[GUIDE][08/02/13] Root + /System access method for Hero H2000+ Step by Step - Android General

Based on the original guide that helped me get here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2109041 Hope he doesn't mind but i also copied and pasted all the repeated process parts but hugely modified everything else ( MT6577 MTK MTK6577 MTK6XX MT6XX )
Purchase this phone HERE​
Note: This will fix ANY broken H2000+ camera If your rear camera has stopped working with any other firmware, this one will work don't worry about clearing any cache / data / dalvik or anycrap, just follow this guide!
HERO H2000+ Rooting
Here is a new ever safer solution on how to root the "unrootable" Hero H2000+
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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
(Main Modification)
Well in this mod it will remove the android IOS theme or normal unrootable android firmware that comes with the stock phone, most will find out when you try and root the stock it only gives it a partial root ( no access to /system ) or just ends up screwing the camera if you finally do figure it out, i've combined about 10 different mods i've found around the web over the last 3 days of selective google keyword searching to combine it into this simple mod, i haven't done much myself except Modded the scatter installation to include CWM and i created the .zip file that removes the bloatware and adds SuperSu.
(optional Modifications)
- Swap sdcard with sdcard2 (fix application saving options for he external card
- Remove the 3 onscreen buttons and remap the Top side mute key into a back button for a better screen view and more authentic iphone style use.
Make sure you DOWNLOAD THIS first, It's the most vital part and has almost everything you will need, in one whole simple file, to achieve what i'm going to show you how to do, I'm going to try and include lots of detail so listen up, any sources & links from places i got most my information & downloads from will be included at the bottom of this page, if you are interested.
Warning! This is at your own risk,i am not responsible for any damage this may do to your device and always backup before ( Seriously don't complain about it to me, i never took any precautions when playing around and my device is fine but i'm sure there are risks of breaking your device.
Warning: Pretty sure this deletes anything on the phone's Internal SD / Phone storage and system storage, but the external SD card should be safe, but i'd still back it up incase but mine was left untouched, if not i'd of lost about 20GB of music so it's your call.
1. Download the file provided, you should have the following files:
- Folder: 2000+ SUPER ROOT SUROOT SYSTEM ACCESS
- Folder: PHONE DRIVERS MTK MT6577
- Folder: SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1220.01 VERSION 1
- Zip: MTK_Drive.zip
2. How to install the correct drivers are included in the MTK_Drive.zip + the MTK MT6577 driver folder, the drivers are for when the device is just started up with USB plugged in, for when it's in a flash mode, it will be detected as MTxx or something on the driver installation window, you don't have to worry too much about this until you start flashing and it will pop up the first time you attempt to flash with "installing drivers" message, the 2nd time it SHOULD flash but it took me about 30x when i first started, so yeah good luck with that.
3. COPY THE "COPY ME TO THE 2GIG INTERNAL SD NOT EXTERNAL.ZIP" to the internal sd card before or after the flash (BEFORE WOULD BE BEST) via USB on the phone when it's booted, if you're using the H2000+ phone it will be the storage with 2GBish.
4. OK lets begin, Open folder "SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1220.01 VERSION 1" right click on Flash Tool.exe run as Admin, Then click on "Scatter-loading", then in the browsing folder open "2000+ SUPER ROOT SUROOT SYSTEM ACCESS" and load the "MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt" then click download, if any messages pop up just click yes or ok,
then on your phone PLUG IN THE USB hold the power off button CLICK RESTART and the tool should detect the phone and install the files on the 2nd - 3rd time +, You will know when you have achieved this by a BIG GREEN circular ok Message
5. Now you should have the rom installed with superuser root and CWM all included in one flash ( Your welcome ), turn on your phone holding the power button + the Volume Up button.
6. Click install zip from sdcard - choose zip from internal sdcard - COPY ME TO THE 2GIG INTERNAL SD NOT EXTERNAL.zip install and BOOM done (PART 6 ISNT ESSENTIAL BUT...) it removes a lot of Chinese bloatware crap from the phone, replaces superuser for SuperSU which i prefer myself, and installs a few apps i like to have. and you are done, information on what below.
QUICK INFO
once done i can't remember but i'm sure i removed all the crap, slow, process hogging, battery **** eating apps! So you WILL need to download like a browser, media player, etc...
My favorites for this phone are:
GOOGLE MUSIC PLAYER
CHROME
EXPLORER (Free root explorer)
Titanium Backup (Good to delete system apps safely)
WEATHER & CLOCK accuweather (INCLUDES WIDGET SUPPORT)
Paid apps:
Camera MX
Keyboard (swiftkey)
I SUGGEST remove the **** launcher (But first download this beautiful life saving launcher) once you install that use Titanium Backup to uninstall the old launcher and this will maximize your battery.
Followed up by THIS THEME makes it look nice and sexy
or combine these
ILauncher (best on market from what i've tested )
Iphone Notifications (Adds more authentic iphone notifications)
Related guides:
How to unbrick your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943442
Sources:
Chinamobile page ( need to register to download) Pages 1 - 5 is where i found some downloads
http://www.4shared.com/rar/BCwt0zz_/Taiwan101_Hero-H2000_CWM_Recov.html - this was the first rom i found with good root but breaks rear camera.
http://www.daten-hoster.de/file/details/388840/Recovery.zip
http://www.android-hilfe.de/tags/hero h2000+.html
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=384509&st=140&p=16917723&#entry16917723
http://chinamobiles.org/downloads.php?do=file&id=760 - main rom i modded i think
http://www.4shared.com/rar/GXGsjWuQ/zopo_USB_Drivers.html
Other tutorials i made:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37729457#post37729457
OTHER FILES:
COPY ME TO THE 2GIG INTERNAL SD NOT EXTERNAL.zip

