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[Motorola Droid X2] dragonzkiller:
2nd-init allows us to have a new init.rc script, not just scripts in general and in reality has no affect on init.d unless the init.rc script is told to do so. Basically 2nd-init kills the init process (and all spawned processes) that uses the stock init.rc and uses a new one which we copy during hijacking the boot process and starts the init process again.

The root directory (where init.rc lies) of our phone is writable, but is reflashed every time the phone boots up, thus erasing any changes we might have made to init.rc (kinda defeats the purpose of having a custom script). This script is the script that gets everything set up during the boot sequence starting roughly around the time the motorola logo first shows up and all through the boot animation. We need to have a custom init.rc to get our phone's environment setup for CM7.

Our problem arises when we have to have the script satisfy both the OS and the kernel. Motorola's kernel expects certain criteria to be fulfilled within the phone to allow it to do it's thing. If these aren't satisfied, the kernel panics and reboots the phone (hence why we get bootloops). We can use logging (a rather tedious, slow, and painful method) of finding out where the kernel panics, and adjust as needed. But we need to have the environment ready for CM7 also, so those changes need to be in there without causing a kernel panic.

"Heavily modified" is a bad way to put it, more like "non-BLUR." If we could get CM7 working we can use the init and build files/setup/etc to allow us to have more ROMs based of AOSP. MIUI is based off of AOSP and in theory if we figure out CM7 we can even have AOSP ourselves. In fact the ATRIX recently got a port of AOSP (albeit buggy, but still).

The link above to cvpcs's blog goes into the details about it. It's really good read.
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
It is also written in a '2nd init for dummies' fashion. Don't be afraid to read it!
[Motorola Droid X2] SE7EN-:
I agree this phone is one big piece of poo!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I don't remember seeing anyone in this thread say that. Who are you agreeing with?
[Motorola Droid X2] dragonzkiller:
I know I never said that. In reality this is one of the more power phones available in this current market and perhaps one of the most non-4G ones. Our problem is Moto/VZW locking the bootloader. Once we figure out our way around it, we'll be fine. It's just taking a long time.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Agreed dragonzkiller.

This phone can be pretty picky at times and yes its had some problems but all in all im glad I bought it when I did. I got it when it was $200 and NOW its 99or49 I've seen.

but I got in in unlimited data just in time so that extra money is just fine with me since I save im the.long run.

I just wish this beast could come out pf its cage ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] mastafunk:
Exactly.. @ the time when the unlimited data cut-off hit this was the most powerfull 3g phone available.
[Motorola Droid X2] viskey:
I agree. Even now and even after bionic, razr, nexus are released. i still have no reason to upgrade. i am eligible now but im waiting for something that really trumps mine. the 3 listed above are 4g, record 1080 instead of 720 and have a gig of ram instead of 512....but other than that they are pretty much the same..i have no reason to upgrade until something better comes along
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I thought they also have a better media scanner, razr has better screen,

All have different processor than our tegra2. I hear the OMAP is nice :)

But I get what you're saying :)

Either way im waiting for quad-core (with a separate 5th "low power" core) 4g, super amoled 1080i screen, unlocked bootloader, global, waterproof, 2gb ram, ICS(4.4.4), 32GB on board, 4ghz phone(as long asrun i can overclock the piss out of it) LOL.

Till then I think my x2 will suffice
[Motorola Droid X2] viskey:
ya i agree! too little of changes to upgrade
[Motorola Droid X2] CadenH:
That phone would be nicer than my laptop...
[Motorola Droid X2] X0dus:
And a fire hazard! lol
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
U know u would buy.it anyways lol
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
@ Dragonzkiller

I for one am grateful that you are working on this. I actually love my X2 but am disappointed that my OG was more flexible. I am currently running Eclipse 1.2 and it's "ok"... but CM7 is much better. My biggest 'short term' issue with Eclipse is that I must have rooted poorly because I can't get my Wifi to work at all. Read stuff but I'm the kind of rooter that needs one-click kinda stuff. Please keep us all in the loop with any progress.

