I recently unbricked my Desire and upgraded to Froyo, but now whenever I try to install some apps my device reboots when it gets to the "Installing" phase. I have figured out that this is due to the fact that the SDK requires apps which need access to system resources to be installed on the device rather than on the SD card which is the Froyo default.
It seems this is a problem with rooted Droid X variants as well, but it is solved by installing a new ROM. Is that the easiest way to fix this, and can anyone point me to a stable Sense ROM which has the WiFi hotspot capability?
Thanks
Every sense rom has hotspot, there is a nice sticky in development with all the roms listed. Look for yourself what you like.
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I am having problems rooting with unrevoked. I try to downgrade the hboot from 0.93 but it won't install the driver onto my phone. Can someone please help? Thanks
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Hi Dave,
Have you followed the necessary steps in this guide?
http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install
EDIT: If not already done so, try it without the HTC Sync drivers installed as they cause a conflict with the modified unrEVOked USB drivers.
I've tried but still won't update driver ?? Thanks though
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Try the following for me and let me know if it still fails to install the driver or recognise your phone:
Download HTC Sync and install it. Then uninstall HTC Sync as well as any other software that may interfere such as doubletwist. Next, follow this guide to set up the modified HBOOT drivers. Make sure you reboot your PC after doing this.
Next, make sure USB Debugging is on as UnrEVOked needs this to send adb commands to the phone. We also need to enable Unknown Sources so that UnrEVOked can push busybox and SuperUser Permissions apps to the phone.
With your phone go to Settings > Connect to PC > Default connection type > Charge Only and untick Ask Me. Then go to Settings > Applications > Development > Make sure USB Debugging is ticked. Then go back to Applications and make sure Unknown Sources is ticked.
Thanks for your help, I will give it another go over the weekend and let you know. By the way, if it does work, what Rom would you recomend?
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There's so many to try i tend to stick with Sense roms, like LeeDroid's roms or NeoPhtye's Sense (AuraxTSense) and Sense HD (ReflexTSense HD) roms. Among many other great roms, Oxygen is nice too. There's also the new alternative MIUI rom, which was developed by Chinese dev's and is completely different to Sense, it's very much like Apple iOS and if that's your kind of thing, you can try that out also. Note: you can also use a different launcher like LauncherPro especially if the default MIUI launcher is not to your liking.
Maybe you should start with something a little easier just so you can properly get to grips with flashing custom roms. Give ReflexTSense v1.4.1 a try (the rom im currently using) as it is based on the Desire HD Sense 2.0 rom. It basically includes updated Sense features and is a super stable and fast rom.
Regards,
Mas.
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Follow MasDroid's instructions
I had the exact same problem after I got my phone and was afraid of installing HTC sync since it says not to have it running. But I could not get my computer to see my phone. The only way to get it was to use the HTC sync drivers then everything else was a piece of cake!
Thanks mas
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No worries bud, just try out a few Sense roms and then you could even try out the newest revolutionary MIUI rom.
Here a link to a video demonstration of the rom running on the Desire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-9T44Bt7M
Even though i previously mentioned that this rom was developed by Chinese developers, it is now fully translated to 100% English and has extra features available that you can flash, like theming, alternative language packs, etc.
Word of warning: do not flash Rodriguez Styles MIUI rom v2 as it has bugs... i found out the hard way
Hi Gassner1 - What do you mean by use the HTC drivers? I've tried by just uninstalling HTC sync and leaving the drivers and by removing the drivers, Vista will still not update the hboot. I've reinstalled HTC sync and its now a newer version so will try again
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Have you tried running it as administrator (if you can, I dont have Vista...)
Yeah running vista as an administrator should have stuck with good old xp
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it seems I cannot root my htc desire c either I cant even unlock the bootloader every single time it says I either have a low battery or if I manage to get past that it tells me that my android was not detected
I just dont know what to I have the revoked drivers and I even uninstalled htc sync but still nothing works
What can I do with my phone now that I am rooted? Are there certain things I can do to make my phones speeds processor wise, and internet wise faster? Also how can I now get wifi hotspot on my phone? I have the G2
Now that your rooted, I would suggest to start reading different threads here in the G2/DZ forums and learn the diffrent things you can do with your phone including how to put wifi hotspot on your phone, theres a button called "search" to help you out. =)
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Now that you are rooted you can do a lot to your phone, now that you have full control of it.
You can uninstall pre-installed applications that you don't use or want
You can install a custom recovery environment that allows you to make a full system backup of your phone to your SD card.
You can install a custom ROM (new version of Android OS) that has different features/capabilities.
You can run "root-only" applications, for example Titanium Backup (highly recommended)
As mentioned above, search and browse these forums and see what the possibilities are.
