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Never wipe again after an upgrade!

It seems that quite often after an upgrade (especially when using Apps2SD), Android rebuilds the /data/system/packages.xml file because it thinks you have reinstalled all of your apps. This results in missing apps, force closes, etc, because UIDs have changed and they don't match whats in your /data/data directory. It's almost always fixed by a wipe, but screw that
Download this file: http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/fix_permissions.sh
Push it to your sdcard, su, and run "sh /sdcard/fix_permissions.sh" and reboot. You should be good to go with NO WIPE!
Credit goes to this guy, I simply ported it to shell code: http://blog.elsdoerfer.name/2009/05/25/android-fix-package-uid-mismatches/
UPDATED: Now works with protected apps.
anddep said:
so when installed.. i dont have to wipe for a new build?
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Well, there are some other factors, like app data that is stored in the same place but in a different format. You'd likely run into this going back and forth from an HTC based build like Hero or Sapphire and an Android based build like mine, Dude's, or JF's. I can't fix that situation, YMMV.
Except for that special case, this should do the trick.

I hope I don't sound like a complete idiot. Do you do this before or after the update and will this work with any update (like moving from ION to Rogers?

al74 said:
I hope I don't sound like a complete idiot. Do you do this before or after the update and will this work with any update (like moving from ION to Rogers?
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second that about will it work on any update?

Powermaniac said:
You don't sound like an idiot. That's actually a good question. I'd say before, but I'm curious as well.
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You would have to do it after the update, and reboot.

Bravo!!!
@Cyanogen: YOU **ARE** THE MAN! Woot!

Now I'm not so hesitant to test out new roms! Thanks cyan

so when installed.. i dont have to wipe for a new build?

damn your good..

Thank you very much

Out of curiousity, is it even possible to implement this into ROM Builds? it would seem simple enough. however I haven't built my own ROM so I'm going off of what I know from programming. ask the guy who created it if you can use his work. lol you're the man, as always.

ok i may of did something wrong but i couldnt get it to work. i used the terminal emulator on the phone and typed the command and it says
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
it continued to do the script but said not permitted for each app.
i definately have root as i just installed your latest rom so what am i doing wrong?

Did you SU first?
Woodard2589 said:
ok i may of did something wrong but i couldnt get it to work. i used the terminal emulator on the phone and typed the command and it says
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
it continued to do the script but said not permitted for each app.
i definately have root as i just installed your latest rom so what am i doing wrong?
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Denkai said:
Out of curiousity, is it even possible to implement this into ROM Builds? it would seem simple enough. however I haven't built my own ROM so I'm going off of what I know from programming. ask the guy who created it if you can use his work. lol you're the man, as always.
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Yeah, it should be possible. The script is a little slow, though, so it would need a way of detecting an upgrade in the first place, and it would have to run after all the apks are processed.

g2crx said:
Did you SU first?
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sure didnt. thanks.

so may I ask... if I wanna go from Haykuro's Hero to JAC's 1.4... all I would have to do is... flash the new ROM and then run your script and I'm done?

That is the idea, yes.

Ran script and flashed from dude's to your build without wipe. I'm getting force closes on
android.process.acore
klaxon
weather widget free
I'm using marcus apps2sd.

Edit nevermind I'm a retard. Figured it out.

amazing, doing this after upgrading from 3.3.6 to 3.3.8 fixed all my issues so far! thank you sir!!

Ryanmo5 said:
Ran script and flashed from dude's to your build without wipe. I'm getting force closes on
android.process.acore
klaxon
weather widget free
I'm using marcus apps2sd.
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You ran the script first, before the flash? I believe the script is to be run after the flash. Try that and see what happens.

