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Busybox for the EVO

Does anyone have a compiled busybox for the EVO yet. Preferably in update.zip format. I'd like to get Debian working on the phone and Busybox is a requirement.

Im confused, I got busybox installed from titanium backup. Is that the same one you need? If so install titanium backup, hit 'problems' and install busybox that way.

I made a custom rom I just posted with BusyBox preinstalled. I will see if I can post an update.zip with busybox in it soon.

ChrisDos said:
Does anyone have a compiled busybox for the EVO yet. Preferably in update.zip format. I'd like to get Debian working on the phone and Busybox is a requirement.
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here is one of my busybox binaries which should get you going. you'll have to manually install it, adb push to sdcard and then using root, mv to /data and chmod 755. should be good to go. if you're using unrevoked root, you can put it in the shadow directory and it'll appear in /system/bin.
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/android-2-1-development/(source)-sdx-busybox-for-android-2-1/ - where we maintain our latest version of busybox thanks to LouZiffer. I use this binary in all my ROMs. Its our community trade off for features with size..
my personally hosted mirror isnt always as updated as the link above - http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/busybox/busybox (its the recovery version from link above with more features)
i'm sure somebody will throw up an update.zip which might be easier for most users.

joeykrim said:
here is one of my busybox binaries which should get you going
http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/busybox/busybox
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Even better Will installing it out of recovery work since it needs to add symlinks? You will probably need to go into recovery, and then adb shell busybox --install.

chuckhriczko said:
Even better Will installing it out of recovery work since it needs to add symlinks? You will probably need to go into recovery, and then adb shell busybox --install.
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yea, so depends. if you're as root in normal android mode, unrevoked or one of toast/maejrep's rooted ROMs you can manually install w/o rebooting to recovery. if you dont have root in normal android mode, no custom ROM and no unrevoked root, you'll need to go into the recovery mode with root access.
i think the command to put sym links into /sbin which would be in the default PATH is:
busybox --install -s /sbin
i havent really experimented to see what people are using as their default install locations ... sorry for the rough guide!

I installed busybox entirely from my phone using the directions laid out in the troubleshooting section on the TitaniumBackup webpage (sorry, new user cannot post link, but you can link to it from the app in the market). I have toast's root and radio and flipz's .6 ROM, and I was able to do it all using a terminal on the phone, so, no recovery.

Thank you all. I got busybox installed and working fine. Though I guess I'll have to wait until an official ROM comes out with Ext4 support as it won't let me mount the partition that contains the Debian install. I suppose I could format the partition with yaffs2, but I haven't done any research into that file system. I might just have to be patient until an ASOP based ROM is released or someone includes a kernel with Ext4 support.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the hard work put towards this phone.

ChrisDos said:
Thank you all. I got busybox installed and working fine. Though I guess I'll have to wait until an official ROM comes out with Ext4 support as it won't let me mount the partition that contains the Debian install. I suppose I could format the partition with yaffs2, but I haven't done any research into that file system. I might just have to be patient until an ASOP based ROM is released or someone includes a kernel with Ext4 support.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the hard work put towards this phone.
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can you post the files and directions to so i can get it installed? thanks

ChrisDos said:
Thank you all. I got busybox installed and working fine. Though I guess I'll have to wait until an official ROM comes out with Ext4 support as it won't let me mount the partition that contains the Debian install. I suppose I could format the partition with yaffs2, but I haven't done any research into that file system. I might just have to be patient until an ASOP based ROM is released or someone includes a kernel with Ext4 support.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the hard work put towards this phone.
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if you use toast's kernel source released here, you can compile a working kernel with ext4 support ... just throwing out ideas cuz i'd hate to see you stop with your progress!

