It should be noted that this ROM is still under development and some hardware functionality is still missing. Below mentioned bugs have been noted while everything else mostly works on the device:

• FM-Radio not working
• Tethering via USB/WiFi not possible yet. Normal WiFi is Ok.
• Call via bluetooth headset not yet functional
• Manual operators search not working , automatic search is fine.
• Media button at headsets, if available, do not work
• Camera Zoom doesn’t work.

Here’s how to get CM7 up and running on your LG Optimus One P500:

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• A Rooted LG Optimus One with a Custom Recovery.(See how to root & install ClockworkMod Recovery on LG Optimus One)
• CyanogenMod 7 ROM for LG Optimus
• Google Apps for the CyanogenMod 7

Procedure:

• Download the CyanogenMod 7 ROM and Google Apps from the above mentioned links.
• Transfer Both the zipped files to your SD card.
• Power off your device.
• To boot into custom recovery, press and hold the Volume-Down key + Home Key + Power key and release keys at the LG splash logo. This is where you thank the Lord for so many fingers.
• Once in recovery, perform a Nandroid Backup so that you can revert to your current configuration.
• Perform a Wipe Data/Factory Reset and a Cache wipe.
• Choose Apply update from SD card and browse to select the CyanogenMod 7 ROM that you just downloaded earlier.
• Repeat for the installation of the Google Apps for CyanogenMod 7.
• After installation, perform another Factory Reset/Data wipe & a Cache wipe to avoid problems such as Boot loops and hang ups.
• Once done, reboot your device.

Congratulations! Your device is now running Android 2.3 Gingerbread in form of CyanogenMod 7!

Enjoy its many enhancements over stock ROM’s. For any questions, suggestions or for updates regarding the issues mentioned above, please follow up at the XDA Developers forum thread.

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Rooting and flashing a custom recovery to any Android device is like the opening of the big gate of customization and squeezing every little drop from what your hardware has to offer. Here’s how to get started with customizing your LG Optimus One by rooting it and installing ClockworkMod recovery to it. If you don’t know what purpose this will serve or just want to know more about rooting and custom recoveries in detail, see our top 10 reasons to root your Android device as well as what is ClockworkMod recovery and how to use it.

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• ADB installed. (See what is ADB and how to install it)
• Z4Root Application
• ClockWorkMod Recovery Image

Procedure:

1. Download Z4Root from the above mentioned link and transfer it to your SD card.
2. Open any application manager with the ability to install apps from APK files (e.g. Astro File Manager) and use it to install the Z4Root app from the APK.
3. Launch the Z4Root app and tap ‘Permanent Root’. The screen should go white for around 30 seconds, after which the phone will reboot.
4. Your device should be rooted now. Go to the App drawer and click on the z4root icon again to confirm. The application should now say ‘Re-root’ or ‘Un-root’.
5. Now that your phone is rooted, download the ClockworkMod Recovery image from above and extract its contents to the root of your SD card (not in any sub-folder).
6. Enable USB Debugging on your phone from Settings > Applications > Development and connect it to your computer via USB.

Launch a Command Prompt / Terminal window on your computer and enter the following commands:

adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

The recovery flash is now complete, your device will reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery after the last command is entered and will allow you to perform any of the advanced recovery operations ClockworkMod provides.

[via XDA-Developers]

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Here are some screenshots for CyanodenMod 7 powering the HTC HD2:

XDA-Developers forum member tyween has brought this port to us with the following features:

• No Custom apps, all apps included that come stock with CM7
• 3G / Data
• Audio
• Bluetooth
• GPS (diem fix) (/system/etc/gps.conf configured for US)
• Wi-Fi
• Phone
• Camera (5MP)
• Volume Up/Down rocker camera control
• Camcorder (800×480)
• 720P video playback
• Hosts file to stop most web ads.
• USB File Transfer
• ADW Launcher (CM7 Stock)
• Native WIFI Tethering with or android-wifi-tether
• Wired Tethering with android-wired-tether
• LED Notification
• A2SD+
• IEEE 802.1x/EAP authentication
• Adjustable CPU voltage via /system/etc/init.d/98cpu_voltage This can help overclocking stability and battery usage.

