Droid has been rooted! - Hero CDMA General

I know. This is the hero forum. But if anyone has a droid or knows someone with one maybe we can get a dump?

Forgot to, post the link
Http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=567

awesome! i'd expect you goons to have vanilla 2.0 ready for the mass sprint crowd by tomorrow right? lol isn't a dump all we'd need? pardon for my ignorance but what changes would be made to be compatible to the cdma hero?

Excellent! Now we just need a full rom dump (not just the /system folder which is all that's available right now).

flipzmode said:
Excellent! Now we just need a full rom dump (not just the /system folder which is all that's available right now).
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I could use those apk's to build a "fuller" AOSP... that is assuming data can be made to work.

Thats what I'm hoping for. So please everyone who has access to a droif, root it and get a dump for us. Please

I was excited for droid users to find out it had been rooted. Now I am really excited because I didn't even think of the benefits it would bring to us!

flipzmode said:
Excellent! Now we just need a full rom dump (not just the /system folder which is all that's available right now).
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Request made @ AllDroid
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=570

WhiteWidows said:
Request made @ AllDroid
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=570
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Sweet. Post back here if they provide it please. I can only watch so many forums. heh.

So let me get this straight, a full dump from the Droid will help us get 2.0? If so AWESOME! I have a friend who has one, I'm sure he'll be rooting tonight I can get a dump tomorrow if you don't get one sooner.

NCX001 said:
So let me get this straight, a full dump from the Droid will help us get 2.0? If so AWESOME! I have a friend who has one, I'm sure he'll be rooting tonight I can get a dump tomorrow if you don't get one sooner.
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It's more of a theory than anything. But if we can get their rom booting on our phone then we have a much better chance of getting things working rather than the gsm version we've been hacking up to try and work.
If anyone has access to a rooted droid then let me know. Although it will be much better once they have access to nandroid because pulling these files while the phone is booted up doesn't always work.

flipzmode said:
It's more of a theory than anything. But if we can get their rom booting on our phone then we have a much better chance of getting things working rather than the gsm version we've been hacking up to try and work.
If anyone has access to a rooted droid then let me know. Although it will be much better once they have access to nandroid because pulling these files while the phone is booted up doesn't always work.
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I don't think that's true.. our kernel/drivers are way different than theirs.. we will be about the exact same point that we are now, and there are full rips out of the droid now on alldroid.org

nelson8403 said:
I don't think that's true.. our kernel/drivers are way different than theirs.. we will be about the exact same point that we are now, and there are full rips out of the droid now on alldroid.org
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I agree but it's a lot easier to make a trackball work, to make leds work, and to make wifi work rather than trying to make it work on a radio that it wasn't designed for.
The image that the guy posted on alldroid is corrupted. It won't unyaffs. And based on the file size I would say it's just a system dump anyways.
Thanks to whitewidow I was able to get my hands on the boot.img by copying it off of /dev/mtd. The build went smoothly however it reboots instantly after the HTC logo. It is never recognized by the debugger. So this is either caused by corruption from how we obtained the boot.img, or the architecture / processor are just too different to work on ours at all. I am not the type that can build kernels from scratch though so maybe someone out there better than me will get it soon.

flipzmode said:
I agree but it's a lot easier to make a trackball work, to make leds work, and to make wifi work rather than trying to make it work on a radio that it wasn't designed for.
The image that the guy posted on alldroid is corrupted. It won't unyaffs. And based on the file size I would say it's just a system dump anyways.
Thanks to whitewidow I was able to get my hands on the boot.img by copying it off of /dev/mtd. The build went smoothly however it reboots instantly after the HTC logo. It is never recognized by the debugger. So this is either caused by corruption from how we obtained the boot.img, or the architecture / processor are just too different to work on ours at all. I am not the type that can build kernels from scratch though so maybe someone out there better than me will get it soon.
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I'm pretty sure stuff compiled for the OMAP arch. Droid is not going to work in our Qualcomm arch. Heroes. I tried using "chat-ril" executable from Droid on my Hero and that doesn't work at all. OMAP and MSM have their own kernel trees as well, so their kernel probably won't boot on the Hero.

