From stock 2.0.1 >to> Sholes.info ROM..STEP BY STEP..NO ADB involved. NOOB CHALLENGE!

[ejhart]

I apologize if this is a noob question, but isn't flashing the virginoem-backup kind of redundant if your already on stock 2.0.1? Also don't you need busybox to run flash_image? Please enlighten.

Ooh one last thing. Could someone possibly list the features mentioned in step 53? I haven't flashed the Sholes.info rom yet (waiting for some bugs to be hammered out or a full stable release of 2.1 whichever comes first) and would like to be prepared if/when I do. Ty in advance.

[Finnstang]

I apologize if this is a noob question, but isn't flashing the virginoem-backup kind of redundant if your already on stock 2.0.1? Also don't you need busybox to run flash_image? Please enlighten.

Ooh one last thing. Could someone possibly list the features mentioned in step 53? I haven't flashed the Sholes.info rom yet (waiting for some bugs to be hammered out or a full stable release of 2.1 whichever comes first) and would like to be prepared if/when I do. Ty in advance.

Installing the Sholes ROM over the virgin 2.0.1 image is a little redundant for most, but when people write guides like this, it tends to be a "better safe than sorry" type of situation. I don't believe flash_image needs busybox to run, but if you use that virginoem image, you will have busybox anyway.

[pcandroid]

Does this automatically have the phone overclocked to 600mhz?

yes this is the one with all the goods.

[pulptastic]

Thank you for the guide! Very helpful!

I ran into a couple problems with the sholes package itself. The one linked in the instructions no longer exists. I found the most recent file on the sholes site homepage, same filename, and used that instead. With the file I downloaded, everything worked as described until steps 52-54 did not happen. The install attempted to make a backup, nandroid failed with error 34, and then it proceeds to install without any further prompting. Once rebooted, it is still vanilla android without any of the sholes features. I've tried it twice now with the same result.

http://www.sholes.info/downloads/sp/...-1.0.1.rom.tgz

Has anyone else had this problem?

Edit: The sholes link above doesn't work because of a period at the end, my bad :-)
Still no luck with the install.

[buddy5582]

Thank you for the guide! Very helpful!

I ran into a couple problems with the sholes package itself. The one linked in the instructions no longer exists. I found the most recent file on the sholes site homepage, same filename, and used that instead. With the file I downloaded, everything worked as described until steps 52-54 did not happen. The install attempted to make a backup, nandroid failed with error 34, and then it proceeds to install without any further prompting. Once rebooted, it is still vanilla android without any of the sholes features. I've tried it twice now with the same result.

http://www.sholes.info/downloads/sp/...-1.0.1.rom.tgz

Has anyone else had this problem?

Edit: The sholes link above doesn't work because of a period at the end, my bad :-)
Still no luck with the install.

Just make sure you're deleting .gz off of the ROM.

[cplus]

@CKyle22 - The errors in steps 14 and 18 have been fixed. THANK YOU!!

@tonyr4music - Cheers! =)

@vuskee - If you have already run the super user 'update.zip' then just start at step 9.

@xanthus1132 - Yes this DOES overclock! Sorry for error. Thanks to pcandroid and Berzerker for pointing this out.

@vpshockwave - Cheers! Sometimes I'm a little high strung.. =)

@ejhart - Read at Sholes.info for constantly updated ROM with feature list.

@Finnstang - Brilliant insight my friend. Thank you for sharing.

@pcandroid - Thank you!

@pulptastic - I think error 34 means you don't have enough space on your sdcard for a backup to be made. Try freeing up some space. I think you are very close. =)

I will continue to refine the original post as much as I can. A big thank you to anybody willing to answer questions posted by others in this thread. Please strive for accuracy in your response.

[vuskee]

Thanks for the reply. Terminal emulator force closes are startup.

HMMM

[Berzerker]

Thank you for the guide! Very helpful!

I ran into a couple problems with the sholes package itself. The one linked in the instructions no longer exists. I found the most recent file on the sholes site homepage, same filename, and used that instead. With the file I downloaded, everything worked as described until steps 52-54 did not happen. The install attempted to make a backup, nandroid failed with error 34, and then it proceeds to install without any further prompting. Once rebooted, it is still vanilla android without any of the sholes features. I've tried it twice now with the same result.

http://www.sholes.info/downloads/sp/...-1.0.1.rom.tgz

Has anyone else had this problem?

Edit: The sholes link above doesn't work because of a period at the end, my bad :-)
Still no luck with the install.

Just make sure you're deleting .gz off of the ROM.

Do not DELETE the gz, add a t in there to make it rom.tgz

@cplus: The ROM indeed does default overclock the phone to 600mhz with scaling. Also, I would restore data after you install the ROM just in case someone hits wipe data by accident.

[ljclifton]

Dude, you guyz rock that can do this stuff for us. Three quick questions
1. Will I loose all my apps bought from the Market?
2. Will the OTA update from Verizon work?
3. How to get back to the Stock so that the OTA will work, if it won't
Thanks

[corndawg56]

There are two "Terminal Emulator" apps you can get. One is just "Terminal Emulator", and the other is "Android Terminal Emulator". Both show up as just "Terminal Emulator" in the app tray, but at least for me and my droid, only the "Android Terminal Emulator" works.