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Is it possible to remove the CDFS partition (Verizon Mobile) without rooting the phone?
It is the company's phone, so no rooting for me but I would love to be able to use the TB as a USB stick on my JVC KD-AVX77 in the car. Right now it doesn't see any music and I suspect that's because of that CDFS partition.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I'd like to know this as well...
Bumping this up. Even if it requires root, would still like to know how to do it period, as I can't seem to find any info anywhere.
you have to delete a file and you need to be rooted to do so because it is a system file.
/system/etc/cdrom.iso is the file that needs to be deleted
magneticzero said:
you have to delete a file and you need to be rooted to do so because it is a system file.
/system/etc/cdrom.iso is the file that needs to be deleted
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Awesome, thanks!
magneticzero said:
you have to delete a file and you need to be rooted to do so because it is a system file.
/system/etc/cdrom.iso is the file that needs to be deleted
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How big is the file "cdrom.iso"?
bignew67 said:
How big is the file "cdrom.iso"?
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I dont recall offhand...it isnt that big....more annoying than how big it is
The ISO is only about 6mb. However, after removing it, the CD drive still shows up when connected, just with no data. Any thoughts, or is this something a kernel dev/CM7(lol down with Sense!) is going to have to take care of?
In the programming menu the option was removed. Take the Incredible for instance, you could disable it, but not so on the TB for now. Unless someone figures out a way to change it Im out of ideas, but removing it worked for me.
magneticzero said:
In the programming menu the option was removed. Take the Incredible for instance, you could disable it, but not so on the TB for now. Unless someone figures out a way to change it Im out of ideas, but removing it worked for me.
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Well at least removing it gets rid of the autorun prompt. Good enough for now, and I'm sure the CM team will figure it out.
Root here. Didn't work for me. I can't mount my sd card through my phone after deleting that file.
I did flash adrenalyn's 1.9 kernal some days before which may be the cause of my having a different result from others in this thread however I think it's a good idea to DO A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE ATTEMPTING!
or at least rename the file with a .old or .bak extension, whatever ya like... luckily I have the backup from before the kernal flash
would logcat be able to track down what's being accessed while the phone is mounting volumes while enabling disk mode?
Rather than removing it, I replaced it with an ISO of my own that has the Tether for Android setup exe and dmg, and a few other misc files I might need
Not that I would pay for Hulu, but I watch their free content sometimes. This is a travesty.
yea I noticed this yesterday too...disappointing.
HULU works on the skyrocket........
just use one of the deodexed roms(like this one-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341616), which will let you edit the libs of the Flashplayer. use the Libflashplayer.so hack that is on xda replace it and give it the proper premission and BAM!!!! you got hulu
have been watching hulu on my phone since melvin dropped his first rom.
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
the2rrell said:
HULU works on the skyrocket........
just use one of the deodexed roms(like this one-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341616), which will let you edit the libs of the Flashplayer. use the Libflashplayer.so hack that is on xda replace it and give it the proper premission and BAM!!!! you got hulu
have been watching hulu on my phone since melvin dropped his first rom.
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
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Yeah, but.. Would be nice if it worked on Stock Rom.
fonewiz said:
Yeah, but.. Would be nice if it worked on Stock Rom.
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it IS a stock rom, its just deodexed(allows manipulation) but its str8 stock even has all those crap apps that you might like stock kernel as well.
the2rrell said:
it IS a stock rom, its just deodexed(allows manipulation) but its str8 stock even has all those crap apps that you might like stock kernel as well.
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I know that but what I consider stock is a ROM that hasn't been messed with at all.
I normally run Cyanogen Mod 7 but it's not available yet.
No, I don't like the crap bloatware apps.
Thing is, I will not die without Hulu and it's not enough reason for me to grab the first thing that comes along and install it.
I am actually enjoying the stock rom on this phone. Can't do everything I am used to but, I have to say that it's been pretty nice.
I will likely consider Cyanogen when it comes out for this phone but I am going to have to think pretty hard at this point. That rom has caused nothing but issues for me on multiple phones in regards to GPS which I rely on quite a bit. I know there are fixes and I got my GPS working after a lot of hassle on my Evo but never had success fixing it on my Inspire. Been nice having my GPS working without an issue on my Skyrocket. So... At this point, I just don't want to mess with the stock rom until I have a chance to evaluate it more.
My phone is rooted and that seemed to be all I needed to edit the needed files in the past but I guess not in this case.
Didn't Hulu come out recently and say they are supporting all Android devices now or was that Netflix?
fonewiz said:
I know that but what I consider stock is a ROM that hasn't been messed with at all.
I normally run Cyanogen Mod 7 but it's not available yet.
