NEWS: UNFORTUNATELY, the Cyanogenmod team has decided to stop supporting/developing for the Motorola Droid, the Milestone's twin, as the phone has aged too much. As you might have known, Android 4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) has been released, and the Droid's 2 years old already. It's been a king, but now it's retired and obsolete.
So, Cyanogenmod 7 (Android 2.3.7) is as far as the Motorola Milestone/Droid would get from the Cyanogenmod team. I don't know about other mods, but I doubt the Milestone/Droid hardware could handle that smoothly.
Hey guys. How u doing today.
I know u can probably google this topic like I did when i started, but the instructions sometimes aren't clear and do not work for you(did not for me, til I tried everything and figured out this way).
THIS guide is LONG. I know it is, I'M ITS GDAMN AWESOME CREATOR. I'm not trying to waste ur time, but its a pretty detailed guide IMO, so you might wanna fast-read through it before you decide it doesn't help you. Trust me i want to help I've been through all this sh**, two effing times.
For more information, read the first comment beforehand.
This is a hardcore guide, for the last barriers the Motorola Milestone can put up against you. If you've done all this and it doesn't work, not many peeps know what else to do.
EDIT: For advanced users, who knows what they're doing and just generally chilled, this isn't necessarily just Cyanogenmod.
YOU CAN JUST DO THE UNLOCKING PART, AND IT WORKS WITH ANY ROMS OUT THERE.
Check on the forum for a detailed list.
I'll name 2 good ones: Cyanogenmod, of course, and MIUI. Both is Gingerbread, i.e. Android 2.3.
CAUTION: The method of rooting in this guide is FULL root for stuffs like new ROMs, overclocking things. If u just want an easy root, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUT Cyanogenmod on ur Milestone, try applications like z4root. If z4root 1.3.0 cant be installed, try an older version, perhaps 1.1.0. Full detailed guide here: TheUnlockr | Archive | Motorola Milestone How To’s (Advanced)
NOT APPLICABLE FOR MOTOROLA DROID. The steps shown here is intended to be used ONLY for a GSM Motorola Milestone.
The methods in this guide IS NOT entirely worked out by me. I only came up with the way to get over that E:Signature Verification Failed. This is more like a throughout summary of other people's methods, which works for A LOT of people(not guaranteed for yours, but probably would).
You should be reading this if:
-You want to know how to have Cyanogenmod 7 on your Motorola Milestone
-Stuck at E: Signature Verification Failed when trying to apply update.zip
-Got passed Signature Verification once, but then stuck again(OpenRecovery doesn't show up)
The last(third) reason up there, you might not even encounter, but I did have to go through, horribly, twice due to my own mistakes.
So a few words about my Milestone. It's a gift for my aunt who's in the Netherlands(Holland). She used it a lot, until recently, she got a new HTC Sensation. Yay for her. Anyways, she gave it to my sis, who is totally new at this whole smartphone thing, although I did tell her a lot about all these ROMs and updates. So one morning, she just throw it at me saying "put that good update whatever you told me on this phone". Obviously she doesn't know the stakes and the horrors. I bricked this thing 5 times. Just kidding, its kinda hard to actually brick ur phone these days, but cautions should be take.
The long guides in this post is not mine.
The pictures in this post belongs to their respective owners. None is mine.
It's an EU(not sure, but probably) GSM Motorola Milestone, with 2.1 Android.
I AM NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THE CASE IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR DEVICE IN ANYWAY BY FOLLOWING MY GUIDE. ALTHOUGH I WILL TRY TO HELP YOU.
Just to calm you down, again, its not likely ull brick ur device, even though u did, there might some solutions, just try google or ask some devs nicely. The disclaimer up there is so tht i can get away in case ur phone exploded and wipe a city off the map or something. NO JUST KIDDING I WILL GET AWAY ANYWAYS.
Nuff said, lets get down to business.
STEP 1: First is to root your motorola. Some phones with a locked bootloader, in my case it is, could permanently turn off your phone(yes, BRICK) when you try to install a different ROM other than the stock ROM.
Follow this guide here(I dont wanna type them all again so hah)
There are others but I used this one and it seems clear enough.
