep the boot animation off un-wired mod cause it was so awesome helped me to learn my first terminal comand
cp /sdcard/bootanimation.zip /data/local
Thanks music man.
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Nice! Happy to help
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[Q] Bonsai ROM

Im really sorry in advance if this has been posted already, but i have the unofficial froyo 2.2 update because i wanted to use oovoo and skype on my epic and this was the easiest choice, being so i had the BlackBerry Storm 2 for awhile and have no experience with android. Okay so heres my question which i couldnt find, how do i go from DK28 to this bonsai rom that looks promising, i like the froyo update in the beginning but got really tired of the wifi bs and notification bs and not to mention the sms log in your recent call logs? annoying.
For the record i did not use odin to get 2.2 on my epic i used the flash way which i found on this forum, i dont remember where, it was a month ago.
Please help, id really like to enjoy my epic more.

Ive read alot of different posts. and even in the bonsai post there isnt anything that tells me how to root my phone. Cause im convinced i need to root my phone to install this. can anyone help?

AyudaMe said:
Ive read alot of different posts. and even in the bonsai post there isnt anything that tells me how to root my phone. Cause im convinced i need to root my phone to install this. can anyone help?
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One Click Root
That should work to root your device. The instruction are detailed and if you dont know something i suggest reading through it...To flash bonsai you need to have ext 4 so you might want to root with this:
Clockwork 3
This will convert your system to ext4 but will also wipe all your settings and phone clean..many people have had problems with flashing from stock so i suggest flashing bonsai 1.1.4 and install all the apps and setting you want.
Leave it just how u want and without wiping anything (dalvik, cache, etc) go back to recovery (power down phone, 3 finger salute) and flash 2.0.1. The great thing about the new bonsai is that it Backsup all your apps and settings for you
so when the process is done your phone will look exactly the same (which is why i said to flash 1.1.4 first. It will make your life ALOT easier) Currently it will not carry over your theme and i suggest not installing one until themers fix the
framework.apk to work with the newest release. hope this helps and if anything you can ask on the bonsai thread and there are guys there that can help out.
Edit: Forgot to mention that you will need bonsai 1.1.4 on your sd when you root because you need to flash this after the root with clockwork 3. (i think it says flash kernel after. Skip that because it already includes the kernel needed)

so where do i put the clockwork3?

i figured that part out, sorry. i just need to figure out the rest on how to install the damn bonsai rom.

Well once you have ran the one click file that he gave you then put the bonsai rom on your on the root of of your SD card. Boot into recovery. Select install zip from SD card, choose zip from SD card and find the bonsai rom on the SD card. That's it. It will flash and then select reboot if it doesn't for it for you.
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Click here for Bonsai's installation instructions

[Q] radio update error msg..

I got the following message attempting to update my radio version to 2.15:
Amend Scripting (update-script) is no longer supported.
Amend Scripting was deprecated by Google in Android 1.5
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Pleases switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working up zip packages.
Installation aborted.
I am very sorry for bring up dead horse type topics, but all the research I try and do leads to circles for me. I'm as experienced with all of this (hopefully someday).
I tried to follow the instructions from
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
Is there another way to trick this update into installing maybe?
I used RomManager v3.0.1.1 and used Install ROM from SD Card. It probably flashed the message I got above but I wasn't able to see it.
I used Recovery mode and tried to do it manually, which is where I was able to see the error message..
I have an eery feeling I should be using Amon Ra vs. ClockworkMod ??
thank you!

EricFi said:
I got the following message attempting to update my radio version to 2.15:
Amend Scripting (update-script) is no longer supported.
Amend Scripting was deprecated by Google in Android 1.5
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Pleases switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working up zip packages.
Installation aborted.
I am very sorry for bring up dead horse type topics, but all the research I try and do leads to circles for me. I'm as experienced with all of this (hopefully someday).
I tried to follow the instructions from
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
Is there another way to trick this update into installing maybe?
I used RomManager v3.0.1.1 and used Install ROM from SD Card. It probably flashed the message I got above but I wasn't able to see it.
I used Recovery mode and tried to do it manually, which is where I was able to see the error message..
I have an eery feeling I should be using Amon Ra vs. ClockworkMod ??
thank you!
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I agree that you should be using Amon Ra recovery. I would change to Amon Ra, and then try flashing the radios. That shouldn't give you any troubles. I'll attatch a PC36IMG of Amon Ra. Download it, be sure it is named PC36IMG, and put it on the main directory of your sd card. Boot into the bootloader, wait for it to scan and then ask you to update. Select volume up to accept the update. It will then flash Amon Ra V2.3. Once it's done, boot into recovery. It should now be Amon Ra Supersonic V2.3. Try flashing the radio update again, and it should work now

