(Ripping right off SkipJacks CM10.1 thread)
This thread is designed to minimize the clutter that will ultimately ensue in the development thread for SebastianFM's ROM, Revelation 1.0.0 JB Sense 4+ Kernel 3.4.1.0:
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This thread is for asking and helping others with issues that are not development related for Sebastian's latest ROM.
If you're looking for the development thread, click HERE
THE THIRD POST IN THIS THREAD DEALS WITH ANSWERING PROBLEMS. READ THROUGH THE THIRD POST BEFORE POSTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT SECTION!
For Sebastian's sake, please don't clutter the thread for your vanity. Go here, and the XDA community and I will help you with your problems.
Also, be sure to thank the SebastianFM and Ivicask for all their hard work!
Rule 1: Read the first post in the development thread thoroughly!
This is going to help you a ton. Most developers religiously update their first few posts with information pertaining to the ROM you just flashed. Known issues, bugs, advice, tips, suggestions -- it's all there. You're going to make your life easier, and not have to sift through a bunch of posts, by just reading that first one thoroughly!
Rule 2: After you've read the first post and still can't find anything related to your issue, search .
I know, everyone says to search and no one does. Doesn't matter, I'll be saying it again here. Automatically assume that your problem has already been solved, and use the search button just as you would Google to find an answer. Out of the hundreds of people using the ROM you have, there's almost always a chance that your issue has popped up. You're not a snowflake, so chances are your problem isn't unique.
Rule 3: Battery life discussions go in this thread.
The easiest way to piss off a developer is to complain that your battery is draining quickly immediately after a new flash. You have to troubleshoot that one on your own, and compare it to others usage to deem your battery life sucks. Let it charge and discharge a few times before you complain about battery life, or otherwise do it here. The odds are it's A) a problem with your battery or B) a problem with your usage. There are literally very few times where I've found a ROM is actually demolishing battery life rather than the user. Capiche?
Rule 4: Problems with the games you play go in this thread.
We get it, your Facebook won't sync up to your Candy Crush game and you can't beat level 101 because of it. Your Real Racing is sluggish on this ROM compared to Vipers. GTAIII is only running at 12 FPS. Whatever. That does NOT belong in the development thread, ever. Bring it here so you can see what others have to say about it.
Rule 5: The features/kernels/tweaks you want implemented will come whenever the developer decides to implement them, so don't ask.
Sweep2Wake, USBOTG, Faux/Brick/TamCore kernels, overclocking, underclocking ringtones, boot animations, wallpaper scrolling, tweaks.
ALL OF IT BELONGS HERE! Nearly none of that is development related, and as I've said before, it's all been asked already (as of page 41 on the development thread). Don't ask again. Ask here, we can help you. If enough people want it, Sebastian will notice and probably attempt to implement it. He's one guy, stop nagging him.
And finally the Golden Rule: everyone should be courteous to one another. Don't nag the developers who are helping you, don't compare his ROM to another ROM you love, don't insult anyone's intelligence, and pay it forward. We've all been n00bs before, so lend a hand to the n00bs who come after you. Also, this is an international phone, so don't insult people's grammar -- they're trying.
Please, please, please direct your questions here. If you don't have ten posts, post here. If you have legitimate issues, post here. This is meant for discussion, and it'll help you and everyone else if you keep the development thread clean!
Stolen from SkipJacks thread is some great advice:
How to best ask for help in this thread!
Give the following information when asking your questions. This will greatly help the community to find you an answer.
Are you S-On or S-Off? (If you don't know, you are S-On)
What firmware version are you using?
What is the build date of the Revelation ROM you are having trouble with?
(Go to Settings>About Phone>Read the Build Date)
What have you already tried to fix the problem? (No point in telling you to try 12 things you've already done)
And I can't stress this last one enough...BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE!!!
Please don't ask your question in this thread AND in the develoment thread. If you do you can expect to get flamed in the development thread.
Here are some of the most commonly asked questions already (just 40 pages in!)
Q: My battery is draining super fast! Screen off, 80% drain in under a few hours! Anyone else having the same problem?!
A: It's probably your battery, it's not the ROM. People gripe about battery life all the time because they have certain expectations when coming from another ROM. Four hours screen on time with CM10.1 or Viper does not equal four hours screen on time with Revelation. There are so many factors that affect battery life, and you have to do your due diligence before complaining about battery life.
Run the ROM for at least two or three days before complaining. Compare your screen on time with this ROM versus your older results. Buy a new battery. If the vast majority of people aren't upset with their battery life, your problem isn't unique: it's your battery. Get an Anker, and get more life out of your phone.
Q: My phone is being laggy something must be wrong! Sense is reloading! Help!
A: We run a two year old piece of hardware, but we're running a newer operating system. Phones have their limits, and in this case, the Sensation has less memory than almost any phone running Jelly Bean. Add in the fact that this is a Sense ROM, and you're going to have the occasional reload. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Slight lag and reloading of Rosie does NOT mean something is wrong with the ROM, it's the reality we live in for using the latest and greatest OS on an older phone. Our Sensation is great, but it has limitations. You can't expect it to run as smoothly as an HTC One or even a One X.
Here's what SebastianFM has already had to say on the matter:
By default Launcher isn't locked in memory. When there is no free RAM available it may be sometimes closed. I think it is better than crashing app due to insufficient memory.
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Q: Video playback is disastrous and glitchy! What do I do!?
A: Read the original post with a linker fix. Or just download it here:
Revelation 1.0.0 linker fix (md5: ee21b41790a2e384f304c6b63eca9137)
Everyone should flash it because it is related not only to video playback.
https://mega.co.nz/#!5kEl3DzC!TEz4_X...EHOgz10L1SaTfo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...mentid=2092285
There. Problem solved.
Q: This is so great! But we're on 4.1.1....when are we going to get 4.2.2 with Sense 5!?!?!?zomg
A: Never say never, but probably never. This is a direct quote from Ivicask (a brilliant dev) himself regarding the issue so you never have to ask it in the dev section:
"Android 4.2.2 with sense 4+ doesn't and will never exist.Only 4.2.2 + Sense 5, and HTC ONE S wont be getting official update so we can only use HTC ONE, which will be much harder to adapt to Sensation."
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Q: Help! I'm stuck on the white HTC Logo! Bootloop! Phone is bricked! I'm dying!?
A: Relax, and take this advice from MidnightDevil:
For the users who are having bootloop (on HTC logo) after flashing the rom and are S-ON, it is safe to flash boot.img from the rom.
Steps.
1 - Extract boot.img from /kernel directory on the rom to the directory where you have platform-tools (adb, fastboot, and so on, if you don't have this, download Google SDK and extract it).
2 - Open a prompt on the dir and type: fastboot flash boot boot.img
It should be quick, reboot and it's done.
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Q: The sound quality is sub-par compared to ViperS, anyone else notice? I'd like to blow my eardrums out plzzz!?
A: This is directly from SebastianFM:
I'm working on this issue, sound quality on speaker isn't as good as it should be. Probably I will need adjust my audio fix a little to kernel 3.4.10.
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Q: Help! My phone is rebooting! What do I do?
A: This is how you solve that issue, directly from the man who solved it Ganeshp:
for people having sense restarts and want to prevent it
here is the SUPER CHARGED services.jar file
services.jar
this jar file has Launcher locked to memory and ADJ values adjusted to suit the launcher memory lock
how to install this ?
1. First you need to mount system r/w
(if EsFile Explorer->Root Explorer->Mount R/W-> system to R/W )
2. Then copy the services.jar file to /system/framework
3. set the permissions of the file to rw-r-r then reboot
EDIT: it seems after doing step #2 the phone is bootlooping for some and unless you set proper permission to services.jar you cant boot it up. So in that case do step #3 first then step #2 (file permission is preserved over copy in EsFile Explorer. Also a dalvik cache wipe might be required to adjust the adj values )
thats all
Set permission this way
User - read and write
Group - read
Other - read
Btw you can't see the proper permission of the file when it's on sdcard (if esfile explorer)
So first copy the services.jar to /system
Then change the permissions as mentioned above
Then cut it to /system/framework
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Q: There is no option for USB to PC mount! Help!
