Man, i can't believe how much i hate the stock rom but i have just 3 days before i leave town so i dont think i can upgrade to cm7 just yet with all the backups etc. Right now everything seems overwhelming (your boatload of links actually
), I feel like a complete android noob. Here's my plan, install cwm, backup, root and then use as is. After i get back to bombay, i'll see about romming.
One Q, what does installing cwm do really? what i mean is, does it overwrite some kinda stock SE recovery or was there nothing in the first place. Reason i'm asking is because before i do anything, i like to know it can be undone. In this case 'uninstalling' cmw.
The stock roms ok once you get rid of all useless bloatware. Like you said below the easy version of cwm recovery installs in the system and does not mess up anthing AFAIK. I use the ADW EX launcher and love the way it feels. Very customizable too.
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And any way to get the cm7 like power control widget on the stock rom?
There is an addon on XDA to add power controls like cm7 with the 2.3.4 stock rom. im using it now and its scrollable and great. XDA seems to be down atm so will post up the link a bit later. better than using widgetsoid i think.
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I'm not clear about one thing. Unlocking the bootloader will delete drm certificates without any chance of recovering them, thereby blocking all official SE content, as well as OTA updates. And even relocking won't bring this functionality back. But can this problem be circumvented by making a nandroid backup? So instead of just relocking, restoring the backup in cwm will bring me back to factory state (with cmw as recovery of course)?
Unlocking the bootloader does delete drm certificates and will not allow you to use the sony pc companion software or OTA properlyto update etc. Some people have even bricked their phones after trying an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader.
However after installing the stock uk firmware with the unlocked bootloader, i did have access to all the SE apps as well as the free games/option to download the additional ones for free (EA stuff) . Did not check trackid at that point. But all the freebies were available to me after the install. I have since then however, relocked my bootloader in hopes of the official ICS release
One extremely weird thing is that there's no basic file manager app !
Yep found that strange too:S. Installed Root explorer after rooting.
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Right there is transparency under the menus. So i guess editing the .png statusbar image and setting the transparency on that should do the job.
Hmm.. Will try the themeing thing again. Hopefully it works this time