Thank You very much for the help!
It worked perfectly!
And.. I see Nandroid now!
The radio update took affect after the reboot and hopefully I'll see some results from it.
Now to get the nerve up to put a ROM and kernal on, although I don't know if I need a new kernal, but the update guide I looked at said the cyanogen rom should be installed with the Toast kernal.. so I suppose I'll do that too since it's seems to be what everyone else has been doing too..
Thank you again for the help/advice..
Hope one day I'll b

EricFi said:
Thank You very much for the help!
It worked perfectly!
And.. I see Nandroid now!
The radio update took affect after the reboot and hopefully I'll see some results from it.
Now to get the nerve up to put a ROM and kernal on, although I don't know if I need a new kernal, but the update guide I looked at said the cyanogen rom should be installed with the Toast kernal.. so I suppose I'll do that too since it's seems to be what everyone else has been doing too..
Thank you again for the help/advice..
Hope one day I'll b
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Your welcome. I'm glad it worked out well. And you should have no trouble flashing roms, as the radio flash is far more 'dangerous' than flashing roms or kernels! Just be sure to make a nandroid backup of your stable system before changing roms or kernels. And wipe data, cache, and dalvik before a rom flash. Wipe just cache and davlik for a kernel flash. You'll be all set.
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kernels
Last question, hopefully..
I've been reading up on whether or not to install a kernal after the rom.
I decided I'm going to try the MikFroyo4.5 Rom or cyanogen 6
It seems there's a debate as to whether or not an updated kernel is needed.
I decided on: netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc
My big question.. Do I really need to do this?
I did a Nand Backup and it went well.
I'm going to do another in the morning because I'm paranoid, and clear off the backup files from my SD to my local hard drive, and make a list of the apps I have on it.. although I uninstalled quite a few just because.
I tried Titanium backup and it's installed, but the icon doesn't show.
So it sounds to me like my 2.1 is ready for retirement!
The most confusing part is to me is the kernel's.. I must have blinders on, I can't really find a real reason to update them aside from possibly more battery life or a speed enhancement?
If my 4G breaks.. it was meant to be!
Thank you!

EricFi said:
Last question, hopefully..
I've been reading up on whether or not to install a kernal after the rom.
I decided I'm going to try the MikFroyo4.5 Rom or cyanogen 6
It seems there's a debate as to whether or not an updated kernel is needed.
I decided on: netarchy 4.3.1-cfs-havs-nosbc
My big question.. Do I really need to do this?
I did a Nand Backup and it went well.
I'm going to do another in the morning because I'm paranoid, and clear off the backup files from my SD to my local hard drive, and make a list of the apps I have on it.. although I uninstalled quite a few just because.
I tried Titanium backup and it's installed, but the icon doesn't show.
So it sounds to me like my 2.1 is ready for retirement!
The most confusing part is to me is the kernel's.. I must have blinders on, I can't really find a real reason to update them aside from possibly more battery life or a speed enhancement?
If my 4G breaks.. it was meant to be!
Thank you!
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You don't have to change kernel if you don't want to, but there's really no reason not to, as long as you have a solid nandroid backup to go back to. Roms come with a kernel cooked into it already, so its not required that you change it You always have the option change kernels, and there are various reasons to change them. Every phone may run differently on the same kernel . The kernel that comes baked into a rom may be great for one guy, but horrible on your phone. It takes a bit of playing around to find out which kernels are best for your phone. You may notice that with some kernels, your battery life is garbage, or the phone lags, or you get random reboots etc. Others you'll find perform great and have great battery life. A kernel that runs good on one rom may or may not run good on a different rom. There are a lot of variables, and as I said, you need to find out which ones work good for you, by trying them out. And be sure to use sense kernels on sense, and aosp kernels on aosp (goes without saying, but I've seen people make that mistake)
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Need to reinstall stock rom(maybe flashing a custom one)

Hello all,
I am running stock rom rooted, version .5.
Due to some FCs happening I want to reinstall the stock rom.
How should I do it?
I don't really remember..
My phone was unbranded when I bought it.
Just running the RUU of the latest stock rom will do the work?
Or do I have to unroot it firstly?
Also, I have created a partition (ext3 - 512MB) at my sd (8GB - Class 6)..and I would like to be able to install apps there...I think it's called A2SD..
How can I do that?
I am taking a backup with TB and will backup contacts and anything else I need.
Should I take a nandroid backup too?
Additionally, in order to decide which rom would be better for me, is there any way to try custom roms, such as running a virtual android device at my pc?
Thank you for your time!

