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[q] closest stable android

HI, Im probably the newest person to the android development forum but Im very intrigued and want to get into it. I don't want my first crack at it to be disappointing so I wanted to some of u more seasoned guys and gals opinions as to what would be the most stable and close to functional rom. I understand it really isn't a ROM but didn't know what else to call it. Help me out here im a noob!!!!!!

jett239 said:
HI, Im probably the newest person to the android development forum but Im very intrigued and want to get into it. I don't want my first crack at it to be disappointing so I wanted to some of u more seasoned guys and gals opinions as to what would be the most stable and close to functional rom. I understand it really isn't a ROM but didn't know what else to call it. Help me out here im a noob!!!!!!
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heres the best kept secret on learning about the android project.... its called the SEARCH FUNCTION. use it. use it flagrantly and without hesitation.
it is a newbi's best friend as well

You most likely won't get an answer here bro. First thing to do is what phone do you have? Go to androidspin.com or the unlockr to see video on how to root. Its pretty easy just follow instr. To the T. After you have root go to the most frequently asked section or the "read this before you start a thread" section and you can find all your answers there. Good luck. We were all noobs once
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Oh yeah, the most popular and stable rom out there is CM6
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uncleswoop said:
heres the best kept secret on learning about the android project.... its called the SEARCH FUNCTION. use it. use it flagrantly and without hesitation.
it is a newbi's best friend as well
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"its called I asked for opinions not facts". I don't want just specs and features listed. I want to know what people think is the most stable and reliable because in the end we are the ones using it. I appreciate the response anyway.

I think people are forgetting what forums are for. To discuss. If u don't wanna talk about the topic don't post move on im sure u have better things to do. I believe there are more people like me who want to get into this android development but are scared to ask questions because they are shot down by know-it-alls. Feel free to post here I have plenty of questions and I know on xda u guys got plenty of answers.

gilnino said:
You most likely won't get an answer here bro. First thing to do is what phone do you have? Go to androidspin.com or the unlockr to see video on how to root. Its pretty easy just follow instr. To the T. After you have root go to the most frequently asked section or the "read this before you start a thread" section and you can find all your answers there. Good luck. We were all noobs once
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I have an ATT Tilt 2 running WM6.5

jett239 said:
I think people are forgetting what forums are for. To discuss. If u don't wanna talk about the topic don't post move on im sure u have better things to do. I believe there are more people like me who want to get into this android development but are scared to ask questions because they are shot down by know-it-alls. Feel free to post here I have plenty of questions and I know on xda u guys got plenty of answers.
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the thing is there are numerous posts about the same thing and they take up space. if you look around before asking a question, youll usually find your answer on a bunch of other posts.
so as you can see, there are numerous previous conversations about the same thing, it gets redundant. and "whats the best.." is a horrible question because they are open to user opinion. you actually have to either try them all or actually read the specs

Sorry but I'm not too familiar with wm 6.5. Android was however ported to the hd2 which runs 6.5 with cyanogen mod and I hear it runs virtually flawless. I would do a search for tilt 2 and I'm sure you will find what you're looking for.
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You should find what you're looking for on you tube. Or google android ported to tilt 2. Was just there and you should find it and decide which is best for you. Good luck and great decision to go android.
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Also please don't take offense. I did the same thing and was also told all my answers are here if I searched around. Again good luck and enjoy android
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Search xda for "android port to htc pro 2" its all there.
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Just go to the first post at the top of this forum [CAB] GSM&CDMA Project Android Port and Startup Utility [10/04] BATT UPDATES! and install the cab file that you will find in there. Install it to your "SD Card"
Its not perfect but it works well.
Give it a go, dont like it, uninstall it, simple.

Yeah, what you are looking for is on the first post of this forum.
Its not a fully working ROM, but boots from the SD card (Windows Mobile stays on the phone). Some things don't work (Bluetooth, camera, some other things), but lots of things do.
gilnino: no offense intended, and I know you are trying to be helpful. But you're confusing the issue by telling the OP to look elsewhere, telling him to root, comparing to the HD2, etc. All the answers are here (first post top of this forum), there is no such thing as root in Windows Mobile, and porting to the TP2 has been much more problematic (from what I understand - I'm not a developer) than on the HD2 due to the TP2's CPU and other factors.