HERO H2000+ Rooting (OTHER MODS)​
Sdcard2 to sdcard1 permanent mounting swap mod guide below
This guide is useful so your external sd card you have to physically put into the mobile your self will be able to be used as a storage for apps to be installed directly to, which is normally only possible if you use annoying apps like app2sd which are just a huge inconvenience.
ANYWAY right click this file and save it onto your phone or computer to copy to your phone http://www.cactuz.net/files/zp100/vold.fstab
once you load up your phone using a file manager with root permissions copy the file and replace it with the one installed onto the phone.
(SYSTEM/ETC/VOLD.FSTAB)
restart your phone and you're done!
edit:
Just added the VOLD.FSTAB into a .zip incase it's removed in future.
Here or attached at bottom also
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Remove 3 button virtual keys + use mute key as back (the key above the volume keys)
This will help you have a bigger screen view, more authentic iphone feel, and basically remove useless buttons.
Steps
1. First download ((THIS)) or the attached KEYREMAP.zip at the bottom of this post.
2. attach your phone via USB then copy the KEYREMAP.zip to your phones sdcard.
3. Unzip the file there you will get a folder called KEYREMAP, once you have done that inside that folder there will be 2 more folders
- MODDED (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM)
- ORIGINAL (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM)
-Disconnect your phone now.
4. Using an explorer (explorer or rootexplorer on your phone) go to the folder MODDED (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM) then copy the folder "system" to the folder "system" at the main (ROOT) directory of your phone and replace the already exisiting files.
5. restart your phone and you are done
edit: Changed modded keymap due to system drop down menu button disappearing, fixed so now you can have a drop down menu button and still remove the 3 virtual buttons at the bottom
Sources:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34865298&postcount=11 - REMOVE 3 BUTTON GUIDE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1 - KEYREMAPPER TOOL TO HELP CHANGE MUTE KEY
INFO: /system/usr/keylayout/mtk-kpd.kl / MUTE key = key113 / system\build.prop / ro.bird.control.naviBar=true - persist.sys.naviBar=true - ro.naviBar.height=54

Does this wipe my phone
Will using this method wipe anything on my phone???

When i did it anything on the external sd card was safe, everything else got nuked

Hi !!
This guide seems to be the one I was waiting for (I've already managed to root my H2000+ but I don't have RW access to /system)
Download link is soooo slow any mirror on Dropbox or faster download sites ?
Thanks !

I installed the SUPER ROOT SYSTEM ACCESS with SP Flash tool and all is OK !!
Root with Read/Write access for /SYSTEM
Thanks a lot
this has not wipe my phone ! I still have my apps and my launcher (ilauncher) installed
Back camera is still working too

It's not that bad, i added some more mods i think i'm done now, got everything i wanted to do to my phone, hope this guide helps people and me incase i forget or lose these mods in future, which is the main reason i did it :')

it works,
lol this may sound stupid but yeah,I did the root and it was successful but the screen flickers badly now,i need some help.

did you try to wipe data/factory/dalvik caches and reinstall the Rom + root procedure ?
I worked nice for we without any problem
Maybe you have a specific version of the H2000+ with some weird video drivers ? new device out of the factory with new hardware ?

Hmm ok,I'll try that,if I do all those wipes would things in my phone memory dissappear?lol(just started this stuff).Yeah probably its my hardware,I dont think its the root either.Thanks anyways.
regis59 said:
did you try to wipe data/factory/dalvik caches and reinstall the Rom + root procedure ?
I worked nice for we without any problem
Maybe you have a specific version of the H2000+ with some weird video drivers ? new device out of the factory with new hardware ?
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Finally i Rooted
Hello my friends.
After one month on trying at my free time finaly today i rooted my H2000+.
I did not lost anything from my contacts or programs that i had before. My Wifi,Camera - front and back,Bluetooth are working fine.
The only think that hapens different today, was that when i did load the Scatter file in flash tool then his screen filled with lines of files that it going to use. All the other times that i was trying to falsh my phone there was only the line with the Scatter file. I do not know why but all the other times the loading of the Scatter file from the flasher was unsuccessful.
Thanks a lot.:good:

So the link you posted from dino direct the phone is out of stock from them anyways, however there is a phone the Changjiang A5000 it seems to be the identical model just different name to the Hero 2000+ I have seen around it's suppose to be the upgraded model of the H2000+ not sure what true is there about that, but it it possible in your opinion that this root method may work? Theoretically that is if everything is the same. I don't have the phone yet but when/if I do i will see if i can disassemble a little to see if i can find similar markings to the H2000+

Hi.
I followed the tutorial to root my hero h2000+ phone and the key remapping tutorial. The root tutorial worked fine for me but the key remapping one not. When i remap the keys, home button just doesn´t work as intended, it looks like it works as DPAD_UP and the MUTE button(original mapping) just doesn´t do anything. I tried Keynumbertracker to know the key numbers and change the mtk-kpd by myself but i totally messed up and had to go back to original config . If anyone can help me, please these 3 buttons are hurting my eyes!!!
(sorry about my english )

Hello, this method is valid for this kernel?
(Kernel: Linux 3.0.13 vers test @ test-virtual-machine # 1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Dec 20 20:41:06 CT 2012)
thanks¡¡

So I would like to say that this does in fact work for the changjiang a5000 phone, the custom modded zip as well, seems the changjiang is identical as i thought it might be

Can anyone confirm this working on the Changjiang A5000?

