yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mclifford:
I tried the, PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install -r /preinstall/Superuser.apk, command and it was able to reinstall the apk which it never has before so that's good, but it's still not rooted.

If anyone else has any ideas let me know. I am thinking about backing everything up and doing a factory reset and seeing how that goes.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avelezmtz:
First... as suggestion, if you will be playing deleting files, ensure you have clockworkmod backup or anyother way to restore a previous backup just to be safe.

I think rm command should delete su, but I'm not sure if it would help since the error is not a permissions error, so the ovewrite option should work if the space in the system dir is enough... if you still wanna try the removal of su I think line below will do it.

rm /system/bin/su

Another option I saw somewhere it was about freeing up space by deleting apk files from /system/app dir which is mounted in the same volume, however it would depend on how big those files are. Of course you should back them up first maybe copying them to /sdcard/ for instance. In the post I saw that they removed swype.apk and that was enough for them but in my case it didn't help and as the ovewrite worked I didn't try removing more apps.

If you want to know the space on that dir you can use

df /system/bin/
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mclifford:
avelezmtz,

Thanks for all the help, I am now rooted again!!

Using your suggestion I deleted Superuser.apk and Swype.apk from the /system/app directory.

After that I was able to rerun all the commands and get root back. Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it. Sure beats wiping the phone and starting all over again.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imroz_7:
I have a problem with my Yu Yureka which running on CM 12.1 and Rooted (su) twrp

1. When I was trying to to flash any zip file like CameraNext Mod, it was flash successfully. After reboot the system, I can't find the CameraNext Mod, it was not in menu.

2. Sometime when i tried to flash other zip file like xposed framework, it was not completely installed. there was error and the error message was " cp:write error: no space left on device"

plz help me with right direction..
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liuhuiyan2010:
For example, at desktop view, when I click "browser", a red frame flashes once, and then open the browser. The size of the frame is just the size of the screen.

I don't know why this happened. Is there any setting to make this red frame not appear?

Thank you.:(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
are you on paul's ics port as that is the only thing where that may happen. if you are hit settings/developer options/and trun off strict mode. if you are not on pauls i dont know why that is happening
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liuhuiyan2010:
Thank you. :)

I unchecked the option you said, and reboot, then it solved.

I tried this before, but didn't reboot. SAD.:(

Thank you again.

:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bradley26:
First time Samsung user coming from EVO 3D. What are your recommendations for ROM's and kernels? And is CWM favored over stock recovery? I guess i will try them all tomorrow. Thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Icey34:
-CWM Is yes the best and most used recoveries. (Are there even other ones, lol?)

-I recommend AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) Milestone 3 or the latest nightly, you can find these in the Android development section of the GNex.

-For kernels, they all act differently for everyone. Some people are great with franco kernels, and trinity, and james bond, and leankernel, just gotta try them all really :). For example I'm getting the same if not worse battery with franco, but I might try James Bond kernels, (they are great they seem.) But they are all good in terms of performance.

Good Luck on the new GNexus it's a hell of a phone :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
I use GummyNex, much more stable and closer to stock than AOKP. I'm also using Franco's 18.2 nightly and get excellent battery life (around 10 hours). Just try everything out there till you find what works for you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gtab55:
Just make sure you go to the 'CDMA Galaxy Nexus Android Development' for your ROMs. I learned that the hard way...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hello00:
where to buy GSM GN?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Random... Why not look at one of the other 100 ongoing threads?

Look at Handtec, Expansys, NegriElectronics, eBay, Amazon...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neotekz:
try apex, it's very close to stock but also giving you lots of options to pay around with.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eman3316@optonline.net:
AOKP is extremely stable and offers a ton of options. Latest build is sick and allows you to remove the bottom softkeys in the power menu so you can use anything full screen and bring the buttons back with the power menu again...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stangdriverdoug:
welcome aboard! I just switched from Sprint and was rockin a epic Touch 4G (great phone) and have had this phone in my hand for a week now. Extremely easy to unlock, download and install the toolkit. It's a stickie in the develpment thread. the only mistake I made was not running the stock software for a few days to get a feel for it before flashing something new. I would flash a couple roms and see what they are about, then settle on one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xdafann:
I'd also like to the recommend aokp which is a very stable rom. I use the stock kernel and don't really need any custom one .
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ranova:
eh, the download link goes directly to the AOKP site: http://forum.aokp.co/ which lists the latest build. People still talk about the latest nightly, the only thing that isnt updated quickly is the title of the thread
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mcatt66:
I was using Windows 7 for a while. . i just switched over to Cube theme. . I like them both. . cube them has really nice icons and a huge selection. .

what are you guys using?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] missxtee:
I love Go Launcher as well :) currently using Blue Steel theme...ALOT of icons and it kinda matches with my ics look...

