[Q] Questions on themes and deodexing - Droid X General

Ok I've managed to get my device rooted and overclocked, I have Bootstrapper and Clockwork Mod. My question is am I deodexed and am I ready for themes now

No, you have three options:
1) Manually deodex your phone
2) Install a Rom that's already been deodexed
3) Download and flash your stock files for deodexed ones

Ok how do I know which themes have been deodexed already and how do I know what apex I have
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TripleNP said:
Ok how do I know which themes have been deodexed already and how do I know what apex I have
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If you browse the droid x themes and apps section of xda, the theme creator will tell you what has been deodexed or not. I know the 928 blackglass theme is deodexed already but I do not know of many themes that come deodexed. Of you wish to deodex your phone, search google for "xUltimate 2.2 Manually deodex your phone".
As for apex...this is a custom ROM, so this will not be running on yout phone yet, you would have to install it of this is the ROM you wish to run.
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I have a feeling that after I deodex I'm still not done ...lol I actually tried loading the DXred theme the other day and it worked ..then I noticed that the dialer button didn't work then it killed my service ...ya think that happened because I was not properly deodexed?
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TripleNP said:
I have a feeling that after I deodex I'm still not done ...lol I actually tried loading the DXred theme the other day and it worked ..then I noticed that the dialer button didn't work then it killed my service ...ya think that happened because I was not properly deodexed?
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Probably. After you deodex you should be ready for loading up a custom theme. Be sure to read any instructions specific to the theme you apply.
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Ok I've downloaded the xUltimate 2.2 and it gets to the"installing"part and freezes there. HELPPPPP
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TripleNP said:
Ok I've downloaded the xUltimate 2.2 and it gets to the"installing"part and freezes there. HELPPPPP
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Did u follow a guide as well, or just use the main menu?
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This is becoming too much like work lol....ok I figured out why it wasn't downloading...I was trying to dl an update duhh. Now that i've found the right file I can't get it to dl to the phone keeps stopping
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This is becoming too much like work lol....ok I figured out why it wasn't downloading...I was trying to dl an update duhh. Now that i've found the right file I can't get it to dl to the phone keeps stopping
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I'm confused on your last post. What do you mean... what are you downloading?

I'm thinking that i'm supposed to download it on my laptop then place the file onto the sd card cause it won't dl to my phone
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TripleNP said:
I'm thinking that i'm supposed to download it on my laptop then place the file onto the sd card cause it won't dl to my phone
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What file are you talking about?

The xultimate file
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The xultimate file
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Ah, ok. Xultimate is an application that runs on your computer, not your phone.
If you have your phone rooted, and know how to use the Droid X bootstrap to install .zip files, then download this file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gvvgnum0uma2huk
Run this with Droid X bootstrap and you will be deodexed, and not need xultimate.

Ok after a lot of research I finally understand the whole thing.....most if the themes I see on line you need a custom ROM to run them which of course I'm running stock therefore I have to choose from the stock ones which is cool. I found a pretty cool one called Executive Red and it's working perfect. Thank you very much for all of your help
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TripleNP said:
Ok after a lot of research I finally understand the whole thing.....most if the themes I see on line you need a custom ROM to run them which of course I'm running stock therefore I have to choose from the stock ones which is cool. I found a pretty cool one called Executive Red and it's working perfect. Thank you very much for all of your help
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No problem. Glad to hear you got where you want to be. I would recommend just doing some research, and when you feel like you're comfortable, try out one of the custom ROMs. I regret not jumping into one a little sooner. They really have a great advantage many times.
Look into themes from Bignadad. He does themes for liberty, rubix, and did one for the original 2.3.15 OTA. Check him out on twitter as well, and you can keep up on what he is working on. I would recommend Bignadad by far, he is in my opinion the most thorough with his themes, and they always look amazing.

I know you didn't think I was finished ....lol ok here we go...since i've rooted seems that I have access to the 3G hot spot I tried connecting to my lap top it appeared to connect but did not work ....any idea?
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TripleNP said:
I know you didn't think I was finished ....lol ok here we go...since i've rooted seems that I have access to the 3G hot spot I tried connecting to my lap top it appeared to connect but did not work ....any idea?
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You have to pay for the hotspot app to work unless you perform another modification such as the one that team black hat released to use it for free.
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Ok so even though my lap top sees it and says it's connected they (Verizon )can still block you? And how do I get this mod from team black hat
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TripleNP said:
Ok so even though my lap top sees it and says it's connected they (Verizon )can still block you? And how do I get this mod from team black hat
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Yes, it will say its there, but you cannot use it without paying (kinda). There is another mod, where you start the program, then put the plane in airplane mode, then disable airplane mode and it works as if you had subscribed to the service...
or there is the tbh hack.. which they say is unethical, and they don't condone, so please read the whole page before using this... just a disclaimer.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/android-hacks/5156-tbh-droid-3g-hotspot-nvram-hack.html
You basically download a .zip and flash it in clockworkmod recovery.