It's OMAP alright.
You wont get any of the normal binaries to run.
You can however grab some apks from it.
There is a dump out already btw, has been for almost a month now.

There has been a system dump yes but we are talking about a full dump including the boot.img file.

Boot image contains nothing useful for our purposes.
If you absolutely have to have the boot image someone posted it over on alldroid.org.

is it possible to get the new lockscreen from newly updated droid as verizon has spreaded 2.01 update for droid? cheers

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/system dump of new Google/HTC phone running flan

Got a chance to play around with this today. Pics of the phone and system dump below.
This is NOT an update.zip, but it can be used to build one in capable hands. So don't go sucking my bandwidth please!
http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/Android/flan.tar.gz
nicccce going, i like the pics.
awesome!
If it helps I uploaded it over at
http://android-devs.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=84
I've got unlimited bandwidth so hopefully that'll take some of the strain off yours!
Thanks!
Nexus One Dump?
I'm a little surprised this isn't up here yet. There is a dump floating around rumored to be Nexus One. You can find it at AndroidSPIN.com.
Has anyone poked around at all?
It's right where it should be in the Development and Hacking > Android software development forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600190
I've had a quick look through this and found some interesting files.
Most notably, something called 'GenieWidget.apk'.
When are non blurry camera's going to hit the market? Nice dump though hopefully this will get ported to the Behold II....*cough*
like @wpbcubsfan said there is already a topic about that in the right section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600190
New boot animation : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFSEsEZnnE&feature=player_embedded
Do you try to push the apk in another device or do you think it 'll need some modification of some files ?
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Do you try to push the apk in another device or do you think it 'll need some modification of some files ?
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They need to be resized and odexed or whatever so it can run on your G1/mytouch or whichever you have. Theres this script in the G1 section that does deodexes or something.
Ace is right. The sizes are to big for dreams and magics. is there even a way to resize the files? also, custom roms are going to become harder now that there are different sizes for phones, but im guessing cyanogen is going to make roms for the neXus
aw, i was kinda hoping that this would be in a .img format so we can load it up and play with it in the emulator
SDK Emulator
Is there anyway I can take this dump and use it in the SDK emulator?
to devs: FIRST ONE TO PORT ISNT A ROTTEN EGG!
Yes, this is the Nexus One.
The boot animation works without modification on the Droid.
Could anyone provide boot.img also
Our guys have been trying to push some of the apk's but not had any luck so far. Has anybody got any apk's from this onto any other build yet?
I tried with my phone and the emulator, but I am a newb. Most of the new apks require Android 2.1 by the way.
if you tried the same method of installing the new maps fex week ago? they modify a file to let G1 thought it was on 2.0 kernel or 1.6 don't remember (system or settings files don't remember) after that the apk works on G1 and we can find it via the market. ask MLIGN he made the change.

