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[Reference] Stock G1 to Newest CM (5.0.7 Stable)

This is a guide that I created for a friend of mine. Since originally putting it together I have found myself going back to it often as a quick reference guide on how to perform certain procedures. I figured that I may as well share it for others that might find it useful. I will do my best to keep it as up to date as possible.
Gain Root
Koush put together an excellent guide for this here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
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Recovery
Rom Manager to install either clockwork recovery or amon ra recovery
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Backup
In either recovery you can do a nandroid backup. Do a full backup in case anything goes wrong you can restore phone to its previous state. If you have apps2sd running you will want to select the option that does ext backup as well. Basically its best that every time you have your system working the way you like it to do a nandroid backup so you always have the most recent restore point for your phone.
Alternately, if you simply want to backup applications or system settings individually download MyBackup or Titanium backup You can opt to save application data so that all of your application settings and such are saved as well.
MyBackup
Titanium Backup
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Flash Radio Update
**NOTE** It has been brought to my attention that it can be unsafe to flash Radio or SPL via recovery (result in brick). Fastboot is much safer. I completed this via recover without any issues. However, I am not responsible if something happens. I will be adding instructions for fastboot shortly. Haven't touched it since I first got my phone way back so need to relearn the procedures. Info HERE**
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=640535
Download - http://www.mediafire.com/?zgnzmex2mrj
Copy to SD card
In recovery apply zip
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Flash Danger SPL
**NOTE** It has been brought to my attention that it can be unsafe to flash Radio or SPL via recovery (result in brick). Fastboot is much safer. I completed this via recover without any issues. However, I am not responsible if something happens. I will be adding instructions for fastboot shortly. Haven't touched it since I first got my phone way back so need to relearn the procedures. Info HERE**
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/DangerSPL
Download - http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/spl-signed.zip
Copy to SD card
In recovery apply zip
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Partition SD
In recovery partition SD
~500 ext
64 swap (only do swap if you intent to use it; read info on swap below before you decide)
*These are my settings. You can adjust as you wish
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Flash Newest CyanogenMod Rom (5.0.7 Stable)
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index....magic-mean-lean-pastry-machine-v507-05252010/
Download - http://www.kanged.net/mirror/download.php?file=update-cm-5.0.7-DS-signed.zip
Download - http://kanged.net/mirror/download.php?file=gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip
Copy all to SD card
If first time installing CM 5.0.7 do a wipe in recovery
In recovery apply update zip
In recovery apply gapps zip (not necessary if already running previous version of 5.0.7)
*Note
Go into settings
Application settings
enable unknown sources and aps2sd
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Optional Addons Must be completed after every rom flash to retain effects.
Enable Swap
**Note** Each location on a flash memory card can only be written to so many times before it stops working correctly. Since swap will cause the swap partition to be written to frequently, there is a potential issue of wearing out part of a flash memory card. If a card wears out while using swap, your system will malfunction and crash.
Wear leveling is a mechanism that distributes write wear uniformly over the entire memory card by dynamically remapping logical memory blocks to different physical memory blocks over time. This largely alleviates the issue of card wear when using applications such as swap that tend to write to the same memory blocks over and over.
Anecdotal reports on the 'net indicate that most Class 6 microSDHC include hardware wear leveling, while Class 4 and lower cards typically don't. A-Data and Transcend Class 6 cards were specifically cited as having hardware wear leveling. Many people have used these cards for swap without issue. In the end it is your decision on whether you want to take the risk of running swap. Many respected developers here recommend you not use it.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index....swap-partition/page__view__findpost__p__30130
Download - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/G1/86swapon.txt
Edit 86swapon.txt (default at 30 swappiness)
Copy to SD card
In terminal:
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
cp /sdcard/download/86swapon.txt /system/etc/init.d/86swapon
chown 0:2000 /system/etc/init.d/86swapon
chmod 755 /system/etc/init.d/86swapon
sync
reboot
*Verify by typing "free" in terminal (swap will show values instead of "0")
To disable swap do the following:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/etc/init.d/86swapon
sync
reboot
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Enable JitFix
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/2910-jit-installeruninstaller-script-507t3-updated/
Download - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/G1/JIT-Install.zip
Extract JITFIX folder to SDCard
In terminal:
su
sh /sdcard/JITFIX/install
after installation is complete you will be asked if you want to install the fix as well
just type Y and hit enter
the next line will ask where your dalvik-cache is located
Type S for SD card
*verify by typing "dalvikvm -h" in terminal (last line will contain "WITH_JIT")
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Enable OverClock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679033
Download - http://fromhindsight.com/crap/overclock_update.zip
In recovery apply zip
Download SetCPU
Open and set auto detect.
Set max to no higher than 652800
Min works good at 480000
*These are general settings. You can find a more in-depth conversation about what good settings are at the link above.
SetCPU
Market link above for donate. Free for XDA members here
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Facebook Account Sync
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679572
Facebook from market breaks sync for Market users. Firerat has posted a great patch file for fixing this issue.
Download - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=325544&d=1273702838
Copy to SDCard
In terminal:
su
sh /sdcard/fr-patch132.txt fb
Go into Facebook app and edit settings for sync
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Thanks for this guide!

What's this for?
echo 255 >/sys/class/leds/blue/brightness;

yokonunz said:
What's this for?
echo 255 >/sys/class/leds/blue/brightness;
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Led will turn blue after settings swap on startup. (Will be reset later in the startup process)

Enable Facebook Sync
To enable Facebook sync use firerats script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679572
su
sh /sdcard/fr-patch132.txt fb
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fonzie123 said:
Led will turn blue after settings swap on startup. (Will be reset later in the startup process)
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As Fonzie stated, it makes your led turn blue during startup. This lets you know that the script file is being run. You can safely remove that section if you do not need to notification. I just like having it there.

fonzie123 said:
To enable Facebook sync use firerats script: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679572
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Thanks for that. I'll add it to the guide.

Should be on Cyanogenmod wiki where it belongs

xaueious said:
Should be on Cyanogenmod wiki where it belongs
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I can throw it on there as well, but I think it belongs here as much as it does there. xda-dev forums are here to help all, and have a much larger user base. A large number of g1 users here use cyanogen. And besides a lot of this can be used for other roms as well. It's simply a quick reference guide to help people out.

