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Apps on SD & Themes

I currently have RC33 w/ apps on SD card. If I installed a theme or converted to the RC33 Lite version, will that corrupt my phone?

creid2352 said:
I currently have RC33 w/ apps on SD card. If I installed a theme or converted to the RC33 Lite version, will that corrupt my phone?
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RC33 Lite i believe will delete your link to the SD .. to accomplish the Lite version simply delete the media files on from the phone .. as for the themes .. you're on your own .. there are plenty of themes people have used that cause no problems .. but you may come across one that doesn't work properly

*Note: lite versions are only required if you're going to use a theme, on JF RC33 V1.41 and up
JFvMOD by LucidREM
-Seems to be the most popular version right now.
-Same as JF RC33 V1.42 except for a few added files to make APPS to SD really easy for everyone.
-Themes will not work on this unless you manually make it a "lite" version following the steps below
JF RC33 V1.42
-This version really only introduced a bug fix so Android Debug Bridge (adb) would work in recovery mode.
*A wipe shouldn't be necessary when updating to this version.*
* JF RC33 V1.42 (lite)
Same as the JF RC33 v1.41 (lite) version but has the bug fix of rc1.42
you can manually make your own lite version of the firmware by typing these commands
in the terminal emulator.
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -rf /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media

shouldn't it be
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -a /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media
ln -s /sdcard/media /system/media

Nitro212 said:
shouldn't it be
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -a /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media
ln -s /sdcard/media /system/media
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no need for the "ln -s" because the phone recognizes media on the /sdcard .. also the "cp -a" is not needed as the FAT32 does not recognize any permission settings from the files .. so you only need your method if you were to do something like moving it to EXT2:
#ln -s /system/sd/media /system/media
would then be necessary since the system does not automatically recognize the EXT2 partition

I have a question, i am going thru themes for competition and ran into one that is a full rc33 update. Is there any way to flash this without screwing up apps to sd? Can i put apps back to memory, flash, then reflash when im done and run copy.sh app script again, anyone?

Rinja said:
JFvMOD by LucidREM
-Seems to be the most popular version right now.
-Same as JF RC33 V1.42 except for a few added files to make APPS to SD really easy for everyone.
-Themes will not work on this unless you manually make it a "lite" version following the steps below
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Im currently running Lucid's JFvMod and a comp theme on dxtop. Works flawlessly and have all the stock notifications .... Thanks Lucid!

[THEME] UPgrade red overload 2.1

*****THIS IS FOR 2.1 ONLY*****
*****YOU MUST BE ROOTED*****
This will theme well over 90% of everything you see that has to do with the android os and blur if its still there.
Download my files here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=59KOD7MS
By downloading this you agree to take full responsibility for the actions you are about to preform.
Original files if needed http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0RNAMSQ3
If you have kousch's recovery installed, make a back up, if not use root explorer and make a back up of the following file.
/system/framework/blur-res.apk
download the other original system files here
Sorry no MM method only terminal emulator, so you have to suffer through typing about 10 lines of commands....
Unzip the entire contents onto your sdcard
open terminal emulator
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/Services.jar /system/framework
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
your phone will auto reboot. If you havent already applied a changed services or framework the boot animation will take a long time. If it by chance freezes, or does the boot sound but never shows the screen do a battery pull.
Once your phone reboots you will see a new lock screen and dark status bar with white font, if this is not the case you need to redo the steps above.
If you have root explorer, long press on the /system folder choose permissions. Make note of what permissions are set, grant everything permission for now. Change this back when your done. Failure to do so may cause an apk to not apply.
If you prefer you can reboot after each line command by simply typing reboot and hitting enter, just to make sure it boots clean, but its really not needed.
Put capitol letters when seen!!!! failure will cause duplicate applications!!!
Dont apply anything blur you deleted and dont want on your phone.
In terminal emulator
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/BlurPhone.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/BlurCalendar.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/BlurContacts.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/BlurHome.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/Gallery3D.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/Music.apk /system/app
cp /sdcard/Settings.apk /system/app
this one goes to new directory so pay attention, dont get type happy
cp /sdcard/blur-res.apk /system/framework
now type reboot and hit enter
phone may or may not have an extended boot.
If you use handcent and want it themed, uninstall your old one
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/com.handcent.nextsms.apk /system/app
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
Enjoy
Credit to
Me
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Teenfaces
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I learned a lot from looking at how everyone else themed to get ideas for mine.
all images came from google searches. Then edited as needed.

reserved for me

please wait... an operator will be with you shortly...

Whens the download going to be up?

Ok. Now that i reverted to stock i can't get my themed google maps to install.... sucks. Also my themed launcher pro keeps my registation code. So if i release that its stealing. I will work on these two tonight and see what i can do.
Either way, a dl will be posted in the morning.
Sorry
Sent via your mom and tapatalk

Maybe try re-signing it then install via adb install command as per the the autosign.bat method in my other post.

ignorant question. Can i install this using Rom manager?