Tutorial on compiling AOSP 2.X for the HTC hero

Hey everyone, well, ironically, I'm asking for help . I've wanted to create a AOSP ROM, but I can't find a guide on getting AOSP to the Sprint Hero. Is there a step by step guide for compiling it, with all the config files needed? Thanks, I really would appreciate it, and I'm sure you'll appreciate the future ROM's of mine too .
EXTREMELY tempted to post a lmgtfy
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EXTREMELY tempted to post a lmgtfy
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Uhh... I will literally scream if it's on google. I went through, so many pages googling it. I have compiled android before, yes. But not for the hero.
This is what i have been trying to make work.
http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=301857&view=findpost&p=1179830
Its only a peice of the puzzle. I havent been able to do much with it, I wasnt able to find where I needed to shove libcamera for our hw to get past an error.
PM Darch....
kkruse said:
This is what i have been trying to make work.
http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=301857&view=findpost&p=1179830
Its only a peice of the puzzle. I havent been able to do much with it, I wasnt able to find where I needed to shove libcamera for our hw to get past an error.
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what make errors have you been receiving. sometimes when you compile using that vendor tree some of the libs don't get pushed into the target.
I posted a "vendor overlay" ZIP for our CDMA hero elsewhere on this site (it's the LoX GSM hero overlay with edits for heroc plus some extra libs, etc, for 2.1), I was initially hoping for some feedback on it from some of the other devs. I was having the same issues darch mentions where some of the files don't copy over during the build so you just have to copy them into the target as the errors come up. Search my userID plus "vendor" and "voodoo" and it should come up.
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I posted a "vendor overlay" ZIP for our CDMA hero elsewhere on this site (it's the LoX GSM hero overlay with edits for heroc plus some extra libs, etc, for 2.1), I was initially hoping for some feedback on it from some of the other devs. I was having the same issues darch mentions where some of the files don't copy over during the build so you just have to copy them into the target as the errors come up. Search my userID plus "vendor" and "voodoo" and it should come up.
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you could do that to fix it... or we can fix the unzip scripts, because that is the root of all the problems in which the camera libs aren't making it to the target.
Btw, i'm gunna check out your vendor overlay. sounds like it'll help people compile cyanogenmod a bit more eaily.
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you could do that to fix it... or we can fix the unzip scripts, because that is the root of all the problems in which the camera libs aren't making it to the target.
Btw, i'm gunna check out your vendor overlay. sounds like it'll help people compile cyanogenmod a bit more eaily.
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I never investigated it very deeply. If you know it's the unzip step, that would be great to have it fixed. BTW, there two extract-files.sh in my overlay, one that pulls needed files from the device, and another that pulls them from a ROM (came in handy at one point). I'm still not clear about how much variability there is with libs, etc, from version to version, you would know better.
Finally, the kernel zImage included is just Toast's .29 that I built from scratch the day I posted the overlay. There's probably a newer version now...and I assume you can just package with your own boot.img anyway.
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what make errors have you been receiving. sometimes when you compile using that vendor tree some of the libs don't get pushed into the target.
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sorry to leave ya hanging but I just checked in... let me recompile it again and see.... Ill probably have the results back in the AM. Too tired now

