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[Q] fjfalcon swap

Is there a way that i can reinstall the swap directly from my xt720 without have to hook to my computer or be at home? If so would someone please be kind enough to share this info with me.

Nope. Because of Motorola's locked bootloader, we have to use fastboot over USB.
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Could I do this from my honeycomb tab??
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vari9 said:
Could I do this from my honeycomb tab??
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Cant see how you could, knowing you need Android SDK and fastboot to boot the kernel. So I guess no.

can i do fastboot from a mac or linux emulator? cos my external hdd just crashed and i have my windows VM on it which i use for rsdlite.

Yes you can.
All you need is kernel: http://xt720.ru/Files/Kernel/boot2.img
And fastboot tool: http://xt720.ru/Files/Tools/fastboot
Don't forget chmod +x to fastboot and run it as root(or use sudo)

fjfalcon said:
Yes you can.
All you need is kernel: http://xt720.ru/Files/Kernel/boot2.img
And fastboot tool: http://xt720.ru/Files/Tools/fastboot
Don't forget chmod +x to fastboot and run it as root(or use sudo)
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is this boot2.img different from the original boot.img kernel that you posted initially?

Well, that last version that i created long ago...
Added ThumbEE and other optimizations/..
But it was created long ago.. i think.. =)

fjfalcon said:
Well, that last version that i created long ago...
Added ThumbEE and other optimizations/..
But it was created long ago.. i think.. =)
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Oh okay.. hahahaha!!
I was not updated, I folllowed reverendkyle's tutorial and used the boot.img that was posted on the tutorial video, i was not aware that there was an updated one. I'll push this new (for me it's new) one now.. LOL Thanks!!
**EDIT**
Kernel is now showing as "[email protected] #7" would this be correct?

Yes, cheater - mine username, and chernyak - hostname of mine work machine.

hi all,
i have installed Khal's MIUI XT-Final V2 rom, when i do install fjfalcon kernel to enable swap on my phone via adb it works fine but after normal reboot swap partion shows 0KB.
if i do a quick reboot its shows the cache.
i dont face this problem before in khal's steel blue rom...
is this a bug with rom or something to enable on kernel...
guys, pl help me on this...
thanks
Ash

abkrish26 said:
hi all,
i have installed Khal's MIUI XT-Final V2 rom, when i do install fjfalcon kernel to enable swap on my phone via adb it works fine but after normal reboot swap partion shows 0KB.
if i do a quick reboot its shows the cache.
i dont face this problem before in khal's steel blue rom...
is this a bug with rom or something to enable on kernel...
guys, pl help me on this...
thanks
Ash
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It's always been that way. You have to fastboot to get the custom kernel with the locked bootloader.

Thanks for ur great info 3rdstring.....
Cheers
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fjfalcon said:
Yes you can.
All you need is kernel: http://xt720.ru/Files/Kernel/boot2.img
And fastboot tool: http://xt720.ru/Files/Tools/fastboot
Don't forget chmod +x to fastboot and run it as root(or use sudo)
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am i supposed to adb reboot into bootloader and from there reboot the phone into fastboot? what am i supposed to type on a mac? because you need the boot.img to be in a specific directory on windows, but im not sure about doing it on mac. should i put the boot2.img into the android sdk too? sorry for asking so many questions, but i dont wanna risk bricking or anything. thanks!
edit: after i watched reverendkjr's vid again i decided to try and i put the boot into platform-tools and from there i rebooted into bootloader, and then typed fastboot boot boot2.img and now my phone is on [email protected] #7
but just curious, what was the chmod + x for?

Allow to launch fastboot binary.

I'm on XDA-SPECIAL-HELLMONGER-RC2. when I run - chmod 777 /system/etc/unit.d/00_swapon it fails and says"Read only file". And swap is not enabled by fastboot.. wondering what am i doing wrong?
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I'm here to learn something

brianlili said:
I'm here to learn something
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Brian! Welcome! There's a thread about your ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206018
You may need to post 10 times before you can reply there though. So, how's the weather?

which one should i use for cm6.3 rc3? havent fastbooted for a long time. ive tried boot2 but when i fastboot, setcpu doesnt show any swap. in my notifications, android keeps "checking sd card for errors". any help?

