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[HOWTO] Custom Boot screen for Evo

Hey guys, I was reading the Incredible custom boot screen and thought I mess around with Evo and I found this.
There are 2 files that compose of the animation.
1. bootanimation.zip (/system/customize/resource)
2. SPC_animation_final.mp3 (/system/customize/resource)
These are played with you boot up the phone with Sprint 4g animation and its sound.
Now I went and look at the bootanimation.zip and see what it is, and it turns out within the zip archive contains a desc.txt that tells the firmware what to read and at point to display what...etc. There's also a folder named "android" which contains all the pictures and each of them represent 1 frame of the animation (I think). I also looked at the property of the images and they are 480x800 dimension and depth of it is 8bit (update: it can be a 24bit too).
So to look at the end animation, simply go to the last picture in the android folder.
So if we can create some animations to same specs and slice it into frames like that then we are good to go.
I included sample files from Incredible.
UPDATE: CONFIRMED that it works...what I did
I went to /system/media and saw there was a default HTC animation will the 2 files and did a adb pull
1. bootanimation.zip
2. android_audio.mp3 - I renamed this to SPC_animation_final.mp3
I then reboot into recovery and do an adb shell, mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system, then exit out of the shell, now I'm back in windows command prompt. Typed "adb push c:\bootanimation.zip /system/customize/resource/" and "adb push c:\SPC_final_animation.mp3 /system/customize/resource". Now do adb reboot and the HTC - quite brilliant showed up.
UPDATE 2: I found an Android Bios like boot from the net thought I post. Tested on my EVO and worked great. It's like a PC bios boot with Droid in matrix like style, pretty cool.
UPDATE 3: Added the Nexus One boot, it's a little stretched but looks cool nonetheless.
UPDATE 4: Instructions on how to mount and copy files.
1. Having phone fully powered up and plug it into the USB.
2. you should already have ADB installed and working. If so, then to verify your device is connected, do "adb devices" in a command prompt. You should see like "List of attached devices" and right underneath it, you'll se HTCxxxxx listed.
3. If step 2 is good, then do "adb reboot recovery". This will reboot your phone into recovery mode.
4. You will see a red triangle with an exclamation mark, this is when phone is now ready in recovery mode. To verify, go back to command prompt and type "adb devices" and you should see the same thing as in step 2 only difference is it'll say "recovery" next to the device name.
5. Once that is good, go into your evo-recovery folder and run the recovery-XYZ, where XYS is the os type. So for windows you would right-click on the "recovery-windows.bat" and select run as administrator (if you are running in Vista/7).
5. If step 5 runs will you'll see a series of line output, and final line should be "No hup" or something like that. Now look over to your phone, you should see a menu. Do NOT touch anything on the phone.
6. Open up a new command prompt, cd into the android sdk/tools folder, and issue "adb shell". You will drop into your phone shell now and all you will see is "#" sign.
7. Type "mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system", you should now see the '#" again.
8. Type "exit", and now you are back into your command prompt like "C:\...>".
9. Type "adb push my_new_animation.zip /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip" {ENTER}. You'll see that your file will be uploaded.
10. To verify, type "adb shell" and you should be back into your phone shell with "#"
11. Type "ls /system/customize/resource/bootanimation.zip" and you should see the "bootanimation.zip" listed.
12. Now just reboot the phone by typing "reboot" at the "#" prompt.
EDIT 5: Added Droid X animation
Preview here http://www.droid-life.com/2010/06/24/download-droid-x-boot-animation/
EDiT 6: To quickly test the boot animation on your phone do this:
1. adb push the file to /data/local/
2. at the command prompt on your computer with the phone connected, type:
adb shell bootanimation
Now watch your phone for the animation, and hit Ctrl+C on your PC to cancel out.
EDIT 7: Added boot from latest 83 build froyo. This is a rip from EvoX V9 so all credits are due to the builder of that ROM.

Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...

wrx4memp said:
Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...
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Umm... recovery mode?

wrx4memp said:
Write to /system = fail
You know if i could there would already be a dancing Droid on our screens...
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Please see my updated notes, you need to boot into recovery and mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system to gain rw access and make changes.

bump updated.

AssassinsLament said:
Umm... recovery mode?
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... yeah ... I guess ... I just push my files to where they need to go ... always been easier for me ... building update.zip never worked when I made them...

Ok you got me going now... ill boot up my PhotoShop... see you in a bit... png's or try gif like we did on heros?

ill just make a gif... and try that... 2.1 hero is close enough to 2.1 evo... i hope...

vboyz103 can you hit me back on gtalk? wrx4me.mp i got some files to send to test out a custom boot... ?