Meanwhile if anyone can help me to get Wifi working again I'd appreciate it.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
U may need to reset your router.

Unless the problem is that u flashed 1.2 and u were not on Android 2.3.4 OTA or 2.3.4 SBF first(atrix ports do not count as being on 2.3.4)

But.if u WERE 2.3.4 before flashing most likely u can fix this problem with a reset of your router. Or maybe go into manage wifi network and delete all the ones that have been remembered and start over connecting to them. But a router reset may be needed regardless
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
@Ashclepdia

Thanks. I had ported Atrix over and likely that's the thing. Is there a one-click way to SBF to 2.3.4? I need something pretty simple and the instructions I've seen on other websites appear to be complex and I just don't want a brick/paperweight.
[Motorola Droid X2] EvilTim:
You probably flashed eclipse over 2.3.3. Good job!

Wtf man, i must've left xda app open, it didn't even load ash posts until after I posted. Awesome
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
There isn't a way to one click sbf.

It is VERY SIMPLE THO to do...just follow moondshadows tutorial exactly ..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1317707

Then after doing sbf u will need to do a data wipe from Android recovery. I believe that is in instructions also
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
@ ashclepdia

Thanks. I will try that. Here's the final question though... If I am running 2.3.4 and need to SBF backward does it matter if I SBF 2.3.3 or 2.3.4?

I feel like a scared little kid... almost like when I was preparing to root my OG for the first time.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
I don't think u truly are running 2.3.4(about phone may say that but I think u prolly have 2.3.3's kernel)

But it doesn't matter. U can SBF to ANY sbf file we have available FOR THE X2(only use the sbf files found in that tutorial thread and u will be safe)

What I usually do just because I like it and makes me feel better is SBF back to froyo(2.2.2)

and then take the OTA trip up to 2.3.4 and root again using petes one click method.

After sbf to 2.2.2 I boot to Android recovery and wipe data&cache a couple times just to be sure..then go to about phone and do system update. Then after 2.3.3 loads I reboot twice and go to system update again and get to 2.3.4. ((But you CAN just sbf directly to 2.3.4...its the same thing)

Then reboot a couple times again and then root my phone.

Its a lot more simple than u might think.

but since its ur first sbf I recommend printing instructions and read em a couple times. Then mark off each step as u do it so that u do not miss anything.

After u finish u will be thinking to urself "wow..that ain't so bad" lol..

Let me know if u have any questions or post in the sbf tutorial sticky thread
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
Great response. So if I SBF 2.3.4 it should still be fine... it's just as good (it's only you being extra cautious). I'll have to wait until I'm home to do it as I can't take an hour to do it at work on the work computer.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Yeah. Straight 2.3.4 sbf is just fine.

I only do the long way if I seem to be having problems I can't fix.

And once u have sbf''d a few times ull have it down to a science and eventually will only take like 15-30mins depending if u count the time it takes to root/install all ur apps and such.

longest part the first time will be downloading files and setting up the programs.

The actual time spent flashing the sbf is pretty quick depending on your computer.

just make sure to unzip the sbf file if it is zipped(usually are) before flashing. I recommend using 7zip(Google will help u find that program easily) to extract the .sbf file. I haven't seen anyone have any problems really with the file when using that program. It might even be linked to in the tutorial ;)

Good luck.
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
Thanks again. Took care of everything last night. It was easier than I anticipated (since it virtually does it by itself)... just like rooting.

I am now happily re-rooted and using Eclipse 1.2.... not as good as CM7 but much better than stock.

Thanks for your help and getting me to see just how easy it is. I will likely do the same to my wife's phone over the weekend.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
No problem.

glad u are up an running.

Also recommend checking out the libertyx2 final build. Just came yesterday and is very nice
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
A-

Have you used Eclipse as well? If so... any pros & cons to each?