Compatible?
Does this guide works with Windows 8? - Because i've tried rooting once and somehow my speakers were screwed up and I had to sent it back for repair o__o''
Also which Android version is this? Still 4.0.4? - Because I heared this Android version has a bug of running the battery low much faster than normal :/.

very nice rom and tutorial
liamguest said:
HERO H2000+ Rooting (OTHER MODS)​
Sdcard2 to sdcard1 permanent mounting swap mod guide below
This guide is useful so your external sd card you have to physically put into the mobile your self will be able to be used as a storage for apps to be installed directly to, which is normally only possible if you use annoying apps like app2sd which are just a huge inconvenience.
ANYWAY right click this file and save it onto your phone or computer to copy to your phone http://www.cactuz.net/files/zp100/vold.fstab
once you load up your phone using a file manager with root permissions copy the file and replace it with the one installed onto the phone.
(SYSTEM/ETC/VOLD.FSTAB)
restart your phone and you're done!
edit:
Just added the VOLD.FSTAB into a .zip incase it's removed in future.
Here or attached at bottom also
---
Remove 3 button virtual keys + use mute key as back (the key above the volume keys)
This will help you have a bigger screen view, more authentic iphone feel, and basically remove useless buttons.
Steps
1. First download ((THIS)) or the attached KEYREMAP.zip at the bottom of this post.
2. attach your phone via USB then copy the KEYREMAP.zip to your phones sdcard.
3. Unzip the file there you will get a folder called KEYREMAP, once you have done that inside that folder there will be 2 more folders
- MODDED (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM)
- ORIGINAL (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM)
-Disconnect your phone now.
4. Using an explorer (explorer or rootexplorer on your phone) go to the folder MODDED (COPY AND PASTE THE SYSTEM TO SYSTEM) then copy the folder "system" to the folder "system" at the main (ROOT) directory of your phone and replace the already exisiting files.
5. restart your phone and you are done
edit: Changed modded keymap due to system drop down menu button disappearing, fixed so now you can have a drop down menu button and still remove the 3 virtual buttons at the bottom
Sources:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34865298&postcount=11 - REMOVE 3 BUTTON GUIDE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9399440&postcount=1 - KEYREMAPPER TOOL TO HELP CHANGE MUTE KEY
INFO: /system/usr/keylayout/mtk-kpd.kl / MUTE key = key113 / system\build.prop / ro.bird.control.naviBar=true - persist.sys.naviBar=true - ro.naviBar.height=54
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very nice rom and tutorial.I´ve installed rom everything good except the rear camera photos are blurry. Do you know how to fix?
Best regards

rt1010 said:
very nice rom and tutorial.I´ve installed rom everything good except the rear camera photos are blurry. Do you know how to fix?
Best regards
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Personally friend, the camera is dirt, It might be 8MP but it's the lowest standard sorry. I only really got this phone because of it being super light weight so i could jog and stripped it off programs just about last a days use.

Work for me
liamguest said:
Personally friend, the camera is dirt, It might be 8MP but it's the lowest standard sorry. I only really got this phone because of it being super light weight so i could jog and stripped it off programs just about last a days use.
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Many Thanks
It work for me, now my back camera work again! and root.
Thanks
Do you have a IOS rom that work with this guide?

Related

[How-To] Flash Your MT3G/Magic/Sapphire {32B} w/ CM 4.2.14.1 + Amon RA Rec v1.5.2