Like the other replies...basically now u can do whatever u want to your phone!
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Hello all - searched but apologize if this is a double post!
Searched this forum about a solution to low memory but everything is always rooting...
This is very easy and works with HTC Gingerbread 2.3.3! Apparently there are no downsides so it's a win win situation! ;-)
Enjoy on your own responsibility...
http://androidforums.com/desire-tip...ore-most-apps-sd-without-root-simplified.html
As far as I know, this is NO magic new solution. It's been around longer, and just tells your phone to install all new apps to SD card (if the app supports it) in the default Android 2.2 (Froyo) and 2.3 (gingerbread) apps2sd fashion. It just automated what you could otherwise do manually from Settings/Applications menu.
It is true that apps2sd does work better in 2.3 than in 2.2. Supposedly it also moves lib/*.so files now
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Definately an improvement over stock HTC Gingerbread 2.3.3! You are now able to move apps to SD that were not possible before... Exg Flashlight and Handsent sms. So it is absolutely worth a try if you don't want to root but still need some more space...
New or not - It's still good... ;-)
I am a new user so if this is answered sorry. I have searched but not got results that satisfy me about this.
So I am using Unity 1.31 on my Desire Z. I was fed up with stock rom (GB) sense ui resetting etc and rooted and installed unity for my first custom rom.
One thing is a problem. Ram management is pretty harsh. I have Juice Defender and Swipe Pad, 3G Watchdog apps which I dont want to be closed but if I do anything a little bit heavy these apps close. These 3 apps dance around imy status bar all the time. I am getting they are always opening and closing becasue of low ram but I have never seen this bad on stock 2.2 or 2.3.
1. Is there a fix for this? Like keeping some apps protected as much as possible?
2. Does Beta 2.33 of this Unity rom fixed it?
3. Should I change my rom preference to no-sense roms?
If I cant fix this really bad issue Unity is a no go.
I am waiting for you experienced users of Desire Z. I love it but I need a nice stable rom.
Aresmar said:
I am a new user so if this is answered sorry. I have searched but not got results that satisfy me about this.
So I am using Unity 1.31 on my Desire Z. I was fed up with stock rom (GB) sense ui resetting etc and rooted and installed unity for my first custom rom.
One thing is a problem. Ram management is pretty harsh. I have Juice Defender and Swipe Pad, 3G Watchdog apps which I dont want to be closed but if I do anything a little bit heavy these apps close. These 3 apps dance around imy status bar all the time. I am getting they are always opening and closing becasue of low ram but I have never seen this bad on stock 2.2 or 2.3.
1. Is there a fix for this? Like keeping some apps protected as much as possible?
2. Does Beta 2.33 of this Unity rom fixed it?
3. Should I change my rom preference to no-sense roms?
If I cant fix this really bad issue Unity is a no go.
I am waiting for you experienced users of Desire Z. I love it but I need a nice stable rom.
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Check the link in my signature for vituous unity mods. There you can download the ram cleaner and htc setup remover .zip files. Just copy them to your phone and flash them. This will generate alot of more free ram for you. Also download an app called autokiller memory optimizer. Best way to monitor and control your free ram. Hope this helps
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Thanks on the info. But how will I install them? from clockwork boot?
I am very new on this. So a little more help would be great.
I read here somewhere that even sms app can be killed and you cant see the sms that you receive.
Is there any document or thread for this rom cleaner so I can understand more what and how it does?
Aresmar said:
Thanks on the info. But how will I install them? from clockwork boot?
I am very new on this. So a little more help would be great.
I read here somewhere that even sms app can be killed and you cant see the sms that you receive.
Is there any document or thread for this rom cleaner so I can understand more what and how it does?
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yes boot into clockwork recovery. but for the ram cleaner, you need to wipe your phone first so make a backup of ur phone with titanium backup first. then boot into clockwork recovery and do a wipe. then flash virtuous unity BUT DO NOT REBOOT, after flash the ram cleaner. then reboot your phone and set it up and restore your data. finally boot back into cwm and flash the htc setup remover.
Thank you I didnt realise that I have to reflash the rom.
Hi every one.
I am new here. So I'm writing with all the details I can think of.
I'm using HTC desire x jelly bean in India. I've temp rooted the device. Now I run with a twrp touch screen edition revovery. I run the stock version (with odex) Rom. The only changes I made is removal of some bloatware.
The main reason I've rooted my device is to save space by pushing non movable and frequently used apps to system/app .
Since I only have temp root, The way I'm making user apps as system app is as follows
1. creating a backup Apk file either by manually copying from data/app or by clean master.