I'm trying my Nexus one, and an MP3 file I got laying around.. I'll update when done.
BTW I notice both my nexus and the EVO have the files in /system/media/
The nexus does not have a /system/customize folder.
The OP is right that the /system/media file is where the stock stuff is. Sprint has it set to look in the /system/customize/resources folder.
It seems to me that the SPC_animation_final.mp3 needs to be specific in size or bitrate. the stock one is 64kbps.
****Update****
My nexus one boot animation worked. It is one pulled from a cyanogenmod unit. It is a 512 x 256 according to the desc.txt.
***Update****
I can not get the sound to play now. I had put in a mp3 and then cut it down to 5 sec and 64kbps just like the stock but it still would not play. Now I have pushed the original back in and it too doesn't work.

If you just delete the two files in /system/customize/resource will it fallback to the default ones in /system/media without having to copy them over? If I wasn't headed to work in a few minutes I'd check it out myself.

datajosh said:
If you just delete the two files in /system/customize/resource will it fallback to the default ones in /system/media without having to copy them over? If I wasn't headed to work in a few minutes I'd check it out myself.
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theory sounds good to me. either revert to the files in /system/media, where a bootanimation.zip does exist, or /data/local i think is the other default bootanimation.zip location?

wrx4memp said:
vboyz103 can you hit me back on gtalk? wrx4me.mp i got some files to send to test out a custom boot... ?
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Invite sent!
Or you can email the file to me at vboyz10[at]msn.com

joeykrim said:
theory sounds good to me. either revert to the files in /system/media, where a bootanimation.zip does exist, or /data/local i think is the other default bootanimation.zip location?
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Yeah I was thinking we had figured that out on the Moment and I assume it would work here too, might try on my lunch break if no one else does first.

Upped the android bios animation.

vboyz103 said:
UPDATE 2: I found an Android Bios like boot from the net thought I post. Tested on my EVO and worked great. It's like a PC bios boot with Droid in matrix like style, pretty cool.
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how did you test for the attached Android BIOS bootanimation.zip? adb push to /system/customize/resource/ or /system/media ?

doubble post

vboyz103 said:
Invite sent!
Or you can email the file to me at vboyz10[at]msn.com
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didnt get the invite for some reason... i sent you the files via email... can you do me a fav try that and if it works this way ill make something better than that... that was more of a sampler... i guess...
EDIT: postmaster returned as undeliverable... ? mailbox unavailable... ?

nvm figured it out.

datajosh said:
Yeah I was thinking we had figured that out on the Moment and I assume it would work here too, might try on my lunch break if no one else does first.
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Yes you are right! I renamed the bootanimation.zip and it defaulted to the one in /system/media. The same with the audio.
I noticed the same thing with HtcLockscreen.apk in the stuff to remove section. If you remove it it defaults to the standard android one. but it doesn't display right.

OBSOLETE.