For now, is there any way to fastboot fjfalcon's kernel without using any PC?
I've heard something about hot reboot that reboots the phone but keeping the fjfalcon's kernel.
Thanks for the info.

[GUIDE] Unlock and Root a Nexus 7

I found less detailed guide on rootzwiki created by birdman, but i decided to repost it here in more detail.
* Disclaimer: I do not take any responsibility for anything you do to your phone, whether be brick, break, or somehow mess it up.
Requirements
1. You must have the sdk installed and you are able to access, and use adb and fastboot.
2. You must have debugging enabled on your Nexus 7.
3. Download Su here (Chainfire's thread for supersu) (Thanks Eric_Eric_Eric)
4. Download CWM here. Scroll down to Nexus 7 and choose whether touch or regular.
Pre-Steps
To make this easier, you should put the su zip on the sdcard for later.
1. In terminal, cd to the directory you have your sdk in. Then cd into platform-tools.
2. Type adb push path-to-zip/JB-SuperSU.zip /sdcard
Unlocking Your Nexus 7
To unlock your device
1. cd to platform-tools
2. Reboot to the bootloader - adb reboot bootloader
3. Unlock your device* -
fastboot oem unlock ​*You will have to accept and erase all the user data on the tablet.
*You must run this as sudo in Linux
Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery
(You're still inside the bootloader)
4. Flash CWM -
fastboot flash recovery path-to-img/CWM-grouper-recovery.img​5. Make CWM Permanent -
1. Boot into recovery​2. Go to Mounts and Storage​3. Mount /System​4. Type in Terminal*​adb shell
cd /system
mv recovery-from-boot.p recovery-from-boot.bak​
If your having trouble gaining shell, try "adb kill-server" then "abd start-server". Couple of my friends had this problem, and this should hopefully fix it.
* For some people, it has been reported that you don't have to replace recovery-from-boot.bak. The flash is enough to make the recovery stick.
Flash Su
1. Go back by pressing power button​2. Install the zip in the sdcard​
Reboot and your device is now rooted!!
For anybody having trouble trying to use fastboot and come up with a no-permissions error or adb ????????? problem, I created a guide to fix the problem here: [GUIDE]Fix Fastboot and USB

Any ugly splash screens indicating it has been unlocked?

No SD Card!
Not to be a jackass or anything, but this tablet has no SD Card slot...might that require slightly different steps than what you outlined?

jorge_culv said:
Not to be a jackass or anything, but this tablet has no SD Card slot...might that require slightly different steps than what you outlined?
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I'm sure he meant internal storage.

Is there a way to do this without adb? I'm sort of new to adb....any help would be greatly appreciated. Ty
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jorge_culv said:
Not to be a jackass or anything, but this tablet has no SD Card slot...might that require slightly different steps than what you outlined?
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What he wrote about pushing SU to /sdcard is correct. I have a Transformer Prime and ASUS called the internal storage /sdcard, which is a little counter intuitive. I presume the same situation exists with the Nexus 7.

paddycr said:
What he wrote about pushing SU to /sdcard is correct. I have a Transformer Prime and ASUS called the internal storage /sdcard, which is a little counter intuitive. I presume the same situation exists with the Nexus 7.
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This is correct. There is no emmc internal storage. Its just called sdcard
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movieaddict said:
Is there a way to do this without adb? I'm sort of new to adb....any help would be greatly appreciated. Ty
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Umm, this no way to do this without adb. I'm working on a one click script which i will be posting later. I am currently in IO Sessions and should have it in the next couple of days.
But an answer, again, no, there isn't. You need to download the sdk, and install the tools. then just cd to platform-tools, and use adb like i said. If your in windows, use adb.exe then the arguments, but if your in linux, just use ./adb. Same thing with fastboot.

khaytsus said:
Any ugly splash screens indicating it has been unlocked?
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Ya, there is, its the Google logo with the unlocked sign at the bottom, just like the galaxy nexus.