Since the port is still undergoing development and troubleshooting, below are some of the issues you can expect:

• High battery drain in bluetooth standby (60mAh)
• Auto backlight does work but custom auto backlight levels do not due to conflict with LED notifications in the library.
• Blurry MMS: Set UserAgent to “NexusOne” in messaging.
• MMS Max Size: This can be adjusted if you use handcent messaging, not within the stock messaging app.
• Robotic voice with audible touch tones. Enable audible touch tones and then make a call, turn on speaker phone, then turn it off. Make another call and it should be fine. Reboot to save changes.

Here’s how to get this ROM up and running on your HD2:

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• MAGLDR 1.13 installed on the device. See what is MAGLDR and how to install it on HTC HD2.
• ClockworkMod recovery installed on the HD2. See our guide on how to install ClockworkMod recovery on HTC HD2 with MAGLDR for the method but use this version for the installation instead of the ones provided there.
• Typhoon CyanogenMod7 ROM for HTC HD2

Procedure:

1. Power your phone off and reboot it into MAGLDR by keeping the power button pressed.
2. Enter the option that says ‘AD Recovery’ (the 8th option as of MAGLDR v1.13). This will take you to the ClockworkMod Recovery. See our guide on features of ClockworkMod Recovery if you need help with any of the following steps.
3. Go to Mounts and Storage > Mount USB Storage, connect your phone to the computer via USB and transfer the ROM to the SD card.
4. Unmount the USB storage and get back to the main recovery menu.
5. If you were previously using another Android ROM, make sure to perform wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache & wipe Dalvik cache.
6. Flash the CyanogenMod 7 ROM using Install Zip from SD card option.
7. Reboot your phone.

Congratulations! Your HTC HD2 is now running the one of the most popular Gingerbread builds out there. For issues, queries and specially for updates which address the above issues and any other that you may encounter, please head over the XDA-Developers forum thread.

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Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• Windows Phone 7 powered LG Device
• LG USB Modem Drivers

Procedure:

1. Download and install LG USB Modem Drivers.
2. Reboot your system after installation.
3. Start LG Phone’s dialer, and dial ##634#, then press the Call button to bring up a list of applications under the screen title of “MFG”.
4. Password to unlock the protected MFG is 277634#*#
5. Go to Settings > Network Mobile and disable the data connection.
6. Start MFG & go to the USB Switching option in Menu Engineer > Port Setting.
7. Select QC COMPOSITE and validate. The phone will reboot to activate the setting.
8. Connect the phone to PC via USB cable.
9. Windows will automatically detect and install ‘LGE CDMA USB Modem’. Reboot after installation.
10. Open properties of LGE CDMA USB Modem and select Advance Tab.
11. Add this command in the text box: +cgdcont=1,”ip”,”APN” (replace APN with your carrier’s APN)
12. Create a new dial up connection with LGE CDMA USB Modem with *99# as the dial number.
13. Leave the Username and Password fields empty.

You are now connected to your phone’s 3G internet connection through a dial-up connection.

For any queries or issues, please head over to the XDA-Developer’s forum thread.

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Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• Windows Mobile 7 powered Samsung Device
• Samsung USB Drivers
• Knowledge of your Operator’s APN settings.

Procedure:

1. Download Samsung USB drivers and install them on your system.
2. Reboot after installation.
3. Open up the Dialer, Dial ##634# and then press the Call button.
4. On the diagnostic screen, Dial *#7284# and press Call again.
5. A “Microsoft USB Test” screen will pop up allowing you to change the configuration of USB Path Control settings with the following options:

• Zune Sync
• Modem, Tethered Call
• Modem, USB Diag

Your PC will establish a Dial-up connection through your phone to the 3G internet. Enjoy!

For any issues or queries, please go to the XDA-Developers forum thread.

