yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Your a legend Mark, I swear!!....haha

Ok, well, its a GSM, 4.0.2 Samsung updated Nexus....I think... I can attach some images. =)

The end of the line here...haha, arm, I just watched a video that completely skipped the boot.img part...weird...anyway, with the "su" part, I have 2 files there, as you've kindly provided, but in that step doesnt it need to be a su.zip sort of configuration? Just running it by you before I do this...

P.S....again....haha, arm, if I'm thinking about this right, does the step with "fastboot boot boot.img" will that affect the stock image?? As I think, if I'm right you have to do that "before" you flash your recovery?? In my mind would it be right in assuming....

-Unlock bootloader

-Flash recovery

-Make a Back up (so to get all the rom, including the auto restore recovery??)

-Set SU perms...with su.zip or su+superuser.apk... (if I'm right also, this step only if you want root perms on stock?, not sure what you would do with it though, only if you want to remain this way I suppose... =/ )

Is this right??

I was reading your "manual" post and I'm a little confused...as in, you cant reboot into Android after flashing recovery (to back up) as it will delete it, but to do so, you need to reboot into Android to delete the auto recovery flash file?? And you need su perms yeah?? Am I right here, I'm probably going crazy-ier...haha cause I've been at this for 2 days...haha...

Seems the boot.img step is the same as if you would flash a su.zip...(which I dont have, only the su file (no extension) and the su.apk...) not sure if thats the same...just getting my head around it here.... =)

Maybe I'm thinking CWM will "back up" the su perms etc and affect the "stock rom"...if you back it up with the perms, wouldnt that be included?? Maybe thats were I'm getting it wrong...haha.

Finally...........serious..... :o

If and when you delete the auto recovery file (if that really does delete it completly, I'm probably wrong about that too...) how does it restore??

Thanks mate. =)=)

I think thats it...when I have my head around these final things...and the last couple of files...Its time.... =)=)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
There are 2 ways of rooting your phone. The easier (and non learning way) is to flash cwm recovery and flash the superuser.zip straight to the phone. If this is what you watched then tbh you might as well be using my ToolKit as you wont learn anything from the experience. The other way is the method my ToolKit uses which is to boot the phone with the insecure boot image to gain temporary root, then using adb to push the 2 files that I sent to your phone and set their permissions, then rebooting to complete the root procedure. The 2nd method is the one I thought you was gearing up towards and the best way if you want to actually learn something, otherwise as I said you may as well use the ToolKit.

I have attached every file you will need for the 2nd method and if yo uread below these are the instructions you will need to follow to root your phone. Extract the attached files to a folder on your pc, browse to this folder then HOLD the Shift button on your pc while right clicking on a blank area of the Windows Explorer. Select 'Open command window here' which will open a command prompt in the correct folder where your adb and fastboot files are.

These instructions are for after you have installed drivers:

this will return a serial number if your drivers are installed.

and follow the instructions on the phone to unlock your bootloader.

Now if you boot into Android RIGHT after unlocking the bootloader it will restart the boot half way through so you want to do this normally BEFORE using your insecure boot or the reboot half way through will lose your insecure access (if you get me)

to get your first boot in. Once the phone has booted up and you have gone through the setup wizard, go to settings, developer tools and select 'usb debugging' to enable adb control.

should return a serial number if your adb drivers are installed.

to get back into fastboot so you can boot from the insecure boot image

to boot your phone into Android from the insecrure boot image. Once your phone has booted into the lockscreen you can carry on with

to mount your /system folder for root access.

pushes the 2 files across to the correct folders on your phone.

sets their correct permissions.

Lastly if you are flashing cwm then you will need to rename the recovery restore file if you are on a samsung rom. If this file is present on your phone and cwm is flashed, then on the next reboot the stock recovery will be restored and you will lose cwm. To get back to stock recovery in the future you just flash a stock recovery image.

will rename the file is it is present.

Thats it! Reboot your phone and you should have root :) You can check this by downloading root checker from the market or just download a root app such as adfree or setcpu.

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
I see you are replying to my thread already as I was making some changes so re-read the instructions as I rearranged them a bit to make more sense lol.

