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Originally posted in the CM5 test thread, this is my all in one 'patcher'
basically it consolidates 'scripts' I have been posting in the CM5 thread to help people out.
It also includes a couple of things that I have not posted, but found useful myself. these are the 'shabang' and 'remount script'
fr-patch141-BETA3.txt
Current options
Code:
# All In One Patcher AIOMenu Version 1.4.1 BETA2
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[1] [ ] (a2sd) FroYo Apps 2 sdext
[2] [ ] (sdext) sd-ext mount for CM6
[3] [ ] (lwp) Live Wallpaper (work around) \*
[4] [ ] (lsd) Leagacy /system/sd mount point
[5] [ ] (swap) swap
[6] [ ] (shabang) shabang
[7] [ ] (remount) system remount script
[8] [ ] (fb) Facebook 1.2.x sync for G1/Dream/Trout
[9] [ ] (fixp) fix_permissions patch ( for CM5.0.x )
[10] [ ] (dc2x) dalvik-cache bind mount
[11] [ ] (ddb) /data/(data,system) bind mount
[12] [ ] (rba) random bootanimations
[13] [ ] (fsdext) force sd-ext mount script
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Enter the Number ( separate multiple with space )
Enter 0 to install sellected
This 'patch' file is simply for delivery, it is not required once you have installed the patches you want.
Update:2010-08-04
the 1.3.x version of Facebook no longer requires the 'fb fix'
Change log
1.4.1 beta2 ( 2010-11-07 )
typo fixes
removed messages that printed Danger detected ,, just creates confusion
added /data/local/bootanimations to random bootanim, ( for people without sd-ext )
1.4.1 beta ( 2010-10-28 )
v1.3.5 FroYoApps2sd see here for instructions point 4 onward
new menu system
you can still pass options, the ones in ()
new script, data/data bind, put /data/data on /sd-ext and get more room
force sd-ext mount, use line aio fsdext in your customMTD mtdpartmap.txt file
ensures your new nightly cm6.1 will mount /sd-ext
new script, random bootanimations
put a collection of bootanimation.zips in /sd-ext/bootanimations/
either rename the zips or give each one its own folder
1.4.0 ( 2010-09-06 )
v1.3.4 FroYoApps2sd see here for instructions point 4 onwards
swappy's swapfile creation now gives progress display
userinit patch ( for those without sd-ext mount ) working again
a change in CM6 nightlies supports /data/local/userinit.sh but not userinit.d, patching was skipped, but now it checks for both .sh and .d
made some changes to the script 'generation', making easier ( I hope ) to manage on github
1.3.9 ( 2010-08-23 )
fixed 'id' error in RA Recovery ( probably has more problems in RA Recovery, I'll fix in next version )
v1.32 FroYoApps2sd see here for instructions point 4 onwards
1.3.8 ( 2010-08-12 )
v1.3.8b , fixed a null variable + a fi on wrong line
added FroYo apps2sdext ( v1.2 )
includes ApkManager, to manage app location
added swapfile support ( create and resize swapfile with swappy in terminal/adb shell )
1.3.7 ( 2010-08-10 )
can be run in recovery
swappiness defaults to 20
new script /system/bin/swappy , change swappiness ( just type swappy in terminal )
remount rw/ro now works again ( I included the fix this time )
lwp script 'recreates' hw3d.xml if it does not exist
1.3.5 => 1.3.6
minor changes
1.3.4 ( 2010-07-16 )
added sdext mount for CM6
includes IConrad01's fix
Included IConrad01's fix in swap script
[*]fix system remount script ( remount (rw/ro) now working
before fix only (rw/ro)system symlinks were working oops, I didn't upload that fix
1.3.3 ( 2010-06-23 )
minor clean up for MT3G userinit patch
support for Custom partition layouts, ZERO brick risk!
if you are using a Custom Partition map, dc2x will now behave like DangerSPL ( dalvik-cache bind mount to sd-ext )
why? because we are playing about and have got rid of cache I have 90mb system and 114mb data
1.3.2
fixes dex getting rebuilt each boot, after flashing NoneDanger CM5.0.7 test(3/4) or NoneDanger CM5.0.7 test5+
will make a better fix for next major revision.
1.3.1
fixed the reverse flag ( changed from -r to rev , and the test in script )
1.3
added reverse option for swap lwp and dc2x
fixed userinit patch for those without sd ext partition
1.2
Fixed Patch 20userinit to use /data/local/userinit.sh ( not /sd-ext/userinit.sh)
added laegacy sd mount point 'fix'
Fixed neocore workaround ( LWP script ) NB Neocore workaround currently disabled
expanded fix_permissions target ( some roms have .sh )
Only run fixp when SD_EXT_DIRECTORY environment is found
1.1
Fixed script to install userinit.d directory in the right place when no sd-ext partition.
1.0
First release
Can I use this script on any rom?
_probably_ but I have only tested it on CM5/6 ( so far )
the options marked with * require 'run-parts' this is where the boot.img executes scripts within a specified directory.
When I was writing the script I anticipated this and incorporated a check, disabling the install of the options which require it.
edit: the dc2x might do very nasty things to a none CM5/6, I'll insert a sanity check
I like the idea of some of the 'run-part' scripts, but my rom doesn't use that
I have an idea in mind, where I test the running boot.img's init.rc for the import/trigger commands. I can use that to setup a run parts
trouble is, not all ramdisks are made equal.
Some popular 'roms' don't have a boot.img with a compatible init, even though the init.rc has import/trigger. So it may not work and I don't fancy manually fixing all the broken boot.imgs
But I may at some point detail how you can do that yourself
Some more detail on the options
*new* Random Bootanimations
This adds a script which will randomly select a bootanimation from /sd-ext/bootanimations ( or /data/local/bootanimations/ if /sd-ext is not mounted )
it searches for zip files in the bootanimations folder.
you can either have
unique names e.g.
/sd-ext/bootanimations/bootanimation1.zip
/sd-ext/bootanimations/bootanimation2.zip
/sd-ext/bootanimations/nexusanim.zip
or each in its own folder e.g.
/sd-ext/bootanimations/ba1/bootanimation.zip
/sd-ext/bootanimations/nexus/bootanimation.zip
/sd-ext/bootanimations/another/another.zip
or a mix of both, I don't care
if /system/media/bootanimation.zip exists, that will also have a random chance
( personally I remove it from the ROM before flashing, it saves me a chunk of system space,, I just put a copy in /sd-ext/bootanimations/
*new* data/data binds
Space tight on data?
this will put /data/data ( and /data/sysem ) on your sd-ext, and bind mount them back to data
it will free up 30+mb * on /data
* depends on how many and what apps you have
if you decide you don't like it
Code:
su
sh /sd-ext/userinit.d/11datadata-binds off
to turn it off , note it will check if you have enough space on data, don't blame me if it refuses to move it back, or if it moves it back and you get low space warnings. titanium backup and do a full wipe and start again from scratch
shabang
simply adds #!/system/bin/sh to the wrapper scripts for some of the java code in /system/framework
basically it will let you run things like pm ( package manager ) from an Almquist shell (ash), bash or busybox sh ( which I think is just ash )
remount
is a somewhat bloated script inspired by Maxisma's rwsystem script
the 'bloat' is cachehack detection ( to make sure all system files are rw ) and some feedback, both to the user and any scripts which use it (via a 0/1 exit code )
lwp
when I first did the '3D' kernel for CE1.2, ( based on what Case_ did )
I hinted in the ramdisk's init.rc at what goes on here
the patch does two things
first , on boot it restricts access to /dev/msm_hw3dr and /dev/msm_hw3dc, so only root and the graphics group can access it.
Then, we give the graphics group to apps which have the android.permission Write External Storage
the idea being that Live wallpapers would be forced to drop back to software3d
( we know lwp worked ok(ish) on ramhack kernels ; )
but Gallery3D and most Games get given graphics group ( becuse they have the WES permission )
NB, this will not fix the 'Nexus LWP Pack' pushed from another ROM
only Market LWP will work on cm5 test3
swap
on boot get a script to run, which just runs swapon against every sd partition, its a 'suck and see' but it works no matter which partition you have swap on, so no messing about editing it for typical g1 setup fat32/ext/swap , or an mt3g with just fat32/swap
fb
Edits the build.trout.prop file, changing a couple of values so that facebook 1.2.1 sync works
( if you ask me its the app which is broken, but this is a workaround )
fixp
the fix_permissions script is hardcoded with the legacy /system/sd, this patch converts it to use $SD_EXT_DIRECTORY
so it won't miss apps on your sd card ext partition
dc2x
Dalvik-cache bind mounts
For NoneDangerSPL , a bind mount between /cache/dalvik-cache and /data/dalvik-cache is created on boot
NoneDanger has a /cache partition of 67mb , which is perfectly adequate for the dex files
it frees up space on data ( which is 14mb smaller than DangerSPL )
For DangerSPL
/cache is way too small, at just 30mb , but stock cm5's framework and system app dex files are 31mb , which does eat right into the space available on data
so, a bind mount between /sd-ext/dalvik-cache and /data/dalvik-cache is created on boot., very much like the old style a2sd
this option will free up space on data, especially useful if you have apps which want to create large /data/data/ directories
for MT3G , didn't make much sense to do anything, data is huge, but with /cache at 80mb I could be persuaded to bind with that
reserving for future use
great work firerat.
like
Will this script work for cm5 based ROMs like Superbad 1.2.1?
tman7510 said:
Will this script work for cm5 based ROMs like Superbad 1.2.1?
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yeah, should be fine
can't guarantee it as I haven't looked at superbad, but if it is cm5 based, no problem.
so how do we use it? Just download the patch to the root of sd and run the commands from terminal or what?
Klyentel said:
so how do we use it? Just download the patch to the root of sd and run the commands from terminal or what?
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Code:
example
sh /sdcard/fr-patch12.txt swap lwp fixp
will setup swap, patch fix_permissions to see apps on sd
and setup the gpu permissions to enable lwp + 3d apps
It seems like the LWP fix doesn't want to play nice with the MyTouch 1.2
Firerat said:
Code:
example
sh /sdcard/fr-patch12.txt swap lwp fixp
will setup swap, patch fix_permissions to see apps on sd
and setup the gpu permissions to enable lwp + 3d apps
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thanks, I should of waited before i asked that question... Right after posting I read back over the OP and saw the example in the code box. Gonna try this out now.
Awesome work Firerat. Just used it to fix Facebook sync in CM 5.0.7-t3 for G1. Works perfectly.
Re: [PATCH] Firerat 'all in one' patch file [ v1.2 - 2010-05-11 ]
Works like a charm, after a flash and a fix, I haven't the slightest problem.
Thanks firerat!
Oh, and if you delete /sd-ext/userinit.d/25Swap
swap will be turned off
(I'll add a revert feature to the script )
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has this been done?
how to revert?
shawn1224 said:
It seems like the LWP fix doesn't want to play nice with the MyTouch 1.2
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as I don't have a mytouch 1.2 I can't test it
but I can't think why it wouldn't work if it worked on a g1
maybe I need to clarify, it won't fix the lwp which fc, because they are not supported in the framework
currently, cm5 test3 , only lwp from the market work
it appears lwp are being coded out of the dream/magic frameworks
presumably because of their lack of stability
Hi Firerat
I've installed the patch because my facebook wasn't syncing properly; I installed the "/all". Thanks now facebook syncs but since that I can not switch back to 2G only, even when I tick the "only 2G network" the 3G icon and connexion are always here, it firstly disappear and then 2 sec after the 3G reappears.
Do you havea a clue ?
Cheers !
Firerat said:
as I don't have a mytouch 1.2 I can't test it
but I can't think why it wouldn't work if it worked on a g1
maybe I need to clarify, it won't fix the lwp which fc, because they are not supported in the framework
currently, cm5 test3 , only lwp from the market work
it appears lwp are being coded out of the dream/magic frameworks
presumably because of their lack of stability
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Yea, I wasn't banking on it working with the Nexus default LWP but I still get the reset glitch when it goes into sleep mode using seeds of life LWP off the market.
tplotplo said:
Hi Firerat
I've installed the patch because my facebook wasn't syncing properly; I installed the "/all". Thanks now facebook syncs but since that I can not switch back to 2G only, even when I tick the "only 2G network" the 3G icon and connexion are always here, it firstly disappear and then 2 sec after the 3G reappears.