Busybox Installation Instructions
I use Linux, well, for all my computers, including my phone
So these instructions are biased for Linux...
Boot into torch's recovery.
Download busybox from joeykrim:
http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/busybox/busybox
Place it in a directory and create this script:
Install_Busybox.sh:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Mounting /system"
adb shell mount -v /system
echo "Mounting /data"
adb shell mount -v /data
sleep 3
adb push busybox /data
adb shell chmod 755 /data/busybox
adb shell /data/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
echo "Waiting for system to stabilize before unmounting"
sleep 3
adb shell umount -v /system
adb shell umount -v /data
chmod 755 Install_Busybox.sh
./Install_Busybox.sh
Windows/Mac users can just manually run the adb commands and it should work fine.

joeykrim said:
if you use toast's kernel source released here, you can compile a working kernel with ext4 support ... just throwing out ideas cuz i'd hate to see you stop with your progress!
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Well, I compile kernels all the time for my laptop and Myth boxes. Is there a bit of a how-to for compiling the kernel for ARM and install it/replace the current kernel. It's be nice to find out how-to on how to make an update.zip to provide the install for everyone else as well.

[DEV] Custom Recovery P500/Thunderg

Full release post is here and I'll update at xda soon.
http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus...ry-optimus-one-p500-thunderg.html#post1896517
I got all the bugs worked out thanks alahkel & fughy for testing and of course Amon-Ra for original source.
New link version 2.2.1 Version 2.2.1
New version 3.06 Version 3.06

Thanks to you for the whole great work you've done!
We really appreciate that.

really GREAT WORK !!!!

Please, i need some info, how use adb on P500.

Absolute AWESOME!!!

Thanks!
Thanks !
works like a charm. I have installed your custom recovery. Backed up everything with nandroid, tried KeruROM, flashed back my original branded ROM from nandroid backup.
Everything works. I'm not going to try flash back my original recovery mtd, there is no reason to do it, but have a dd backup just in case. I don't know if it is safe to tamper with recovery mtd, cause I'm not sure if it is re-flashed after every system shutdown. I don't think so, cause I haven't found recovery.img in /system.
I have two questions regarding flashing custom recovery. I haven't used this command:
Code:
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
cause, i didn't found this script on my phone. Is it ok?
Second question: Is it mandatory to copy flash_image to /system/bin with this command?
Code:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
Can't we use /data/local/tmp directory and running flash_image from there as we used in the process of rooting the phone? This way we don't have to remount /system in rw and do not have to modify it.
Now I'm going to explore ROM modding ;-)

Vintersorg said:
Thanks !
works like a charm. I have installed your custom recovery. Backed up everything with nandroid, tried KeruROM, flashed back my original branded ROM from nandroid backup.
Everything works. I'm not going to try flash back my original recovery mtd, there is no reason to do it, but have a dd backup just in case. I don't know if it is safe to tamper with recovery mtd, cause I'm not sure if it is re-flashed after every system shutdown. I don't think so, cause I haven't found recovery.img in /system.
I have two questions regarding flashing custom recovery. I haven't used this command:
Code:
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
cause, i didn't found this script on my phone. Is it ok?
Second question: Is it mandatory to copy flash_image to /system/bin with this command?
Code:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
Can't we use /data/local/tmp directory and running flash_image from there as we used in the process of rooting the phone? This way we don't have to remount /system in rw and do not have to modify it.
Now I'm going to explore ROM modding ;-)
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Flash_image doesn't have to be there but for simplicity I put it there so it would be in ATH. The install-recovery.sh is an evil script that will rewrite a recovery on boot with stock recovery(that only is there on some phones after an official ota update) so rom markers please remove it if it exists.

Any chance the p509 optimus t is similar enough for this to work? I'm willing to be the guinea pig if it should work.

Joeseph Mother said:
Any chance the p509 optimus t is similar enough for this to work? I'm willing to be the guinea pig if it should work.
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Its close enough it has a very good chance of working but will take a guinea pig to verify. Kernel should be close enough to try. Only differences I saw in the ramdisk of p500 & p509 was model number and lang of en GB and en Us repectively. I had a bad/corrupt dump to work off of on the p509/T. I could use a good dump source with a md5sum to verify its not corrupted in uploading/downloading.
make sure you do this 1st to backup your stock recovery
from terminal or adb shell
Code:
dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd2 of=/sdcard/recovery-dump-T.img bs=4096
please upload that dump for me with a md5 too and I'll work on an official.

Can it be done without root? As normal user?