[CDMA] Cellular South CDMA Desire Hacks [Update: 6 OCT 2010]

Just like our USCC friends, I'm currently working on several mods for Cellular South's release of the Desire. I'll keep this post updated with new developments.
Linked is a custom boot.img from our stock ROM with apps2sd support. You will still need to download and flash the latest Darktremor apps2sd release and format your SD card accordingly.
How to flash?
Place the dphase-apps2sd-signed.zip file on the root of your sdcard and flash it as a zipped update.
Download Link (Cellular South, also confirmed working with Alaska Communications):
http://dphase.net/desire/dphase-apps2sd-signed.zip (2.3 MB)
MD5 checksum: 70df556ceb6891cbdcc3801d807d58af
US Cellular stock boot.img with apps2sd support
http://dphase.net/desire/dphase-USCC-apps2sd-signed.zip (2.3 MB)
MD5 checksum: e11b6f40b26811e252f0579f0ed5861c
Latest Darktremor apps2sd:
http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.1-adv-signed.zip
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Zipaligned and PNG optimized system apps:
Code:
% du -sh original optimized
62M original
42M optimized
As you can see above, I've zipaligned and optimized the images in the system apps, which shaved off 20MB from total files size. This should lead to faster load times.
To install, untar the optimized archive to the directory of choice and boot to recovery. Mount the /system partition then do the following command with adb from within the directory holding the apk's (adb should be in your binary path, if not, fix that to make life easier in the future):
Code:
adb push . /system/app
You'll then see, for example:
Code:
push: ./DCSImpl.apk -> /system/app/DCSImpl.apk
push: ./HtcDialer.apk -> /system/app/HtcDialer.apk
push: ./EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk -> /system/app/EnhancedGoogleSearchProvider.apk
... (etc)
Link:
http://dphase.net/desire/system_app_optimized.tar.gz (40MB compressed)
MD5 checksum:
2dc5fe2683e657006d2a8026c4ac32dc

reserved for later use

So what exactly does this accomplish? Is it basically adding apps 2 sd to the stock 2.1 rom? Any chance it will run on my US Cell desire?

Yes, adds apps2sd support to the stock rom. The latest a2sd will automagically move portions of /data over once it sees a properly formatted card.
In theory, this should work on USCC, but ymmv.

It is likely I won't get time tonight, but if I do, I'll be sure to give it a shot. I would like to get a2sd without a full reflash

con247 said:
It is likely I won't get time tonight, but if I do, I'll be sure to give it a shot. I would like to get a2sd without a full reflash
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If it doesn't work, we'll grab your existing boot.img and I can tweak it.

Updates posted, please test and enjoy.

dphase said:
If it doesn't work, we'll grab your existing boot.img and I can tweak it.
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That is the link to my boot.img
If you have time, if you could tweak that one, it would be great. If not, I'll give yours a shot tonight.

con247 said:
That is the link to my boot.img
If you have time, if you could tweak that one, it would be great. If not, I'll give yours a shot tonight.
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I've modified your boot.img and placed a link in the first post.

dphase said:
I've modified your boot.img and placed a link in the first post.
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A Big Thanks I am testing it now. I had to remember to change the MD5 information otherwise you get a fail.
Also You have to remember to run the apps2sd after the restore otherwise you will not boot!
Just booted and WOW look at all that new Space!!! Time to get more apps

seesser said:
A Big Thanks I am testing it now. I had to remember to change the MD5 information otherwise you get a fail.
Also You have to remember to run the apps2sd after the restore otherwise you will not boot!
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Yes, I recommend installing apps2sd, formatting card, then applying new boot image.

How do you change the MD5 of the file

dphase said:
Yes, I recommend installing apps2sd, formatting card, then applying new boot image.
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I guess I did it a little differently. I already had the sd card partitioned so I just took a backup swapped the boot.img and edited the MD5 with note++. Restored the modified backup and then ran the apps2sd.zip and rebooted.
I did it this way just in case something went wrong I could restore the backup that I didn't modify.
Going to try out that app optimize next.
Thank again.

