Welcome to part two of how to root and flash a custom ROM on your myTouch 4G. We will now proceed with how to flash a custom ROM once you have completed step one of our tutorial, which is how to turn s=off and can be found here. At this time there are many options available for the myTouch 4G and custom ROMs. You can chose from an optimized espresso, AOSP, MIUI, and much more. Check out some of the ROM’s below before we proceed.
- GorillaSens DHD-MT4G ROM-FINAL #Team Galaxy Sense Glacier
- eViL’s Q&D MIUI 1.1.28 r2 – Now with EXT4 & FFC FLUFF
- ICE GLACIER Version 1.1.6
- eViL 4G-HD v.0.3.2 – Official Port of Desire HD (1.84.661.1)
- CyanogenMod for Glacier (myTouch 4G) :: V6.1.2-RC2
- Official CyanogenMOD 7 Nightlies (Gingerbread)
That is just a few of the many ROMs you can find and flash to your device. So, shall we proceed? Now that you have a good idea of what is available for your device lets start the process of getting the ROM of your choice onto that nice device.
***As usual AndroidSPIN is not responsible for anything that happens to your device (yada yada)/***
Flash a Custom ROM—-Make sure fastboot is off and usb debugging is on.
1. Before we flash anything lets flash clockwork so that you are able to get into recovery. From the market download Rom manager(free). Open rom manager and click on “flash clockworkmod recovery”. Wait few min. Rom manager will download and flash clockwork. Turn your phone off and Hold vol down and power. In the hboot menu select recovery and then the phone will restart. You will get a phone with yellow triangle error. Thats normal. Don’t panic. Take the battery out for couple on min. Turn the phone back on. Open Rom manager again. Now click on “flash clockworkmod recovery”. It will flash the recovery second time. We are doing this to make the clockworkmod stick. Now turn the phone off and see if you can get into recovery again. It should work.
2. Make sure you are permrooted and S =off. Also make sure you are able to get into recovery before you start flashing stuff. Download rom from XDA developers and save it to your computer.
3. Once it is saved, plug in your phone via USB cable and mount the SD card so we can save files to the sd card.
4. Copy the ROM’s .zip file over to the root of the sd card (NOT in any folders on the sd card, just on the root of the card) (do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip).
5. In the custom recovery screen, select Nandroid then Backup and backup your current ROM.
6. Then select Wipe Data and wipe caches.
7. Then select Apply “.zip from sd card” and choose the ROM you downloaded earlier.
8. Once it is done flashing, click reboot system. Once it reboots, you are all set. Enjoy!
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Thanks to Mackster248 for makeing a youtube video on how to flash rom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah_vsW44lssI am not responsable for damage to your device from flashing. Do this at your own risk.
Credit for these steps: http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/15/how…ryhboot-s-off/
Credit for these steps:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
Pretty easy, eh? We really hope you enjoyed these two articles on how to root and flash a custom ROM on your myTouch 4G. As we stated in the first segment, if there is something you would like us to find/create a guide for please let us know and we will try our best to accommodate.
Credits go to XDA member topgun303
Via: XDA
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Is it possible to have a unroot guide as well? to you know cover all the bases
Yes, I would be more than glad to do this. Check within the next 24 hours for the post.
Per your request, http://androidspin.com/2011/02/03/guide-part-iii-how-to-unroot-the-mytouch-4g. I hope you enjoy.
Per your request, http://androidspin.com/2011/02/03/guide-part-iii-how-to-unroot-the-mytouch-4g. I hope you enjoy.
ROMing ur MyTouch 4G makes it so much better then a stock Sense version. I hate the sense. i bought the phone and didnt use it for over a month, from the delays in the CyanogenMOD 2.2, but when i finally flashed it, omg, it makes the phone unbelievable. I cant wait till an official release of 2.3, I just hope I can somehow save my apps and settings without re-doing everything, i put alot of work in this so far