Hi everyone, my girlfriend has a Desire on Telus and she keeps getting low space warning. I poked around through Astro but couldn't find anything to delete. She has all apps installed to SD that support it. Is this just product of the environment, small internal memory?
I'm sure there is a way to cure this with a little hackery, and if it were mine it would be no problem but she is weary of that sort of thing.
Any suggestions would be great. Maybe an app for managing space more suited for these phones.
Thanks.
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unfortunately that's the problem with the desire.
you'll need to update to a rom that supports apps2sd+ or data2sd which essentially lets the phone use part of your sd card as internal memory
That's the impression I was getting looking at the custom ROMs. Thanks anyway.
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starburst is a good custom d2sd rom. u can try it
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starburst is a good custom d2sd rom. u can try it
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Starburst is android 2.2 or the same dev has supernova android 2.3
The choice is your's am using 2.3 and have 2GB internal memory, have lots off app's and still 1.2GB left.
Small internal memory is a known desire problem. Data2sd will solve your girlfriend's storage problems. Imho starburst, supernova and miui (d2ext x-part version) are recommended. You could also change partition layout (hboot), but this is much riskier than flashing one of the named roms.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! If it were mine it would already be done, but it's not. I will talk to her and see if I can convince her.
How sensitive is the Desire to flashing? Are there any major issues I should read up on first? Of course I will do some homework but a heads up would be great.
Thanks again, I'll check back often.
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hansonator said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys! If it were mine it would already be done, but it's not. I will talk to her and see if I can convince her.
How sensitive is the Desire to flashing? Are there any major issues I should read up on first? Of course I will do some homework but a heads up would be great.
Thanks again, I'll check back often.
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Root using unrevoked3 http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
And flashing RoMs is very safe, has long has you do a nand backup, this just like installing windows.
For 2.3 RoM a new radio is recommended this is risky, but ive had no problem's and ive updated radio 4 time's.
They is load's of topics for first timer's on here just have a good read.
hansonator said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys! If it were mine it would already be done, but it's not. I will talk to her and see if I can convince her.
How sensitive is the Desire to flashing? Are there any major issues I should read up on first? Of course I will do some homework but a heads up would be great.
Thanks again, I'll check back often.
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Here is a very nice guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
When you follow him, no issues should appear.
hansonator said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys! If it were mine it would already be done, but it's not. I will talk to her and see if I can convince her.
How sensitive is the Desire to flashing? Are there any major issues I should read up on first? Of course I will do some homework but a heads up would be great.
Thanks again, I'll check back often.
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You can try this without root
http://androidforums.com/desire-tip...ed-device-noobs-guide-updated-09-02-11-a.html
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You can try this without root
http://androidforums.com/desire-tip...ed-device-noobs-guide-updated-09-02-11-a.html
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The problem with that not all the file is moved, like app2sd+ 20mb file 15mb to sd 5 still on internal, you'll soon use that 150mb.
Thanks so much guys for the information and suggestions. She is debating the matter so in the meantime I'll have to do some serious studying on flashing this phone. It is much more complicated than flashing the Galaxy S.
She should have took my advice and got a Desire HD after her first Desire was stolen.
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Here is a very nice guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
When you follow him, no issues should appear.
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I agree these videos are great for getting started!
Thanks, I'll definitely check those out. Bell just got the wildfire s and for 250 it might be a decent little second phone and I will certainly want to at least root it.
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Those videos are excellent thanks
rooting sounds really scary but is actually very simple, you just need to post what your current hboot setup is, from powered off press vol down and press power. let us no what your hboot version is. because if its the new 1.06 there is no way to root yet.
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Those videos are excellent thanks
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Took a quick look at the videos and it seems pretty straightforward. Allot more work than I'm used to but nothing I can't handle. Too bad you can't boot from a clone drive in windows.
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Hi guys, been quite a while since I started this thread but finally this past weekend had the time to get started on fixing the wife's Desire.