[Q] Htc G2 crashed and bricked

HELP.
I was switching between an HTC Sense Rom and Gingerbread roms by using clockwork
Recovery 3.0.5 and selecting install.zip from SD card. Any rom that i try and install
Gets to flashing kernel and then produces error status of 7. I can't get passed the white screen
With the HTC logo.
Any assistance would be so much appreciated.

likingandroid said:
HELP.
I was switching between an HTC Sense Rom and Gingerbread roms by using clockwork
Recovery 3.0.5 and selecting install.zip from SD card. All the roms I try to select gives
Gets to flashing kernel and then produces error status of 7. I can't get passed the white screen
With the HTC logo.
Any assistance would be so much appreciated.
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first off all wrong section, try the search button next time.
for your problem try wiping data/cache, then try and flash a rom, if it docent work, try and re flash your recovery.

I think people need to know what a "Brick" is...

siulmagic said:
first off all wrong section, try the search button next time.
for your problem try wiping data/cache, then try and flash a rom, if it docent work, try and re flash your recovery.
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Sorry, Posted from a Blackberry
I tried both. Can you explain how to re-flash the recovery? Perhaps I am not doing this correctly.

its not briked, he can still acces the recovery. if anything its a semi brick

Do more researching my friend
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lainvalenajr said:
Do more researching my friend
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Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?

TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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Amen!
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TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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well freaking said !
people or dev that just say that ,waste time posting 'wrong section" and should at least provide with a right direction or link instead of being asswholes about it.
being more helpful is part of being in xda or a rom dev, justsaying though.

GunToYoMouth123 said:
well freaking said !
people or dev that just say that ,waste time posting 'wrong section" and should at least provide with a right direction or link instead of being asswholes about it.
being more helpful is part of being in xda or a rom dev, justsaying though.
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Well said is quite the understatement. Has anyone seriously tried doing searches on this site for stuff? Sometimes you do find what you're looking for fairly easily, other times you can't find a damn thing that should be readily available. And if you're in panic mode because you think you just bricked your phone, are you going to search this entire site for an answer that might not show up in your search results? Hell no, you'd probably just create a new thread begging for help.
If you can't contribute and only talk down to people, shut your ass up. No one needs that type of attitude here.

TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
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I have to disagree.
First and foremost, give a man a fish... teach a man to fish...
The post you quote seems entirely accurate. The OP could obviously use more research as the answers are available. A little time with google alone will usually lead me to what I seek right here on xda.
I feel that the majority of xda contributors are more than willing to help if you show some indication that you have exhausted all your resources in finding your own solution. Though I do understand that moments of panic occur when nothing seems to work but it is always best as well as more satisfying to try and work through it yourself.
This forum does have a Q and A section that would be perfectly suited to handle this thread. The development section really isn't the place. You will get more welcome responses over there as that is its purpose.
Finally, as a member of this forum, I appreciate that of all the posts in this thread, yours (and suilmagic) were the only post that really did anything to help the OP.

TrueYears said:
Posts like this is what making this site into **** -_-
If you still have access to the recovery then youre not brick.
Why cant you assholes just direct him to this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
IF this was the wrong section, why would there even be a thread about just this in this section?
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I couldn't agree more! Thanks for saying it.
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Most of them just want their super cool post count up. I'm hopefully going to root my DZ tomorrow. Only got it today.
Is everybody like that in this section? Everybody was awesome in the HD2 section.
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ihateusernames said:
I have to disagree.
First and foremost, give a man a fish... teach a man to fish...
The post you quote seems entirely accurate. The OP could obviously use more research as the answers are available. A little time with google alone will usually lead me to what I seek right here on xda.
I feel that the majority of xda contributors are more than willing to help if you show some indication that you have exhausted all your resources in finding your own solution. Though I do understand that moments of panic occur when nothing seems to work but it is always best as well as more satisfying to try and work through it yourself.
This forum does have a Q and A section that would be perfectly suited to handle this thread. The development section really isn't the place. You will get more welcome responses over there as that is its purpose.
Finally, as a member of this forum, I appreciate that of all the posts in this thread, yours (and suilmagic) were the only post that really did anything to help the OP.
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I understand you point and I agree 100% people need to research their problems on a search engine (including the one we have here built in XDA (very handy)) because the majority of time, it will appear right onthe first page if you type your problem correctly, I agree with you. However, some users rather act in a certain way which would describe them as "assholes" if you cant contribute one way or the other why even post at all? if you dont know then theres no need to post unnecessary things. Just dont post and OP will get the picture and look somewhere else.

