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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Kexec is actually (if done right) a good way *not* to brick your phone. To run kernels, you usually have to flash them to a restricted boot section of the memory, and if you flash all non-working kernels (to download, recovery, and main) then you have no way to use your phone, as it won't boot up. If you use kexec, your working kernel is safely stored on the boot partition and your development kernels can be wherever, and if it doesn't boot you can just hold down POWER to hard reboot into your good kernel.

The problem is that it doesn't seem to be working, I think I have the kexec support built properly but haven't been able to boot any kernels without it crashing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
I know you'll crack it ....

And when you do ....you'll be the galaxy note GOD !!!....LOL

your effort is much appreciated Sir ....even if I'm scared to use it , but will anyway ...lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
So I'm still confused as to why my kexec didn't work. I'm going to build a TouchPad kernel with it enabled and repeat the test on it, since I have a known-good kernel to boot against. I'll let you know how that goes.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Ok, so long-time-no-see but I'm reviving this post! Now that my Note 3 is happily running Cyanogenmod I have no urgent need for my Note 1 and can hack on it!

So far I haven't gotten kexec working, but I do have:

1. Kexecboot (graphical kexec frontend) is working, detects OS images appropriately

2. Framebuffer Console (text-mode display, USB OTG keyboard supported for interactive command line)

3. Overriding bootloader command line (to enable the fbconsole you need console=tty1 but the bootloader passes console=null)

4. Framebuffer console rotation (boot up in landscape or portrait, no way to switch without recompiling at the moment)

5. Most of kexec-hardboot ported from the HP TouchPad port, no clue if it's promising or not as so far it just crashes after a while of nothing

6. Ubuntu 13.04 (desktop edition) rootfs installed on SD card in a chroot, also taken from HP TouchPad

What I'm working on:

1. Kexec-hardboot port (needed to use kexec properly and boot kernels)

2. Fixing fbconsole glitching (framebuffer console displays garbled text that slowly clears up, no clue why...reading /dev/fb0 repeatedly clears up the display immediately and is a dirty hack that works well enough for testing)

3. Networking (either USB Ethernet or integrated WiFi, going to try backported brcmfmac driver)

4. Ubuntu (that's the long-term plan here)

5. Note 3 S800 port if I get everything figured out here
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Demmonnixx:
Long time in the making. Glad to see you're still at it. Hope you are able to get it working. Would be pretty cool. Good luck
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AdShea:
If you can get this working up to kernel with freedreno I'd be all over working on getting Plasma Active onto this thing. I've missed having a real linux phone since my n900 died.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Got Bluetooth working from the command line!

# rfkill unblock all
# hciattach /dev/ttyHS0 any
# hcitool scan

It detected my Note 3 which I had set to visible! Hopefully I can pair a BT keyboard with this and lose the USB OTG dependency. Still working on figuring out WiFi, I have the brcmfmac driver from 3.13 backports compiled and loaded but the WiFi chip isn't being detected so the driver never creates an interface for it. The chip is a Broadcom BCM4330 WiFi/Bluetooth chip, and although both WiFi and Bluetooth share the same chip they use different interfaces to the SoC (UART for BT and SDIO for WiFi).

I plan on doing more research into getting the hardware working before I do any more work on kexec. It will be much easier to debug kexec I think knowing how to use WiFi/BT/USB/etc. The only hardware I'm not going to attempt at all is the modem as I don't use this device as a phone anymore and don't have a SIM card in it. That said, all the rmnetX entries that I think are modem interfaces show in ifconfig -a so maybe it is working.

My kernel source is here:

https://github.com/CalcProgrammer1/ubuntu-kernel-quincyatt

The kexec branch will have the kexec hardboot patches once I figure them out. I've also got a folder set up with a script to automatically build the kernel zImage, build the modules, build the backport driver modules, build the ramdisk from a ramdisk root folder, build the boot.img, and then package that up in a flashable .zip. I'll upload parts of this system as I complete them. I also have an Ubuntu rootfs on my external ext4 (or was it 3?) SD card that I ripped straight off my TouchPad. For now I'm just using a busybox shell in my ramdisk, dropping out of kexecboot into ash, setting up a chroot for the SD card, and chrooting into the Ubuntu rootfs that way. It's not ideal since Ubuntu's init process doesn't run but it does allow me to run all the installed utilites from said rootfs.