To be safe, if you already have the newest radio 2.22.23.02, I say DOWNGRADE to 26i. That way when you're flashing the Danger SPL you decrease your chance of getting a brick.
I know thins because I accidentally bricked my friends G1 because he had the newest radio(2.22.23.02) when I flashed Danger over it..
I wouldn't know how to write out the steps so if you kindly would.
And if you already have 26i whoopy dooo for you less work.

AustinAce said:
To be safe, if you already have the newest radio 2.22.23.02, I say DOWNGRADE to 26i. That way when you're flashing the Danger SPL you decrease your chance of getting a brick.
I know thins because I accidentally bricked my friends G1 because he had the newest radio(2.22.23.02) when I flashed Danger over it..
I wouldn't know how to write out the steps so if you kindly would.
And if you already have 26i whoopy dooo for you less work.
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That advice is false.
What does prevent accidents when flashing radio is flashing in fastboot

xaueious said:
That advice is false.
What does prevent accidents when flashing radio is flashing in fastboot
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I'm talking about the SPL. When I flashed Danger over 2.22.23.02 I bricked my friends phone.

What xaueious means is that flashing a radio or SPL through recovery has been proven dangerous. We don't fully understand why, but we do know that you run close to 0 risk if you flash through fastboot instead. Danger has been shown running on old 1.x radio's before, only if they are flashed through fastboot.

mejorguille said:
What xaueious means is that flashing a radio or SPL through recovery has been proven dangerous. We don't fully understand why, but we do know that you run close to 0 risk if you flash through fastboot instead. Danger has been shown running on old 1.x radio's before, only if they are flashed through fastboot.
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Oh hahaha alright I get it thanks for clearing that up for me.

Sorry! Process System is not responding
i don't know what i have done to the phone. since i flash cm5-t5, i get warning "Sorry! Process System is not responding" everytime I reboot the photo and then unlock it. I did try to wipe and flash back to cm5-t4, i still get the same warning.

xaueious said:
That advice is false.
What does prevent accidents when flashing radio is flashing in fastboot
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Thanks for the info Xaueious. I looked more into this and found the following:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_Bootloader
I will be updating my reference guide here shortly to reflect this information.

Great guide i just placed it in the bible

Royalknight6190 said:
Great guide i just placed it in the bible
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Thanks Royalknight. I figured some people could get some use out of it. And it helps me update my procedures as people kindly let me know of better ways to do things.

sagementor said:
i don't know what i have done to the phone. since i flash cm5-t5, i get warning "Sorry! Process System is not responding" everytime I reboot the photo and then unlock it. I did try to wipe and flash back to cm5-t4, i still get the same warning.
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So you had test 4 running good, and flashed test 5 over it correct? No other changes? Upon booting up when you attempt to unlock you get the above error message?

i don't remember. i can eliminate the problem by swipping the ext partition. however after i add back some apps, the problem appears again.

[ODIN+CWM] GB Ext4 Starter Pack (Nov 24)

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Okay, I'm tired of seeing people not be able to get on the GB ext4 bandwagon where apps don't disappear. This guide is for you if you want a smooth, surefire way to get on GB.
NOTES
* The KC1 and KJ6 files contain bootloaders for the SGH-T959V. By downloading and flashing the files you agree that you will not hold me or anyone in Team Acid responsible if your device gets bricked. There are always risks when flashing custom firmware and ROMs onto your phone.
* As always, make a full backup of your SD card and phone.
FEATURES
* Root
* CWM + drhonk's custom KJ1 kernel preinstalled.
* Gets rid of the disappearing apps problem
* Gets rid of the missing SD card once you're booted into GB
* Gets rid of your bootloops
* Get a working GB ROM with ext4 support (includes Official KJ6 with drhonk's custom KJ1 + cwm kernel)
* All the files you need are included in this post
* Wipes out all the gremlins you had on your phone by putting the KC1 bootloaders, then the KJ6 bootloaders on your phone.
PREREQUISITES
1) Download all the files from the links on this post, and extract both .7z files and Odin v1.85 using 7-zip or a compatible program
2) Leave the phone's back cover off since you're gonna have to do a few battery pulls and you need access to the sd card
3) Format your sd card by hooking it up to your computer with an sd adapter or through mass storage mode using your phone and a USB cable.
FORMATTING ERASES EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD. MAKE SURE YOU BACK IT UP ONTO YOUR COMPUTER BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
Follow this guide to format your sd card on Windows (this is on XP but the same steps can be taken on Vista or 7).
This guide is meant for using your sd card on a Wii, but the process is the same to get it working on the phone.
WATCH THE VIDEO ALL THE WAY TROUGH BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OF THIS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5fxOKdmmv8
Click on the link above if you wanna watch fullscreen, or you can watch here it here:
INSTRUCTIONS
1) After formatting the SD card with the steps above, put your favorite GB ROM, and install_busybox.zip onto the SD card
- 1a) You can restore any backup of your SD card you made at this point. Make sure you have at least 2GB free on the card though!
2) Put your phone into download mode
3) Open Odin on your computer
4) Load up Odin, and load the KC1 files, DON'T TOUCH ANY OTHER OPTIONS, leave them like they are even if Odin changes them!
- 4a) PIT: Sgs4g.pit
- 4b) PDA: pda.tar.md5
5) Flash and let the phone reboot. Once you see the T-Mo startup screen (the pink one), OR the CWM (red text) screen do a battery pull.
6) Put your phone back into download mode
7) Click reset in Odin, now load up the KJ6 files
- 7a) PDA: pda.tar.md5
- 7b) CSC: csc.tar.md5
8) Flash the files and let the phone reboot.
- 8a) The phone will go into standard recovery (blue and yellow letters, you might hear Linda) and then reboot itself once.
- 8b) The 2nd time you will see either the CWM red letter screen or the Galaxy S 4G white letters/pink splash screen and if you prefer you can let the phone boot all the way, do a battery pull.
9) Now unplug the USB cable, put the battery back in, hold vol + and -, then press power. You should boot into CWM (red letters, voodoo).
10) Go into the voodoo menu > enable lagfix and /system lagfix on
11) Flash the GB rom you put on your sd card
12) Flash the busybox_installer.zip
13) Reboot and hear Linda give her speech.
14) Welcome to GB with ext4!
CREDITS
For helping me expand my knowledge:
krylon360
whitehawkx
drhonk
chadster214
golmar88
Team Acid
raverx3x for the CSC flashing trick that fixes the missing apps problems and for the KC1 and KJ6 builds
dsexton702 for his countless guides which help me build mine.
The helpful members of this community
TESTIMONIALS
Lawful123 said:
It was all a blur. I followed your steps and all I remember was some cable and talking to the ruler of Asgard then their was a crazy battery pull then back to Asgard and then i had a one way conversation with some fembot named linda and it all ended with me having gingerbread.
Thanks for the help.
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CHANGELOG
Nov 24, 2011
Updated the guide and files for the official KJ6 GB release. Now you get Raver's KJ6 ROM plus drhonk's KJ1 kernel + voodoo.
Sep 27, 2011
Changed the formatting and added a youtube video link on how to format your sd card from your computer instead of CWM.
Aug 18, 2011
Initial release
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LINKS
7-zip
Odin3 v1.85.zip
install_busybox.zip
fb_kc1_bootloaders_cwm.7z
fb_kj6_official_kj1_kernel.7z