No sir. But you have rom manager and haven't switched to 2.2?
sent by your mom on tapatalk

Yep but I used sbf switched back to 2.1......2.2 had a few bugs that drove me crazy
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk

running this theme
Ok backup made through rom mamnger. So im currently running rooted 2.1. Ive download the files and they are upzip on the root of the SD..can i simply type the codes in termnal emulator app on the phone and this should work?

catalystsupreme2 said:
Ok backup made through rom mamnger. So im currently running rooted 2.1. Ive download the files and they are upzip on the root of the SD..can i simply type the codes in termnal emulator app on the phone and this should work?
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yup just follow the codes in the OP, you can omit what ever you dont want.

bad4u6669 said:
yup just follow the codes in the OP, you can omit what ever you dont want.
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Big thanks for the help..everything worked flawlessly..very beautiful theme

catalystsupreme2 said:
Big thanks for the help..everything worked flawlessly..very beautiful theme
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any time, head over to my 2.2 thread for a few upgrades, they still work for users on 2.1

Never rooted before help?

I have finally received my OTA froyo 2.2 update. I am considering rooting to be able to use custom themes and such. I have a few questions.
What is the best and easiest method to root/unroot my 2.2 droid X?
What all do I need to download in order to successfully root?
What is deodexed? ( I keep seeing this as necessary for certain themes.)
What do I need to download to deodex my droid X?
Thanks in advance.

aplechaty said:
I have finally received my OTA froyo 2.2 update. I am considering rooting to be able to use custom themes and such. I have a few questions.
What is the best and easiest method to root/unroot my 2.2 droid X?
What all do I need to download in order to successfully root?
What is deodexed? ( I keep seeing this as necessary for certain themes.)
What do I need to download to deodex my droid X?
Thanks in advance.
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Best way to root/unroot:
Answer: EE THIS LINK: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-hacks/82584-droid-2-root-dx-ota-2-2-a.html
or Rootz wiki has some links if you search for it on google. I'm not sure that links are allowed here, or I would provide it.
ANSWER: There is a one click root/unroot made by Sil3ntkill (could have spelled wrong) over on alldroid.org. I have not used this method tho. I used the step by step process.
This also has the link for what you need to download as well! =)
DEODEXING:
Deodexing your phone modifies the .apk files on your phone (for the framework and services) I believe, which allows developers to then make custom themes, as these "deodexed" files can be easily modified and replaced.
How to Deodex:
I recommend just doing some searching. I think if you look in the themes/app sections of the Droid X forum here you can find an update.zip such as the following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793664
This is the black glass deodex method. You use the update.zip with koush's recovery and then use his back to stock method to remove the theme (black glass) that comes with the deodex process.
There are a lot of links out there that will tell you how to do the manual process. I did it manually myself, but have had a decent amount of experience with linux/command line. If you don't have a lot of experience, I might recommend using a method such as the black glass method I mentioned above.
If you are confident you can do a manual process, go for it! I think it's always more gratifying to try things the manual way... but that's just me! Hope this all helps =)

aplechaty said:
I have finally received my OTA froyo 2.2 update. I am considering rooting to be able to use custom themes and such. I have a few questions.
What is the best and easiest method to root/unroot my 2.2 droid X?
What all do I need to download in order to successfully root?
What is deodexed? ( I keep seeing this as necessary for certain themes.)
What do I need to download to deodex my droid X?
Thanks in advance.
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Once you get rooted, check my thread out for easy deodexing... {Deodex OTA 2.2}

EASY ROOT WITHOUT ADB
you will need:
*rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
*su
*Superuser.apk
*Some sort of terminal emulator in the market.
*enable USB debugging.
Settiings -> applications -> development -> USB debugging.
* EDIT: any line below that starts with a * is optional
- open up your favorite terminal emulator program
- cd /tmp
- cp /sdcard/rage*.bin /tmp/ (without "/tmp/" worked for me)
- chmod 777 rage*.bin
- ./rage*.bin
- ignore it's output, we are thinking outside of the box here, just wait for it to finish and return a $
- now go to settings -> applications -> manage applications -> running -> terminal and force close
- relaunch the terminal app and you should be greeted with the # symbol. you now have a root shell
- the rest is pretty much the same.
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
* cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
* chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
Once your all done, go ahead and reboot your phone.
*if you decide to unroot.
- open your terminal app
- you should see a $ symbol, now do the following
- su
- now you should see a # symbol
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
- rm /system/bin/su
* rm /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- reboot your phone.

Flash 10.3 Working HULU *Rooted Users*

This works for *me* even after reboots:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010606
What I am running:
EE4 stock rom with voodoo lagfix Kernel by JT and his CWR.
What I did to get this to work:
Set your browser to desktop view mode.
Install the latest Adobe Flash from the market.
Using Titanium Backup, uninstall Adobe Flash.
Install the latest APK from the Thunderbolt thread above (Flash 10.3 + Hulu_7.apk)
Launch your browser and go to Hulu.