Got it rooted with unrevoked after much frustration. I finally found a post that recommend uninstalling a few apps to stop getting the failure error and it worked like a charm. Not before I read another post that recommend using linux because of issues with win 64 bit. I happened to have a copy of zorin os on my desk so I now have that to play with when I get home on Friday. :-D
Shot a thanks to all you who helped, wish me luck when I attempt to flash a custom ROM to her phone this weekend.
I think I might get her a new one for Christmas.
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So excuse me for my ignorance and thanks for any generous answers. I've been hearing alot about the new Fresh ROM that offers awesome battery life so I was thinking about rooting my phone to get it. Anyhow will the that one click root give me the end result for the manual guide that is already for rooting the Froyo evo? So I could use fresh. Just a simple yay or nay question. No need to flame.
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Are you asking about Unrevoked 3? I would go with that when it comes back online. Much simpler than going through the whole downgrade process. Worst case scenario, it doesn't work and you have to do it the long way. Either way will give you the same things in the end. Full root.
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So excuse me for my ignorance and thanks for any generous answers. I've been hearing alot about the new Fresh ROM that offers awesome battery life so I was thinking about rooting my phone to get it. Anyhow will the that one click root give me the end result for the manual guide that is already for rooting the Froyo evo? So I could use fresh. Just a simple yay or nay question. No need to flame.
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Depends on which version of android you are running 2.1 or 2.2?
Goto About phone in the settings and then software...
Yes. Unrevoked 3.2 should work. If you have issues after installing the ROM such as random reboots or bootloops, I would suggest completing Toast's Part 2 of How to Root Guide to be sure the nand is completely unlocked. Some ROMs need this step, in particular the engineering HBOOT (0.76.2000).
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I'm running android 2.2. And thank you guys for not flaming on me. I really do appreciate the responses.
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I'm running nightly 6/4. I'm loving it to death. The new lockscreen icons are great. And the semi-trans rosie is sweet, but I am having a couple issues. Booting up the phone takes FOREVER and the flip click weather sounds have stopped working. Nothing super big. I just wanted to see if it was just me.
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I'm in the same boat as you......other than the issues you've stated in the OP its been running great for me......can't wait for the final release.......
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I'm in the same boat as you......other than the issues you've stated in the OP its been running great for me......can't wait for the final release.......
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Me neither. I feel that we are close.
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Mines been running pretty awesome so far. Definitely feel that we are right around the corner of the final release.
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Does the compass work on Synergy rom?
Thanks
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Mines been running pretty awesome so far. Definitely feel that we are right around the corner of the final release.
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I lol'd. It's still in the nightly stage and it is running better than many other ROMS with similar traits. I can't even imagine how amazing the final release will be.
I just had a random restart on 6/5 and the widget sounds started working. Huh.
Edit: scratch that. They half work...
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I lol'd. It's still in the nightly stage and it is running better than many other ROMS with similar traits. I can't even imagine how amazing the final release will be.
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ok so i have a prob, and its happened with 6.03 6.04 and now 6.05
every time i try to flash the nightly it says that the installation was complete but when i reboot im just stuck at the splash screen. every time. every build.
heres some phone info to answer most questions
hardware 003
hboot 76.2000
amon ra 2.3 ( did a fresh flash)
i DID flash the newest combo radio
i DID a vr superwipe
ive tried flashing the rom coming from
miui
royal liquid
cm7 nightly 91
official gb leak
any help would greatly appreciated. ask anything else u think could help solve this prob
tia
It's going to be the end all rom... Until warm 2.3.
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Best thing to happen to cell phones
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cubanjinx said:
ok so i have a prob, and its happened with 6.03 6.04 and now 6.05
every time i try to flash the nightly it says that the installation was complete but when i reboot im just stuck at the splash screen. every time. every build.
heres some phone info to answer most questions
hardware 003
hboot 76.2000
amon ra 2.3 ( did a fresh flash)
i DID flash the newest combo radio
i DID a vr superwipe
ive tried flashing the rom coming from
miui
royal liquid
cm7 nightly 91
official gb leak
any help would greatly appreciated. ask anything else u think could help solve this prob
tia
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I had this problem too....are you partitioned? If so, make sure its EXT3. Format your SD Card, put only the ROM and TB folder on the SD. Flash it, and then if it boots put all your crap back on the SD card.
