Share your Rooting/Upgrading/Downgrading experiences on Android devices

[prue.h]

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on my part, been flashing and modding/ cooking ROMS eversince I got my first android device (S1 days, and been upgrading to lot of android and IOS devices already since then) and up to know.. Ako ra jud ma advice sa para atong nagsugod pa... ayaw mo pagdali dali in your steps for the upgrade/downgrade... it takes a whole lot of time and effort in doing the process jud...

in my dictionary... there are no quick-beating-around-the-bush in using and applying custom firmwares... that goes as well sa mga gusto mag downgrade... kinahanglan jud na step--by-step process.. ug ayaw pagdali....

the more mo impatient... the more mo ma prone to errors in skipping some important details which would tantamount in the possiblity of bricking your device na hinoon..... softbricks are okay..if maka sulod pa mo sa download mode part, what's worst jud is if totally hard bricked na jud na inyong fone... no amount of process like a usb jig can ever revive your fone... JTAG na jud na padong.. which involves a low level reflashing na, which tagsa ra pd mga individuals has the capability of performing it sad...

salamat sa heads up brad!

[aisdejhayem]

Hi mga bro ug sis. Nag suway² pud ko aning upgrade² sa akong fone. Lg Optimus L3 E400 akong fone, Original OS version ato kay 2.3.6 nya ako gi upgrade into ICS 4.0.4. Sad to say, puro nightly ang mga released version sa cyanogenmod, wala jud stable maski 1 pero okay raman japun. Paspas ug responsive ang phone, okay ra sad if magduwa ko ug HD games. Latest nko nga game kay NFS Most Wanted. Nice game and wala jud lag ako phone. That's all mga migo ug miga.

[arnelgodfrey]

mga bro naa lng tako ask.. i know dili ni para dere nga tread pa inserta lng ko b bacn naka hibaw d.i moh..

unsaon pag ROOT sa ALCATEL 985N .. please .. need help lng.. pm me lng daun if oK ra ninyu.. salamat..

sorry T S

na root na jud nimo imo blaze bai? gi unsa nimo?

[janhenz1]

lingaw mag root and upgrade on devices nga gamay rag community - thrilling ba

about a year ago naa ko'y 1:1 clone ipad lingaw kaayo pag identify sa device pa lang daan.
a clone of a clone ang labas
kapila ma-bricked pero until now buhi lang gihapon. Uberoid !
karon i have this 1:1 s3 clone maabot kug research sa mga russian and chinese forums.
sa kadaghan sa variants sa s3 clones libog sad pag-identify.
pero karon murag satisfied nako. paspas na GPS first time lock-in.

other android devices that have right now with their root and upgrade status.

Samsung B7610 - WM W/ rooted Froyo on SD
Galaxy 5 - Mad team ROM
Galaxy S WIFI 5.0 - NOT ROOTED Stock 2.3.6
Galaxy Mini- Not rooted stock 2.3.6
Galaxy S2 - rooted WanamRom LSD 4.1.2
MyPhone A888 - not rooted stock 4.0.4

murag dili ni nako kalingawan ang myphone A888.
i somehow manage to convince 8 persons to purchase ani nga phone.
basin ako ila hasol-hasolon pag root and upgrade sa ilang A888

[latagaw_ko]

in buying a phone, please check the hackability of the unit. for example, HTC allows their bootloader to be unlocked. generally, with unlocked bootloader can you load a custom recovery which is needed for you to flash custom ROMs.

generic steps in rooting a phone:
remember rooted phone is with ROM that you are using. which means SuperSu is installed in the /system folder.

unlock the bootloader
get S-OFF
load custom recovery img file to your phone.
flash SuperSu.zip


the most complicated part should be unlocking your bootloader. OEMs usually puts an extra effort for it to be locked out.

[morethanjusttalk]

Hi mga bro ug sis. Nag suway² pud ko aning upgrade² sa akong fone. Lg Optimus L3 E400 akong fone, Original OS version ato kay 2.3.6 nya ako gi upgrade into ICS 4.0.4. Sad to say, puro nightly ang mga released version sa cyanogenmod, wala jud stable maski 1 pero okay raman japun. Paspas ug responsive ang phone, okay ra sad if magduwa ko ug HD games. Latest nko nga game kay NFS Most Wanted. Nice game and wala jud lag ako phone. That's all mga migo ug miga.

,brother,naupgrade jd nmo imo LG?unsaon nah?

[aisdejhayem]

,brother,naupgrade jd nmo imo LG?unsaon nah?

Yes bro, na upgrade jud nako ako phone. First kay gi root nako ang phone. Next, ga install ko ug CWM (Clockworkmod Recovery). Last kay ga flash na ko ug custom ROM. Mao ra nay process bro. Sa Google ug XDA forums ko nangita ug info about sa upgrade sa akong phone. Mao rana cya process bro.

[budoyski]

need help, asa ko makaupgrade sa akong xperia sola from gingerbread to ICS...tnx

[L!ck!ty Spl!t]

@janhenz bai sa tanan nimo device, usa ra ka gmail account imo gi gamit? pwde ba na?

[norielenrique]

Share lang pud ko's akong experience in rooting my android phone. I have LG Optimus L3 E400, gipalit ni nako sa SM last year pa. Daghan ko nakit-an nga tutorials sa Google about rooting sa ani nga phone model. Dali raman ang process sa rooting, then next nako gi studyhan and mag install ug custom rom. Cyanogenmod-based akong new ROM karon and so far, wa'y stable nga ROM nga nigawas, puro naay bug. Nag flash pud ko usahay ug costom ROMs not from cyanogenmod pero mobalik ra japun ko's CM9 kay kani man ang mas stable. The whole experience was great. Makalingaw at the same time makakuha ko ug lessons. I even soft bricked my android pero nabalik ra japun nako. Google ra tanan nakatabang sa akoa. Hehe.