MArk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Thanks again!!! for taking the time to do that for me Mark, awesome, it'll feel better to use these files as I know there right and safe. =)=)

I'm so happy your ok with all this "learning", as I wouldnt be going through, or putting you through all this. Haha And your right, I would of just used your toolkit, which I know would be flawless and simple. =)

To put the shine on all this, just stay with me for a little longer... :o

Should I do it in that order in my last post? To have the stock rom backed up right? or I can do that after rooting and CWM wont even be bothered by it and I can revert to what I have now? I'm a litle confused on that part, for going back etc. =) Not sure if the "root" is backed up too...

As in,

Unlock

Flash Recovery

Back Up - after this I spose rooting or flashing a rom is possible either way... =)

Push Files and rename auto recovery restore

Boot ???

Although, the one thing is that I'm not sure if CWM is going to "back up" the root? If not, I could just back up after root?

And there is that part that I think I got from one of your posts that a stock image will automatically reflash the recovery, so, in that light, if a stock rom is backed up with the reflash file as normal, on its reboot, recovery is back and everything is done "apart" from locking the bootloader? (I hope I have that right...haha)

Thank you Thank you Thank you again mate.... your a gem!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
I'm so sorry, I dont get this bit..I'm confused...haha..Its late here and my eyes are popping out of my head...hahaha

Thanks....again..... :o

Also, after you unlock, for understanding... =/ ... is there a reason to reboot back in, use adb to reboot again into the bootloader? With the comment above not clear, (and thats my fault, not yours...haha) could you just use fastboot.exe to reboot, then manually go into fastboot on the phone (vol - , vol +), then boot from insecure rom?

Or is it all about the usb debugging?? Just thought of that after.... :o:o:o

***Update***

....I just wanted to add, to explain myself a little, sorry to harp on the "backing up clean" stuff, its only because at this stage I havent found a Samsung stock 4.0.2 rom really "available" online easily. So, just to save dramas for myself etc, I wanted to make sure I have it in my possession, the way it is right now...just incase...hope that makes sense... =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
You want to perform the backup BEFORE rooting because if you do it afterwards then it will back up the root aswell. Doing the backup before rooting means you will have a pure STOCK Rom backed up if you ever need to restore it.

Unlock the bootloader

Boot into Android (you can enable usb debugging here to save having to do it later)

Shut down and boot back into fastboot

BOOT to cwm - fastboot-toolkit boot *cwm filename*

This means you will back up the stock recovery rather than backing up cwm which would have happened if you flashed cwm instead of just booting to it).

Boot back into fastboot mode and start using my instructions to use the insecure boot image (no need to do the first boot I talked about as you have already done it).

If you follow the above steps then you will have covered the first boot after unlocking, which is needed before you can use cwm. I also explained that if you booted using the insecure boot right after unlocking then the phone reboots half way through and your insecure boot would be lost because of the reboot. Usb debugging needs to be enabled before you can use adb commands to your phone.

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
I added an update as you posted...haha...sorry!! =/

Ohh right so you use fastboot to boot into a revovery "cmwfilename".img file without flashing the phone at all?? Handy!! =)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
Yep very :)

Done anything yet?

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Hey,

I'm right here now doing this now!!...haha...

...fastboot isnt seeing my phone...when phone is in android, sees it perfectly with ADB and all...just not when in fastboot... =(

Looking for some answers now....

***Update***

All good, worked it out. Samsung drivers from Samsung seem to be missing the fastboot adb drivers...nice...haha, used PDANet and everything went well...

Mark, you are a f'king legend...thanks to you I just rooted my Gnex and all on my own!!! -as in no toolkit....and learnt a crap load about this. I did a few other things to test out my recovery, like restored it to make sure there was no issues...was that a good idea?? Worked all ok.

THIS GUY IS THE BOMB GUYS!!!! He knows his stuff. =) Now to buy you a beer my friend. =)

Now to flash CMW, and start looking at these ROMS!!! Apex and franco is the go you think??

I cant thank you enough mate, you've been extremely patient, informative and thorough...