FadedLite said:
Umm, this no way to do this without adb. I'm working on a one click script which i will be posting later. I am currently in IO Sessions and should have it in the next couple of days.
But an answer, again, no, there isn't. You need to download the sdk, and install the tools. then just cd to platform-tools, and use adb like i said. If your in windows, use adb.exe then the arguments, but if your in linux, just use ./adb. Same thing with fastboot.
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TY very much faded, looking forward to ur one click script!

what exactly does he fastboot OEM unlock do? just curious
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smirkis said:
what exactly does he fastboot OEM unlock do? just curious
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It tells fastboot to oem unlock the device.
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FadedLite said:
This is correct. There is no emmc internal storage. Its just called sdcard
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I stand corrected, thanks and +1 for setting me straight!

stickmount?
Can someone rooted please test if stickmount works.
Thanks

Guide* and just wait there will be a one click root for this device
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mintaeroboy said:
Guide* and just wait there will be a one click root for this device
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Ya, that's me trying to write it while trying to take notes during a seminar at IO haha
But ya, I'm working on it right now.

I'm new to the tablet, so this maybe a silly question, but is it possible to use 4ext for recovery instead of CWM? I like the 4ext a lot more for my HTC Glacier.

what would unlocking do? isnt that for phones so you can put other simcards??

r0mmel said:
what would unlocking do? isnt that for phones so you can put other simcards??
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It is technically "unlocking the boot loader" but unlocking was short and sweet for the title.
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[GUIDE]
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ADB issues

Hey guys, I'm new to the Sammy's (this is my first of many!) as I came from the Atrix2 forum (where I am still active).
But I can tell you after being on a locked down Moto phone, it's nice to be running official CM again. :victory:
Anyways I almost always modify some of my own APK's and the one I am after here is the Mms.apk. Normally I would just pull it via ADB and mod it afterwards. However, whenever I pull the APK, ADB says that it completed it, but the file never shows. ADB shows the phone as being attached, so this has left me scratching my head.... I never had these issues back with the A2, so I am thinking this is just some Sammy quirk that I am unaware of. I'm thinking maybe it's a driver issue? But I was able to update to the official ICS version with kies, so I'm assuming my drivers are ok? Here's what ADB is telling me:
Code:
C:\ADB>adb devices
List of devices attached
2c4d3bdb device
C:\ADB>adb pull system/app/Mms.apk C:\ADB
2994 KB/s (2152449 bytes in 0.702s)
Also tried running it interactively with root permissions and still no dice.
Thanks in advance guys.

Bump. Anyone?
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If it's showing the phone under devices it's not a driver issue.
Have you tried running the command without the C:\ADB at the end? I've never used that and have not had any problems pulling or pushing.
Worse case just unzip the ROM and copy it over to your desktop.

hechoen said:
If it's showing the phone under devices it's not a driver issue.
Have you tried running the command without the C:\ADB at the end? I've never used that and have not had any problems pulling or pushing.
Worse case just unzip the ROM and copy it over to your desktop.
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Well daggum sir. That was it. :good:
Although it is kinda strange as I have always been able to specify the path I wanted to pull it to before. Odd....
Thank you kind sir. :highfive:

Fall of Enosis said:
Well daggum sir. That was it. :good:
Although it is kinda strange as I have always been able to specify the path I wanted to pull it to before. Odd....
Thank you kind sir. :highfive:
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You were trying to pull it to the same path. If you wanna pull somewhere else it needs a > i think.
Code:
C:\Users\Me>adb pull system/app/whatever.apk > C:\Users\Me\Downloads
That would drop it in my DL folder.