Edit: Rii Mini Bluetooth Keyboard paired and working! It was a roundabout way of doing so because dbus and upstart don't work in chroot so I had to use an old package called bluez-compat which provides the hidd command. I sideloaded the .deb with a flash drive. The command to pair a keyboard:

# hcitool scan
Scanning ...
XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Bluetooth device name

# hidd --connect XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX &

XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX will be a hex value that is your keyboard's address. You find the address with the scan command and enter it on the hidd command to connect. I didn't have to enter any kind of passcode or pairing key, after running hidd it just started working.

http://imgur.com/2sV3TJr
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
I got it! I finally managed to get kexec hardboot working! I had to rewrite a bit of code in the kexecboot program to support kexec-hardboot better but I now have a bootloader that is working correctly, if slowly. I'll be posting my kernel source soon (it's a branch off of CyanogenMod's msm8660-common kernel) as well as my modifications to kexecboot itself. The kexec-tools binary I took out of the HP TouchPad port unmodified so I don't have the source for that (though it shouldn't be hard to find). I'll be looking into a Note 3 port soon, basically used the Note 1 as the guinea pig for this experiment.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dparrothead1:
If, somehow, you could adapt this for the ATT Mega 6.3 so as to bypass the locked tight bootloater.....you would be considered a hero!! People would build statues of you....write songs and name their children after you!!!!!?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Unfortunately you require an unlocked bootloader to install the kexecboot kernel. This isn't going to be a magic bullet for locked bootloaders. People have tried. For devices with exploitable bootloaders, it may help as you won't have to fake-sign kexec-booted kernels though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dparrothead1:
Grasping at straws, My Friend. Hoping that maybe this could be something like SafeStrap and could be d/l and installed as an APK.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Got Debian booting! I also figured out how to get WiFi working from a non-Android Linux OS so this is definitely on track towards a full desktop OS!

To-do:

* X server, preferably with Freedreno GPU driver eventually

* Audio (q6.* firmware files and possibly an ALSA config)

* Startup scripts for Bluetooth initialization

* Figure out how to rotate the screen
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] captemo:
I wont be having anymore children to name, but I can do a dog. He is too stoopid to know the difference. I can say aluminum foil and he will come running.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
I've uploaded my first build! See the first post for download and source links as well as information on how to set up your Android install to be bootable from kexecboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
I finally figured out how to properly reset the phone! No more waiting 30+ seconds for the watchdog timer to throw the reset switch now. It reboots almost instantly after hitting the go button. Uploading the changes to the kernel and will post a new build soon.

Edit: New build up, and I fixed the broken colors as well!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] JamieD81:
I should dust off the i717 and try her out. Now that kexec is working perhaps multirom is in order.. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
I've never used multirom before but I'd be interested to see it if you do get a port going. I think the kernel changes were just getting hardboot implemented so you should be able to build off of my kernel. I'm mainly focusing on kexec-hardboot on the Note 3 now, was mostly using the Note as a learning platform before going for the Note 3. It would be nice to main CM but have a tiny TW partition just to use the TW camera and such, but I don't really have the Android knowledge to make this work (I mainly focus on non-Android Linux stuff).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dparrothead1:
If anyone can do it, Jamie can!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] developweb:
"Folder links are not yet supported". Did you link directly to the file for install?

Edit: Only asking as I can't seem to download the build. ;)

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
Huh? I linked to a MEGA folder. I can view it just fine...are you using a weird mobile version or something? Try opening the page in a desktop browser.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] developweb:
Using the MEGA app as all my browsers will kick me to use the app and won't let me access mega directly. I can't remember if I tried changing the user agent. I'll try that or use my desktop as you have suggested. Thanks for getting back. Just thought it strange that I couldn't download a mobile support file from my mobile device. ;) First time I've run into this issue.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] developweb:
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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CalcProgrammer1:
I use MEGA because Dropbox banned my sharing permission because I had too many downloads. My early CM11 builds for the Note 3 were really popular before the official nightlies started :) MEGA doesn't seem to have that limitation.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] developweb:
No worries. Fired up the old PC and was able to download. Now I'll have to read your instructions on execution to try it out. I did try changing the user agent on my phone browsers but all downloads were still unsuccessfull.(They'd give me strange file names and queued download messages and unsuccessful download). Thanks again.