Sent From Galaxy Note Baby!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] 4i4a:
Android4 Theme Go Launcher Ex

is perfect. I'll use it until update to stable ICS Rom.

It's free btw.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] rayarny:
I love Black Glass theme and Premium theme for Go launcher! really good ones
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] gladox:
Go Launcher looks nice, worth trying
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Richy99:
normally the stock go theme or i have now started using the honeycomb theme
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Rygar:
Android Theme Go Launcher Ex is perfect
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] ericmky:
3D Icon

I love 3D Icon.

I only change the Wallpapers.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] thermax04:
I think that it will be better for everybody to get benefit of this thread is to share the theme pics to decide which one is better than trying all of them, Iam using the stock Launcher but if all of the above users put there theme pics I might find one to like and use Go launcher, but now I have to go to Go launcher web site to look for all the themes to decide which one is better
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Ankush911:
Go Launcher Theme

Currently I am using windows 7 theme and it is working awesome on my galaxy note. Can you suggest me some more free themes ?

Is Cube theme is free ?

Thanks.:)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mcatt66:
Alien Morph is pretty nice. . im not really into aliens but i like the clean white look and i just change the alien icons to something else. .
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] edwtw4u:
Leatherized

here is mine.... Using IMLD Go Theme. Change the wallpaper myself. Thanks to jfalli for the magnificent wallpaper
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] nayeem.20042005:
Elegant Cube Go Launcer Theme v1.0

This theme was created by M & H Design Team!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] 4i4a:
Android4 Theme
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] kane274:
Im using a Blackberry theme. Nice and clean
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] DARRELLx3:
Hi, what clock/weather widget are you using? thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] peridoc:
Posted in wrong forum....sorry. Please delete.
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
Hey guys,

I've managed to devise a method to inject the CWM recovery image into the LG Update tool during updating with a kdz.

The basic idea is explained in this post. I took it a bit further. During the updating process, you can replace the recovery image inside the updater's memory. Basically, you can use this method on any LG Updating tool. This guide uses KDZ Updater. The method is great for getting the latest firmware for your region and still get it rooted.

This procedure requires some quick actions in order to succeed. Read through it before attempting to flash. I'm not responsible for anything that might happen in the result of using this guide.

Needed files:

CWMInject

UPK

Latest CWM recovery image for P970

Cheat Engine

1. Run KDZ Updater from UPK with Windows Enabler on.

Select your KDZ file.

2. Run CWMInject with Admin privileges. Select KDZU process. Set CWM image to the recovery image file.

3. Run Cheat Engine. Select KDZU process. Change Value Type to Text and write ANDROID! in the search field.

4. Open Task Manager, go to Processes and sort processes by memory.

5. In KDZ Updater, press Launch software update.

6. Keep an eye on the KDZU process in Task Manager, if it starts growing, it means it has started to load the files into memory and you can move to the next step.

7. In Cheat Engine, press First Scan. If it doesn't find anything, you did this too early. It should find 3 addresses. The last one is what you need.

8. Copy the found address to CWMInject and press Write Memory. This needs to be done as quickly as possible from the time of finding the addresses.

9. Finish flashing.

Now your phone has CWM recovery installed. You can get into it with "adb reboot recovery". You need the Android SDK for that.

To root your phone, put this Superuser.zip on your SD card and use CWM to flash it.

You don't necessarily have to use KDZ Update. I tried this method with R&D Test Tool and the regular LG Mobile software update. You just need the right process name for CWMInject and Cheat Engine.
[LG Optimus Black] adxgrave:
That is excellent man. Bin files? Nobody need it anyway. Lol. Profit!
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
Updated the first post with the guide. Cheers:D
[LG Optimus Black] 1aca:
Confirmed, working with V20F from Orange Romania, using R&D Tool.