-S:cool:
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Well as u can see by my signature I am a huge supporter/user of eclipse ;)

I haven't flashed nitros newest creation (1.3rc2) yet but I hear good things :)

I went from eclipse 1.2(official) to this liberty build.

The only.problem I have had with eclipse(and I haven't seen anyone else really mention it) was very very low gljellyfish scores on smartbench 2011. Which was also noticeable when watching Netflix movies I would get BAD pixilation(blurry) during ANY type of action scenes and sometimes during calm scenes.

Its a weird little bug...sometimes it wouldn't show itself until a day or two after flashing. Which makes me think its something I did somewhere but I hadn't done any edits or tweaks or anything. Just kinda happened.

not a huge bug but it bothered me. Since almost every time I thought it was fixed it would come back lol

This liberty build is great tho. So far my only problem is root browser(comes included w/ liberty rom) keeps force closing on me. I'm gonna reflash the rom tho as I haven't seen anyone else mention this.

performance is phenomenal on both roms. But I haven't seen the little bug I mentioned above on liberty at all. And it seems the edits to build.prop that come in liberty are helping with video performance and picture taking.

It also has a nice amount.of customization features. U can change lockscreen, add/swap certain apps like music, gallery, message app etc...

And one.of the features I am ecstatic about is the screen shot button added to the power button menu. Very cool to be able to take a screenie at various points. Just long press power button and choose screen shot. Very neat.

I recommend highly that u check it out. I think u will enjoy it ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] reaktorblue:
I just tried both current versions of Liberty and Eclipse and I have to say, they're both very impressive. Oddly enough, right out of the box, Eclipse did feel a bit snappier. Liberty felt a bit slower but that may have been part of the settings. It seemed to use some sort of fading effect with the windows which makes the windows seem slower to me IMO. I'll admit I'm not a fan of that style of animation and it could have been configured in the settings but I didn't spend much time with it.

I posted a question in the Q/A thread about a problem I had with Eclipse however, it appears I have the same exact problem with Liberty too so I'm not sure if its a problem local to myself or something with the ROM itself.

Ultimately, both are still usable and much better than stock. Since this is the first ROM I'm running on my DX2 and in fact, the first versions of both, I have to say, I'm completely impressed with the speed and animations.
[Motorola Droid X2] smark1313:
What's the problem you're having? If it's Wifi stuff the instructions I received for SBF'ing worked quite smoothly. :eek:
[Motorola Droid X2] dragonzkiller:
I think this has gone a bit off topic...
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
I did an sbf at work today. Not sure why everyone says it takes so long. My laggy and underpowered workstation did it in about 8min from start click to pass. Not an hour.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
If it is someone's first sbf, and they don't have fast internet, getting all the files/programs set up and downloaded can take a while. And some people count the time it takes to reinstall all their apps
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
Good point.
[Motorola Droid X2] motcher41:
I dont know but it says 3 installs now :-)
[Motorola Droid X2] qixiixiq:
Super X

for that price you might as well throw in a fold out litter box with a deep fryer and a dishwasher... :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chunology:
CWM giving you funny errors? Won't read the contents of your internal or external SD Card? Tried to odin a kernel w/ CWM and the errors don't go away? Think your phone is bricked? Thank again!

Relax! If you can get into download mode (Pressing volume DOWN and and POWER when booting up your device) your phone is definitely not bricked. Using the wonderful powers of ODIN we can resuscitate your device and make it as good as new!