This might be a noobish ?
but couldnt I just use a custom recovery and flash this as a rom?
or do I still have to push stuff?
im a lil confused coming from winmo
Right now im running blitz's apps2sd 2.1 sense rom
but not sure im seeing any benifit from the apps2sd....although I do see somethings being moved...wondering if seesser had tried blitz's rom...
are u seeing more space with the above method?
and what do I change the md5 to?
thanks
byte

bytethegroove said:
This might be a noobish ?
but couldnt I just use a custom recovery and flash this as a rom?
or do I still have to push stuff?
im a lil confused coming from winmo
Right now im running blitz's apps2sd 2.1 sense rom
but not sure im seeing any benifit from the apps2sd....although I do see somethings being moved...wondering if seesser had tried blitz's rom...
are u seeing more space with the above method?
and what do I change the md5 to?
thanks
byte
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Hello and yes I was running that rom but did not like that friend Stream did not have twitter. with that rom you still had to tell the phone to move the files (a little bit of command line codding). With this boot.img and apps2sd on my stock rom backup I went from 15mb to 71mb so this one works great right out of the box.
I Explained how I did it from a backup of my stock rom up a few lines hope this helps.

I too am a little lost on this push of the app optimize. Could you explain it a little more? I have done a little adb shell programming but am lost with your directions.
Thanks,

bytethegroove said:
This might be a noobish ?
but couldnt I just use a custom recovery and flash this as a rom?
or do I still have to push stuff?
im a lil confused coming from winmo
Right now im running blitz's apps2sd 2.1 sense rom
but not sure im seeing any benifit from the apps2sd....although I do see somethings being moved...wondering if seesser had tried blitz's rom...
are u seeing more space with the above method?
and what do I change the md5 to?
thanks
byte
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No, none of this can be flashed as a rom.
I'm not sure why anyone is changing MD5's, I included those so one could verify there was no data corruption during the download.

fixed. no worries..

con247 said:
I keep getting an MD5 mismatch after I edited the nandroid.md5 to the one in the original post
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There is zero reason to edit that. Are you trying to use nandroid to flash the image? If so, that's the wrong answer.

con247 said:
fixed. no worries..
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Did you restart the phone after you modified the MD5? I had that problem also until I restarted the phone and It worked after that.

[SCRIPT] D3xopt "dexopt-wrapper" script

For reference. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561579
Advantages:
jubeh said:
...there are two latent benefits to having odexed apps; decreased usage of dalvik-cache (thus, more space in /data) and decreased first-boot time after a wipe.
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Disadvantages:
jubeh said:
The disadvantage of odexed apps is that, unless the classes.dex is kept inside the .jar or .apk, the app and framework are bound to each other (though an odexed framework can still be used under a full set of non-odexed apks, but not the other way around). This removes mix-and match, and it was the reason why I was waiting for a more current hero-dump that didn't have all it's apps and frameworks odexed...
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This is just something quick that I threw together after i was asked some questions regarding creating .odex files and the entire dexopt mechanism.
I searched for scripts that allowed me to do this quickly but I only found half assed ones that really didn't fit my needs.
So here's a rough preview of the script: http://pastebin.com/PKxvzMmR
How it works:
After you flash the update.zip below, you'll have both the d3xopt.sh script and the dexopt-wrapper binary. You'll then simply jump into shell
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
and type "d3xopt.sh" and it'll spout out a brief overview of the script:
Code:
Clearing dalvik-cache
Directions:
This script allows you to create .odex files
to optimize dalvik runtime
How to use:
FR - Framework
SA - System Apps
ALL - Framework/System Apps
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
DO NOT DEXOPT SYSTEM APPS THEN FRAMEWORK.
ALWAYS DEXOPT FRAMEWORKS THEN SYSTEM
APPLICATIONS.
WRONG ORDER WILL RESULT IN ANDROID
RUNTIME ERRORS.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Example: d3xopt.sh FR creates the .odex files for core.jar, ext.jar, framework.jar, android.policy.jar, and services.jar in boot order as to not create any problems with runtime. This follows the order set forth by Jubeh here.
I did put in a few 'checks' that will stop the script from running. Right now it's just rough. (checks for Phone.odex and core.odex before initializing, if present, it exits).
Make sure that you nandroid before you run this script, that way, when you get a spam of force closes, you don't have to cry yourself to sleep.
jubeh said:
Also, be sure that if you want to keep an app's ability to be upgraded, don't odex it (actually, don't even have it in /system, toss it to /data/app)
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Download Here: http://www.4shared.com/file/gz0eJdeY/D3xopt.html

