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Easy Rooting?

I'm a total noob and kind of worried about breaking my device. I have a mac and when i tried following the directions I got lost pretty fast. I don't mind waiting at all but does anyone know if there will come a time when rooting the incredible will be as easy as like, jailbreaking an ipod touch or something like that?

AwsmAdm said:
I'm a total noob and kind of worried about breaking my device. I have a mac and when i tried following the directions I got lost pretty fast. I don't mind waiting at all but does anyone know if there will come a time when rooting the incredible will be as easy as like, jailbreaking an ipod touch or something like that?
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It is impossible to say for sure, but the UnrEVOked team has said that they hope to have an easier method for rooting the Incredible soon. I have not been able to root my phone using any method, but I don't see this as a huge deal until we are able to flash custom roms which we are not capable of yet. In the mean time, if you are interested in learning more about Android, take a look at the documentation of their developers site at developer.android.com it has a ton of useful information to get you started.

Captchunk said:
It is impossible to say for sure, but the UnrEVOked team has said that they hope to have an easier method for rooting the Incredible soon. I have not been able to root my phone using any method, but I don't see this as a huge deal until we are able to flash custom roms which we are not capable of yet. In the mean time, if you are interested in learning more about Android, take a look at the documentation of their developers site at developer.android.com it has a ton of useful information to get you started.
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Or you could wait for Jake Day's "packaged root."
I love how he announced it on his blog without having anything to show for it. He thinks that he is going to be able to get root or something on demand.
Other than that, you could wait for the UnrEVOked team to release an easier root. If you don't want to wait, you're going to need to make an attempt to learn how to do this root.

I think it's just a matter of time. They've found this exploit, and I think once the unREVOked team is really able to wrap their minds around it fully, they'll have something easier out.
It won't be as easy as blackra1n's jailbreak, or the EVO's root... but it'll definitely be easier than the current pseudo-method.

Just waitin ...
Funny thing; I love my Incredible. If Verizon would just release FroYo for it (PLEASE FIX THE BLUETOOTH STACK), I wouldn't want/need to root.
I have read that you cant get the OTA 2.2 if you rooted; so I suspect I will wait for the time being unless/until someone ports 2.2 faster.

Adam vs Acer Iconia Tab a500

So what do you think, the users on this forum ( I hope ) use Adams, should i go for pre order of an iconia tab for a more plain hardware powerful device, or should i be extremely patient and wait for the adam to go back on pre-order for the UI?
All help is appreciated!

I would never ever buy an Adam again. Half of what was promised either doesn't work or is not build in and when you ever get to need the support (which you definetly would) you are fu.....

I wish you the very best with your new tablet. I am a very happy adam owner

see, im just having such a tough time, they are so similair except for eden ui but i cannot decide if thats what i want in a tablet. Would you guys rather have software or hardware?

Hardware, software can be updated and changed, IE xda! So I love my adam, though I've had to mod it alot it still has alot of potential without alot of work, most people at work are asking me to get one for them, mod it and make it ready for our deployment.
So I love it!

[Q] Rom choice, help!

I am due to receive my device in the coming days and I already know the ins-and -outs of the flashing process.
What I can't decide on is whether I should flash the VegaComb 3.2 build 8.1 rom which is honeycomb (what I originally wanted) or whether to flash the Corvus 5 rom with honeycomb theme which allows me to overclock and use as a USB host device.
Anyone willing to help? as of yet I haven't had a chance to try either of these roms personally,
many thanks

Im using vegacomb love its smoothness and layout but its really self preference you have to decide what you wil use the vega for then look at wat rom will suit your needs either way welcome
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Thanks, wondered whether vegacomb was fast enough for intensive use
Mind you I could flash both and keep a nandroid backup of each, thanks for the help
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Vegacomb is more than fast enough far everyday use. I am sure the usb host will be added in future updates. You could always get a dock if the host mode is a must. I will never go back to a froyo based rom. Froyo is for phones and it shows!!
For me Vegacomb is a must for the vega. Hats off to TeamNewCo, they have done a fantastic job.
Take it easy.