DISCLAIMER
Proceed at your own risk. I am not responsible for ANY outcome (good or bad) as a result of YOUR actions! Even following this guide perfectly (or any other cooked ROM guide) you could (however remote the possibility) BRICK your device. IF you choose to follow this guide READ all the way through as a "dry run" until all the steps make some sense.
GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES
Phone (fully charged)
SD card (in your phone)
Computer (w/internet access)
USB cable (one that fits your phone) OR a card reader + micro SD adapter
Download these files onto your pc:
Android 1.5 base image SAPPIMG.nbh_____________________(33d958062cc02bb2cec157f68621d2ff)
To install ALT recovery flashrec _________________________(try the latest, if it fails work backward)
Alternate Recovery img recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G.img___(md5sum - 4822fd118867bb2e66a53243a408f40e)
Android 1.6 base image DRC83_base_defanged.zip__________(md5sum - 081379e9b525484bcd1ee42bd0031a4c)
CyanogenMod Rom img CyanogenMod ROM of choice________(4.2.14.1 md5sum - c2a1e549d9296d97566e86a0a1c4bc9c)
Android ring tone pack audio-resources.zip________________(md5sum - 6cbefb897e2fb3b954d19c692d5c6966)
32A users I am researching the right files/steps to get ya'll onto CM, read this page of cyanogenmod wiki in the meantime
[*]32B UK users if my method doesn't work try this post from a user on this thread
(NOTE: If any of these links 'die' Google the file name & pm me so I can update the link)
Md5sum Values
how to check md5sum in windows : MD5summer use this program to make an md5sum file & compare values
how to check md5sum in unix/linux : in terminal type 'md5sum /path/to/file.name' [enter] & compare values
Do this once the files are on your SD card to ensure no device-to-device file transfer corruption​
BACK UP YOUR FILES
Before doing ANY mods you should ALWAYS backup your important files.
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy any & all files/folders you want to keep.
On the pc: Close the SD card folder on your pc.
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Un-mount/Turn off USB storage. Once this is done remove USB cable.
(NOTE: By the end of this guide EVERYTHING on your card will be GONE so don't skip this step!)
FORMAT SD CARD
From the home screen press Menu->Settings->SD card & phone storage->Un-mount SD card.
Once it is un-mounted press ->Format SD card.
Once it is formatted & has re-mounted go back to the home screen and press Menu->Settings->Applications->make sure 'Unknown sources' is checked.
(NOTE: if your phone is already ROOTED & running a Custom/Cooked ROM you can likely skip the SETUP section just check Amon_RA's thread for alternate install options)
SETUP
Find out what version of Android your phone has installed. From the home screen Press Menu->Settings->About phone-> scroll to Firmware Version.
(this is your Android Version)
If you're on Android 1.5 proceed to INSTALL section.
If you're on Android 1.6 re-connect phone to pc.
Copy the sappimg.nbh & place it on your SD card, then close everything & disconnect USB. (I am told this MUST be the only file on your SDcard or the validation will fail)
Turn off phone.
Boot into 'Fast Boot' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Volume Down until the Fast Boot screen appears.
Press the trackball (action button) and wait for it to flash the sappimg.nbh
Once fully complete reboot phone & proceed to INSTALL section.
INSTALL
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy the FlashRec.apk & the Amon RA recovery.img onto your SD card.
If you don’t have a ‘file manager’ or ‘app manager’ go to the market & download one such as: ASTRO, LINDA, AppManager or the like. Then browse to your SD card & open/run the flashrec.apk to install it. (if asked what to open with choose Package Installer)
Open RecoveryFlash (flashrec) & make a backup of your current recovery.img. Flashrec just made "recovery-backup.img" on the root of your SDcard, so now rename Amon Ra's recovery to "recovery-backup.img" (choose replace when the dulpicate file name message appears) then open flashrec again & choose restore recovery. (Credit for this step goes to deb82swearingen Much easier then the orig method I was shone for using flashrec)
Once the flash is complete turn the phone off.
Boot into 'Recovery' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Home. (this will be a black background with green text options)
Scroll down to ‘partition’ (press trackball to select)->partition SD->follow onscreen steps (HOME=confirm, VOL +/- changes partition size, any other key=cancel).
Once partitioning is complete press BACK to get to partition menu & scroll down to 'SD:ext2 to ext3’ press trackball to select (if you have a class 4 or 6 SD card you can then go for 'SD:ext3 to ext4' but don't try it on class2 cards it will cause system instability & likely FRY your SD card... if you don't know your class stop @ ext3).
go BACK until top says "Android system recovery" ->Connect phone to pc & scroll to 'USB-MS toggle'->HOME to confirm.
Copy the HTC 1.6 BASE & CyanogenMod ROM & Contacts.apk files onto your SD card then close the SD card folder on your PC & toggle USB-MS again, then disconnect from the pc.
Scroll to & select ‘wipe'->wipe data partition->CONFIRM
Scroll to & select ‘Flash update image->Apply sdcard:choose zip & select the HTC BASE file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient). DO NOT REBOOT!
Scroll to & select ‘Flash update image->Apply sdcard:choose zip & select the CyanogenMod file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Once the flash is complete reboot phone (this will take up words of 5-10min+ be patient).
Once up & running on latest CyanogenMod connect to pc again & unzip the audio-resources.zip directly onto your SD card.
**************************Only Applies To CM 4.2.13**************************
Fixed Contacts.apk
Now that you have 4.2.13 installed it's time to fix the bug listed in Cyan's change-log. We will do this by replacing the broken Contacts app with the fixed Contacts.apk that you downloaded. If you get a pop-up asking about giving super user rights just hit the check mark to remember this answer & press 'yes'. This is UNIX & UNIX is unforgiving so pay attention to all punctuation, symbols, UPPER CASE & lower case. They are different & if you don't do it exactly it won't work. (UNIX assumes that you know what you want it to do so it will do whatever you tell it to, even if what you tell it to do breaks it.) So long as you are able to type what you see this is easy
Open Terminal Emulator & type these lines (hitting enter at the [E])
su [E]
mount -o rw,remount /system [E]
cp /sdcard/Contacts.apk /system/app/Contacts.apk [E]
mount -o ro,remount /system [E]
reboot [E]
(The reboot is precautionary but generally a good idea anytime you replace /system files.)
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Themes/Modding
Now for those not fond of the plain Android theme you may enjoy this little app that has a growing movement backing it, read about what MetaMorph is here and then see the fast growing list of 'morphs/themes' available here.
Signatures
Now that you're a part of the modding community please For The Love Of MODDING take a moment to put the specs for your phone/ROM/theme/etc into your sig so that in the future if you have questions those of us who try to answer you don't have to play forum tag to get this basic info from you.
~psguardian
P.S. THANKS fhaines !!!!
fhaines spent days sifting through the forums to pick all these tidbits out of the masses of G1 ROM flashing posts & forwarded it to me so I could flash my MT3G, I want to say thank you to fhaines for his hard work. I just worked out the formatting & simplified the verbiage to as plain English as I could. Hope this helps those who are a bit timid to test the CM Rom waters (as I was).
Is it required to partition the sdcard, or is that just for Apps2SD & swap?
lupascu.marius: It's only if you want to use Apps2SD and swap.
Apps2sd and swap
Wysie said:
lupascu.marius: It's only if you want to use Apps2SD and swap.
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Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
fhaines said:
Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
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is it possible to just create an ext3/ext4 and swap only without using apps2sd? Or do i need a fat32 partition?
If I am not wrong the has to be rooted to apply cm? In which step of this tutorial does the phone gets root?
Nicely done!
A few days too late for me, unfortunately, but it's nice to know that I ended up with essentially the same procedure. My notes are quite a bit more disjointed than your instructions, however.
It'll be a good refresher once it's time to root my wife's phone, however.
Great Resource for noobs and advanced alike
I believe this should be stickied.
Damn you beat me to it. I have been looking for WEEKS on a sure fire way to root my MyTouch 3G. I tried the Relentless Rooter, the Gold Card method and everything else I could find to throw at this thing.