From Hinxnz
There is no option, but it works. USB storage works fine here when connected to PC but no option to unmount even on PC. There is no option in settings as this is stock and ported from a phone with no SD card slot. Phone and PC recognize SD card. Restart computer, try again.
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How do I set custom ringtone/notification
badai said:
How do I set custom ringtone/notification
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From the home screen:
1.) Settings
2.) Sound
3.) Sound Profile set to normal
4.) Click "Phone Ringtone" under the Incoming Calls section
5.) Click the + symbol in the upper right hand corner labeled "Add"
6.) Choose your file you want to select as your ringtone.
7.) Enjoy
And thanks for using the thread!
monkor said:
From the home screen:
1.) Settings
2.) Sound
3.) Sound Profile set to normal
4.) Click "Phone Ringtone" under the Incoming Calls section
5.) Click the + symbol in the upper right hand corner labeled "Add"
6.) Choose your file you want to select as your ringtone.
7.) Enjoy
And thanks for using the thread!
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Thanks. manage to set the ringtone. now how about notification and sms? there is no + symbol for both.
Thanks.
badai said:
Thanks. manage to set the ringtone. now how about notification and sms? there is no + symbol for both.
Thanks.
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This one is trickier but its doable. You have to place your files into a specific folder using a file manager.
1. Download ES File Explorer
2. Open the file explorer and copy the media you downloaded that you want to use as your notification tone. It should be on your SDCard. You can even search for it within ES File Explorer (Long press the media and select copy from the menu to copy it)
3. In ES, select your "Device" (not your SDCard) in the drop down menu at the top of the app.
4. Select the folder that says System
5. Select the folder that says Media
6. Select the folder that says Audio
7. Select the folder that says Notifications
8. Paste your media file that you downloaded and go back to settings. It will now be there in the notifications section. Done!
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Thank you. I have another question. I have one mp3 the size is 5.77MB. when i tried to copy it too /system/media/audio/ringtones, it will be truncated to 800kb or 0 kb (depend on which file explorer i use).
i know that i don't have to copy it there to set it as ringtone, but i'm just curious why i can't copy it. maybe because of the size? the notification can be copy just fine and both are very small in size.
Thanks again.
monkor said:
This one is trickier but its doable. You have to place your files into a specific folder using a file manager.
1. Download ES File Explorer
2. Open the file explorer and copy the media you downloaded that you want to use as your notification tone. It should be on your SDCard. You can even search for it within ES File Explorer (Long press the media and select copy from the menu to copy it)
3. In ES, select your "Device" (not your SDCard) in the drop down menu at the top of the app.
4. Select the folder that says System
5. Select the folder that says Media
6. Select the folder that says Audio
7. Select the folder that says Notifications
8. Paste your media file that you downloaded and go back to settings. It will now be there in the notifications section. Done!
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badai said:
Thank you. I have another question. I have one mp3 the size is 5.77MB. when i tried to copy it too /system/media/audio/ringtones, it will be truncated to 800kb or 0 kb (depend on which file explorer i use).
i know that i don't have to copy it there to set it as ringtone, but i'm just curious why i can't copy it. maybe because of the size? the notification can be copy just fine and both are very small in size.
Thanks again.
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Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe its because the phone has a built in ringtone trimmer to save space. If you're rooted, I would think you'd be able to copy it. But no matter what if it's in that folder it's going to be trimmed. At least that's my understanding
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monkor said:
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe its because the phone has a built in ringtone trimmer to save space. If you're rooted, I would think you'd be able to copy it. But no matter what if it's in that folder it's going to be trimmed. At least that's my understanding
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anyway to disable the trimmer? i think this ROM is already rooted, otherwise i can never copy to system folder.
How to get general shotcuts (like wifi, bt, sound etc..) in status bar?
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badai said:
anyway to disable the trimmer? i think this ROM is already rooted, otherwise i can never copy to system folder.
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Not entirely sure. I can look into it and get back to you though. For now I'm headed to bed!
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rahulmaxi01 said:
How to get general shotcuts (like wifi, bt, sound etc..) in status bar?
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Is it known or happen to mine only?
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first, dont post question like that in development forum, secon, no, nobody has them at the moment, someone will make EQS for this rom, be patient...
Hi guys,
Why don't Jelly Bean's expandable notifications work?
really nice thread so i will post my issue here because i really don't know what to do
i can't switch on my device normally
when i press and hold power button the backlight buttons are lightning continuously and the device won't start
i have to boot into bootloader then perform a reboot from there in order to boot the OS
any ideas?
michytheone said:
Hi guys,
Why don't Jelly Bean's expandable notifications work?
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Edit for clarity: Use two fingers instead of one
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rahulmaxi01 said:
Is it known or happen to mine only?
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These are tweaks that will go in a different ROM like Viper S. SebastianFM wants to keep this as stock as possible, as in that won't come with this ROM anytime soon..
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rzr86 said:
really nice thread so i will post my issue here because i really don't know what to do
i can't switch on my device normally
when i press and hold power button the backlight buttons are lightning continuously and the device won't start
i have to boot into bootloader then perform a reboot from there in order to boot the OS
any ideas?
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Are you S-ON for S-OFF? Locked or Unlocked?
Either way, I think you have to flash the kernel in fastboot, extract the boot.img from Revelation and place it in a folder, open cmd and navigate to the adb folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
I believe this may also solve your issue more easily:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917106
And actually I just thought of this: can you not boot into recovery at all?
monkor said:
Are you S-ON for S-OFF? Locked or Unlocked?
Either way, I think you have to flash the kernel in fastboot, extract the boot.img from Revelation and place it in a folder, open cmd and navigate to the adb folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
I believe this may also solve your issue more easily:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917106
And actually I just thought of this: can you not boot into recovery at all?
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you misunderstood me
i used the fastboot command to flash the boot.img manually
because after installation it wasn't booting
what i am saying is when i switch off the device and then try to switch on again i have that problem
for anyhting else see in my signature
Related
Well, people keep posting in this thread so I figured I would do a very very large update. I know its been 7 months, and for that I apologize, been very busy and this wasn't a priority.
Now, its one version of Pushboot for everyone. Load it up, follow the directions and you should be set.
Remember to start you need:
-HTC Drivers installed
-A working bootanimation.zip
-An mp3 file if you want boot sound
-Your phone plugged in to the usb port (lol)
-Only ONE .zip and/or .mp3 in the folder containing pushboot
Other than that, I included everything needed to make this work.
Any issues let me know and I can try to help you out!
And leave feedback and if you like this, press the thanks button on this post =D
timothydonohue said:
search before you post. there are already several threads about this
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Yeah, I found this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697527
I made a simple bat file that does almost everything for you...which I didnt see in that thread anywhere.
So feel free not to be a **** right away and assume I am someone who doesn't know how to use a forum...Thanks
Thanks a lot for this. might come in handy.
Updated this to make it much easier, and to include a sound file if you want.
Re: Easy way to change your bootscreen *updated*
BTW thanks OP, but maybe you should try to post this at the apps / themes board.
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Personally, I found the batch process that you created very useful. Thank you OP.
Note:
It's a moderator responsibility to exact organization, control & relocation. They are often very busy but fear not, they will manage the forum to better effective.
But for the sake of camaraderie among us phone-lovers, lets not self-deputize ourselves in a moderator capacity. Less than friendly "assistance" can and has deterred others from posting potentially very useful information. Growth excels when we help each other to become better...
Thanks OP. Helped me a lot.
evanscnce said:
I changed PushBoot so everything needed is included.
Basically, upzip, put your zip file (and if you want an mp3 file) into the folder
plug in your phone
open pushboot.bat
follow the prompts
(make sure that when the phone goes into recovery that you wait till it connects to your pc before continuing)
and you should have a custom boot animation and boot sound!
Any problems, let me know
I also included the dancing android bootscreen and the nexus one bootscreen.