Do you havea a clue ?
Cheers !
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sorry , not a clue
and I really can't see how anything would effect 3G
Thanks for the reply mate, I was thinking about the same, the script changes nothing related to the 3G settings, I really don't understand :s
I will nand backup
Keep up the good shared work anyway
Cheers
shawn1224 said:
Yea, I wasn't banking on it working with the Nexus default LWP but I still get the reset glitch when it goes into sleep mode using seeds of life LWP off the market.
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hmm,
seeds of life seems to be working on my g1
let me see if I can figure out why it wouldn't be working for you
My bad Fire, I just backed up, test 3 img before your script was being installed, wiped everything and had the same problem again, so nothing to do with your work
Cheers
Introducing...
Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7.5.3 Beta 04
Date of Release: January 29, 2011
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Instructions - Change Log - Commands - ROM List - Developer's Guide
Darktremor Apps2SD Fan Page ----
Darktremor Apps2SD Development Group
Are you installing Darktremor Apps2SD on your phone? Here are the instructions to help you: Facebook
Are you a developer wanting to include Darktremor Apps2SD in your latest ROM? Here is the Developer Guide: Facebook
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Update on Beta 4
It seems I'm getting mixed results with these betas. I'm not sure why this is occurring, some people have been able to get this working right while others have had a hard time with it.
Currently, I'm rebuilding the entire program. This takes a while because I have to figure out how to pack all these options into the program but make it small enough to where it will run correctly.
I will say that some of the beta features are coming back out...one of them is the search for a partition code. I suspect that code may be leading me into issues with certain platforms, so I'm going back to the 2.7.5.2 method of mounting (mmcblk0p2 or mmcblk1p2).
Also, parts of the code will use Busybox Ash (the only code that won't will be starta2sd, which will still use Bash for the time being). The startup code will definitely use Busybox Ash.
Until then, here are the links to the the last two betas and the last official release:
Version 2.7.5.3 Beta 04 - http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip
Version 2.7.5.3 Beta 03 - http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta03-signed.zip
Version 2.7.5.2-1 - http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip
And, if you want past versions, you can view the repository: ftp://dtuser:[email protected] (ignore the smiley face...that's XDA doing that.)
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Beta 04 took longer than I expected to release. I have done major changes to the code:
1. New commands: convert-ext4 - This will convert your EXT3 partition into EXT4. Just a friendly reminder on this command: Not every rom supports EXT4, so it is possible to go into a boot loop if you switch roms. Use with caution.
2. Reworked convert-ext3 (convert-ext4 gets similar code)...now a flag file is set before the reboot (no conversion is done before the reboot). At load time, the conversion is performed. This takes longer in the reboot process and you may think your phone has locked up...wait about five minutes before doing anything with the phone.
3. Repair is rebuilt...now it uses existing commands to repair the setup (reinstall, remove, cachesd, cachepart, nocache, datasd, nodata). Definitely shrinks the code.
4. Added fix_permissions program to the package. This may help with Superuser issues when using the datasd feature. It is used in reinstall, remove, datasd and nodata.
5. a2sd install is back!!! Both a2sd install and a2sd reinstall do the exact same thing.
6. Dalvik heap code has been shrunk and now creates a file called dalvikheap. Actually, the code has been doing this all along (since about 2.7.5.2, I think), but I never put the code in to use the file.
7. Low Memory Killer code has also been shrunk and uses a file caled dtset_lowmem to set the low memory killer parameter.
8. Replaced Busybox PS function with Toolbox PS. The issue with Busybox PS is that it gives a false reading when I look for android.process.acore (which is the main program when the GUI starts up). If that is present, the program thinks you are trying to run Darktremor without any command line parameters. This was because Busybox would report the process was there when, in reality, it wasn't (validated this when my phone was boot looping.) Toolbox's PS reports the correct setting. This should fix the bootlooping issues some people are experiencing.
9. New commands: usedtbusybox and usedefaultbusybox - these commands may help in diagnosing issues that is may be related to the native Busybox on your rom. a2sd usedtbusybox will use the Busybox that is packaged with Darktremor. a2sd usedefaultbusybox will turn back on the scan behavior of the program introduced in Beta 03.
10. Support for Darktremor Apps2SD version 2.7 and earlier has been discontinued. To upgrade correctly from one of those versions, use version 2.7.5.3 Beta 03b or earlier.
11. Finally fixed stalled boot issues (or at least my tests with several roms says so.)
See the change log for additional details.
You will notice that if the program runs repair and finds a problem, it will correct the issue and reboot. You will see a second reboot when the dalvik-cache clears (this is to fix timing issues with CyanogenMod...I can't control that startup as well as I can other roms). This only happens if repair is ran or you flash a new rom (as repair will realign all data). If you are upgrading from a previous version of Darktremor, you should not see the reboots.
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This is Darktremor Apps2SD, a multipurpose program that primarily allows a user to execute applications created for the Android OS on their Secure Digital card (with the proper setup...more on that later). But, Darktremor Apps2SD is all about stability. The goal is to be able for all users of the Android OS to be able to take advantage of a method to run their applications from a secure digital card.
But just because the Darktremor Apps2SD is all about stability, doesn't mean it isn't packed with features:
- Move applications (both free and paid) to the Secure Digital card.
- Move Dalvik Cache to run either from your Secure Digital card or from your cache partition and clears the cache on demand.
- Boot Loop Protection: prevents the phone from boot looping in the event the SD card could not be mounted.
- Dalvik JIT for faster performance on Roms which support it.
- User selectable sizes for the Dalvik heap sizes, allowing a user to freely optimize their system.
- Activate a swap partition on your SD card and sets how often the swap partition is utilized.
- Automatically fixes configuration issues.
- Users can check the free space on their SD card and check the installation to make sure all is setup correctly.
- Runs ZipAlign on demand...this makes your programs load faster.
- Built in help system for easy reference of commands.
- All features can also be reversed without repartitioning your Secure Digital card.
- New logging features assists in troubleshooting issues.
- Commands to set the Low Memory Killer feature at boot time. Great for those people who are the "set it and forget it" type.
- And more...
Darktremor Apps2SD is not the same as Froyo Apps2SD. Froyo Apps2SD creates a secure folder on the FAT32 section of your SD card (this is the section that you see when you mount your phone to your computer) and stores the programs there. This is nice as you don't have to do anything special with the phone, but it isn't backwards compatible with older versions of Android (Cupcake, Donut, Eclair) and, because of the way Froyo works, older programs not designed for Froyo will automatically stay on your internal storage (unless you install a program that forces the move to your SD card).
Darktremor Apps2SD takes a different approach. Based on the original CyanogenMod works, Darktremor Apps2SD uses symbolic linking to force Android into moving your applications to the SD card. Because Android will not allow anything to be ran from the FAT32 partition on your SD card (and, in Froyo, it will only allow you to run programs from a special folder), Darktremor utilizes filesystems called EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4. Each one of these filesystems is native to Linux (the operating system running Android), which allows you to run programs from them (same as, say, a computer running Ubuntu). This method is completely compatible with all versions of Android, including Froyo. In fact, you can run both the Darktremor Apps2SD and Froyo Apps2SD at the same time.
Check out the list of Roms that either have Darktremor Apps2SD installed or are compatible with Darktremor Apps2SD. Click on the link labeled ROM List at the top of this message.
Bump...new version released: 2.7.5.2
Bump...new version 2.7.5.3 Beta 02 available.
I thought this wasn't for mytouch though?
There's one rom at least that actually has it installed (at least according to my list). RCMagic.
But there should be no reason you couldn't use it in another rom. If you can use basic Apps2SD, you can use this one as well.
blahbl4hblah said:
I thought this wasn't for mytouch though?
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bump---new version available
Corrected version available---see first message for what went wrong.
Bump...new version 2.7.5.3 Beta 04 released.
After installation from recovery my phone doesn't want to boot anymore. I have to do Nandroid restore.
Magic 32a new radio
If you decide to try it again and it fails to boot, go into recovery (before you do nandroid restore) and pull the /data/dta2sd.log, /data/dta2sd.lg1 and /data/dta2sd.lg2 logs. Send them directly to me ([email protected]) and I'll take a look at them.
ingelore86 said:
After installation from recovery my phone doesn't want to boot anymore. I have to do Nandroid restore.
Magic 32a new radio
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tkirton said:
If you decide to try it again and it fails to boot, go into recovery (before you do nandroid restore) and pull the /data/dta2sd.log, /data/dta2sd.lg1 and /data/dta2sd.lg2 logs. Send them directly to me ([email protected]) and I'll take a look at them.
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I've try to reflash your app. I've notice that after flashing, when i exit from recovery and try to boot in normal mode, the phone reboot two times in bootscreen and then stop everything. I removed battery and turn on recovery but...
It seems I can't find those files you tell me, via recovery
C:\sdk\tools>adb pull /data/dta2sd.log C:\temp
remote object '/data/dta2sd.log' does not exist
C:\sdk\tools>adb pull /data/dta2sd.lg1 c:\temp
remote object '/data/dta2sd.lg1' does not exist
i have an official rooted rom (rogers) and i flashed this(i already have ext3) do i need to do something more, because im steel low on storage(or the officials rooted roms cant support it?)
The third reboot is rebuilding dalvik-cache....give it time to complete (my Evo was stuck on the Evo screen for about two minutes on this reboot, and that's a much faster phone than the MyTouch 3G.)
Also, in recovery, you'll have to mount your /data partition:
mount -t yaffs2 -o rw /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data
Hopefully, mtdblock5 is your /data partition.
ingelore86 said:
I've try to reflash your app. I've notice that after flashing, when i exit from recovery and try to boot in normal mode, the phone reboot two times in bootscreen and then stop everything. I removed battery and turn on recovery but...
It seems I can't find those files you tell me, via recovery
C:\sdk\tools>adb pull /data/dta2sd.log C:\temp
remote object '/data/dta2sd.log' does not exist
C:\sdk\tools>adb pull /data/dta2sd.lg1 c:\temp
remote object '/data/dta2sd.lg1' does not exist
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Ok, i've try to leave to the phone, time to do the rebuilt of dalvik-cache but... 40 minutes and is still stuck on bootscreen... Isn't a bit too much?
Now, i send you by email the two files you ask me, thanks for your help...
i have a mb300 flashes with eclair and wioth app2sd darktremors installed , once i have my sd in ext3 , how do i move apps to sd?
best regards
data2whatever v0.2
UPDATE: For the new test version of v0.3 and v0.4 look at the end of the post.
Features:
- Supports: Ext2, Ext3, Ext4 (and if kernel supports it: ) btrfs, ReiserFS
- Supports loop device as optional addon (as siberes data2sd)
- Flashable zip for many app2sd ROMs (no long setup required)
- It does a e2fsck (disk check) on every boot and creates a logfile on the sdcard (/sdcard/e2fscklog.txt)
- looks nice if you do a logcat on boot
- no "settings lost on reboot" bug like in my old or siberes script
- changes the scheduler for the sd-card and internal to noop for better performance on sd.
- Nandroid Backup of EXT2/3/4 external with AmonRa 2.0.0.1 or any clockwork recovery.
- Removes the common app2sd scripts on its own
Requirements
- A second partition (same as app2sd - Min 512 mb - 1024mb is highly recommended - max 2048 MB or there will be issues with market) in any format (as long as the kernel supports - ext2/3/4 support is default in most kernels - Ext4 or ReiserFS is recommended).
- An app2sd or non app2sd ROM (data2sd versions wont work) (this SHOULD work with most or at least many ROMs . Roms that are confirmed to work can be found in the post below. Please report to me it it works or not so i can update this thread. If it doesn't work i try to make it compatible asap. )
Installation
1.) Full wipe (at least needed on first installation)
2.) Flash the app2sd Version of the ROM of your choice
3.) DONT REBOOT
4.) If you rebooted then start over at 1.)