The steps outlined here are slightly different from what I did, but all in all, this is what worked for me, was nice, easy and worked great. The first time you Root a phone it takes a bit to get the process down, but it's not as hard as you think.
If this hasn't been stickied, it needs to be!
Looks good but I have a few questions.
I am currently running on CM 4.1.999 (1.6) and my phone is running very smoothly. I tried 4.1.9999 but it started to bog down and seriously slowed down. I've got quite a few apps and I've got the phone set up as I like it (including changing some of the icons with bettercut and that kind of stuff) I'm getting to the point where I'm a bit loathe to go through all that again, so my question is; what are the real world advantages I might enjoy if I "upgraded" to 4.2?
palexr said:
Looks good but I have a few questions.
I am currently running on CM 4.1.999 (1.6) and my phone is running very smoothly. I tried 4.1.9999 but it started to bog down and seriously slowed down. I've got quite a few apps and I've got the phone set up as I like it (including changing some of the icons with bettercut and that kind of stuff) I'm getting to the point where I'm a bit loathe to go through all that again, so my question is; what are the real world advantages I might enjoy if I "upgraded" to 4.2?
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Have you tried CM updater? It can be downloaded from the market and should just upgrade your current rom.
Weemoney said:
Have you tried CM updater? It can be downloaded from the market and should just upgrade your current rom.
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OK, thanks, I thought it had been switched off so to speak after the Google episode.
My main question remains though, are there any benefits? I know, I know, go and look at the thread in the Dream section but still, CM4.1.999 really does work very well on my Magic and I think it deserves representation here.
Allied to a good theme it is by far and away the best ROM for the Magic IMHO.
Im running it now and have no issues. It is very fast and reliable. I think its worth the upgrade.
Right You Are
smurf said:
If I am not wrong the has to be rooted to apply cm? In which step of this tutorial does the phone gets root?
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You do need to be rooted to apply a CM ROM (or any other 'cooked ROM' I think), HERE is where you are officially Rooted as I understand the process.
psguardian said:
INSTALL
Connect phone to pc via USB
On the phone: pull down the notification bar & press ->USB Connected->Mount
On the pc: copy the FlashRec.apk & the Amon RA recovery.img onto your SD card.
If you don’t have a ‘file manager’ or ‘app manager’ go to the market & download one such as: ASTRO, LINDA, AppManager or the like. Then browse to your SD card & open/run the flashrec.apk to install it. (if asked what to open with choose Package Installer)
Open RecoveryFlash (flashrec) & press Backup Recovery Image.
Once it’s finished press in the text box & clear out the box, then put /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img & press Flash Custom Recovery Image.
Once the flash is complete turn the phone off.
Boot into 'Recovery' like this: Press-&-Hold END/Power AND Pres-&-Hold Home. (this will be a black background with a screen full of options)
Scroll down to ‘part SD fat32+ext2+swap’ press trackball to select.
Once partitioning is complete scroll down to ‘then select convert ext2 to ext3’ press trackball to select.
Reboot phone.
Connect phone to pc after reboot & mount USB storage
Copy the HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 & CyanogenMod 4.2.2 ROM files onto your SD card then disconnect from the pc & turn off phone.
Boot into 'Recovery', scroll to & select ‘nandroid backup’ & let it complete.
Scroll to & select ‘wipe data/factory reset’ & let it complete.
Scroll to & select ‘apply SD card: choose zip’ and select the HTC ADP file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Scroll to & select ‘apply SD card: choose zip’ and select the CyanogenMod file & let it complete (this will take a few min be patient).
Once the flash is complete reboot phone (this will take up words of 5min+ be patient).
Once up & running on latest CyanogenMod connect to pc again & unzip the audio-resources.zip onto your SD card.
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fhaines said:
Cyanogenmods newest roms run fastest with a swap and ext3 partition on the sd card. If you run it with just a fat32 and or ext2 you will most likely be running the rom a lot slower than was designed.
fhaines
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Quick question, I've followed the procedure posted on here step by step exactly and once I boot the phone up right after the android loading screen it goes to a black screen and sits there for a long time. Here's a thread I started asking for help with this, it has more info on my problem, thanks for anyone trying to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578208
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lupascu.marius said:
Quick question, I've followed the procedure posted on here step by step exactly and once I boot the phone up right after the android loading screen it goes to a black screen and sits there for a long time. Here's a thread I started asking for help with this, it has more info on my problem, thanks for anyone trying to help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=578208
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Hey,
Couple of things to check and make sure of. You have to be on factory 1.5 before doing the upgrade to the Rooted HTC rom and Cyanogens rom, cannot do this from 1.6. Also, there is a wipe involved in the process, and if its skipped it may account for the FC's. Also there is a fix permission file you can run after installation and initial boot that may help with the FC's, its located in CM's thread in the Dream section where the rom is.
Fhaines
fhaines said:
Hey,
Couple of things to check and make sure of. You have to be on factory 1.5 before doing the upgrade to the Rooted HTC rom and Cyanogens rom, cannot do this from 1.6. Also, there is a wipe involved in the process, and if its skipped it may account for the FC's. Also there is a fix permission file you can run after installation and initial boot that may help with the FC's.
Fhaines
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Yes, it is on the factory cupcake build when i start to try and install CM. The weird thing is i have had Cyanogenmod for a long time and have been doing upgrades and everything worked untill now. I upgraded to CM 4.2.1 and after that CM stopped working on my phone. I can confirm that 'other' rooted roms do work..so it seems like its just CM. Thanks
lupascu.marius said:
Yes, it is on the factory cupcake build when i start to try and install CM. The weird thing is i have had Cyanogenmod for a long time and have been doing upgrades and everything worked untill now. I upgraded to CM 4.2.1 and after that CM stopped working on my phone. I can confirm that 'other' rooted roms do work..so it seems like its just CM. Thanks
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Quick update for anyone with any ideas. I finally got it to boot up and it runs great except for two things I've notices so far. When i try to add widgets nothing pops up and when i go to settings the window comes up for half a second then goes away and back to home screen. Now what I did to fix it was partition the sd card which i was told is NOT necessary. Then after i got it to work i tried again with a sdcard that was NOT partitioned and it did the same thing again, black screen no-go. So it seems like if you don't partition the sdcard on some phones the phone freezes at a black screen. Keywords being "some phones". So for anybody who knows how to fix the widget and settings problems not opening, please help me....Thanks
lupascu.marius said:
Quick update for anyone with any ideas. I finally got it to boot up and it runs great except for two things I've notices so far. When i try to add widgets nothing pops up and when i go to settings the window comes up for half a second then goes away and back to home screen. Now what I did to fix it was partition the sd card which i was told is NOT necessary. Then after i got it to work i tried again with a sdcard that was NOT partitioned and it did the same thing again, black screen no-go. So it seems like if you don't partition the sdcard on some phones the phone freezes at a black screen. Keywords being "some phones". So for anybody who knows how to fix the widget and settings problems not opening, please help me....Thanks
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I don't think it has anything to do with SD partition type. Im running cm with a fat sd. everything's fine.
Nice lil issue...
Once it’s finished press in the text box & clear out the box, then put /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.2.3.img & press Flash Custom Recovery Image
I dont have this option when i try to flash the .img
it says Download Recovery Image and it is actually grayed out??