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Thanx for that. I read the whole thread and I guess I'll try that but I need to charge also. I'll report back with my next problem. Errmm. I mean good news. Haha
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Thanx for that. I read the whole thread and I guess I'll try that but I need to charge also. I'll report back with my next problem. Errmm. I mean good news. Haha
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I fought with it for almost 3 hours today....I wish you the best of luck.
psh 3hrs? haha
man its been 3days that ive tried to get this thing to work! ive heard amazing things about it and wanted to give it a try myself. i just hope its worth all this trouble
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psh 3hrs? haha
man its been 3days that ive tried to get this thing to work! ive heard amazing things about it and wanted to give it a try myself. i just hope its worth all this trouble
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Trust me....it is.
For ext3 wat size would u recommend for ext with a 8gb card?
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For ext3 wat size would u recommend for ext with a 8gb card?
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It really depends on how many apps you plan on having. I would think 512 would be more than enough though. I have 1gb partitioned on my 16gb card and I barely fill it up.
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It really depends on how many apps you plan on having. I would think 512 would be more than enough though. I have 1gb partitioned on my 16gb card and I barely fill it up.
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This...i have 1gb, but I would change it to 512 if I wasnt so damn lazy.
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My update.
Part ext3 made the rom finally load and I have to say it is the best sense experience I've had
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Alright my droid inc2 willbe here in a couple of hours and m coming from a fassy I am reallying confused on the rooting process for this phone and Rome and stuff of that nature if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great. Like do I ever use Odin? Hemdiell? Cwm? Bootloader? Ill be honest compared to the galaxy s it seems like a totally fifteenth scene and this was the first phone I rooted. Any suggestion is welcome
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Alright my droid inc2 willbe here in a couple of hours and m coming from a fassy I am reallying confused on the rooting process for this phone and Rome and stuff of that nature if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great. Like do I ever use Odin? Hemdiell? Cwm? Bootloader? Ill be honest compared to the galaxy s it seems like a totally fifteenth scene and this was the first phone I rooted. Any suggestion is welcome
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Do not accept the ota update, whatever you do.
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Do not accept the ota update, whatever you do.
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Negative Nancy is right
Golgotha theskull said:
Alright my droid inc2 willbe here in a couple of hours and m coming from a fassy I am reallying confused on the rooting process for this phone and Rome and stuff of that nature if anyone could point me in the right direction it would be great. Like do I ever use Odin? Hemdiell? Cwm? Bootloader? Ill be honest compared to the galaxy s it seems like a totally fifteenth scene and this was the first phone I rooted. Any suggestion is welcome
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Root from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160511
simply dl, unzip to desktop, install other files on website, plug in phone "with usb debugging" and set to charge. Run Alpharevx and it will do all the work for you. It will also install Clockwork Recovery.
From there I did this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745
and after that simply install the ROM you want in the Dinc2 Android Dev section of this forum. I have used CM7 and MIUI 1.7.8. I was a CM fan but am really enjoying the MIUI interface and themes. You can DL Rom Manager from the market and have it DL and install the latest version of either one of these themes, or you can dl them from this site and install them manually.
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Do not accept the ota update, whatever you do.
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It came with it preinstalled I read that much and when I saw that got a little frustrated
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first thing to do when you're DInc2 arrives is check the software info. If you're still on Froyo, then you're golden, you can use a free software utility made by Alpharev X to S-OFF (bypass the digital signature that prevents unauthorized software installation). If it comes preinstalled with Gingerbread, you're boned; the only way to S-OFF is to use an XTC Clip which will cost you abit of cash. If you find yourself needing to go that route, PM me, I have an unused PAYG XTC Clip with 1 credit.