In the event something happens to your phone, -I'm- not responsible for the damages to it, you are. The end. I've personally tested this method and it works flawlessly.
This tutorial entails gaining full root access on your Evo. That means we -will- be unlocking NAND. But most importantly, we'll be doing it all without the use of a computer. Needless to say, this is going to take a while, especially if you don't have access to a wifi signal. The PC36IMG.zip files are rather hefty and are going to take at least 30 minutes to download. So I suggest you start downloading both of them now.​
Prerequisites: Download Astro File Manager from the market. Open it up, hit the menu key on your phone, select more, select preferences, then scroll down and make sure Enable Browser Download is checked.
This is a template for you guys that'll explain to you how to move a file to the root of your SD card using Astro File Manager.
The files that you've downloaded from the links below are going to be located in the Downloads folder that is on the root of your SD card.
Unless you're using a browser like Xscope or Dolphin, then you'd have to navigate to the particular browser's folder that you're using, open it up and find the downloads folder in there.
When you first open the Astro File Manager app, you're going to be staring at what is the actual root of your SD card. Remember that.
Code:
When I tell you to move something to the root of your SD card, you're going to:
Locate and open the appropriate download folder that contains the file I am referring to.
Long press on the file.
Select Edit.
Select Move.
Press the Back key on your phone 'til you've reached the root of your SD card in Astro File Manager.
Click the Menu key on your phone.
Select Edit.
Select Paste.
When I tell you to rename a file you're going to:
Long press on the file.
Select Edit.
Select Rename.
Rename it accordingly and select done.
Step 1. Download this file http://link.geekfor.me/rootedromzip and move it to the root of your SD card.
Step 2. Power down your phone.
Step 3. Hold down the Volume Down and Power key simultaneously and keep holding it down until you've reached a white screen with 3 android dudes on skateboards.
Step 4. It's going to give you some options, whether or not to install the PC36IMG.zip, select yes (volume up is yes) for any prompt you get.
Step 5. Once you've rebooted you will officially have root access. Just not full root access, we still need to unlock NAND.
Step 6. Navigate to the root of your sd card and rename the PC36IMG.zip file whatever you want, doesn't matter. Just don't name it update. You can even delete it if you want.
Step 7. Download the mtd-eng.zip file here. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=342668&d=1276481802 And the flash_image.zip file here. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=342667&d=1276481776
Step 8. Navigate to the root of your SD card and locate both of the .zip files you just downloaded. Open them, and long press on the files inside of them, then select Edit, then Copy, navigate back to the root of your SD card, press menu, select Edit, and then paste. Do the same thing for both files.
Step 9. Open up the Android Market and download the terminal emulator app by Jack Palevick, it's free.
Step 10. Open the terminal emulator app and type in these commands exactly as they are written. If you get an error, try again.
Note: After each line is completed, hit enter. A # sign means you've run the commands successfully.
Code:
[B]su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img[/B]
Step 11. Download the new PC36IMG.zip file here -http://sdx-downloads.com/sdx/evo/troot/eng-PC36IMG.zipand move it to the root of your SD card, then rename it to "PC36IMG.zip" because the is named eng-PC36IMG.zip, which is wrong. Then power down your phone.
Step 12.
Hold volume down and power to boot into hboot.
- It should now find and verify the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard. It'll show a blue status bar on the top right of the screen.
- After a minute or so it will ask u if u wanna flash Select YES.
- After it flashes the PC36IMG.zip it will ask if you wanna reboot. Select YES.
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Step 13. Once your phone has rebooted, download the recovery.img file here - http://files.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-evo-v1.7.0.1.img Then move it to the root of your SD card and rename it "recovery.img"
Step 14. Still know how to use terminal emulator? Open it up and type in these commands.
Code:
[B]su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img[/B]
You now have full root access as well as a legit recovery.
If you want to flash a ROM or the newest radio and you don't know how to do that, there's already guides for that. So I won't include that in my tutorial, just click here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710513
ALL CREDIT GOES TO THESE GUYS! toastcfh, keishou, maejrep, Paul, Amon_Ra, Koush, TheBiles, and anybody else I forgot.
PLEASE NOTE THE DONATION SUGGESTION IN MY SIGNATURE.
I must look like a douche what with the bold CAPS asking to note the donation link in my signature, which used to be a link to Dr. Cloverdale's paypal, not mine. Just thought I'd clear that up.

Reserved.
10 char

Great Work!!
Wow, great work!! Seems easy enough to me. I have a quick question as i haven't rooted yet and don't know all it entails.
First, you say after this method that we have a "legit recovery"...does that mean if i hard reboot, that there is a rooted, nand unlocked image you put there already that will flash with a hard reset? And if so, what image did you use? (or is it exactly the same as stock but rooted)
Second, some of the other quides state we need to root, then unlock, then flash a custom recovery...it looks as if you have all 3 steps included right?
Finally, is there anything else you recommend i do after i complete root using your method?? I am looking forward to maximizing this phone!!
Thanks for this guide!!! Can't wait to try it out.

adeyo said:
Wow, great work!! Seems easy enough to me. I have a quick question as i haven't rooted yet and don't know all it entails.
First, you say after this method that we have a "legit recovery"...does that mean if i hard reboot, that there is a rooted, nand unlocked image you put there already that will flash with a hard reset? And if so, what image did you use? (or is it exactly the same as stock but rooted)
Second, some of the other quides state we need to root, then unlock, then flash a custom recovery...it looks as if you have all 3 steps included right?
Finally, is there anything else you recommend i do after i complete root using your method?? I am looking forward to maximizing this phone!!
Thanks for this guide!!! Can't wait to try it out.
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Legit, as in the most legit recovery on the scene, that being Amon_RA's.
Yup, got all three covered in that order.
Here's a link that shows you an in-depth guide on how to flash ROM's and what-have-you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710513
No problem, man. Let me know how it goes for ya'.

Does this method still work with the latest OTA patch on 6/28/10?