I can say this is pretty much what I followed and had only one other change. Many of us have had to create a 2048 partition on the SD card to make it work, 1024 just wouldn't work for some of us.

shotchacokov said:
I can say this is pretty much what I followed and had only one other change. Many of us have had to create a 2048 partition on the SD card to make it work, 1024 just wouldn't work for some of us.
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Sent from my awesome SGS4G

I currently have:
Modem: T959VIKH2
Kernel: 2.6.35-T959VUVKG4-CL3585158
Rom:T959VUVKG4 odin
Linda will not speak. Will the above work for my Rom?

It might be overkill for you, but yes it'll work as long as you have a properly formatted sd card.
Just know that this will wipe everything on your phone so look for a CWM gingerbread rom. There's a few good ones right now. I'm using audiophile ftw
Sent from my awesome SGS4G

Your going to get a few questions for the people who were on the leaked first version of GB with the jacked bootloaders - So I was thinking you might want to add How to get back to a proper Froyo version like KD1 in your post.... .Kc1 for some reason didnt work for me - and I somewhat know what Im doing...lol....Im just saying tho.... happened to me...

FBis251 said:
It might be overkill for you, but yes it'll work as long as you have a properly formatted sd card.
Just know that this will wipe everything on your phone so look for a CWM gingerbread rom. There's a few good ones right now. I'm using audiophile ftw
Sent from my awesome SGS4G
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Thank you!

I thought the partition was 1024
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Thnaks
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I use a process very similar to this when flashing a new GB ROM, excellent write up! Only difference is I use the old 8gb sdcard from my old MT3G with a 2gb partition on it, works every time! I just don't feel comfortable resizing my normal 16gb sdcard in case something goes wrong, or the card gets wiped.
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Cheffz said:
Your going to get a few questions for the people who were on the leaked first version of GB with the jacked bootloaders - So I was thinking you might want to add How to get back to a proper Froyo version like KD1 in your post.... .Kc1 for some reason didnt work for me - and I somewhat know what Im doing...lol....Im just saying tho.... happened to me...
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This will actually revert you back to a full KC1 with bootloaders, wiping the GB bootloaders that were bad, then it puts you on the KH2 bootloaders which I haven't had any trouble with and haven't heard anyone complain about. That's why I wrote this guide, this is all working.
makavelicruz said:
I thought the partition was 1024
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As crackpot and others have mentioned, 2048 might actually work best for you. If you formatted to 1024 and it worked, stick with it, the point is to get a method working for you that works every time.

FBis251 said:
This will actually revert you back to a full KC1 with bootloaders, wiping the GB bootloaders that were bad, then it puts you on the KH2 bootloaders which I haven't had any trouble with and haven't heard anyone complain about. That's why I wrote this guide, this is all working.
As crackpot and others have mentioned, 2048 might actually work best for you. If you formatted to 1024 and it worked, stick with it, the point is to get a method working for you that works every time.
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very well, thank you sir

i done everything .... installed kh2 with crt but when i open voodoo there is no lagfix ....

I tried this thing for 5 hours and just gave up. Raver posted a new Redux v. Lol I am not sure where I got lost in the OP but after several tries I couldn't flash a GB. Bricked my phone very ugly. Will give it a try when a final GB is out. Anyway, thanks for the help. I know its just my noobness.
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Well you can always send us PM's or try to contact us if you ever get stuck, you don't have to try to solve problems on your own. If you are willing to try it again, and I recommend you do because it'll get rid of a lot of problems, feel free to send me a message.

I've tried your guide twice, I end up with a stock recovery and no ext4. I heard Linda talk both times after ODIN, but no dice
I'm trying to use this ROM: [ROM-Leak][CWM] Gingerbread 2.3.4 T959VUVKH2 Deodexed + CRT On and Off Enabled! by chadster

Acctttuuuaaalllyyy I just tried flashing drhonk's GB kernel with voodoo via ODIN. Got it! Linda is converting now.

I got something I've never seen before.
At step 8 (not a or b), I let the phone reboot and I hear linda say "convert data partition", then I see the android + install package screen blip by, and now I'm at a screen that says "Confirm password" and a low res touch ui for entering a would be confirmed password... wtf?!?
I'll start over and try again, but in case I get back to this point, has anyone ever seen this?

You must've used a password instead of a pattern for your lockscreen. Try typing in anything and press enter.

[MOD] MT6577 2GB Data Repartition/ SdCard Swap [HACK], INT2EXT (data2ext)