No, I don't like the crap bloatware apps.
Thing is, I will not die without Hulu and it's not enough reason for me to grab the first thing that comes along and install it.
I am actually enjoying the stock rom on this phone. Can't do everything I am used to but, I have to say that it's been pretty nice.
I will likely consider Cyanogen when it comes out for this phone but I am going to have to think pretty hard at this point. That rom has caused nothing but issues for me on multiple phones in regards to GPS which I rely on quite a bit. I know there are fixes and I got my GPS working after a lot of hassle on my Evo but never had success fixing it on my Inspire. Been nice having my GPS working without an issue on my Skyrocket. So... At this point, I just don't want to mess with the stock rom until I have a chance to evaluate it more.
My phone is rooted and that seemed to be all I needed to edit the needed files in the past but I guess not in this case.
Didn't Hulu come out recently and say they are supporting all Android devices now or was that Netflix?
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I agree the Stock rom on the SR is great thats why im not even worried about not having 5 or 6 roms to choose from. i thinks its pretty nice as is. but i like to be able to edit certain files. and i think all you need it root explorer and you CAN edit pretty much everything on the phone.
but i didnt notice that you cant edit the build.prop, or the libs. i had to pull the build prop and edit on my comp and push it back.
and CM7 is a buggy nice little rom one of those things were you deal with the problems cuz its so damn nice. same with miui.
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I agree the Stock rom on the SR is great thats why im not even worried about not having 5 or 6 roms to choose from. i thinks its pretty nice as is. but i like to be able to edit certain files. and i think all you need it root explorer and you CAN edit pretty much everything on the phone.
but i didnt notice that you cant edit the build.prop, or the libs. i had to pull the build prop and edit on my comp and push it back.
and CM7 is a buggy nice little rom one of those things were you deal with the problems cuz its so damn nice. same with miui.
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What did you change in the build.prop? The manufacturer, the model screen settings? I have done this on multiple devices including my Honeycomb tablet. My HoneyComb tablet (Acer A100) is running stock rom and I know I was able to edit the build.prop on that just using ES Explorer.
Let me know what to change and I will give it a whack, after backing up the build.prop file and making a nandroid
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What did you change in the build.prop? The manufacturer, the model screen settings? I have done this on multiple devices including my Honeycomb tablet. My HoneyComb tablet (Acer A100) is running stock rom and I know I was able to edit the build.prop on that just using ES Explorer.
Let me know what to change and I will give it a whack, after backing up the build.prop file and making a nandroid
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i just wanted to edit the DPI.......but had no luck with RootExplorer. or Prop editor.
i had to use note pad on my PC.
the2rrell said:
if for some reason you just cant manage to find the Hack i will post it up for you and give credit to the Dev.
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I've been looking all over for the Libflashplayer.so Hack... I can't find one that applies to Flash 11.
Anyone find the link?
jmreed97 said:
I've been looking all over for the Libflashplayer.so Hack... I can't find one that applies to Flash 11.
Anyone find the link?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Slider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Spider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
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I did that, no luck. I double and triple checked the instructions. I did not do the stagefright thing or use the APK available.
fonewiz said:
I did that, no luck. I double and triple checked the instructions. I did not do the stagefright thing or use the APK available.
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what permissions did you give it?
are you on the STOCK rom?? if so thats the problem<<
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what permissions did you give it?
are you on the STOCK rom?? if so thats the problem<<
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I have it permissions specified in the post.
Yes, I am on Stock but I didn't see that running a custom ROM was required.
Thanks for the help.
fonewiz said:
I have it permissions specified in the post.
Yes, I am on Stock but I didn't see that running a custom ROM was required.
Thanks for the help.
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It shouldnt be......
may i ask what files you are seeing in the Lib folder on the com.adaobe.flashplayer.
you shouuld have four files in there already right? i have seen it where it is empty sometimes and that means this wont work. ALSO if you unistall flash and reinstall flash 11 it repopulate the lib folder and i have had luck with this as well. once you get it will stick though. you wont have to this every reboot or anything.
the2rrell said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119530 <<<<Thanks Spider
here is a full thread about how to use it......just ignore the apk and stage fight.
all you need to do is grab the .so file and insert into the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib and change the permissions
and your done
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Sweet! Thanks!
It's working great for me.
FYI - this is on top of the SkySTOCKeteer rom.
the2rrell said:
It shouldnt be......
may i ask what files you are seeing in the Lib folder on the com.adaobe.flashplayer.
you shouuld have four files in there already right? i have seen it where it is empty sometimes and that means this wont work. ALSO if you unistall flash and reinstall flash 11 it repopulate the lib folder and i have had luck with this as well. once you get it will stick though. you wont have to this every reboot or anything.
