anybody want to let go of their Milestone?
PM me.

you using which ROM? any cons?
GOT is faster & better than Cronos or cm6?

hi,
ya, just got the Milestone. Too long with Symbian ard, now wanna try Android.

Btw, Milestone with overclock is really fast


What is the benchmark application name?

Ok, found it. Thanks!

what do you mean of the update? why ignore it?

mine also got come out the update message.

Mind sharing how to update over the computer?
I tried update OTA for few times but it always fail when updating. no problem downloading the updates though.

thanks for the info.
mine is 2nd hand without the ori sd card.
motonav can't be used coz don't have the ori sd card (motonav files in the sd card)

looks like i need to install back the motonav. dunno where to get the apk..

how to use app2sd with 2.1?

why you decide to go for Milestone instead of N8?
N8 have much better camera.

but of coz, symbian is dying and android is a very fast growing os.

ya, i bought Milestone partly because of it's look. it have an executive feels for the design and still look slim even though there's a qwerty keyboard inside.


problem with Symbian is the UI at the beginning was design for controlling with directional pad, later on they update to touch interface but it's root still is from directional pad's UI. Android and iOS was built for touch screen from ground up.

Streaming from redtube site via wifi is fine. No lag.

need to format the card before partition it? any ways to partition it without losing the data?
dem, should have partition it when i got the phone. now so many apps and data...

mind doing step-by step tutorial on how to flash the CM6?

any program to backup sms, contact, apps and setting?

i flashed to GOT, and then update to CM6 ard..

i'll try to make a simple step-by-step tutorial:

1. backup you data
contact can be sync with your gmail. sms and setting can try Sprite Backup
for apps it is better to fresh install after flash to CM6 than backup & restore.
(my backup with Sprite can't be restore. maybe because different OS version?)
media files such as picture, mp3 and video just copy to computer, later coy back to card.

2. Vulnerable recovery hacks
follow the steps (and files) as link below
http://modmymobile.com/forums/564-motorola...e-recovery.html
RSD Lite and USB driver can get from here: http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/install-via-sbf/
(in my case, the long filename and file at desktop makes the RSD Lite unable to start the flashing. renaming it to recovery.sbf and put the file at C:\ fix this error)

3. know your bootloader
hold UP on the keypad while boot your MS to load bootloader,
if 90.78, later, to enter recovery mode is hold X then press Power
if not 90.78, HOLD Camera button then press Power

3. Recovery Mode and making nandroid backup
follow the instruction on link below, start at step 2 as we already done step 1:
http://modmymobile.com/forums/563-motorola...-19-2010-a.html
as we are going to flash diff ROM then update with diff ROM, it is advisable to do wipe data (factory reset) when in this mode.
also advisable to do nandroid backup of your original ROM, so if bad luck when flash, you can still restore directly from your SD card.
in this mode also have the function to root and mem hack, which if needed can be done after finish update to CM6.

4. flashing to GOT
get the file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=810726
(i use the RETAIL EUROPE - RTEU)

flashing instruction here:
http://groupoften.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/install-via-sbf/
(again, use short filename with no space and put at C:\ to avoid any problem)

5. update to CM6
the files and instruction as below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784750
CM6 have a bootloop with bluetooth problem. update with this files afterward:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod4miles...10.11.03%29.zip

if you want to use Goggle apps, you also need to update another file after you update the CM6, files as below:
http://www.tap3w0rm.com/hosted/android/gap...1025-signed.zip
same as CM6 put the files in folder /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates

while you still in recovery mode, you might want to use the root, mem hack, and overclock function.
Memhack is enable by default in CM6 (credit to scpt)

6. Congratulation!
your Milestone is now running on Froyo.


EDIT: update few of the steps.

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on my side, didn't feel Froyo is snappier than my stock Starhub Eclair. but loving the install to SD card tho, now i still have >100MB in my phone memory. ADW launcher feels lagging and harder to move to next home screen when compare with Launcherpro. uninstall ADW. Wifi still have the problem as when i using Eclair, it will DC for no apparent reason even when i'm browsing or download.

This post has been edited by xxboxx: Nov 8 2010, 06:41 PM

the instruction is from the limited time I have with android.
If got any mistake or better suggestion, please tell me, I'll amend it.

Ya, the problem with back to home screen still exist even after I change to launcherpro. If the option to force close come out, I just select it and it will restart launcherpro and the home screen can be used again.

I didn't have the reboot while connecting for sd card problem. But I. Have a problem with battery decreasing too fast, 3 hours of phone idling & it decrease 20%! I'm was using overclock @ 900mhz. Using underclock @ 550mhz is too laggy when browsing page that have many picture or youtube. Now I'm using Milestone Overclock to run @ 800mhz and I delete cm stats.apk, so far so good. After 6 hours, with some light browsing by wifi + some calls, the battery only decrease by 30%.

The pros far outweight the cons in cm6. Definitely worth the upgrade from eclair.


search the apps from your computer, good place to start is 4shared. Then copy the apk to your sd card. Use Astro or other file manager to access the sd card and install it.

Use Apndroid to disable 3G.

Still got. In fact got all language such as Arabic & Tagalog.

I manage to solve the home screen problem. In the CM setting, got option to keep the default home screen always on memory.

Is it just me or is the predictive text is better? 90% of the prediction is correct.

Milestone internal memory is 133MB

btw, the epikcase you using, is the inside part that come into contact with the MS body also hard? does it make the MS body scratches?


just install Universal Androot. then one press of the button to root your device.

yes, also one press of button.
should be able to upgrade to froyo, only after upgrade the root will be removed.

There is still no Froyo update for original ROM. The only way is to use GOT ROM, and after that you can also update to CM6 mods. The steps to flash new ROM is few pages back. Research 1st to see the advantage of Froyo over Eclair and justify yourself is it worth the upgrade.

i tried the 16.11 build, battery indeed much better. 28 hours with some browsing and picture snapping, i still have 50% left.


maybe try re enter the password?
cm6 also got latest build, 20.11, he write there too many CM/AOSP updates to list (camera, stagefright...)
- (impression: ) faster



GOT is full rom, cm6 is mods to exiting 2.2 rom. nandroid is utility program, 1 of its function is to flash cm6 mod into rom.

your link was written on 6th June, quite old steps. droid does not mean same as milestone, droid and milestone got different.
you can try check few pages back of my guide to flash. but get the cm6 newest mod files.

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Added on November 21, 2010, 8:48 amyou got install "droid/ms wifipowersavingoff"?
can get from market. after enable, it won't drop signal anymore.


This post has been edited by xxboxx: Nov 21 2010, 08:48 AM