Database Info

[DEV][Closed] Trying To Port MiUi ROM To Defy (Update - 4/13/2011)

Sorry i cant work on this anymore because i lost defy. Sorry guys
Hello guys,
first of all, i am no where near a developers level, but being somehow geeky at linux and android stuff, i am trying to port MiUi ROM for motorola milestone to motorola defy. I havent succeeded till now, but i will try my best to bring MiUi goodness to Defy phone users. I worked all night last night, trying to do different stuff every time hoping it works, but everytime i do anything, all i get is the big a$$ motorola logo. I need some developer's help on doing this.
The main problem has been motorola's locked bootloader, which does not let me flash updated zip files, unless i flash the original sbf, log into motoblur, root it, install recovery, boot into recovery and finally install. And trust me, i did all of that like 10-15 times last night. Even my phone must be pissed off at me right now cuz of that If there is an easier way,please, please please let me know.
I have tried everything from replacing apps, extracting boot.img, replacing framework files, installing directly, using kitchen for htc to automatically replace and almost eveything i could think of, and still no success. I really need help from someone who can debug kernels and sneak into bytecodes.
You are really welcome to help me if you think that you could help in any ways. Please shoot me an email at zed [at] wireshock.com (i will usually reply asap), or add me in gtalk admin [at] wireshock.com so that we can talk about it. Lets all hope that we can see miui in defy some day. Wish me luck
Edit: Here is the final thing i came up with, if anyone wants to examine, here is the link -> Click Here
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WILL NOT WORK! IT WILL NOT BOOT! THIS IS FOR DEV'S ONLY!
March 29
Update (9:40 AM): Another night without success. I am trying my best to make it work. Few people have contacted me about this, and some have helped a lot. Thanks to them. I contacted eugene_373 about this, lets hope he replies fast.
Update (11:48 AM): @KSubediTweet My Defy no longer works... So, not much help I can give. <- Eugene's defy doesnt work, need some devs who work for defy.
Update (5:54 PM): Me and Landroid from xda worked for almost the whole day trying to make it work. No success till now, but i think we are closer than before. If anyone finds a way to run recovery without booting somehow, please let me know, that will help a lot. And be sure to say thanks to Landroid for helping me out a lot.
April 6
Update (10:53 AM): Spent the last week trying to figure out a way to run recovery without booting which would help me save 80% time. Need some more Dev's help. I have tried contacting some chinese miui developers so that they could help me on porting the rom. Waiting for reply.
April 7
Update (8:35 PM): I think i finally found something that can help! Check this out -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026853
April 13
Update (8:14 PM): After few days of being idle, i am back to the track. Now as i have 2nd init, pre boot menu and everything i need to work, i will try as fast as i can. And racca pointed out some stuff i didnt know before, so i am kind of positive about getting it to work this time.
P.S. All times are MST (GMT -7)

I don't have much technological knowhow to add, but good luck and its great that someones finally making the effort, so don't give up!
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk

tbman1996 said:
I don't have much technological knowhow to add, but good luck and its great that someones finally making the effort, so don't give up!
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks, ill try my best.

Eugene made some adaptations on system recovery to apply update.zip. I don't know exactly how that works but maybe help you.
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995131

Thanks a lot for the link, if i can get the keyfile, i think i can make an update.zip for the recovery and can open clockworkmod from default recovery. Ill try it
Edit: or i can sign the zip file so that i can flash it from default recovery.

Dexter_nbl did the port of sense for us. In his rom he used a file on sdcard to boot on recovery. Like, if the file called recovery_mode exist on sdcard execute the script to boot up on recovery....this helped a lot!

psicodelico said:
Dexter_nbl did the port of sense for us. In his rom he used a file on sdcard to boot on recovery. Like, if the file called recovery_mode exist on sdcard execute the script to boot up on recovery....this helped a lot!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That might have worked if the room booted at all, the problem here seems to be with some hardware driver that is preventing the phone from booting. Only if someone who knows what is preventing it from booting could help me out, i would work on fixing it somehow.

good to see a new project coming up.
got a bit quiet here in the past week, devs probably waiting for motos official froyo release.
anyways, kepp us updated on your progress and good luck!

ksubedi said:
That might have worked if the room booted at all, the problem here seems to be with some hardware driver that is preventing the phone from booting. Only if someone who knows what is preventing it from booting could help me out, i would work on fixing it somehow.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That ideia is for you access your system recovery to restore your system without flash a sbf, get root, install system recovery (that take a long time). This way you can try more things. Dexter call the script to verify the file on sdcard in beginning of the process of boot, i dont know how but if you want see take a look the first version of his ROM.