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Need for speed shift

Works great
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716755
How did you get this to install? I downloaded several times but it won't open the installer. Even tried to install by astro.
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I just put it in the root of my SD card and clicked on the app and clicked install.
it takes a bit of time but it works great.
Try redownloading if it still does not work.
did you dl from rapidshare and get a ~100kB file? That happened to me and I dled from one of the other posts, got a ~100MB file and it worked fine.
Yeah looks like that is what I did. There's a different link in a later part in that thread for hotfile which worked
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disturkis4u said:
Yeah looks like that is what I did. There's a different link in a later part in that thread for hotfile which worked
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did you guys root your phone already ?
Can it be unrooted if needed?
orateam said:
did you guys root your phone already ?
Can it be unrooted if needed?
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I'm rooted and you just delete the su apk along with the busy box one too. Using adb or terminal on the phone too get rid of root...
Can't install it says I don't have enough storage on my phone
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disturkis4u said:
Can't install it says I don't have enough storage on my phone
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wow !! We have 2GB for apps on our phones right ?
Yeah its 99.29mb for the game and I have 1.34 left and it says to free up some storage =/
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im not rooted.
i put this on my phone, not the SD card, and ran it through the file manager and it installed fine.

Problem rooting :(

Ok, I've rooted my phone before but had to reset the phone to all stock because I downloaded an impaled version of angry birds to get the ads off and make the game run smoother....never doin that again lol. Anyway, I tried using the one click root like I did the 1st time but its not findin my phone. I think it says something like it does not recognize adf internally or externally. I downloaded the right samsung driver, put the debugging on, and used the usb cord that came wit the phone and it still doesn't work. I already have CWM (I pushed it on the phone wit odin) and have the stock kernel. now I just need root again
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Please help me!!
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Use z4 root. Its the easiest way. You can Google it and get the. apk or I this k its in the market
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I actually juss did and it worked! Lol thanks
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So I just rooted