In came with gingerbread is there not a way to flash the froyo Rom like the fascinate if not I don't think ill root for a while in case I need to take my phone in
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Hello, I have a US Cellular CMDA desire so I am hoping some of you guys could please suggest some good Roms for it, I have had CM7 on it for about a year now which is fine, however recently for whatever reason a lot of my apps crash constantly thus I need to perform a clean install, so since I must go through the trouble of installing a rom again anyway, I would really like to put at least ICS onto it and preferably JB but almost all roms are made for the GSM desire which is not only quite annoying but also saddens me as I cannot load a lot of the cool roms out there onto it, thus any suggestions are very much appreciated.
Although if someone could also explain the shortage of them that would be nice.. because there are a fair number of these phones..
Oh and one last thing, can you possibly make any rom into a CMDA rom? using a script or something?
sorry for the paragraph and Thanks in advance for the help.
Take a look at this
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Take a look at this
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Cool, I'll try and play with this sometime tomorrow. (edit: or later today I should say..) Thanks
well I dunno... so far I've tried 3 or 4 JB roms and the most I got out of it was a boot animation and yes I waited long enough to see if it would boot I let it sit for 30 minutes and nothing happened, I suppose I'll try some ICS roms before I give up though.
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well I dunno... so far I've tried 3 or 4 JB roms and the most I got out of it was a boot animation and yes I waited long enough to see if it would boot I let it sit for 30 minutes and nothing happened, I suppose I'll try some ICS roms before I give up though.
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Good luck. Try out dk zero cools BCM ICS ROM.
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Chromium_ said:
Good luck. Try out dk zero cools BCM ICS ROM.
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Ha, thats funny, because about a year ago when I was looking for roms to put on this phone that was one of the first ICS roms I remember seeing and I actually got it to run and everything, I loved it too, although for some reason I didn't keep it I'm guessing because I had even less space than with stock or it could've just broke, I would say the first one though, (Edit: actually I think it was because something like the camera didn't work but whatever) but alrighty I'll give it another go and see about installing an apps2sd+ or int2sd script.
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Ha, thats funny, because about a year ago when I was looking for roms to put on this phone that was one of the first ICS roms I remember seeing and I actually got it to run and everything, I loved it too, although for some reason I didn't keep it I'm guessing because I had even less space than with stock or it could've just broke, I would say the first one though, (Edit: actually I think it was because something like the camera didn't work but whatever) but alrighty I'll give it another go and see about installing an apps2sd+ or int2sd script.
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Yea it was one of the first ROMs I used back when I was a complete noob. I remember it was pretty stable and I stayed with it for a long time, but that might've just been cause I was too scared to switch ROMs
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OH YES this plus that fix you posted totally worked, really fast too it only took about 1 - 2 minutes when I started it up to boot, well this is gonna be fun!
I got a tip on that fix thread about it working with 4.2.2 and looked at what rom he had and sure enough it worked. (although before I didn't do a full wipe as I did with this as well but hey it works)
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OH YES this plus that fix you posted totally worked, really fast too it only took about 1 - 2 minutes when I started it up to boot, well this is gonna be fun!
I got a tip on that fix thread about it working with 4.2.2 and looked at what rom he had and sure enough it worked. (although before I didn't do a full wipe as I did with this as well but hey it works)
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Glad you figured it out
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Glad you figured it out
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well one more thing, I'm having this weird sd card issue where it isn't mounted on my phone, but heres the weird thing, I can use in my computer fine and I was even able to use it to install the rom but booted up I can't use it (note: this also was happening before I did anything and was running the stock rom) any ideas? I have already tried reformatting it again in windows as well, its not a big deal for me as I have a couple more cards, but I prefer to not use em if I don't have to, although seems like I will.
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Glad you figured it out
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well I tried your rom and it sorta works.... it seemed to boot but.. the screen is black so I can't use it, although I guess something is wrong with my phone anyway, as some people have used that cmda fix and had success with multiple roms yet I can only get that one to work on it so I dunno whats going on with that... oh well one is better than none I suppose. (and I'm guessing asking for bulit in cmda support would be out of the question )
This wouldn't be because of the Hboot would it? the revolutionary hboot for cmda phones, I wouldn't think so since other users have it.