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Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• 3G Enabled Dell Venue Pro
• HTC USB Modem Drivers ( Windows 32-Bit | Windows 64-Bit Currently not available)

Procedure:

1. Download the HTC USB Modem drivers above and extract to any place on your PC.
2. Find HtcUsbMdm32.inf , open it using Notepad and look for :

   [Models]  %HTC00% = Modem0,  USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFC&MI_00  %HTC01% = Modem0,  USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF

3. Replace it with :

   [Models]  %HTC00% = Modem0,  USB\VID_05c6&PID_3199&MI_00  %HTC01% = Modem0,  USB\VID_05c6&PID_3199

4. Find HtcVComV32.inf , open it using Notepad and look for :

   [Models]  %HTCDevice00% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFE  %HTCDevice01% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0E01&MI_00  %HTCDevice02% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0E02&MI_00

5. Replace it with :

   [Models]  %HTCDevice00% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_05c6&PID_3199
   
   %HTCDevice01% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_05c6&PID_3199&MI_00  %HTCDevice02% = HTCPort00, USB\VID_05c6&PID_3199&MI_00

6. Go to your Dialer, Enter ##634# to go to EM.
7. Go to Service Center & switch to composite mode. Password is *#301#
8. Let the phone reboot and connect it to the PC to detect the modem on Dell Venue Pro.
9. Right Click on the My Computer Icon on your desktop and click on properties.
10. Open Device Manager.
11. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_01 and force update driver with HtcUsbMdmV32 (inside unzipped folder)
12. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_00 and force update driver with HtcVComV32 (inside unzipped folder)
13. You will get two new devices, HTC USB Modem and HTC Diagnostic Interface (COM8)
14. Run DFRouter on your phone and click on “HTC Modem”.
15. Connect device to PC, open properties of HTC USB Modem and select Advance Tab.
16. Add this command in the text box: +cgdcont=1,”ip”,”APN” (replace APN with your carrier’s APN)
17. Create a new dial up connection with HTC USB Modem with *99# as the dial number.
18. Leave the Username and Password fields empty.

Congratulations! your dial up connection through your phone’s 3G is now setup and ready to be used.

For any issues, queries & updates , please head over to XDA-Developers forum thread.

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Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• XAP File
• HTC USB Modem Drivers ( Windows 32-Bit | Windows 64-Bit Currently not available )
• Knowledge about your carrier’s APN.

Procedure:

1. Download XAP file downloaded above and transfer it to your phone.
2. Download the HTC USB Modem drivers.
3. Turn off your Data connection in your phone and connect it to your PC via USB.
4. Unzip the downloaded USB Drivers to any folder on your PC.
5. Right Click on the My Computer Icon on your desktop and click on properties.
6. Open Device Manager.
7. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_01 and force update driver with HtcUsbMdmV32 (inside unzipped folder)
8. Find USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0EFF&REV_0000&MI_00 and force update driver with HtcVComV32 (inside unzipped folder)
9. You will get two new device HTC USB Modem and HTC Diagnostic Interface (COM8)
10. Run DFRouter on your phone and click on “HTC Modem”.
11. Connect device to PC, open properties of HTC USB Modem and select Advance Tab.
12. Add this command in the text box: +cgdcont=1,”ip”,”APN” (replace APN with your carrier’s APN)
13. Create a new dial up connection with HTC USB Modem with *99# as the dial number.
14. Leave the Username and Password fields empty.

Your dial up connection should now establish and grant you tethered internet access for your computer.

For any issues, queries or update, head over the XDA-Developers forum thread.

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If you want to try out this ROM, read on for a list of salient features as well as a step-by-step guide to install the ROM and get it running your captivate!