CWMInject.exe needs to be run as administrator, in case you're using Win as a non-privileged user.

As an interesting sidenote, I forgot to do a factory reset before (coming from Zeus v4.01b), so I got a bootloop. Easy way to get rid of that: flash a V10 based firmware, it won't recognize the ext4 data partition -> no bootloop. Did a factory reset from there, then repeated the flashing for V20F. Worked like a charm.
[LG Optimus Black] Huexxx:
Amazing!!!!!!
[LG Optimus Black] gabwerkz:
Awesome! With R&D... the process is "LGUserCSTool". After flashing it boots directly to CWM. :)

CSE Web upgrade test: (Small server)(for a factory reset)
[LG Optimus Black] vince91:
Flashed V20N with R&D.

It works like a charm. Thank you very much.
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
Great to see it working for everybody!;)

If you're feeling adventurous, you can test my updated CWMInject. It has a built in memory scanner, so you can just press Start after you've started updating.

Edit:

Oh yeah, it requires .Net Framework 4 now...
[LG Optimus Black] 1aca:
Very nice. I guess the Cheat Engine is no more required.

ETA: maybe it would be a good idea to specify in the manifest that it requires admin privileges.
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
Yeah, good idea.

I guess not everybody disables UAC as the first thing after installing Windows:D
[LG Optimus Black] Inferbubu:
I have a Question!... When is the best moment to aply CWMInject?? i want to use R&

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i solve the question, really works so great!!!
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
I've usually applied it around the 10% mark, so it gets done at 16% or so. It's worked every time, for all the updating software, since the underlying flashing process seems to be the same for each one.
[LG Optimus Black] pk76:
Yeah, it works very well and together with this trick http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473781 you can now flash KDZ if it is not for your region.
[LG Optimus Black] advptg:
Didnt work with V20B_00.kdz for India

I did everything as stated in the first post. The Memory of recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-p970 was also injected successfully within 10% of flashing. And phone rebooted with new the rom. However, I am not able to get into the CWM. I tried the vol+ hard key while booting, but CWM is not coming. Help!
[LG Optimus Black] netum:
for short messages
[LG Optimus Black] advptg:
What is this for?

What is this Android SKD? how is such injection of CWM useful?
[LG Optimus Black] pk76:
It is simple. With CWM injection you can root every KDZ. And with KDZ firmware update fix, you can use R&D Tool and flash KDZ to your phone.
[LG Optimus Black] CyberManiaK:
Nice thread.. My sister just got an optimus black, ( And i want to root it) does this method should be with the phone on download mode or what ??

Not very familiar with the way optimus root process is done. I own a GS2

EDIT: Well I did with the phone ON, and USB debug mode ON,/ OFF, also have tried doing [Remove battery,sim,SD] hit vol up and inert the usb cable to enter in download mode.. But always when I click Launch Software Update when it starts to decompress the KDZ file it just got frozen, and (Not Responding)

Any clue ? I´m trying to root a v20a (mexican) version.

Thanks.
[LG Optimus Black] jzetina:
I can't open CWMInject, I'm on Windows XP...
[LG Optimus Black] fredyto:
not what I did wrong, now my phone does not start :mad: this brick
[LG Optimus Black] 1aca:
Do you have .NET framework installed?
[LG Optimus Black] verszipo:
Can you get into the "S/W" mode ?

turn the phone off, keep pressing the volume+ button while you plug in the USB cable, does the phone turn on in S/W mode ?

If so, then you can flash a firmware again.

More info on the dedicated thread related to flashing with SmartFlash : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1448803

P.S. from what I've read it's really hard if not impossible to brick the OB just by flashing, so the chances are you can recover your phone without too much hassle.
[LG Optimus Black] navossoc:
Well, now that KDZU neither R&DTT work (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111771)

You can't try to do something similar for the "main" rom?.

[]'s
[LG Optimus Black] jzetina:
Nevermind, it was a NET installation problem...