Making a Gingerbread NAND ROM for HD2

Ok, I'm loving Gingerbread, but m-deejay has been including Cyanogenmod in his recent builds, which I don't want.
I'm REALLY keen to work on my own Gingerbread build...but need pointers on the steps I need to take.
I want to use a clean custom Nexus One Gingerbread build, such as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885784
Then I'll have to replace the Nexus drivers and stuff with the HD2 ones...this is where the problem starts...how do I know which files are needed for HD2 specifically?
And then I need to add/remove apps etc to customise it?
I don't want anyone to hold my hand, just to at least point me in the right direction, as finding this information seems to be very difficult, unlike Windows Mobile cooking, which has lots of good tutorials...even though I'd expect that to be the other way around
I taught myself WM cooking & dev, but this is a whole new ballgame to me....
Appreciate any help I can get...
I'll happily donate a few $ to anyone who can help me get a stock build going...
No one able to shed ANY light? Give me ANY pointers?
Like I said, I'm willing to donate $ if I get help to get a ROM built...
Good pointers!!!
Have you tried with this tutorial?
SEE THIS!!!
This is the best step by step guide, and there is everything you need to port/make good working ROM for LEO.
Regards.
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Have you tried with this tutorial?
SEE THIS!!!
This is the best step by step guide, and there is everything you need to port/make good working ROM for LEO.
Regards.
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Yea I saw that, thanks...only problem is that it's an old build, and it's miui.
Where do I find the latest drivers etc? And how is a NAND build different? How do I package up a NAND ROM?
I was thinking the very same thing but when I started looking into it I got put off by the complexity and the time it would take.
Have you thought about just modding MDj's ROM, stripping it back to bare ginger and replacing the bits we dont want, this might be easier that building one from scratch.
Yea, it's a possibility...but I won't learn as much doing it that way...and I'd rather try to create my own than use someone else's hard work as a base, if you know what I mean.
I have time, and am willing to learn as much as I need to...I just need some pointers...there are plenty Android HD2 chefs now, surely one of them is willing to help out
It's really not that difficult. I didn't really like the CM mod either, so created my own stock rom. I'm now at the point where I got it all working. I don't mind to give you a helping hand if you really are interested.
I'd love to see this too!
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It's really not that difficult. I didn't really like the CM mod either, so created my own stock rom. I'm now at the point where I got it all working. I don't mind to give you a helping hand if you really are interested.
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Hey,
yes I've VERY interested...I'm hoping to get a stock-ish one together with my own little touches...maybe release one if I learn enough about it.
Any help you can give would be much appreciated...
Even to start with, a list of the basics...ie get ROM dump, extract xyz, do this...anything at all...
I just got back from a swim at the beach to relax, intending to come back and try to figure it out on my own with what help I can get from that page linked above...but if you have managed to get one together, thats even better
This might be of some use for windows users (I've successfully tried extracting MDJ's Gingerbread system.img with it).
http://android.modaco.com/content/z...-boot-recovery-system-userdata-kitchen-ready/
yea extracting is easy...but I would prefer to use a clean build to start from, rather than m-deejays...trying it using the guide in the link above with the Nexus S dump...having to use some donor files from m-deejays build though...still trying to get my head around it all
Well I gave it a quick try using the above guide, and it gives "NAND Kernel Open Fail".
I used m-deejays kernel, and put all the relevant files into the correct directories before making the system.img, and i put initrd.gz and zimage into boot.img, so I dont know what I did wrong...?
You don't use system.img on nand. You need to create a yaffs.img. Which I've never done before. I've only made builds the sd way, not nand. Maybe all you have to do is rename the .img after you create it. You should jump on irc, room #htc-linux-chat. You would get your answer in like 5 secs;p
NAND ROMs do use system.img, have a look in any NAND ROM, you'll see system.img, boot.img and the flash files.
Yaffs is the filesystem...I created the img files with the "mkyaffs2image" command.
(As per this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897940)
I've made all of these but get the damn kernel error...it can't be difficult, lots of devs have released ROMS...surely someone is willing to help?
I'd rather not go into irc, as thats the dev channel isnt it? Dont want to be a noob popping in asking hwo to cook Android for the HD2
i think what would be a cracking idea is if someone were to create 3 "standard" kitchens for anyone to download and start modding with.
kitchen 1) desire / desire HD with NO mods
kitchen 2) Froyo / gingerbread with NO mods
kitchen 3) Froyo / gingerbread with Cyanogen included