Thanks of all to drellisdee
I want to advertise that the custon recovery file is no more available at Media fire link that suggest us.
Waiting that the file will be restored is there someone that can upload it???
Thank's of all!!!

Are you just wanting kernel & recovery dumps, because I think I've already changed most other things on my system

Installs, starts off saying E:Bad boot message "
Button layout is correct.
Usb mounting works.
Wipe appears to have worked.
Backup fails with Error:Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' via adb!

I was looking for just the custom recovery (recovery-RA-GNM-thunderg-1.1.0.img.zip). Now it's available again!!!!
I think that i 've to apply it anyway.
Then if you say that some new rom and kernel are incoming it could be great!!!!
I hope to learn the necessary to help in development ... in this time i accept your works...

Joeseph Mother said:
Installs, starts off saying E:Bad boot message "
Button layout is correct.
Usb mounting works.
Wipe appears to have worked.
Backup fails with Error:Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' via adb!
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You get that error on nandroid if battery is below 30%

Joeseph Mother said:
Are you just wanting kernel & recovery dumps, because I think I've already changed most other things on my system
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yes I only need the recovery one.

ruigui said:
Can it be done without root? As normal user?
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It was last post on previous page... Can these backups be done as normal user, or must it be as root?

ruigui said:
It was last post on previous page... Can these backups be done as normal user, or must it be as root?
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Recovery menu?
Only with root settings....

drellisdee said:
You get that error on nandroid if battery is below 30%
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I wish it was that easy, battery was 90%.
Stock T recovery:
http://www.mediafire.com/?01bleb4njbf1ccy
md5: b18bd6e79c7b962739816a2f1d4bdacf

personalweb said:
Recovery menu?
Only with root settings....
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You didn't understand. If i am working on a terminal emulator, must the following command be done as root or can it be done as normal user?
dd if=/dev/mtd/mtd2 of=/sdcard/recovery-dump-T.img bs=4096
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FuguTweaks (tested)

Getting smoother UI and faster App loading for all Froyo devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981125
please report back here!
Small tutorial:
download FuguTweaks update.zip package from original thread
extract the two files in system/bin/ of the archive to your sdcard
copy paste them to /system/bin/ using RootExplorer or push them trough adb
reboot
ADB installation method (thanx Dark Lestat):
Code:
adb shell "su"
adb shell "mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system"
adb push app_process /system/bin/
adb push system_server /system/bin/
adb shell "chmod 755 /system/bin/app_process"
adb shell "chmod 755 /system/bin/system_server"
adb shell "reboot"
Known Problems:
Reported to bootloop when custom bootanimation is used.
Custom Bootanimations working!! problem was with installation through adb!
Rekooo said:
Since I can't post in developement section, I'll message this to you, I installed fugutweaks, it works like a charm on Kyrillos rom V2.3. Device got improvement in responsivity. It's very fast!
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Saka911 said:
Hi, I am on 2.3. I installed the fugu tweak using root explorer. No problem of boot loop. The phone does become more responsive. I know this because as soon as I reboot the phone all apps load very fast. But there is also a drawback for me. The actual scrolling in launcher pro menu and even. In opera scrolling has become jerky if u know what I mean. And no I don't have any lagfix installed. Btw if fadefx wants he can use my reply as quote in his thread. Regards.
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Ten chars...

FadeFx said:
someone willing to test this on our G3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981125
should make the UI more smooth.... pease report back here!
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Am sorry .... But where do i hav to paste this ?

/system/bin/

FadeFx said:
/system/bin/
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Thank you ... Will do it rite away

AM sorry again ... But do i hav to paste teh entire META-INF and system folder
or teh contents inside teh folder ?

i forgot to remove the custom bootanimation and now the phone doesnt boot. QtADB doesnt allow me to delete the bootanim because the contents are read-only. please tell what must i write in the adb command prompt to make the partition read-writeable?
EDIT:
The Dark Lestat said:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
Sent from my Lestatious v1.2.1 Galaxy 3 FROYO
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UPDATE: @FadeFx.
adb pushing --> bootloop! (tried 2 times, with/without bootanimation)
root explorer --> works fine (tried with/without bootanimation)