I managed to get everything to work, but I get this and doesn't install CWM:

[R&D Test Tools Log File]

22:34:44 : Launching SW update
22:34:44 : Unpacking KDZ
22:35:27 : KDZ file extraced
22:35:40 : Files were extracted.
22:35:40 : LGMobileDL Load.
22:35:40 : Port = -1
22:35:41 : Connecting to phone
22:35:57 : Check Phone mode = 1
22:36:22 : Phone type check.......
22:36:52 : _DetachDLL Call
22:36:52 : _DetachDLL Call End
22:36:52 : Param : Path = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Datos de programa\LGMOBILEAX\Phone\V20A.wdb
22:36:52 : Param : moduleDir =
22:36:52 : Param : waitTime = 0
22:36:52 : Param : UsbHighSpeed = 1
22:36:52 : Param : PhoneMode = 1
22:36:52 : Param : BinVersion = V20A_04
22:36:52 : Param : AuthMark = 0
22:36:52 : Call fn_StartUpgrade
22:36:52 : CDMA: wParam = 2004, lParam = 5
22:36:52 : Model Dll Msg Not Found(2004, 5)

Same lines up to 100...

What am I doing wrong?
[LG Optimus Black] T01Mac:
noob question, sorry

Hi, I've been using my Optimus 2x since about 1year, I flash roms and do everything on that phone but now my father got an Optimus Black and I want to root it.

I read the instructions in the first post carefully, but one thing is not clear and it's right in the first step: "select your KDZ file".

Where can I get/find an KDZ file? I guess the LGMobileupdate tool download it somewehere on the computer but where is it located? Sorry, I read hundreds of posts but I couldn't find any answer for this.
[LG Optimus Black] pk76:
Here it is: http://lg-phone-firmware.com/index.php?id_mod=1
[LG Optimus Black] vince91:
You can still use KDZU or R&DTT with this little trick :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1473781
[LG Optimus Black] fredyto:
Thanks, all right now
[LG Optimus Black] vali.cheche:
Unless you patched with Huexx's eRecovery MOD, there is no hard-key combination to get into recovery from power off mode. Considering this is after a fresh reflash...no patch for sure. Be aware that recovery mode is NOT F/W UPGRADE mode, these are 2 totaly different things.

I personally didn't do the eRecovery patch on my phone.

How I do it:

1) Take out the SD card and using a laptop I copy Superuser.zip and Huexx eRecovery (see here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311775)

2) flash using KDZU or RDTool, and do the injection thingy. Follow the tut and it goes just smooth.

3) Then at the first boot after the flashing (do NOT disconnect USB), go into settings -> Applications -> enable debugging mode USB.

4) Insert the SD card back into your phone.

5) using adb or, even better, QTadb (it's cuteee ;) ) send the 'adb reboot recovery' command to the phone

You can get qtadb from here.

Just unzip it in a folder and run qtadb.

You may need to specifiy the location of adb.exe, in this case it is included in the archive and it will be in the same folder you extract. You can do this from Settings -> Change sdk path..., and select the folder where you extracted this archive.

If it says connect phone, check the usb debugging mode to be on and the cable to be connected to the phone. Then hit refresh.

Go into the menu Tools -> Adb -> Reboot recovery

6) now you are in CWM. You can now disconnect the usb cable...if you want and if you have the battery connected.

First: wipe data/factory reset + wipe cache + advanced wipe dalvik.

Then goto install zip from SD card, choose the zip with Superuser, install it. Repeat this for Huexx eRecovery mod.

7) Choose reboot now.

Voila.... ;)

This is the best way to root GB on P970...and the only one that can be replicated for sure. If you don't mind having to wipe your phone to get root and GB, it's perfect. If you want a one click solution, keep on waiting for another exploit.

Thank you roltzy for sharing this. It's genius.

---------- Post added at 07:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:21 PM ----------

It starts scanning and it crashes for me on Win 7 x64. I sure did run it with admin and all that.