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i'm fully rooted and this method is not working for me. it doesn't load the sound or the boot animation.
Fixed for full root
Fullroot users use pushboot2.bat
otherwise, just use pushboot.bat
evanscnce said:
Fixed for full root
Fullroot users use pushboot2.bat
otherwise, just use pushboot.bat
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i'm getting no audio on pushboot2 and i'm fully rooted. at the end i just see echo then echo then the program closes. no reboot is done to my phone.
well first of all I JUST reuplaoded a new zip, so get that (forgot to hide all the random code)
also, I assume you put an mp3 in the folder right?
and to reboot you have to choose reboot in your recovery on the phone
evanscnce said:
well first of all I JUST reuplaoded a new zip, so get that (forgot to hide all the random code)
also, I assume you put an mp3 in the folder right?
and to reboot you have to choose reboot in your recovery on the phone
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I cant get mine to work, it placed my boot stuff in the media folder
where does the bootanimation.zip have to be because it keeps saying that it missing. Where does the bootanimation have to be on my computer or sdcard?
Keep up the good work, I like the ease of the process.
Re: Easy way to change your bootscreen *updated for fullroot!*
On your computer in the same folder as pushboot.bat is where the bootanimation.zip and SPC_animation_final.mp3 has to be.
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Good job OP, I'll give it a shot later, using now the custom boot from Fresh 0.3 ROM.
OP ~ Thanks for spending your time putting this script together. I've learned from it. I also showed it to my friend who just picked up an EVO and he's now learned a bit about ADB as well.
Very useful, thank you very much. timothydonohue: lol.
OP you have any composed boot screens we could try out with this trick? I mean I'd like to see if I can follow your steps with a good working bootimg. before I go trying to make some of my own....baby steps for me
Also TimD, brother you need to chill out and stop drinking 5 hour energy..... this is the correct place for this post not buried in 700 pages of the detritus that fills most of these threads.
Re: Easy way to change your bootscreen *updated for fullroot!*
Thanks OP! Will def give it a shot once I get home.
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Thanks for making this guide very easy to follow
Hey guys!
Noob here who has flashed other phones in the past, but never anything Android based. Is there a step by step guide anywhere for the Mesmerize? Something generic and simple to follow from post root to a fully flashed phone?
Thanks for any input.
Tyler
Well our moderator is nowhere to be seen.. we should have a step by step sticked.. but we don't.
1) Root your phone. Search the forums to figure out how to do that.
2) Install RomManager and the ClockworkMod Recovery. There's a thread for that as well.
3) Download and install the ROM of your choice. Roms are located in the Dev Forums.
The details can be found in the Mesmerize General and the Mesmerize Development Forums. Search is your friend.
tyler.raven said:
Hey guys!
Noob here who has flashed other phones in the past, but never anything Android based. Is there a step by step guide anywhere for the Mesmerize? Something generic and simple to follow from post root to a fully flashed phone?
Thanks for any input.
Tyler
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When I began this process about 2 weeks ago, I was at the same experience level as you Tyler. This is what worked easiest for me for my US Cellular Mesmerize.
(I'm just going to elaborate a bit on what Dcow posted, hopefully he doesn't mind .
Also keep in mind there are many variations to each step, this is what worked for me the easiest as a newb, hoping it does for you too.
And last but not least. There is always the disclaimer that attempting any of this can and will make your phone dysfunctional and or possibly bricked beyond repair (but most likely just dysfunctional which is a pain in the arse to deal with) if you do not follow steps completely (and of a trustworthy source such as xda).
So take your time, read each step that these people have taken the time to carefully write up, and you'll be just fine. Be patient as things don't always move fast and you never want to freak out as you may screw things up bad, when it's actually just taking longer than you would expect. There is alot going on behind the scenes so just give it time, trust me!
1) Root your phone. - Basically all this means is gaining the ability to give programs/apps and yourself SuperUser access (equivalent of being admin in windows) and also the ability to flash roms via recovery, detailed below.
The easiest way to root is to acquire the z4root.apk.
Download Here
After download, put z4root.apk on your SD card root directory
Then make sure in Settings->Applications that the "Unknown sources" box is checked.
If you don't have a file manager, download a free one from the market, using the file manager navigate to the z4root.apk and select to install it.
Reboot your phone
After it boots, open the z4root app and press root. At this point it is going to hang, give it 2 minutes and pull the battery. Count to 10, put it back in and turn it on. - This is normal, trust me.
After it reboots open z4root again and run it, this time it will run no problems and phone will reboot.
Once you are rooted (you will see the superuser icon in your apps, it will show apps you've given that permission to eventually) you will need to make sure you have a file manager that can request root permissions (read/write) before you will be able to complete the next step. Search the market for "root file manager" and pick one to download and install.
Also at this step I would download and install RomManager and TerminalEmulator as you will need these later.
2) Install RomManager and the ClockworkMod Recovery. These will basically just give you the ability to boot into recovery where you can more easily flash kernel's/rom's and anything else you wish to push to your phone.
I was able to install the Clockwork Mod Recovery very easily just by simply using the root file manager app I downloaded with these instructions.
Download the two zip files located in the first post here
Place both files on your SD card root
Using the root file explorer app, move the Redbend_ua file from the SD card to /system/xbin/
Long press on the Redbend_ua file and click permissions, there should be one check missing, check that.
Now open the TerminalEmulator
NOTE:The spaces below are actual spaces and the bml8 is a lowercase "L" not a "1" there is also a space after cd, after redbend_ua, after restore, and after recovery.bin
TYPE THIS ALL EXACTLY AS SHOWN BETWEEN THE QUOTES
at the command line ($) type "su" (then hit enter)
Type "cd /system/xbin" (then hit enter, which changes directory)
Type "redbend_ua restore /sdcard/recovery.bin /dev/block/bml8" (then hit enter, It will now scroll a bunch of text and reboot.)
After phone boots, open RomManager
Click on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
Select the Samsung Fascinate your phone will still be the mesmerize
At this point you're all stock and ready for new kernel/rom.
3) Install Voodoo lagfix kernel and new 5.0 sound
If you want speed and good battery life (and high standard marks) +unlocking the headphone amp and eq controls (it makes even the samsung headset sound killer) go here and follow those steps for using your now functional recovery mode to flash the new Voodoo 5.0 kernel.
Note: There are a few ways of getting into this recovery mode, the best way if all else fails is to hold phone from the back with left hand (thumb on volume button, in the middle holding both down and pointer on power button) hold these down until the mesmerize logo pops up then slide your thumb down a bit to volume down only (if you slip don't worry it might blink but it'll still go to recovery)
Note: If you are more code/computer oriented there is a method using a program called ADB, which I'm not familiar with and seemed more complicated than what I went with. Search for that on the forum if you wish to do the above process that way instead.
4) Download and install the ROM of your choice.
Just pick one from this list Here, read through the first post of each before you decide, some are plug and play some take a few steps first.
Credit goes to all of the OP's and many others included in my sig, these people are awesome show them some love!
Thanks for the nice stepbystep. I wonder if pming the mod would help get it stickied? He still hasn't replied to my last pm though..
dcow90 said:
Thanks for the nice stepbystep. I wonder if pming the mod would help get it stickied? He still hasn't replied to my last pm though..
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Agreed this should be a sticky! Thanks for the AWESOME write up bdemartino!
dcow90 said:
Thanks for the nice stepbystep. I wonder if pming the mod would help get it stickied? He still hasn't replied to my last pm though..
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Did you PM me? I don't recall ever getting one from you. If I did, I apologise! I always try to be proactive in my forums
I check in on all my forums many times per day (even at work ) so if I miss something, please feel free to PM me anytime and I'll try to help where I can
I'll get in touch with bdemartino regarding getting a guide together that I can sticky
In the meantime Ill move this to general.
I few days ago I found an explanation here on how to do this:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1694111-Installing-Clockwork-and-Voodoo-onto-the-Samsung-Mesmerize
(The same explanation bdemartino gave here today)
1. I used the files from there. How do I tell if I am running voodoo5?
2. If its not the same, I've read that I can install voodoo5 over another voodoo, correct?
3. Is anyone having trouble with 3g, vibrate, etc...on the mez? I saw in the voodoo5 thread that a few people were having trouble with these things. I couldn't tell if they were fascinate, mesmerize or captivate.
