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Zte Blade
  • Orange San Francisco
  • Purchased 2011-01-18 from PrepaidMania? for £90

Security

Root

Flash

Install Process

  • Install Universal Androot
  • Mount and copy to SD Card
    • Blade Recovery Manager 0.26b
    • recovery-clockwork-blade-2.5.1.8.img
    • ROM update
  • Unmount
  • Install Blade Recovery Manager
  • Run Blade Recovery Manager and install recovery image (2.5.1.8)
  • Reboot into recovery
    • Wipe data / factory reset
    • Install ROM

Issues

  • CVS import of contacts breaks Caller ID, had to sync via google contacts.
  • TextSecure? failed to send SMSs?, uninstalled
  • PdaNet? bluetooth DUN not working

Apps

  • K-9 Mail
  • APG (pgp)
  • Anysoft Keyboard (dvorak)
  • Contact Group Manager
  • ConnectBot? (ssh)
  • Barcode Scanner
  • RealCalc?
  • Shopper
  • Sipdroid (voip)
  • Tango (voip)
  • BBC News
  • Contact Lookup
  • Google Sky Map
  • Dictionary.com
  • Google Translate
  • No Lock (lock inhibitor)

ToDo?

  • Software Upgrade
  • Encrypt
  • Migrate data from E65

Gen2 Gingerbread Upgrade

  • Convert from Gen1 to Gen2 memory map
  • Install Gingerbread (2.3.x) ROM

Upgrade Process

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258855

  • Update/Install Clockwork ROM Manager
  • Using ROM manager:
  • Unzip ROM to sdcard root (creates /image)
  • Reboot into TPT
  • Power off, wait a few seconds, then power on with menu & vol+ held. "It should take a few seconds to flash the new Gen2 firmware (you should see some green text), then it should reboot into ClockworkMod? recovery, use that to wipe data & then install your Gen2 rom."
  • Remove the image directory from the sd card

Once installed, vol+ & power boots into TPT if there is an image directory.

Issues

  • All SMS messages lost
  • Wifi broken
  • Lock screen broken (can't unlock!)

Links

Log

2011-01-20

  • Received
  • Unlocked
  • Flashed r8

2011-01-30

  • Titanium Backup
  • SD card partition (288MB ext2)
  • Flashed r11

2011-11-14

  • Update to 2.3
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