Aren't you supposed to have Superuser Permissions after flashing the first ROM?

and you do get super permissions after you flash a CUSTOM rom....

what's your definition of 'CUSTOM'? This isn't my first time rooting, I unrooted lastnight and decided to try this method to see if it would work. I know for a fact that during the original rooting process the first PC36IMG you flash, you have Superuser permissions. And the second one that is flashed is the ROM to unlock NAND. However, doing this method, after flashing the first PC36IMG, I do not have Superuser permissions

However, it does seem that this method works. So I'm happy. It's good to know that I don't have to rely on a computer to root my phone now. Now the only thing I need to do, is figure out how to UNroot my phone without a computer.

Android believer, did you update to the ota update yesterday? Do you know if this works with the ota v1.47.651.1?
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gordon1hd1 said:
Does this method still work with the latest OTA patch on 6/28/10?
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I would assume it doesn't, as this is still toastcfh's method of rooting except it's done without a computer.

@ neckface
Hope you're not tired of hearing from me. First, thanks mass for this.
You say this is Toasts method without computer. I'm on the orig stock ROM, no 1.47 update. I WANT to do the update (for better battery mainly). I want to do whitslacks method. He says you need eng hboot 76.2000. He says use Toasts part 2 to get that.
Should I : use this to get eng hboot, then go to whitslacks for the 1.47 update? You seem to have a pretty good grip on this, so I thought I'd ask your opinion.
(if this is still Toastcfhs method, are these links to the same files he has posted? Meaning, will this get me eng-Hboot 76.2000? )
Thanks a lot.

anybody
Really interested in this. Anyone have success with this from 1.32 SW, and does it give you hboot 76.2000 ?
Thanks in advance.
Scott

OK i must be the dumb one
I have already used the "Unrevoked method" so I thought I could just skip to the Nand unlock. Now the phone(EVO) will not allow me access to my sdCard...and..will not read when I plug it up to my USB PC(windows) instead of it coming up as android like it use to it comes up as Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM(new found hardware wizard)....and the phone can only charge when the phone is powered off. Its like the usb is not responding and I can not have access to the SD card via teh device..i need advice

Thank you
Thank you,
I don't know if it was the wrong recovery.img or what, but I could not do a nand unlock. This worked great and did it all off the phone..... Awsome

Default at&t "rethink possible" boot animation

Hi,
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
I am looking for the default Inspire 4G at&t boot animation. Would like to put that on my Inspire.
I am currently running CM7 Gingerbread and I'm just not fond of that boot animation.
Thanks in advance.

Search in these threads. I have already posted it for someone else.
Edit: I actually found it quickly so here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032720

Wolf_2 said:
Search in these threads. I have already posted it for someone else.
Edit: I actually found it quickly so here is the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032720
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Thanks for the reply.
I have actually downloaded yours and tried to flash it in CWM. It didn't work. Maybe because I'm on Gingerbread. Any suggestions?

It will not flash through CWM. You need to use a program such as Root Explorer to copy and paste it into the default location which is usually System/Customize/Resource.

Wolf_2 said:
It will not flash through CWM. You need to use a program such as Root Explorer to copy and paste it into the default location which is usually System/Customize/Resource.
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Thanks!
I found big lou's guide and it worked.
Just used the command: adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local

You can change the bootanimation anytime you like. First, the file has to actually *be* a bootanimation. All you do is place the bootanimation.zip - it must read EXACTLY that way, bootanimation.zip - onto the root of your SD Card. That means, it shouldn't be in a folder or anything. Next using Root Explorer (make sure you have read/write ability (there's a button at the top of the display, when you first open Root Explorer which reads R/O. Push it once, and it changes to R/W, meaning that you have Read/Write permissions). Next go to the SD Card, find the bootanimation.zip that you placed there earlier and long-press on it. This brings up a menu with several choices, I always choose Copy. That copies the bootanimation, and you then back up one level to the first screen you saw, when you chose R/W. Scroll down a little until you find "data", and click on it to open it. Scroll down again until you come to a file called "local", and open it. There should be two or three things in view (a largely empty folder) and that is the place that you push the button saying "Paste". Once it pastes the bootanimation there, back out of Root Explorer, reboot your phone and you should now have your new bootanimation displaying.
-Mike