Well, I don't mind fiddling with Cheat Engine and filling in the address manually into the first CWMInject.
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
Yes, the scanner does crash. And I have no idea why, since it doesn't happen when I run it in debug. Oh well... as long as the original method works.
[LG Optimus Black] Irochk:
Someone could explain me please, why cheatEngine cannot find anything in step 7??? I've tried everything from reinstalling lg drivers to rebooting my pc, i don't know what else to do. I'm using a Windows vista powered pc x86

Thanks in advance

P.S: the kdz i tried to install is the V20B hong kong in a french phone, dunno if it has something to do with it...
[LG Optimus Black] pk76:
I had same problem with v20g, only 2 addresses.
[LG Optimus Black] repsaj9:
so how do i boot into CWM without using other apps like Anreboot or Ezboot? thanks!
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
With adb, look into my noob how to ;) or you implement some files from Huexxx Rom into yours ;)
[LG Optimus Black] Irochk:
I give up, this is no longer working !!! :(
[LG Optimus Black] 1aca:
How long have you waited before searching?
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
If you can't find any addresses, you're either searching in the wrong process or Cheat Engine can't do its thing.

As for only finding 2 addresses, maybe that firmware doesn't flash the recovery partition. I think the first address is boot partition, second main and third recovery? Because when I used the first address my phone only booted into CWM.
[LG Optimus Black] Irochk:
I started searching since the process (KDZU) increased its RAM consumption.

I guess i selected the right process (XXXXXXXX-KDZU.exe) in Cheat Engine. Then i changed the value type to "text" and i wrote 'ANDROID!' in the search field. I did everything as stated in the first post. :(
[LG Optimus Black] pk76:
sorry, deleted
[LG Optimus Black] Irochk:
Finally it worked with R&D tools !!! My God, the relief i can feel after my success doing this !!! but is kinda weird that i had already tried this method before and it didn't work, just after i decided to reinstall the CheatEngine @.@
[LG Optimus Black] navossoc:
Well, I don't know much about the Android OS, but, maybe you can help me with some questions.

For example, you search at the memory the signature of the recovery partition, so you can replace the loaded data at memory with the data of the CWM recovery, right?

Ok, but, let's say, that partition recovery don't have a specific size in bytes? a current size and a maximum one?

So the CWM recovery it's probably a file with different size from the original LG recovery.

So, after you write all the data from CWM at the memory of KDZ Updater, did you calculate the right size and fill the remaining bytes with NULL or something like that?

Did you make any kind of check to prevent the recovery overwrites another partition? (exceeds the permitted size)

I mean, I'm not trying to criticize your work or anything like that.

I'm just curious, I'm also a programmer and I was thinking this kind of things when I saw your post.

Perhaps we can discuss some ideas of how to automate the whole process, if you want, of course ... (PM me)

[]'s
[LG Optimus Black] repsaj9:
thanks a lot roltzy for this tut! i followed everything faithfully and i successfully rooted my phone :)

I upgraded to V20N Europe and it worked like a charm. Flashing Superuser.zip through CWM roots the phone indeed.

Just a tiny suggestion, if you don't mind :D Maybe you can modify the steps a bit and just specify in this part:

3. Run Cheat Engine. Select KDZU process. Change Value Type to Text and write ANDROID! in the search field. Change Value Type to Text and Scan Type to Search for Text
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
No, I didn't think it would be necessary. The recovery partition is the last one and there's a fairly large amount of zero padding at the end of the partition both in memory and the img file. Also, I have no idea really how to determine the end of the partition in memory.

Search for text is the only Scan Type for Text value searching. It sets it automatically.
[LG Optimus Black] xicopac:
Prefect

Thanks guys, it worked with R&D.

I had to remove the sim and sd card for the R&D start in windows 7 64x.

Tried with the KDZ Update and LgUpdateTool and it didn't work.

Thanks once more!
[LG Optimus Black] Pondera:
I know it's off-topic but this method should have benn reserved for ICS update. May be conspricy but LG probably will patch this by then. How will we root that. :confused: I hope someone will come up with. Sorry for digress, cheers.
[LG Optimus Black] N00BY0815:
How will we root? We can not share our thought now, since LG is also reading this ;) Just wait till ICS is coming, I got something for it in mind :D And what do they wanna patch? Uninjectable programm? Nah...
[LG Optimus Black] adxgrave:
Don't worry mate. We'll find another one if they prevent this. The important thing is knowledge is free and should be share. There're more than a way to skin a cat.
[LG Optimus Black] roltzy:
I'm not really sure how they're gonna prevent this. The data NEEDS to be in memory for flashing. If they'd split it up and use a small buffer to write little chunks at a time, then the bin and fls files need to be extracted somewhere. So either way were getting our grubby little hands on the sweet goodness:D