How to install roms on my Hero

Sorry i am a newbie and have been looking everywhere to try to find a guide for this. I downloaded the blue echo for my htc hero and even rooted it but am not sure what else to do besides this. Any help is appreciated. thanks in advance!
Can anyone please lead me into the right direction?
How To: Load a Custom ROM on Your HTC Hero
* Posted on 08.27.09
* Android How To's, Featured, HTC Hero/G2 How To's, How To's, Video
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Finally a reason to root your HTC Hero if you haven’t already! And if you have then something to do with the new found root access. Load a ROM!
Before you begin make sure you have done our How To Root Your HTC Hero in One Click! procedure.
THIS NOW WORKS ON THE SPRINT HERO AS WELL!
After you have successfully done that, you can do this procedure.
1. Download a ROM from forum.XDA-Developer.com to your computer. Or check our Downloads section and click on Android then ROMs and use the search bar at the top and type in “Hero ROMs”. *IF YOU HAVE A SPRINT HERO MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU WANT IS COMPATIBLE FOR THE SPRINT HERO!
2. Plug in your phone and pull down the Notification bar when the SD notification pops up.
3. Click on the notification and select Mount.
4. Once the SD card is on your computer screen, copy the ROM from your computer to your SD card (make sure NOT to put it in any folders on the SD card, just on the SD card by itself).
5. Once it is done copying, rename it on your SD card to update (in windows it should just need to be renamed update and you should still see the Zip folder icon to the left of the file to indicate that it is still update.zip).
6. Unplug your phone and turn it off.
7. Turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power till you get to the custom recovery screen.
8. Select Wipe from the menu, then select Apply Update.zip
9. Once it is done, select Reboot and you are all set!
Reported Issue:
Issue: I can’t find Format Fat32+Ext2+LinuxSwap.
Solution: This means you are using Amon Ras latest recovery image, he has put this option under Partition > Partition SD > then it asks you what values you want for the different partitions. Here are the standard values, but feel free to change them according to what the ROM you wish to use recommends.
LinuxSwap – 32MBs
Ext2 – 512Mbs
Fat32 – Remainder
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Check http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-hero/ for details
Keep in mind that you need Root acces to do this. See:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/
Thanks a ton. It was actually down volume + power button for mine. After i got to the recovery I managed to figure it out. Thanks for the help!
Asus mypal a636n
Roes! A question would be, given that Asus MyPal A636 is a PDA and a power failure during an update since then and was not switched on only in the charging process takes fel.Szofveresen accessible somehow to delete the FAT table?