5.) flash the attached "data2whatever.zip"
6.) now reboot
ADDITIONAL INFO: Even without "life on the edge" you should watch the first 4 "don't"s of "life on the edge". The normal script use the same disk safety methods as NTFS on Windows or EXT4 on linux. But as you know you shouldnt just switch off the computer because there can still be issues in very rare cases. Reboots with tools like "snqs power menu" is the same as a batterypull (or pulling the ac plug on PC) and this isn't good in general (and this also applies for using it with app2sd). If you want to go to recovery just make a normal shutdown and switch the phone on with "volume down" button pressed.
Optional life-on-the-edge add on
EDIT: Life on the edge causes reboots. Don't use it for now.
This patch has the same effect as sibere's and ownhere's script (loop device - the way ownhere does in v4 doesnt work though). Other than those scripts it this addon doesnt need any repartitioning or other setup (like FAT or a third partition) and can simply be installed or removed with a flashable zip. All you need for this is a normal ext 2/3/4 partition (as above ^^). Ext4 is recommended for this (as above) since it is the fastest of those 3. This patch is more risky than normal ext3/4 considering the possibility of data loss. If you want to use this add-on you should watch the following (this also applys to ownheres and sibere script and is NOT more risky than their scripts):
- DON'T use the reboot of snq's powermenu (or any other reboot app)
- DON'T use anything in the "ROM Manager" that makes it reboot.
- DON'T do adb reboot / abd reboot recovery / adb reboot bootloader
- DON'T pull the battery while the phone is on (this should be obvious)
- DON'T remove the "sync" mount options for the Quadrant "boost" (this is a fake boost anyway)
All of this is like a powerloss for the sd-card and has a high change of data corruption.
From my test with this i give you an estimate what can happen if a powerloss occurs or any of the 5 points above happen:
- 50% general chance of corruption that will be autofixed on boot (not a problem)
- 10% chance of forcecloses after reboot of some apps (this can be fixed by deleting the app data or restoring it with titanium (or other) backup)
- REALLY tiny chance (didnt happen for me in over 40 "simulated" powerlosses) that partition gets corrupted (needs complete repartitioning of the microSD so all data on it will be gone then)
As long as you watch the 5 points above and as long as you don't drop the phone and the battery jumps out this will be safe.
Installation of the addon:
- Flash the "life-on-the-edge.zip" any time after you installed "data2whatever".
Installation of the addon:
- Flash the "life-on-the-edge-UNPATCH.zip" any time after you installed "data2whatever" and the addon. (this will revert back to the normal script)
Personal remark: While this is a improvement over normal ext4 it is not the "holy-grale" of a data2sd lag fix. I'm not using this myself and use a ReiserFS as second partition instead which is more safe and completly feels the same as a "loop" device considering performance.
Further Plans
- Changes for the mount options of the internal YAFFS2 Partition to optimize the speed of the "dalvik-cache" (have to look into YAFFS2 what can be done)
- Make Roms that doesn't work yet compatible to this
Thanks:
- cyanogen who made app2sd+ in the first place.
- sibere and ownhere who started all the data2sd.
- supercurio and Unhelpful of SGS' Voodoolagfix (#Project-Voodoo on freenode) for their helpfull script tipps.
- Coutts99 and Neophyte for their Kernels.
- woti23 for all those test's in this thread.
- All devs of XDA in generall for all this nice stuff that is done here
UPDATE: Test version of v0.3 and v0.4:
BOTH NEED A FULL WIPE BEFORE INSTALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Please make a logcat of the first boot. This can help me to find possible issues.
This version now checks if your second partition is aligned and if not it will ERASE it and recreate it aligned. You will find more info about alignment later here (in the meantime you can google "ssd alignment" to get some info).
WARNING: THIS WILL ERASE THE SD-EXT PARTITION IF IT IS NOT ALIGNED. On top of that there is a little risk that it messes up the partition table. Although i made a lot of test with this and added busybox to assure compatibility there could still issues with it. If something should go wrong in recreating the partition you may have to REPARTITION the COMPLETE Sd-card. So make a BACKUP OF ALL YOUR DATA ON THE SD before you test this .
Additional info: Don't let yourself get confused by the many deleting messages on install. The update script tries to erase:
- busybox (newest version gets installed afterwards)
- 4 different versions of app2sd scripts
- dalvikcache2cache script
- the 3 binaries included (e2fsck, tune2fs, mkfs.ext4)
- 3 possible symlinks for the binaries
- mtab file
Everything that is erased gets either installed afterwards (busybox, etc ...) or isn't needed (app2sd scripts).
Please post the alignment log if you testet this. This log can be found on the sdcard ( /sdcard/sd-ext-alignment-log.txt).
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changelog
0.4d test release
- If the partitions gets aligned it will be formated with ext3 now instead of ext4 so it works with ROMs without ext4 kernel support.
0.4c test release
-fixed a rare issue that could happen on alignment if a partition has set the bootflag.
v0.4b test release
- fixed and Oxygen 2.0 RC4 related issue:
- renamed the "99complete" to "991complete" to prevent similiar issues on other AOSP ROMs that use individual properties.
v0.4 test release
- dalvik cache is now left internal. This should spread i/o and thus speed things up a bit.
- change scheduler to "deadline" if the kernel supports it
- changed logging: One file (data2whateverlog.txt on sdcard) for alignement and fsck with more info (thx moebius83)
- In case there is a swap partition (mmcblck0p3) this will also get aligned.
v0.3 test release
- this version will now recreate your sd-ext partition if it is not aligned (format: ext4)
- fixed the mtab error that could cause issues in some cases
- added busybox v1.17.2 to assure compatibility.
- added support for swap partition (if kernel supports it and partition 3 exists)
- removing more stuff on install (to make sure there are no old symlinks)
0.2e
-fixed an issue caused by the s-off fix.
0.2d
-fixed the cm6 fix
v0.2c
-fixed a bug that made this only work with S-OFF. (i totally forgot that system can't be mounted rw as default )
v0.2b
- fixed a typo of the last fix . This could have caused issues on leedroid. (thanks woti)
- added the patch for CM6 (thanks iinga)
v0.2
- fixed a syntax error making the script not working at all
- fixed a bug that would have occured on leedroid if it would have worked ^^
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data2whatever v0.1 (dec 23.)
-completly rewrote of the data2ext script
Confirmed to work with:
- LeeDroid 2.3b A2SD (life-on-the-edge may not work)
- MIUI 0.12.18 R3
- Gingerbread Oxygen RC2
- Ginger Villain ROM
- CM6
- MidianUI r2e
- Desire stock (with init.d support enabled through ramdisk - more info)
Don't work yet:
(about HD roms in general. They will be the ones with most issues because they use external space for system stuff because of the size of the HD Rom - ill still try to make my script work with them)
- robocik's Z v06
- ReflexTSenseHD 1.5
nice work man
im using miui currently and it hass 04apps2sd instead
is this the same thing?
Very nice work.... and it kinda confirmed what i've been thinking all the time about it. Ppl thinks it speeds up your phone! Still this is of very good use if u want alot of space for apps
Rastaman-FB said:
nice work man
im using miui currently and it hass 04apps2sd instead
is this the same thing?
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Check my 2nd post. I just edited it.
I love you.
But still the best way is to integrate it w/ ROM
where is the download link
ghmail2 said:
where is the download link
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This
10char
Rafa91 said:
This
10char
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a joke?
ghmail2 said:
where is the download link
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+1
10char
Go here ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9697369&postcount=7229
but i don't know if it's RCMixHD specific.
+1
Is it a joke or not?
ghmail2 said:
where is the download link
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D'oh .... sry ... when i finished the post i went eating ... i had the fealing i should have checked it again
just wait omg ...
anko184 said:
Go here ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9697369&postcount=7229
but i don't know if it's RCMixHD specific.
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This one also works. All 3 Roms i posted use the same script
So generally, it should work on any rom with CM6/AOSP based A2SD script? Mkay...
ghmail2 said:
a joke?
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It wasn't there before xD
Didn't get to experimenting with btrfs today, will test it tomorrow
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
@melethron great work man, but I will remain to my opinion that data2sd(ext) is bad for so many reasons. But it is good to have choices.
But nevertheless your work is apreciated
Hi, having small issue here, trying to install this on the baadnwz rc2 hd rom, following all the steps, when i finally restart and everything boots up as it should, it freezes on the white htc screen before it asks you to select your network provider and force closes.
Anyone have a solution?
All MT6573 android phones are plagued by low internal memory issue.
This mod works on all MT6573 Stock ROM with Stock Recovery.
Credits (In Aphabetical Order): banjo0917, casacristo, puppet13th, tazzz811, ungaze & others DEV.
Without them sharing their mods/ tools, this KANG would not be here...
BIG Kudos to them...
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Added on July 07, 2012 - Version 2
Added V2 that take advantage of another unused script on Stock ROM, xlog.sh... If your MT6573 phone already have a copy of install-recovery.sh at etc folder, you can use this V2... i think with V2, you can simply install it to all MT6573 android phone without having worrying if there is a copy of install-recovery.sh at /system/etc :fingers-crossed:
Having said that, it is always safe to check with any Root Explorer & make sure you don't have an existing copy of xlog.sh at /system/etc. If there is, then save a copy to your /sdcard/scriptz folder before using V2... :victory:
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Confirmed MT6573 Android Phone that works with Data2SD mod
CSL Switch Dual II Mi357
Fly IQ260 Blackbird
Spice Mi-350n
Nexian Cosmo Journey A895
Wellcom A90+
Lenovo A60
Spice Mi-350
Alcatel BLAZE DUO OT-918N
i-mobile i695
Nexian Xtreme A899
B63M i can't find the original manufacturer & it seems like this phone is really clone of the clone... real shanzhai model...
Tenq S820
T9199
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Detail explanation on what this mod do
It uses install-recovery.sh/ xlog.sh (V2) to start up tweaks/ scripts at your /sdcard/scriptz folder. Inside scriptz folder, there are a few tweaks/ scripts that improve your android phone performance. The beauty of this mod is that it works like init.d but it reside on your SdCard instead of /system/etc/init.d
With normal init.d mod, any wrong tweaks, your phone will not boot or goes into bootloop ! With this SdCard Tweakz, anything wrong, just remove your SdCard & your phone will reboot normally. Then you can use any card reader to remove the scripts that causes the error.
To try any other tweaks, open any init.d tweaks with Notepad ++ or equivalent & save it as XX***.sh -> XX digit, *** -> text. For detail explanation on what you can do with SD Tweakz, you can refer to the original post here...
Again, here are the original developers/ modders in alphabetical order...
banjo0917 - Ported his custom ROM to my Mi357, this has leads me to discover that install-recovery.sh can be use on all MT6573 & ungaze SD Tweakz/ Data2SD
bgcngm - his unpack/ repack script leads me to discover unused script at boot.img
casacristo - First to compile ext2.ko so everyone can use ext2 partition on MT6573 with 2.6.35.7 kernel
DooMLoRD - Use/ modded his Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit) for this mod
tazzz811 - First to discover ungaze's Data2SD can be use on MT6573
puppet13th - Use/ modded his tool for this mod earlier
ungaze - Data2SD & SD Tweakz mod
xboxexpert - Use part of his interactive script
others DEV - various scripts at scriptz folder mostly ported from banjo's ROM
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Added on July 11, 2012 - Final Version via ADB
a2sd-mt6573-ext2-ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.7z
- AIO which includes rooting, auto-install busybox, su, Superuser.apk & ungaze's Data2SD & SD Tweakz
a2sd-mt6573-ext2.7z
- Install only ungaze's Data2SD & SD Tweakz for already rooted mt6573 Android phone. Make sure you have busybox prior to install this or else it will not work...
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Added on July 21, 2012 - ext4 Test Version
As mention, because of work commitment, i cannot find time to fully test & release this ext4 version...Credits to Banjo0917 for compiling it...
So i'm hoping someone would take over, test it & release the stable version so that all mt6573 users can benefit from it... :laugh: It is actually a fully working version which can also be install over previous ext2 version. Problem is that it works o.k for awhile then the constant FCs...
Files are extracted from Banjo's earlier patch file, he is most active at his Pinoy forum but not here...
You can download his rom here for reference...
You can find his latest rom here...
Any taker...