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gr4ybu5h said:
I few days ago I found an explanation here on how to do this:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...ockwork-and-Voodoo-onto-the-Samsung-Mesmerize
(The same explanation bdemartino gave here today)
1. I used the files from there. How do I tell if I am running voodoo5?
2. If its not the same, I've read that I can install voodoo5 over another voodoo, correct?
3. Is anyone having trouble with 3g, vibrate, etc...on the mez? I saw in the voodoo5 thread that a few people were having trouble with these things. I couldn't tell if they were fascinate, mesmerize or captivate.
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That is the old Voodoo kernel, you will need to go to the link I listed in my post for Voodoo 5, and yes you can simply disable lagfix and flash the new one over the old.
And no problems on the write up, I spent a good amount of time digging up the links and stuff but I'll spend a little more time polishing it and will post it in another thread for Scotsman to stickie.
And to answer your last question, no I'm having no problems with any functions of my phone after upgrading to voodoo 5.
Thanks for the write up and nice job on it too. It seems, sometimes when people try and tell others how to do something, they don't break it down enough. But you did and made it easy for us noobs. Thanks again.
My clockwork ( or voodoo, not sure) didn't come with a "disable lag-fix" button. I just have to create an empty file called "disable_lagfix". I'm just unclear where to put it. I saw it somewhere before I just have to find it
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gr4ybu5h said:
Thanks for the write up and nice job on it too. It seems, sometimes when people try and tell others how to do something, they don't break it down enough. But you did and made it easy for us noobs. Thanks again.
My clockwork ( or voodoo, not sure) didn't come with a "disable lag-fix" button. I just have to create an empty file called "disable_lagfix". I'm just unclear where to put it. I saw it somewhere before I just have to find it
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There isn't a button, per se. When you go in to recovery, there is a disable lagfix option under voodoo. You can put the file, disable_lagfix, in the voodoo folder on your sdcard to do the same thing.
He does write up a good how-to, though, doesn't he.
Haha thanks guys, and you're welcome!
I think the reason you don't usually see this much detail from others is because they are more developmentally enabled and therefore "forget" to break down the little steps that are second nature to them but foreign language to a non-developer.
Thanks. I found it. and disabled it aready. now i just download the file in the write-up and boot into recovery, install zip from sd card and select my file correct?
I always wipe dalvik cache (in advance settings within Recover) before flashing anything.
So it's;
Disable Lagfix
Reboot (you'll hear the chick reversing the process)
Clear Dalvik
Install voodoo 5.0 from zip
reboot
re-enable lagfix and reboot one last time.
Then you'll need to download the voodoo controller app from the market to control the amp gain and set a few other eq settings.
Man you guys are fast. Thanks for the quick replies. WOW
Ive done all that except re-enable lag-fix. Noone ever mentions that step. Do I just remove the "disable_lagfix" file from the voodoo file and reboot?
I just enable/disable it through the voodoo menu in recovery, much easier than pushing files around. In your case i think you should be able to delete the file and reboot, but if not you may just need to go into voodoo and enable it that way (after removing the disable file)
I guess if I edit a post and dont finish it, the post gets deleted. Oh well, I asked how to reenalbe lag fix but i figured it out. Like I said I had to put the disable lag_fix file in the voodoo folder. I just had to remove it from that folder.
Is there a way to tell (besides the quickness and the extended battery life) how do i tell if its voodoo5? just out of curiousity
Just a guess here but possibly under About Phone the kernel version might? Mine is listed as 2.6.29
I would also think that when trying to use the Voodoo app it would fail if you didn't have the kernel so that would be a sign too, if that's what you're looking for.
Well thanks alot. Thats what mine was listed as also. And the voodoo app did work, so I guess I've got it. And I think thats all for now.
Now I think I might wait to see the awesome developers come up with for 2.2. I dont mind the stock 2.1 for now. I just dont want to keep flashing ROM's, if they might be close to getting a version of 2.2 going. I can wait....I think.
Thanks Again
gr4ybu5h said:
Well thanks alot. Thats what mine was listed as also. And the voodoo app did work, so I guess I've got it. And I think thats all for now.
Now I think I might wait to see the awesome developers come up with for 2.2. I dont mind the stock 2.1 for now. I just dont want to keep flashing ROM's, if they might be close to getting a version of 2.2 going. I can wait....I think.
Thanks Again
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2.2 is so close, you should be able to smell it. I've had it's froyo-ey goodness all over my phone and even with the issues we're still having, I flash it back every night when I get home to play with it.
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I've had it's froyo-ey goodness all over my phone
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That's what she said....
In this guide I will attempt to help you learn your way around your device, help you gain a little knowledge, and to eliminate some of the random threads asking the same thing.
I would also like to take this time to especially thank: attn1 and bubby for making rooting possible and easy. I would also like to thank the devs for all the hard work they put cooking all the roms for us to flash.
FROM THIS POINT ON YOU WILL BE VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY!
I TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING YOU MAY DO TO YOUR PHONE!
Things you will need:
-Spare time, it is going to take you a little while to root your phone and flash a rom.
-A computer it is not OS specific unless you are going to use bubbys GUI.
-A Inspire 4G preferably fully charged.
-Micro USB to connect your phone to your computer.
-External SD card (in most cases the one that came with your phone.)
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ROOTTING & FIXES:
Rooting methods (creating a goldcard is included in both methods):
Currently there are two methods to root the Inspire 4G
[mod edit - link deleted, the kit has been replaced](thanks to attn1) simply follow the instructions in the post, as well as in the read me doc. (outdated) video guide can be found here.
-Bubby's one click GUI(thanks to bubby323). Just like before simply follow the instructions provided.(outdated) video guide can be found here.
If you have problems rooting please refer to the dedicated rooting threads, the developers there created the method and will be able to help you more then I will be able to.
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The infamous CWM blackscreen:
- I have a thread posted here that gives detailed instructions and the methods to fix this problem.
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FLASHING A ROM & RADIO:
Flashing your first ROM:
-Download the ROM of your choice from the dev section
-Do not unpack/unzip the ROM
-Copy the ROM to the root of your sd card (Root= not in a folder)
-(optional) Backup your apps using Titanium Backup.(this only applies once you have root)
-Create a backup of your current ROM using rom manager.(this only applies once you have root)
-Boot your phone into recovery using either rom manager, or by booting into h-boot (to do this you are going to need to turn fastboot off by going to settings>applications>uncheck fast boot, then turn your phone off and turn it back on pressing both power+volume down, until the h-boot menu appears. Use the volume buttons to scroll down to recovery then press power to select.)
-Using the volume buttons scroll down to to down to wipe data/factory reset. (unless you are upgrading, THIS STEP IS NOT OPTIONAL!)
-Press the power button to select.
-Use the volume buttons to scroll down to YES-- delete all user data, use the power button to select.
-Scroll down to Advanced press power to select.
-Scroll to Wipe Dalvik Cache press power to select.
-Go down to Yes-- Wipe Dalvik Cache use the power button to select.
-Select go back
-Go to Install zip from sdcard and select it using the power button.
-Select choose zip from sdcard.
-Scroll down and find the ROM you wish to flash press the power button to select it.
-Select Yes - Install (roms name)
-You are now flashing a rom!
-Once the rom has finished flashing select reboot system now.
Things to note:
-Your first boot might take a few minutes do to deodexing and zip align.
-If your phone keeps cycling the HTC (white screen) you are going to need to go back to recovery, do a full wipe, and reflash the rom.
-Be sure to read the devs full instructions and faq before flashing!
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Flashing your first rom a video tutorial:
-You can find a video tutorial I made for this guide here!
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Code:
[QUOTE][B]Flashing your first rom (a picture tutorial):[/B]
[COLOR=Red]Note: This assumes you have already downloaded the rom and placed on your sd card[/COLOR]
[B]- Do your backups!