Tut root mt6577 hero h2000 + plus inc /system access

Anyone with a hero 2000+ knows it's annoying to try and get full root, those without a hero reading it's a very light weight kinda cheap but still plays any game I've thrown at it Chinese phone that imitates the iphone 5 in design, ANYWAY back to the point
What will this guide achieve?
- Root including access to system apps ( /system )(/xbin /bin)
- Your external SD card will become the phone system memory for apps when installed instead of sdcard2 which the app market refuses to install directly too which makes installing big apps a pain in the A.
Any bad points?
Just one sadly the rear camera doesn't seem to be detected seems to only detect the front, i'm sure someone a little more experiences could extract the correct stuff and place it into the mod i'm going to link at the bottom and if you think you can do this please do would help me and other people a lot
What do you need?
Follow other guides around the forum to install CWM there are loads of ways around i'll include all the random ones i book marked and you can figure the rest out, took me a while to figure out which one was best and how to do it due to the phone being impossible
Links below:
FIRST AND THE BEST ONE FOR ME CLICK HERE : This one has drivers CWM hack and the basic root, it will give you root access but you won't be able to delete system apps or do anything really cool, but will give you the fundamentals to do the hack to gain this.
SECOND ONE: This one i can't remember its use but it had some use somewhere?? Play around with it whatever just giving you more info i found.
THIRD LAST : Not sure about this too but it did something when i played around with it... I think?
The tools to give you full root access the initial hack / mod / whatever you call it i was talking about in the first place before i placed all this jargon on you:
So once you have CWM and maybe root access is essential i'm not sure i don't think so, load into CWM you know turn off your phone, turn it back on hold volume key +, if you're this far you know the routine, make sure you put THIS FILE HERE CLICK HERE onto your internal sdcard not the external, click install from SD card, click install from internal SD, click on the file i supplied and wait for the magic, will load in Chinese once done, the first boot might take around 5- 8 minutes, click on the drop down instantly and select your language, and you are done with super user ( sadly all the Chinese **** is still on there) but you have the tools to remove it now at will
Also
Is you want to quickly replace superuser with SuperSu instead and delete some of the chinese jargon check out THIS LINK RIGHT HERE MOFO.
and... you... are... done.
BTW THE SAME **** IF YOU BRICK YOUR OWN PHONE FOLLOWING MY INSTRUCTIONS OR NOT AND ANY VARIATION OF MY GUIDE BLAH BLAH BLAH, DON'T BLAME ME YOU ARE F'ED, NOT MY PROBLEM I'M SURE YOU CAN AFFORD ANOTHER $120 FOR ANOTHER CHEAP LIGHT WEIGHT PHONE LIKE THIS CAN'T YOU? IF YOU CAN'T OH WELL.
Good luck guys.
WANT TO UNDO EVERYTHING WE DID?
http://www.gizmochina.com/2012/12/05/how-to-installi-rom-for-hero-h2000-phone/
Installing above will reset your hero back to normal if your phone was the one with the normal android / iphone ios theme not the complete ios theme hack version.
It also includes the official tools you need for drivers and the flashtool though if you want to play around with other roms you have found.
WANT ONE OF THESE THINGS?
CLICK HERE TO LOOK, ONLY TOOK A VERY SHORT 1 WHOLE MONTH TO GET FROM HONG KONG TO UK WITH FAST SHIPPING WOAH!
Root hero 2000+ h2000+ scatter mt6577 mtk6577
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- Uploading scatter and files for a good looking rooted rom with camera completely bug free including supersu root and all bloatware deleted.
NEW TUTORIAL IMPROVED CAMERA FIX AND FASTER INSTALLATION:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138585

[Q] Help Need for my Samsung S4 Mini

Hi guys i've got my phone rooted according to the instruction
WARNING! ONLY USE THIS ON THE GT-I9195 MODEL!
Hello all S4 Mini owners!
I'm happy to finally release ClockworkMod recovery and an insecure kernel for the GT-I9195. With these two installed on your device, obtaining root is easy.
Attached to this post is the necessary files needed for this task. Download the following files:
•Odin_v3.09.zip (if don't have it already)
•recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serranoltexx.tar.zip
• GT-I9195_RootKit_v2.zip
Extract recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serranoltexx.tar.zip file to your computer.
The procedure is as:
1.Copy the "GT-I9195_RootKit_v2.zip" to your device SD card.
2.Turn off the phone.
3.Press and hold home, volume down and power. Download screen should appear.
4.Connect USB cable, and press volume up.
5.Start Odin, uncheck "F. Reset Time", and then click AP button.
6.Select "recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serranoltexx.tar.md5" file that you previously extracted, and press Start button. The phone will reboot when finished.
7.After the phone resets (it vibrates) IMMEDIATELY hold volume up and home buttons to boot into recovery mode.
8.Select the option to install the ZIP file you have previously copied to your device and begin flashing it.
9.After flashing using CWM, reboot into system and enjoy your rooted device.
To get rid of the the warnings about applications doing not permitted actions, delete the following files from system/app
•KNOXAgent.apk
•KNOXStore.apk
•ContainerAgent.apk
and i could not find out where is are this 3 APK hiding at so i decided to reset it back to factory setting but this problem still persist which comes this message:
"Device Information :
The device as detected an application attempting unpermitted actions. To protect your device, it is recommended you reboot."
anyone got anyidea how to find this 3 apk please?
Or how i can revert it back to factory settings without it popping out again ?
Have de same problem!
blink4r said:
Or how i can revert it back to factory settings without it popping out again ?
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Hey friend i have the same problem too, i am still looking for a solution, but if you want to revert it back what you can do is re install the room using Odin, you will have the phone like brand new but without root..... if you find a solution a would apreciate if you share, i will tell you if i find something!!
Actually found this... No credit goes to me I'm just passing the info along...
How to disable ANNOYING messages "DETECTION Information":
Using TITANIUM BACKUP and FREEZING app called SEAndroid.apk DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY!!
DO NOT USE IT, YOUR SYSTEM WILL GO BACK TO CUSTOM AFTER SOME TIME!!! NOT RECOMMENDED!!!!
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1. Use File Manager with root explorer instead and mount SYSTEM as WRITABLE.
2. Go to: /data/data/ look for com.sec.knox.seandroid and rename it to 000.knox.seandroid or whathever you wish.. Same thing applies to com.sec.knox.store
3. Go to: /system/app/ and DELETE: KNOXAgent.apk, KNOXAgent.odex, KNOXStore.apk, KNOXStore.odex
updated:
After few hours of testing (MDL), and all updates there was NO messages at all!!
!!!SOLVED!!!
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This work fine for my, there is the tread if you need it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41469230
Root browser (that i used) from the store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=bg
Good luck!