To use the A2SD+, you need to be rooted.
So you can either run a RUU (unroots your phone - then root it again) or search the Android developement for stock rooted ROMs with A2SD+.
If you choose the 2nd one, just boot into recovery wipe everything and then flash the ROM and then restore everything with Titanium.
Here's a stock rooted one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997
Nandroid is always good, does not hurts when you have a backup

Thank you for your reply!
To start with, I haven't flashed through recovery any rom yet and haven't wiped data, and thus I am really inexperienced with these.
So I could download this ->"2.29.405.2/5 INIT.D ROM v3.0 | v3.1 - NEW!"? (The version .5) with init.d so that I can install the script of A2SD+ ("A2SD+ (1.4) - v3 compatible", right?
Do I have to flash a radio too?
I think I've read here somewhere that if the radio you're having is working properly then stick with it..If I wipe everything will I still have to install a radio?
So if I download this version what are the steps that I should follow?
1)Backup everything I need with TB and nandroid.
2)Copy the file into the root of sd.
3)Boot into recovery.
4)Wipe everything->wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache partition?
5)And then which option is to flash the rom? The "install zip from sdcard"?
After this procedure what else do I have to keep in mind?
What about this "Additionally, in order to decide which rom would be better for me, is there any way to try custom roms, such as running a virtual android device at my pc?" ?

Yes, that's the ROM, and you will be able to use A2SD+ with the init.d ROM.
Radio is not needed. Even if you wipe everything, it remains, because it is on a different partition. So wiping everything is safe, radio remains.
The steps are good, but before flashing ("install zip from SD Card") make sure you toggle verification off (it's in the same menu) - just in case.
Altough I strongly recommend to run through those custom ROMs, you'll not regret it (If you choose a stable one from a well known dev).
Yeah, the virtual android emulator. Wanted to write about it, but forgot it after searching for the ROM I Know it is possible, never tried it.
Here are some links, tough:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525930
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/289928/testing-getting-an-emulator-up-and-running-a-full-rom-with-the-market-etc/
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/289928/testing-getting-an-emulator-up-and-running-a-full-rom-with-the-market-etc/
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/test-rom-before-flash-31617/

I have flashed the one with the init.d..but into Settings > data I can only see as internal memory 120+MB...
TB though shows the free data on the sd extern..
How can I be sure what is correct? :S
Also I tried leedroid and cyanogen mod for a little..but leedroid was partially tranlsated to greek and cyanogen mod does not have sense which I seem to have got used to it..
Also, about the emulation..I was stuck at a part where I have to create a system.img file of the rom...:S

1. try to do the three wipes.. wipe factory settings, wipe cache, wipe dalvik and then reboot. perhaps you won't have fc's after that.
2. if you run a stock ruu again - you will lose root and s-on will return. this is the way to unroot essentially. check unlockr for details on that. you can use a universal ruu from htc to do that if you have to. but if you try 1. first, then you won't have to do this. i would suggest NOT unrooting just for a few fc's.
you will solve the problem by installing a different rom. now onto that issue about app2sd...
if you want app2sd.. i would suggest looking into data2sd. i'm on rcmix-hd or rcmix-s-w.1.1 and it's very nice. if you want to use data2sd you can also add this feature. pm me about that. one proviso, your sd-card must be a class-6 or higher to really enjoy data2sd ... i have a class-4 and the speed is not bad. but as the card becomes fragmented, i am sure the speed will suffer.
good luck enjoy your desire.

I have done the 2 wipes except the dalvik cache before installing the rom.
I haven't used a stock RUU.
I have downloaded the v3 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997 with init.d support.
I will stick with app2sd because I read that the sd wears off with all that writing :S
About the roms:
Yesterday I checked Leedroid but the thing that I didn't like was the partial localization..
I am using greek language.
Is there any way to solve that?
Also which other roms are more stable and worth the try?
Additionally, at the thread of the ROM I installed it says "Note that framework-res is already deodexed in this ROM".
This means that I can flash any notification bar icon I want and also the super cicle battery mod?
Thank you for your replies!

Anyone please? :S

pspuser007 said:
Additionally, at the thread of the ROM I installed it says "Note that framework-res is already deodexed in this ROM".
This means that I can flash any notification bar icon I want and also the super cicle battery mod?
Thank you for your replies!
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With a deodexed rom you can apply global themes, fonts and mods.
With an odexed rom this is not possible, unless the mod is appropriately altered.