- You will need to boot into recovery [/B]
ROM Manager:
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/snap20110413_092643.jpg[/IMG]
or via h-boot (turn your phone off then press power+volume to turn it on)
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00173.jpg[/IMG]
-select bootloader
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00174.jpg[/IMG]
-select recovery
[B]-Select wipe data/factory reset[/B]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00175.jpg[/IMG]
-select yes-- delete all user data
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00176.jpg[/IMG]
[B]-Select advanced[/B]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00177.jpg[/IMG]
-Select wipe dalvik
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00179.jpg[/IMG]
-Select yes
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00180.jpg[/IMG]
[B]-Select go back[/B]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00182.jpg[/IMG]
[B]-Select install zip from sd card[/B]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00183.jpg[/IMG]
-Select choose zip from sd card
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00184.jpg[/IMG]
-Select your rom
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00185.jpg[/IMG]
-Select yes
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00186.jpg[/IMG]
[B]-Once your flash has finished select reboot system now[/B]
[IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/mudknot2005/flashing%20walkthrough/DSC00187.jpg[/IMG]
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Flashing a Radio (eng s-off is not required, and it is strongly recommended that you DO NOT eng s-off your phone!)(video coming soon!) :
-You can find a very helpful guide how to flash Radios here(thanks to attn1 and shad0wf0x). (note: this post even includes the radios to make it easier for you!)
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GENERAL FIXES:
Recovering from a Soft Brick (HTC white screen)(video coming soon!)
What is a soft brick? A soft brick is where the ROM has been incorrectly flashed. (ie. you didn't data wipe, or the files were corrupt). You will see the bootsplash (htc white screen) or the boot animation continuously cycle.
How To Fix:
-Pull the battery!
-Put the battery back in.
-Turn the phone on using Power+ Vol down to enter boot loader (note: You CAN NOT have a PD98IMG on your sd card)
-Select Recovery using the volume and power buttons.
-Go down to full wipe.
-Select yes -- delete user data
-Go to advanced using the volume and power button to select.
-Select wipe dalvik cache.
-Select yes -- wipe dalvik cache
-Select go back.
-Select install zip from sd card.
-Select choose zip from sd card.
-Choose the rom you want to flash.
-After the rom flashes reboot the phone.
Video Tutorial:
-This is a video tutorial I made for this guide, you can find it Here!
Note: If you end up with a soft brick again, you are going to have to re-download the rom and place it on your sd-card.
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MISCELLANEOUS:
Returning to Stock:
(Major thanks to ClearD and Doo Doo)
Well for some reason or another you need to return your phone to stock. You might have avoided the Ace hack kit because it seemed a little complicated, and I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your going to have to use it to get back to stock.
What you will need:
1.Ace Hack Kit v9 (thanks to attn1)
2. The Stock Ruu
Note: when running the RUU make sure debugging is off!
Steps to Return to stock:
-Run the stock RUU (note: This is done on your computer. This is going to unroot your device but you will still be s-off).
-Use the instructions up to step 3 of the hack kit.
-After step three type the following in terminal emulator
Code:
cd /data/local
./gfree -s on
sync
-At this point you need to turn the phone off (note: fast boot will have to be off)
-Boot into bootloader by using power+volume down.
-Verify that the top of your boot loader reads ship s-on.
-Rerun the RUU.
-Enjoy your completely stock Inspire.
Note: There are other options, but this method is the most complete and yields the highest success rate.
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Sideloading non market apps w/without root(videos soon):
What is side loading apps? Att blocks the instillation of non market apps. Hence the need to side load apps! (Shame on you ATT you monster)
There are multiples ways to do this, and I will be going over three.
-Option 1:(w/out root) Our brother over at android central made a niffty little GUI called side load wonder machine you can find the instructions and program here!
-Option 2:(w/ or w/outroot) You can also use android sdk (adb) you will need to download sdk from google you can find that here!
-You will need to update platform tools.
-I recommend placing the platform tools files into the tools folder.
-Place the apk file you wish to side load into the tools folder.
-Make sure you have charge only, and debugging mode selected (settings>applications>debugging)
-Connect your phone to your computer
- Press shift + right click on the tools folder
-Open command promp here
(ROOT ONLY)
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push (apks name) /system/app
(W/OUT ROOT)
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adb devices
adb install (apks name)
-Option 3:(root only)
-Place the apk file on your sd card.
-Insure Unknown Sources is selected (settings>applications>unknown sources)
-Use a root explorer (es file explorer, dual file manager etc. etc.) to locate the file on your sd card select it and select install.
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(coming soon: flashing mods, links to return to stock, links to fixes, video tutorials)
Note: This is a work in progress I am working to make this guide better. If you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know. I want to make this as complete as possible to make it easier for everyone.
F.A.Q.
What is a gold card?
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The easy answer: You are editing the binary code on the sd card, what this does is allow you to bypass the CID check and downgrade your rom/radio.
Will I loose all my contacts, photos ect when I delete user data?
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Yes and No, when you delete user data you are deleting anything pertaining to the rom. Essentially any thing that is on the same partition as the rom will be deleted. Since your photos and music are on your sd card you will not loose these items. It is highly recommended that you save your contacts before flashing, you can also back up sms messages using a third party messaging service called handcent.
What is the difference between ship s-off (radio s-off) and eng s-off (engineering)?
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The simple answer is: ship s-off allows you to flash custom roms. Eng s-off allows access to certain partitions within the phones memory, and this is mainly used for development with kernels. Unless you are an experienced dev, I recommend you avoid eng s-off!
What is a radio?
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Essential it is firmware for the radio inside your phone. It is stored a separate partition then the rom, to keep the rom from interfering with the radio firmware.
Do I have to flash a radio ?
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The only time flashing radio isn't optional, is when you root and s-off the phone. Rooting and s-off requires you to down grade the radio/rom and use the exploit to hack it. Once you have rooted and s-off the phone flashing a radio is totally up to you. Keep in mind that not using a the recommended radio for a specific rom may lead to problems.
Can I install the OTA (over the air) update?
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If you are rooted it will fail to update, You will need to flash back to stock in order to do the update, causeing you to loose root. If you stroll over to the dev section of this forum, there are a ROMS that are using the 1.84 (ota updated base) inspire base.
I was just thinking today about the lack of one-stop "guide" threads for the Inspire.
Looking forward to some newbie ROM-flashing stuff, if that's the direction you plan on heading.
The only thing I've done so far is root and a cwm current ROM back-up. That's it. Starting to get the itch to try flashing another ROM, but I'm a scaredy-cat. ;-)
Thanks, mudknot!
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Great work mudknot. This will help a lot of people. Hope this will become a sticky and not get buried within the forum.
EDIT: Let us know if you need help with pictures or anything.
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This is an awesome work in progress, mudknot....feel free to reference/use the guide in my signature if you wish.
Great start mudknot. Hopefully this will decrease the amount of threads opened. Keep up the good work.
Edit: Idk if you want to include this but here is a thread that AngelDeath wrote about a gps fix. It worked for me this morning, I have to do more testing later on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11342772#post11342772
Edit 2: I think mudknot you are gonna dislike me after so many edits . Depending on how much work it is, the guide should be turned into a Inspire "bible".
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I knew all this things already but I hit the thanks button anyways ... GREAT job keep up the good work... this thread should be sticky...
Thanks every one. Pictures should be up tonight after I do some editing, and host them on photobucket. That and my wife has the memory stick duo adapter... I hate sony products..
I will probably work on a video tutorial, for flashing, and the HTC white screen tonight.
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Right on! Thanks for this.
Any volunteers to help make a radio flashing video tutorial, including showing what is in the file, how to check the md5sum once it is on the SD card, booting into hboot and letting the radio flash?
Preferably if you have already flashed a radio via the correct method.
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dooyoo222 said:
Great start mudknot. Hopefully this will decrease the amount of threads opened. Keep up the good work.