I always just cd to the directory I want to push or pull from before pushing or pulling. But I'm cheezy like that
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cdshepherd said:
I always just cd to the directory I want to push or pull from before pushing or pulling. But I'm cheezy like that
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Me too
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[Q] How To, If Possible, Root With Bad Volume Keys

So, I'm attempting to root a Charge that the volume keys do not work. Apparently, 1 and 2 year olds who have great throwing ability is something the Charge, well, anything really, doesn't exactly appreciate. Normally, I root by going into the download mode, and flashing CWM, then installing the ROM. Obviously, not happening here.
My question is, has someone with more knowledge than I figured out how to accomplish this? Its running stock FP5. I really don't want to send it in because of the contract timing and wasteful of money. I'm also willing to experiment replacing parts, if someone knows anything about it...
Thanks.
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Yep. There's a jig that will force the phone into dl mode. IIRC it's branded for the gnex but it's confirmed to work on the Charge as well. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27533069
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Hey, I had a thought of using ADB to root, and somehow forcing CWM on it, then using an app to boot it into dl mode. I've never used and before and don't know if it's possible, although, from what I read, it seems plausible. Can you offer any insight on this idea?
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edji-x said:
Hey, I had a thought of using ADB to root, and somehow forcing CWM on it, then using an app to boot it into dl mode. I've never used and before and don't know if it's possible, although, from what I read, it seems plausible. Can you offer any insight on this idea?
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If you have adb all set up and it properly recognizes your phone (something comes up when putting in the adb devices command) you can boot into download mode with
adb reboot download

Actually it's something I looked into recently for another member. I'm not saying it's not possible but I don't think we have the right tools for it. Originally ginger root was used via adb to root the charge but that's not going to work with our version of gb (assuming you could still find it). I'm not sure the format of cwm will work either. I'm not really proficient with adb so someone with more expertise might be able to get you going.
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Awesome. I don't have it installed yet, but it doesn't look like it takes much to make it work. Plus, I have nine that isn't screwed up, so I think I'll see what I can come up with later.
On a side note, I can't post a reply to your tweaked 3.1 thread, but I ran into somewhat of a problem... run tweaktools, did the tweaks thing, phone BARELY would run. I also couldn't get a shell to run to get back in to uninstall. What I ended up doing to fix was a reinstall of SuperSU and installing a bash shell off a different emulator to get back into tweaktools. This was after I played in /system/etc/init.d awhile trying my hand at fixing it. Thought you may want/need to knoknow.
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By the way, thanks for the tip. I'll report one way or another in a day or 2.
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edji-x said:
On a side note, I can't post a reply to your tweaked 3.1 thread
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You need 10 posts minimum to post in the Dev forums, XDA's rules.
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edji-x said:
Awesome. I don't have it installed yet, but it doesn't look like it takes much to make it work. Plus, I have nine that isn't screwed up, so I think I'll see what I can come up with later.
On a side note, I can't post a reply to your tweaked 3.1 thread, but I ran into somewhat of a problem... run tweaktools, did the tweaks thing, phone BARELY would run. I also couldn't get a shell to run to get back in to uninstall. What I ended up doing to fix was a reinstall of SuperSU and installing a bash shell off a different emulator to get back into tweaktools. This was after I played in /system/etc/init.d awhile trying my hand at fixing it. Thought you may want/need to knoknow.
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Sorry to hear of the troubles - not sure what would have caused the issue with tweaktools. You weren't able to su, or you weren't able to open terminal emulator? What were you messing with specifically in the tweaks?

dwitherell said:
If you have adb all set up and it properly recognizes your phone (something comes up when putting in the adb devices command) you can boot into download mode with
adb reboot download
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:banghead:
Sigh, I don't know why I didn't think of that lol. And I was Ninja'd. Double whammy lol
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Okay, Found it in ADB, and am able to reboot into download, so all is well, I think.
On the tweaktools issue, I kinda did something like this...One tweak does okay, so lets install ALL of them....after that, performed the reboot, and everything went very sloooow. So, I tried to get into a term emulator, and nothing happened, the shell wouldn't even start. Blank screen. So, I tried a different outside of ROM toolbox. Nothing. So, I played around with the settings here and there, and still nothing. I then went into root browser, and started trying to manually move the tweaks out, nothing different. So, I downloaded another term emulator, "Better Terminal Emulator" and got a bash shell to at least open, was able to get into tweaktools, erase all tweaks, clear downloads. But the shells still weren't operating right. They'd open and run, but nothing would show on screen. So, a erase/reinstall of SuperSU, everything good....LOL