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Added on August 26, 2012 - Cronmod INT2EXT
Just got an update from [SCRIPTS]CronMod-A2SD/D2EXT/INT2EXT (updated 08/24)
thanks to croniccorey & mastermind1024, now you have a few more scripts that you can play with, on ur stock ROM... :victory:
INT2EXT Features
INT2EXT
- Mounts /sd-ext to /data
INT2EXT+
- Mounts /sd-ext to /data & leaves /data/data on internal for speed
INT2EXT4
-Mounts /sd-ext to /data & works with EXT 4 filesystem
INT2EXT4+
-Mounts /sd-ext to /data & leaves /data/data on internal for speed
01int2ext+deodex-mm.sh mod by mastermind1024 for deodex ROM & people facing slow system after using INT2EXT+ script. It moves /dalvik-cache back to internal so that your system response better...
Steps for Installation
1) Download AIO-mt6573-Data2sd-ext4-For Testing.7z, extract it to your desktop; scriptz_cronmod.7z , extract it to /sdcard
2) If you have already use previous mods then it is advisable to format ext2 partition first before installation. Double-click start.bat & when it is about to finish & ask Press any key to reboot . . ., just close it
3) Remove 01data2ext4.sh from /sdcard/scriptz folder
4) Copy only one of the script from /sdcard/scriptz_cronmod to /sdcard/scriptz & reboot
Enjoy & don't forget to thank the original DEV...
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Added on August 30, 2012 - Amarullz Ad2sdx
i've been trying to get this mod to work on stock ROM for the longest time & now it does !
Special thanks to mastermind1024, i couldn't figure out why it doesn't work at the first place, it always shows invalid IMEI for both SIM...
You can follow Amarullz original post here
Same as Cronmod INT2EXT, only one script should be copied to /sdcard/scriptz folder...
A little explanation about the different scripts
1) Ad2sdx mod by Alex-V - moves everything to sd-ext. According to Alex, if the internal data is full with dalvik cache & you still have plenty of free memory left on sd-ext, you can't install anymore apps...With this mod, you can !
2) Ad2sdx mod by casacristo - modded to mount ext2 instead of ext4 originally. This is the original untouched mod that places the dalvik-cache and system application data to internal memory to maintain performance.
3) Ad2sdx mod by haiduongbk - reverse mount sd-ext & data
Enjoy...
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Added on Sept 24, 2012 - Dark Tremor Apps2sd Version: 2.7.5.3 Beta 04
This is the last version from Dark Tremor AKA Robert Travis Kirton since Jan 2011....
i've been looking forward to his Darktremor 2.8 but sadly it never got release...
After installation, use A2SDGUI to move dalvik-cache to SD-EXT. Also included is FreeSpace to check Ext partition...
For maximum space saving, at ADB shell use command su then a2sd datasd but i must warn you it might FC later on... He did mention he was never a fan of moving the entire /data/data directory to the SD card...
Credits
Darktremor Apps2sd
A2SDGUI
Oleg Krikun FreeSpace
Enjoy... :laugh:
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Added on Oct 18, 2012 Updated DT_a2sd V2 & cwmr flashable zip
With close to 300 downloads & nobody report back it doesn't work out of the box...
Attached below is V2 that should work without the need to flash dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip first...
For those who already got cwmr then you can download DT_a2sd cwmr flashable zip here...
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Added on Oct 17, 2012 WARNING : MEDIATEK SMART PHONE FLASH TOOL
i've seen far too many times that fellow xda member make this same mistake over & over again, including myself...
So pls pls people, don't use SP Flash Tool & download ROM not meant for your phone, it will brick it & there is no way to revive it back ! After you have download wrong PRELOADER, your phone will be completely dead, cannot power on, no charging, no recovery, no USB vcom detection & you can say
to it...
Here is the WARNING again :
NEVER DOWNLOAD ROM NOT MEANT FOR YOUR PHONE. IT WILL BRICK IT !
If I would have seen this post before my phone wouldn't have been bricked
Anyway kudos to poster & developers
there are a lot of beginners would like to know how to install this into their MT6573 phone...
well...
---------- Post added at 04:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:17 PM ----------
eventhough there is a How to Install in the MTZ file..
confusing..
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Auto Installation using ADB
1. Download & install usb driver from the above link if your phone doesn't comes with it.
2. Copy the extracted ADB folder to c:\ drive.
3. Double click Start.bat & all files will be installed.
4. Follow on-screen for instructions.
@sevensaints
First, on your android phone, enable usb debugging... Setting -> Applications -> Development -> put a check mark on "USB debugging"
Typically, when you plug-in your android phone, windows will detect it & will prompt you to install the driver...if it doesn't then follow the steps below...
Go to Device Manager -> double click on the MT65xx Android Phone -> Update Driver -> Browse my computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer -> Next -> Have Disk -> Browse -> to wherever you have extracted the downloaded google usb driver -> android_winusb.inf -> OK -> Next -> Install -> Close -> Close
Whew, i actually replicate the actual step, by step... There is also another auto-installer, Pdanet, you can check it out...
Then double-click SuperOneClick & it will do its job... :victory: Answer yes when ask whether to install busybox
Actually, rooting & installing google sdk usb driver is scattered everywhere on the web & also here at xda...SuperOneClick
@breaky9973
Thanks, breaky9973...It would be great if you could post the model of your MT6573 then others users will benefit from it too... :victory:
I have an i-mobile i695 and I got it succesfully restored (with one minor issue).
Your script works for me but it took me a couple of restarts to be fully initialized on my phone.
guys, thank you so much for your feedback...
@breaky9973
actually, it works right after reboot, the problem is mediatek's mt6573 is kinda of slow while booting up & yes, what you said is correct, it actually needs around 1 to 2 minutes to fully initialized... :silly:
@sevensaints
when i got my android phone, 1st week got it rooted, 2nd week brick it, 3rd week found russian forum to restore it back... :laugh: i presume most users will root their phone once they got their hands on it... Point taken, i have included DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit with it now... :good:
As mention before, would appreciate if you guys that has this mod working on your phone to reply with the model of your mt6573 so that other users would benefit from it too...
Thanks...
Hello yuweng,
Just want to confirm this mod works on Nexian A899 based on MT6573 stockrom. because of I used Link2SD before, seem like get problem to increased the internal storage and after factory reset, it works! get it free of 1.3 GB
btw, the start.bat not works under Win7..only works under WinXP.
Thanks! :good:
Thank you so much for your feedback, para_dox77... :laugh:
Actually, best size for sd-ext is 1GB. i've install 200 over games to test & found out that after 1.2 GB of data fill up, after reboot, the launcher screen is not responding, all apps are missing & i have to wait around 3 to 4 minutes then everything show up ! After that, everything is quite responsive. So i guess thats the max. Same as our PC... On top of that, you'll save 500MB of space if you format your sd-ext 1GB instead of 1.5GB...
Both ported scripts are develop & tested on Win7 OS, so my best guest is that you didn't turn off the user account control settings...it'll block whatsoever bat/ exe/ setup file that is trying to run...
Another lesson learn, so guys please delete whatsoever link2sd, a2sd, d2sd & etc that you have or else this mod will not work... :fingers-crossed:
By the way, this mod should be call data2sd or d2sd...You can refer to this post by croniccorey. You can also try his scripts & see if it works on our mt6573...been super busy with work lately so no time for modding...
Hey, this is great! but I am having a little issue. I have a "NEOBOX NEO" phone, and since I was stuck with the stock recovery I could add init.d support but no ext2 support so I was using link2sd with a fat32 partition, but I still had problems with storage. I uninstalled links2sd and formatted the partition to ext2, ran the .bat and it worked, now I have plenty of space and no more annoying low space messages. The thing is, whenever my phone sleeps, when I turn the screen on, it hangs for a while, and then it prompts like 3 to 5 times like it has a new sim card. My guess is that it moved the sim app to the sd and when it sleeps it is not actually reading from the card hence the problem. I haven't done any further testing but I am guessing this would also cause trouble with other apps that need to be running in the background like messaging and whatsapp and basically anything that syncs. And if I am right and that is the problem, then the solution would involve having the phone not to sleep and thus drain the battery very fast. Correct me if I am wrong (and I certainly hope I am because otherwise this seems great and the solution to my problem)
EDIT: it does the "sim thing" not only when sleeping but anytime. specially anoying when listening to music. Anyone with the same/similar issue? the card is a 16gb verbatim HC card class 10. never had a problem with it b4.
Hi jinxie,
I've read alot on generic a2sd mod, data2sd & etc; many users has been reporting problem with class 10...
My suggestion to you is that you remove all scripts except 01data2ext.sh & monitor from there onward...
This is the best part of ungaze's SD Tweakz, just add or remove any old/ new tweak scripts from your SdCard scriptz folder & you phone will be back to normal or even better/ faster with the correct modded scripts... :good:
The other thing is that i change the read_ahead_kb from the original 03tweakz.sh; from 1024 to 8192... You can refer to here for more info... May be it is too high for class 10... Use Notepad ++ & change it to a lower value...
yuweng said:
Hi jinxie,
I've read alot on generic a2sd mod, data2sd & etc; many users has been reporting problem with class 10...
My suggestion to you is that you remove all scripts except 01data2ext.sh & monitor from there onward...
This is the best part of ungaze's SD Tweakz, just add or remove any old/ new tweak scripts from your SdCard scriptz folder & you phone will be back to normal or even better/ faster with the correct modded scripts... :good:
The other thing is that i change the read_ahead_kb from the original 03tweakz.sh; from 1024 to 8192... You can refer to here for more info... May be it is too high for class 10... Use Notepad ++ & change it to a lower value...
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Thanks for the quick reply! I will try that!
So, update: After trying it yesterday all day, very unstable, rebooted like a ziliion times, and then it looked like finally everything was in place and it started to work fine, so I installed a bunch of apps. Like 5 or 6, usual stuff, facebook, twitter, etc., rebooted, and now it bootloops. removed the card and boots fine of course, but no freaking space. What now? heh
UPDATE:
I decided to do a clean install, and since there is no custom recovery for my device I cant flash zips, I erased all data and flashed the system.img partition again. I also formated both fat32 and ext2 partitions from the sd card. Then I applied your script (prior to that y reduced the read ahead kb you mentioned by half). No luck, same issues. So i deleted all scripts but the data2ext. It runs better, but I still get FCs, it hangs for a few secs, then I lose all connectivity with the "restricted access changed" message, and the new sim detected pops up constantly, so I also get a lot of dropped calls. I also noticed battery drainage, much faster than before, I think it is because of the same connectivity issue since looking for networks does drain a lot of battery.
Apparently, it has to do with data connection, since I have deactivated it and for the past hour I haven't had those problems, but I can't tell for sure, I'll test wifi when I get home.
Thanks so much for the update, jinxie...
AFAICR, some mt6573 has different mtd for system.img...
at adb shell, cat /proc/mtd & see if it is mtd11...
if it is different then i think you have to edit 01data2ext.sh, line 22, 33, 130, 138 to your system.img mtd location...
hope it works out for u... :fingers-crossed:
Added on August 03, 2012 - Earlier original ungaze [mod][mt6573] Data2sd on stock rom Test Version
Attach script is the original script format from ungaze's Data2SD... :fingers-crossed:
Steps
Option 1 - Replace file at SdCard
1) Delete 01data2ext.sh from SdCard scriptz folder
2) Format SdCard ext2 partition
3) Restart & let it settle down
4) Copy this file to your SdCard scriptz folder & restart
Option 2 - Reinstall this mod all over again
1) Format SdCard ext2 partition, factory reset, wipe data
2) Restart & let it settle down
3) Copy this file to & delete 01data2ext.sh -> files -> scriptz folder & run start.bat
I had a record of my tables but I cant find it, but if the mtd was different shouldn't it not work at all? because it does work, I have the internal memory the size of the partition, but it is unstable and slow.
I installed terminal but it FCs so I am installing ADB because I formatted my pc recently so I will tell you in a few minutes.
Btw it seems the SIM card problem only happens when the data connection is active, maybe it has to do with the network changes from E to 3G and H. I haven't been able to disable fast dormancy. The battery consumption showed almost 50% in Cell standby. But it still hangs, FCs and that kind of weir stuff that makes it really hard to use and a challenge to my patience. Thank you for all your help. Is there any other alternative you would recommend for the low storage issue for us the poor ones with stock recovery? Link2sd worked for a while but then memory got full anyways, dont know why because I had almost every app on the SD. I wish I could use a2sdx...