Go HERE and follow these instructions. (Thank you ACS). It has links to ODIN, KIES (for drivers) as well as a STOCK .tar that will revert your device back to shiny new out-of-box factory defaults. Once you're done reverting your phone back to stock, re-root using whatever method you'd like, flash CWM then you're back in business!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Maybe this one will help

http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...din-Completely-Stock-EG30-Restore-your-system
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chunology:
Yep! That's the link my where my post takes you to... I see a LOT of posts in threads about "bricked" phones I figured starting a thread like this would make it easier on a lot of people.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
Sorry meant to paste in different thread
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] demonlordoftheround:
And for heavens sake people, stay away for the GSM roms!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il_beo:
Hi everybody

i bought a nexus one in april 2009 and lately my battery won't last a day, so i bought a new battery, a Cameron Sino Technology 2400 mAh,3,7V

unfortunately the new battery won't start, if i attach the phone to the charger the red led is on but the phone will go to a loop boot. if the charger is not attached the phone won't ever start

i checked the battery voltage and it was 3.92, a little too high i think.

do you have some suggestion?

thank you very much
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuljit55:
if the phone still works with the old battary, the new one is obviously fake...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpunx:
Switch off your phone, insert the new battery and charge. Works? Ok, wait 10min. and try to power on. Don't work? Don't use this new battery, can be dangerous for diferent voltage o rare things :/
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il_beo:
damn.....

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yazan111:
i was flashing my samsung galaxy s via odin3 and when i hit start flashing it wrote down successful0/unsuccessful1 then i waited and nothing happend so i dissconnected the usb cable and the phone rebooted but unfortunately it didnt boot a black screen with a yellow triangle symbol on a dash between a pc and a phone icons showed up ....... soo :( after that it kept showing me the same icons and i couldnt enter the download mode or turn it on i tried to remove/reinsert the battery hundreds of times without any result also the usb is not recognized by odin or by kies what can i do ??? someone plz give me an application or a program so i can restore the mobile and reduce this problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pch.radu:
if it is still showing the phone to pc triangle u still can enter download mode ( vol down + back btn + power ). keep trying
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] upichie:
Just to clarify, the yellow triangle IS download mode. You need to have that on your screen (which means you're in download mode) in order to use Odin. Simply try again! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gigeaky:
read this [GUIDE] Recovery options for "bricked" phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sars37:
I have try you problem.

Turn it off ,dissconnected the usb cable

keep trying down + back + power

I can enter download mode again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yazan111:
thank you all ! :)

i was making a mistake but now i did it right thanks to u all and i flashed it and it is working just fine .......
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Spartoi:
Before you had to be on AOSP (CM7/MIUI) to use a PS3 Controller as a gamepad on the SGS2, but now you can do it on Samsung Firmware. Download this app called Sixaxis Controller ($1.76) and then follow these instructions.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] fOmey:
Does it double as a mouse also ? While not in game that is.. ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NZtechfreak:
I already posted about this in the accessories forum - I have a much better guide than the one at the official site here

[YOUTUBE]zTehjl-Durc[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nutmegy:
good choice!!
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] NZtechfreak:
Great choice! Might not be the best look in my sig though, ha!

Anyways, another video:

[YOUTUBE]FBbCy0IlliQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nasksnake:
We don't need custom rom, I'm using official XWKI8 firmware and sixaxis controllers fully works:D
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] an2ane:
Will this work for anything besides Mattel based Samsung phones?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nasksnake:
I just cant play to Dead space with this :'( I just can use my weapon ...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Berenor:
Finally! been waiting for this...
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Demon_man:
excellent news, only saying last night dont really wanna have to change my rom after i like this one
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nasksnake:
That's works with official rom :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] alwaseem:
it worked, but what is the supported games?

i'v tried Gangstar MV but it didn't work

please help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
HI does anyone know how I can change the app drawer in lp?

I searched but I wasn't successful.

Maybe is there an app that contains several different drawers so I can assign that app on launcher pro?

Please reply.

Thanks in advance :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orntar:
I'm no expert, but you can use alt drawer, and assign the shortcut in LP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ancorare:
There are several apps (for free!) on the market and elsewhere that you can use as alternative app drawers, which you can download and set as the shortcut where the LP app drawer shortcut would be normally. I was using LP+ for a while with the app drawer shortcut set to open my stock app drawer (Motoblur on a Droid2 Global) and it worked just fine.