Edit: Idk if you want to include this but here is a thread that AngelDeath wrote about a gps fix. It worked for me this morning, I have to do more testing later on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11342772#post11342772
Edit 2: I think mudknot you are gonna dislike me after so many edits . Depending on how much work it is, the guide should be turned into a Inspire "bible".
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Naa it doesn't make me mad, I am going to add more to it later tonight including fixes. I want it to be as informative as possible, and cover as many topics as possible.
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mudknot2005 said:
I will probably work on a video tutorial, for flashing, and the HTC white screen tonight.
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Sweet.
If I may give a vote for emphasis on the "oh ****, what do I do when __________ happens" type of information, which is undoubtedly the most cumbersome to harvest in one location, as that information tends to span multiple threads/comments.
Thanks again for your effort, and I'll do what I can to contribute, if needed.
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hmmm well the pictures are posted, but for the life me I can't remember how to make a re-sizable scrolling box.....soo the OP is as long as a motha
mudknot2005 said:
hmmm well the pictures are posted, but for the life me I can't remember how to make a re-sizable scrolling box.....soo the OP is as long as a motha
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Not really familiar with what you're trying to do, but is this what you're talking about?
http://www.htmlforums.com/all-around-tutorials/t-html-scroll-box-63972.html
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kirk123 said:
Not really familiar with what you're trying to do, but is this what you're talking about?
http://www.htmlforums.com/all-around-tutorials/t-html-scroll-box-63972.html
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Yes and no I could use the code box but it is tiny I will try it
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This should really be sticky.....
Awesome guide, that will help out a lot .........
video tutorials for: flashing, soft brick (htc white screen rebooting), flashing radio, and backing up using rom manager. Will be up tomorrow.
mudknot2005 said:
video tutorials for: flashing, soft brick (htc white screen rebooting), flashing radio, and backing up using rom manager. Will be up tomorrow.
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Looking forward to these.
I have a few related, lingering questions that I will hold-off on asking, as they might be answered in your forthcoming tutorials.
Thanks again for your efforts.
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Amazingly helpful, thank you.
But i still don't know whether I need to flash radio or not. And since there are some posted issues like GPS doesn't work or 4G signal lost. That keeps me from starting to work on my very first root.
I'm a newbie who really wants to do but I'm afraid of screwing something during the rooting process.
Thanks anyways, this post does give me some idea of the whole root thing. Great work. I'm looking forward to the video tutorial and the radio flashing one.
By the way, can someone explain to me that if I choose to use ROM manager would that means I don't have to do the HBOOT thing or?
Sent from my Desire HD - loving it
Hi Guys,
I am new in this forum although I am reading specific threads almost every day. I am currently using Endymion v2.2 and I am pretty happy form it. Previously I've tried some other ROMs but I think Endy is mine ROM.
In version 2.1 it was undervolted with -50 and it was working stable on my HTC Desire S. So when I've installed v2.2 from time to time I was UV it with -50. However after restart everytime it goes back to default state. So today my phone restarted incidently (happen about once per 1 or 2 days) and I've UV it with -50. After pressing Save and Activate permanently my phone freezed. No keys were working. After that it is restarting on every 20 mins. In fact it is alive for 1-5 mins, freezing for 15 mins and restarting itself. I've tried to boot it in recovery mode and deleted all types of cache (probably bad decission) but no change. I will be very thankfull if anyone have any ideas (Alternatevelly I could try to wipe and install v2.0 from scratch since it is the only one I have on the SD card)
Thanks a lot!
I know that probably this is not the best thread for this but forum rules do not allow me to post anything on Dev forums until I have 10 post or more.
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I know that probably this is not the best thread for this but forum rules do not allow me to post anything on Dev forums until I have 10 post or more.
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Change the U/V to -25 and if that doesn't work put them to default !
Also did you Underclock it?
I've tried with default and even with +25 (current one) but there is no difference.
DiadoMraz1 said:
I've tried with default and even with +25 (current one) but there is no difference.
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You don't have setCPU installed by anychance?
I haven't overclocked it further. I am using default settings comming with v2.2 (I think by default it is OC to 1075)
(Sorry for the slow reponse but as a new member I can post just once per 5 mins)
I never had setCPU but I have Juice Defender (free version) but probably it is not related to this issue.
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I haven't overclocked it further. I am using default settings comming with v2.2 (I think by default it is OC to 1075)
(Sorry for the slow reponse but as a new member I can post just once per 5 mins)
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Thats ok did you update OC/UV Beater2 as there were issues with newer versions above 1.5?
One interesting fact:
When phone is freezing all keys are not working. However I can call it! It gives a free signal but it doesn't rings. So maybe it is 'sleeping' somehow.....
DiadoMraz1 said:
One interesting fact:
When phone is freezing all keys are not working. However I can call it! It gives a free signal but it doesn't rings. So maybe it is 'sleeping' somehow.....
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To me that sounds like an under clocking or under volting problem problem
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Thats ok did you update OC/UV Beater2 as there were issues with newer versions above 1.5?
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No - I haven't update it. The version is the 'stock' one included in the ROM. I think it is v1.5
det66 said:
To me that sounds like an under clocking or under volting problem problem
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Most probably since the problem begins when I've tried to do -50 in UV. But now according to OC/UV Beater2 UV is by default and OC is using the default setting which are comming from the ROM. I've revoke permissions to this application from Superuser but nothing changed
Any ideas how to swich off Undervolting/Overclocking?
Unfortunatelly I should be quite fast since I have usually 1-2 mins before next restart. (Today probably the phone restarted at least 20 times.)
I am also having my phone in the charger. I do know that I should not pull the battery in any case.
I have to travel so I will be back after about 3h. Since my phone is unuseful I will not be able to respond to this thread before I am getting back home.
Thanks to all for the help
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To me that sounds like an under clocking or under volting problem problem
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Agreed, seems something wrong with of/iv beater. Please uninstall it completelly, by doing this (i assume you know how to use adb):
- reboot to recovery and connect USB cable
- adb remount
- delete the app from /data/app , don't quite recall the name, but its obvious once you see it
- delete /system/etc/init.d/98setvddconfig
- reboot
See if this helps.
Cheers
--edit--
If you don't have time, the really important part is deleting the file in /system/etc/init.d
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lowveld said:
Agreed, seems something wrong with of/iv beater. Please uninstall it completelly, by doing this (i assume you know how to use adb):
- reboot to recovery and connect USB cable
- adb remount
- delete the app from /data/app , don't quite recall the name, but its obvious once you see it
- delete /system/etc/init.d/98setvddconfig
- reboot
See if this helps.
Cheers
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If you don't have time, the really important part is deleting the file in /system/etc/init.d
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I am back now and will try it Will let you know the results soon (Ok first need to research a little bit about adb)
DiadoMraz1 said:
I am back now and will try it Will let you know the results soon (Ok first need to research a little bit about adb)
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Forget adv for now. Just use es file explorer to delete the file I mentioned.
I have a good idea about what's happening to you, but can't explain now.
Cheers
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lowveld said:
Forget adv for now. Just use es file explorer to delete the file I mentioned.
I have a good idea about what's happening to you, but can't explain now.
Cheers
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I've just installed Android SDK and JDK Will try to delete it on next restart probably after 10-15 mins or in worst case in next-next restart - about 30 mins. Will let you know as soon as I have some more info.
I was not quick enough in first attempt (since I had less than a min). I run ES File explorer and tried to find /system. By default it was on /sdcard and I do not know how to go to root folder and then to system (hope next time to have more time before freeze)
Btw now the phone is frozen quite funny because of back button press it is vibrating
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found this on Internet: menu->settings->root options-> check "Root Explorer" Will try it on next restart
Root Explorer option is swiched on. Now it says that /system should be mount
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I was not quick enough in first attempt (since I had less than a min). I run ES File explorer and tried to find /system. By default it was on /sdcard and I do not know how to go to root folder and then to system (hope next time to have more time before freeze)
Btw now the phone is frozen quite funny because of back button press it is vibrating
Updated:
found this on Internet: menu->settings->root options-> check "Root Explorer" Will try it on next restart
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Easier this way, flash this in recovery:
View attachment 801695
Sorry, I missed something, flash this instead:
View attachment lowveld_restore_vdd.zip
Tell me if it solves the issue. I'll explain later...