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

The ROM comes with the following features:

• Heavy Gingerbread Theming
• Complete Gingerbread touch and feel
• Themed apps including Market, Gmail, Messaging and most of the stock apps.
• Multiple Choice of themed lockscreens
• Great Performance
• Built on the JS7 leak
• Integrated with Speedmod Kernel
• No Bloatware
• Various performance tweaks for a smooth non-jerky experience
• Vodoo sound for a great audio experience
• Instant GPS lock
• Add-On Kitchen Support
• Future Updates
• I9000XXJPY Based
• Froyo 2.2.1
• Telus T959TLJL3 Modem
• Glitterball’s Kernel
• Steam Recovery (Like CWM, but uses touch screen)
• Deodexed & zipaligned
• Superuser + busybox 1.17.4
• Extensive APN list
• Custom Boot & Shutdown Animation
• Xan’s Voltage App
• Ad Blocking via Hosts File
• Flash Player & Google Voice
• Music Player from CyanogenMod
• Neldar’s Kernel Flashing Application
• Skinned Contacts, Dialer, and other to match Gingerbread
• Extended Power Menu
• App Widget Picker (groups widgets together when selecting them)
• Themed My Files (complete with AOSP icons throughout)
• Updated Swype (Double click words to fix incorrect words)
• Gingerbread Keyboard
• Volume Key silences incoming calls
• Modded Armani Camera app (uses Power Button to take pictures, Volume to zoom, can take pictures with low battery, no Online Locker)

A quick review of the Serendipity 6.2 ROM can be watched in the video below.

Here’s how you get it.

Requirements:

• Samsung USB Drivers for Windows. (Windows 32-Bit | Windows 64-Bit)
• Samsung Captivate back to Stock Firmware. See how to restore Samsung Captivate.
• Odin + Stock ROM Pack
• Serendipity ROM
• ClockworkMod Recovery Flash File

Procedure:

1. Backup all your applications, the data on the internal as well as external memory.
2. Use the above given procedure to flash back to stock JF6 ROM.
3. Use Master Clear on ODIN, to wipe out everything for a proper errorless install.
4. Transfer the ClockworkMod Recovery on your SD card. It is named update.zip, so it can be installed in stock recovery.
5. Power off your phone.
6. Power the phone on into stock <2e> recovery and flash the update.zip twice. This will install ClockworkMod Recovery on the device.
7. Transfer Serendipity ROM on your SD card.
8. Reboot into ClockworkMod Recovery.
9. Flash the ROM.
10. Reboot the phone after flash is complete.
11. If presented with a screen about ‘conversion’ , select ‘YES’ to enable the lagfix.
12. Let the phone Boot, It will take around 2 to 4 minutes typically.

Congratulations! You are Booted into Serendipity 6.2.

The job is not complete yet.The serendipity teams offers a handful of add-on’s for their ROM to further improve your experience and help you customize your device into exactly what you want.

To customize your phone, report issues or to get updates check out the the ‘Add-ons’, ‘Theme’, and ‘Updates’ pages of the Serendipity site.

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Got a Samsung Captivate and found yourself unable to reboot it into recovery and download modes using the three button combinations that are standard for Samsung Galaxy S Series devices? Don’t fret and give up hope on yours, as we now have a way to easily enable these combinations again once they have been disabled. For more information and the complete procedure, read on after the jump!

Samsung hasn’t exactly been known to be excessively protective about their Android devices, as they ship with an unlocked bootloader (though no fastboot mode) and allow easy installation of custom kernels, recoveries and ROMs out of the box using tools like Odin. Though lately – and most likely due to carrier pressure – they have introduced a protection method to bar users from attempting the above, by disabling the three button combo that helps a user boot into recovery and download modes. If you’re one such user who has suffered this fate either by buying a device with this combination disabled, or having it no longer working after a software update, and cant seem to get the best out of your Samsung Captivate because you’re stuck with stock ROM, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a step by step tutorial to flash the PDA file of the phone and get your 3 button combo back!

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• Samsung USB Drivers installed. (Windows 32-bit | Windows 64-bit)
• PDA File No longer applicable since Gingerbread upgrade; file not available anymore.
• Odin & PIT Files

Procedure:

• Download the Windows USB drivers and install them.
• Reboot your PC.
• Download the PDA, Odin & PIT files linked above.
• Extract executable EXE from ‘Odin.rar’ downloaded above and run it.
• Select the PDA file for the PDA tab inside Odin.
• Select the PIT file for the PIT tab inside Odin.
• Click Start to complete the flash.

You should now be able to use your 3 Button Combo to boot into recovery or the download mode and perform customization of any sort.