i dont think you can sign the update packages. maybe you should try to ask eugene how this whole cookie cutter thing works
http://twitter.com/eugene_373
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/
would be awesome to get miui on defy...
Sent from my MB525 using XDA Premium App

psicodelico said:
That ideia is for you access your system recovery to restore your system without flash a sbf, get root, install system recovery (that take a long time). This way you can try more things. Dexter call the script to verify the file on sdcard in beginning of the process of boot, i dont know how but if you want see take a look the first version of his ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is exactly what i have been trying to do since my first day. I have asked eugene_373 for help on this. Thanks anyways.
drsouly said:
i dont think you can sign the update packages. maybe you should try to ask eugene how this whole cookie cutter thing works
http://twitter.com/eugene_373
http://eb-productions.proboards.com/
would be awesome to get miui on defy...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the link I just contacted eugene_373 about this. Ill update once i get a reply.

Keep it up!!
One closer day i will buy the defy

Thank you for your efforts. Look forward to your success

any news?!

Any news ???

I have contacted miui developers to help me out. Waiting for reply now. Lets hope that we can bring miui to defy as soon as possible. Need help from some devs.

What do you mean go to recovery without booting? Without booting to Android you cannot use any other means to write to the Filesystem, so how would you do that? You can't replace the recovery that's installed with the phone, so I don't really see how that would be possible.

Recovery without booting is possible through charge-only-mode, but no one is capable to do it for Defy. And probably it is possible in Defy Sense ROM, if you read the thread. But I did not tried.

an option would be to look for an exploit in the recovery, that allows us to make something like open recovery on the milestone... i would ask the devs from openrecovery

There is the way using the second boot used on milestone (2nd-init) and the way used by Dexter in Sense ROM;
- included ClockWorkRecovery custom edition for this rom
• - Do NOT install the apk release, or it will ruin bootup of sense.
• - activate Recovery by putting an empty file in the root of your sdcard called "recovery_mode"
• content can be anything or empty, just make sure filename is correct.
• - reboot, and it will load into recovery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sense ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933710 (get the first version to see the magic)
2nd-init: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003449

Starting A List For After Rooting.Need Help With It.

Ok if anyone can help me out on this. I would like to put a list of things you Need to do AFTER rooting your Inspire. Long story short I looked around countless of thread and find bits of pieces of things to do after your root.
Just would like to start something where this is a list to what you need to do after your done. So if ANYONE can help me out and may help others out with just the same ?s. This would be awesome. I know there are somethings like Titanium back up, ROM Manager, ClockWork. But if anyone can help put this together. Thank you.
Also if you have any videos that you can share that shows how to install something(because who does not like a Tut Video lol) rather it be a ROM or making a NANDOID(if thats right) backup if you need or not maybe just some how To's because I had to Root back to stock and this [ROM] AT&T Stock ROM - Sense [Unroot] and the user helped me out, thanks again friend, very informative.
thanks again for any help hints and walk throughs.
I for got to add this in once your done rooting you can check it with super user to see if everything is good. Also I found these guys to become very helpful major Props to them.. ANDROID Applications (How-To Backup & Restore) Titanium Backup just look that up on youtube or something

Not trying to be mean, but did you even take a look at the guide? I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember there being a video posted there.
As for what you do after you root your phone, you can flash a rom if you want... I mean its really a subjective question..

yes I looked just any video dealing with the inspire I hoping that this thread could kind of be one place for some ?s I see all over the place but its worth a shot to see if it turns out that way but for others that see the title of this thread could get some help with out ppl being "mean" for a ?s thats been asked and yes there is a search bar but...hey not everyone use it as much as we reply with "There is a search bar you know" or any other remark..
So Im hoping with that said that this thread could help other out with some Very common ?s. Because other user dont see a thread that looks like what they are looking for so others make a thread asking ?s that has been asked many times so with in time maybe this could help a lot of others.. Idk we will see..
Also after seeing a lot of videos about this there is so many different things that are said to do or to get and its get confusing and I can see how it could throw some user off..Because what through me off is the Making of a Nanadoid back up.. I kind of still dont know how lol.

