A important factor for me in selecting my rom is how the rom installs apps onto the ext SD card . This is important cos of limited memory in the mi300. The present rom Phantom KIng v1 which I am now using installs apps onto the hidden EXT4 partition which is very much better than other roms that install on the open FAT32 partition. Installing apps directly onto ext4 also means releasing a lot of extra space on internal-storage memory. For the same no of apps, I save back close to 70 MB

sorry bro..   releks a bit. i want to ask.. instead of using the z4root which need online to root my spice. can i use the "super oneclick v1.7"to root my device. then install the "ROM Manager" and do the backup of original ROM??

Thanks for the useful reply..

Do not flame me. It is just my opinion. If you are worry about warranty DO NOT root and flash any rom

Seriously for a 600 ringgit phone, which is infact a budget phone - the value you get out of rooting and flashing froyo rom is many more times the value of RM600. Once you have done it, you will ask why I never do it earlier and why was I ever concern about warranty

If you are happy with your current rom ( 1.6 or 2.1) , there is actually no need to flash to 2.2. Don't do it just because most of us are doing it. Look at what Froyo offers - if you need those features than root/flash. If you worry about warranty, DO NOT do it. Of course if you can get back a stock rom fully , it is better but this lack should not be a deterrent

What are  Froyo's benefits : ( summarized excerpts )

- Froyo uses a new super-fast version of its Dalvik Java Virtual Machine that features a highly optimised Just In Time compiler. In English, this speeds up Android apps by 2 to 5x. And that’s not just some apps – that’s all apps, all at least twice as fast and as much as 5x as fast as they were on Android 2.1!

- Android’s Web browser has been given a new JavaScript engine (Google’s V8), which speeds up JavaScript execution time by 2 – 3x and is claim to be one of the fastest mobile browser in the World.

- The result of all this speed increase is a drastically improved phone with enhanced performance, superior responsiveness, and all for free!

Uber-Connectivity
Android 2.2 doesn’t just provide tethering (which turns your phone into a modem, enabling you to connect to the Internet on your laptop via your phone), it also acts as a WiFi hotspot, letting several laptops (or other Wifi-equipped devices) connect through the Internet using your Android phone.

User Interface Tweaks
Tonnes of little user interface tweaks make the whole Android experience much better, including:

New Gallery lets you view stacks of pictures using a zoom gesture
Updated onscreen camera controls let you adjust zoom, flash, white balance, geo-tagging, focus and exposure, all from the screen

Slight tweaking of GMail navigation

Much better looking Google Calendar

Enterprise features
Remote Wipe feature lets you wipe the device if it’s ever stolen or lost
Auto-discovery and configuration of Microsoft Exchange accounts. Simply enter your username and password and Android 2.2 will automatically connect and sync with your Exchange server, pulling in your emails and Exchange calendar onto your Android phone

Integration with Exchanges Global Address Book

Device backup now backs up your whole device, including all data from your third party apps

Cloud-to-device messaging
Cloud-to-device messaging lets you push commands (Google calls them Android Intents) to your Android phone via your desktop browser. So, for example, you can find a location in Google Maps and push it to your phone, which will then open the phone’s map at that location automatically.

This works not just with maps but with pretty much anything. Web pages, for example: if you’ve started reading an important Web page on your desktop, but then have to leave in a hurry, you can push it to your Android phone, where it’ll pop up on your phone without you having to do anything. Genius!

New Over The Air Android Marketplace
Google have built a brand new Android Marketplace site on the Web, which lets you see apps, read reviews and try the apps out.

Not by downloading them on the Web – using Cloud-to-device messaging, you can select your app and push it to your phone over the air with a single click. The app is pushed to your phone and automatically installed immediately.

Better still, Android marketplace is no longer limited to apps – you can download music in exactly the same way as well. Find the tune you want in your desktop browser and push it to your phone over the air with just a single click.

Full support for Flash 10.1. Not Flash Lite, but the full Adobe Flash experience that Apple’s so at odds with

App storage on an SD card lets you finally install your apps on an external SD card, which is typically hundreds of times larger than your phone’s internal storage. Result? You can install many more applications, and your phone won’t slow down when you install hundreds of apps

Improved voice recognition
PIN codes now accepted to lock the device as well as the existing pattern lock

New car dock feature rearranges the interface to make it easier to use while driving (the music control and lighting features that is – not necessarily the browser or video player!)