they should just be 100% stock but able to build a fully working rom. This way everyone can start to learn, and its always easier with a complete kitchen and just as educational - moreso as you get to see the correct layout for files / directories and all the correct tooling is already in place.
I will add to davids "donation" pot if someone were to make these available, whatever david is willing to donate and i will add another $20 (US) or £15
Whether they be Windows or Linux based kitchen does not matter to me, but i believe that android being open source these resources should be made available
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Your right, not thinking clearly from all the jack daniels. You do need yaffs tools to mess around with the system.img though...#htc-linux is the dev channel. #htc-linux-chat is where you go to ask questions. Devs don't even go in that channel. Just chefs fire the most part. That's where everyone goes to learn how to build.
g.lewarne said:
i think what would be a cracking idea is if someone were to create 3 "standard" kitchens for anyone to download and start modding with.
kitchen 1) desire / desire HD with NO mods
kitchen 2) Froyo / gingerbread with NO mods
kitchen 3) Froyo / gingerbread with Cyanogen included
they should just be 100% stock but able to build a fully working rom. This way everyone can start to learn, and its always easier with a complete kitchen and just as educational - moreso as you get to see the correct layout for files / directories and all the correct tooling is already in place.
I will add to davids "donation" pot if someone were to make these available, whatever david is willing to donate and i will add another $20 (US) or £15
Whether they be Windows or Linux based kitchen does not matter to me, but i believe that android being open source these resources should be made available
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Yea, something like that would be handy...but even to start with, I'd just love to know the basic processes needed to get a basic Android build running on the HD2, without having to rely on someone elses current build.
I tried the link above, and it did sort of help understand a little of whats going on...but this stupid kernel error is preventing me from knowing how my test build works/or doesnt work...
I mean I had too use m-deejays gingerbread dump to get some of the driver files etc from...but where does he get them from? Thats the stuff I dont know...
It's obviously not overly difficult as there are so many devs pumping out HD2 ROMs...would just love one of them to share the secrets
Cash - not sure ... depends on how much help I get, but I'm willing to donate along the lines of US$20 or so...
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Your right, not thinking clearly from all the jack daniels. You do need yaffs tools to mess around with the system.img though...#htc-linux is the dev channel. #htc-linux-chat is where you go to ask questions. Devs don't even go in that channel. Just chefs fire the most part. That's where everyone goes to learn how to build.
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hehe...
What server is that chat room on?
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NAND ROMs do use system.img, have a look in any NAND ROM, you'll see system.img, boot.img and the flash files.
Yaffs is the filesystem...I created the img files with the "mkyaffs2image" command.
(As per this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897940)
I've made all of these but get the damn kernel error...it can't be difficult, lots of devs have released ROMS...surely someone is willing to help?
I'd rather not go into irc, as thats the dev channel isnt it? Dont want to be a noob popping in asking hwo to cook Android for the HD2
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Is it possible that the img files need to be created as ext4 rather than yaffs? I know gingerbread runs on the ext4 system (where froyo ran on yaffs2) but I'm not sure how this relates to building the rom.
Nah, don't think so...not accroding to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897940
Ive tried a few more times but am still getting the kernel error...so I cant even test if my build works or not as it wont even boot...so very frustrating...
Lets break it down........
1st
Here's a brief intro I did a few days ago read it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897940&page=2
The above goes for any .img used with DAF, they are yaffs2 images.
2nd
The sensible option for a clean build would be an existing stock gingerbread rom on a sister device. AdamG just happens to make the cleanest Desire roms around. I've had my eyes on this build for a minute, check it out and see if this what your looking for. Oxygen v2.0-RC6
3rd
I've been able to unyaffs disect, reassemble and get some 'customized' roms running. They flash, boot, & work great.....but I lose root permissions. lol
I was acutally doing this with the 1.6 NAND rom of MDJ that came as a single.img
That particular file was just system.img & boot.img yaffs2'd together. After I disected it I was able to unyaffs the 2 images and edit/modify change kernels, etc. etc. The only problem I have run into is the root issue.
Conclusion:
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I'd be glad to help out any way I can in porting a ROM worthy of our devce
Any serious inquries can be directed to my inbox for private discussion on gtalk .
I'm no dev and am in no way claiming to be. I do have some findings and that's why I'm offering my help. Cheers