TrueYears said:
I understand you point and I agree 100% people need to research their problems on a search engine (including the one we have here built in XDA (very handy)) because the majority of time, it will appear right onthe first page if you type your problem correctly, I agree with you. However, some users rather act in a certain way which would describe them as "assholes" if you cant contribute one way or the other why even post at all? if you dont know then theres no need to post unnecessary things. Just dont post and OP will get the picture and look somewhere else.
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I agree with this as well though I hesitate at the name calling as it is also unproductive.
I miss the old days when we were all figuring it out together and questions turned to discussions. With the wealth of knowledge that has been built since then I guess some are not as willing to help others work through the problems. I do believe that if this thread had landed in Q&A it would have, or at least should have, received better response.

Well when I was new to this I thought I broke my brand new first day g2 because I got a boot loop (talk about panic mode xD) well I did my research and got it fixed thanks to me making a back up as soon as I flashed cwm...if anything it inspired me to get back at it...my advice back up your original shipping rom before you think about screwing around with stuff well now my g2 hinge is messed up extreamly loose so I'm returning it to stock :'( and sending it in....did I mention I'm 16? Be smartdont screw up
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ihateusernames said:
I agree with this as well though I hesitate at the name calling as it is also unproductive.
I miss the old days when we were all figuring it out together and questions turned to discussions. With the wealth of knowledge that has been built since then I guess some are not as willing to help others work through the problems. I do believe that if this thread had landed in Q&A it would have, or at least should have, received better response.
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youre right name calling is uncalled for
I apologized if I have offended anyone

Update on HTC G2 Crashed and Bricked
I followed the instructions posted on this site to try and recover my G2 to no avail. After hours with an Android Developer the apparent issue was with the phone's internal memory.
I recieved a replacement and all is good. I've flashed a number of 2.3 roms in addition to roms that have Sense, flashed a kernel or two with no problems.
I hope I don't re create the same condition that started this post. I'm not sure what I did to cause the issue in the fisrt place.
Thanks to all the people out there who tried their best to help.

likingandroid said:
I followed the instructions posted on this site to try and recover my G2 to no avail. After hours with an Android Developer the apparent issue was with the phone's internal memory.
I recieved a replacement and all is good. I've flashed a number of 2.3 roms in addition to roms that have Sense, flashed a kernel or two with no problems.
I hope I don't re create the same condition that started this post. I'm not sure what I did to cause the issue in the fisrt place.
Thanks to all the people out there who tried their best to help.
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Glad you got it fixed.

Willing to pay someone for their time

First off I'm new to XDA and loving it so far, lots of info on here. Anyways I have been reading and reading and reading through all the different threads on rooting and installing roms on my G2 and STILL don't feel comfortable enough to do it on my own. I just don't trust myself and plus their is just so many and I don't know which one to choose. I will gladly pay someone a reasonable price to walk me through the steps maybe on the phone or something. If anyone is interested please let me know. I have been wanting to root my phone for awhile now...

Avirex64 said:
First off I'm new to XDA and loving it so far, lots of info on here. Anyways I have been reading and reading and reading through all the different threads on rooting and installing roms on my G2 and STILL don't feel comfortable enough to do it on my own. I just don't trust myself and plus their is just so many and I don't know which one to choose. I will gladly pay someone a reasonable price to walk me through the steps maybe on the phone or something. If anyone is interested please let me know. I have been wanting to root my phone for awhile now...
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I'll help you out and it won't cost you anything.... PM me your contact info and some times that you are available. Give me a few options since I work nights and my schedule is kinda flaky.

indeed if you join #g2root on irc freenode there is a channel dedicated to helping people root and hack their phones, all at no cost to you

i felt the same exact way! i actually freaked out last night because i was half way through a root and it wasnt working! i had to hard reset cuz i got scared. then this morning isaw this thread and it took me like 15 minutes to figure everything out :O
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160

EdKeys said:
I'll help you out and it won't cost you anything.... PM me your contact info and some times that you are available. Give me a few options since I work nights and my schedule is kinda flaky.
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Thanks a lot for helping me out man!!! Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but again thanks for helping me through the process successfully!!