Thank you soooooo much Mark.

Hats off !!!! =)

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
If you're rooted and haven't flashed any new radios, please check your baseband and consider contributing a dump of your radio if it's not in the radio/baseband collection here on the forum :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1405345

Instructions and tools available in the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
Glad it all worked out and actually my throat is feeling a bit dry *cough cough* lol :p

Just joking, im sure you learned alot throughout this process and its been an honour to help you through it all :)

I would recommend looking at either Apex by bigxie or AOKP by romanbb with franco's kernel (to start with). You will DEFINITELY noticed a vast improvement over stock. If you need any more help about anything just let me know mate (and I mean that) :D

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] loveubuntu:
what Mark does for this community is priceless. This thread should be requirement for any newbie, heck maybe for not so newbie too. I knew most of the stuff and still read teh whole thing. Nice job.

To the original poster: The next step to learn is to dump your Windows, setup Ubuntu or Mint Linux, and root a device manually. NO need for drivers simce Linux recognizes your phone. ;)

PS For my CDMA phone (not like your GSM), I use the IMM30B 4.0.4 Stock rom and radios; with imoseyon's lean custom kernel (love the guy). Without a battery wipe, after 14 hours I still have 20% battery. To get best battery, after flashing a new rom or kernel, I charge the phone to 100%, wipe the battery stat in CWR's advanced menu, then unplug and run until completely empty. You can also do this easier by using a free app in the market called BatteryCalibration by NEMA (inside the app says by marosige). It has nice directions how to use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Hey mate,

Thanks for your reply. I cant thank you enough!! =)

Running Apex 1.0.2...Very nice!! To me, becasue I'm a ROM virgin, haha, maybe anything to me is going to be awesome...but I do really like it. Seems very polished. =) Great work bigxie!!! Unreal. =)

Dunno how to turn off boot animation, have to see how to do that...haha.

Also, is this the zip I flash for Francos Kernel?

http://minooch.com/franciscofranco/Galaxy Nexus/

As "loveubuntu" said, (and thanks for that post man, I appreciate that info.. :) ) it seems the battery is being smashed!! I'm assuming because its a newly flashed rom and I'm going to give it a fresh view of power stats here and do what "loveubuntu" said, sounds logical to me. :)

Thanks guys...and I appreciate your continued support Mark...and everyone else of course!! :):):):):)

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
I do actually have a script in the ToolKit for disabling the startup Animation so it sticks with the 'google' text until it hits the lockscreen. This knocks about 5 seconds off the bootup time in my testings and I personally dont like boot animations which is why I added it lol.

If you want to do that (without the ToolKit) then first you need to grab a root explorer. A great FREE one is ES File Explorer, just make sure you enable the root access via the settings in the File Explorer as they arent enable by default.

After giving the app root access just click on favourtites at the top of ES File Explorer and select '/' then goto /system and click on build.prop. This holds lots of configurations for your phone. Then open it with the ES Note Editor that will pop up and add the following line to the bottom of the file:

save the file and exit. When you reboot there will be no animation screen.

To enable the animation screen just change the 1 to 0 in the build.prop or delete the line you added.

Yes that is the correct link to francos kernel. Just download, copy to your Internal Storage on your phone and flash via cwm.

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Thanks again Mark. Did that and all is good. =)

Arm, dont know if this is related but today after I did the procedure last night with (rooting) + the rom and the kernel, I've noticed my call quality and reception being below par?? It probably doesn't have anything to do with it, so far in my understanding anyway its the radios that effect these things, and I haven't touched those, unless flashing a rom and kernel changes that too! =/

It could just a be a network issue today or not my end at all.

Thanks in advance!!! :):)

***Update***

Yeah I'm having some serious reception issues here. 2 drop outs and choppy convos all day. Would flashing original kernel do anything? Oh, I'm so wrapped with the performance now but calls the "phone" part now is bad. Haha. I can't win. On stock the phone itself was pretty much flawless, with the occasional mms not sending until I resent but that was it. Calls were beautiful.

