Guest mrTau Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi I've got my blade phone yesterday its gen 1, checked with mr pigfish. Is it difficult to flash/change rom for a newbie? Never done something like this before and afraid to brick my phone. I do have f ex changed linksys wifi routers os, too dd-wrt. Medium pc user I guess. MrTau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chrisund123 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi I've got my blade phone yesterday its gen 1, checked with mr pigfish. Is it difficult to flash/change rom for a newbie? Never done something like this before and afraid to brick my phone. I do have f ex changed linksys wifi routers os, too dd-wrt. Medium pc user I guess. MrTau If you can read, and follow basic instructions, then you'll be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 (edited) Hi I've got my blade phone yesterday its gen 1, checked with mr pigfish. Is it difficult to flash/change rom for a newbie? Never done something like this before and afraid to brick my phone. I do have f ex changed linksys wifi routers os, too dd-wrt. Medium pc user I guess. MrTau http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...zte-blade-gen1/ read every single step before you go ahead anything you dont understand just post back here Edited May 1, 2011 by KACE_231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks, I've been reading all morning :mellow: But what are the benefits of changing roms? Is one rom "better" than the other or just some designs and apps? Mrtau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks, I've been reading all morning :mellow: But what are the benefits of changing roms? Is one rom "better" than the other or just some designs and apps? Mrtau They all have their own benefits e.g. Swedish Spring is based on Froyo and on an official release so it's very stable and quick so it's ideal for everyday use. CyanogenMod 7 is based on Gingerbread so it's using a newer and quicker Android version with more features and in my opinion a nicer UI. However, it's not fully complete yet and it's still slightly buggy but coming along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks for good answering. If I put on swedish spring, how about the language, txt and so on? From Norway .. mrtau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KACE_231 Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks for good answering. If I put on swedish spring, how about the language, txt and so on? From Norway .. mrtau Swedish Springs doesnt mean it is swedish language, it just means that the ROM is from sweden, it definitely supports english, norweigen i am not sure make sure you do a full backup of your ROM before chanigng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Thanks for good answering. If I put on swedish spring, how about the language, txt and so on? From Norway .. mrtau I think there's an option to choose the language in settings under Language. Do backup though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Today I've downloaded : recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-blade-gen1.img recoverymanager_v0.36b.zip universalAndroot_1.6.1.apk Nothing done with my phone yet. And also no rom downloaded yet. Does this look good so far? Its gen 1 zte blade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ups Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 In my opinion, the best for a newbie is to use Rom Manager. With one click it installs ClockWorkMod and any other rom and you can download it easily from the market. The only thing to do before that is root the phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 (edited) Today I've downloaded : recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-blade-gen1.img recoverymanager_v0.36b.zip universalAndroot_1.6.1.apk Nothing done with my phone yet. And also no rom downloaded yet. Does this look good so far? Its gen 1 zte blade Looks like your good to go. Remember - Nandroid always. Good Luck, follow the instructions and you'll be fine. And as above said ROM Manager is a great tool as well. Edited May 6, 2011 by k0zmic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi I've got rom manager installed on my phone, but havent done anything more yet, still a little scared of bricking the phone.. Nandroid, inside the rom manager? MrT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest robinhud2010 Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hi I've got rom manager installed on my phone, but havent done anything more yet, still a little scared of bricking the phone.. Nandroid, inside the rom manager? MrT Yup. That's easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fou-lu Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) Hi I've got rom manager installed on my phone, but havent done anything more yet, still a little scared of bricking the phone.. Nandroid, inside the rom manager? MrT very good you did not! ROM manager would flash a GEN2 clockwork(3.0.2.7) without warning, use recovery manager to install clockwork, install 3.0.2.4 which you said you downloaded. Then do a backup from within clockwork, always safer to do it manually IMO. Edited May 9, 2011 by Fou-lu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Yup. That's easier. You mean that nandroid backup is included in rom manager, or is that another app? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fou-lu Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 You mean that nandroid backup is included in rom manager, or is that another app? you do a nandroid backup through clockwork, boot into clockwork once installed and do it through there, or use the option in recovery manager. it's a backup of your whole system incase something goes wrong so you can revert back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 @ Fou Lu Thanks for that :unsure: Its uninstalled now. I think i'll do some more research before changing i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fou-lu Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 @ Fou Lu Thanks for that :unsure: Its uninstalled now. I think i'll do some more research before changing i guess It's safe to install the androot app and launch it, just press "root me please" (ignore the already rooted message) and that will root your phone. After that unzip the recovery manager.zip and install it too, these apps will not cause any problems, launch it and navigate to install recovery and chose the 3.0.2.4 .img file, after it installs go to "reboot into recovery" now it will boot into the clockwork menu (orange text), navigate to "backup " make sure you have 200-350 mb space on SD, and do a backup through. after that's done just reboot system and go pick your GEN1 rom :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 All this, done i a "few" minutes? I really want to do this, just think that I have to "man up" to do this :unsure: Mrt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elgreco77 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Finally got my phone to connect to the internet thanks to help on here. I've just downloaded Mr Pigfish and my phone is gen1. Given that I'm a complete novice, what would be the best and easiest app for me to download to get rid of Orange, personalise my phone and get the most from it? Thanks I've looked at some of the stuff above but its beyond me. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fou-lu Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Finally got my phone to connect to the internet thanks to help on here. I've just downloaded Mr Pigfish and my phone is gen1. Given that I'm a complete novice, what would be the best and easiest app for me to download to get rid of Orange, personalise my phone and get the most from it? Thanks I've looked at some of the stuff above but its beyond me. Thanks simple simple? 1.Download and install this to root your phone http://cl.ly/133H4700041G2X1J1l1a 2.Go to market and download "titanium backup" and install "busybox" also from market (don't open it), 3.open titanium, and hold on app you want to remove from system and "un-install", or buy system app remover if your to lazy to install two apps :unsure: phone must be rooted to remove anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrTau Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 @Fou-Lu With this : It's safe to install the androot app = thats the universalandroot ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Flashing hte blade is extremely noob friendly. I got the blade last xmas - and rooted, and ROMed myself within days. It was my first android phone. And I was 13 :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fou-lu Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 @Fou-Lu With this : It's safe to install the androot app = thats the universalandroot ? yeah that's the one, it's ok to install it, impossible to get a brick with that app, unless you manualy go around deleting stuff you shouldn't, and even that can be fixed with a TPT (SF is almost impossoble to brick). The phone will "un-root" after a reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeddy1 Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) @Fou-Lu With this : It's safe to install the androot app = thats the universalandroot ? install any app u want and just dont worry! install any GEN1 rom u want and again dont worry.you´ll not brick ur phone . And because u are a newbie DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH GEN2 CONVERTERS OR ROMS. stay on gen1 and have fun :unsure: BTW DONT INSTALL CM7 NIGHTLYS 40 AND UP. Edited May 10, 2011 by jeddy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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