All MT6577 android phones are 'STILL' plagued by low internal memory issue...
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Credits to X-Dron from russia, now you'll have 2GB of internal storage instead of 512MB with this mod ! :good:
I've included a google direct translated version for the help file, some sentence doesn't make sense but i'm sure you'll figure it out on how to use it...
X-Dron claim his mod is universal & it can be use on all MT6577... :good:
You can follow the original thread here...
Added on Oct 04, 2012 - SdCard Swap
What the f... , you have use up your 2GB Internal Memory & you can't install any more apps...
Credits to EMF, he found this hack & it is working well on my MT6577... :good:
Originally, this hack by 神族-bpok which install .smssecurity to app folder which is meant for V970 so attach copy here, i've deleted it so that it can be use on any MT6577 via cwmr...
Having said that, it is best that you copy your original vold.fstab before installing this hack so that, if anything were to go wrong, you can still revert it back to original state... Just open revert2ori.zip with 7zip but don't extract it, drag & drop your original vold.fstab into it & flash via cwmr... :good:
What this hack did is that it swap the mount points at vold.fstab...
Original
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard [email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="blue"]2[/COLOR] auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Hack
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="blue"]2[/COLOR] [email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
It is also possible to manual edit vold.fstab as confirmed working by other thread...if it doesn't then power off, take out the battery, wait few sec then put it back & reboot...
If it still doesn't work, you can try manual edit & add 2 to vold.fstab.nand
Original
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Hack
Code:
dev_mount sdcard[COLOR="Blue"]2[/COLOR] /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="Blue"][B]2[/B][/COLOR] auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Some report that this works well with 32GB SdCard too ! But make sure to use minimum Class 4 & above...
Bravo to the original developer/ hacker...
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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 !
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Added on Dec 02, 2012 - INT2EXT on MT6575 / 77 for the extreme gamers !
Finally found a way to install 200 over games on my MT6577 & i'm sure it will work on MT6575 too... :fingers-crossed:
So here is the updated tut to do that... Works on ext 2, 3 or 4... :good:
As usual the credits, without these Master Shifu's sharing, this mod would not be here...
croniccorey
mastermind1024
KarmaToBurn
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Added on Jan 03, 2013 - Data Repartition APK for MT6577
Full credits to jaydvn, he has found it, translated it & share with us this super easy to use app...
Refer to this post here onwards...
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Added on Feb 25, 2013 - Operation to Support & Reward our MTK SoC Developers
Head up to here & show your support...
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Added on June 26, 2013 - How to use your 64GB Micro SDXC for Android-powered smartphone that supports only up to 32GB
Found an interesting article here but i haven't try it b'cos i don't have a 64GB Micro SDXC...
Its in Russian so use Google Chrome built-in translations, it makes more sense... :laugh:
Its for people who already had a 64GB SDXC to try out, anyone care enough to report back whether it works... :fingers-crossed:
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Added on Dec 12, 2013 - MT6589 MBR, EBR1, EBR2 explained
MT6589 MBR, EBR1, EBR2 are the least explained thanks to Master Shifu nightcraw for the detail explanations, i'm a complete zero when it comes to Hex calculations...
Original idea by JohnnyInBriz i've requested Master Shifu nightcraw to edit it so here it is, all formula already setup so you can resize cache, android system, usrdata, fat & it will let you know what to edit to the MBR & EBR....
Hopefully it will be useful to those DYI'er who wants to resize partition themselves & mod at your own risk... :laugh:
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Added on Dec 25, 2013 - MoreApp.apk
This mod was shared at another forum but under constant spamming...
Not to waste a good mod by Master Shifu Michfood here is the link... :good:
WARNING : Make a backup first. This mod will shift all apps to sdcard ./android_secure & therefore freeing all internal space & CWMR/ TWRP does backup it too...

Wow another great guide here. I'll try and report back once it finish.

Hi yuweng
Nice trick, though not new to me. The reason I did not describe this in my thread is because in Settings->Storage, you can simply choose which SD card is used, internal or external. (internal one is called USB). No hacking of fstab needed
But I see soo many people doing this, or other tricks, I start to wonder: Maybe the settings->storage choice is only on Lenovo? Do you not have this on other MT657x phones? Or are people just looking passed the build in selection?
PS: your other tutorial, on retrieving a scatter file and recovery image from a phone, is really good. I will use that if I ever get a phone for which there is no ROM yet.

Wow,
Master Shifu cybermaus dropping by to my thread, really honor to have you here...
Haha, i'm one of those who like to keep all my games all at the phone & this is where this hack comes in... :good: So far that i've tried, even it is set to SD card, the internal memory will keep on decreasing, while with this sdswap hack, preferred install location set to Phone Storage(its swap now), i've installed more than 2GB games & internal storage stay the same size... :laugh: Kudos to the developers of android games, Wow, those recent games graphics are really amazing & some are really addictive too...
Learn that trick from Master Shifu bgcngm blogspot, discovered it can be use on MT6577 too, however its start address is offset for MT6577...

It's work!
I managed to successfully root my EASTCOM W5500 One X with this tutorial. But, 7z.exe needed to be updated to latest version (for my case, Windows 7 64bit). Other run well. Superuser reported working well. Adfree works as expected. So, I deleted all Chinese apps and make it feel stock.
Next step: create a custom rom for my device :fingers-crossed:
update (22/10/2012) : Error flashing zip file, back to kitchen..

But, 7z.exe needed to be updated to latest version (for my case, Windows 7 64bit).
update (22/10/2012) : Error flashing zip file, back to kitchen..
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Click to collapse
haha, been using x86 earlier b'cos of driver compatibility issue but now also lazy to upgrade...
Yeoh bro, for Android Kitchen to work on MT6577, you'll need 'curi ayam' patching...
There are so many MT6577 out there, to update edify_defs for all model is crazy...
After extraction at AK, go to ADVANCED OPTIONS -> Convert update-script or updater-script -> Convert update-script to updater-script (Edify)
Then go to AK -> tools\update_files folder, copy emmc-update-binary to WORKING folder \META-INF\com\google\android, delete existing copy & rename emmc-update-binary to update-binary
Open updater-script with Notepad++ & delete the 2nd & 3rd line & add the following to the 2nd line & save it...
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");
Build ROM from working folder & Voila, you'll have Android Kitchen working on MT6577 & i believe it will work on MT6575 too... :fingers-crossed:
If you need to add apps/ games to WORKING folder /data/app then you will need the below...
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5", "/data");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0777, 0777, "/data");
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3");
mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");
AK will works with either system.img or system.ext4.tar but *.tar will take a longer time to decode symlink...
As usual, wipe data/ factory reset first before installing ur newly created update.zip...
Actually you don't need to format statement also at updater-script since you already manually done it...