2 uninstall the app.
3 after entering the twrp recovery, I move the Apk files to system/app ( I don't create any odex files for the moved app)
4 reboot after wiping dalvik & cache.
Its a working method. But my problem is that several apps both that I frequently uses and high size are cannot converted into system apps. After making such apps as system apps, when I try to open them it force closes, crashes, or misbehaving (eg. Shows No internet connectivity even if I'm connected to web). I tried odexing the user Apk. But it not seems to be the problem. I like to know
1 why is this happening.
2 can I identify such apps before moving it to the /system/app
3 how/can I solve this isue ( I don't own a pc).
4 I am writing a list of apps that I've already tried and failed to convert as system apps. If there is no general methods can you suggest methods for the following apps
Quick pick
Mx player
BS player
Chrome
Adobe reader
Google plus
Opera mini
Opera
Google Maps
RAR
Mozilla Firefox
Freecharge
Advance download manager
Google search
Dolphin browser Jetpack
Chess free
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention on my post that I run chmod_66 from recovery. I think that fixes the permission issues. Also I tried "fix permissions", but really don't know what it does.
Like I mentioned before I am a temp root user. Can't mess around with my ROM when the OS is up. The only option I have is the TWRP recovery.
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I have temp root. The main thing I am sticking with it because I saw, when I set s-off the handset vibrates 7 times at start up, and there is no proper guide to set the s back on. I looked to permanent root my device because I want to merge the in built memory and app storage partition. But I'm not an expert in this area and need to play it safe. I didn't satisfied with any guide for turning security on again after s-off.
I can get my hands on to my friends pc on some holidays too. But I would prefer not using a pc if I can do the same with my handset.
My handset is
HTC desire x running jelly bean
With temp root and TWRP touch version for jb
Also run odexed stock Rom
Any one has s-off version of the same device as mine and can run any of the apps I listed in the question?
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My device is an HTC handset
It has a unique feature that even after you unlock your bootloader and flash super user (which I did) it will be in still s-on mode. S stands for security I think. With s-on you can have root access, but can't alter your Rom while you are running your OS. That's why I'm using my custom recovery all the time. Doing an s-off comes with some bug that the device will vibrate 7 or 10 Times while I an booting. And removing the super user app won't do any good. You need to turn s back on for its to stop. And I don't have a clear picture about the "turning s back on" procedure.
And I think I can do almost everything with my temporary root. And moving Apk files to /system/app and giving it read write permission is very much possible with my recovery.
If you alter the Rom while running your OS with temp root, the device will restart and the changes that you made to the Rom will be disappear. So the instructions you are giving me is not going to work for me.
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OK try system app installer which directly install the app to you system app and don't try to convert user app to system app because sometimes(some apps) its crashing so,I recommended you install app directly to your system
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
having full permanent root and moving your files while in your phones OS with superuser root permissions is the ***EASIEST*** way, what im telling you works on just about every android device, if not ALL of them, you are going around your ass for no reason, you haven't had any luck with the way you are trying, the way I told you WORKS without a doubt so what is your problem? its simple, full root, move what you want to move, unroot, then go back to your temp root setup and you'll be where you want to be,I'm done, you've been given advice on how to do it but you are a closed minded person that is looking for the answer that you WANT to hear instead of the answer that exists.
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I can convert user apps to system apps without any help alright. You are just telling me to do what I've been doing. Its not an answer to my question. And incase you don't know what s-off and s-on is, you probably shouldn't understand what I am really asking. I don't want any help with converting user apps as system apps.
I assume that you have permanent root device. Please try to make the apps I have mentioned as system apps and write back if its working for you. Try mx player and terminal emulator first. And write back with your experience
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Try to use Titanium Backup or Link2SD apks. This is the way I convert my user apps in system apps. In AppMgr.apk you can see what apps is not good to convert. Good luck!
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also the apps you named can only be used on a full root device, this user has no way to do it without full root and the apos don't have to be converted, just moved to system with write permission
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Sorry (I mean... move, not convert)! I think he need full root, like you say, my bad...
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
I'm trying to tell you that your difficulty is coming from using temp root instead of full root, if you fully rooted your device then there would be no more s off or s on because that is a function of temp root, full root does NOT have that restriction, fully root your device and you will be able to do it, I realize you have the s-off and s-on and that the problem you are having is that you can't remember how to turn it of or on, if you were to become a full root user instead of a temp root user and got used to it then you'd see that it performs MUCH easier and isn't limited and you stop being a temp root user because if you can run then why wrap a rope around your ankles? Android is much easier and multi functional when it is a rooted device and is not limited in any way.
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Did you moved your mx player app to system like I requested in last post ?
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