How to Root Motorola Milestone
Motorola Milestone - the GSM version of Motorola Droid - came with Android 2.1
So, Cyanogenmod 7 (Android 2.3.7) is as far as the Motorola Milestone/Droid would get from the Cyanogenmod team. I don't know about other mods, but I doubt the Milestone/Droid hardware could handle that smoothly.
Hey guys. How u doing today.
I know u can probably google this topic like I did when i started, but the instructions sometimes aren't clear and do not work for you(did not for me, til I tried everything and figured out this way).
THIS guide is LONG. I know it is, I'M ITS GDAMN AWESOME CREATOR. I'm not trying to waste ur time, but its a pretty detailed guide IMO, so you might wanna fast-read through it before you decide it doesn't help you. Trust me i want to help I've been through all this sh**, two effing times.
For more information, read the first comment beforehand.
This is a hardcore guide, for the last barriers the Motorola Milestone can put up against you. If you've done all this and it doesn't work, not many peeps know what else to do.
EDIT: For advanced users, who knows what they're doing and just generally chilled, this isn't necessarily just Cyanogenmod.
YOU CAN JUST DO THE UNLOCKING PART, AND IT WORKS WITH ANY ROMS OUT THERE.
Check on the forum for a detailed list.
I'll name 2 good ones: Cyanogenmod, of course, and MIUI. Both is Gingerbread, i.e. Android 2.3.
CAUTION: The method of rooting in this guide is FULL root for stuffs like new ROMs, overclocking things. If u just want an easy root, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO PUT Cyanogenmod on ur Milestone, try applications like z4root. If z4root 1.3.0 cant be installed, try an older version, perhaps 1.1.0. Full detailed guide here: TheUnlockr | Archive | Motorola Milestone How To’s (Advanced)
NOT APPLICABLE FOR MOTOROLA DROID. The steps shown here is intended to be used ONLY for a GSM Motorola Milestone.
The methods in this guide IS NOT entirely worked out by me. I only came up with the way to get over that E:Signature Verification Failed. This is more like a throughout summary of other people's methods, which works for A LOT of people(not guaranteed for yours, but probably would).
You should be reading this if:
-You want to know how to have Cyanogenmod 7 on your Motorola Milestone
-Stuck at E: Signature Verification Failed when trying to apply update.zip
-Got passed Signature Verification once, but then stuck again(OpenRecovery doesn't show up)
The last(third) reason up there, you might not even encounter, but I did have to go through, horribly, twice due to my own mistakes.
So a few words about my Milestone. It's a gift for my aunt who's in the Netherlands(Holland). She used it a lot, until recently, she got a new HTC Sensation. Yay for her. Anyways, she gave it to my sis, who is totally new at this whole smartphone thing, although I did tell her a lot about all these ROMs and updates. So one morning, she just throw it at me saying "put that good update whatever you told me on this phone". Obviously she doesn't know the stakes and the horrors. I bricked this thing 5 times. Just kidding, its kinda hard to actually brick ur phone these days, but cautions should be take.
The long guides in this post is not mine.
The pictures in this post belongs to their respective owners. None is mine.
It's an EU(not sure, but probably) GSM Motorola Milestone, with 2.1 Android.
I AM NOT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THE CASE IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR DEVICE IN ANYWAY BY FOLLOWING MY GUIDE. ALTHOUGH I WILL TRY TO HELP YOU.
Just to calm you down, again, its not likely ull brick ur device, even though u did, there might some solutions, just try google or ask some devs nicely. The disclaimer up there is so tht i can get away in case ur phone exploded and wipe a city off the map or something. NO JUST KIDDING I WILL GET AWAY ANYWAYS.
Nuff said, lets get down to business.
STEP 1: First is to root your motorola. Some phones with a locked bootloader, in my case it is, could permanently turn off your phone(yes, BRICK) when you try to install a different ROM other than the stock ROM.
Follow this guide here(I dont wanna type them all again so hah)
There are others but I used this one and it seems clear enough.
How to Root Motorola Milestone
Motorola Milestone - the GSM version of Motorola Droid - came with Android 2.1