Have a note 2 and didnt realize you couldnt move apps to sd until after buying the phone. So now I need to get around that restriction.
My device is rooted and on stock rom.
Can someone please point me to instructions for setting up apps 2 sd, or doing the internal v external sd swap?
Thanks in advance for the help
Foldermount can help you...
I think that's an Android jb issue rather than a fault of the phone.
I use the memory swap now, I used to use directory bind, and it works perfectly
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cnmsales said:
Have a note 2 and didnt realize you couldnt move apps to sd until after buying the phone. So now I need to get around that restriction.
My device is rooted and on stock rom.
Can someone please point me to instructions for setting up apps 2 sd, or doing the internal v external sd swap?
Thanks in advance for the help
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It's a ROM related issue (JB). I'm using Clean Master(App), which allowes to move at least some apps to external SD.
im using a custom rom with the memory swap baked in. But im pretty sure this is the mod/guide that im using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
it is really good and fools the phone into using your sd card as your internal memory so no need to swap on a per app basis.
enjoy.
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im using a custom rom with the memory swap baked in. But im pretty sure this is the mod/guide that im using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
it is really good and fools the phone into using your sd card as your internal memory so no need to swap on a per app basis.
enjoy.
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Thanks for pointing me to this. Can you verify for me as I cant seem to find it. Can this be used on my stock rom rooted? Or will I need to flash a new rom? Id really like to keep it stock as much as possible. Dont mind if the trash has been removed though.
I know the thread says you need a rom and kernel that supports initD, but I dont know if this does?
Also, the initial thread indicates it needs to be a international version, mine is a US from verizon. Will this still work?
Lastly, im assuming I will need to whipe my phone and start fresh?
Again thanks for all the help with this!
I'm not a hundred percent sure to be honest. But I would expect it to work on a stock rooted phone.
You would need to do a complete wipe and I think it says in the op that you're better off using the mod as soon as you do a fresh install
However, seeing as you are with Verizon I would really advise you to Flash the rom I use, Which is the Jedi rom.
It comes with some trash removed, some nice eye candy, the swap already cooked in and the new kernel is giving standby battery performance of 1% an hour.
But if you do then I suggest you wait for version 18 which is due any day.
Good luck
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im using a custom rom with the memory swap baked in. But im pretty sure this is the mod/guide that im using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
it is really good and fools the phone into using your sd card as your internal memory so no need to swap on a per app basis.
enjoy.
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I'm not a hundred percent sure to be honest. But I would expect it to work on a stock rooted phone.
You would need to do a complete wipe and I think it says in the op that you're better off using the mod as soon as you do a fresh install
However, seeing as you are with Verizon I would really advise you to Flash the rom I use, Which is the Jedi rom.
It comes with some trash removed, some nice eye candy, the swap already cooked in and the new kernel is giving standby battery performance of 1% an hour.
But if you do then I suggest you wait for version 18 which is due any day.
Good luck
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Looking at paranoid android. Can you link me to the thread for the ROM you are using? Id like to look at it as well.
Sure. In fact version 18 is now up. I'd highly recommend it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34014442
Give it a try and post in the thread. The community there are very friendly and helpful.
Good luck either way.
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Sure. In fact version 18 is now up. I'd highly recommend it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34014442
Give it a try and post in the thread. The community there are very friendly and helpful.
Good luck either way.
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I appreciate it man. Thats the one frustrating thing about this community in large you cant get anyone to answer your question, or they just assume you are supposed to know as much as they do. I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Has the download link been pulled? Not seeing it?
http://d-h.st/T2z
Yeah it got pulled but they are getting it up and running again the link is on page 944 it above for ease.
It'll be on the main op shortly.
No worries on the Help I don't know much but what I do know I try to share lol.
Let us know how you get on
Edit - if you're in no mad rush might be better to wait until the link appears in the main op.
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