*sigh*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
Look in the Development forum or in the Sticky at the top and find the latest Radio and bootloader. You can flash them easily via cwm and it may help your reception problem.

MArk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Hrmm, yeah I feel a bit strange changing the radio though. I'd like to avoid it if I can. If that makes sense. Haha.

Would you have a stock kernel available? Or a way I can go back to stock and compile mine into a zip to flash it? Not sure if it'll work or help. One thing is I'm using currently apexs 4.0.3 build and I want to try the stock 4.0.2 kernel because my phone was flawless on the stock kernel. Is that even going to work? Compatible?

Thanks again mate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
It doesnt really make sense lol. Newer Radios nearly always give better reception, gps, battery.. Radios are upgraded by manufacturers in the same way as roms so it makes sense to have the latest one on your phone.

When you made a NAND backup in cwm it would have made a file called boot.img. This is where your kernel is kept and can be restored by doing an advanced restore in cwm. BUT DONT DO THAT!! Lol a 4.0.2 boot image and kernel are not compatable with a 4.0.3 system which is what you are on now. Try francos kernel im sure you will be happy with it.

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Thanks for your reply.

Oh ok, so a 4.0.2 kernel wouldn't be compatible? Makes sense but wanted to check. I spose I only came to that conclusion because my phone was flawless reception wise when I was on 4.0.2. Its weird I used fauxs reset to stock kernel and my reception issues are better! I'm not sure if this is a clean kernel. Would mind getting my hands on a pure 4.0.3 kernel then. And giving that a go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Beatsleigher:
If anyone wants t root their phone, try: My root toolbox

It has all drivers needed, if you take the ROM-Full download, it also has a couple of ROMs and kernels ;) If you don't mind a longer download time, take the minor update, aswell :)

Now, let's see how many of you have already downloaded :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lambetts:
Haha, thanks dude. I appreciate your post. :)

Theres a few pages here. Yep all rooted manually and all good, thank you!

I'm just after pure stock kernels now. :):)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrcquest:
The following is the battery stats on "A CUSTOM ROM" with a "CUSTOM KERNEL"

No OC or UV

The phone is in deep sleep state (not in use)

86% (10.19 pm to 12.40 pm)

85% (12.40 pm to 2.29 am)

84% (2.29 am to 4.30 am)

83% (4.30 am to 6.44 am)

with previous experiences on the s2, this drop in battery is pretty steep (around 5-6% drop in 8-9 hrs in deep sleep.

Can u share if you have better stats & let know which combination of ROM & Kernel u r using?

Thanx in advance.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
rr rom v22+abbys kernel v4 and was reached 9:30 hours with 100% but didnt make ss ;D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrcquest:
i am probably on the same config as u are!

rr v22 with stock kernel (abyss v 3.6), kalagas color theme.

so, u mean if i upgrade to 4.0 on abyss the stats can be better. Bcoz 9 hrs on 100 is better.

Comparing with S2, i have clocked 4 days 4 hrs (100 hrs) with usage on speedmod kernel.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
btw im using abbys governor, 100mhz-1ghz, undervolted

100mhz=800mv

200mhz=825mv

500mhz=875mv

800mhz=1000mv

1ghz=1050mv

also i have disabled a lot of apps like social hub, wifi sharing and etc ;D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrcquest:
i have a doubt. On my specs (v 22, with kalagas theme) can i flash the kernel (v4.0) on top??? Or do i have to install afresh the v 22, then flash the new kernel & last flash the theme???
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdgaBimbam:
no difference what theme or rom version you have ;D you can flash v4 with your theme and rom ;D

btw after you flash abbys kernel, give two or three reboots ;D
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrcquest:
just flashed the v4 of abyss. all went well. still on redpill recovery. Using go launcher till now. But with v 4 this is really laggy.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kr$na:
Same 4 me.

Sent from Galaxy Note using XDA Premium
[XPERIA X8 General] ghost9685:
What is the best OC frequency and CPU Governor for getting the good performance in X8\W8?
[XPERIA X8 General] Xmaster8:
The CPU frequency depends on how much your chipset can handle ( mine can handle up to 806 Mhz with Alfs and 787 Mhz with nAa). for the governor select smartassv2 i think its the best :D
[XPERIA X8 General] ghost9685:
Yeah, i have the same however i have OC just 768. Let me chck if i can increase :)
[XPERIA X8 General] hunff:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1489822

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I think that this kind of question is very individual (cause depends of phone).