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On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
syairahhanis said:
On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
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thats the Internal SD....you have to go through Data/Data/Com.adobeflashplayer.lib/Lib<<<<you will find it in there.
but i believe you have to be on a DEODEXED rom....not the stock unless you know how to pull a lib file from the phone extract and edit. then push it back(this meathod is harder)
syairahhanis said:
On my skyrocket flash 11 is already installed and i ve updated it to 11.1. however i cant seem to find the "com.adobe.flashplayer." folder at all
ive attached a picture of my folders.
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You also need root access. I used root explorer (from the market) to access the appropriate folder on my phone.
jmreed97 said:
You also need root access. I used root explorer (from the market) to access the appropriate folder on my phone.
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this is true, but even with root on the stock rom(odexed) i dont think you can edit the lib files.
im pretty sure.
So I got my self this nice tab ASUS Memo Pad HD 7 (ME173x), rooted the thing as soon as I got home, removed some bloatware and then after few hours a notification for an OTA upgrade hits me (wich ofc was not available manually).
You are obviously reading this 'couse the upgrade fails, just a broken droid when it tries to flash the upgrade.
Maybe the upgrade is like of a patch (it's just 56MB) and it fails me because I have removed some (well lots actually...) of those nice installed apps?
What to do? Wait for a maybe more substantial upgrade? Look for a full factory image? Just swap the tablet with a new one claiming that "OMG doesn-t-work" (hmm and what after I root the new one, de-bloat, and an other new upgrade hits the air...).
Thanks!
I found the upgrade, wich is cached in /cache/dlpkgfile (and it's a *.zip).
If I browse it I found a lot of apps patches in system/app : would it be safe to erase just those I've disinstalled, re-zip and try to upgrade?
Well the whole upgrade has a checksum, which is not easy to recreate as the script makepatch works (I guess) with a full source / dest combo. Nor it would be simply to re-install some of the apps from market as the versions could mismatch with those provided in the base.
This means that we should need backups from a original un-upgraded device, and see if that would get through the patching.
A factory image would be useful actually.
Hey, ea_.
Sorry that I can't really help you with the update or anything, but I was wondering if you could upload that dlpkg file somewhere for me.
A friend of mine has a MeMO Pad 7 HD here, and he messed up when (improperly) installing Chainfire 3D, rendering the device soft-bricked. Now it's all cool, because I can still access the system and manipulate it, and it's rooted on top of that, so I'm still in control. The problem is as you've mentioned: those idiots at ASUS don't have any upgrade/recovery images posted, so while I am capable of restoring the stupid thing, there's absolutely nowhere [that I can see] to restore FROM!
I was hoping to find someone with a tablet like this, who could share his system files or a recovery image of some sort from which I could recover the device...
IceDrake said:
Hey, ea_.
Sorry that I can't really help you with the update or anything, but I was wondering if you could upload that dlpkg file somewhere for me.
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Too bad: I gave back my unit yesterday for a replacement (so I could back-up the whole thing as stock) but my shop was out of stock.
They say maybe they'll get some more by 9 August.
IceDrake said:
Hey, ea_.
Sorry that I can't really help you with the update or anything, but I was wondering if you could upload that dlpkg file somewhere for me.
A friend of mine has a MeMO Pad 7 HD here, and he messed up when (improperly) installing Chainfire 3D, rendering the device soft-bricked. Now it's all cool, because I can still access the system and manipulate it, and it's rooted on top of that, so I'm still in control. The problem is as you've mentioned: those idiots at ASUS don't have any upgrade/recovery images posted, so while I am capable of restoring the stupid thing, there's absolutely nowhere [that I can see] to restore FROM!
I was hoping to find someone with a tablet like this, who could share his system files or a recovery image of some sort from which I could recover the device...
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I have one unit. Let me know what files you need, and I'll help you out.
ericmaxman said:
I have one unit. Let me know what files you need, and I'll help you out.
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Sweet!
Essentially, I wanted the entire /system (/system/*) so I could compare all the files and find the ones that were modified, or in the worst case: replace them all with the working ones and keep the image for future recovery.
Seeing that the /system partition here is nearly 700MB in .tar.gz form, it might be a bit cumbersome to upload, so if there's a problem with that, these seem more essential to me than the rest:
/system/bin
/system/etc
/system/lib
/system/vendor
/system/build.prop
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Also, /system/usr seems like it may contain device-specific/personal stuff, so you might want to skip this one either way.
Many thanks!
P.S. Sorry for shamelessly hijacking and derailing the thread. The one I created is here and may be more appropriate.