Gonna try it right now on jaybob's Dec17th BlackMod, Thanks Deca!
LOL @ Spam of FC's! I got them, about 30 of them, and they keep coming back! Did I do it wrong or what? It cleared Dalvik, then I tried entering cmd's but none worked, entered FR and got nothing????
OK I figured it out
d3xopt.sh FR
Looks like most if not all the Apps failed... Rebooting now
It did boot up but FC for everything Nandroiding back...

cordell12 said:
Gonna try it right now on jaybob's Dec17th BlackMod, Thanks Deca!
LOL @ Spam of FC's! I got them, about 30 of them, and they keep coming back! Did I do it wrong or what? It cleared Dalvik, then I tried entering cmd's but none worked, entered FR and got nothing????
OK I figured it out
d3xopt.sh FR
Looks like most if not all the Apps failed... Rebooting now
It did boot up but FC for everything Nandroiding back...
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try odexing on a fresh install before installing anything, also the fc's after the script runs will happen atleast if its anything like the other odex script i used on the vogue, also clearing the dalvik cache AFTER the script runs wont do too much since the dalvik cache gets emptied by the odexing process

Also before you run the script make sure you have atleast 15% of system space left or bad things can happen, and like the Op said is more than a few words, once its odex'd you can never theme it
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Yeah, I dont have much space due to fierats. The dalvik cleared first, I was just out of order on my posting I do to much with themes on phone for this. I didnt see that it wouldnt work, or cause themes in future from working. Boredom, see a new thing and I wanna try it! Anything that can help the Hero is worth a shot

Yea dzo posted a thread about it in the vogue forums, the OP here doesn't exactly say it here but its true and yea FR could cause a problem
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

When flashing the zip from recovery, the whole /system/bin/ directory is chmod to 0755 permissions. This causes problems with apps which need superuser permissions. It took me more than a day to figure this out...

Joskevic said:
When flashing the zip from recovery, the whole /system/bin/ directory is chmod to 0755 permissions. This causes problems with apps which need superuser permissions. It took me more than a day to figure this out...
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herp derp, fail on my part. Took the lazy route and just recursively changed permissions on flash instead of just doing it for the individual files. My bad.

Decad3nce said:
herp derp, fail on my part. Took the lazy route and just recursively changed permissions on flash instead of just doing it for the individual files. My bad.
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Think you can make an updated version of it to use on my nook? I think odexing one of the nightlies would be pretty awesome
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

thoughtlesskyle said:
Think you can make an updated version of it to use on my nook? I think odexing one of the nightlies would be pretty awesome
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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I would love an update too, odexing aospCMod would be awesome.

thoughtlesskyle said:
Think you can make an updated version of it to use on my nook? I think odexing one of the nightlies would be pretty awesome
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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il Duce said:
I would love an update too, odexing aospCMod would be awesome.
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Sure, just need to revise the odexing order for gingerbread. Stuck doing homework right now but I'll have some time later this week.