I felt the same way when i decided to root my phone and this site gave me pretty good instruction on how to do it.
This is what i used to root my phone.
http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/htc-g2-how-tos/
There are steps to follow, videos to go along with the steps, and links to all the files you will need.
Just make sure to watch and read everything a couple times before attempting.
Good luck in your rooting endeavors.

Isnt it great when u finally get root. Its like a new day is dawning
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eioous said:
I felt the same way when i decided to root my phone and this site gave me pretty good instruction on how to do it.
This is what i used to root my phone.
http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/htc-g2-how-tos/
There are steps to follow, videos to go along with the steps, and links to all the files you will need.
Just make sure to watch and read everything a couple times before attempting.
Good luck in your rooting endeavors.
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why do people keep posting links to visionary?!?!?!
USE GFREE/RAGE, PEOPLE. it is so much easier and safer...

IronMan66 said:
Isnt it great when u finally get root. Its like a new day is dawning
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Yupppp, loving it so far

Avirex64 said:
Yupppp, loving it so far
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me too
dont be scared...if you can read, you can root. i did visionary and gfree method on device, because for some reason i cant get adb to work no matter how many times i read it over and over. but i have done 2 G2's now and both went flawlessly with gfree method on device.

[Q]

Hey Xda users,
I have a question about my htc desire hd.
my Android version is 2.2 and i want to make a Gingerbread cyanogen 7 update.
i dont now how to do it i done nothing before can anybody make me a how to do this?
a step by step how to?
Thanks a low who make this.

Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076
Also you should only post a question when you are 100% sure it needs posting, doing a bit of Googling would have got you the answer to your question. Hope it helps.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

I had also no Idea to start with this process. I sat down and read all the posts about rooting in the developer section and after about three days with testing I got it right.
My tip is to read as much as possible, you will find the answears for everything in these posts, you just need to spend some time reading. but its worth it in the end.
At last got my DHD the way its supposed to be with Android Revolution 4.0
Good luck

garman76 said:
I had also no Idea to start with this process. I sat down and read all the posts about rooting in the developer section and after about three days with testing I got it right.
My tip is to read as much as possible, you will find the answears for everything in these posts, you just need to spend some time reading. but its worth it in the end.
At last got my DHD the way its supposed to be with Android Revolution 4.0
Good luck
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Android Revoloution Ftw.

Out of the box

So I just inherited the phone from a family member, and I have absolutely no idea where to start. I saw the stickies, but I'm still confused, can somebody help me out?

Turn it on first

If it's literally out of the box not rooted then here's the guide I used when I first got my phone last christmas.
[GUIDE] Root & ROM the SGH-T989
It looks like the person has been updating his guide so the info should be up to date.

mierkat09 said:
So I just inherited the phone from a family member, and I have absolutely no idea where to start. I saw the stickies, but I'm still confused, can somebody help me out?
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first see if its rooted....if you have superuser or SU app installed in apps then you are rooted.
then see the above post for root guide from where you can begin ur wonderful journey!
Welcome abroad!!

I will be honest, not trying to be a jerk...seriously! If you don't understand the stickies, or guide above.....then leave it alone for now. And read read study read. When you understand those stickies and guides, then have at it. As soon as you get a recovery flashed.....nandroid!! Always have a nandroid back up on your phone....can save lots of grief!!!!
If you don't do things like you're supposed to, you'll lose your inheritance and have a paper weight. And not a very good one either....not that heavy.
Sent from my cell phone telephone....

kj2112 said:
I will be honest, not trying to be a jerk...seriously! If you don't understand the stickies, or guide above.....then leave it alone for now. And read read study read. When you understand those stickies and guides, then have at it. As soon as you get a recovery flashed.....nandroid!! Always have a nandroid back up on your phone....can save lots of grief!!!!
If you don't do things like you're supposed to, you'll lose your inheritance and have a paper weight. And not a very good one either....not that heavy.
Sent from my cell phone telephone....
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Yea lol I'm sorry, I guess I just had an enormous brain fart that day, BC the next day I used the guide in the sticky, and now I'm on PAC I appreciate the help guys, its good to know this is as good as a community as the SGS4G
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