Cheers
Sorry maybe a dumb question:S
But I think I will not have time to copy the file. Probably there is a way in recovery mode...I will google for this...
Since people continue to only download part 1, even though I've explained fully that you MUST download BOTH parts before extracting, I have now added this at the beginning of the post, so hopefully people will actually follow the directions properly. DOWNLOAD BOTH PARTS BEFORE EXTRACTING, IT WILL NOT EXTRACT PROPERLY ONLY DOWNLOADING ONE PART!!!
This is a custom stock ROM for the Samsung Conquer 4G that has many advantages over a completely stock image. It was developed by me, Brien Johnson of XHPCreations aka brienj.
The link to the files for the ROM are at the very end of this post, but I recommend you read the FULL post while downloading the files.
- Your phone will be rooted.
- The complete FC17 update that shouldn't nag you to update to FE16. (may help to delete the FE16 update in the cache if you already had it pushed to your phone)
- Clockword Mod Recovery for making easy backups and restores.
- Completely Deodexed and ZipAligned for better performance or being able to hack further.
- All bloatware removed, i.e. SprintID
- Stock Launcher replaced by ADWLauncher. (the stock Launcher could not be deodexed, but ADWLauncher is much better and more robust)
- Debuggable.
- Custom power menu that includes, reboot, reboot into recovery, and reboot into download. (Currently the reboot into download does not work, will try to get it to work if possible in the future)
- Custom battery icons that show the actual percentage of battery power left.
- ICS Fonts for better appearance of text in phone's menus.
- Memory and network tweaks for best performance and battery savings.
- Support for running scripts on boot in init.d folder. I've included one script to help sdcard performance, feel free to add any more that you want.
- Support for standard bootanimation.zip files.
Along with these tweaks I will give instructions on improving the network performance further and changing the boot sound, as well as give links to useful programs and hacks that can be added on this phone.
I suggest only using this ROM if you have not successfully applied the FE16 OTA Update to your phone. If you have a stock FE16 phone, it MAY still work however. I can not guarantee this ROM will work for you, and I am not liable for any damage to your phone if you try to install this ...
Here are the instructions to install the custom stock ROM on a Samsung Conquer 4G with the FC17 update. It is installed in two parts, the first is if you do not already have Clockwork Mod Recovery installed, in which case follow the Odin instructions. If you have installed the CWMR already from my instructions here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610534 then go ahead and follow the CWMR instructions.
Odin installation instructions (Use if you do not have CWMR already installed):
To enter Download Mode on the phone, make sure the phone is turned off and plugged into the wall charging. You should also make sure the phone has a good charge on it. Then turn the phone on by pressing the volume down and camera button and holding them while pressing the power button for a few seconds.
Unzip all the files on your computer and follow these steps.
1) Enter download mode on the phone and plug it into your computer.
2) Open up the Odin program in Windows, run as administrator if on a version of Windows that has such a feature, such as Windows 7. Sorry, there is no Odin for Linux based systems that I know about.
3) Press the OPS button and select the SPH-D600_FC17_CWM_XHP1.ops file.
4) Press the PDA button and select the SPH-D600_FC17_CWM_XHP1.tar.md5 file.
5) Press the Start button, the images should install and the phone reboot.
Congrats, your phone now has my Custom FC17 ROM with a CWM Recovery.
CWMR installation instructions (Use if you have CWMR installed):
Unzip all the files on your computer and follow these steps.
1) Copy the clockworkmod folder and merge it with the folder already on your SD Card. If you do not already have that folder on the SD Card, you may not have CWMR already installed, or you've never made a backup before with it.
2) Boot into CWMR by holding the volume down button and the power button while pugged into the wall charger, or by using the adb command "reboot recovery".
3) Select the menu item "backup and restore".
4) Select the menu item "restore".
5) Select the restore named "SPH-D600_FC17_CWM_XHP1".
6) Select the menu item "reboot now".
Congrats, your phone now has my Custom FC17 ROM with a CWM Recovery.
Now that the phone has the custom ROM, here are some things you can add or do to further improve performance on the phone if you wish.
First of all I recommend installing AdFree, Terminal Emulator, Titanium Backup, and if you wish ScriptManager, which can all be found on the Google Play Store. I can help you find them if needed.
For better 3G follow these steps (enter commands into Terminal Emulator or use the adb shell):
Type this command: getprop ril.MSL
It should show your MSL. Write it down.
Open the dialer and dial ##3282##
Enter your MSL
Click on "Others"
Click on "Multimedia"
Change the settings as follows:
RTSP Proxy Address: 0.0.0.0
RTSP Proxy Port: 0
HTTPPD Proxy Address: 0.0.0.0
HTTPPD Proxy Port: 0
The stock settings are:
RTSP Proxy Address: rtsp.vog.sprintpcs.com
RTSP Proxy Port: 554
HTTPPD Proxy Address: pd.vog.sprintpcs.com
HTTPPD Proxy Port: 8085
Here is how to change the boot sound:
First of all get the "poweron.snd" file from the /system/etc/ folder. It is a raw sound file which can be opened in any audio editor, such as Cool Edit Pro.
Here are the settings to select when opening it up in Cool Edit Pro for example:
Sampling Rate: 441000
Channels: Stereo
Resolution: 16-bit
Data Formatted As: 16-bit Intel PCM
Offset Input Data By: 0
Now you can listen to the boot sound in the audio editor. You can change it to your liking and save it in the same format. Remember to keep it a RAW audio file with the settings above. Replace the "poweron.snd" file with your edited audio file, retaining the same filename.
To replace the boot animation, you can find the "bootanimation.zip" file in the /system/media/ folder. Replace it with a bootanimation file of your liking. I've included a custom bootanimation that was modified to match the custom boot logo I made. I made all of it from a popular bootanimation of which I can not remember where I found it. I am not taking any credit for the original bootanimation, I just modified it to say Samsung Conquer 4G at the top and to speed up and spin faster at the end. If anyone remembers the original creator, I will add a link to it.
A great cpu tuning program that works on the phone (although won't save settings on boot for some reason), is this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584508. From the screenshots below you can see that the phone will last almost 3 days without this program, although the other screenshot was using the program setting of PowerSave and after 20 1/2 hours it was still at 70%, but I also didn't use the phone, I just had it locked. However, when running in PowerSave mode, the phone will be very sluggish, so is only to use if you are just waiting for phone calls or just texting.
These are all the tweaks I have for now. I hope you enjoy the ROM.
I hate to bring this up, but if you like this ROM, please consider making a donation. I don't do this just for donations, I enjoy helping everyone out, but I was in a near fatal accident over two years ago and can no longer work. If you find yourself enjoying this ROM, please click on the Donate button under my name, I would really appreciate it. I can try to improve the ROM over time, but please remember that this ROM is strictly made for performance and battery life and to give you more control over your phone. I don't plan on doing any theming, and most people do ICS themes and such. Personally I hate the look of the ICS themes and the only thing I've taken from ICS, is the fonts, which I do like and look much better than the original. If you want some fancy theme, or mods like Beats Audio, I'd suggest looking for another ROM. If you want performance and longer battery life, I think you'll enjoy mine.
Take care and thank you for trying my ROM.
You must download BOTH of these files before you can extract them. After downloading them, put them both in the same folder, and open the part1.rar file up, and you can then extract the files properly. If you only download one of the two files, the files will be corrupted or not work:
Here is the link to the first file of the ROM - SPH-D600_FC17_CWM_XHP1.part1.rar
Here is the link to the second file of the ROM - SPH-D600_FC17_CWM_XHP1.part2.rar
I apologize for having to split it into two files, but I have a maximum of 200MB I can upload, as I don't have a premium account at MediaFire.
Dude, your awesome.
So glad to see this!
bring on the flock of desperate Conquer users.
This is John Smith from Ting forums by the way.
Good job man. Gonna download asap.
