I'm a newbie to this world so I don't wanna try anything I don't know how to do or that someone hasn't done before and ruin my device. Although it's not a super expensive phone it suits my needs since I have added a second partition for memory. I would just like to change my themes and possibly upgrade to a ROM running a newer os I'm running 5.1.1. currently. All input and advice is greatly appreciated!!!
Yeah, I need help with the same thing. Anyone mind showing me a custom rom that can be flashed to this device that comes with andriod 7. I just want the ability to format my sd as internal storage and have the newest andriod ver.
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Hi!
I have a Motorola Milestone with Android 2.1 and wanted to upgrade to 2.2 or 2.3.
I installed it a 2GB micro sd card.
So, after googling a lot and watched lots of videos about how to do this upgrade, I was able to root my phone and install Rom Manager. After Rom Manager was installed, I ran the "ClockworkMod Recovery", selected my phone model and it showed that the process was succesful.
After that, the first step I wanted to do prior to upgrading was to backup the current rom using the Rom Manager, but after I hit "Backup current rom", it restarts the phone, shows the exclamation icon along with the phone icon and it sits forever and nothing happens. It shows nothing but the exclamation and phone icon, no messages of what is happening, nothing at all.
I had manually to press the power button in order to reboot it.
(I read in a post that redoing the clockworkmod recovery again would do the trick, but the problem persists).
What could be happening with the rom backup process?
If that issue is solved, I would appreciate if you recommend me which android version would be the best for my specific model: 2.2 or 2.3 and which should be the apropriate guide I would follow in order to upgrade my phone's android.
Thanks in advance!
Pish
rolandpish said:
Hi!
I have a Motorola Milestone with Android 2.1 and wanted to upgrade to 2.2 or 2.3.
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I do not understand you because there is an official 2.2 update download by Motorola Software Update tool
so why to root etc and about Rom Manager was a bad idea to use it too bad because that's nice device
now use this thread to return to stock rom if this is not working return it to the shop/service
also a collection of roms for Milestone here
ruscan.calin said:
I do not understand you because there is an official 2.2 update download by Motorola Software Update tool
so why to root etc and about Rom Manager was a bad idea to use it too bad because that's nice device
now use this thread to return to stock rom if this is not working return it to the shop/service
also a collection of roms for Milestone here
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Thanks for your reply ruscan.
The phone is still working without problems with Android 2.1. I just wanted to update it to 2.2 or 2.3 to be able to install applications on my SD card since this is not possible with 2.1.
I'll research about updating it with Motorola Software Update tool, but if you recommend me to stay in 2.1 I'll do it
Thanks a lot.
rolandpish said:
Thanks for your reply ruscan.
The phone is still working without problems with Android 2.1. I just wanted to update it to 2.2 or 2.3 to be able to install applications on my SD card since this is not possible with 2.1.
I'll research about updating it with Motorola Software Update tool, but if you recommend me to stay in 2.1 I'll do it
Thanks a lot.
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Android 2.2 is first version to include support to move apps to sdcard so update it to official 2.2 also try a custom rom based on Cyanogenmod/ MIUI if you want but if you don't have enough experience with flashing is better to stay on stock rom at this time (I suppose you never flashed a new rom on your phone)
If you want to stay on 2.1 then install an app like app2sd or other from Market
well, to answer your question your first flash/update should be Froyo- it's good enough also this is official update so no risk there ...then experiment others but read a lot about and choose a rom with detailed instructions also use a laptop on battery to upgrade if something is wrong when flashing you are entering a lot of troubles
rolandpish said:
Thanks for your reply ruscan.
The phone is still working without problems with Android 2.1. I just wanted to update it to 2.2 or 2.3 to be able to install applications on my SD card since this is not possible with 2.1.
I'll research about updating it with Motorola Software Update tool, but if you recommend me to stay in 2.1 I'll do it
Thanks a lot.
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I recommend that you upgrade to 7.2.0 CyanogenMod ... in this issue "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346" and here's a guide on how to do it from your stock rom .. "http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update-a-motorola-milestone-from-motorola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/" ..
Thanks for your replies!
Well, I executed the Motorola Software Update and my Milestone was updated to 2.2.1 and now I'm able to move apps to the SD card.
It is running without any problems, that's great
I'll wait for some days to see how my phone goes with this Android version and decide if I stay there or look forward to upgrade to Cyanogen mod.
Just a last quick question (not related to this original post), this 2.2.1 still has the original apps tab at the bottom of the screen. How can I replace it with the new launcher that Froyo is suppossed to have?
Thanks again for your help!
rolandpish said:
Thanks for your replies!
Well, I executed the Motorola Software Update and my Milestone was updated to 2.2.1 and now I'm able to move apps to the SD card.