EDIT: yup system is mtd11 :S
my mt6573 will be monster after this
thanks
perfect on b63m..i try casacristo ext2 script..
@loris22
Thank you so much for your feedback, another phone added to the list... :laugh:
@y2yu
Wow, you post reply here & on my other thread, hope you find my KANG useful... :fingers-crossed:
hi
without a custom recovery there are some way to make a2sd work?
Yes, in fact you can ! But it will be quite tedious as you need to manually copy a2sd's files to its appropriate folders, manually set permissions & etc for it to work.... And you will also need bgcngm's MTK-Tools to unpack boot.img...You can refer to here for more info...
Why don't you use my universal cwmr Android Kitchen plugins for porting cwmr to ur MT6573 ?
I've created this thread specially for MT6573 users that are happy with their stock ROM but needed larger internal memory...
Originally, most of these data2sd scripts require some kind of modding to the boot.img or system.img while the one here doesn't require any of that...
Kudos to the original DEVs for these excellent scripts....
yuweng said:
Yes, in fact you can ! But it will be quite tedious as you need to manually copy a2sd's files to its appropriate folders, manually set permissions & etc for it to work.... And you will also need bgcngm's MTK-Tools to unpack boot.img...You can refer to here for more info...
Why don't you use my universal cwmr Android Kitchen plugins for porting cwmr to ur MT6573 ?
I've created this thread specially for MT6573 users that are happy with their stock ROM but needed larger internal memory...
Originally, most of these data2sd scripts require some kind of modding to the boot.img or system.img while the one here doesn't require any of that...
Kudos to the original DEVs for these excellent scripts....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
THANKS!!
this night i study everything i try to make a working cwmr for alcatel 991!
"Those, who fail to read history are bound to repeat its mistakes"
People here have and did and will fail to read the things here and many did and many probably will have to lose their devices. You don't have to lose a device to get knowledge inbetween your ears.You don't have to be stupid. You surely can learn from your mistakes. But There's a better way. You can learn from others mistakes. This thread is a compilation of such mistakes ,that I personally have done and many others ,who did and their solutions aka The easy ways.
So, officially I congratulate you for finding this thread and reading Upto here. So, even if you don't read the whole thread, these are the main stuff you must know is
1. Rooting is a dangerous process -done by developers only. If you did root your device, you assume full responsibility for your device. So, if you can't think like one of the developers at least partly, I suggest you don't root your device ,coz when you mess up, the one who deviced the procedure or Rom will not help you. And everything you find here is in "AS IS " tag.
2.If you have rooted, next thing you must do is backup-
Go to recovery,
go to backup and restore
click backup.
I find it strange that this is not included in the root procedure. This surely would've helped a lot of Picos out there.
3.NEVER DO A RUU
-It unanimously holds the number ONE title for the major causes of bricking of Picos.
Trust me -Surely you can save your device, without the ruu. And with ruu, you're bound to fail without proper knowledge and research.
The only time you are suggested by experts to do a ruu is when you have already done a ruu "and" bricked it.
4. Overclocking here may cause burnt nand. -know what Rom you're using-it may have built in-overclock .
However, overclocking doesn't necessarily produce burnt-nand for all devices.
5.Finally, Not all answers you receive in the question and answer thread are good. Some answers will kill your device. So please judge the credibility of the answerer before you follow the answers. Generally, you could track back their previous answers and their working. Thanks meter is a good source of credibility -but not always -Not all who have big thanks record are helpful neither are they knowledgeable-There are spammers, who trick people into giving thanks.Do your home work before you trust a stranger. Recognized developer title is a good source of credibility.
The above five should save you a lot of trouble.
Ever in trouble? Drop by and read.
Do your googling,if you don't understand anything here.Have a great time !
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
��To start, this thread is only for newBies,who have rooted thier Rom and have a custom recovery. If you haven't, click here
Alright, this thread aims to answer all the frequently asked questions by newBies. The section this thread aims to answer will consist mostly of custom Roms especially cyanogen.
To start, we'll start with basics
Our phone consists of the following five partitions
1.Boot/kernel
2.Recovery
3. System/Rom
3.1What's not working
3.2 Latest links
4. /cache- error /last log
5.Data
5.1Scripts
6.Common issues after flashing Rom, scripts/GAPPS/PLAY STORE /
Ram
7. USB and CPU ,screen and power button-2/7/13
8. About developers and members
9. ��Burnt nand*recovrecovery 25/6/13 *��
10. STILL CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER ��
10.1LOGCAT
10.2ADB
11.MINI TIPS AND TRICKS
11.1CM9/10 themes
11.2.FONT CHANGING AND language तदधा ಥಮು support adding
11.3.DID YOU KNOW?
12. Recommended apps
13. BATTERY LIFE AND PERFORMANCE
14 .http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
BUILD. PROP TWEAKS
We'll discuss the faq in each.
All links are here
Index:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754876
This is the best link you'll ever have
Thanks hrkh83
Guides
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36057579
Guides for everything
Thanks hpsgill
Make yourself useful by akshat
Seen it before,
Just read this now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37805872
Stock Roms instead of bricking ruu
tk immortal yash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39101954
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
/BOOT(4 MB Max )
1.what does this partition contain?
It contains your kernel
2.what is kernel?
It's a in betweener between ROM (/system ) and your hardware.
Basically, a software, which connects the main software (your Rom gui) and the hardware
3 .what is the stock kernel version?
2.6
4. Is there a update available?
Yes. You can update it to 3
3.4 is currently being worked on
5.what are advantages of kernel 3 ?
Nothing much that you can feel
Basically related to stability, security, and future Android Os updates can easily be done for a310e
5.where are the links to kernel 3 ?
Look down
6.what's not working in kernel 3 ?
1.Ext4+kernel 3+mount2SD/s2e/link2SD doesn't work.
2. CPU states file reading ~fixed in overclocked kernel ~fixes yet to be fully implemented across RomS [overclock may cause burnt nand/recovery ]
With cm9
1.Firewall
2.USB tethering
3. Wi-Fi hotspots
4.Vpn
Anything related to iptables
With cm10
Known issues
Ext4 cannot be mounted?
Temple run 2 and subway surfers reboots*fixed in overclocked kernel *burnt nand *
7. What's not working in kernel 2 ?
garuda v5
Data usage option in settings in jelly bean.
8.what's not working in kernel 2.6 sakindias cranium kernel?
Build #2
Lag
Build #3
No support for Android native a2SD
Build #4
Same as build #3,but advertised as faster
9. I wanna make my own kernel?
Special thanks to bhargz16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2114594
10.Is there a overclocked kernel?
Yes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
11. How to Flash kernel? Do I need to clean install?
No need to clean install
Copy zip to root of /SD card
Go to recovery
Install zip from SDcard
Choose the correct zip
Install
Reboot
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Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
/Recovery(5 MB Max )
First thing to do after root is to make a nandroid backup.
Go to backup and restore and select backup
1.what is this partition?
It contains your recovery
2.what is recovery?
It's a specialized partition for Android, which is used when something goes wrong.
We use it to change (flash) Roms, change kernels and mostly everything in xda. Make nandroid before you mess up
3. What are the recoveries available for a310e ?
1 .yannou90 (cwm5) recovery
2.Twrp 2 .3 by cute prince
3. twrp 2.2 by oblikas
4.cwm6 by sakindia
5.*OFFICIAL *The latest TWRP by bhargz16( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2123503 )
6.cwm6 by nihar.g
Links .check index link in top post
4. Are all of them stable?
The 1 and 5 are pretty stable.
What's not working:
cwm6 by sak let me down big time .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38734554
Except 1,all other recoveries will not show charging animation, when you are charging your phone after switching it off ~instead of charging animation ~you'll be going to recovery
twrp official - some problems with ext4 partition has been reported and also reported to have been fixed. -I never had the problem before and after and I recommend this one 2.5 present here in xda.
twrp cute prince has issues restoring backups (problem with symlink )
5.what's the difference between them?
cwm5 - complete backups of all partitions
twrp - support compressed backups /file manager and other great things
cwm6 - your SD ext partitions will not be fully backed up during subsequent backups,but only the changed files greatly reducing the size of subsequent backups
6. Can you explain more about cwm ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38100620
7. Recommended apps.?
Recovery file manager aroma 1.8
8. How to flash a recovery?
Two methods described in detail in link above by bhargz16 ~ fast boot
Flash from phone:
Required:
Flash_image binary
You can flash any recovery
From terminal using
Code:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
You need recovery.img (renamed like that ) present in /sdcard itself
9. Error while restoring .Androidsecure /sdext ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39874898
10. Cannot go to recovery /burnt recovery /unable to flash recovery?
Use
Code:
fastboot boot recovery /sdcard/twrp5.img
or
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
or
Code:
fastboot boot /sdcard/twrp5.img
You need twrp5.img or recovery.img present in /SDcard and renamed like that itself.
After booting into recovery, you can do everything you please. ~flash erase format and install new Rom and boot the device
After booting up the device, flash erase mtd1 through terminal emulator.and then flash a suitable small recovery. And then pledge here that you'll never overclock ever again.
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Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
/SYSTEM (235 MB Max )
1.what is it?
Here's where your Rom resides
Any cyanogen /ever/miui roms all go here
2. What are system apps
Any app in /system /app is system app and they have special permissions
2.1 how to make a app system app?
Uninstall the app with titanium backup and copy it's apk to system/app(normal delete apk will not delete. Dex and lib files ) ~reboot ~
Some apkS need it's library file also in /system /Lib (copy from /data /Lib to /system /lib )
3.what is binary?
These are executable ~very important files in /system /bin. (or /xbin in recovery)
Your root su is here
4. What are the roms available?
Many roms are available in xda
Main line ones are
CYANOGEN 7
CYANOGEN 9
CYANOGEN 10
Cyanogen 10.1
Miui
5.What is cyanogen 7 ?
It's a cyanogen version of gingerbread
9 is ics
10 is jelly 4.1
10.1 is jelly 4.2
5.1 what's the development going on?
cm7 *camera was unable to be fixed *development stopped
cm 10*active development now *
cm 10.1 *thread closed *
6. How to install a new Rom? Cyanogen for example?
Download the latest build. Zip and put in the root of /sdcard.
Go to recovery
Factory reset data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Wipe SD ext
Choose install zip from /sdcard and choose the build. Zip
Wait
Reboot
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The nothing really bugs list
Welcome to THE "NOTHING REALLY" BUGS™
This is the official nothing really bugs Pico web post at xda. Its name implies that the bugs present are really nothing to some people. But to the rest, it may bother a lot. So, this post.
Here you'll find most of the nothing really bugs. All statements having "Nothing really " in bugs list directs here. This is to inform new flashers of what they'll get and what they won't. To make the facts clear,so that you won't have to flash every Rom to find out all the nothing really™ bugs. After all, this is a newbie friendly thread.
Please note that though every effort has been taken to ensure an exhaustive list of all the bugs .Some may not have been stated here .If you do find a bug, which isn't stated here, please feel free to mention it here and I'll add it after being personally confirmation by me or two to three renowned senior member witnesses. Further more, some bugs here may have been fixed. You can take a look at the last edited day of this post to make sure this post is up to date. And you can mention it here,if any of the information found here is wrong.
