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[Q] Newbie needs some help

Hello all
I have had my nexus one for quite a while now and when i bought it the bootloader had already been unlocked, but it had not been rooted yet. The problem I am having is the lack of space the nexus one has for installing apps as apps2sd is dependent on the developers.
So after some research i have found an app called 'ModInstallLocation' which tells me i can install apps to my sd card but it needs the phone to be rooted. Is this correct?
This is where i need some help. I hear all this talk about rooted phones and custom roms and i understand the idea behind it but have no technical knowledge to do this.
At this time i am happy with the stock version of android i have on my nexus (2.2.2 FRG83G) its just the lack of space i have to install apps that's forcing me down this road. I am sure there are many other advantages to rooting and i hope to discover them in time.
Could someone please give a helping hand and point me in the right direction for an idiots guide. I am a bit scared of bricking my phone tho, never endeavored on anything like this before.
Many thanks
JW

Read my signature.

thanks you for your response, think that explains how to proceed.
couple more questions if you could help.
1. Do i have to install a custom rom after i root?
2. As i have not got much experiance in this field should i wait for the OTA update to gingerbread before i root?
many thanks
JW

1. No, if you're ok with stock ROM - you can stay with it.
2. Not really, depends mostly on what you're looking for. Gingerbread will still land on your phone (and unroot you), as long as you're using stock ROM and recovery.

[Q] cwm issue

Hi there
Firstly, let me state that I am a novice when it comes to rooting/flashing ROM,etc. I foolishly rooted my G note and found that it slowed my phone down to an astonishing rate. I was able to unroot after hours of trying (eventually finding an app on snappzmatket).
This seems to have cleared the root/super user, etc but something has been left behind that I cannot remove called CWM.
I just want my phone back to its perfectly adequate state, so anyone know how I can get rid of CWM? I think it has something to do with stock ROM, or is a replacement for it??
Like I said,I should not have been messing with it as its way over my head all this. if it helps, I'm in the UK and my note is with O2
Any help would be greatly associated
Cheers, Adam

Just flash any non rooted stock ROM from Dr Ketan's thread in the dev section. Use PC Odin.. Should be good!
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

...take a look here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360:D

HTC One Newbie Help ! (root, flashing, backup etc)

Hallo,
I have a few questions to you. I have got my HTC One now and I am very happy with it.
Before I had always Samsung phones, so i know what root, flashing etc means but i don't know the flashing process at HTC phones.
So my question to you. What should I do before flashing and rooting my phone? What should i backup before so that i cant brick my phone or even if I brick my phone that I can easy recover it.
Can you please post me an order I have to go on with my phone now? It is official and unlocked phone.
Thanks for listening

First of all, congratulations on your purchase, it truly is a great device. I am coming from a Samsung Galaxy S3 as well, but before that a HTC One X so I was partially familiar with how it works. Let us just establish that it is much easier to root and install custom ROMs on a Galaxy than it is on HTC devices, mainly because of the Security HTC devices has on them, in other words S-ON and locked boot loader. Here is a guide that will help you through everything:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
Just read it very carefully unless you want to mess things up.
Since you are running stock at the moment, I'd suggest unlocked bootloader, flashing custom recovery, and then making a Nandroid Backup and then booting back into the ROM and taking a copy of that and keeping it on your computer just in case. Not only will that lessen the chance of you getting into trouble with all of this, but it will also give you a chance to go back fully stock any time you want (it's not as easy as flashing a stock ROM in ODIN, in the case of Samsung).
Good luck and if you follow the guide to the word, you hopefully won't run into any problems. If you do, just ask here and we'll help you.

thanks !
I will read this later on when I am at home ! But thanks for helping !
If I have any questions I will ask you
little question I have an unlocked HTC One so no branding or something is on it. Is this good?

[solved] [I8190] Stock root / cf root?

Hi everyone,
The case is, my old galaxy S2 phone did slide out of my hands so I was kinda forced to buy a new one, the screen was totally shot. On my old phone I had a stock rom rooted with CF-Root. After long searches on google and here (search function) I'm still not sure on what version I need to get root back. Normally this was easy because I had a "normal" phone like my old S2. Now I bought a S3 mini (I8190) and see some root options but not with the version I need.
Because of budget problems I had to buy the phone with T-Mobile, so T-Mobile programs and stuff. If I need to get another (official) stock rom to get the device rooted, then I will do this but if there is a version with no problems at all, then can someone point me out, please?
To be clear, I'm just a regular user and in the past I used the guides here but since I do not see the version I need, I'll be asking you wonderful guys (and girls perhaps) to point me out. Because I'm a regular user and not nearly as smart as you, I rather not use some custom rom.
Some info on the device:
Device: Samsung Galaxy S3 mini GT-I8190
Software: Android 4.1.2
Buildnumber: JZO54K-.I8190XXAME1 (I did see a XXAMG1 but I do not know if this is compatible or works, I do not want to brick my phone ofcourse)
Baseband version: I8190XXAME1
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards,
DC80
Edit: I did found this tread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282 but is it compatible or will I brick my phone?

You might get connectivity problems with a unbranded fw, but you wont brick it by trying.
What country?
You can always flash cwm or twrp recovery in odin and then flash supersu zip to get root.

hi,
I'm from the netherlands. I guess that i will stick with t-mobile then. Anyway, thank you very much for the support! I will hit the thanks button. I'd still like to have root though.

Hi all,
I would like to say thank you to the guys who supported me. Although I'm a regular user, I'm happy that this is possible. This is what I have done:
Thanks to the reply of Tys0n (one of the links in his signature) I was led to one of his topics to this topic here from Seedrom193.
I followed his instructions on how to install CWM and then the root.zip file. I succeeded in doing so however I do have a note on it.
When I was done, every thing seemed to work properly except for the buttons on the bottom of the device. Before I screamed **** I tried to reboot the device. That helped me a lot.
So, if other users have the same problem, try a reboot first.
Kind regards,
DC80
@moderators: this topic may be closed and I will mark it as solved.

Any assistance would be appriciated, thanks

Hey Folks,
Just bought this AT&T Note 3 off Craigslist, guy,owned it over a year, and it's running the latest Lollipop 5.0 OC2, so,spent the better of the past four hours reading and searching, just keep seem back to the same question
Is there a root for OC2? Or should I follow the current instructions telling me to downgrade to either (some say OC1), some say (4.4.2 Kit Kat), then towelroot, safestrap, then using safestrap reflash prerooted, unbloated, OC1? Sorry guys not new to all this just alot of info and trying to find my way through the weeds
Any help would be appriciated more than you would ever know, I know we're all busy, just need pointed to the one right way, thanks

Follow the instructions to downgrade.