FadeFx said:
Getting smoother UI and faster App loading for all Froyo devices
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981125
please report back here!
Small tutorial:
download FuguTweaks update.zip package from original thread
extract the two files in system/bin/ of the archive to your sdcard
copy paste them to /system/bin/ using RootExplorer or push them trough adb
reboot
Known Problems:
Reported to bootloop when custom bootanimation is used.
Custom Bootanimations working!! problem was with adb!
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Problem with ADB???? how can we use the fone without adb?
P/S: just take a look post above it turn out that using root explorer => OK

Adb is working, just installing fugutweaks through adb causes bootloops

Tried it, the phone feels indeed more snappy. I use vanilla JPF with lagfix.

debaj said:
Tried it, the phone feels indeed more snappy. I use vanilla JPF with lagfix.
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what kind of lagfix that work @ clean JPF, lagfix - lagfixv2 or apollọ801 lagfix (more space for install apps) ?

one question. should i reboot? or poweroff the phone and then power it on?!

I think this makes no difference in that case...

tested on original JPF.
a little bit faster. thx

what i should do with meta-inf folder?

pokosik said:
what i should do with meta-inf folder?
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nothing. it's used when you update using recovery mode (update.zip) . currently recovery for our phones doesnt do that (except eclair recovery i think). i might be mistaking you know

kenblat said:
what kind of lagfix that work @ clean JPF, lagfix - lagfixv2 or apollọ801 lagfix (more space for install apps) ?
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Don't know about clean JPF, I use lagfix v2 on vanilla.

I think this should work with any lagfix.

FadeFx said:
/system/bin/
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I pasted both the files to /system/bin but it didn't ask for an overwrite.. Did I do something wrong.. My phone boots up normally though !
Thanx ..
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[MOD][HOW TO][Update: 05-Aug-2011] 2nd-init port for Milestone2

