[ROM] My New Racer Rom V2

[Guest rickywyatt]

Heres My New Rom for zte Racer

this rom now inculdes ..

* A2sd+

* New Live Wallpapes From Zte X850 galaxy,magic smoke,thunderstorm,vodafone wave

* Permanently Rooted

* All 3 Crap Removed

* New ZTE Boot Screen

* New Launcher2 With 5 Screens And With All Faulty Widgets And Icons Fixed screen shorts below is what it looks like

* Browser Fixed Now With All 3g uk Bookmarks Removed And Gose To Google Mobile

* New Google Markert

* New Google Voice Search

* New Google Gesture Search

* Status Bar Now Smaller When Closed

* New Alarm Clock

* New setup Manger

* new apn added

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first things frist if you anit downloaded my recovery then do so

* download this http://www.mediafire.com/?ykgdrddb8gygrpr

* ok take out the battery and wait 5 secs then put it back in the press the vol + and the power button it should boot only to the green android logo and the red light stays on

* extract it to your c:\ then inbstall the drives if needed then click install-recovery-windows.bat once done the fone will reboot

then

download this http://www.mediafire.com/?2bwfll3934862f8

* rename to update.zip

* put the update.zip on your sd dont extract it

* switch phone off the hold the vol- button and press the power button it will boot into recovery

* if yo what a2sd to work youll need to partition your sd card look on the internet theres loads of ways to do it

* a2sd will install all your application to your sd

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next ....

* in recovery click wipe data/factory reset

* click apply sdcard:update.zip

* once complete click reboot system now

Edited December 30, 2010 by rickywyatt

[Guest rale_ts]

Tnx rickywyatt for Great ROM, working excellent on my ZTE Racer or like my operator ViP Serbia calls it: Vip Droid phone

Your work is very appreciated ;)

Just one question, maybe stupid :( or maybe asked before

I am interested if is possible to put Android 2.2 on ZTE Racer

I red that is 20 to 30% faster then Android 2.1 on same phone so it would be nice to have it ;)

Edited December 31, 2010 by rale_ts

[Guest Massimu]

Thank you! This is great work!! I have to try it. As I wrote earlier, my phone came with the live wallpapers activated and with all 5 screens. It seems my provider only added some apps and their logo at start up.

I'm a bit confused. Racer has a 512 mb Rom or a 256 rom? And what about ram? I see 161 mb but looking around the net it says 128. Is it a 256 MB RAM/256 MB ROM?

Also, regarding internal memory, mine shows 217 mb of internal phone storage available for use, but my provider (TMN) says that only 130 mb is available. The phone is still in its original state. Nothing has been removed (only added, :().

Edited December 31, 2010 by Massimu

[Guest rickywyatt]

racer has

256MB of RAM

and 300mb storage

[Guest Dean Clinton]

I'm going to give this a try and let you know how it goes :(

[Guest Dean Clinton]

Hmmmm, can't seem to make it work - it says that it's OKAY before the application exits, but the phone doesn't seem to want to reboot, and if I unplug it all and reboot manually, it hasn't actually changed anything :(

Edit: Okay, I jumped ahead to the second step and it's installed ok now - the phone seems snappier! One problem - there are two 3 icons on the homescreen Favourites, and Planet 3. Everything else is perfect!

Edited December 31, 2010 by Dean Clinton

[Guest rickywyatt]

Hmmmm, can't seem to make it work - it says that it's OKAY before the application exits, but the phone doesn't seem to want to reboot, and if I unplug it all and reboot manually, it hasn't actually changed anything :(

Edit: Okay, I jumped ahead to the second step and it's installed ok now - the phone seems snappier! One problem - there are two 3 icons on the homescreen Favourites, and Planet 3. Everything else is perfect!

do this for me boot in to recovey

then click

mounts and storage

format boot

format system

format data

format cache

then flash my rom

Edited December 31, 2010 by rickywyatt

[Guest Dean Clinton]

Okay, done that - worked perfectly!

[Guest Massimu]

racer has

256MB of RAM

and 300mb storage

So, the rom is also the same size as the ram, right?

I don't get it why the marketing is so many times wrong...

Thanks for the info!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Big Don Vespa]

Hi Ricky, I flashed your previous rom which is great, and I used your updated recovery. Can I simply flash this rom over the top of the last one without doing a wipe/reset?

Thanks in advance.

BDV

[Guest rickywyatt]

Hi Ricky, I flashed your previous rom which is great, and I used your updated recovery. Can I simply flash this rom over the top of the last one without doing a wipe/reset?

Thanks in advance.