That would be why the guide is stickied at the top its meant to be a one stop shop for "new rooters". There is about 20 pages of questions and answers, and many of the members will stop by and answer including devs.
And there a four videos posted in the opening post, one for the hack kit (outdated) and one for bubbys root method. There are also two other videos one that shows you how to recover from a soft brick, and how to flash a rom (including a nandroid back up).
The main reason for the guide to be stickied was to elevate the general forum, from getting a lot of redundant questions, which it has helped.
To answer your question, after you root you really don't have to do anything. As I said before you can flash a rom and make a nandroid backup, which is covered in the guide. You can flash a radio, which there is also a link to the thread for this. You can flash a theme for a rom, which is generally the same as flashing a rom. You can install market apps that require root access.
The only thing that "would/should be" required after rooting would be flashing a recovery ie. clock work mod recovery, which is covered in both rooting processes.
As I said before I am not trying to be mean or rude, but that is kind of why the guide was stickied.

I got you chief.. And I dont take it anything personal its the internet LOL! but If you dont mind can you past the link about making that nanadoid back up. and btw your not the only one with videos more then four. But yeah I hear about the same ?s being asked and yea your thread is like 300+ with a lot lol.. but Idk was hoping that this could be more organized I see that you have a lot of fixes and radios..etc..good stuff though.
I hope Im not steeling you thunder for post..

Staticpunk84 said:
I got you chief.. And I dont take it anything personal its the internet LOL! but If you dont mind can you past the link about making that nanadoid back up. and btw your not the only one with videos more then four. But yeah I hear about the same ?s being asked and yea your thread is like 300+ with a lot lol.. but Idk was hoping that this could be more organized I see that you have a lot of fixes and radios..etc..good stuff though.
I hope Im not steeling you thunder for post..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
A nandoid back up is as simple as this...
Assuming you're rooted, and haven't flashed cwr yet...
Download ROM manager
Open it and choose flash clockwork recovery.
Once that's done, choose backup current rom
Provide a name for your backup
Let it reboot and do the backup.
If you already have clockwork recovery flashed, you can reboot into recovery and select the appropriate menu choice, though if you initiate the backup directly from cwr, I don't think it let's you choose the name.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium

Scott_S said:
A nandoid back up is as simple as this...
Assuming you're rooted, and haven't flashed cwr yet...
Download ROM manager
Open it and choose flash clockwork recovery.
Once that's done, choose backup current rom
Provide a name for your backup
Let it reboot and do the backup.
If you already have clockwork recovery flashed, you can reboot into recovery and select the appropriate menu choice, though if you initiate the backup directly from cwr, I don't think it let's you choose the name.
Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's correct, but the backups are stored in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/$datecode$ It's very easy to rename them after the fact.... so long as you do it within a reasonable time period.

you can also do it from rom manager and name the backup.

sweet.. I just re rooted like an hour ago just re setting some stuff up

Root+Recovery

After a lot of frustration and just a bit of sheer luck, Im 100% positive I've found a way for people to root their sk4g as well as modify the recovery so that they dont have to do adb (im pretty adb retarded). I came up with this method after i had soft bricked my phone and couldnt figure out how to put CWM on the phone after i Odin'd back to stock. All i did was take the correct recovery from the cwm, replace both recoveries in the 1clickrootexploit and run, reboot phone, install Rom Manager from marketplace.
Credit goes to Noobn1 and the guys for creating the 1clickrootexploit, and Krylon360 for the CWM.
Download Link:
https://rapidshare.com/files/630401335/Sk4g_root_with_good_recovery.zip
I hope this saves some people a lot of headaches.

I could have used something like this about 15 times. Well, maybe I'll need it sometime soon.

You do realize I've had this for like 2 months posted around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124

sduvick said:
You do realize I've had this for like 2 months posted around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I actually didnt. I hunted around on the forums for, I guess i just overlooked it.

Haha it's all good, I never actually released it, just kept posting it for everyone who was having issues. Good work, glad to see more people releasing stuff :]

Thanks man. I was hoping that Revolution would stick this thread in his bible so that way people know right off the bat that as soon as they are rooted they have the binary files for the recovery all set and just need to download Rom Manager from the market

Actually, you don't need (and I don't recommend) Rom manager at all, it just ends up having issues with our CWM versus the build in Rom manager that has issues.

[Q/A] TWRP on TF101

I was wondering why we've never seen a TWRP build from TeamWin for the TF101. I remember when the tablet came out that a few team members had the device and there was talk of builds upcoming for our device. Then there was the long break and TWRP2 and everything that happened at TeamWin, finally with 2.1 builds showing up. But there was nothing for our device, while the TF201 and TF301 were getting love.
I pinged dees_troy on twitter and found out some interesting info:
The Recovery Partition is only 5MB on the TF101
The Kernel needs to be less than 3MB to leave enough room for TWRP, meaning a custom recovery kernel.
Without a device in a devs hands, we'll not see TWRP
https://twitter.com/Dees_Troy/status/216631211366424576
https://twitter.com/Dees_Troy/status/216631556863836160
If I didn't rely on mine daily, I'd send it over for some builds, but that is not feasible for me.