Hey,
So I just rooted my DX. I have milestone overclocker and titanium backup as well as ROM manager and wireless tether.Now what do I do ? I'm sorry for being a complete noob but I'm eager to learn. I have heard a little about flashing custom ROMs and was just wondering if there was one that is like Gingerbread (2.3) out for the DX. I just got this phone a month ago and I ready to jump on the Rooting Wagon
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Hey,
So I just rooted my DX. I have milestone overclocker and titanium backup as well as ROM manager and wireless tether.Now what do I do ? I'm sorry for being a complete noob but I'm eager to learn. I have heard a little about flashing custom ROMs and was just wondering if there was one that is like Gingerbread (2.3) out for the DX. I just got this phone a month ago and I ready to jump on the Rooting Wagon
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I would recommend looking around the Droid X android development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=691
Here is where you will find a lot of the discussion and posts from Developers about their ROM's. I think Fission (latest is 2.5.7) has a gingerbread theme set up. I believe there are others as well.
When it comes to ROM's its really a personal decision. In my opinion, all the bigs ones (Rubix, Fission, Liberty, Cobalt, GummyJar, Tranquility, Apex) are all AMAZING roms. It's really just what you like the feel of... I personally use Liberty 1.0 right now. Its a combination of Kejar31 and Jrummy's work. There is a "new" dev team, phoenixdevs, that will be picking up the GEM series that cvpcs (one of the most amazing android developers ever) had been doing.
To start, just make sure you have a nandroid backup from Koush's recovery, and then try out the different ROM's you are interested in and see what you like best.
If I can make a recommendation about themes...check out Bignadad's themes... He does work for Rubix, Liberty, and GummyJar. Here is his latest work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896403
If you have more questions, feel free to ask!
Thank you so much. You are such a big help. I have rom manager and did a backup but I was wondering how do I get nandroid?
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Thank you so much. You are such a big help. I have rom manager and did a backup but I was wondering how do I get nandroid?
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No problem. You can grab it from the attachment below =)
then just move it to your phones sdcard. Use a file manager like Astro File Manager (free on the market) to browse on your sdcard. Press on the .apk file and then press the install option.
Then in your application menu, find the app, then click the first option (this hijacks the boot process the same way that ROM manager does). ROM manager has a built in version of this app and does the same thing. I just prefer to do it through Koush's app personally.
After you click the top button a pop up should come up with the word success (press this). Then click reboot recovery. From there, use the volume up/down buttons to move the green cursor that highlights the options, and use the camera button to select. Go down to Backup and Restore (press camera button to select), then press camera button when Backup is highlighted. (I am merely suggesting how I do it, as I don't rely on ROM manager for much personally. that and I dont remember how ROM manager manages backups... LoL).
It will do its thing, then bring you back to the main menu when it is finished. Click the camera button on "reboot system now" and you now have a working backup. They are stored on your sdcard in the following hierarchy: /sdcard/clockworkmod/backups
Then you just use that same menu if you ever want to restore using the restore option instead of backup =D
I also use Koush's app to install my custom ROM"s and themes as well. You just go down to the option that is something like "install .zip from sdcard" and then you can browse your sdcard for any ROM/theme/mod you have downloaded and saved there...
Hope this helps! Ask if you have more questions, I'm glad to help =)
Wow you made this sound so simple that I just did a nandroid backup on my phone for the first time! I have had my X now for about 4 months its been rooted since day one but I've never had the courage to go forward with roms. So is it really that simple , just dl the rom and flash it with Koushs bootstrap? If I flash a rom but want to update via ota to gingerbread I would just flash my nandroid using the flash rom from. Zip option? Im excited to start with roms I never ralized it was this easy to get back to stock!
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Also do you have to use titanium backup to backup apps to use in new rom, or can you use what is in the nandroid to reinstall apps on rom?
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Thanks in advance
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Wow you made this sound so simple that I just did a nandroid backup on my phone for the first time! I have had my X now for about 4 months its been rooted since day one but I've never had the courage to go forward with roms. So is it really that simple , just dl the rom and flash it with Koushs bootstrap? If I flash a rom but want to update via ota to gingerbread I would just flash my nandroid using the flash rom from. Zip option? Im excited to start with roms I never ralized it was this easy to get back to stock!
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Yes it really can be that simple. just keep track of any backups you make, and always restore back to a clean nanroid for when OTA's come out, and you should be good. Just make sure if an OTA comes out and the bootloader version gets updated, don't go back to a nandroid with a different bootloader...you will brick your phone.
Example: on old ota (2.3.15) and update to 2.3.34. Then try to go back to 2.3.15=brick =(
Thanks this is great and so helpful
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Thankyou!!
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Do you have to zip the nandroid for the file to work to restore the phone? Im sport that im such a newb
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owenbeals said:
Do you have to zip the nandroid for the file to work to restore the phone? Im sport that im such a newb
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Nope, the recovery from koush saves it in a recognizable format for you. Just leave it as is =)
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Thanks again! Liberty will be flashed to my phone this evening!
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owenbeals said:
Thanks again! Liberty will be flashed to my phone this evening!
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No problem, glad to help
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I flashed liberty and I'm lovin it! I can't figure out how to get Google nav back?
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owenbeals said:
I flashed liberty and I'm lovin it! I can't figure out how to get Google nav back?
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Go to Android Market, and download Google Maps
Sweeeet! One more thing would make this perfect. Can I get the 3g hotspots app anywhere? I can't seem to get my ps3 concted via wifi tether.
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Sweeeet! One more thing would make this perfect. Can I get the 3g hotspots app anywhere? I can't seem to get my ps3 concted via wifi tether.
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Depends on what you mean by 3g hotspot. There is "wireless tether for root" in the market for free. This allows you to tether using your 3g signal. The default Verizon app (don't think it is in Liberty...) requires a paid service... People have found hacks to get by this, but I don't recommend it, since it is cheating the service provider (Verizon) out of money if you hack their app.
I see no problem with wireless tether for root tho! Totally a dev's own work to get free tethering.
Thanks
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I have been unable to root my DX, can you tell me where you got your information on rooting?

Can u flash a Rom without a computer?