Ultra Droid said:
You can change the bootanimation anytime you like. First, the file has to actually *be* a bootanimation. All you do is place the bootanimation.zip - it must read EXACTLY that way, bootanimation.zip - onto the root of your SD Card. That means, it shouldn't be in a folder or anything. Next using Root Explorer (make sure you have read/write ability (there's a button at the top of the display, when you first open Root Explorer which reads R/O. Push it once, and it changes to R/W, meaning that you have Read/Write permissions). Next go to the SD Card, find the bootanimation.zip that you placed there earlier and long-press on it. This brings up a menu with several choices, I always choose Copy. That copies the bootanimation, and you then back up one level to the first screen you saw, when you chose R/W. Scroll down a little until you find "data", and click on it to open it. Scroll down again until you come to a file called "local", and open it. There should be two or three things in view (a largely empty folder) and that is the place that you push the button saying "Paste". Once it pastes the bootanimation there, back out of Root Explorer, reboot your phone and you should now have your new bootanimation displaying.
-Mike
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Thanks for the response, I'll keep that in mind to try next time. I did get it to work without going into root explorer.

Fiasco said:
Thanks for the response, I'll keep that in mind to try next time. I did get it to work without going into root explorer.
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Good - the important thing is you resolved you problem!
-Mike

yesssss Thank you..!! XD

[Q] How do I keep ClockworkMod?

OK, so after fighting with my Nexus S 4G for three hours trying to get it rooted (it took 15 - 30 minutes for my Hero and Evo Shift) I finally established root and wanted to install ClockworkMod. Of course I've come to learn that it's just not that simple, and I have to rename the default recovery, which require r/w permissions, and just more hoops to jump through.
Long story short, I rooted, set r/w access and renamed install-recovery.sh and used ROM Manager to install ClockworkMod. Reboot to recovery, and all seems well. Except that the next time I reboot, I'm back to the default recovery, my renamed install-recovery.sh.old is no where to be found and low and behold, install-recovery.sh is back.
Considering how easy this was with HTC devices... I'm starting to get a little pissed off.
Anyone have any idea why I can't maintain ClockworkMod?

Why don't you just use fastboot and flash the recovery image? It will be permanent if you do that... It takes about ten seconds.

Download the clockwork mod recovery and rename it to recovery.img then reboot your phone into the bootloader (hold volume up while you power on your phone). With the Android sdk installed and in your path, type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and enjoy. If you want more specific help, you can pm me. I'll need to know what type of computer you have, Windows, Mac, or Linux in that case.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA Premium App

If you're sure you did the renaming properly and after that the file got restored back, I'd suggest you trying to trick the system by making a backup of the original install-recovery.sh and then instead of renaming it, just delete everything in that file so you still have the file named install-recovery.sh which will do noting to the recovery partition

radadev said:
Download the clockwork mod recovery and rename it to recovery.img then reboot your phone into the bootloader (hold volume up while you power on your phone). With the Android sdk installed and in your path, type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and enjoy. If you want more specific help, you can pm me. I'll need to know what type of computer you have, Windows, Mac, or Linux in that case.
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OK... tried this. No go.
Reboot still shows the default and not clockwork.

The file I renamed on my i9020a to prevent stock recovery from being reinstalled was in the folder \etc and was called install-recovery.bak
Cheers

So you're saying that your NS is rooted but when you boot into recovery, default recovery replaces CWM right?
1) Download 'Root Explorer' and 'ROM Manager' from the Market (Skip this step if you already have done so)
2) Reboot
3) Open 'Root Explorer' and open 'etc' directory
4) On the top right hand corner, click the 'Mount R/W' button
5) On the same directory, find 'install-recovery.sh' and rename this file to a different name (e.g. install-recovery.sh.old)
6) Open 'ROM Manager' and click 'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.'
7) Reboot

jungbum said:
So you're saying that your NS is rooted but when you boot into recovery, default recovery replaces CWM right?
1) Download 'Root Explorer' and 'ROM Manager' from the Market (Skip this step if you already have done so)
2) Reboot
3) Open 'Root Explorer' and open 'etc' directory
4) On the top right hand corner, click the 'Mount R/W' button
5) On the same directory, find 'install-recovery.sh' and rename this file to a different name (e.g. install-recovery.sh.old)
6) Open 'ROM Manager' and click 'Flash ClockworkMod Recovery.'
7) Reboot
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This is the first thing I tried. No dice.

Sophos1 said:
The file I renamed on my i9020a to prevent stock recovery from being reinstalled was in the folder \etc and was called install-recovery.bak
Cheers
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I don't see an "install-recovery.bak"

Stupid question, is your bootloader still unlocked?

wild1z said:
Stupid question, is your bootloader still unlocked?
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Yep. Still unlocked. Super-user and root programs appear to work fine. Can pull apks and push them back. I really don't know why this isn't working for me. Just thought maybe I wasn't alone.