It is running without any problems, that's great
I'll wait for some days to see how my phone goes with this Android version and decide if I stay there or look forward to upgrade to Cyanogen mod.
Just a last quick question (not related to this original post), this 2.2.1 still has the original apps tab at the bottom of the screen. How can I replace it with the new launcher that Froyo is suppossed to have?
Thanks again for your help!
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thanks to give me feedback it's very important to me -to learn from others' experience
well, that's not easy to replace it's integrated in framework/launcher code better is to install a new launcher from market but post here a picture to see more about that
if you root your device and want to make changes to system perform a system backup before
ruscan.calin said:
thanks to give me feedback it's very important to me -to learn from others' experience
well, that's not easy to replace it's integrated in framework/launcher code better is to install a new launcher from market but post here a picture to see more about that
if you root your device and want to make changes to system perform a system backup before
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Thank you ruscan!
I think I will look in the market for some launchers, although I still like the apps tab anyway
Cheers
rolandpish said:
Thank you ruscan!
I think I will look in the market for some launchers, although I still like the apps tab anyway
Cheers
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thanks Roland for appreciations !
well, I was sure that update will work do not forget that Motorola made the first cell phone what the hell ! :laugh:
also Milestone is a really beautiful phone as design and more...
Recently I moved from apple to Android and few week back I got my SGS3 1747m 16GB on Rogers, I did Root and CWM Recovery v5..5.0.4and did played around to get the feeling with its functionality. I did installed few apps and I found the storage memory issue.
First I treid to move some apps to SDCARD but it failed and says that device does not support, I was told that by installing customize ROM will over come it, but my badlcuk is that being from apple world not sure which ROM best fits Rogers, as I read on XDA that some ROM has issues such as LTE etc etc...
Would appreciate if anyone can help me understand ROM and which one is best for Rogers SGS3 1747M, or is there any other tweak to move apps to SD Card
At present I cannot install any additional apps, my memory status shows 5.98/6.00 i.e. 5.98 used and 6.0 GB available on Emulated SDcard, I do have 32GB External SD card installed.
SGS# model 1747M
Android Version 14.1.1
Baseband 1747MVLDLK4
Kernel: 3.0.31-538866
Build JRO03L.1747MVLDLK4
Hi!
There is no best or worse ROMs, only ROMs that suit a user better than the other one. Everyone has its own preference.
So I suggest you browse the Android development forum (for stock-based ROMs) and the Original Android development forum (for AOSP/AOKP-based ROMs). Take some times to take a look at what the devs have done with their ROMs, look at screenshots, and read the original post for the ROM and the last posts of the topics to get the lastest infos about bugs and incompatibilities. You might find a ROM you prefer for whatever reason.
mushtaqc said:
Recently I moved from apple to Android and few week back I got my SGS3 1747m 16GB on Rogers, I did Root and CWM Recovery v5..5.0.4and did played around to get the feeling with its functionality. I did installed few apps and I found the storage memory issue.
First I treid to move some apps to SDCARD but it failed and says that device does not support, I was told that by installing customize ROM will over come it, but my badlcuk is that being from apple world not sure which ROM best fits Rogers, as I read on XDA that some ROM has issues such as LTE etc etc...
Would appreciate if anyone can help me understand ROM and which one is best for Rogers SGS3 1747M, or is there any other tweak to move apps to SD Card
At present I cannot install any additional apps, my memory status shows 5.98/6.00 i.e. 5.98 used and 6.0 GB available on Emulated SDcard, I do have 32GB External SD card installed.
SGS# model 1747M
Android Version 14.1.1
Baseband 1747MVLDLK4
Kernel: 3.0.31-538866
Build JRO03L.1747MVLDLK4
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Can't move apps to SD in stock. BUT you can move your pictures and videos to SD. Or just get rid of some of those pesky over bloating apps that you think you may need some time down in the unknown future but your not sure when but it could come in handy to "SAMSUNG," another apple user.
I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
Kwijybow said:
I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
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in my opinion or anyone will say that 4.3 is the most stable right now, and 4.4 is only available for CM based roms.....Samsung Touchwiz will always be the last to update their devices to 4.4 while custom roms AOKP, SLIM BEAM, PAC ROM, BEAN STALK, CM, PARANOID, ETC they will always have nightlies on latest the Android version but will take sometime for stable roms to be released
1st before you think of flashing please research and know what you're getting into
2nd read all the info. ROOT your i747m with cf-auto root (i recommend it cuz its the simplest, easiest, safest way to root)
3rd install custom recovery there are two that i know of but am confident and comfortable with clockworkmod recovery....u can try TWRP
4th yu can either wish to stay stock touchwiz, 2types of stock
-one that comes from samsung all bloated and no tweaks and
-the one that is taken by devs debloated, modded, customized, xposed mod, minimalistic, faster and better.