For me, SmartASS consumes 2x more battery than Ondemand. (dont know why)
[XPERIA X8 General] Nikkolò:
Forma me 19-712Mhz
[XPERIA X8 General] wilbso:
Cpu frequency? For me its 724MHz. Any higher and my phone reboots
[XPERIA X8 General] goldenr:
i can go up to 800mhz and more

but when i set to 860mhz my phone rebooted
[XPERIA X8 General] se_eclair:
For me its 787mhz with Naa Kernal and Smartass V2 governor.
[XPERIA X8 General] sam619:
for me 245-748mhz is stable with smartass v2

using cm7.2v9+alfs ics v7
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] jackarmy13:
I have just tried to root my x10 mini with superoneclick but after trying 3 times each time it says unhandled exception has occured the system cannot find the specified file i did enable usb bugging and done the procedure exactly the same as i did with my last x10 mini which worked first time :(:eek: any suggestions
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] giggx:
Hello,

it's the .NET Framework-Version of your windows. I had the same on my XP and had to install the .NEt-Framework Version 2 (downgrade). Hope it will help :-)

Greetings from Berlin
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] stamatis:
install pc companion if you havent
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] asad007:
Yeah you saw it right

Miui is now open source

http://androidcommunity.com/chinese-oem-xiaomi-publishes-miui-open-source-code-20120203/

how about one for the Fit users ? :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
I tried to do that but systemUI is giving some problems...

---------- Post added at 03:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

old news btw... someone posted this a few weeks ago...
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Vergil.Viral:
if u want to develope for fit i m surely wid u.....:cool::D
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Miqdad@521:
This is a great opportunity for advanced developers. I suppose porting MIUI to fit should now be a lesser headache.. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Mr.Oug:
It was me
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
I would like to use one of these two ROM without custom ROM, so I wonder you how to make A2SDGUI work on S5670XXKPQ or S5670XWKT2?

Maybe there is a replacement for A2SDGUI?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
root the ROM and install App2SD GUI?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Feras.Rehman:
If u need you can extract the system rfs and build the rom which is pure stock and then add the apptosd via dsixda kitchen.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
There is a Dell-shuvit-kernel-KPQ v.1.1 OC 844 MHz. I do not know if he ext4 kernel?

Here, I have found.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1427833
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] gn_hanna:
how to use the App2SD GUI
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
Download and install A2SD GUI.

Click on apps are on internal storage. It'll reboot and move apps to sd-ext.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
I did so and nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
have you made an sd-ext partition?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
Yes. I Used CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
it should've worked...

try link2SD?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
I installed Link2SD and now what?
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
just run and follow the instructions.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
I followed the instructions, the system is restarted, and nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Aspire:
idk... it worked for me...
[Samsung Galaxy Fit GT 5670] Deleted member 4398224:
I use Force2Sd and it is the same as Link2SD. I need that the application be on ext4.
[LG Optimus Black] hunterval:
Hi all bros,

I am a newbie in this zone. My device is Optimus Bright - that another brand name of P970 which come from JaPan.

I purchased this phone several days ago and found that the battery is terrible bad. It can not live more than 24hrs with normal use - texting, receive call, check time, no 3G, no wifi on.

I tried some roms like Nova 8 or Marval but i got a FC or loop rebooting. Event when i try flash CM7, i can not connect to the wifi.

Conclusion, please suggest me some stable roms or solution for the battery

Regards bros:)

I check the option and find that Cell standby use 47%, Phone idle use 44%. Is it normal???
[LG Optimus Black] spykedsystem:
Hello! Try Zeus V3N or V3B http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1454274 whatever suits your region from the Rom development section,do a full wipe data/factory reset wipe dalvik cache and battery stats and then install Zeus and do a battery callibration after.V3N gives me better battery than V3B.