Maybe we can get a developer to notice and build this, because I'd love to see a refined touch recovery like TWRP. I mean with the kernel though, how big is it with a stripped down version of it?

Darn shame about the partition sizes, those can be moved around.. but that's not a really great fix. I'd compile it and do a tad of bug-fixing since it should be the same process, but I really don't want to mess with partition sizing being too small and stripping recovery down. X.x
I've asked before and pm'ed about being a tester, and if it happens I'll be on top of it!

See, that's one thing Moto did good with their phones. I would have no issues with partitioning being similar, but I think they did go a little over board on what the system got versus what the consumer should be able to use for storage, IMO.
If there was a guide and I knew I could do it without creating to much headache trying to get it right, then I'd start on a similar project. My biggest problem is, I don't know very much about this at all. The last time I did any programming, I was in highschool and was learning C++ and did some PHP coding, but that doesn't apply here. HaHa.

TWRP has a step by step compile from source linux guide
Just the partitioning, I think it would work straight from source pretty well, but considering that the partition is too small that's where it gets tricky

Thing O Doom said:
TWRP has a step by step compile from source linux guide
Just the partitioning, I think it would work straight from source pretty well, but considering that the partition is too small that's where it gets tricky
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just build it and see what the size is then we might be able to engage one of the kernel devs to help strip stuff out
Sent from my CM9 Transformer TF101 using Forum Runner

Alright, I'll compile from source and see what I can do. Give me a while though, because I'm upgrading my computer.
Sent from my TF101

Thing O Doom said:
Alright, I'll compile from source and see what I can do. Give me a while though, because I'm upgrading my computer.
Sent from my TF101
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just checking in, any progress?
Sent from my CM9 Epic 4g Touch using Forum Runner

I'll admit I've been lax so far, it is on my list, but I'm so close to finishing APK peri >.< I just wanna get that done first.

Thing O Doom said:
I'll admit I've been lax so far, it is on my list, but I'm so close to finishing APK peri >.< I just wanna get that done first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no worries, appreciate the effort

Im also eagerly awaiting any news on this... Im stuck on Rogue recovery because all the other versions dont use the MicroSD card, only the internal memory
Can someone post where I can find the partition layout/structure/description? (or PM it to me, that woul work as well)

Thing O Doom said:
I'll admit I've been lax so far, it is on my list, but I'm so close to finishing APK peri >.< I just wanna get that done first.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hammerfest said:
Im also eagerly awaiting any news on this... Im stuck on Rogue recovery because all the other versions dont use the MicroSD card, only the internal memory
Can someone post where I can find the partition layout/structure/description? (or PM it to me, that woul work as well)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like rayman has taken the reins on this one. There is a thread in dev for a WIP TWRP recovery

Yep he mentioned it and took over, which is great! Works decently well.

[Q] lg g2x install JB.. now frozen on boot

hey everyone!
yesterday, I got really tired of froyo so I said ''f$%? it, lets try to root my phone and install jelly bean, that look really slick!''
. well looks like everyone as to start somwhere..
so my problem right now, I am stuck at the custom LG logo, I cant hard reset and even my recovery boot but the menu wont pop up and simply restart my phone..
basicaly, I feel screwed right now does anybody can help me on this?
it is probably something super stupid and simple but I can'T find any solution so I decided to join this forum for a bit of support..
EDIT: my mistake, it went in the wrong section
thx a bunch!

Usually run this when I cluster f my phone
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590523

thanks for the cue, I will also try this. and keep you posted if it worked or not..
better way to learn is to make mistakes!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331

ok, most of the link to download the needed files are dead... I might have to rely on your support guys.
the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180331 thread didnt helped enough..

Did you install the adampk rom?
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda app-developers app

no I haven't...
so far , what I did is
root the pone with the one clicker (wich was a success)
did the recovery with the clockworkmod recovery thing,
restarted and exectued this website's tutorial to jellybean (start with WWW stuff.androidauthority.com/g2x-p999-t-mobile-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-unofficial-115536)
and then, look like it failed..
this morning, I managed to get back to the recovery boot screen and found that if I press the house icon it show up a menu.. but this menu giving me access to reboot, wipe cache, data or install update.zip (which was supposed to fix my problem) but this menu is blued out and unaccessible..
dunno if it helped..
right now, I am trying to get acces to my phone doing the no battery boot thing but my pc doesnt seem to recognize my phone + I am at work hehe so I am pretty much limited in acces due tu the it protection and firewall stuff
I am gonna try to redo that stuff tonight at home but meanwhile, if any of what I described may give you a clue on how to help me, I really appreciate the effort!
thanks again for the support guys, I know it can be a pain sometimes to help people screwing some beginner stuff like I probably do right now