Dedicated shortcuts for the phone, apps Launcher and browser now on all 5 Home Screens

LED flash enabled for the Camcorder, letting you shoot videos in low light

Enhanced support for OpenGL ES 2.0 for improved graphics capabilities

New ability to update all installed apps at once, or have them update automatically

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Added on March 12, 2011, 7:09 pm
I am now answering specifically this question. I have posted earlier, if one has NEVER yet flash any rom - use ROM MANAGER to do a backup of your original rom.
You can always go back to this backup - it restore 101% if 100 % is not good enough, meaning you will get to see the original CSL splash screens

I have only been on the i300 for 3 days only. In these 3 days I have tested 3 roms. And I discovered one thing

Once you flash a cook rom ontop of stock, even after you reflash back stock you will see splash screen of the previous rom ( just a brief 1-2 seconds ) before the CSL splash screen. The best way to remove this previous rom splash screen is to clear cache partition, clear dalvikm cache, clear data and factory reset before you flash back stock. When the stock rom is successfully booted. go back to recovery and clear all cache partition, dalvik cache again

Im not sure this is illegal or not to post this link.

http://albert-david.blogspot.com/2010/10/r...ice-mi-300.html

as i found out that.. Backup method..

    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd0 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt0.boot
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd1 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt1.misc
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt2.splash
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd3 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt3.recovery
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd4 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt4.ftm
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd5 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt5.hidden
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd6 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt6.dgbmask
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd7 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt7.system
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd8 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt8.misc2
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd9 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt9.cache
    * cat /dev/mtd/mtd10 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt10.userdata

isnt the "* cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/bkup.mdt2.splash" is the boot screen? Im not sure.. just want to ask here..

i has one battery only which the battery life time is crucial for me.  Thanks for the explanation. From the statement above. I want to ask you more about this. hopefully u dont mind to answer me.

i know that our mi300 only 150mb. then, if i install the phantom king. it will make a hidden partition on sd card? I have read about making partition on the sd card for storing the application. This useful when we want to mount the sd card to laptop. then only the fat/fat32 will be read by windows while the ext4 partition will not be read.

can i press like on ur post? your are right, waranty is just nothing compare with what u have learn, rooting, play around with the phone, i think 599 for all these fun is already too much fun

Thanks to Benny888 for its deep explanation..
eg: i choose 1gig as my ext partition.. what would be my swap size recommendation?  because i new in the term swap size and what its for..

im asking all this because i later after rooting, i know all the procedure needed until i finish configure all the custom firmware..

thanks again.

anyone know any app that use LED Flash as torchlight instead of the screen

for a phone to on9 and gps and playaround this alrady a great phone, my collegue who previously tease me that csl is a sux brand with easy explosive phone and will send rma after one two weeks sudah senyap after i show him gingerbread 
i found alot of ppl still dunno what is cw recovery and z4root eventhru they using android, maybe no dare to root bah? i think the fun is only begin after rooting

Think of getting one tomorrow, look like a good bargain. Just want to ask, this phone is comparable with which other branded phone?

MEMORY 256 RAM, 512 ROM
guys, our phone got 256 ram and 512 rom?

256 MB is Memory ( about 175 MB )  and balance is System Cache . 512 MB rom is split into internal storage, example on mine  ( about 170 MB available to install apps  ) and system storage ( default apps built in  about 160 MB). The balance is used by the phone itself. These figures will vary with the rom
If you remove builtin apps, you see the free system storage figure increased. Similarly when you install apps, the internal storage figures will reduced
As the memory available to install apps is low,  that is why highly recommended to upgrade to Froyo as apps can than be install or force move to SD card
For such a low memory smartphone, if you do not upgrade to Froyo you are limited to number of apps you can install. It is like buying a 40 seater bus but only can seat  10 passengers only

Think of getting one tomorrow, look like a good bargain. Just want to ask, this phone is comparable with which other branded phone?

256 MB is Memory ( about 175 MB )  and balance is System Cache . 512 MB rom is split into internal storage, example on mine  ( about 170 MB available to install apps  ) and system storage ( default apps built in  about 160 MB). The balance is used by the phone itself. These figures will vary with the rom
If you remove builtin apps, you see the free system storage figure increased. Similarly when you install apps, the internal storage figures will reduced
As the memory available to install apps is low,  that is why highly recommended to upgrade to Froyo as apps can than be install or force move to SD card
For such a low memory smartphone, if you do not upgrade to Froyo you are limited to number of apps you can install. It is like buying a 40 seater bus but only can seat  10 passengers only

hi..
if u can hit 1.24k budget..
i suggest go for Moto Defy®

much2 better at extra 600 ringgit..
but surely wil last u almost forever..
hehe

played with my fren's .
its sooo sooo smooth, memory (ram also big)
even my fren desire not that nice..