Credit for koush for Droid2 Bootstrap
Credit for edgardcastro for sharing lots of information about 2nd-boot on Milestone1
Credit for Skrilax_CZ for 2nd-init and sh hijack
If you just want to install 2nd-init on your phone you can skip the whole guide and flash update-2nd-init.zip into your phone. As usual I will not hold responsibility to any damages it may cause.
WARNING: Use this ONLY if you know exactly what you are doing. This guide will make major changes in the /system partition and may turn the phone inoperative. I won’t hold responsibility if you brick your phone or to any damages it may cause.
Pre-requisites: A computer with Android SDK and ADB drivers installed and working. It’s recommended to have RSD Lite 4.9 and the appropriate SBF image just in case anything goes wrong.
This guide was made using a Brazilian Motorola Milestone2 based on Brazil Retail SBF and a computer running Windows Vista 32-bits. I started it from the scratch by flashing my phone with RSD Lite 4.9 and performing a full data/cache wipe, just to make sure any changes were discarded.
Note: Commands that should be entered in command prompt will be listed as: “C:\> <command>”. Commands issued to ADB Shell will be listed as: “# <command>”.
1. Enable USB Debugging on your phone;
2. Get permanent root. I used the app z4root which can be found here on XDA;
3. Install Droid2 Bootstrap. It may be downloaded from Market to support the developer. More info here http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html;
4. Open Droid2 Bootstrap and click “Bootstrap Recovery”;
5. Use bootstrap to reboot into Clockwork Recovery and backup your phone;
6. Reboot;
7. C:\> adb remount
8. # stop
9. # mkdir /system/etc/rootfs
10. # cp /*.rc /system/etc/rootfs
11. # mkdir /system/etc/init.d
12. # cp /system/bin/sh /system/bin/_sh
13. # cp /init_prep_keypad.sh /system/bin
14. C:\> adb push sh_hijack.sh /system/bin/
15. C:\> adb push 2nd-init /system/bin/
16. C:\> adb push sysinit /system/bin/
WARNING: at this point you should keep a terminal window (adb shell) opened before replacing the 'sh' binary. This is so because you wont be able to open a new abd shell window to run the chmod command.
17. C:\> adb push sh /system/bin/
18. # chmod 755 /system/bin/sh
19. # chmod 755 /system/bin/sh_hijack.sh
20. # chmod 755 /system/bin/2nd-init
21. # chmod 755 /system/bin/sysinit
22. # ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/xbin/mount
23. # ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/xbin/rmdir
24. # ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/xbin/cp
25. # ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/xbin/umount
26. # ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/xbin/run-parts
27. # reboot
28. At this point you should be getting into Clockwork Recovery every time, no matter how many times you have rebooted or if you’ve taken the battery of or not. THIS IS NORMAL. It means that the 2nd-boot + sh hijack is working as it should. The boots into clock recovery are caused by a conflict between sh hijack and logwrapper hijack (used by Droid2 Bootstrap). Continue the guide to fix this issue.
29. In clock recovery menu go to: mounts and storage>mount /system;
30. Open ADB Shell again (it will be available in clockwork recovery as well);
31. # cp /system/bin/logwrapper.bin /system/bin/mylogwrapper
32. C:\> adb pull /system/etc/rootfs/
33. Open init.rc and init.mapphone_umts.rc into a text editor that preserves unix end-line format (e.g.: notepad++). Find all entries of “/system/bin/logwrapper” replacing for “/system/bin/mylogwrapper”.
34. In init.mapphone_umts.rc find entry for “exec /init_prep_keypad.sh” replacing for “exec /system/bin/init_prep_keypad.sh”. Add the following text to the end of this file to be able to run all scripts in /system/etc/init.d at boot time:
Code:
service bootscripts /system/bin/sysinit
class post-zygote_services
disabled
oneshot
35. Save and close.
36. C:\> adb push init.rc /system/etc/rootfs/
37. C:\> adb push init.mapphone_umts.rc /system/etc/rootfs/
38. # chmod 755 /system/etc/rootfs/init.rc
39. # chmod 755 /system/etc/rootfs/init.mapphone_umts.rc
40. Choose “Reboot system now” in clock recovery menu;
You’re all set! Now it is just a matter of changing the rc files in /system/etc/rootfs to customize your system boot.
If you want to log the system boot you may also copy the provided log-init.sh script into /system/etc/rootfs and uncomment the line “exec /log_init.sh” from my init.rc file. Doing so will create the /data/logcat.log file that may get huge in sometime.
2nd-init files and my modified *.rc files attached.
Have fun!
UPDATED to version 2.0.0 (froyo) this version exploits /system/bin/mount_ext3.sh instead of sh binary. It's a new method I developed in order of starting 2nd-init earlier but also keeping compatibility with Droid2bootstrapper (recovery takes place first). This might help me booting Leaked GB from 2nd-init, which wasn't possible on the previous version. Take note it's not ready yet to apply on GB.

I just missed the exec /system/bin/init_prep_keypad thanks!

What is this for?
Sent from my A953 using XDA App

inheme said:
What is this for?
Sent from my A953 using XDA App
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A method to customize initialization scripts of android system. It's a major hack used be some Milestone1 custom ROM's. I've succeeded into porting this to MS2, and I think some modders here of XDA may be interested into adding this to custom ROM's. It may be added to the stock ROM (as I did) but it is not something that everyone is willing to try.
Word of advise: If you don't know what it is you don't need it

Ok thanks for the explanation
So it means that custom roms will be easier to create?
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That's some major news for our little community.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but since init starts after the kernel is loaded, it's not useful at all for loading a custom kernel, true?
But having a custom init script is a step to CyanogenMod 6 port on Milestone 2, still true?
Anyways, great job, and great howto.

momus87 said:
That's some major news for our little community.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but since init starts after the kernel is loaded, it's not useful at all for loading a custom kernel, true?
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To load a custom kernel we'll need that kexec hack that team freemymoto is working on.
But having a custom init script is a step to CyanogenMod 6 port on Milestone 2, still true?
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Well, it's possible, but I believe the big issue here is the impossibility of running custom kernels. Even so, a skilled Modder may be able to overcome that and port CM6 to MS2 using Motorola's stock kernel. It has been done for the MS1.
Anyways, great job, and great howto.
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You're welcome.

