100% noob here; help!

[Guest Bhavz]

Hi there, firstly i'd like to apologise for even asking this as I know you must get alot of people asking, but I need help! I have unlocked my phone, and would now like to put Froyo on it. My questions:

1. Which is the most stable Froyo ROM at the moment that you would reccommend

2. Do I need to root my phone first (how?)

Any 100% step by step n00b guides out there? Thanks!

[Guest 5kops]

to root do this 1st: http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...boot-root-mcri/

and then to choose your rom look here: http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

Edited December 10, 2010 by 5kops

[Guest Ash_P]

yes you need to root first.

No, you don't need to root first!

[Guest Bhavz]

:)

[Guest 5kops]

No, you don't need to root first!

You dont? Root it anyway, gives you more access.

[Guest Ash_P]

:)

follow the link

http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

Most of these ROMs are rooted anyway.

[Guest Bhavz]

Ok so do I do it in this order:

1. Download a rooting app (universalandroot? Or can someone reccommend anything better?) and root the phone.

2. Find a froyo rom to install (which one is the most reccomendable?)

3. Install the clockwork recovery

4. This part i'm confused about?

[Guest Ash_P]

You dont? Root it anyway, gives you more access.

Whats the point of rooting, if you then go and write a new ROM to the phone?

[Guest Henry_san fra user]

Ok so do I do it in this order:

1. Download a rooting app (universalandroot? Or can someone reccommend anything better?) and root the phone.

2. Find a froyo rom to install (which one is the most reccomendable?)

3. Install the clockwork recovery

4. This part i'm confused about?

hi when put a 2.2 Froyo ROM on my Blade I used this guide http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

1. get fastboot for your computer

2. Install the clockwork recovery on the phone

3. use clockwork to make a backup of your stock ROM

4. use clockwork to clear cash and data (if you want a clean back up of the stock rom ie as it was from the shop before you did anything do step 4 then step 3)

5. get a froyo rom there are links in the guide or http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...d-chinese-leak/

Paul's ROM this is the latest Froyo still an alpha so some thing maybe not 100% but very good ROM

Hope this helps

[Guest fonix232]

Whats the point of rooting, if you then go and write a new ROM to the phone?

Well, to install ClockWorkMod, you have to root :) You don't have access to the flash_image command (Operation not permitted) until you root your phone. It's that easy!

[Guest HMZX]

this is a great guide!

http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

follow it exactly and you'll be fine

[Guest Bhavz]

Ok guys thanks for all the replies, just one more question, what program is best to root?

[Guest Henry_san fra user]

Ok guys thanks for all the replies, just one more question, what program is best to root?

If you follow this guide (same as above) http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

I don't think you will need to root unless you install an unrooted ROM any way universalandroot worked for me on the stock rom thought it will say it is rooted before you have rooted just say root again and all should be good :)

[Guest HMZX]

Ok guys thanks for all the replies, just one more question, what program is best to root?

you could just follow the guide, and some roms have superuser access

if you press the superuser icon and allow root access

you have rooted your phone

[Guest Ash_P]

Well, to install ClockWorkMod, you have to root :) You don't have access to the flash_image command (Operation not permitted) until you root your phone. It's that easy!

No, you don't have to root. You just fastboot the recovery image from a Windows machine.

[Guest zerodi]

If you follow this guide (same as above) http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

I don't think you will need to root unless you install an unrooted ROM any way universalandroot worked for me on the stock rom thought it will say it is rooted before you have rooted just say root again and all should be good :)

Roms are not rooted...Rooting means you gain access to superuser admin of your device so you can install a recovery ie clockwork etc then that enables you to install a CustomRom - I might be wrong but if you dont have a recovery then you cannot install a custom rom ie froyo etc etc , also i think the Zte Blade is rooted/pre-rooted as when i recived mine, i used UniversalAndroot-1.6.2 and it said i already had ' root access ' but i pressed root again anyway just to be sure - hope that clears it up :)

[Guest zerodi]

No, you don't have to root. You just fastboot the recovery image from a Windows machine.

Would that be a temp way of installing the recovery, you wouldnt be rooted ? so some apps that require root access, ie setcpu wouldnt be able to gain access to ' su ' ?

[Guest Ash_P]

Roms are not rooted...Rooting means you gain access to superuser admin of your device so you can install a recovery ie clockwork etc then that enables you to install a CustomRom - I might be wrong but if you dont have a recovery then you cannot install a custom rom ie froyo etc etc , also i think the Zte Blade is rooted/pre-rooted as when i recived mine, i used UniversalAndroot-1.6.2 and it said i already had ' root access ' but i pressed root again anyway just to be sure - hope that clears it up :)

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The link http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

tells you exacty which ROMs are already rooted.

[Guest gusthy]

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The link http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...and-other-roms/

tells you exacty which ROMs are already rooted.

When you boot your phone into bootloader mode by pressing VolUp + Power, fastboot accesses all partitions including recovery without needing to root the phone first.

So you do not need to root the phone in order to flash recovery.

When in recovery mode, the recovery itself also accesses all partitions, it even doesn't use anything from the actually installed rom.

So no root is needed in order to install a custom rom.

The custom ROMs here in MoDaCo are all rooted.

If the guy who opened this topic has TFT device then the only Froyo he can use is Paul's MCR alpha3/alpha4. If oled, he/she can choose.