Latest/ best current Ginger Mod for A953?

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meszi1977

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Oct 8, 2011 at 9:46 AM
Hi,

I've successfully modded my MS2 yesterday using (walter's?) "ms2ginger-rc2". It's been quite easy - I expected it to be much more difficult.

Unfortunately it's impossible to add accounts (app crashs). Therefore I plan to roll back to the sysbackup Imade before with Clockworkmod and to re-mod it with a newer/ better/ more stable variant.

Can you suggest one that you are happy with? I am fine with Blur - it can be included.

Anything to keep in mind for the rollback? Just revert to the backup via the bootloader?

CU,
Meszi.


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Oct 9, 2011 at 5:43 PM
i have tried CM7 and was before using it on BackFlip, but on Milestone 2 i am really loving MIUI its great ROM.

The problem is as i saw no one who is maintaining these CM7 or MIUI rom is not Dev, so i kinda think Milestone 2 can perform better with some optimalisation for it. The reason is as far as Stock Froyo was slow, CM7 and MIUI did not show kinda speed progress or increase i guess it is performing same as stock ROM or maybe little but only little better, on BackFlip there was really dramatic speed change on CM7 but the dev around BF was more active then on Milestone and i am happy with what we have already.
 
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Oct 9, 2011 at 7:13 PM
As far as I know, the MIUI is the latest one. But that's just because endles7's ( the guy who is porting CM7 to M2) phone is bricked at the moment.
Both, CM7 and MIUI are great ROMs, but, at least for now, if you're looking for the newest one, then MIUI is the one for.

I believe that CM7 will be supported again soon, there is a movement on the forum to buy endles7 a new one if his is really bricked forever.

I'm using MIUI because o like the interface better.

Hope it helped =)
 
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meszi1977

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Oct 9, 2011 at 9:52 PM
Upgraded to "ms2ginger 1.1" but still problems with accounts management

Hi,

I reverted to Froyo, reloaded the backup I had done with Clockworkmod, made an app backup using Titanium and re-modded the device to "ms2ginger 1.1". But still there is the same issue with accounts ("Konten" in German): When trying to add an account the app crashes.

I am fine with the rest ... it works far faster than with Froyo.

Is there a way to get accounts/"Konten" work again? Probably by finding it in the Titanium backup and taking the old app or by (re)installing some working .apk?

At the moment I am still very new to this topic ... until last week I still believed in the myth having bought an "unmoddable" device. :rolleyes:

I'd try CM7, too ... but if it's possible to have it done with "ms2ginger" I'd at first prefer trying it that way.

Any suggestions?

CU,
Mészi.
 
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Oct 10, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Switching from MS2Ginger to CM7 Nightly

Sorry, if it appears to be a dumb question. But at the moment I am still very new to this topic and want to avoid bricking the device by forgetting a thing when switching from "MS2Ginger 1.1" to some CM7 ROM...

When reading the installation steps of the nightly build (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778)...

*START copy&paste*
[How to Install]:
1. Download all in one update.zip
2. Make sure you have CWM3.x/4.x working. Or download from here.
3. select all in one.zip then apply update.
4. double wipe(if you are coming from previous CM7 version,just wipe cache/dalvik)
5. For CWM4.x, reboot and done.
For CWM3.x, download fixed-sbf and flash it. Then done.
*END copy&paste*

...it's not plain to me if I needed to switch back to the official Froyo or if "updating" with the all in one.zip and wiping the data would be sufficient to get rid of the previous "MS2Ginger". :-/

Any recommendations?

CU,
Mészi.
 
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Oct 10, 2011 at 11:44 AM
Do you try with "RSD Lite" software to put the stock Rom ?

and then you do the update to the custom rom ... no brick with this method i think ! but i'm not expert sorry ! ;)
 
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meszi1977

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Oct 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM
buggsbeny said:
Do you try with "RSD Lite" software to put the stock Rom ?

and then you do the update to the custom rom ... no brick with this method i think ! but i'm not expert sorry ! ;)
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That's the question.

If it's not necessary I'd directly load the CM7 ROM using CWM.

But, anyway: As long as I can access the boot loader (PowerOn + Cam + VolDown) I could still revert to the official Froyo if updating to CM7 directly would not work. :)

I think I just give it a try...

CU,
Mészi.
 
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Oct 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM
exactly ... i was afraid last friday while updating my stock rom for MIUI ... my battery goes out !

all day i was thinking that my lovely Milestone was bricked ... but with "rsd lite" i re-install my original froyo ... and then i could re-root it and put the miui version !

last version is perfect ! just the problem of keyboard layout but there is a script who put it back to azerty ...

have a good luck for your update !

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buggsbeny

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Oct 10, 2011 at 5:52 PM
... :( i don't really know ... just said that for me that was the only way to rescue my bootlooping m2 !

normaly you can update from any rom, just don't forget to clear cache, "dalvik cache" too (don't remeber the name) ...

the best is to do a factory reset before rebooting too ... but it's not always necessary ... :confused: from miui 1.09.23 to miui 1.10.8 i don't have to do it ... :cool:

they don't talk about it in the related post of your rom ?
 
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meszi1977

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Oct 11, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Problems with CM/ Nightly

Hi there,

I am half-way about to throw it away again.

I installed EndlessCM7_20111001_Nightly_BPSW_v1_0.zip and then EndlessCM7_update_from_111001_to_111004_v1_5.zip and it appeared to work fine.

But I had to recognize an instable Market app, WiFi cannot connect to my access point and the camera app crashes reliably after starting it.

I will post this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778 too hoping that these are known issues with known solutions on it.

If anyone of you knows I'd be glad if you threw some suggestions at me. ;)

CU,
Mészi.
 
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meszi1977

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Oct 12, 2011 at 3:23 PM
meszi1977 said:
Hi there,

I am half-way about to throw it away again.

I installed EndlessCM7_20111001_Nightly_BPSW_v1_0.zip and then EndlessCM7_update_from_111001_to_111004_v1_5.zip and it appeared to work fine.

But I had to recognize an instable Market app, WiFi cannot connect to my access point and the camera app crashes reliably after starting it.

I will post this in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239778 too hoping that these are known issues with known solutions on it.

If anyone of you knows I'd be glad if you threw some suggestions at me. ;)

CU,
Mészi.
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Update: I reverted to the stock ROM and installed the most recent version of EndlessCM7. Now it's working fine.

Details here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18352563&postcount=1382

Thanks for all suggestions. Hopefully this thread will be useful though too for other noobs avoiding the mistakes I did. ;)

CU,
Mészi.
 
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Oct 18, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Hi, Michael:
I'd like to have my MS2's battery improved like you said and enjoy Exchange server support as well . Do you know if MIUI rom supports it?
 
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