Internal Storage Problem, Help Please! HTC One M8

Hello so past few days i had been toying with the idea of rooting and i got around to it last night.
> Rooted using Hasoon's2000 M8 Kit.
> Flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2
>Ran PermRoot
>SuperSU wouldn't work so i had to wipe my cache and devik cache then install a new version of SuperSU (Used this thread)
>Installed xposed
>On 5.0.1 so i had to flash the framework (Used this
>then i had a read around to find out that Snapchat has blocked Rooted users so i went to follow this thread (Link here)
Heres where it got ugly.
>Follow instructions and go to unflash xposed, boot into recovery and flash using the uninstall zip on the xposed 5.0+ thread.
>The flash fails so and i'm prompt to click reboot, do so.
>Startup screen, HTC logo, Then stuck on a black screen for +30 minutes, if i did a reset(held power and vol up) it would just go into the same situation
>Had to plug usb into pc, Hold all 3 buttons then release vol up, booted into recovery and it turned on properly.
However now i can't write to my internal storage it seems?
When i view my phones files on my PC all i can see is _nero_sync, Albums, mobile and Ringtones folders.
I can only find one file in the whole place and that is a ringtone OGG file. I move files from my phone to my PC without a problem. However when i try to move a file into the internal storage (Any folder or main directory) i get errors. If its a file im trying to move it just stays on "Copying" at like 2% on the bar forever. If i try and move a folder i get a big red x icon and "Cannot copy xxx_xxxxxxxxxx File may not exist or cannot be transferred. last of all my phone cannot download anything from the web, apps download okay from the playstore but any type of file i try to dload from online get "Download Unsuccessful) i can't even screenshot due to "Can't take screenshot due to limited storage space or it isn't allowed by the app or your organisation). There is around 4GB of free space on the phone.
Here is a album with screenshots from my computer - http://imgur.com/a/bWZMm
Really struggling with this and it's making my phone pretty unusable, if anyone could shed some light on this i'd be tremendously greatful.
Thanks!
Same problem
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Dooglag said:
Hello so past few days i had been toying with the idea of rooting and i got around to it last night.
> Rooted using Hasoon's2000 M8 Kit.
> Flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2
>Ran PermRoot
>SuperSU wouldn't work so i had to wipe my cache and devik cache then install a new version of SuperSU (Used this thread)
>Installed xposed
>On 5.0.1 so i had to flash the framework (Used this
>then i had a read around to find out that Snapchat has blocked Rooted users so i went to follow this thread (Link here)
Heres where it got ugly.
>Follow instructions and go to unflash xposed, boot into recovery and flash using the uninstall zip on the xposed 5.0+ thread.
>The flash fails so and i'm prompt to click reboot, do so.
>Startup screen, HTC logo, Then stuck on a black screen for +30 minutes, if i did a reset(held power and vol up) it would just go into the same situation
>Had to plug usb into pc, Hold all 3 buttons then release vol up, booted into recovery and it turned on properly.
However now i can't write to my internal storage it seems?
When i view my phones files on my PC all i can see is _nero_sync, Albums, mobile and Ringtones folders.
I can only find one file in the whole place and that is a ringtone OGG file. I move files from my phone to my PC without a problem. However when i try to move a file into the internal storage (Any folder or main directory) i get errors. If its a file im trying to move it just stays on "Copying" at like 2% on the bar forever. If i try and move a folder i get a big red x icon and "Cannot copy xxx_xxxxxxxxxx File may not exist or cannot be transferred. last of all my phone cannot download anything from the web, apps download okay from the playstore but any type of file i try to dload from online get "Download Unsuccessful) i can't even screenshot due to "Can't take screenshot due to limited storage space or it isn't allowed by the app or your organisation). There is around 4GB of free space on the phone.
Here is a album with screenshots from my computer - http://imgur.com/a/bWZMm
Really struggling with this and it's making my phone pretty unusable, if anyone could shed some light on this i'd be tremendously greatful.
Thanks!
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You do realize this fourm is the one for the windows varient of this device?

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