Update: Ever since the official update to Gingerbread was released, this became obsolete, as this hack will not work on Gingerbread ROMs, and shouldn’t even be required. The developer has since removed the file from their server and it’s no longer available for those of you still on Froyo.

For any issues or queries, please head over to the XDA-Developers forum thread.

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If you have just experienced any of the above described feelings and the feelings were inculcated by a Samsung Captivate, we’re here to tell you there is still hope. You can still have your phone back to normal if you follow the below mentioned steps:

Requirements:

• Samsung Drivers Installed. ( Windows 32-Bit | Windows 64-Bit )
• Odin3 One Click Downloader. (Mirror)

Procedure:

1. Download the above mentioned drivers for your PC.
2. Install and reboot your system.
3. Plug in your USB cable to your phone and computer.
4. Open Odin.
5. Remove the battery , SIM card and SD card.
6. Put the battery back in.
7. Press and Hold Volume Down + Volume Up + Power button to enter Download Mode.
8. Click Start and let Odin restore your firmware.

Your Captivate should now be restored back to its Factory Android state!

If it worked for you, do thank the XDA-Developers forum member designgears on the thread. Any issues during the upgrade or help later on can also be found on the XDA Developers forum thread.

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If you want to try out this ROM, read on for a list of features of the ROM and a stepwise tutorial to guide you all through the installation process:

The main highlighted features of the ROM are:

• Deodexed framework & system
• Gingerbread style
• Stock Android 2.3 lock screen
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread icons for applications
• Removes /system/app bloatware safely (if you want)
• Removes /data/app bloatware safely (if you want)
• Nexus S Live Wallpaper
• Flash 10.2 with fully upgraded Tegra 2 support
• Gingerbread Launcher
• Widget Picker (for grouped widgets)
• HDMI mirroring (if wanted)
• Gingerbread Power Widget
• Full backup option pre-install
• Gingerbread Keyboard
• Ad blocking via “hosts” file
• Stock Gallery (3D Gallery)
• Stock Clock (with Alarm Clock)
• with Google Voice Action (ie. “set alarm 4:00 PM”)
• Device root
• Tethering
• Sideloading
• Enables init.d support

Tempted enough ? Here is how to get this ROM up and running on your Atrix 4G.

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• A rooted HTC Atrix 4G. (See how to root HTC Atrix 4G)
• GingerBlur Beta 6 ROM
• USB drivers by Motorola for 32-bit Windows | for 64-bit Windows; restart PC after installation.

Procedure:

1. Download the GingerBlur Beta 6 zip.
2. Extract the zip anywhere.
3. Plug in your phone.
4. Enable USB Debugging : Menu > Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging
5. Go to the folder where the zip was extracted earlier and double click on ‘install.bat’
6. The process will take up to 15 minutes. Any Force Closes that you get on your device are expected and you shouldn’t worry about them.
7. At the first boot, choose ‘Launcher’ instead of ‘Setup’.

Congratulations! The installation of your ROM is now complete. Enjoy the new features and let us know how it turns out.

For any issues with the ROM and many planned future updates as per the developer kennethpenn, head over to XDA-Developers forum thread.

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Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. AddictiveTips will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• A rooted HTC Tattoo. See how to permanently root HTC Tattoo.
• ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5+ installed. See how to install ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.6 on HTC Tattoo.
• CyanogenMod 7 Release Candidate 2.2 Update: Get CyanogenMod 7 RC 4.1 instead.
• Google Apps

Procedure:

1. Download CM7 RC3 and place it on your SD card.
2. Download Google Apps and place it on your SD card.
3. Reboot your phone into recovery.
4. From ‘Mounts and Storage’ , format cache, system and data.
5. Select ‘install zip from sd card’ to install ROM.
6. Now select ‘install zip from sd card’ to install Google Apps.
7. Format cache, system and data once more.
8. Reboot your Tattoo.

Congratulations! Gingerbread on your HTC Tattoo, who would have thought the day would come? All thanks to the CyanogenMod team and XDA-Developers forum member KalimochoAz.

For further updates of the release candidate, issues and question, head over to the XDA-Developers forum thread.

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