[IDEA][DEVSWANTED] Custom Aria ROM

Okay, so being a proud Aria owner I like to modify it make it looks as sexy as I can ;D
I've been watching the Inspire 4G forums lately and have been seeing a slew of ROMS pop up. Now, not saying I want a huge amount but maybe an awesome custom one.
That's where my idea comes in. I want to make a Custom ROM based off of SENSE DDX FR008.
Now, I know some of what to do....so I need help.
This will probably be an idea for a long time unless I get some help.
NOW THIS IS AN IDEA. DON'T COME STOMPING ALL ON MY STUFF.
I reside in the freenode IRC chat a lot.
Check my signature for a link.
I'm brswattt. Nice to meet you. Just PM me or talk to me in chat.
Added as of 3/17 :
-GO DEV Launcher, SMS, Contacts, and Weather
-Bootanimation
-removed the Rosie.apk and HTC Sense Widgets
In progress
-Adding Reboot, Recovery, and bootloader power menu.
i would also like this
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I need Ideas! Ideas!
first off might be theming it
i dont know how to do that
maybe create a theme.apk(multiple?) for the theme manager
Look into it for sure.
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first off might be theming it
i dont know how to do that
maybe create a theme.apk(multiple?) for the theme manager
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Any way to get this ported or something like this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963755
That is a beauty!
If you can put the cm6 features into it that would be sick. I like cm6 's customization ie. Status bar color options. And also love the transparent pull down from that gingerbread add on. What would you take from the sense rom?
Banging cm7-night's 14
@brswattt, definately worth a custom ROM/Theme. i have been thinking the same thing, maybe some sort of Hybrid based on another phone such as Droid.
tilt4life2 point out a kick-a$$ ROM. love the lockscreen
im slowly learning app creation, and as time allows im looking into system changes. for me i would like a custom ROM which allows the user to re-assign any key function for custom actions(keymapping)... there's probably a program somewhere that does this already
Like THIS one
good luck bro, if i stumble accross any cool things we can add to a custom build i'll keep you in mind.
Thanks for the support guys! I'll look into it when I get home.
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That's where my idea comes in. I want to make a Custom ROM based off of Sense / CM7. (Proper rights if it's CM7) and make a theme to it, etc. Just a lot of cool improvements / personalization.
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There is a test rom for the Wildfire S, which has similar specs as the Aria. This rom has Gingerbread and Sense 3.0. Would be nice to start off with it if possible. Here the link for the dump of this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...61&postcount=5
Edit: Try this link if the first does not work and look for the Marvel_Dump.zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973346
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There is a test rom for the Wildfire S, which has similar specs as the Aria. This rom has Gingerbread and Sense 3.0. Would be nice to start off with it if possible. Here the link for the dump of this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...61&postcount=5
Edit: Try this link if the first does not work and look for the Marvel_Dump.zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973346
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Has anyone actually gotten a dump of this that isn't corrupt?
I'll look into all of this into more depth when I get back this weekend from a fishing trip.
Spring break starts Monday so yeah.
Just keep the ideas flowing, and i'll start Day 1 Sometime Monday or Tuesday.
Gene Poole said:
Has anyone actually gotten a dump of this that isn't corrupt?
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I did get a copy. How do I verify whether it's corrupted or not?
Gene Poole said:
Has anyone actually gotten a dump of this that isn't corrupt?
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Did you try the link in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11763561&postcount=5
http://www.morninglion.com/tp2martin/Marvel_Dump.zip
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Did you try the link in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11763561&postcount=5
http://www.morninglion.com/tp2martin/Marvel_Dump.zip
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I believe I did (it's in my D/L history). It has a system.img that won't dump.
Edit: I read the whole thread. Seems that there is a "proper" dump. I'll check it out.
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I did get a copy. How do I verify whether it's corrupted or not?
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The system.img (at least) won't dump with unyaffs. This is usually caused by incorrectly copying it from the partition with dd.
Gene Poole said:
I believe I did (it's in my D/L history). It has a system.img that won't dump.
Edit: I read the whole thread. Seems that there is a "proper" dump. I'll check it out.
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Gene Poole said:
The system.img (at least) won't dump with unyaffs. This is usually caused by incorrectly copying it from the partition with dd.
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The marvel_dump.zip has the /system image already expanded. The system.img in the original file has a blocksize of 2048, so you have to use a parameter to get unyaffs to extract it.
Interesting project only wish I knew enough to contribute.
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shouldnt take much knowledge to just use kitchen to cook up a rom
I definitely agree with martiontakeover.. wit the cm6 setting. It would be awesome if its possible
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Droid 2/Global ROMS