Just tried the method in post 2 and it didn't work.

it only works on my droid charge until I reboot. it would seem that while the /data partition can be mounted read/write with root privileges, it cannot be remounted as read only therefore saving state leaving the new libflashplayer.so remaining.
when I do a mount / remount, I get this:
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /data
# mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /data
mount: Device or resource busy
uninstalling flash or the flash apk doesn't resolve the issues either. in fact they make it more complicated. on the droid charge, there is an app in /system/app called install_flash_player.apk that will install flash every time the charge is rebooted. you can rename it and it won't be installed on boot, but then you have the problem that /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer directory won't be created therefore going back to the original problem of being able to modify the /data partition and saving state.
if anyone can let me know how / why the /data partition can't be remounted as ro, let me know and I'll be happy to post instructions for getting it to work on the droid charge.
EDIT
I didn't actually install the apk from the link. I simply took the libflashplayer.so and replaced it with the one located in /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/flashplayer.so
unfortunately this is where I can't get /data to go back to read only saving state of the newly replaced flashplayer.so

twoa551 , perhaps one of the devs can chime in here.
Where is imnuts when you need him
twoa551, I will update the first post with instructions if you find any more info.

Needs more work

I think some of the newer roms have initd scripting. So I think we could create a script that would rewrite the .so file each time the phone reboots.

Updated original post. Let me know your results.

[WIP] how to deodex stock rom?

THIS HAS NOT BEEN TRIED ON THE ATRIX 2 YET! THIS IS JUST FOR HELP DECIDING IF THIS IS SAFE! I HAVE NOT PULLED THE TRIGGER YET! WITHOUT A WAY TO RECOVER I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT TRY IT.
I was thinking and remembered the original and deodexing the stock rom. The Atrix stock rom could be deodexed with a locked bootlader. In comparing the instructions below to our Atrix 2 I don't see a reason why this wouldn't work. Can some of you chime in with what you think?
Original post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162764
and post 50 -
1. Unzip xUltimate v2.2, and launch "Main.exe"
2. If everything goes well xUlt should recognize the phone and make a connection. You now should see a list of options.
3. Run option 1. After option 1 is done, run option 2.
4. Now these well take a while. Run option 3.
5. Now run option 4, and wait.
6. Exit xUltimate, and put the phone in USB mass storage.
7. Go back into the xUltimate folder and copy "done_frame", and "done_app", and move them to the root of the sdcard.
8. Put the phone in PC mode "MOTOROLA PHONE PORTAL"
9. Open a command prompt, and ENTER THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS: AFTER YOU ENTER su make sure you hit accept on your phone
C:\>cd\
C:\>android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /system/app/*.odex
rm /system/framework/*.odex
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
Some input from a little more experience than me?

I was thinking of trying the same thing, but I didn't want to run this without a way back.

I know they had tried it on the RZR and I think it caused a soft brick so they backed off till a way to flash. I was gonna try the way they had performed it till I seen they were having problems.
We are really stuck right now with no option to flash back to stock if we brick and I'm getting withdrawals LoL

I'm unfamiliar, whats the point?
Sent from my NookColor

Basically so you can change the look of system apps through theming the framework
Sent from my MB865 using xda premium

Is it possible for someone to upload the files from option 7. I cant seem to get xultimate to work, I always end up with a java error. And I'd like to play with some themes.

lfaber06 said:
Is it possible for someone to upload the files from option 7. I cant seem to get xultimate to work, I always end up with a java error. And I'd like to play with some themes.
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Do u have the jdk installed?

Yup. Even tried uninstalling all java and re-installing then unzipped xultimate to another directory. And no dice..

halfevildruid said:
Do u have the jdk installed?
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Step 7 is just a copy and paste from pc folder to sdcard.

That's what I want is all of the deodxed files so I can push em to my phone.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk

halfevildruid said:
THIS HAS NOT BEEN TRIED ON THE ATRIX 2 YET! THIS IS JUST FOR HELP DECIDING IF THIS IS SAFE! I HAVE NOT PULLED THE TRIGGER YET! WITHOUT A WAY TO RECOVER I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT TRY IT.
I was thinking and remembered the original and deodexing the stock rom. The Atrix stock rom could be deodexed with a locked bootlader. In comparing the instructions below to our Atrix 2 I don't see a reason why this wouldn't work. Can some of you chime in with what you think?
Original post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162764
and post 50 -
1. Unzip xUltimate v2.2, and launch "Main.exe"
2. If everything goes well xUlt should recognize the phone and make a connection. You now should see a list of options.
3. Run option 1. After option 1 is done, run option 2.
4. Now these well take a while. Run option 3.
5. Now run option 4, and wait.
6. Exit xUltimate, and put the phone in USB mass storage.
7. Go back into the xUltimate folder and copy "done_frame", and "done_app", and move them to the root of the sdcard.
8. Put the phone in PC mode "MOTOROLA PHONE PORTAL"
9. Open a command prompt, and ENTER THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS: AFTER YOU ENTER su make sure you hit accept on your phone
C:\>cd\
C:\>android-sdk-windows\platform-tools\adb shell
su
stop
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /system/app/*.odex
rm /system/framework/*.odex
cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
reboot
Some input from a little more experience than me?
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deodexed make it zipalign or not?? in xultimate have zipalign.exe . how to use it??