Rooted my i9000 (Samsung Galaxy S)

[Geko]

And installed a custom Rom.


Best thing I have done with the phone. Thought it kicked my iPhone's arse before. But now it flies. Outstanding. Quick smooth.... In a word, awesome!

I also have got rid of all the Samsung bloat. Just Android, as it was intended.

[ashtech]

Hi mate any instructions on how you did this?

[micko69]

just did this myself, so much quicker, i googled it and its literally a quick download on your pc then a 1click programme wth your phone attached via usb

[Kushty]

Check your phone has the recovery mode available before you do anything. This always allows you to get back to square one and makes the phone nearly impossible to brick.

[Geko]

I used XDADevelopers forum.

Like said above. Make sure you have the 3 button trick enabled.... It's confusing at first, I spent an hour or so reading. But once you understand the termanology it's actually very simple.

[gandalf72]

out of interest which rom did you install and have you modified it in any way yourself. I installed froyo 2.2 from there the other day and it was a fairly smooth process.

[Geko]

out of interest which rom did you install and have you modified it in any way yourself. I installed froyo 2.2 from there the other day and it was a fairly smooth process.

I installed DocFroyaJPA V7.2. I was waiting for the Cyanogenmod Rom for the i9000, but got fed up waiting... Ironically they released the RC for the i9000 the day after.

I didn't make any mods. And I was going to overclock it, but it runs so nicely now I don't see a need to. I will probably stick with this rom until 2.3 is released. Then see what is about.

[Rick Sanchez]

I will be flashing my phone this week, as all the unwanted O2 stuff is draining my battery.

What's the best rom you've found to date?

[Geko]

The Cyanogenmod Rom would be worth a try. If you don't like it, flash another.

I am using DocFroyo7.2.... I am very happy with it. He has an 8.0 beta out at the moment.

[Rick Sanchez]

What features has it got?

What's the best app to do a complete backup ?

[Geko]

It's basically stock android with a few tweaks.

You can then add many kernels which improve the phone. I added Backlight Notifications, and I did overclock the CPU. But I have since removed that. Using Quadrant Benchmarking I was getting scores in excess of 2200... I think the standard phone gets about 1400.



Here is the info for the cyanogen mod.... I am not running this, but would have if it had been released when I rooted. I will hopefully swap to this when 2.3 is released.


http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/11...-in-beta-form/

[Rick Sanchez]

Thank you!

Anyone else have a recommendation?