Well, maybe it'll help, maybe not, but here's the path I used to do this:
Visit samsung's site for the ADB download and install to c:\android-sdk\ (default)
Put USB Debugging on in phone
Start up command line and Odin 1.82
issue following in command line (notably in the c:\android-sdk\platform-tools)
Code:
adb reboot download
Odin up some Tweaked 2.2 with recovery and kernel for root
once rebooted, issue the following in ADB shell:
Code:
adb shell
su (Checked phone to be sure root was granted)
cd /data
rm -R *
cd /cache
rm -R *
cd /dbdata rm -R *
reboot, then adb reboot download.
Flashed EP4 Stock, updated,
Updated to FP5E
Once again, USB debug, adb reboot download, and Odin Tweaked 3.1 with 0302,
follow above code again, reboot, and I think I have it right....
Since the volume keys don't work on here, is there a way to screw around in the recovery mode via ADB rather than only the keys? I see ADB sees the phone in recovery, and seems to want to connect with it....Second is, is there a way to play with this in the *nix enviroment? I also have been searching for the Gingerbreak, etc to root this thing on stock, but haven't been able to do it....and last, is there a way to do a data wipe other than what I did, and think i accomplished with ADB?
Thanks

With the CWM that I am using, you can use the hard buttons at the bottom of the phone to navigate.
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Help me please to restore data.

Hi! Can I retore data from my bricked TF300T from internal memory somehow? I was storing photos on device memory on my Asus TF300T and now its bricked. I need to restore these photos, my girlfriend has something like 1000 of them from her trip to Caracas. Its very important for her. I already managed to connect the device through fastboot and I launched adb in cmd. What should I do next? Please help me guys

koperkowy said:
Hi! Can I retore data from my bricked TF300T from internal memory somehow? I was storing photos on device memory on my Asus TF300T and now its bricked. I need to restore these photos, my girlfriend has something like 1000 of them from her trip to Caracas. Its very important for her. I already managed to connect the device through fastboot and I launched adb in cmd. What should I do next? Please help me guys
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As you have adb access, you can use adb pull to retrieve the files:
adb pull device_path local_path
For example:
adb pull /sdcard/photos/photo001.jpg photos/
You probably need to do that file-by-file, though I never tried a directory. Some shell scripting might help.
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Is there an easier way to copy them all? It will be pretty hard to copy 1000 photos one by one ;/

koperkowy said:
Is there an easier way to copy them all? It will be pretty hard to copy 1000 photos one by one ;/
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How's THIS?

koperkowy said:
Is there an easier way to copy them all? It will be pretty hard to copy 1000 photos one by one ;/
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Well, the trick is to use shell scripting, like mentioned. For example on Linux, something like:
Code:
adb shell ls /sdcard/photos/ >filelist.txt
for p in $(cat filelist.txt); do adb pull /sdcard/photos/$p photos/; done
There should be similar scripting capabilities in Windows, but never used those.
Or you can use Cygwin with above lines.
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Or better
adb pull /storage/sdcard/photos/. ~
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enedil said:
Or better on GNU/Linux
adb pull /storage/sdcard/photos/. ~
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Oh, true, with an up-to-date adb you can indeed pull a directory. Either older versions didn't support that, or I never noticed.
Should work on Windows as well.
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f69m said:
Oh, true, with an up-to-date adb you can indeed pull a directory. Either older versions didn't support that, or I never noticed.
Should work on Windows as well.
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On Linux cuz there's ~ instead of something like
C:\Users\Admin\
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