Showing posts with label rom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rom. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

T9 style keyboard on HTC Tattoo (Click) with custom ROM

Hi guys, I have a new tip for your HTC Tattoo (Click) owners. We all now that android standard keyboard is not that confortable for devices with small screens and the Tattoo is one of them...
What can we do if we have just installed our favourite custom ROM?
The usual xda-developers forum has the right solution for this problem and you can find it here.
Everything works fine BUT there's a little trick for non English people which may be useful to know. The post includes the HTC IME apk to install but this does not include any language support except the English one. So what can we do? The solution is do not select any language from the settings so the application will use the one you choose as default for your Android device!!!
Anyway if you chose by mistake the English language (which is the only natively supported) you can go to Settings --> Applications --> Manage Applications --> Touch Input --> Clear data and the work is done!!

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

How To Install CyanogenMod on HTC Tattoo (Click)

Recently I got the chance to install the famous CyanogenMod on a HTC Tattoo (Click) device.
After some unsuccessful attempt I realized that CyanogenMod wiki about this device is quite incomplete and obscure. Since I finally reached the goal I'm here to tello you some advices you may find useful:

Obtaining root privileges

The easiest way to obtain root privileges is to use the famous xda-developers 1 Click Root apk.
You can find it here (by the way, if you own an Android device you HAVE TO be an xda-developers.com member. It's awesome! But I'm sure that all of you already know it!). The usage of this application needs no explaination. Just install it by using your favourite file manager, launch it and follow screen instructions.

Installing ClockworkMod Recovery

For me this operation was a bit tricky.... Wiki on CyanogenMod was quite incomplete and didn't work at all for me... So I had to try some other solution. First of all download ROM Manager from the Market. This is a great application and I recommend you to buy the premium edition.
Once you have it on your phone, launch it and choose the first option (Install ClockworkMod Recovery). After the recovery installation choose the second option Reboot in recovery. If everything was good your phone shoud reboot and you should see something like this:

Installing CyanogenMod

Now the work is almost done. Reboot your phone normally and rerun the ROM Manager application.
Choose the Download ROM option and then CyanogenMod. You will be asked what to choose wether to download Google apps too or not and the download should start. When the download is over you will be asked what to do about your data and if you want to clear cache and data. Choose the preferred option and the phone will reboot.
It will take a few minutes and after the wait your phone should awake to a new life!!!!


Feel free to comment and add if necessary any corrections.
Cheers