Hi there, I'm a long time Lurker on these forums but just thought I would put my two pennethworth in! I just got my Vega on Wednesday and after some messing about/research I followed a YouTube vid and flashed to Vegacomb and all I can say is WOW. It does so much more than the stock, the games work well and the films I've watched at work have been spot on. It also looks very smooth and has upset some of the Apple fanboys who think they own the rights to this stuff (NOT!). No complaints from me with this lot.
Also a big thanks to all those who are putting so much into developing it!

"Counting" developers

Hi all, i'm going to buy this device, probably, but i'm a bit scared by its particularity.
I fear that not so many devs will pick it up and support for long time...who's here, apart from Chainfire (great guy, but he develops root methods mostly, not full roms or super optimized kernel, he shows the way to others )?
Supercurio (another great dev, but with specific attention to color/sound and not to full roms, again) could come up later (he doesn't seem the "0 day" buyer ), or at least i hope so, and i think Cyanogen will come pretty soon (but could it be with S-Pen full support or not?), but then?
Is it out in USA or not yet?
Sorry for all the questions (they may sound even dumb, i know), but continuous development is the only main "?" i'm facing before the purchase (my galaxy s1, far from being perfect, gained incredible improvements from devs' work)

Same doubts here... How about developers who have the device/are about to buy comment on this thread, that way we can know about the kind of developer support we can expect.

It took 7 months for the GSII to come to the US. I wouldn't cross my fingers.
I'm running rooted stock right now and I am already getting better battery, performance than my S2, and loving this HD screen!
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But when I bought the SGSII in June 1st week, a lot of development was already taking place. The Note is following the same launch trajectory: UK>Europe>India>South-East Asia> then rest of the world. Now that it's available in India, I don't see many developers who have adopted the device.

kunalparwani said:
But when I bought the SGSII in June 1st week, a lot of development was already taking place. The Note is following the same launch trajectory: UK>Europe>India>South-East Asia> then rest of the world. Now that it's available in India, I don't see many developers who have adopted the device.
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The op was asking if the Note was in the US, wasn't responding to you.
Why run custom ROMs when the system is already godly? Anyways just look at the At&t ****rocket, it is a piece of **** that At&t created and it is still getting devs.
If you think development is a problem, there's a simple solution... go with your gut. No one here can tell you what to do, the Note runs faster and smoother than my GSII that has cooked roms. Cooked ROMs can increase some aspects, but mess up others. Once someone zipaligns and adds some init'd scripts, I'll be happy.
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xAnimal5 said:
The op was asking if the Note was in the US, wasn't responding to you.
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I was asking for availability to US developers, i'm european and very keen to buy this beautiful tabphone (hoping to be able to manage it, i like big screens, but this is just bigger ).
I'm glad it runs so well (but i tried it in store and it didn't look so incredibly smooth, i hope it was due to idiots who mess up everything with their sticky hands ), but i hope to see some customization soon (not only custom samsung roms, that are indeed kinda pointless, but cyano, miui, and hopefully mods of these two roms, deeply modified kernels and so on...ICS )

I have to kind of agree, I really see no reason to put a custom rom on the note, everything just works. I wouldn't mind some themes for when things get a little stale but don't really see a need for a rom.

I have been flashing Roms since 2005. The ONLY reason I would not installed a custom rom is the fear of losing the warranty. But since even that is not a problem usually now, I see no reason why not flashing a custom rom..
E.g: Some people want's to modify their cars, other not.. We respect everyone's opinion(if within reason) and preferences.
BUT: The option to have a Custom Kernel/ROM made by our skilled developers here for performance/optimization, stability and longer battery life and customizations? I would take that every time over the stock..