--OR you can go completely Android vanilla stock, which has nothing but the normal google staff (ITS LIKE A NEXUS DEVICE from Google) you dont have any bloatware, or features/addons just plain stock
5th Once yu know the basic, the universe is yours, with Android comes endless customization and possibilities just like Microsoft Windows, Linux, ubuntu or even OSX
6th wish to become a DEV its your choice, wish to modify, play with the filesystem its your choice but without knowledge of what you're doing bricking is easy as just deleting a file yu think its not important
7th help the rest with android as you do with PC
PS am learning to code now but one thing at a time so am starting with Web design, plan to learn some computer languages, hacking, etc computer science :laugh: maybe yu can help me out
everything you need to know about what i said or root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Thanks for the reply. It's been a while since I originally posted this. I decided to hold off on a custom ROM at that time but I find myself back again, still wanting to customize my phone (especially now that my contract is about to expire). I figure that if I do brick my phone beyond repair, I'll just get another phone anyways so not so worried about it now.
Anyways, one concern I have about flashing a custom ROM on my S3 is can I go backwards in Android versions? I can confirm that I am running the stock (Rogers / Fido) Android 4.4.2 which I believe is Kitkat? I am very interested in going either StockMOD or Dandroid, which as far as I can tell are 4.3 Jellybean? Can I do that?
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
audit13 said:
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
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Thanks for the reply. Regarding the bootloader, the versions of Android I'm looking to install say they need the 4.3 bootloader. How can I check which bootloader I am running on my phone?
If you're phone is running stock Rogers kit kit, you have a kit kat bootloader which you can't downgrade.
If the rom needs a 4.3 bootloader and since you have a newer bootloader, you can probably load the rom.
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I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with.
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Using the most recent build of the most popular ROM has it's advantages.
cm-12.1-20150807-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip
fast, light, stable, secure, supported
venturing into these waters again? I have an old T-Mobile Galaxy S3 that I'm basically trying to turn into a gaming phone, just to play games on for my niece. However this thing hasn't been updated in forever and some of these newer games won't run on the firmware I have installed currently. I'm sitting on Android 4.1.1, running an old version CMW recovery. I just want to update to perhaps KitKat so that the games will run. As it stands now, trying to install leaves certain apps hanging on installation or simply incompatible with my version of android. I've been reading various threads in this forums and I'm seeing things about needing certain recoveries to upgrade, so forth and so on so I wanted a little expertise knowledge before I tried anything.
Would I be ok just picking a KK Rom, doing the wipe routine, flash and be good to go? Or have things changed and more steps are necessary, or newer versions of recoveries and what not are needed? Really don't want to brick this S3 so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I've found you need to update the recovery or you have install errors when trying to put a newer ROM on the phone. It might also be worth updating the modem even if you never use data or the phone features. So, yeah you kinda need to update everything or else you run into issues since a newer rom relies on features that might not exist in older firmware.
Thank you for the reply, my recovery was severally outdated and I wonder what took me so long to upgrade to TWRP. It's great. I was able to flash with no issues and glad I did.
Hi guys and girls i am from the uk (england) and got my g4 about 4 months ago.
Fed up of lg's stock rom and how its very laggy and irritating to use now.
I have been looking everywhere about rooting the phone and installing custom roms to make it much better and more enjoyable to use.
But i am stuck i dont know whats the best way of rooting this phone i have tried booting it into stock recovery mode but it just dont work.
so can you guys please point me to a right good method of rooting and installing custom roms please?
Currently using android 5.1 on lg stock rom
Many thanks!
Take it that is a no haha
Well every phone has a different model number so I can be hard I soft bricked my phone were system ui stopped finally got bliss pop running I would go for cyanamod 12 or something
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Take it that is a no haha
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Have you unlocked your bootloader ?
No not too sure how to do that. Any good threads you guys reccomend.
Many thanks
So I know this is scary for you and because it is something new, therefore be sure that you want to live with the responsability if something goes wrong.
Now, the next forum thread tells you how to flash an already rooted image BUT, and this is very important, this works only if you have the version 10c installed (Check in About Phone>Software Version)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/orig-development/root-tmo-vzw-intl-variants-soon-root-lg-t3164765
If you have the latest version of the software (20a) the best thing is to unlock your bootloader, void your warranty in the process, and flash a custom recovery. After that, you just need to flash the SuperSu zip file and you will have root.
To flash custom ROMs, just access recovery and flash the zip file of your ROM.
I'm using the unofficial CM13.0 and works very good for me, but I do miss the official camera app.
Thankyou very much for your advice okarr. Will look into this