DiehlC said:
Dude, your awesome.
So glad to see this!
bring on the flock of desperate Conquer users.
This is John Smith from Ting forums by the way.
Good job man. Gonna download asap.
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Cool. I hope it works great for you.
You were able to install my other one, so you have CWMR already, right? If so, I recommend just updating that way as it's of course much easier.
Thanks for your hard work, looks great...
brienj said:
Cool. I hope it works great for you.
You were able to install my other one, so you have CWMR already, right? If so, I recommend just updating that way as it's of course much easier.
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Sure do, so yup thats my plan.
What do you think about "Mobile Odin" Would it also work for flashing this? for information sake atleast.
DiehlC said:
Sure do, so yup thats my plan.
What do you think about "Mobile Odin" Would it also work for flashing this? for information sake atleast.
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It probably would. Perhaps it uses the flash_image binary to flash the images properly, but I don't know for sure. You'd have to make sure you give it the correct names of the mtd partitions though, or it would know the correct names for them, but that's if it uses the flash_image binary. You can always flash these yourself with the flash_image binary using the mtd table I listed. If you have CWMR though, I'd just do it that way.
It doesn't list our phone in the compatible phones, which leads me to believe it only knows the partition tables for the phones listed. Perhaps if you gave them our partition table, they could make it work though.
john9 said:
Thanks for your hard work, looks great...
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You're welcome. Hard work is an understatement though. When I had my accident, my head was split wide open from being struck. As a result, I have serious brain damage, although I have retained most of the smarts I had before the accident, which helps. However, it takes me months to do something like this, whereas before it would have taken maybe a week or two at the most, heck, probably a couple of days to be honest. I can not concentrate, I have to do one thing at a time, and I always forget things, even something that happened a few minutes ago. This is why I can not even work, as I can not be in a competitive work environment. Heck, even posting a post will take me close to 5 or 10 minutes, from fixing all the transposed letters, double-printing of letters, grammar, etc. The first post of the thread took me about 3 hours to finish and completely type up. It may appear from my posts, that I am smart, which I don't want to brag, but I believe I am, but because of my TBI, it's not what it appears to be, as you only see the final result after all my editing. I used to hide my problem, but I am not ashamed to admit it any more.
Thanks man this is really fast. I did a test and left my phone locked and it started out at 64 than 2 hours later it was 61!! Really good battery life.
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Came here from the Ting forums. I just had to remember my username I created way back when I still had an XV6800. Those were the days!
Anyway, I tried downloading part 2 a few times, and every time I extract the files, it tells me the md5 file is broken. Anyone else having this issue?
bradyarz said:
Came here from the Ting forums. I just had to remember my username I created way back when I still had an XV6800. Those were the days!
Anyway, I tried downloading part 2 a few times, and every time I extract the files, it tells me the md5 file is broken. Anyone else having this issue?
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You have to have part 1 and part 2 in the same folder, then open part1. It is a two part rar file, so uses both files. By opening just the second file, it won't all be there. But both files contain the whole package, you just need to open part 1, as long as you have part 2 as well.
I had to split the rar file up because Mediafire only allows me to upload a maximum filesize of 200MB, since I don't have a premium account. I've updated this info right before the download links.
itzdarockz said:
Thanks man this is really fast. I did a test and left my phone locked and it started out at 64 than 2 hours later it was 61!! Really good battery life.
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Well that's great to hear it works ok for you and yes, the battery life, even without the cpu tuner program is FAR better than original. At least it has been for me. I can run an intensive program with WiFi and the phone would still last close to 10 - 12 hours. That was the whole goal of my ROM, was for longer battery life, since it sucks when stock, and I think I succeeded at it.
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You have to have part 1 and part 2 in the same folder, then open part1. It is a two part rar file, so uses both files. By opening just the second file, it won't all be there. But both files contain the whole package, you just need to open part 1, as long as you have part 2 as well.
I had to split the rar file up because Mediafire only allows me to upload a maximum filesize of 200MB, since I don't have a premium account. I've updated this info right before the download links.
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Ok, thanks. I was just a little worried because part 1 extracted fine, and part 2 always gave me an error, giving me the part 2 md5 as a 0 byte file.
I've never rooted through android before, so I want to make sure I've got everything squared away before I begin.
brienj said:
You have to have part 1 and part 2 in the same folder, then open part1. It is a two part rar file, so uses both files. By opening just the second file, it won't all be there. But both files contain the whole package, you just need to open part 1, as long as you have part 2 as well.
I had to split the rar file up because Mediafire only allows me to upload a maximum filesize of 200MB, since I don't have a premium account. I've updated this info right before the download links.
Well that's great to hear it works ok for you and yes, the battery life, even without the cpu tuner program is FAR better than original. At least it has been for me. I can run an intensive program with WiFi and the phone would still last close to 10 - 12 hours. That was the whole goal of my ROM, was for longer battery life, since it sucks when stock, and I think I succeeded at it.
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Good to hear you are no longer ashamed, plus theres no reason to be. Especially since you can whip up great stuff like this. among other things youve done.
I havent flashed it yet, as I am backing up a lot of stuff, and trying to backup all the linux stuff I installed via opkg package manager using "BotBrew", which is getting a bit complicated. Plus I have to make a nand too beforehand.
So I should be able to get to it soon. Im excited.
But by the way, now that you have the Partitioning table layout mapped out, I wonder what we could do to further expand our internal memory/storage? I wonder if we could double partition our SD cards like some others do on other devices? They basically just format their SD with FAT32 in the first (which will be the extended internal), and the next being Ext4 for SD card storage. Seems like we should be able to do the same like anyone else, especially since you got that nice bit of info through your troubles, on the partitioning.
What do you think on this position?
Take care Brien.
DiehlC said:
Good to hear you are no longer ashamed, plus theres no reason to be. Especially since you can whip up great stuff like this. among other things youve done.
I havent flashed it yet, as I am backing up a lot of stuff, and trying to backup all the linux stuff I installed via opkg package manager using "BotBrew", which is getting a bit complicated. Plus I have to make a nand too beforehand.
So I should be able to get to it soon. Im excited.
But by the way, now that you have the Partitioning table layout mapped out, I wonder what we could do to further expand our internal memory/storage? I wonder if we could double partition our SD cards like some others do on other devices? They basically just format their SD with FAT32 in the first (which will be the extended internal), and the next being Ext4 for SD card storage. Seems like we should be able to do the same like anyone else, especially since you got that nice bit of info through your troubles, on the partitioning.
What do you think on this position?
Take care Brien.
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I am "new" to doing all of this type of work. I used to strictly do game hacking/modding, not stuff to cheat, but to make the games better and more fun. Late last year I started getting into the Android systems and seeing what I could do. I'm sure if I looked into this stuff I could figure something out eventually, but not sure how long it would really take me. This seems like something that is similar between all phones, so maybe you should see what can be done already. If it's a phone specific thing, then one of us will have to do the dirty work. I just don't know.
i got an md5 mismatch error when trying to do the restore
New2ThaDroid said:
i got an md5 mismatch error when trying to do the restore
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I've had that happen before. Here is the solution, but I'd try recopying it to your sdcard another time to make sure it was copied correctly - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114
Also, are you sure you downloaded BOTH of the rar files as I said in the OP, and it did not give you any errors when extracting the files?
Also, try renaming the name of the folder to only include alphanumeric symbols.
I got an error when extracting the files too. I extracted both the files to the same folder so I don't know what the problem is and I extracted the first part first and the the second. I don't know what it is
I got it to work and the Rom on my phone. Looks good! Good job. I would like to add some themes if anyone has some or knows how I could do it myself.
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how long
brien how long does it take the your rom to install itself using odin approximately? i ask because it took me over 40 minutes to install it and its at time of this still going
I'm going to do some themeing using UOT Kitchen
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New2ThaDroid said:
I'm going to do some themeing using UOT Kitchen
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Sure, if that's what you want. Like I said in my original post, this ROM was made to be practical, not to be fancy. It does have the ICS fonts in it, which look a bit nicer though.