Shadodragon said:
Yep. Still unlocked. Super-user and root programs appear to work fine. Can pull apks and push them back. I really don't know why this isn't working for me. Just thought maybe I wasn't alone.
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Have you tried to lock it back up and return to stock? I suspect you are using the latest clockwork mod too right? I feel your pain. My Hero was a PITA to root and it had all kinds of wanky problems one day and the next.. Blue skys.

wild1z said:
Have you tried to lock it back up and return to stock? I suspect you are using the latest clockwork mod too right? I feel your pain. My Hero was a PITA to root and it had all kinds of wanky problems one day and the next.. Blue skys.
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See, the Hero was easy for me. The Nexus seems 10 times harder to do things to.
I have noticed this, I have an:
etc\install-recovery.sh
and
system\etc\install-recovery.sh
Do I need to rename both?

Shadodragon said:
See, the Hero was easy for me. The Nexus seems 10 times harder to do things to.
I have noticed this, I have an:
etc\install-recovery.sh
and
system\etc\install-recovery.sh
Do I need to rename both?
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I can only tell you what I would do. I would try to get it back to stock and lock it up to start over.
Maybe JasonMahoney, AOSP and Lilduce will come on over and share this fun with us.

First Port to the Cube T7 Phablet.

After trying and trying and failing, I have finally figured out a way to port a rom to the Cube T7.
This has proven the only method (in my experience) to work. All the standard methods have failed
each time.
WARNING!!!!! THIS COULD BRICK OR DAMAGE YOUR PHONE
YOU ARE TRYING THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR DEVICE!!!!
Things you need.
latest Spftool
and the Rom package
NOTE:You need to know that you can't just flash the package I put together. You will
need to use the TWRP recovery that comes in the package to transfer file from your external sd to
the system folder and so forth. Also the proper permission to set.
Step 1: Flashing the images.
I've already pulled the correct img from each folder and put it together for you.
The only thing that you will need to do is extract the folder and use the spf tool to
install the firmware.
Note** In order to keep the 3.97 app storage, I've had to make sure to use the
Spf tool to do a full format except for the bootloader.
Step 2: Repairing the Rom
In the rar package, I included all the files need to fix the rom so
it will work smoothly on your phone. The files can be located in
the "system" folder which will need to be copied to your external sdcard
At this point you will already have flash the images and turn on the phone.
You will notice that the after you turn it on, you will get a warning that says "Cpu overheating"
or at least to that affect. This is not true by the way, this is from the fact the tp settings are off
from the original rom. Either way the warning will force boot your phone which again is fine.
Once this happens you will need to go to recovery.
Once in recovery make sure that you go ahead and mount your
system partition.
With this done you will be able to go to /system/etc/.tp
This folder contains the files that control the thermal manager for
the rom. You want to delete this folder. YES DETELE IT!!!
Once deleted, go to the system folder that you should have copied to your
external Sdcard. You need to copy /system/etc/tp to the exact location that you
just deleted the original.
Once you've done this you will need to set the permissions for the folder and the
files contained. The folder needs to be set to 0755 and the files inside need to be set to 0644.
Once done its best to go ahead and use the recovery to flash UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip to root your device before
restarting. Once restarted you will need to use root explorer or es explorer root function to
copy all the files to there correct locations and set their permissions. Each file is in its corresponding
folder as it should be in the system partition. All you will need to do is copy and past from the folder on the external and
paste to the same folder in the system partition. For those that may not know, all files will be set to 0644/rw--r--r-- and folders that you copy over will be 0755/rwxr-xr-x (if your using root explorer, just un check the group and others on the "Write" permissions.
Whats not working?
I can't figure out how to get the camera to working.
I've used standard tuts to try and copy the right files or libs
but not luck as of yet. If anyone figures out a way please share!!!
Also, if you have the fold case, the screen does not come on when you
open the fold. Also when double tapping the screen, this does not take it out of sleep
mode. From what I've seen those are the only things that dont work. If you see something
else, please report it to this thread.
Also in the package you will find the Carliv 3.3 recovery version for our phone.
Thanks to kushyree from needrom.com for building it for us.
He also has been assisting me in trying to port other roms to our phone. We owe him a lot of thanks.
Let me know if you guys need any help with this. I will do the best I can to try and help out. Enjoy.