1.What doesn't work in cm10 4.1 Jelly beans ?:
1video (video recording with some third party apps~Skype video messaging, zoom camera ,camera magix and a lot more)(S. ucam works fully)
2Bluetooth headphones can't be used during call(try using sound about )✘
2.1 Bluetooth stereo headphones ✘
3vsync
4.stock camera force close often and unstable (S. Camera 360/ucam)
5.Wi-Fi unable to turn on ~from settings /notification bar. (s:Flash kernel 2.6)
6.burnt nand
7. Wi-Fi direct (native )causes reboot. (S. 3Rd party app ~fast file transfer)
8.some VOIP~{ex:gtalk(even after normal gapps),and many more}
9.Most streaming video{not flash, but those, which open in mx} doesn't work. Most TV apps don't work (not flash using tv apps)
10. mobile data may fluctuate for some(timedo app to turn on and off airplane mode for every hour)
11. calls robotic call for some
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32997468
12. Unofficial adobe flash is flickering too too much. (Only Firefox actually works with flash..which flickers unbearably ~the rest don't even work )
13. Headphones volume control during in call✘
14.USB tethering (native)✘
15. Wi-Fi hotspots work only as open source ✘
16.Bluetooth A2dp streaming ✘
17.Firewall rules don't stick, when put in init.d. Somehow the Rom process overtakes the firewall rules during boot and during some process. My intuition directs the blame at bandwidth controller| throttle service~|Data usage settings|which wasn't implemented properly, but using dirty hacks
18. USB mtp and ptp not working at all. USB mass storage not working for certain devices ~double mounting. (s.flash kernel 2.6 with USb mass storage fix here. )
19. Multi mount SD app doesn't work [s.flash kernel 2.6]
OTHERS
1. Battery drain
2.Phone heating
3.WiFi toggle
Total :22[Because, I used this Rom for a long time,so the large number]
✘- Unconfirmed by me .The rest are personally tested and confirmed "not working " and again confirmed to be a problem of Rom itself.
2.What doesn't work in cm9 ?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35756952#post35756952
2VIDEO PLAYBACK doesn't work as well as stock
3 Wi-Fi toggle in latest RomS
4 Bluetooth stereo headphones ✘
Experienced by some:
A. Encryption doesn't work (crypt)✘
B.robot call http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32997468
C.mobile data flickering
Note: video playback is much better in cm10.
Language rendering is also much better in cm10.
3.what doesn't work in Original HTC STOCK ROM?
A. if you ever click "reset to default" in the Camcorder settings..,all future video recordings will overwrite already taken videos and all previous videos will be lost(use ucam)
B. sending a more than 150MB file on Bluetooth file manager app through Bluetooth will reboot your device.
(use stock transfer)
3.1 what's not working in a rooted stock Rom?
(make a nandroid backup first to protect you)
Optimize storage in storage settings
Factory reset will put you in bootstruck.
4.What doesn't work in cm10.1 ?
Camera and lot more minor/major
Too long list
Will update when usable
5.what doesn't work in cm7 ?
Camera
6.what's not working in kernel 3 ?
1.Ext4+kernel 3+mount2SD/s2e/link2SD doesn't work.
2. CPU states file reading ~fixed in overclocked kernel ~fixes yet to be fully implemented across RomS [overclock may cause burnt nand/recovery ]
3.Wi-Fi toggle from notification bar /from settings
4. USB mtp and ptp not working at all. USB mass storage not working for certain devices ~double mounting.
5. Multi mount SD app not working.
With cm9
1.Firewall
2.USB tethering ✘
3. Wi-Fi hotspots ✘
4.Vpn ✘
Anything related to iptables
With cm10
Known issues
Some partitions [?Ext4] cannot be mounted
*burnt nand *
With latest cute prince kernel [power management fix ]:
Mounting of SDcard on some devices
Multimount SD app
7. What's not working in kernel 2 ?
garuda v5
Data usage option in settings in jelly bean.
8.what's not working in kernel 2.6 sakindias cranium kernel?
Build #2
Lag
Build #3
No support for Android native a2SD
Build #4
Same as build #3,but advertised as faster
9. Sense4 Roms
1.Burnt nand ~most common ✘
2.Random reboots ✘
3. WiFi direct. ✘
4.Bluetooth headphones ✘
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✘- Unconfirmed by me .The rest are personally tested and confirmed "not working " and again confirmed to be a problem of Rom itself.
S - probable third party solutions
Solutions for burnt nand -Please go to burnt nand section.
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Welcome to ▶LâTêS†↭ⓛⓘⓝⓚⓢ™◀
Not sure whether it'll be updated,but galaxyfreak released a app on latest Roms ~ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38913186
Why this post ?
Because index has only thread links and sakindia123 never updates op
If he does, then this post will not be updated anymore. Other than that, here are some kernel links as well. Other than the main line ones, the others are not updated. Sense4 links are already present in op and here as well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40111838 . Any link that's not present in op will only be updated.
1.what's the latest build on cyanogen 9?
Build 13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36626369
#14*beware of burnt nand *
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38770875
2.what's the latest build on cyanogen 10 ?
Build 3.2.2.use with kernel 2.6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38183817
Liverpool fan latest 3.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38447868
Beta 5~beware of burnt nand ~
Video fix by bhargz*liverpl 4 beta5*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39124906
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39090779
Beta6~beware of burnt nand ~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39166124
+
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39804373
(Flash this to prevent overclock)
Lock screen fix for both beta 5 and 6 .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39043840
2.1 Aokp build link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208242
3.what is the latest build on cyanogen 10.1 ?
Alpha 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38094629
Alpha 4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38325531
4.what's the latest build on kernel?
Old Kernel 3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36572115
Kernel 3 v2 only for sense
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38466559
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39730163
Kernel 3 v2 for cm10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39737920
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39804373
5. Is there a overclocked kernel?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
kernel 2.6=garudav5kernel
6. Kernel 2.6 for JB ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37649737
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36303556
7. Kernel 2.6 for ics?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35797210
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36526379
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37550173
8. Side effects and solution of using kernel 2.6 on a kernel 3 based Rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39452607
Basically, USB storage may not work.
To, make it work, Flash the fix attached with this post(don't remove battery @ any stage:sly-tested on my twrp 2.4.4 with cm10beta5.May not work with ics.
Alternatively, you can use multi mount SD app /root tool box lite app.
Attached zip md5: 8216eaf4a357b9cddc5cfd29b8d05a50
Attached zip sha-1: 408a075479745fe1713f8c55a968801f7f6160dd
Some more links :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40964578
Super wipe zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38338418
Nand recovery procedure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098622
tk to akshatshenoy.
Flashing an older ruu:
Not recommended @ any stage
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38694608
Even if it works,you might have problems data, battery drain etc.. if you Flash a wrong radio
KERNEL RAMDISK exchange on Android itself:wip
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40035607
How to install kernel? Clean?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098513
QUESTION NUMBER 11 ABOVE
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Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
/DATA (150 MB )
1.WHat's this?
It is the internal memory
2.Why is it important?
Because this is the place where all the apps go
No /data = no more apps
3.what's our available internal memory?
150 MB
User available 90 MB
4. Any way to increase internal memory?
By scripts
5 .Recommended apps to diagnose application not installed
Diskusage app
Log cat
6. What does a app contain?
App when installed splits into apk dex,and data(lib+data) files
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Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
SCRIPTS
Before we start, a app when installed takes space as three parts.
They are apk,dex and data (lib+app data)
All scripts work by symlinking
1. What are the scripts available for our explorer?
Partial scripts
A.Link2SD app
Moves apk,dex,lib~doesn't move app data
B.Root data2SD app
Need ext partitions
Moves application data2 ext
Full scripts--Need init.d support able to move fully /partially as per requirements
Links available in index
1.Mount2SD
Download from play store or from here check index
Famous for it's stability and frequent updates
Issues +
2. Int2ext
As per script, moves partially /fully .
Has a large user base
issues ++
3.s2e
Moves fully.
Issues +++
NO official version for jelly beans.
4.a2sd darktremor
Issues ++++
However works pretty well with stock Rom and jaggy Rom
Discontinued
5.ungaze script
Issues +++++
I don't recommend it.
Why not?
Because
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33750812
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31915607
1.1 mount2SD doesn't work? Script not executed fully @ boot?
Flash kernel 2.6 from above and you should be good to go.
2. How do I increase internal memory (literally ) from 150 MB to 2GB(for example SD ext )?
Use mount2SD reverse mount
Use int2ext
Side effects:
As per Android rules, 10% of internal memory will be unavailable
So, 200 MB out of 2GB SD ext will be unavailable
Mount2SD also has normal moving methods ,which will make Android think you'll have 150MB but you can fill up 2GB inside of 150 MB (Here 10% would mean 15 MB)
3. I installed d2ext/similar ,I'm not able to install more apps ,even though I have more SD ext space?.
A. First make sure you don't hit 10% data limit described above
B. Use diskusage app to determine,which partitions are full
For example- some scripts don't move dalvik and so dalvik will fully accumulate in /data creating no space.
C. Fix permissions from recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and reboot.
4. My Rom doesn't have init.d support /I'm using stock Rom?
Check index
You can add init.d support by
Flashing custom kernel (cranium)
Flashing scripts to make init.d support (or pimp my Rom app[not tested])
5. Where to add scripts before flashing Rom?
Add it in /system/etc/init.d (permissions are rwx rwx rwx ,if you're adding this in recovery after flashing )
For mount2SD add configurations folder in /data/m2sd.
6. How to migrate from link2SD to mount2SD?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38840247
7. Is there a full script so that I can use both my internal memory and SD ext?
A bit complicated, but this what I use...
Configure mount2SD
To move both apk and dalvik
Don't move data.
Then open titanium backup to move app data
@First move one app data to create data2SD directory.. then you can batch move whatever apps you think fit.
But please make sure you have at least 10 to 30 MB in /data and in/SD ext (SD ext not necessarily ) before a nandroid backup. Otherwise restoreS will not work.
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Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
Common issues with scripts:
0. Device stuck @ HTC logo with 4 error icons on all four corners
Since you flashed an ruu and failed user data fail etc.
Unlock bootloader if possible
Flash twrp recovery again
Code:
fastboot flash recovery.img
Then go to recovery with this command
Code:
fastboot boot recovery
Now that you're in recovery wipe everything, format everything .
If flashing failed /you can't enter recovery, do this keeping twrp recovery.img in /SDcard
Code:
fastboot boot /sdcard/recovery.img
Do cute prince recovery procedure shown in burnt nand section
Flash erase mtd3 as well
Now Flash your Rom and boot
If it doesn't boot, repeat the whole procedure above and now
Do ruu.
If all the above failed,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39181288
Read the above thread fully. That's the last resort.
Moral : Don't ever Flash an RUU (if you haven't already )
You can Flash stock Rom ~safer
1. Device struck in HTC logo
Wait for 15 minutes
Try pulling out battery and reboot
Update busybox and try installing scripts again
Convert your partition to ext3
Change your kernel to 2.6
2. Mount2SD ~apps update after every boot?
Turn cache off in app
Turn safe mode off
Clear cache and dalvik ~fix permissions ~reboot
Common issues after flashing:
1. I get status 7 error?
Open archive with Bluetooth file manager and check archive integrity
Try different compression method(thanks hpsgill)
Delete system apps
2. I get status 0 error?
Update binary used is different
Exchanged update binary from a working zip to this one
Other errors can be cured by changing recovery .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38469360
Common issues after flashing Rom:
1. Always do a clean install
To wipe everything except /sdcard.
Even in /sdcard delete Android /data after backup
2. No I won't listen. I want to do you a dirty install. Show me how?
Your choice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35903694
3. I get force closes of all apps?
Dalvik problem.
Clear cache and dalvik cache and reboot
4.I get force close of a specific app?
If it's a paid app, then you need to change your Android id to your original Id with Android id changer /titanium backup
Not a paid app?
Clear cache and data of that app and reboot
Fix permissions
5.reboot after reboot?
Thanks bhargz16
Kernel problem. Change kernel
GAPPS:
1. This gapp always force closes?
A. If it's a gapp found on play, just uninstall that gapp from system using titanium backup and then reboot and install from play store.
B.if not found on play, then try flashing a different gapps version from goo.im .
Make sure you have enough space on /system and on /cache before flashing and then flash. If not delete unused apps like stock keyboard ,etc
2. RPS5~AEC0/927/any other error while downloading apps from play?
A. Clear data cache of play store app
Reboot
B. Clear data of google services framework
Reboot
C. Remove your google account and re add it. Reboot.- this worked for me.
3. All my apps are missing from installed apps in play?
Wait for some time,if you've flashed a new Rom
Clear data and cache of play store
Reboot
Download app eric market fix *use @ your own risk *
Repeat the solution of questions 2.
Go back to main ^|^
Part 2 on next page :thumbup:
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
CPU:
1.Can you overclock?
IMO,
All overclocking burns nand.
It's just a matter of sooner /later.
