Time for a change

[oOMavrikOo]

Hello forum. I've been off and on lately and haven't able to keep up with the new roms. I've been on cm6 for a while now and a starting to get alot of lag and am just ready for something new. Can someone point me in the right direction?

I think I would like to try 2.3 but I really don't want to deal with too many bugs. I am also willing to keep 2.2. I'm mostly looking for speed and good storage space for my apps. Any suggestions?

 

[jwolfe152]

I'm using cm7 with the decca 768 kernel collins battery tweak and the firerat mod and now I have 262/328 internal storage only bug in cm7 I've run into was I had to use TE to get the market to download. btw I'm not using the latest version (can't remember what the date it but its recent) but I will be flashing it soon. I was also using the circle battery mod but out screwed up don't know if its fixed yet

 

[oOMavrikOo]

Can I just flash the firat mid or us it in terminal emulator? I don't have a cpu right now and can't use adb.

 

[SupraEA]

Can I just flash the firat mid or us it in terminal emulator? I don't have a cpu right now and can't use adb.

Yea, you can flash it in recovery. Look at the second post of this thread.

androidforums.com/sprint-hero-all-things-root/267880-getting-adb-work-driver-install.html

 

[KitsapAndroid]

2.3 GB is pretty functional and virtually bug free. Just make the leap, you won't regret it.

 

[oOMavrikOo]

Yea, you can flash it in recovery. Look at the second post of this thread.

androidforums.com/sprint-hero-all-things-root/267880-getting-adb-work-driver-install.html

What exactly is the root of the sd card? I normally just download roms, kernels, themes, etc from the browser and flash the items from where they were stored in the initial download.

 

[DonB]

Means to drag and drop to your SD card, do not put it any folder or directory

What exactly is the root of the sd card? I normally just download roms, kernels, themes, etc from the browser and flash the items from where they were stored in the initial download.

 

[andygu3]

What exactly is the root of the sd card? I normally just download roms, kernels, themes, etc from the browser and flash the items from where they were stored in the initial download.

Either download directly from a site or download the rom/kernel..from computer then mount sd card and transfer the file to your sd card, that way the zip file will not be in any folder

 

[oOMavrikOo]

Just because I'm curious... what's the benefit or advantage of doing this? Other than being able to find files easier of course.

 

[JB in AZ]

Just because I'm curious... what's the benefit or advantage of doing this? Other than being able to find files easier of course.

To flash a file from the SD card via recovery, the file NEEDS to be on the root level of the SD card, or recovery won't find it. It only looks to the root level for flashable files, not inside of any folders.

 

[SupraEA]

To flash a file from the SD card via recovery, the file NEEDS to be on the root level of the SD card, or recovery won't find it. It only looks to the root level for flashable files, not inside of any folders.

Although I mostly flash from the root of sd, i have flashed Roms and gapps from the downloads folder. It does work. But like I said, every other time, i have done it from the root of sd.

 

[SDRebel]

I'm using cm7 with the decca 768 kernel collins battery tweak and the firerat mod and now I have 262/328 internal storage only bug in cm7 I've run into was I had to use TE to get the market to download. btw I'm not using the latest version (can't remember what the date it but its recent) but I will be flashing it soon. I was also using the circle battery mod but out screwed up don't know if its fixed yet

Can you point me to where I can find it? I've been at XDA and pretty much the only one I found was AOSP 2.3.2 and couldn't find it on HTC Hero CDMA - CyanogenMod Forum either
thanks

 

[andygu3]

Can you point me to where I can find it? I've been at XDA and pretty much the only one I found was AOSP 2.3.2 and couldn't find it on HTC Hero CDMA - CyanogenMod Forum either
thanks

[ROM] aospCMod | AOSP 2.3.2 (Gingerbread) [02/09/2011] - xda-developers

 

[oOMavrikOo]

To flash a file from the SD card via recovery, the file NEEDS to be on the root level of the SD card, or recovery won't find it. It only looks to the root level for flashable files, not inside of any folders.

Everything I've ever flashed from recovery had been in a folder. Mostly from the browsers folder, but I've never flashed anything from what I now know is the root of the sd.

 

[JB in AZ]

Everything I've ever flashed from recovery had been in a folder. Mostly from the browsers folder, but I've never flashed anything from what I now know is the root of the sd.

Hmmm..maybe the newer Recoverys work differently? I was always under the impression that they needed to be on the root level to be recognized.

 

[MahaloCat]

Hmmm..maybe the newer Recoverys work differently? I was always under the impression that they needed to be on the root level to be recognized.

JB - NOPE - they can be anywhere.
S-off files need be on root -

 

[andygu3]

I either transfer to phone after mounting the sd card or directly download something to the phone and it's in the downloads folder on the sd card

 

[JB in AZ]

OK, just to clear up this issue regarding where the files need to be located on the SD card to be flashed. There is a difference between ClockWorkMod recovery and Amon RA recovery in this regard. With CWM, the files can be anywhere on the SD card, but with Amon RA, they need to be on the root level of the SD card. I have always used Amon RA recoveries exclusively. Hope this helps!

 

[MahaloCat]

OK, just to clear up this issue regarding where the files need to be located on the SD card to be flashed. There is a difference between ClockWorkMod recovery and Amon RA recovery in this regard. With CWM, the files can be anywhere on the SD card, but with Amon RA, they need to be on the root level of the SD card. I have always used Amon RA recoveries exclusively. Hope this helps!

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Gotcha!

 

[oOMavrikOo]

Makes sense to me.

 

[oOMavrikOo]

So I don't have to read every single post in the 2.3 thread, can someone post a download link to both versions of GB, the latest gapps, and current Deca kernels? Maybe even the proper flashing method? I hope I'm not asking for too much....

 

[jwolfe152]

The first post in both GB threads are updated with the newest rom build and gapps as for the kernel I cant remember where I got the link from

 

[jwolfe152]

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756774

Don't know if my edit worked from opera but here is the decca kernel link
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756774

 

[andygu3]

OK, just to clear up this issue regarding where the files need to be located on the SD card to be flashed. There is a difference between ClockWorkMod recovery and Amon RA recovery in this regard. With CWM, the files can be anywhere on the SD card, but with Amon RA, they need to be on the root level of the SD card. I have always used Amon RA recoveries exclusively. Hope this helps!

I am not having any troubles flashing kernels, roms when they are in my downloads folder and not the root level. This is using Ra v2.2.1 for the Evo and using his latest release v2.3

 

[JB in AZ]

I am not having any troubles flashing kernels, roms when they are in my downloads folder and not the root level. This is using Ra v2.2.1 for the Evo and using his latest release v3.0

I know for a fact that the version of RA that I had on my Hero required the files to be on the root of the SD....BUT! You are absolutely right! I just checked on my EVO, and with Amon RA v2.1.1, I am also able to select a file to flash from within a folder. Cool! I guess the latest versions of RA now support this, at least on the EVO. Can anyone with a Hero and a current version of Amon RA confirm this, so we can all know?