Decad3nce said:
Sure, just need to revise the odexing order for gingerbread. Stuck doing homework right now but I'll have some time later this week.
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Also how would I run this via terminal, for some reason my nook isn't recognized via adb
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

thoughtlesskyle said:
Also how would I run this via terminal, for some reason my nook isn't recognized via adb
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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I was just about to chip in with the same question, I've got a Flytouch 3, we also can't get into ADB via the usb port, if we could run this script as a stand alone working off a directory with the files on a PC it would be extremely useful

hey Deca, wondering if there is a way to use this for /data/app ? I have evo3D now, LOTS of apps, and it boots wicked slow :/

Hi did this ever get updated for GB ??
Very good idea, hope it can work on modded roms.
Thanks.

Dead Link?
Hi dead Link??! Need it for Dev purposes??

Decad3nce,
the link is dead, can you upload the script again ?
thanks

[DISCONTINUED] GTG's stock w/ root, bloat removed, HSUPA, unknown sources...

Update (2/26): Discontinued
Note: If you flashed this without first flashing the stock RUU, you may not be able to get into CWM. If you want CWM back, either flash the stock RUU and then this modified RUU or check out page 13 of this thread
Credit goes to angelchen1111 and nyckid58 for providing me with the information needed to put this together.
Features:
-Based on stock RUU and not de-odexed
-Rooted
-HSUPA enabled
-Unknown sources option added to settings for sideloading
-Browser home page set to Google
-Removed the following bloatware apps:
AT&T Code Scanner
AT&T FamilyMap
AT&T Hot Spots
AT&T Navigator
Blockbuster
Live TV
myAT&T
YPmobile
Installation
1) Use the HTC Inspire Hack Kit here to get S-OFF so that you can flash custom roms.
2) Download the zip file here [removed] and put it on your SD card. Don't rename it and don't put it in any folders.
3) On your phone, go to Settings > Applications, turn off fast boot, and then shut down your phone.
3) Boot into HBOOT by pressing volume down and power. Once you're in HBOOT, the installation will begin. A factory reset will be performed so have your data backed up.

Funny that you mentioned it's not de-odexed, I'm actually working on that right now using Android Kitchen. I'll let you know if it works with the HBOOT loader if you'd like.

nyckid58 said:
Funny that you mentioned it's not de-odexed, I'm actually working on that right now using Android Kitchen. I'll let you know if it works with the HBOOT loader if you'd like.
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Sure, let me know. I'll post up your de-odexed version as well if it works.

What difference does de-odexed give us?

Great work gtg and whomever had a hand in helping with this.
I'm assuming we can expect the same sound quality as the stock Rom?
Sent from my illmatic Inspire 4G / Desire HD

yzlvr said:
What difference does de-odexed give us?
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In layman's terms, de-odexing modifies the system apps so that they can be manipulated (themed, etc.) more easily. It's sometimes a pain in the ass though and can lead to little bugs if the apps aren't de-odexed just right, so I just left everything how it was from HTC (odexed) for now.
If nyckid58 de-odexes it I'll post that in the first post as well, but both will be kept up until we verify that no bugs were introduced in the de-odexed version.

legend221 said:
Great work gtg and whomever had a hand in helping with this.
I'm assuming we can expect the same sound quality as the stock Rom?
Sent from my illmatic Inspire 4G / Desire HD
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Yup, this thing is mostly untouched stock so everything should work as it did from the factory

gtg465x said:
In layman's terms, de-odexing modifies the system apps so that they can be manipulated (themed, etc.) more easily. It's sometimes a pain in the ass though and can lead to little bugs if the apps aren't de-odexed just right, so I just left everything how it was from HTC (odexed) for now.
If nyckid58 de-odexes it I'll post that in the first post as well, but both will be kept up until we verify that no bugs were introduced in the de-odexed version.
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Ok, thanks for explaining it.

I'm still here, I've extracted and de-odexed all the files, the problem I'm running into is reintroducing it to the system.img. The de-odexed framework files add fine but the apps files is freezing up my computer. I'll update if anything else comes down.

Thank you for this. I wanted a minimally invasive option, so this is perfect for me. I just wanna be able to get rid of unwanted apps and bypass ATT's app blocking.