Sorry guys I been looking thru the forums for about an hour and I couldn't find anything thing ..I'm sorry if this was covered already ....
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Sorry guys I been looking thru the forums for about an hour and I couldn't find anything thing ..I'm sorry if this was covered already ....
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Yes, download the rom to the root of your SD card and flash away.
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Absolutely. You download the zip and flash it through recovery. And for many roms, you can have ROMmanager do all the work for you.
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Absolutely. You download the zip and flash it through recovery. And for many roms, you can have ROMmanager do all the work for you.
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Yea.....cool I'm running Vaelpak 3.0 remastered and it has a Rom manger but I wasn't sure if I really could do it ...thanks for the help guys...........
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Holy molely I just did it ...u guys are the best over here at xda thank u again for bearing with me I'm kind of a newb ...but I think I got the hang of this evo hacking ..and I'm going to read a lot more.thanks again ..
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Be careful with Rom Manager. It said it needed to update Clockwork Recovery and in the process of rebooting the phone, the recovery image is corrupted and my phone will no longer boot into recovery.
I haven't tried reflashing the recovery image via adb yet, but hope it will work.
You dont have to use rom manager, you can just navigate with the browser and download as if you use a computer. The file would be located in /sdcard/download
The only problem is the data speeds.
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You dont have to use rom manager, you can just navigate with the browser and download as if you use a computer. The file would be located in /sdcard/download
The only problem is the data speeds.
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And data speeds is only a problem if you're not on wifi
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m4xwellmurd3r said:
And data speeds is only a problem if you're not on wifi
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Ur right about that ...data speeds are slow as hell...I'm doing research so I can get my 4g working on my mikfroyno 4.5..
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New Netflix Updated Today ! Can someone download from market and post here

Hello netflix has worked fine up until today on my droidx they updated it and when u open it it says new version needs installed to run. sends u to market but since droidx isnt officially supported cant see it. can someone with an htc or something download it and post here.
Name of file i was running was the .com.mediaclient.2 so the one we need was just released today.
Thanks
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Hello netflix has worked fine up until today on my droidx they updated it and when u open it it says new version needs installed to run. sends u to market but since droidx isnt officially supported cant see it. can someone with an htc or something download it and post here.
Name of file i was running was the .com.mediaclient.2 so the one we need was just released today.
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Try this link http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/2...ice-check-should-work-on-all-android-devices/
I downloaded the file and installed it over the previous version...its working with no problem...
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is there a netflix app that works on droidx unrooted
thebadguy said:
is there a netflix app that works on droidx unrooted
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The official one should work for you.
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The official one should work for you.
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Well, it doesn't work on mine.
Netflix no longer works on either of my DX or my Optimus, used to work on both.
I cannot see the "stock" app in the Android Market, but I did run it from a link, the Netflix selection comes up, but when I play a video, after "Loading...."I get an error 1101 "sorry we could not reach the netflix service."
I have also tried running a modified version that did work previously for some, just not for me.
Would appreciate any help.
Thanks.
Thanks got it to work again. I dont know if i used that file on that link i posted a couple different places and download 4 diff suggestions 1 of the 4 worked. Like I said it worked fine up untili yesterday since i put it on then out of blue sorry new version available and sent me to market but nothing in market cause of droidx.
I updated to the 595 leak when it first came out and so i lost root. I know i could gingerbreak it but i installed gingerbreak but didnt run it until i decided somem came accross me where i needed root access . so mines not rooted and ive been running for weeks up until yesterday but its back up again !!
Thanks to eveyrone who contributed in this section !!!!!
http://droidmodderx.wordpress.com/netflix-now-working-on-droidx-droid2-download-apk/
I found the latest apk there
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I found client 2 here http://dc349.4shared.com/download/r...lient-2__1_.apk?tsid=20110602-021355-158281ad
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http://droidmodderx.wordpress.com/netflix-now-working-on-droidx-droid2-download-apk/
I found the latest apk there
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This link is dead.
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I found client 2 here http://dc349.4shared.com/download/r...lient-2__1_.apk?tsid=20110602-021355-158281ad
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This is the one I installed with no error, but it doesn't play, error 1170....
Wow, I get error 1170 if I use wifi but it works fine on 3g...which is to say not as well as wifi used to work...what the heck?
Thanks all....why is my wifi failing to play?
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Just put this up in another section. Works on 2.3.3 rooted and stock 2.2
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Doesn't work for me.
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just reloaded netflix (2)1 it works on my droidx unrooted 2.3 GB
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Doesn't work for me.
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This version still working on my phone
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None of the updates work on my rooted Liberty DX. Any suggestions?
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None work on my rooted gb leak either, I just get the white screen on start up. I made it to the log in page once and that was it. I tried all the first page links in the big one in the apps section, and all the updated links in the later pages
Try the one at the droidmodderx link it works on my .596 gingerbread
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You need to uninstall the old version first....then load the updated...I've done about 10 phones since the update, all working fine, (most are DX).
Works perfect.
Netflix was just updated today (June 16) and it now natively supports the Droid X. No more hacks! Just search for it on the Market and enjoy.

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