Thanks for the guide but still got no time to continue the custom rom. Will update once I got time
Sent from my W5500 using xda premium
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cybermaus said:
Hi yuweng
Nice trick, though not new to me. The reason I did not describe this in my thread is because in Settings->Storage, you can simply choose which SD card is used, internal or external. (internal one is called USB). No hacking of fstab needed
But I see soo many people doing this, or other tricks, I start to wonder: Maybe the settings->storage choice is only on Lenovo? Do you not have this on other MT657x phones? Or are people just looking passed the build in selection?
PS: your other tutorial, on retrieving a scatter file and recovery image from a phone, is really good. I will use that if I ever get a phone for which there is no ROM yet.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can confirm that this option is not working on my MTK6577 One X. tried few time, but still store on phone storage instead of sd card

yuweng said:
All MT6577 android phones are 'STILL' plagued by low internal memory issue...
Credits to X-Dron from russia, now you'll have 2GB of internal storage instead of 512MB with this mod ! :good:
I've included a google direct translated version for the help file, some sentence doesn't make sense but i'm sure you'll figure it out on how to use it...
X-Dron claim his mod is universal & it can be use on all MT6577... :good:
You can follow the original thread here...
Added on Oct 04, 2012 - SdCard Swap
What the f... , you have use up your 2GB Internal Memory & you can't install any more apps...
Credits to EMF, he found this hack & it is working well on my MT6577... :good:
Originally, this hack by 神族-bpok which install .smssecurity to app folder which is meant for V970 so attach copy here, i've deleted it so that it can be use on any MT6577 via cwmr...
Having said that, it is best that you copy your original vold.fstab before installing this hack so that, if anything were to go wrong, you can still revert it back to original state... Just open revert2ori.zip with 7zip but don't extract it, drag & drop your original vold.fstab into it & flash via cwmr... :good:
What this hack did is that it swap the mount points at vold.fstab...
Original
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard [email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="blue"]2[/COLOR] auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Hack
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="blue"]2[/COLOR] [email protected] /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.0/mmc_host
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.1 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
It is also possible to manual edit vold.fstab as confirmed working by other thread...if it doesn't then power off, take out the battery, wait few sec then put it back & reboot...
If it still doesn't work, you can try manual edit & add 2 to vold.fstab.nand
Original
Code:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Hack
Code:
dev_mount sdcard[COLOR="Blue"]2[/COLOR] /mnt/sdcard[COLOR="Blue"][B]2[/B][/COLOR] auto /devices/platform/goldfish_mmc.0 /devices/platform/mtk-sd.1/mmc_host
Some report that this works well with 32GB SdCard too ! But make sure to use minimum Class 4 & above...
Bravo to the original developer/ hacker...
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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 !
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awesome, i was looking for this tutorial, to repartition my umi x1 mtk6577 , thanks, but i don't want the sdcard swap, only want to delete emmc partition
so its only the first file needed to flash using cmw right? or i can edit the vold.fstab on my own rom

yuweng said:
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 !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just to let you know...
I have a GooPhone Y5 .. and I have actually tried to flash my phone with the Zopo Z100 or Z200 (I don't remember) ..
The phone went dead.. BUT.. After installing the preloader driver for the Zopo device (just like a did for the GooPhone before first use of FlashTool) I was able to use FlashTool again.. and back on GooPhone ROM

@androidnyubi
Yes, just use the MTK6577_Data_Repartition.7z by X-Dron. However, found out lately, most users doesn't have factory ROM & they started modding this & that which is very dangerous... Use MTK Droid Tool by russian Master Shifu rua1 to backup your whole ROM with it... :good: There is an option there to create scatter.txt so you can revert it back when needed... :good:
@whitetigerdk
Wow, this is a good find... :good: it means MT6575/ 77 is 'unbrickable' after all...

thanks yuweng, this umi x1 actualy my 1st mtk based android, confusing which hack compatible with this chip hehe..
Sent from my HTC Desire V using xda app-developers app

Repartition APP for MT657x (Need root)
This app helps you have up to 3GB internal storage (Data Partition) <DOWNLOAD>
*Phone must me rooted.
*Run the app > Choose the size of data partition you want (I choosed 3GB ("Bộ nhớ 3GB, bỏ thẻ SD trong" in app's menu) because after swap sdcard, i feel internal SDcard is useless).
*Then Reboot to Recovery ("Khởi động máy vào Recovery" in menu).
*Once rebooted to Recovery> wipe data/factory reset.
*After reboot, you will have the size of data partition you want.
-Good luck!
-Sorry for my bad English!
-App's language is in Vietnamese

Yeoh bro, i've unpack it & notice it is actually replacing the EBR1 & MBR...
i suggest that you get Sir.nguyenhaiduongbk or phi.long to translate it to English first before sharing it here as no one else will benefit from it... :laugh:
And please include an English Readme.txt on how to use it too...

yuweng said:
Yeoh bro, i've unpack it & notice it is actually replacing the EBR1 & MBR...
i suggest that you get Sir.nguyenhaiduongbk or phi.long to translate it to English first before sharing it here as no one else will benefit from it... :laugh:
And please include an English Readme.txt on how to use it too...
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Ok bro, i think this app does the same way with yours, just replace ebr1, i'll ask them to translate it to english then share after.
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yuweng said:
Yeoh bro, i've unpack it & notice it is actually replacing the EBR1 & MBR...
i suggest that you get Sir.nguyenhaiduongbk or phi.long to translate it to English first before sharing it here as no one else will benefit from it... :laugh:
And please include an English Readme.txt on how to use it too...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can i ask you one more question, i use android kitchen to make update.zip of rom, but after flash the zip file, my wifi can't be turned on, do you know it because of boot.img or updater-script?

Translated Repartition APP
I've translated Data Repartition Tool to English <DOWNLOAD>
Hope you enjoy it!

Yeoh Bro, did a full test & it is working great, thank you so much for sharing...
[Original Size] [500MB] [1GB] [2GB] [2.5GB] [3GB]
However, Factory Reset at TWRP show error but it works after reboot. CWMR Wipe Data/ Factory Reset no error...
jaydvn said:
Can i ask you one more question, i use android kitchen to make update.zip of rom, but after flash the zip file, my wifi can't be turned on, do you know it because of boot.img or updater-script?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That problem was solved by Master Shifu dsixda since version 2.14 b'cos of symlink problem, refer to Release Notes here...