BDV

yes you can but it mite still have the 3 apps if you dont wipe

[Guest green_biri]

Hi rickywyatt, first of all let me thank you for putting your effort in improving this handset, for it has been a popular phone in Portugal.

Is your ROM like a clean android 2.1 ROM for ZTE Racer? What about the other users, are you satisfied with ricky's ROM?

Thank you in advance and happy new year! :unsure:

[Guest Dean Clinton]

Is your ROM like a clean android 2.1 ROM for ZTE Racer? What about the other users, are you satisfied with ricky's ROM?

It works perfect - it's clean as in it's removed all customisations that the network provider had put on it. If anything's left behind after the rom's been flashed, follow the steps Ricky gave to me earlier in the thread. The phone seems snappier to me, even with the Live Wallpapers running :unsure:

Make sure you backup the phone's ROM before you flash B)

[Guest hiperborean]

Works like a charm! Thanks! My phone is now officially de-branded... De-VIPed :unsure:

[Guest the_lurker]

Is it just my racer or is this happening to others. In the music app all my music appears twice. Ive tried installing other music apps but they all have the same problem.

Same problem with videos.

Edited January 3, 2011 by the_lurker

[Guest isziraki]

I would like to try this rom.

How can I backup my phone before flash new recovery and rom?

Can I restore factory default?

Edited January 3, 2011 by isziraki

[Guest rickywyatt]

youll need adb

# cat /proc/mtd

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00480000 00020000 "recovery"

mtd1: 00480000 00020000 "boot"

mtd2: 00060000 00020000 "misc"

mtd3: 00c80000 00020000 "cache"

mtd4: 09600000 00020000 "system"

mtd5: 127e0000 00020000 "userdata"

mtd6: 00180000 00020000 "persist"

Please do the following using adb shell:

CODE

cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/recovery.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd1 > /sdcard/boot.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/misc.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd3 > /sdcard/cache.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd4 > /sdcard/system.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd5 > /sdcard/userdata.img

cat /dev/mtd/mtd6 > /sdcard/persist.img

[Guest weijinfengdu]

thanks so much for your great work.

and I flash it and it works well.

The only thing I would like to say is How to install more language packs such

as chinese and arabic?

[Guest RHeLL]

thanks so much for your great work.

and I flash it and it works well.

The only thing I would like to say is How to install more language packs such

as chinese and arabic?

I think that "morelocal" app can do that

[Guest the_lurker]

I've had a search on the internet and found a possible cause for my music and videos appearing twice. It something to do with the "media storage" app. Some HTC phones have the same problem. Ive found a fix but when I restart the phone it happens again.

[Guest hiperborean]

I`m stuck a bit here...

I just bought new 8gb sd card, and I partitioned it and putted update.zip on it.

What shall I do next?

Shell I do factory reset/wipe again and then apply sdcard:update.zip...... or install zip from sdc..... or something else?

Thanks in advance

EDIT Oh yes, when I flashed ROM on my old 2gb sd card it was with app2sd

EDIT EDIT Ah to hell, I went apply sdcard:update.zip.... At first everything seemed fine, but now Market apllication is missing. I guess it`s a common problem?.....

HELP ANYBODY?!?!?!

Edit of edit of edit

Heheheheh I`m actually going to learn something, too bad it had to be hard way...

I`ve factory reseted phone, everything is just swell now...

Someone might find this usefull

Edited January 4, 2011 by hiperborean

[Guest rickywyatt]

I`m stuck a bit here...

I just bought new 8gb sd card, and I partitioned it and putted update.zip on it.

What shall I do next?

Shell I do factory reset/wipe again and then apply sdcard:update.zip...... or install zip from sdc..... or something else?

Thanks in advance

EDIT Oh yes, when I flashed ROM on my old 2gb sd card it was with app2sd

EDIT EDIT Ah to hell, I went apply sdcard:update.zip.... At first everything seemed fine, but now Market apllication is missing. I guess it`s a common problem?.....

HELP ANYBODY?!?!?!

first you need to factory reset/wipe then click install update.zip

[Guest hiperborean]

In exactly same time :unsure: Thanks anyway good sir!

[Guest jblz]

Any difference in performance? (Angry Birds, etc)

[Guest simonlp2001]

hi rickywyatt

thank you for your great work.

but my mobile cann't use 3G now. Just can use GSM even if I select WCDMA only in the setting.

I see your picture that have the 3G icon.

I am from china. when I finished the refresh and reboot , there is a SIM network unlock PIN question.

I use the calculator (http://www.nextgenserver.com/calculator/) to get the pin and fulfill the number.

Do you think this will cause the failure of WCDMA.

Anyway thanks for your great work. I can use android market by WIFI. I am happy for this.

thanks

simon