Root ROM and Kernal setups?

[jchappies]

Does anyone have DETAILED instruction on how to install ROMs and kernels?

I'm a total noob when it comes to android and rooting

 

[EarlyMon]

I believe we won't see custom roms and kernels until a simple permanent root is found.

Meanwhile, check the other threads for detailed rooting instructions - I'm moving this thread to the rooting sub-forum to help with that.

And most important part for me - welcome to the forums!

 

[jchappies]

Thanks

I just perm rooted last weekend and i'm just learning how this android works

 

[sajmonides]

What?

Grab an app called ROM Manager from the market (free version), flash clockwork recovery if you haven't done it after rooting.
Get whichever kernel you want from:
Index of /shift/kernels
and put it on your sd card without unzipping.
Reboot into clockwork recovery and flash a custom zip file and choose the one you want. Remember to wipe cache before you do so and always make a backup before making any changes.
From my own experience, the 1.8 GhZ Kernel works only after flashing the 1.5 GhZ one, however it is not stable and phone reboots sometimes. The 1.5 GhZ is completely stable. In order to change clock speed, download setCPU from the market (has to be the paid version).
If you want custom ROMs, google or go to
EVO Shift 4G Android Development - xda-developers
and search forums. Hope that helped a little.

 

[EarlyMon]

I happily stand corrected, and many thanks for the great info!!

 

[SHMaRiM]

I knew there was ROM's and kernels out there... Just don't know if there is any I can fully trust yet.

Anyone have experience with any of the ROM's and kernels available ATM? Suggestions?

Here is XDA's "HTC SPEEDY" wiki...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Speedy

Available ROMS/Kernals and links to their developer's corresponding threads are listed near the bottom.

I want to overclock my phone... Currently I can only reach stock 800mhz

 

[EarlyMon]

Wiki link for reference - HTC Speedy - XDA-Developers

 

[SHMaRiM]

Oops, thankyou. I said, "here is the link and totally forgot to paste it"

 

[330D]

I knew there was ROM's and kernels out there... Just don't know if there is any I can fully trust yet.

Anyone have experience with any of the ROM's and kernels available ATM? Suggestions?

Here is XDA's "HTC SPEEDY" wiki...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Speedy

Available ROMS/Kernals and links to their developer's corresponding threads are listed near the bottom.

I want to overclock my phone... Currently I can only reach stock 800mhz

I just flashed the 1.5 ghz kernel, used setcpu to set my parameters, and it is running flawlessly. I haven't used any data intensive apps where I would really notice the speed increase, but on the stock froyo build, I got a linpack score of 51.771. This thing is a beast!

 

[SHMaRiM]

whats the name of the ROM you flashed?

 

[330D]

whats the name of the ROM you flashed?

No rom, just a kernel.


[Kernel] [GPL] Sense 2.6.32.21 OC/UV 1.51GHZ (CFS-Smartass-TUN) - xda-developers


The link is in the first post of this thread.

 

[SHMaRiM]

So with a kernel I wont have to re-download any of my apps and stuff correct?

 

[330D]

So with a kernel I wont have to re-download any of my apps and stuff correct?

Not unless you wipe, which I didn't. It seemed to not cause any glitches, and it has been about 24 hrs since I flashed. You will have to download setcpu from the market if you want to overclock. Overclock widget doesn't work right with this kernel.

As always, make sure to do a nandroid backup before flashing ANYTHING to your phone....

 

[SHMaRiM]

will doing a Clockwork backup using rom manager be fine?

and you mean not to wipe the cache? or not do a factory reset?

 

[330D]

will doing a Clockwork backup using rom manager be fine?

and you mean not to wipe the cache? or not do a factory reset?

As long as you have the newest update to cwm, it will back up everything. I didn't wipe anything when I flashed it. No cache, no data, no factory reset.

The newest version of cwm in Rom Manager is 3.0.1.4
As long as you are running that, you will have a good nandroid backup. I gotta run, I will be back in about an hour if you need more help, bro.

 

[SHMaRiM]

Thanks for the heads up I'll give it a try and get back to ya...

 

[330D]

Yeah, let me know how you make out. It should be fairly straightforward

 

[SHMaRiM]

Whoop whoop. Just flashed it, EASY AS PIE!

Overclocked to 1.3ghz using overclock widget.

Some some reason I find setcpu to be a very confusing interface. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing though and it is much better...?

 

[330D]

No, I always used it with my hero, I really liked it, but I read that oc widget didn't work with the shift and this kernel, so I bought setcpu

 

[SHMaRiM]

No, I always used it with my hero, I really liked it, but I read that oc widget didn't work with the shift and this kernel, so I bought setcpu

It's working fine for me...

has super simple settings, MIN/MAX CPU when screen on, MIN/MAX CPU when screen off...

 

[330D]

Good to know... I actually like setcpu. I've heard it uses more resources, but it was easy to set up for me, and I really like the widget... Makes my homescreen look all techy like I know what I'm doing hehehe....

 

[jchappies]

I installed the kernel last night also, it worked fine last night and had it set to 1.3, but today i was playing games and surfing the web and facebook (30min) and the battery got warm (114*) so i backed it down to 1.2 but temp didnt come down below 100* when in use so i had to back it down again to 1.1 so far so good. i will watch the temps and maybe i can bump it back up to 1.2 again

I would like to keep my temps in the 100 or lower range

 

[SHMaRiM]

I think 1.2ghz is plenty... but 1.5ghz is FAST!

 

[SHMaRiM]

I don't really want to go any higher for the time being...

 

[sajmonides]

I'm using setCPU to have 1.5GhZ on interactive mode so whenever I don't use it, it goes down to 1GhZ. And I really have no idea what you were talking about setCPU having hard understand interface, it's super easy and simple to operate.
I'm really loving it, absolutely no crashes and phone works blazing fast, switching between any app to another within less than 0.3 seconds. I have not had to wait for anything yet.
And my battery hasn't gotten hot yet either. Never goes above 90.