Thanks, r2beta0... this is going to help us out a lot!

r2beta0 said:
Well, it's possible, but I believe the big issue here is the impossibility of running custom kernels. Even so, a skilled Modder may be able to overcome that and port CM6 to MS2 using Motorola's stock kernel. It has been done for the MS1.
You're welcome.
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Guess that would be me
nah just kidding. I've just happened to have some luck porting Froyo and Gingerbread to the bootloader-locked x10 mini pro. I've just ordered my milestone 2 and I will work on CM6. AWESOME JOB on the 2nd init man! Really, thanks!!
edit: just can't stop thanking you! You saved me a lot of work and porting CM will be easy as sh*t for me now! THANKS

Mikevhl said:
Guess that would be me
nah just kidding. I've just happened to have some luck porting Froyo and Gingerbread to the bootloader-locked x10 mini pro. I've just ordered my milestone 2 and I will work on CM6. AWESOME JOB on the 2nd init man! Really, thanks!!
edit: just can't stop thanking you! You saved me a lot of work and porting CM will be easy as sh*t for me now! THANKS
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You're welcome! You can count on me to provide as much help as I can to free our MS2's from Motorola's hand. I would be very grateful if you could share your knowledge of porting CM to locked devices. I was trying to port MIUI and Shadow mod BR to MS2 but I got stuck when dealing with proprietary files.
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@r2beta0
Could this port work on Motorola defy?
Sent from my MOTO Defy

demolition23 said:
@r2beta0
Could this port work on Motorola defy?
Sent from my MOTO Defy
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It's very likely, since the 2 devices are very similar. Most of the files I attached are from Milestone1 and works perfectly on MS2. Though I recommend you to NOT replace your *.rc files with the attached ones since they could be not compatible. It would be better if you edit your own files. Also try it ONLY if you have a working version of ClockworkMod Recovery (or other custom recovery). You may adapt this guide for your device and post it here on XDA, just remember to mention my name on credits

Already posted and hoping someone to port this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003449

demolition23 said:
Already posted and hoping someone to port this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003449
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BTW, why do you want to use 2nd-init? You know, this guide is more inclined for devs/mods who want (need) to include this feature on their ROM's. With this you can change the way things are loaded on linux system before android starts up. But to take advantage of that you should know a lot about how linux works and so on. Regular users should look for a ROM based on the features he needs. Most ROM's already have 2nd-init implemented, but it's not something users are aware of.

Possible issue I've come across:
When replacing sh, i can no longer re-open the shell for obvious reasons... potentially I need to already have a second terminal open with shell running in it already?
SBFing and trying again :3

smacky_wolf said:
Possible issue I've come across:
When replacing sh, i can no longer re-open the shell for obvious reasons... potentially I need to already have a second terminal open with shell running in it already?
SBFing and trying again :3
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I had no such issue here. When executing the steps of this guide I kept two windows opened all the time. One command prompt to run adb push/pull and another window running adb shell.
Thanks to point that out! I will post a warning in the main post. You should have a adb shell window already running to be able to run chmod just after replacing sh.
But don't worry, you don't need to SBF. Just reboot into clockwork recovery, mount /system via menu, and open your adb shell. It uses a different shell so you can fix the problem in /system/bin.

Looks like Motorola Defy now has CyanogenMod 7 using 2nd-init script! Wish same were the case for MS2.

syl0n said:
Looks like Motorola Defy now has CyanogenMod 7 using 2nd-init script! Wish same were the case for MS2.
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I'm on it, but development is slow

No necessary to use 2nd init.
Just install "droid 2 bootstrap" and Rom Manager will work perfectly.

keylight65 said:
No necessary to use 2nd init.
Just install "droid 2 bootstrap" and Rom Manager will work perfectly.
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What are you talking about? This guide isn't related to ROM Manager.

