CM7 on GEN 2

[Guest alwaleef]

Dears,

I just saw a thread on a forum indicating that CM7 final has been released.

Will CM7 work with Blade GEN2 (ZTE Blade with Softbank 3Z) ? Please if somebody can help on this as I am new and need to know the exact steps to update S/W o CM7 starting from rooting the phone.

Thanks

[Guest alex1alex2alex3alex4]

Dears,

I just saw a thread on a forum indicating that CM7 final has been released.

Will CM7 work with Blade GEN2 (ZTE Blade with Softbank 3Z) ? Please if somebody can help on this as I am new and need to know the exact steps to update S/W o CM7 starting from rooting the phone.

Thanks

No, the current CM7 will NOT work with a Gen2, future versions, otoh, will ONLY work on Gen2s.

There are a number of threads dedicated to this issue already.

[Guest buneech]

CM7 Stable is out, not Final.

[Guest hugobosslives]

you can get cm7 to work on gen2 blades. search the forum for the thread which tells you how to port the current gen1 cm7 onto gen2 phones.

quite a few people have done this so the method does work, so don't worry about it screwing up.

[Guest Swimmerboy]

quite a few people have done this so the method does work, so don't worry about it screwing up.

Yup, just follow the instructions and it works a treat :)

[Guest Matthew Ferguson]

No, the current CM7 will NOT work with a Gen2, future versions, otoh, will ONLY work on Gen2s.

There are a number of threads dedicated to this issue already.

No, this is untrue. Once again, as on another thread I've encountered you on, you show your ignorance.

There's a converter that is free to download on the main "ZTE Blade ROMs & ROM Customisation" page on this site, called something like "CM7 on Gen2 Blade". I've upgraded my blade to a Gen2, and now get much better signal, and after following the upgrade steps I flashed this file to get my existing CyanogenMod install to work, but it should also work on new installs.

[Guest solidchips]

CM7 can be run on GEN2 device using the KK's Gen2 converter. I tried it and it work like a charm.

[Guest alwaleef]

CM7 can be run on GEN2 device using the KK's Gen2 converter. I tried it and it work like a charm.

Dear Faisal,

Thanks for the info. I had the same from KK, but I don't know the real procedure. I read several threads about routing, clockwork, recovery and update but not sure about the easiest and best way of upgrading to CM7 stable. The set I have came from China (China Unicom), GEN2 with Softbank 003Z and Froyo 2.2 .

Appreciate your help. Thanks.

[Guest sm4tik]

See the sticky "[GUIDE] How to Install a Custom ROM on the ZTE u-v880 or [GEN2] device" thread for general info on "How to Install a Custom ROM on the ZTE u-v880 or [GEN2] device" :) . It's a good, straight forward guide which will hopefully get you started. I can also recommend Swedish Spring for a rom as the CM7 stable really isn't that stable, atleast with gen2. I tried CM7 for a while but came back to Swedish Spring untill the problems I had will get fixed.

Edited April 14, 2011 by sm4tik

[Guest dibbles]

See the sticky "[GUIDE] How to Install a Custom ROM on the ZTE u-v880 or [GEN2] device" thread for general info on "How to Install a Custom ROM on the ZTE u-v880 or [GEN2] device" :) . It's a good, straight forward guide which will hopefully get you started. I can also recommend Swedish Spring for a rom as the CM7 stable really isn't that stable, atleast with gen2. I tried CM7 for a while but came back to Swedish Spring untill the problems I had will get fixed.

Could you please elaborate on the bold part please as I would consider this change to Gen 2 as future development would be for that series only. But I was not aware that as it is there might be implications with using it now over and above that of Gen 1 phones.

[Guest unrandomsam]

CM7 can be run on GEN2 device using the KK's Gen2 converter. I tried it and it work like a charm.

It can

There are a few caveats though

1. Won't fit onto 128MB /system unless you make some space first.

2. Its not really CM7 unless you use the build of Tom_G's kernel.

(CM7 will be on gen2 by the weekend anyway).

[Guest sm4tik]

Could you please elaborate on the bold part please as I would consider this change to Gen 2 as future development would be for that series only. But I was not aware that as it is there might be implications with using it now over and above that of Gen 1 phones.

I'm really not sure I understand what you're saying (english is not my native lang..) but to cut it short, since I was running CM7 on a GEN2 phone, I've got nothing official to say about it. I had a few problems/annoyancies with it that made me come back to SS4. Mainly the gps reboots. Now, whether these things are only gen2 specific, I can't tell for sure, but atleast the gps reboots should be fixed in official (gen1) CM7.

I guess what I was trying to say was that if it's the first time one is flashing a custom rom, I'd go for SS (and did), atleast it's more stable in my experience and this way I can also tell a difference between hw and sw issues if any would still occure.

[Guest dibbles]

I'm really not sure I understand what you're saying (english is not my native lang..) but to cut it short, since I was running CM7 on a GEN2 phone, I've got nothing official to say about it. I had a few problems/annoyancies with it that made me come back to SS4. Mainly the gps reboots. Now, whether these things are only gen2 specific, I can't tell for sure, but atleast the gps reboots should be fixed in official (gen1) CM7.

I guess what I was trying to say was that if it's the first time one is flashing a custom rom, I'd go for SS (and did), atleast it's more stable in my experience and this way I can also tell a difference between hw and sw issues if any would still occure.

Thanks for your reply. Having just started to look at the Gen 1 to Gen 2 conversion process I was not aware of the differences, at this stage, of the CM7 builds. I use the GPS function enough on my blade to now appreciate that it does not turn off when I stop using it. I will await and see how the nightlies progress when they are officially built to support the Gen 2 phones and then make a choice from there to change or not.