Do you need to do a wipe first and if so how do you do that sorry for the noob question
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

mmr8cmh said:
Do you need to do a wipe first and if so how do you do that sorry for the noob question
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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No. This is a little different than other ROMs. Do not flash this with ClockworkMod. Follow the instructions in the OP.

I'm all ready s-offd so Ill give this a whirl. I just ruu back to stock so ill post results and what i think in a few min great work always good to see forward progress

@GTG: I got the image compiled with the de-odexed files unfortunately though it throws off the size of PD98IMG.zip by about 120 meg. I tried to apply regardless but it wouldn't take. I'm thinking there is a size constraint, any ideas?

gtg465x said:
No. This is a little different than other ROMs. Do not flash this with ClockworkMod. Follow the instructions in the OP.
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Thanks for the info
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

nyckid58 said:
@GTG: I got the image compiled with the de-odexed files unfortunately though it throws off the size of PD98IMG.zip by about 120 meg. I tried to apply regardless but it wouldn't take. I'm thinking there is a size constraint, any ideas?
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I would imagine the system.img needs to be the exact same size. Did you create a new image or mount and modify the original image?

gtg465x said:
I would imagine the system.img needs to be the exact same size. Did you create a new image or mount and modify the original image?
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Mount and modify. I don't think I'm ready to try to make an image from scratch.

nyckid58 said:
Mount and modify. I don't think I'm ready to try to make an image from scratch.
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So how did it throw off the size of the zip so much? If you mount and modify the system.img should be the same size when you're done no?
edit: Regardless, if you're de-odexing it you might as well just package it as a CWM flashable zip instead of a system image.

gtg465x said:
So how did it throw off the size of the zip so much? If you mount and modify the system.img should be the same size when you're done no?
edit: Regardless, if you're de-odexing it you might as well just package it as a CWM flashable zip instead of a system image.
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System.img is the same size yes but I'm thinking the de-odexed files are throwing the compression off. I think you might be right about the CWM idea. I shall research how to do that. Thanks again GTG.

Does the wi-fi tether app works without a tether plan?
Thanks

Working su for all apps on gingerbread leaks

http://www.mediafire.com/?5dxoef8ib247ena

would you mind making a zip for your red theme to work on ef02 instead?

Maybe I'm missing something. A su that works for all apps... for gingerbread...What?
Noting the snippets from your updater-script (you might want to edit this in the future)
Code:
ui_print("Superuser 2.3.4 for Eclair/FroYo");
ui_print("Written by: ChainsDD");
su really hasn't changed much from eclair-gingerbread.. it's nearly the same binary just patched for a few different file system here and there.
Leaves me to ask again, working su? They all work.
If you want to link to anything, don't just link to an arbitrary updated superuser.
There's a huge problem with this as super user is signed by a public key that everyone has access too. Without having a hardcoded pid for the specific service, anyone on the market or any "developer" can grab said key, sign another malicious utility with it and brick nearly every android device.
But that's irrelevant as I don't even see you getting that far. I'm just confused by this post as it has 1) no detail 2) holds no merit.

actually to be fair its chain's from his post.. i snagged it and renamed it su.zip for the nexus s 4g one click. when i was testing rroting ef02 i uploaded just the zip.. its posted in that thread.. so decad3nce please forgive me.. ill try to kang better next time ;P

you guys dont understand, the old su.zip didnt have sh

sh? you mean that file thats on android to begin with? thats how oh.. EVERYTHING runs? trust me ive seen the effects of a phone without sh... there is no reason to add it in... unless its bash sh you're nicely replacing stock sh for everyone?

marcus your website is down

No. I had some problems with root in my rom because of a bad /system/bin/sh/
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

sounds like an error with the rom. not android

sounds like an error with the rom. not android
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On this new release some people were complaining about root not working on done apps.same problem with my v6 rom. I applied the same fix.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App