[GUIDE/MOD] DNSCrypt for AArch64 (ZIP) (2016/03/17)

NOT SYSTEMLESS!
This writes to system, so systemless master race stay away.
Someone wanna make a Magisk version?
Instructions:
0. Download zip below and place inside internal storage.
1. Boot to TWRP.
2. Mount>System
3. Flash zip
4. Boot to Android and open a terminal emulator
5. Run dnscrypt enable. You probably have to do this every reboot.
Changing resolver:
Edit /system/etc/init.d/99dnscrypt. There's a line RESOLVER_NAME, change it to a suitable one from here under Name. I suggest you ping every server geographically nearby and go with the lowest ping.
Changing DNS server:
On Nexus 5X at least, use a Terminal Emulator and run
Code:
setprop net.dns1 127.0.0.1:53
Self-compile guide:
Requirements:
Linux computer (x86_64)
Android NDK (r12b is the newest so far, get the 64-bit one)
libsodium
dnscrypt-proxy
Here's how I did it:
1. Extract the NDK (unzip android-ndk-rXXb.zip )
2. Run
Code:
export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=<NDK Location>
3. Extract libsodium and dnscrypt-proxy.
4. Enter the folder of libsodium/dist-build, then edit android-build.sh such that NDK_PLATFORM:-android-16 becomes NDK_PLATFORM:-android-24. Then modify android-armv8-a.sh and add
Code:
-mtune=cortex-a57.cortex-a53 -mcpu=cortex-a57.cortex-a53
to the end of CFLAGS.
5. Return to libsodium root folder (cd ..) and do ./autogen.sh then ./dist-build/android-armv8-a.sh. When the script finishes it will tell you where the output is.
6. (Optional) Run android-toolchain-armv8-a/aarch64-linux-android/bin/strip on the output .so (typically in libsodium-android-armv8-a/lib/libsodium.so)
7. Now we do
Code:
export SODIUM_ANDROID_PREFIX=<libsodium output>
8. Enter the folder of dnscrypt, do the same modifications to dnscrypt's dist-builds. Again, do ./autogen.sh and ./dist-build/android-armv8-a.sh.
9. Now you have a fresh compilation of AArch64 dnscrypt-proxy!
It's usually dnscrypt-proxy-android-armv8-a.zip
10. Finally, we need to edit the zip file and rename the /system/lib folder to lib64, and change references in updater-script and /system/addon.d/75-dnscrypt.sh.
11. (Optional) Add --ephemeral-keys to 99dnscrypt for extra security.
Credits:
qwerty12 for the basic instructions
Changelog:
02/19: Updated libsodium (1.0.8->master) and dnscrypt-proxy(01/27 master->master)
03/17: Pulled freshest code from masters, compiled with NDK r11b and platform android-23
09/26: Latest stable branch of libsodium and master of dnscrypt. Compilation target now android-24. Compiled with NDK r12b
Changes to both dnscrypt-proxy and libsodium:
dist-build/android-build.sh:
Code:
NDK_PLATFORM:-android-16 to NDK_PLATFORM:-android-24
dist-build/android-arm-v8-a.sh:
Code:
Appended:
-mtune=cortex-a57.cortex-a53 -mcpu=cortex-a57.cortex-a53
to end of CFLAGS

Why not just release the compiled binaries ? would safe others with tinkering compiling it

Flashable zip
DragonHunt3r said:
Why not just release the compiled binaries ? would safe others with tinkering compiling it
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Uploaded. I just thought most people would be more comfortable compiling their own code rather than trust a stranger. I still don't know how to fix the updater script though, it's the default one for now.

aschere said:
Uploaded. I just thought most people would be more comfortable compiling their own code rather than trust a stranger. I still don't know how to fix the updater script though, it's the default one for now.
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That's true, but at the other side we trust random flashable zips for roms, mods etc from XDA
Thanks for the upload will take a look
Edit: well it works but in DNSManager for example it shows greyed out "Enable DnsCrypt"
dnsleaktest.com shows dnscrypt works though

DragonHunt3r said:
That's true, but at the other side we trust random flashable zips for roms, mods etc from XDA
Thanks for the upload will take a look
Edit: well it works but in DNSManager for example it shows greyed out "Enable DnsCrypt"
dnsleaktest.com shows dnscrypt works though
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Shows up OK in my device.