Success bro thanks..

yuweng said:
[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 !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does this mean that if I want to try a new ROM it is better to leave the original PRELOADER in its place or am I saying something stupid now....
I tried to find what exactly is the function of each part of the firmware but cannot find an easy to understand description.
I guess some of the parts of a ROM are very machine dependent and others are more general.
It would be nice if somebody could describe relations and dependencies of the different parts.
Luit

yuweng said:
Yeoh Bro, did a full test & it is working great, thank you so much for sharing...
[Original Size] [500MB] [1GB] [2GB] [2.5GB] [3GB]
However, Factory Reset at TWRP show error but it works after reboot. CWMR Wipe Data/ Factory Reset no error...
That problem was solved by Master Shifu dsixda since version 2.14 b'cos of symlink problem, refer to Release Notes here...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've already updated kitchen to 2.18 but still no wifi after flash update.zip. my device's board is 'signal77_ics2', maybe I'll try to rename some files in edify_defs folder to make kitchen define my device. Thanks.

it doesnt sink in to me yet
could someone explain further.
i have
1gb rom internal mem
16gb internal sd
2gb external micro sd (the removable one)
what will happen to them?
i cannot figure out a way to open the phone to replace the external sd.
thank you!:good:

MicroMax Canvas 4 Stock Rom Rocks Spice mi 535 Pinnacle PRO

Dear Friends,
I am porting MicroMAx Canvas 4 stock rom to Spice mi-535 Phone. One of the reader has expressed his wish and I just compiled from my sgtored data.
It is AROMO based and almost all credit goes to AntoBarre, whose rom was downloaded by me from the www.needrom.com site.
You find below some the screens shots.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The Rom is uploaded to Google Drive: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz8Fgu4wkBnqQ3EwRUd4eXJraVk/edit?usp=sharing
Installaion procedure:
Please back up your previous ROM, Data and what all you wanted to save yourself in case if something goes wrong.
1. Download and copy the SPICE-MAX ROM .zip file to your external sdcard.
2. Wipe all data , system and catche
3. wipe dalvik catche
4. Install the ROM which you have down load and when it boots up wait for some seconds or one minute.
5. Now If you do not want wait more than 2 or 3 minutes you can remove the battery and re start your phone.
Then phone immediately will start with update screen.
This is pre rooted one
Enjoy.

Thanks for keeping my request. I am going to flash this ROM. Just curious. All the features of Canvas 4 is working? like blow to unlock?
Please list all the unique features in this rom. So that users will be motivated to flash this ROM.

unique features????
helloansuman said:
Thanks for keeping my request. I am going to flash this ROM. Just curious. All the features of Canvas 4 is working? like blow to unlock?
Please list all the unique features in this rom. So that users will be motivated to flash this ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1. After installing this rom go to storage and see the changes there.
Your external sdcard will become your internal sdcard. If you are using 64 GB, then the entire sdcard can be used as internal and if you are fond of games, it will be faster and there may not be any lack.
The external sdcard will show a storage close to 2GB only. Hence you have to delete the storage to getback your 16 GB internal storage.
Before deleting, be careful, and read belwo:
As internal and external sd card has changed its positions, some times, you may not notice your earlier internal sdcard after phone storage.
you simply save the contents of the internal sdcard ( that one displayed as external sd card - some time only about 2 GB satorage will be shown), either using ES file manager or after usb debugging, you store in your laptop/desktop.
Now Erase this storage, after copying if you need otherwise do not bother.
Do not erase your external sd card ( that is shown as internal sd card in the display)
Now you will get back your 16 GB internal storage.
Now you can use this to store your apps and data or you can store in your actual external sdcard.( which is shown as internal sdcard here).
You can register your SPICE 535 as CANVAS -4 and get the services from Micromax, if you want.
APEX settings is available to ease your operation and change what all you need as per its limit.
In my personal one I have also used Touchwiz.
Use Xposed Installer and gravity box and make your phone equivalant to any other so called top class phone.
I am yet to analyse the advantages over other ROMS. But this one I feel is better than the stock SPICE Mi-535.to my experience and taste.
The quality of photo is good as equal to Micromax 13 GP one.
If you meet with any problems please write here.

Any other Features? like blow to unlock working as in canvas 4?

helloansuman said:
Any other Features? like blow to unlock working as in canvas 4?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have not used it what it is really.
sorry for I am just a learner and sharing my experience.
Please do educate me

@helloansuman
its very much working & guess i am using the same....just blow to unlock. may be u are still nervous installing the ROM.
@puduraja
sir, thanks for ur awesome work. very much getting used to it. . ..

I am not nervous. @puduraja I believe in your work.
Another request if you can able to port CM10.2 to Spice Mi-535. It will be a great help for all users.

What is blow to unlock
helloansuman said:
I am not nervous. @puduraja I believe in your work.
Another request if you can able to port CM10.2 to Spice Mi-535. It will be a great help for all users.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dear Friends,
May be I am using this or many times I might have operated. But is it blow to unlock realy please tell me so that I also learn that is the particular operation.
See I am not a developer. Just learning with my experience on the software knowledge I learned in the past.
Can some one help to catch the item.

Can you able to port CM10.2?
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puduraja said:
Dear Friends,
May be I am using this or many times I might have operated. But is it blow to unlock realy please tell me so that I also learn that is the particular operation.
See I am not a developer. Just learning with my experience on the software knowledge I learned in the past.
Can some one help to catch the item.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://www.canvas-4.com/highBandwidth/index.aspx

Thanks
helloansuman said:
Can you able to port CM10.2?
---------- Post added at 12:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:36 PM ----------
http://www.canvas-4.com/highBandwidth/index.aspx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks

HOW TO CHANGE imei IN YOUR MAX OR SPICE
puduraja said:
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dear Reader,
I am getting questions about how to change IMEI and IMEI is invalid how to correct it.
Open ES explorer / Root explorer or any other tool and make your phone system to accept read and write. Norrnaly I use Android Root Tool kid. Open the tool kid and go to Remount option and in that make the System ----> read / write and (rootfs) read/ write. Also try to save your root.
I thought of using the reply channel to give the simple tutorial here.
1. Remove your battery and look at the scribes there. You will notice IMEI numbers there.
2. Just write down these numbers in a sheet. or store it in your system desktop.
3. You should have rooted phone.
4. Goto play store and install Mobileuncle MTK tool.
5. Open the mobile uncle tool and scroll to Engineering mode and click it.
6. Go to MTK section and click it.
7. You find Engineering mode pop up at the top and below it you notice the row with different section.
8. In that section you just slide and tap the connectivity section.
9. In the connectivity at the column below you touch CDS information
10.In the pop uo you tocuh the Radio information and you will get pbone 1 and below that phone 2.
11. Now you touch phone 1 and in the popup you touch the AT+
12. Once you touch the Key board will pop up. In the key board you type any single letter and cancel only the letter you have type.
13. Immediately you can notice the scribes that is required for you It looks like AT+EGMR=1,7""
14. you touch the first row and after 7 you can notice the simple "" and in that two inverted commas you delete one at the end.
15 after deleting that, just type the 15 degite number you have written down in the point no 2 here.
16. Verify your typed numbers and close the inverted commas "
17. Then touch the row which says SEND AT COMMAND
18. Once the pop up display indicates AT command successfully send.
It is all over for one of your sim, you have got the valid imei number.
Now repeat the same for phone 2.
This exercise is not required if you have saved your IMEI number using the same Mobile uncle tool. This tool has IMEI backup restore facility.
Just use that facility and back up your imei number not only in your mobile keep a copy some where in your laptop/ desktop.
If you have already saved and backed up there is no need for the above exercise.
thanks.