Sorry if this has been asked but I have just ordered a Milestone 2 and i was wondering whether the Droid 2 ROMs would work on the Milestone 2. I know people say no but i remember reading in the D2G forums about a little patch you can implement to make D2 roms work on D2G - Isn't the hardware and drivers the same apart from the EVDO/CDMA part of the antennae?
Thanks, Jack
I tried to install a ROM designed to work on the D2G and I bricked my Milestone 2 so I advise you to not try it
I might have done something wrong but I won't test again as I had to restore my system with RSD Lite (and it's a pain in the a*s).
Well that sucks - wonder why it bricked it D:
I hope you did something wrong and it does work. I will just try when i get my phone.
If it doesn't i will either install ArgenROM or overclock to 2GHz
D2 custom roms mostly work, however the issue with those is that they do not initialise with the UMTS radio, instead they use CDMA. By "mostly", I mean "everything except for the phone part". All the difficult bits (wifi, GPS, camera etc etc) work perfectly. I've flashed the APEX rom to my phone without issue.
It's possible, when we can work it out, that we can force them to boot with the UMTS radio. When we've worked this out, we should be home free, thus giving us a few more roms to use =)
smacky_wolf said:
D2 custom roms mostly work, however the issue with those is that they do not initialise with the UMTS radio, instead they use CDMA. By "mostly", I mean "everything except for the phone part". All the difficult bits (wifi, GPS, camera etc etc) work perfectly. I've flashed the APEX rom to my phone without issue.
It's possible, when we can work it out, that we can force them to boot with the UMTS radio. When we've worked this out, we should be home free, thus giving us a few more roms to use =)
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There is a file you can flash on the d2g to initialise the UMTS radio once a D2 rom is installed - I wonder if that would work?
What file?
Would you upload it? In a update.zip way?
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JackStoreytime said:
There is a file you can flash on the d2g to initialise the UMTS radio once a D2 rom is installed - I wonder if that would work?
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If you can find it for me, I'm more than willing to try!
The "file" is called D2G romer tool. Yes, it is an update.zip which you install from clockwork recovery. It will NOT work on Milestone 2. However, the approach taken creating the romer tool can be used with Milestone 2 to create similar file based on Milestone 2.
Romer is far from perfect though. If you want to know more, google for Get~R~Done team, or go to droidforums.net and navigate to Droid2 Global section.
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leobg said:
The "file" is called D2G romer tool. Yes, it is an update.zip which you install from clockwork recovery. It will NOT work on Milestone 2. However, the approach taken creating the romer tool can be used with Milestone 2 to create similar file based on Milestone 2.
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Thanks for that! Based on this info, I have an idea as to how I can make this work. Hell, I have another slightly dodgier thing to try that may also work :3
Will try tonight
smacky_wolf said:
Thanks for that! Based on this info, I have an idea as to how I can make this work. Hell, I have another slightly dodgier thing to try that may also work :3
Will try tonight
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Lets hope we can get some ROMs a Flashin' on the MS2 then
I've downloaded that file. So by, let's say, replacing all files from that update.zip with files from the Milestone 2 Stock ROM, we would be able to create a "MS2 Romer"..?
There are quite some files to replace, but I think I might try it out this weekend!
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I've downloaded that file. So by, let's say, replacing all files from that update.zip with files from the Milestone 2 Stock ROM, we would be able to create a "MS2 Romer"..?
There are quite some files to replace, but I think I might try it out this weekend!
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Lets see what we can do! Thanking btw
Hah! Messing around, I've managed to get a version of APEX to boot. However, in my messing I removed all the bits that make it APEX, but the rom does boot with the apex logo and the different key map, and the phone part works too..
Pretty sure I know what to modify to get this work... gonna mess some more :3
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Hah! Messing around, I've managed to get a version of APEX to boot. However, in my messing I removed all the bits that make it APEX, but the rom does boot with the apex logo and the different key map, and the phone part works too..
Pretty sure I know what to modify to get this work... gonna mess some more :3
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Well this is a start- just shows we are getting there
Also, The milestone's BL is blocked but devs just load the system files such as SenseUI or other ROMs without replacing kernels. With some tweaks would it be possible to port Sense 2.2/2.3 to the MS2? (I like blur but sense is good too and i tend to chop and change roms on my current phone)
Yay! Congratulation!
I see MM2 community raise. Now I don't have any arguments, I will buy MM2
JackStoreytime said:
With some tweaks would it be possible to port Sense 2.2/2.3 to the MS2? (I like blur but sense is good too and i tend to chop and change roms on my current phone)
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Theoretically it's possible to bring across SENSE. Not sure how deeply it integrates, I don't know a lot about sense. Theoretically you could replace the bits of BLUR with Sense, dunno for sure yet. The fact that sense exists on non-sense devices makes me believe it's possible :3
But like someone said before, the camera probably wouldn't be working because of the integration of its libraries into the kernel
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But like someone said before, the camera probably wouldn't be working because of the integration of its libraries into the kernel
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If the camera itself is a part of sense, then sure. But otherwise, D2 roms have working camera on them on MS2.
smacky_wolf said:
If the camera itself is a part of sense, then sure. But otherwise, D2 roms have working camera on them on MS2.
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They just use the moto client for the camera so it works so we could keep the moto camera?
Hey, try Apex Rom and youre gonna see it mostly works(except from, obviously, the signal)
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