It would really be great if LP had an option to customize the drawer aside from size, though... GO Launcher wins that category, in my opinion. ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
Can you name me some good apps please.

And do you know how I can get the xperia style app drawer, where all the apps are on a transparent glass and you just swipe horizontally to move onto another page. It would be great if I can do this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claus1953:
If that is what you want you can use a theme, there must be a glass theme i guess. In LP you can already swype in the app drawer from one page to the next one, or is that in Go Launcher? (I dont use LP since a while ago and cannot remember correctly) In Go Launcher you can choose to swype horizontally or vertically, also you can apply any of the lots of themes and there is a glass one :D

If this does not satisfy you you can use Altdrawer as somebody said above, here is the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1154299&highlight=altdrawer
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ancorare:
AltDrawer is definitely a good one, and I'm sure there are others. GO Launcher Ex is a really good option too. I'm using it right now and there's tons of support for themes and customization, including the app drawer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
I don't link Alt Drawer since it takes long to start up and most importantly it does not even look like the xperia style app drawer.

btw does anyone know of any good glass themes for lp?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] debernardis:
I use "all apps organizer" with launcher pro and it works perfectly

Ernesto de Bernardis

N900 - Galaxy Tab 7"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claus1953:
Just go into the market and search for launcher pro themes there you can see how they look like.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
But I'm sure the themes only edit the widgets not the app drawer, that's from what I know
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claus1953:
The themes also replace the app icons for examle the ios theme changes all the icons to ios style so also the icons in the app drawer will be changed.

Why dont you just try? If you dont like it you can just remove it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
But the only reason I want a theme, is to change the app drawer.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sparks:
Guys its ok I decided not to use the app drawer but instead put all app shortcuts in the homescreen (I got this idea when I tried the MIUI launcher).

However does anyone know how I can add the app drawer shortcut in the desktop not the dock so that I can open the app drawer and create a shortcut for newly installed apps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11768:
Hello,

I was wonder if we could use our phone WiFi (for example, WiFi Direct) as the transmission medium to use it as a walkie-talkie between two SGS2? If it's possible, how?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okmijnlp:
Use TiKL - Touch to talk. It does eveything you need :). The best part? You don't have to be on the same network/WIFI.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 11768:
Actually my main motive is to communicate without using data packet (mobile data). I do not have a data plan. And do not wish to rely on an access point.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gorgooger:
A walkie talkie over wifi direct would be nice for every smartphone.

In fact I am searching for this kind of app since I got my first Android phone.

Still nothing?
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] lukemovement1:
removed...
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] tejasjadhav:
I think you should remove the option that 'Phone wakes up only by pressing the Power button'. A lot of people are having troubles of with Power buttons. As they're used much frequently they wear off soon. So I won't recommend that option. Rest all looks fine!
[Trophy General] Milly79:
Is it possible to be flashed to Cricket?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studentjunk:
Is there a way of backing up the "Quick text" in the default messaging program? I backup with tiantium backup, and haven't seen how to do it. I usually don't restore the messages wiht TB - I have tried various backup programs.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
I don't know about the stock app, but you can save quick texts using handcent.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_mamba:
If you back up the app and data using Titanium it should backup your quick texts too. When you flash a new ROM or wipe for whatever reason you should be able to get back your quick texts by restoring either the data for the messaging app or the whole app itself.

As far as the texts themselves I recommend SMS backup&restore from the market, it has a "check for duplicates" feature that's great.

Sent from my Pee-Cee Thirty-Six One-Hunnet
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studentjunk:
So if this were the case, then wiping the 'Messages' would restore any changes to the quick messages. However, it has no effect. Restoring the message prefs program on a new rom also does not restore quick texts.

As far as finding an alternative, I did find another messaging app. However, I was hoping to not have 2 programs on my phone that do the same thing.