I have downloaded
I am yet to try due to off.workload
Sent from my A210 using xda app-developers app

One Issue I have seen - Once you restart the phone, it forgets the accounts that are added except Google.
Every reboot, you have to enter password for FB.
puduraja said:
1. After installing this rom go to storage and see the changes there.
Your external sdcard will become your internal sdcard. If you are using 64 GB, then the entire sdcard can be used as internal and if you are fond of games, it will be faster and there may not be any lack.
The external sdcard will show a storage close to 2GB only. Hence you have to delete the storage to getback your 16 GB internal storage.
Before deleting, be careful, and read belwo:
As internal and external sd card has changed its positions, some times, you may not notice your earlier internal sdcard after phone storage.
you simply save the contents of the internal sdcard ( that one displayed as external sd card - some time only about 2 GB satorage will be shown), either using ES file manager or after usb debugging, you store in your laptop/desktop.
Now Erase this storage, after copying if you need otherwise do not bother.
Do not erase your external sd card ( that is shown as internal sd card in the display)
Now you will get back your 16 GB internal storage.
Now you can use this to store your apps and data or you can store in your actual external sdcard.( which is shown as internal sdcard here).
You can register your SPICE 535 as CANVAS -4 and get the services from Micromax, if you want.
APEX settings is available to ease your operation and change what all you need as per its limit.
In my personal one I have also used Touchwiz.
Use Xposed Installer and gravity box and make your phone equivalant to any other so called top class phone.
I am yet to analyse the advantages over other ROMS. But this one I feel is better than the stock SPICE Mi-535.to my experience and taste.
The quality of photo is good as equal to Micromax 13 GP one.
If you meet with any problems please write here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

BACKUP RESTORE operation
chanchal_jain said:
One Issue I have seen - Once you restart the phone, it forgets the accounts that are added except Google.
Every reboot, you have to enter password for FB.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Kindly go to settings and then to backup &reset. Tick both Back up my data and Automatic restore.
Reboot or restart your phone. Kindly verify and report. If it fails to remember password and other accounts, please inform and I will look into the problem.
Note:
If you need I have a set of mixed S4,Xperia N9500 and Note 3 Roms cooked to suit the Spice Mi-535 and I am using it. Now and then some problems arises if you can be able to manage those minor corrections yourself then I can port this custom ROM that has partly Android 4.3 ROMs, 4.2.3 ROMS with basic Spice rom. It needs SPFT flashable nvram.bin to get stock network and Mac back again.

[Patch] Disable internal sdcard

I was going to release this as a ROM, but as you may know Rox is pretty busy these days so he hasn't replied to me yet to my request for permission to fork CM11 (if you're reading this, don't feel offended and take your time!) so I chose to reward the DIYers by releasing the differences from it... and of course devs that share my view of the ideal ROM will hopefully reuse them ~
So yes, this is basically an expansion pack for CM11. After downloading the sources, just before `brunch codina` you extract the zip over them.
What does this do anyway? What's included?
The main feature is that partitions 8 and 9 (sdcard/UMS and preload/HIDDEN) are ignored. You can completely delete them and get a 3 GB /data partition for ART or whatever. Unlike swapping storages (or not swapping them!), this doesn't confuse apps written with only one media partition available.
Camera photos, your songs, OBBs and ASECs from apps that use them, archived apps, ... all go to the card you can always remove from the phone if you want to sell it or need service (keep in mind though it's not 100% sure that nothing on it never ends up on NAND), likely formatted in FAT32 with loads of multiplatform undelete tools available, easy to swallow if you feel the CIA is nearby... (do not try this at home)
There are also some other minor tweaks that I consider a core part of my Android experience, see the text file in the zip for more details or just read this box ↓
Code:
External SD only (on sdcard0) with [STRIKE]ASEC, apps2sd,[/STRIKE] OBB, camera, card hotswap, mass storage all working
/preload disabled
device/samsung/codina/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/xml/storage_list.xml
device/samsung/codina/rootdir/*
device/samsung/u8500-common/common.mk
packages/apps/DeviceSettings/src/com/teamcanjica/settings/device/fragments/AdvancedFragmentActivity.java
packages/apps/DeviceSettings/res/xml/advanced_preferences.xml
BUG: Mass storage mode creates an empty drive, I suspect this can be fixed by playing with the LUN setting in u8500 boardconfig
"battery saving" profile limits clock to 800MHz
device/samsung/codina/rootdir/*
200dpi default resolution
device/samsung/codina/system.prop
Default screensaver after 2 minutes
device/samsung/u8500-common/overlay/frameworks/base/packages/SettingsProvider/res/values/defaults.xml
Browser autocomplete window size increased
packages/apps/Browser/res/values/integers.xml
So if you want to have a look you can grab it there!