Read this post before attempting anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38445346
Burnt nand recovery procedures here ~~the third post below this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098622
The links below are old. All latest Roms come with overclocked burning kernels.
cm10:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38189883
cm10.1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38336080
gpu oc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38331698
cpu oc
2. Governors ~what are they?
As the name says they govern when the cpu should go to higher speed and when they should sleep
Performance governor always keep your phone at Max
Powersave keeps your cpu always at low
USB :
1. Flashed kernel 3 and USB doesn't work.?
Flash kernel 2 back.
2. I want to know how to fix USB +kernel 3?
Don't know
3. Can I have usb otg ?
No, not yet.
SCREEN AND POWER BUTTON and soft keys:
1.SCREEN turns on after turning off ?
A. Some apps are trying to make screen on. After screen turns on, go to settings immediately and open running applications, you may be able to find the culprit. It's probably the app, which is restarting. Some apps like lock any app screen etc. Logs could be helpful.
B. Some users reported it could be a hardware problem -look below for power button issues.
C. Some users reported it could be a script problem (rare )
2. My home screen button and /or search buttons doesn't work?
A. Did you do a dirty install of new Rom
Clear cache and dalvik and fix permissions and reboot
B. Copy com.Android.providers.settings /databases from your previous nandroid backups(use yaffs file manager /nandroid manager)and paste it in it's respective location now (paste it using file manager in recovery )
C. If that doesn't work, clean install again
Tech savvy? ~search for device provisioned 1 in cyanogen forums
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38633404
3. Power button doesn't work properly ?
A. If it's not a software problem(try the above solution first),then you broke it.
If you broke it, avoid using the power button anymore-use attached scripts indeed.
There are apps in market to simulate power keys.
Or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38633404
Go back to main ^|^
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
Miscellaneous topics:
Subject to change without prior notification
Developers:
1. Who are the developers that make these roms?
1. Cute_prince
2.sakîndia123
3.derefas
4.lirokoa
5.liverpool fan
6.bhargz16
7.nihar.g
8.ngolralph
And many others. The above are the developers of the roms that I used and present in no order.
2. Why doesn't sakindia123 update the OP ?
Disclaimer: Since it is one of the most faq by newbie,I'm forced to discuss here. I personally do not know sakîndia. If you still want more info, contact senior member hpsgill
You see.. He does nothing without reason. If he doesn't, then the last build present in op will be more /less equal to the latest build. There are other reasons ,which if I had to speak of them all, time wouldn't let me and I would have to deal with flaming members and mods and deleted posts and locked threads . Furthermore that question is well out of the scope of this thread. You are instructed not to ask this question any where.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
3. How can I contact these developers?
You can by studying Android development and codes, bccms,404s,tr2s and then talking to them. You'll have better luck talking with non recognized developers than the rds.
And try discussion threads .
4. Why doesn't a developer answer my question? (I'm being polite here)
Because the developer doesn't know the answer
w.r.f to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38095857
Or your question has already been answered. Try searching for your question at the least 10 pages back.
or your question is too silly to answer
Or your question is not seen ,because they don't have time .
5. Why do they do this ?
For passion of development, addicted, and for learning purposes.
So, that means they don't work for you. They don't help you. They do what they want.
6. I feel a emptiness around forum members. Was there a developer who worked here, yet left without goodbye?
Well not sure about goodbye, but yes his name is jaggyjags.
sakIndia123 came only late and his first work his cranium kernel, which he abandoned like it was nothing.. buried it along with jags. Cruel things did happen before you were here.
Go back to main ^|^
Members:
1. Why won't members answer my question?
Again, thanks to bhargz16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38095857
Or question has already been answered over and over again. Try searching for your question and read at the least 10 pages back.
Or they don't want to help you
Or may be you aren't polite
Or they want thanks
2. Why do they want thanks?
You see.. you should hit thanks for them in order for them to reply
3. Why hit thanks?
Because they are thankaholics .
This addiction
Some call it want,
For some it's need
Some call it greed
And some call it hunger
And some childish foolishness
Never hit thanks, unless you mean it. Never sell yourself short. Mean it, then hit it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32867800
My first thread closed by mods
:crying:
Having said that, please do be grateful for what you receive. Hitting thanks is like giving a eternal reputation mark on them rather than just saying it. Saying just makes a temporary mark. Get it. 
4.what is spam?
Spam is going out of topic . It never should be done in dev threads unless thread is dead.
Some do the work of mods pretending to be mods.
5.who are mods?
They are moderators who have power to ban anyone at will (in short )
And they are losing patience
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37950595
6.Can I spam here?
Feel free to speak what you want..
7. If I feel something wrong is going on /flaming /threatening, who should I report to?
You can use the report system~that (!) mark over every post. Click it and your issue will be resolved within a hour(probably ).
Go back to main ^|^
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0110…380“30…4010¨¨1WELCOME TO NAND/recovery BURNT ZONE 0110…380“30…4010¨¨1
0„30†2Moved by touch0160†640„30†3Inc.
0110…380“30…4010¨¨1DON'T FLASH AN RUU AT ANY STAGE 0110…380“30…4010¨¨1
0. What's burnt nand?
It's condition caused by overclocking(oc)[CPU oc ,to be specific. For gpu oc,go to the last part of this post question 10 ] resulting in bad blocks all over your system, data, cache and recovery.
Important: Use diskusage app to determine size. Don't go by phone's inbuilt settings
A case of burned /system partition in cm10 beta6 running overnight:
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A late case of burnt nand of /data :
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1 &2:Not applicable anymore. Peace!
3. No one has burnt thier nand*it's just some people think that thier nand is burnt * is this true?
Well, I'm sure, going through the forums and q &a ,I know that people have indeed burnt thier nands and some just by using the overclocked kernel without even overclocking.
Sources:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847002&page=400
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2243719
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39985385
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39799173
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39439861
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39428922
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39402187
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38941663
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39216556
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38945489
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39197918
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39169697
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38657723
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40616272
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39331139
But below is a strong correlation with bad block proof between overclocking and burnt recovery. Yes it burns recovery too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39196574
THE ABOVE LINKED POSTS ARE MOSTLY SOLVED BY ME OR SENIOR MEMBER S, BUT SOME HAVE LOST THEIR DEVICES. IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER HERE, I SUGGEST YOU READ ALL THE LINKED POSTS-VARIOUS DIFFERENT METHODS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED.,WHICH ARE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN HERE. READ AND READ-YOU'LL FIND.
4. What are the symptoms of burnt nand?
Early symptoms:
You'll notice a strong drop in your free space in /data
Late symptoms:
/data free space is Nil /below 50%of what you saw before
Error in /cache /recovery/log.
Error in /cache/recovery/last log.Not readable.
No apps can be installed
Rom lags like hell
No Rom can be flashed /boots
Previous nandroids ,which are successfully restored before fails to restore now.
Really abrupt and fast restores with twrp
RUU cannot be done ~user data(mtd5) fail. System fail (mtd3)
5. How can I diagnose burnt nand early?
If you suspect burnt nand ,
1.Watch out for free space in /data and watch out for sharp reduction.
2.Download this app Disk Usage and watch out for increase in system data in /data
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39464989
3.Make a dmesg and look for these errors
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36834988
4.Definitive method is this :
shahrooz_ra said:
hello
is there any linux terminal command for check badblock on nand memory?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1.DOWNLOAD THE TERMINAL.ZIP ATTACHED BELOW
2.EXTRACT TERMINAL.ZIP INTO /SDCARD/lol [create a folder named lol[small letters ]in SDcard, if there already isn't one ]
3.Open terminal emulator on your phone
4.type or copy and paste this code and press enter
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/lol/runme.sh /r.sh
chmod 0755 /r.sh
/r.sh
5.if it doesn't work first time, paste twice.
6.If pasting twice doesn't work, type each code one by one -you'll surely get it. Come on-its just 4 lines -type it lazy!
And Now you'll see the number of bad blocks you've got.
You can also Flash the zip below[for which you have to go to recovery ]or execute the attached script badblocks.sh as root.
6. What are the parts affected by burning?
Proved to affect
/Data
/system
/cache
/recovery
Rest is unknown
7. Ok I managed to burn my nand What are the recovery procedures available?
I SIMPLIFIED THINGS HERE BY MAKING A FLASHABLE FLASH_ERASE. ZIP[Code named FLASH_ERASEmadeflashablebyBANNED.zip ] it works with twrp2.5 to flash_erase needed partitions. However not tested fully. Problem? Post here.
Other long procedures:
Cute prince recovery procedure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36868966
I think Cute prince missed this .Just add this at the end
Code:
./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd3 0 0
7.1 I GET FLASH ERASE NOT FOUND?
Flash the flash_erasemadeflashablebyBANNED.zip
Derefas recovery procedure:
derefas was the one who actually gave the idea of recovering nand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36867557
Sachin Thomas recovery procedure
Developed lately *can be done on phone itself */if it didn't involve recovery /*
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38941897
Recovery recoveriNG procedure (bhargz16)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39198068
8. I can't find my answer here?
Go to official burnt nand discussion thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183130
Or you can ask your questions here.
9.can I Flash any other kernel to prevent overclocking?
You can Flash garuda2.6
Link in latest links post page 1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38098567
Side effects:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39452607
10. Some more links:
Unknown recovery procedure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36836090
MTD status report:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36837173
11. Cannot go to recovery /burnt recovery /unable to flash recovery?
Not sure of the exact command,but will work.
Use
Code:
fastboot boot recovery /sdcard/twrp5.img
or
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
or
Code:
fastboot boot /sdcard/twrp5.img
You need twrp5.img or recovery.img present in /SDcard and renamed like that itself.
After booting into recovery, you can do everything you please. ~flash erase format and install new Rom and boot the device [do ruu here, if you haven't been able to enter hboot before]
After booting up the device, flash erase mtd1 through terminal emulator.and then flash a suitable small recovery. And then pledge here that you'll never overclock ever again.
12. GPU OC ?
gpu oc has been reverted along with CPU oc by sak for burnt nand. But may be added later. but not present in cm released on or two months before 9 may13.
12.1 is it safe?
I don't know. CPU oc did provide burnt nand and bad blocks. Gpu oc may also do some things, which may not be seen as of now. I've seen one case complaining that, after using Cyanogen and going back to stock - games started lagging, which did not lag, when he was in stock before. The reliability is doubtful. But not much people go back to stock either -so not much can be said.
12.2 do you recommend it?
"If any provider of any oc removes the "AS IS" tag and take responsibility,if something happens, then I'll probably may use that oc,otherwise count me out".
12.3 How to remove gpu oc ?
Its present in kernel. Flash another kernel. Or modify source and compile yourself.
Present at arch/arm/mach-msm/msm7x27a.c- kernel source.
Try here
Normal [bus, Gpu] is [0,133330000],[160000000,192000000],[200000000,245760000] I think.
13. Was there anyone unable to recover and lost thier device for ever?
AFAIK,
"The lost thier device for ever list RIP "
Ghostking
Hawk378
And May be many more
Legend *:
Attachment list:
***********************************************************VERY IMPORTANT : UNDER CLOCK BELOW 300MHZ ,IF YOU ARE USING ZIPS WHILE SYSTEM IS RUNNING.AFTER THE TESTS, YOU MAY OVER CLOCK AS YOU WISH. ********************************************************************************************
Provided "AS IS"
1- script to detect badblocks by banned.
2-flashable zip to detect badblocks by btfb0
3-Terminal method to detect bad blocks by banned .
4-flashable zip to detect bad blocks by banned.
5- Recovery procedure to delete bad blocks- Made flashable by BANNED.
All zips posted here has readme.txt files inside it-which are self explanatory to that particular zip.
*USE AT YOUR OWN RISK*
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
I have a question not answered here?
Post your question in the q&a section after making sure that your question hasn't already been asked.
Please use search button on the top right to make sure that your question hasn't already been asked. And it'll help you to find more answers.
Follow detailed instructions here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33608527
And post with logcat increases your chances of resolving the problem
ADB
What is logcat and ADB?
Special thanks to akshat.shenoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37805872
He'll explain things better
Basics of ADB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9936674
Partition and wipe SD ext with ADB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38706881
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
reserved
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
MINI Tips and tricks:▶?