So can I just flash the zip and use dns manager? nothing else?
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Will this work with a non 64 bit snapdragon 805

gangrenius said:
So can I just flash the zip and use dns manager? nothing else?
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Will this work with a non 64 bit snapdragon 805
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This works only on 64-bit devices. For 32-bit devices, a download is provided here.
Yes, this is a flashable zip. However, DNS needs to be changed manually such as through DNS Manager because iptables doesn't entirely work.

Any major changes with 4/6? Thanks for updating this BTW.

th3g1z said:
Any major changes with 4/6? Thanks for updating this BTW.
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It's all commits from 03/17 to 04/06.

Installed the zip successfully, when in terminal emulator, its not working, pls help!:crying:
Using rooted Lenovo A7000
Here's the full text directly copied from terminal emulator:
[email protected]:/ $ dnscrypt enable
Enabling dnscrypt-proxy...
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
[INFO] - [cs-uswest] does not support DNS Security Extensions
[INFO] + Namecoin domains can be resolved
[INFO] + Provider supposedly doesn't keep logs
[NOTICE] Starting dnscrypt-proxy 1.6.1
[INFO] Generating a new session key pair
[INFO] Done
[INFO] Server certificate #808464433 received
[INFO] This certificate is valid
[INFO] Chosen certificate #808464433 is valid from [2015-11-05] to [2016-11-04]
[INFO] Server key fingerprint is 881A:AED0:0427:BAF0:47D6:BDFA:6161A38:F019:571C:9BD2:A083:4A5F:C938:7E5D:8434
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
Done
[email protected]:/ $

kuchienkz said:
Installed the zip successfully, when in terminal emulator, its not working, pls help!:crying:
Using rooted Lenovo A7000
Here's the full text directly copied from terminal emulator:
[email protected]:/ $ dnscrypt enable
Enabling dnscrypt-proxy...
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
iptables v1.4.20: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission denied (you must be root)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
Done
[email protected]:/ $
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Did you read the error you got? You have to be root. Try running 'su' before 'dnscrypt enable'

aschere said:
Did you read the error you got? You have to be root. Try running 'su' before 'dnscrypt enable'
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Lol, i would not post my problem here if that could solve my problem :v
Already tried that several times. Still gives the same error.

kuchienkz said:
Lol, i would not post my problem here if that could solve my problem :v
Already tried that several times. Still gives the same error.
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Can you post what version of Android, what phone?

aschere said:
Can you post what version of Android, what phone?
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Android Version: 5.0.2
Lenovo A7000 : Phone Spec

kuchienkz said:
Android Version: 5.0.2
Lenovo A7000 : Phone Spec
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Hmmm... I can't really think of anything other than the root: are you sure you rooted it? When you type su, do you switch to the root user?

aschere said:
Hmmm... I can't really think of anything other than the root: are you sure you rooted it? When you type su, do you switch to the root user?
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Ah nevermind, i just reinstalled my phone with stock ROM, then rooted it. Now it works. :good:
If you curious about last rom, it is MIUI 7
Thank you so much for your help :victory:
Btw now that i understand how to run it. But as u said that i have to run it on every boot. Is there a way to run it automatically? Actually, im quite new to Terminal Emulator

kuchienkz said:
Ah nevermind, i just reinstalled my phone with stock ROM, then rooted it. Now it works. :good:
If you curious about last rom, it is MIUI 7
Thank you so much for your help :victory:
Btw now that i understand how to run it. But as u said that i have to run it on every boot. Is there a way to run it automatically? Actually, im quite new to Terminal Emulator
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Good to hear that!
For automatic execution, you can create a script in /system/su.d or /system/addon.d I guess.

Ah actually, it should be in /system/etc/init.d

aschere said:
Ah actually, it should be in /system/etc/init.d
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And.... how to make that script?
Im seriously beginner here
I dont have any idea what kind of script it is and what language it uses.
Maybe you can give me link to a site where i could learn to make one

kuchienkz said:
And.... how to make that script?
Im seriously beginner here
I dont have any idea what kind of script it is and what language it uses.
Maybe you can give me link to a site where i could learn to make one
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Actually, the script should already be in there. See this.