2 options:
1) restore the removed "bloatware" to its original location
I had the same problem. You can check the update log on the device after the update. I believe it is in /cache/recovery/last_log and you will find the problem.
In Android 4.2 you can better disable bloatware via app manager and disable apps you don't need. Or just rename .apk to .apk.ORG in /system/app (after used stop command and then rm /data/dalvik-cache/* and reboot)
2) restore complete firmware with these tools:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=486532
Latest full firmware is ME173X_WW_user_4.2.4.06716_20130918
If you use flash_tool.exe from ULK173_20130618_2123_CSC then load scatter file (MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt) from the main firmware, then flash it.
See attached picture. It is a factory reset process!
Pandawill also has a section in the forum describing flash process: http://www.pandawillforum.com/showt...er-PX2-MTK8389-Quad-Core-(update-Sep-6th-2013)
Found a really nice, simple boot animation but it is in zip form, as we all know this means it works on all phones except Samsung's
Anyone know of a way to allow me to use it? I saw a thing a while back using old Samsung software on a computer to change it to the required format but I can find anything on it now.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8reUq4h3RI
Any help is greatly appreciated.
sstrong00 said:
Found a really nice, simple boot animation but it is in zip form, as we all know this means it works on all phones except Samsung's
Anyone know of a way to allow me to use it? I saw a thing a while back using old Samsung software on a computer to change it to the required format but I can find anything on it now.
Video preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8reUq4h3RI
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Try this tutorial
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2696914
Hia this is my first post here!
I am having an issue with my Samsung s10e that is rooted with magisk. I have messed with the gps.conf files and i was wondering if anyone can give me the default gps.conf files for my firmware?
And just in case, where i should put this.
My gps is completely useless at this point, only way to get location is via wifi.
Thank you if anyone can help me
RealIndica said:
Hia this is my first post here!
I am having an issue with my Samsung s10e that is rooted with magisk. I have messed with the gps.conf files and i was wondering if anyone can give me the default gps.conf files for my firmware?
And just in case, where i should put this.
My gps is completely useless at this point, only way to get location is via wifi.
Thank you if anyone can help me
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Download the stock firmware for your specific model number and region, then extract the gps.conf from the firmware for yourself.
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Droidriven said:
Download the stock firmware for your specific model number and region, then extract the gps.conf from the firmware for yourself.
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Hia yes i could do this but i do not have any computer at the moment, only the phone itself :/
RealIndica said:
Hia yes i could do this but i do not have any computer at the moment, only the phone itself :/
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Ok, what is your point? This should be possible without needing a PC.
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Download the stock firmware for your specific model number and region, then extract the gps.conf from the firmware for yourself.
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Ok, what is your point? This should be possible without needing a PC.
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Lack of storage space, long extraction times, long wait download..
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Lack of storage space, long extraction times, long wait download..
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Where there is a will, there is a way, you just aren't willing. That is your failing, not ours.
Oh, you mean you are lazy and it isn't convenient enough for you? You may as well have said "because I don't want to" or "because I don't feel like doing it". I'm pretty sure that creating problems that you aren't prepared for is not convenient either.
The fact that you attempted to modify gps without making a TWRP backup and without first downloading your stock firmware before you made the modification tells me that you did not even try to prepare for potential problems before you made the modification. If you had properly prepared before making the modification, you wouldn't have to be here asking for the files that you need. If you aren't willing to be prepared before modifying your device then you shouldn't be modifying your device. Don't be lazy and don't expect everyone here to cater to your desire for convenience.
Lack of storage space? You have an S10 don't you? I'm sure it has at least 16GB of internal storage and also has an external sdcard slot, so storage space is the least of your issues. Long extraction time? So it isn't convenient, big deal. Long download time? Having a copy of stock firmware is very important, regardless of how long it takes to download.
I'm willing to bet that the gps.conf is not the only thing or the last thing that you will attempt to modify, this means that somewhere along the way, you will probably attempt to modify something else and cause another issue. If you download your stock firmware NOW, you will have what you need if something else goes wrong. Besides, what are you going to do if you corrupt your device to the point that the stock firmware must be flashed in order to fix it? Also, modifying devices without having a PC on hand to fix potential issues is not very sensible, get a PC or at least find a way to have access to a PC when needed.
Downloading your stock firmware for the files you need now or the files you may need in the future will save yourself and all of us the hassle of finding/providing what you need the next time you screw up. Save yourself the trouble and download your firmware, the fact that you "don't want to" doesn't matter. If you had downloaded it, you would already have your device fixed by now instead of still waiting for someone to do it for you. I'd say that is more convenient, wouldn't you?
The point is, you can do this for yourself, if you want your phone fixed, get busy.
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