1.How can I apply cm9/10 themes?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35530897
Download the zip from here, read instructions there and flash it in recovery
Now you can use any HDPI themes on your Pico
Thanks ngoloralph
2. How do I change fonts?
Download Rom toolbox lite and go to font installer;
A. If you're on stock, the rest is automatic
B.if you're on cyanogen 9/10/11,if you change the droid sans /others as recommended by app, you'll end up in boot loop (possibly because of symlinking of robot sans & droid sans )
In such a case go to preferences and click to overwrite only roboto regular font and everything will be fine.
Take a look
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3. How do I add a new language support to my device?
Note: no new language gui can be added by this method. This only adds support. Instead of seeing boxes, you may see your language. If you want full language support, you can go to this abandoned thread.?? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40890599 ??
Language support can simply be added by adding a Android supported language font file in /system /fonts and give it permissions rw r. r.(font files can be found all over xda )
Step 2. Open system /etc /fallbackfonts.xml...
There should be a lot of font file names there.. just delete a font name that you don't want and add your font file name (the name of the file which you put in /system /fonts)
In there.
Practice makes perfect.
This method however doesn't work /only partly works for complex languages /script like Hindi Arabic etc.
DID YOU KNOW?
1. Long pressing reboot button (in the menu after pressing power key) will get you into safe mode
2. Long pressing power keys and volume keys + and- for more than 30 seconds will reboot your device (tk to hrkh83)
3. Repeatedly pressing certain options(like Android version) in the about menu in settings(on cyanogen ) will take you into different settings (tk liverpoolfan)
Go back to main ^|^
Battery drain
BATTERY DRAIN
Of course, we're gonna talk about drain.
Before we start, I want to disprove some prevalent concepts
1. Battery calibration
It is supposed to increase Battery capacity and increase Battery life and it makes your phone to show the correct Battery on the notification bar.
FALSE
It doesn't do any of those. Calibration is just deleting Batterystats.bin file. That file holds info about how many seconds each apps were running for.typically it's blameometer. It shows the information you see in the battery chart in your settings. Nothing more.
Source: article
2. Cycling your battery life from 0 to 100 and 100 to 0 will typically increase Battery life. Further more you should make sure it comes to zero by turning on the phone,every time it got switched off on it's own.
FALSE AGAIN
Nothing could destroy your Li-On Battery than extreme low voltage. You can be sure that this will destroy your battery life more than anything. During storage it's recommended to keep the battery in cool place with 40%Battery.
So, don't use any battery draining app from market.
Ok, since we took out the false foundation, it's time to put some true working tips to save your battery during usage and it's overall life
1. It's recommended to charge as often as possible ~every time you get a socket. Though not to keep @100 all the time. Overcharging theoretically may damage your battery, but your phone comes with various safety mechanisms to prevent charging after that.
2. Limit the number of apps. Definitely would produce good Battery.
3. Limit the number of apps, that run in background all the time.
Typical example would be facebook.
PERFORMANCE:
4.Disable autostarts for all apps, that you don't use much~using autostart manager.
Disabling autostarts for the clock app will make you get up late. Use common sense.
This alone should drastically improve your performance
5.Use lightweight launchers ~Nova.
Go (any go products) is not advisable
6.Post ICS, Disable media scanner receiver.
You can use elixir app to disable media scanner receiver. This will scan your SDcard over and over again resulting in Battery drain,which is significant, if you use a bigger SD. Use media scanner root to enable and disable.
As far as the usual ones,
7. Disable autobrightness
8. Keep screen @ minimum brightness
9. Disable autorotation
10. Disable location services.
GAPPS:
11. Disable GSF (google services framework ) receivers ~the ones with gtalk on it.
12. Disable auto sync
You can use timedo /timer Android to turn on sync twice /thrice daily.
13. Reduce number of accounts. Better to keep single than three accounts.
14. Good internet connection. Amount of energy taken to re connect is supposed to be far more than amount needed to keep a connection.
15. Undervolt/with underclock
RECOMMENDED APPS:
1.BETTER BATTERY STATS ~free for xda.
2. Onepower guard
I haven't found satisfying results with this app, but still try it out
3.greenIFY
I haven't used this @ all.
4. Any app, that is used to reduce /increase heartbeat sent to google servers.
Well, that's all I've learnt as of now.
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
Recommended apps section (only free)
Top apps
0. Superuser by koush (Clockworkmod)
1. Titanium backup
2. Efficient backup
3. Floating logcat ~logcat extreme
4. Catlog
5. Aroma file manager (recovery use only)
6 .Es file explorer
6.1 es file explorer v2
7. Yaffs file manager
8. App extractor
8.1 nandroid manager
9. Loaderdroid
10. Xda app
11. Elixir (much useful to disable app components than it's actual use)
12. Android pro widgets(similar to HTC friendstream)
13. Nova launcher
14. Timedo
15. Live logcat lite
16. Rom toolbox lite
17. Screen stand by root(turn off screen without making phone to sleep)
18. Disk Usage
Launcher:
1. Nova
2. Apex
Downloaders:
Loaderdroid
Multimedia players:
Video
mx
bs
qq
Audio
Ttpod
Equalizers
NOOZOXIDE REWIRE PRO
Walkman sound enhancements
Awesome beats
Cyanogen Dsp(better than stock )
Equalizer from market.
Cam/corDer /video recorder:
Camera:
Camera 360
ucam
spycam
Video recorder
ucam
Zoom camera
Camera magix
Browsers:
Fast and server based
Uc browser mini
Opera mini
Opera mobile
uc browser
Puffin browser
Full fledged browsers
Firefox
Dolphin
Google chrome beta
Chrome
KEYBOARDS ?
Touchpal keyboard
mĺ has internet permisn wid emoji
Office apps:
Kingsoft office(better than paid apps)
Zip extractors:
Zarchiver(ant-one)
Screen off(w/wake lock):
Screen stand-by
File managers:
ES explorer
Fx file explorer
Call recorders:
No known call recorders are working.
Stocks:
Personal finance
Superuser:
Superuser by koush ~open source&free
Super su ~made pro free after the release of prior~closed source ~
⇧Go back to main ♠
THE END.
© All rights reserved 2013?
Autoramdisk exchange alpha
MINI ADVANCED SECTION:
KERNEL RAMDISK exchange on Android itself:wip
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™
『Moved by touch™』Inc.
In association with
Google Nose beta™
Presents
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™
Current version: 0.0.0.0.071 Alpha
Created with Es explorer 1.6
Created on HTC explorer Pico a310e
Update:
I have got it to work and complete
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40035607
Old post: too lazy to delete
Present condition:
Hi. I cannot get it to work on HTC Pico yet .It may work on other phones. If someone can, please feel free to complete it provided you give proper credits And you do not make money out of this.
What's this?
It's a procedure (wip) to Flash any kernel without the need to change ramdisk.
As new kernel gets released, you don't need to change ramdisk to suit your Rom.
Automated procedure:
Open any kernel.zip with any zip extractor on your phone
Copy the script below and paste it in updater-script present in meta~inf/com/google/Android
(delete any other things written there. )
Code:
package_extract_dir("bin","/tmp");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/busybox");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/unpack-bootimg");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/mkbootimg");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/dump_image");
run_program("/sbin/dump_image","boot","/tmp/oldboot.img");
run_program("/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "-i","/tmp/oldboot.img","-o","/tmp");
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "mkdir","/tmp/boot");
run_program("/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "-i","/tmp/boot.img","-o","/tmp/boot");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "rm","-r","/tmp/kernel");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "mv","/tmp/boot/kernel","/tmp/kernel");
run_program("/tmp/mkbootimg", "--ramdisk","/tmp/ramdisk.cpio.gz","--kernel","/tmp/kernel","-o","/tmp/newboot.img");
write_raw_image("/tmp/newboot.img", "boot");
delete_recursive("/tmp/newboot.img", "/tmp/boot", "/tmp/oldboot.img", "/tmp/kernel", "/tmp/ramdisk.cpio.gz","/tmp/boot.img", "/tmp/busybox", "/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "/tmp/mkbootimg");
mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
Download zip files from the source link below
Extract it and copy the bin folder from there to your kernel folder directly.
There should be 3 folders in your kernel folder ~bin folder, meta inf folder, system folder and boot.img
Now compress it and Flash
Note that this is only applicable to change ramdisk. If the boot. Img needs more work than that, it won't work. Essentially, it won't work on sense4 compiled kernels and vice versa
Manual terminal emulator method:
Alright guys, one last tutorial from me making my last mark here .This tutorial is not tested fully and probably never will be due to lack of time. And it will work for sure ~but May have syntax errors.
Credits:
1.trevd for arm executable binaries.
2.Xda university.
Requirements:
1.Any Android 2.3+ rooted
2.Android terminal emulator
3.arm executable unpack-bootimg binary and mkbootimg binaries (find it below )
History:
I wanted to change ramdisk for kernels for a long time on phone itself ~probably for a year or more . But anyone who tried to unpack using normal unzip apps would've noticed that other data.img and even system.img in clockworkmod could be unpacked easily, but not the boot.img and recovery.img. When I searched to unpack, it was easy with computers using the unpackbootimg binary for Linux. Problem was it wasn't cross compatible with our phones . So, I was searching for quite a while,until I found trev on xda university and he had made arm executable binaries for unpacking, repacking. Actually the main reason these binaries were created was for far greater and more advanced purposes i.e. to use apply patch functions in update binary and update script to Flash ramdisk on phone without flashing the kernel itself or vice versa (AFAIK)[ The apply patch functions are used in normal ota updates for any Android phone ]. Anyway I took those binaries to unpack kernels on our phone to change ramdisk. I write this for those, who want to change ramdisk on thier phone, but had no experience in PC whatsoever. And also by doing this, I share the unpack boot image binaries by trevd for Android phone ,so that any advanced member May use it for kernel updater scripts~think about it ~one zip for all cm9/10/10.1. Ofcourse the rest is up to you. Thanks for reading
Procedure:
1.Download the zip given in source below
2.Unpack it
3.Find these two binaries in /system/bin
Unpack-bootimg and mkbootimg
4.Copy them to /system/bin and give them full execute permissions in es explorer and read/write permission for user.
5.For easy remembrance,say, b1.img is your original boot image for your Rom(and Android,say cm10 ) and b2.img is the new kernel released for cm10.1
6.You want to change the ramdisk ofb2 cm10.1 to cm10 ,so that you can Flash the new kernelb2 for your cm10
7.Create new folder in SDcard named boot and put both b1.img and b2.img there
8.Open terminal.
9.type the following code one by one
Code:
su
cd /sdcard/boot
mkdir /sdcard/boot/b1
mkdir /sdcard/boot/b2
unpack-bootimg -i /sdcard/boot/b1.img -o /sdcard/boot/b1
unpack-bootimg -i /sdcard/boot/b2.img -o /sdcard/boot/b2
rm /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz
mv /sdcard/boot/b1/ramdisk.cpio.gz /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz
mkbootimg --kernel /sdcard/boot/b2/kernel.img --ramdisk /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz --base 12C00000 -o /sdcard/b2new.img
rm -r /sdcard/boot
Note: the last rm command will delete all your old kernels ~don't execute it, if you don't want to have it deleted.
10.Now you have new kernel boot image with your ramdisk in /sdcard/b2new.img
11.Put it back in the zip with it's modules and
12. Flash
13.Hoping it'll work.
14.That's the end.
Source and binaries here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36931024
For dream and Sapphire models, you can use the binaries created by koush ~ which is found in his github ~any kernel project.
I'll probably be leaving soon
Kind of feel like working for xda. I guess sak and others would probably feel like it later. It's been great while it lasted. So this is probably my last project. If I did have some extra hardware during this period, things May have been different. It's good, while it lasted.
"The fantasy of a dream is that, it's still a dream, when it becomes reality, then it's no more a dream and the fantasy is lost. "
「Good bye xda」
So long:angel:
Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]
one more
The Infamous BUILD.PROP Tweaks :
http://www.jeffmixon.com/examining-build-prop-tweaks-for-android-ics-a-comprehensive-guide-part-1/
from
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-roms/234899-examining-build-prop-tweaks.html
Guess that'll end this hoax for good.
One thing that was useful for me was this
http://www.modaco.com/topic/347274-guide-making-cm-utilise-both-cache-and-data-for-dalvik-cache/