Good job!
However i have two suggestions:
1. You should separate "storage" part from other tweaks... It's great that we have somebody with creativity but not everyone wants to apply all that tweaks (and even less will want to separate that tweaks from storage part (considering that potentially interested in your patch are very few in count)
2. Do you have github account? is "githubish" version of your tweaks?
I played a bit with storages in that overlay (storage list) some time ago, but no success on that time... so i'm really interested in those changes.
When i try to compile stock OC kernel - i had to repartition my long time used custom partition scheme. And then i tried to recreate it without UMS partition but it ended with "no sd card" issue (you cannot take pictures for example) after memory swap... So i need something like your patch, but i don't have time to separate it from other tweaks...

judas1977 said:
Good job!
However i have two suggestions:
1. You should separate "storage" part from other tweaks... It's great that we have somebody with creativity but not everyone wants to apply all that tweaks (and even less will want to separate that tweaks from storage part (considering that potentially interested in your patch are very few in count)
2. Do you have github account? is "githubish" version of your tweaks?
I played a bit with storages in that overlay (storage list) some time ago, but no success on that time... so i'm really interested in those changes.
When i try to compile stock OC kernel - i had to repartition my long time used custom partition scheme. And then i tried to recreate it without UMS partition but it ended with "no sd card" issue (you cannot take pictures for example) after memory swap... So i need something like your patch, but i don't have time to separate it from other tweaks...
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1- Just remove all the unrelated files, I listed the names for a reason (to leave maximum clock at 1 GHz, in device/samsung/codina/rootdir/init.samsungcodina.rc you can see 2 pairs of lines near the end with "scaling_max_freq" to be removed)
storage_list.xml → the highest level part, basically defines the functionality of settings/storage
fstab.samsungcodina → remove internal SD, change voldmanaged= part of external to match mount name in storage_list.xml, if you didn't rename it just change "sdcard1:auto" to "sdcard0:auto"
init.samsungcodina.rc → remove 3-line block related to internal SD, edit name and paths to fit previous configurations
u8500_common → remove swap option from build.prop
AdvancedFragmentActivity.java → remove swap feature from NovaThor Settings
advanced_preferences.java → remove swap option from NovaThor Settings
2- Nope, I don't know how to use git (or any equivalent) and if I was to add the extreme confusion of configuration files assembled from multiple places and quite illogical arrangement of stuff in the sources to a friendlier but completely different system as seen in the repos...
(and github doesn't seem to offer what I would be most interested in - highlighting differences from a previous version)

judas1977 said:
Good job!
However i have two suggestions:
1. You should separate "storage" part from other tweaks... It's great that we have somebody with creativity but not everyone wants to apply all that tweaks (and even less will want to separate that tweaks from storage part (considering that potentially interested in your patch are very few in count)
2. Do you have github account? is "githubish" version of your tweaks?
I played a bit with storages in that overlay (storage list) some time ago, but no success on that time... so i'm really interested in those changes.
When i try to compile stock OC kernel - i had to repartition my long time used custom partition scheme. And then i tried to recreate it without UMS partition but it ended with "no sd card" issue (you cannot take pictures for example) after memory swap... So i need something like your patch, but i don't have time to separate it from other tweaks...
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Hmm.. Im thinking the author whom you said stopped working on oc stock kernel is you :/
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Ryccardo said:
1- 2- Nope, I don't know how to use git (or any equivalent) and if I was to add the extreme confusion of configuration files assembled from multiple places and quite illogical arrangement of stuff in the sources to a friendlier but completely different system as seen in the repos...
(and github doesn't seem to offer what I would be most interested in - highlighting differences from a previous version)
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github is quite logical and well organized . Beside of this, it would be easier to manage your patch when files that you modified will be modified by @Rox or other TC member: You will have to make your patches again or accept that their changes will be overwritten by your patch...
When you click on last (or any) commit you'll see the difference in code it made, btw.
And I try to implement your changes to github code as a commit (should be easy if the sources weren't changed in the meantime).
teddytsen said:
Hmm.. Im thinking the author whom you said stopped working on oc stock kernel is you :/
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Well, I never lied on that subject, never .
UPDATE:
https://github.com/judas77/android_...mmit/139b9d446ea13299b311a82c1973c177d24256e2

OI just compiled new carbon build using your tweaks...
Everything seems to work good (i was really happy), but then...
It seems you cannot install (from google play, from Titanium backup) apps that write additional data on SD(1?):
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judas1977 said:
OI just compiled new carbon build using your tweaks...
Everything seems to work good (i was really happy), but then...
It seems you cannot install (from google play, from Titanium backup) apps that write additional data on SD(1?):
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Just checked a little better, there is a problem with ASEC creation (vold doesn't create disk images claiming something is mounted read only), cheap workaround is to use Link2SD or `pm` to force everything to install to internal storage

@judas1977 I think I found the problem, I should have confirmation in 5-6 hours

Ok, I'll wait for the info...

judas1977 said:
Ok, I'll wait for the info...
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keeping all other changes I sent you, in fstab try changing the microSD line (sdi0[...]mmc1) so that it ends with noemulatedsd
Code:
#<src> <mnt_point> <type> <mnt_flags and options> <fs_mgr_flags>
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system ext4 ro,noatime,errors=panic wait
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /modemfs ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /efs ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /data ext4 noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,noauto_da_alloc,journal_async_commit,errors=panic wait,check,encryptable=/efs/metadata
# Vold managed volumes
/devices/sdi0/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1 auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard0:auto,noemulatedsd
# Recovery only
/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 /boot emmc defaults recoveryonly
# ZRAM
/dev/block/zram0 none swap defaults zramsize=104857600
I haven't managed to try it on last evening's Omni or CM11 as they both got stuck on bootanimation and I can't say if it's this mod or something from 4.4.3 still unpolished...

:good: :good: :good:
That did it. with "noemulatedsd", everything works fine including ASEC (and thus apps2sd)... the job is done :highfive:

So this should do the job?
https://github.com/judas77/android_...mmit/63aa54bd7e0465f8b3881184fd237188657c30ab

judas1977 said:
So this should do the job?
https://github.com/judas77/android_...mmit/63aa54bd7e0465f8b3881184fd237188657c30ab
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Nope, noemulatedsd goes at the end (after voldmanaged=sdcard0:auto) :fingers-crossed:

Of course, that's because of that long lines
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judas1977 said:
Of course, that's because of that long lines
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well, the latest diff you posted is wrong

Yes, i know
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So if i install that patch, i will not see again the error "could not install on usb storage or sd card" ?
There is patch only for disabling internal sdcard or i have to apply patch with tweaks?
Thanks

nikolas1274 said:
So if i install that patch, i will not see again the error "could not install on usb storage or sd card" ?
There is patch only for disabling internal sdcard or i have to apply patch with tweaks?
Thanks
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You mean the bug where you swap storages but Google Play still checks the free space from the internal memory?
No problem with this method :good:

Ryccardo said:
You mean the bug where you swap storages but Google Play still checks the free space from the internal memory?
No problem with this method :good:
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Yes i am talking for this.
Thanks

Hi!
As I see, TeamCanjica has changed the structure of the init scripts recently, so the changes you've made in "init.samsungcodina.rc" have to be applied in "u8500-common/rootdir/init.u8500.rc"
Bela