dubmah said:
WWW stuff.androidauthority.com/g2x-p999-t-mobile-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-unofficial-115536)
and then, look like it failed
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I say you needed to use the g2x android development forums on this site to find a suitable jb rom, not this other site. The one click method isn't very stable, so nvflash is most definitely what you need to try to get working. There are very thorough tutorials on how to get that to work. Do you know which clockwork recovery version you have installed? Should be 5.0.2.0. Once you get home, I suggest you read read read. Do as much research you can to make sure you can follow nvflash instructions to the letter. I know I personally spent about a week researching to make sure I had a solid understanding of the procedure.
I recommend getting nvflash going to get clockwork properly installed, then download a rom from xda, nowhere else. I would even say use a gb rom before trying a jb ...the jb roms are hackfest versions, so they have (from my experience) much poorer battery life, and lack hardware acceleration. Netflix and many 3d games won't work. You can use adampk or mazout's roms but they don't have working radio, i.e. no phone/SMS functionality.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda app-developers app

dubmah said:
no I haven't...
so far , what I did is
root the pone with the one clicker (wich was a success)
did the recovery with the clockworkmod recovery thing,
restarted and exectued this website's tutorial to jellybean (start with WWW stuff.androidauthority.com/g2x-p999-t-mobile-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-unofficial-115536)
and then, look like it failed..
this morning, I managed to get back to the recovery boot screen and found that if I press the house icon it show up a menu.. but this menu giving me access to reboot, wipe cache, data or install update.zip (which was supposed to fix my problem) but this menu is blued out and unaccessible..
dunno if it helped..
right now, I am trying to get acces to my phone doing the no battery boot thing but my pc doesnt seem to recognize my phone + I am at work hehe so I am pretty much limited in acces due tu the it protection and firewall stuff
I am gonna try to redo that stuff tonight at home but meanwhile, if any of what I described may give you a clue on how to help me, I really appreciate the effort!
thanks again for the support guys, I know it can be a pain sometimes to help people screwing some beginner stuff like I probably do right now
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Boot into recovery, there should be an option to format or wipe system. Do that then flash the ROM. It won't boot if you flash it over stock.
Also, use the paranoid android rom found in the development section, same cyanogenmod base but works better.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD

great ! thx for the advices ! yeah I Will read some more first, making sure I do thing properly, for now, I will try to revert at least to my backup and wait til I know what I'm doing!
thx again, I keep you up about the progress !

progress!! .. I tried to start my phone without the battery.. my pc recognized the phone for about 10sec and then the icon disapeared and until then, nothing I plug I start there is no way I can make my pc to recognize the phone...
does this happened to anyone before?

allright! I have bean reading about the NVFlash! that help A LOT! actually it almost fixed my thing! the phone is now unbriked YAY
I just keep replying to myself incase there is another guy who dont know crap about the obvious, if it can help the thread worth it
I used this tutorial to fix things,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644&highlight=nvflash+steps
My main issue was the APX driver wich wasnt installed.. now I know bit more, I still have issue but luckily things goes forward so it gave me the boost to keep working on
but I face a new problem so maybe some of you might be able to help on that new issue
I am from montreal and here in quebec we have videotron instead of t-mobile and since I used a t-mobile boot it looks like my sim card is not recognized anymore..
is there a way to fix that? am I supposed to find a videotron thing?
hope it helps

dubmah said:
I used a t-mobile boot it looks like my sim card is not recognized anymore..
is there a way to fix that? am I supposed to find a videotron thing?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What do you mean by "T-Mobile boot" and "videotron thing?"
Sent from my LG-P999
---------- Post added at 10:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------
Ok, wait I think I understand what you're saying now. If you can, pm the op of that thread you used to unbrick. Ask that person if you need some kind of different file in that .zip file to work on your carrier.
I remember having to use that guide to get back to stock. Glad to see you're making progress. I know it can be frustrating when devices get wacky. Good luck!
Sent from my LG-P999

hehehe sorry, I am not fully used to the right terms so I rather stay in the gray zone by using words like ''thing''
but I can now oficially say I was talking about ROMs
finally, I managed to bring back my phone to the stock mode everything seem to work!
now I can brick it again!
thx for the help!

I began to wonder if it was just a matter of changing APN settings?
Sent from my LG-P999

this, or... putting the simcard in the properly? !!