Lets help emwno, he's helped us

I want to thank all users who have been generous in helping get the device to developers. It looks like we have one on the way now and I am looking forward to seeing new custom rom options. However I want to remind everyone that emwno has been with us from the beginning and is responsible for getting us a working recovery and striving to improve on the device and porting of Roms. He has limited resources but continues to work to improve our options as users. For him to proceed he needs help with testers but particularly with getting a device so he can test. I want to thank Speedy Gonzalez for working to set up a donation site and to arrange to buy and send a device to emwno. We are at $120.00 now. Can we all help?

rfb813 said:
I want to thank all users who have been generous in helping get the device to developers. It looks like we have one on the way now and I am looking forward to seeing new custom rom options. However I want to remind everyone that emwno has been with us from the beginning and is responsible for getting us a working recovery and striving to improve on the device and porting of Roms. He has limited resources but continues to work to improve our options as users. For him to proceed he needs help with testers but particularly with getting a device so he can test. I want to thank Speedy Gonzalez for working to set up a donation site and to arrange to buy and send a device to emwno. We are at $120.00 now. Can we all help?
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BOOM BAM: 4MD51980KL488070Y
Agreed. This guy is doing quality work, responding to questions/feedback, and giving us things to flash. AND HE DOESN'T HAVE IT YET. Let's get him some hardware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/donatetome.php?u=4238752

@rfb813 thankyou for your appreciation and your consistent donations, im glad you like my work @elmwood thankyou for that huge donation

very close to get emwno a new N8 we have $217 already :fingers-crossed:

Thanks, let see if we can put it over the top. A little extra: 93B206827B439332N

Man, to have a kernel dev and a rom dev both, this fast into the device lifecycle?
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we have $288.50 for Emwno N8 hope we get the rest by the end of the week :fingers-crossed:

Speedy Gonzalez said:
we have $288.50 for Emwno N8 hope we get the rest by the end of the week :fingers-crossed:
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OK its now $300.00 8MU6359448391723H. Lets go users! We're almost there!

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Here's a little more to add to the pot

Thanks to all who have donated. We are almost there and we need to get this over the top.
Remember Emwno was responsible for the CWM recovery we are using today, the CWM that is in the Note 8.0 Toolkit. He is working on developing an OC kernel for the Note 8 as well as the TWRP recovery. In addition he has been trying to port CM10 over to our device. All this without a device of his own to work on and test. He has been working with some of us to resolve the problems but with a device he could self test. Just think of it within a few weeks we could have a TWRP recovery, a new overclockable kernel, and some ported ROMs. Emwno along with Beantown106 would open up our device to new levels of customization. We have less than $100.00 to go. Lets get over top this week!

some more 48P0850760629935V

Another little bit the the cause 0714232551279951L
Thanks for the work you have done already

I wasn't going to donate because I'm not a fan of CM 10 on galaxy note products, hate to lose my pen features. But I wanted to show my appreciation for your hard work. I couldn't give much but I'm sure this will help you get closer. Thanks for everything
Confirmation number: 48D49480KE715921P

$351.22 very close they have the N8 at Amazon for $399 free shipping and I don't know how much to ship to Pakistan when I checked Fedex was $90 international saver but maybe $40 by USPS parcel ? I don't know

Just hit donate button but found out that PayPal does not support Thailand yet. Is there any other way to donate? I maybe able to give some more for him.

shaoran_ojo said:
Just hit donate button but found out that PayPal does not support Thailand yet. Is there any other way to donate? I maybe able to give some more for him.
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The donation goes through a site set up by Speedy Gonzales here in the US. Thanks for considering the donation. Go ahead and make it.

This thread suddenly become slow like the whole N8 forums

Speedy Gonzalez said:
This thread suddenly become slow like the whole N8 forums
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It's because we haven't gotten any love from developers.. All I want is for Beanstown to drop 1 just 1 rom. Then I would be super happy

The devs do love us.
emwo has
- gotten Clockwork working
- gotten a bootable custom kernel off the ground
That's two major pieces of dev love for a device the fellow doesn't have yet.
In progress he has
- twrp recovery, which is very nice
- a fully functional kernel
- a CM10.1 for those who want it.
If you're not into cm10.1, that's cool, but you won't have to run it to get mileage out of that kernel and the recovery.
But this dev has done so much for our devices and shown us much love. and thank you for contributing.

Yes Emwno has been supporting us since the beginning. We are almost there to get him a device. We need another $100.00 to get the device and send it to him. With the device in hand he should be able to finis the TWRP Recovery, get us a new OC Kernel and Port Roms from the Note 2 and Note 10.1. We supported Beans lets get this finished and get all the goodness for our device. He has demonstrated that he wants to be a part of our community.