Questions on flashing roms and sbfs

[wvcadle]

Hello. I have a Milestone X (Droid X). I have rooted it, backed up apps/settings with tibu, created a nandroid backup, and am now interested in flashing a custom rom.

Questions follow:

1. Is there a difference between roms and sbfs?
2. After installing a custom rom, will all of my applications work?
3. Are custom roms carrier specific (made for Verizon, etc.)?
4. If 3 is true, are there any roms safe to flash to a Milestone X with nTelos?
5. To go back to 'out of the box' settings, is all I have to do is flash a proper nTelos sbf file, then restore apps/settings from tibu?
6. Is a nandroid backup essentially the same as an sbf, or would I need to flash a proper sbf, root, then restore from recovery?

I think that will get me started. Btw, this forum is really the best!

Phone specs:
Milestone X (nTelos)
System version: 4.5.604.MB809.ACG-nTelos.en.US
Android version: GB 2.3.5
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-geadffa3mcbk83@il93lnxdroid08#1
Build number: 4.5.1_57_MX2-34

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[BHuber09]

I can answer 1 and 2
1 roms are operating systems made by users and there are many of them and sbf iis a file that's made by the carrier to take the phone back to total stock. And there are only a few

2 yes about 99.9% of your apps will work.

FreeMyMoto!!!

[spodoc]

#5) to get back to out of box, perform a factory reset and then flash the appropriate sbf. Any apps that came pre installed will already be there.

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[cory46]

Hello. I have a Milestone X (Droid X). I have rooted it, backed up apps/settings with tibu, created a nandroid backup, and am now interested in flashing a custom rom.

Questions follow:

3. Are custom roms carrier specific (made for Verizon, etc.)?

4. If 3 is true, are there any roms safe to flash to a Milestone X with nTelos?

There is a kernel check you can disable to install on other carriers

This is how your kernel version will/may vary

***How To Install CM4DX or MIUI on Milestone X***

Milestone sbf
http://sites.google.com/site/1kdsdro...ne-x-sbf-files

5. To go back to 'out of the box' settings, is all I have to do is flash a proper nTelos sbf file, then restore apps/settings from tibu?

Yep

6. Is a nandroid backup essentially the same as an sbf, or would I need to flash a proper sbf, root, then restore from recovery?

Sbf is a factory image. Or an out of the box like state. A Nandroid is a system snapshot when you made it. Think like a system restore point in Windows computers

If you sbf from a Rom you can restore a Nandroid to return to a previous state as long as you're rooted


And ninja'd as I was typing

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[DirtyDroid]

Number 3 & 6...I think..
3...its more device specific I believe
6..yes a nandroid is in someway a way of not having to sbf....as its stock rooted...always nice to have...but there may be that time when you can't get in to restore...then sbf is necessary

Ninjad
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[wvcadle]

So, what roms are available for my Milestone X? What are the most popular, and stable roms?
I was wanting to flash CyanogenMod, but have found (in the last 30 minutes) that there isn't a stable release for the Droid X yet.

[wvcadle]

Anyone? Liberty? CM? MIUI? Also, is it possible to flash custom themes without flashing a ROM?

[DirtyDroid]

Check in Cory's post...I think miui and cm7 he posted

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[wvcadle]

So which one is more stable? Have you flashed either of them?

[The persuader]

As far as Stable...

Awesome Choices...

Miui 1.12.9
Apex RC4
Liberty 3

Flashing them correctly is Key to Stabilty or any ROM for that matter...

Its Bubba

So which one is more stable? Have you flashed either of them?