[sclug] sclug Digest, Vol 94, Issue 10

[Neil Haughton]

Ageing numpty here.

Why would you want to do this? (Genuine interest)

Neil.


On 15 July 2011 13:00, <sclug-request at sclug.org.uk> wrote:

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>   1. Re: Android ROMs (Derek M Jones)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Derek M Jones <derek at knosof.co.uk>
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:22:53 +0100
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Android ROMs
> David,
>
>  Some people last night expressed an interest in installing a non-vendor
>> ROM on Android phones...
>>
>> These guys produce superb ROMs, complete with root access and lots of
>> nice features that the vendor ROMs don't have:
>>
>> http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
>>
>
> That looks interesting.
>
> The xda forum is a good place to find this sort of stuff:
> http://forum.xda-developers.**com/ <http://forum.xda-developers.com/>
>
> I have rooted my phone but not got around to installing a
> new ROM yet:
> http://forum.xda-developers.**com/showthread.php?t=773997<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997>
>
>
>> The documentation's a bit messy and scattered throughout a wiki, but the
>> executive summary is:
>>
>> Back up your device:
>>
>> - enable development mode
>> - plug into PC
>> - use 'adb shell' on the PC to log into the phone
>> - use dd on the phone to back up all your partitions
>>
>> Upgrade recovery partition, if you haven't done it already:
>>
>> - boot phone into FASTBOOT mode by powering on by certain keys pressed
>> (varies per device)
>> - plug into PC
>> - use 'fastboot' on the PC to write a new recovery partition (normally
>> ClockworkMod) onto the phone
>>
>> Install new system ROM:
>>
>> - copy ROM image onto SD card
>> - boot phone into recovery partition by powering on by certain different
>> keys pressed (varies per device)
>> - pick 'install ROM' from the menu on the screen
>>
>> Here, for example, are the instructions for the HTC Desire:
>>
>>   http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/**wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_**
>> Update_Guide<http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide>
>>
>> Life is a bit trickier on the Desire because you have to break HTC's
>> boot loader locks (trivially easy), but it's the same process.
>>
>>
>> If your phone is already rooted, then there's a tool on the market (ROM
>> Manager) that will automate all this for you; rooting the phone is
>> trivial but fiddly. The SuperOneClick tool is a Windows app that does it
>> for you:
>>
>>   http://shortfuse.org/?page_id=**2 <http://shortfuse.org/?page_id=2>
>>
>> Conveniently, the tool also contains the Linux stuff you need to do it
>> manually. But using fastboot is so easy I normally don't bother. (And of
>> course once you've installed Cyanogen you get root access.)
>>
>>
> --
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