Edit: I've flashed Kexecboot to check out the interface was working and it worked like a charm. So now to the little bit of work on my part. I booted to my ArchLinux usb key on an old pc and installed abootimg to extract the files required from my desired kernel. Thank goodness it was in the AUR as I didn't want to do a whole new Arch build (Rolling distros are a real piece of work if you don't update regularly LOL). Worked like a charm. Now to see if my boot.cfg file works. I'll let you know how things go. If I can get things like this to work, I'm sure anyone visiting this forum will be able to.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] developweb:
Awesome. Works as advertised. Super easy.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
is there another way to transfer pics, roms and etc to the internal sd card and the external sd card other then using this horrible MTP junk? its taken me 10 mins to transfer 3 pictures to my external sd card using the MTP crap. this is driving me nuts. i am starting to hate this phone because its so complicated to transfer anything to the damn sd cards on this phone. i want mass storage back. so much quicker
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
so nobody has this issue like i do? i cant seem to transfer nothing to my internal or external sd card. even if i get lucky and it does start to transfer, im gonna be waiting at least 15 to 20 mins just to transfer some pictures
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tdusen:
How are you doing the transfer? When I plug in my phone, it shows up in "My Computer" just like a disk. I double click my way to the right location and just drag and drop. simple. I was worried because of all the fuss over not supporting UMS, but I think this works as well or better.

One issue I did have was the usb cable I was using. The only one that works for me is the charging cable that came with the phone. If you're usng anything else, try using that cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tomtommy306:
Yes MTP is total crap compared to mass storage, but it's all we really got so...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
i plug my phone into my windows 7 pc. it shows my phone, then i click on it and it shows me my internal sd card and external sd card. then i click on my external sd card and drag my photos from the pc to the external sd card and it shows its transferring then it just gets stuck at one point. nothing i can do about it. here is some pics to show u. the one wallpaper i tried to transfer from the pc to my sd card was only 1.43mb and it wont transfer over. when i try to transfer a rom over. forget about it. nothing happens

Edit: the only way i can get my stuff transferred over is to put my external sd card in my gfs sensation 4g and transfer all my files from my pc to her phone. then when i am done i take my sd card out of her phone and put it back in mine. thats the only way i can do it so far. i was hoping there was an easier way but i guess not. this is bs if u ask me. i hate samsung for making this so complicated
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
yeah it is bs. i was hoping someone would figure out a way to enable mass storage like they do for the international version.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] tdusen:
That's what I do. I'm still on XP. Windows 7 is supposed to be better for this. Try the original cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
thats all i have is the original cable. still no go. idk what up with it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blue265:
I had the same issue and turned out to be the two back usb ports I was using. The sgs3 didn't like them and would transfer extremely slow. Weird because I had no issues with my sgs2. I suggest trying different USB ports on your pc.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] s10shane:
yep that did it for me.. that is soo odd lol. i used a different usb port in the front since i have 4 of them. now everything transfers pretty quick. thanks for that tip. i still think that is so odd though. :good:

Edit: i hit the thanks button for everyone that tried to help me out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blue265:
I'm glad that worked for you. Its very odd indeed but makes me feel better that I'm not the only one or that its not just my pc. Maybe we were using lower speed ports. In any case you should be good to go now and will just have to use those ports like me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] killerT721:
Has anyone been able to use customized vibration patterns? I keep getting basic call vibration no matter what pattern I select.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] BigDogPooh:
Same here....my customized selection doesn't work either..any ideas.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] blackguy101:
same exact problem. The only time I get my custom vibrations is if i get a phone call but thats about it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] shehade08:
Mine works perfectly, no problem so far. I'm using T-mo version
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] oreo:
Working fine.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Which one is the one that plays vids in hd, not hq

And that works with our phones
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sai5o4:
You can look in the android apps and games section. There's a thread with the HD YouTube app.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xx8todiefor6xx:
Updated version 4.0.23 w/HD

P.S. hit thanks :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xx8todiefor6xx:
And in BLACK 4.0.23HD

...

Hit thanks again haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
It's not working :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xx8todiefor6xx:
Which one?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
Both have a good has failed plus do nothing after pushing

I'm on 2.3.6 not ics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xx8todiefor6xx:
Download, rename "YouTube.apk" and install/push, using root explorer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] donsh00tmesanta:
How do I use this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gershee:
uhh... instructions are literally posted right above your post.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
The video does look better, but seems to always have the need to buffer regardless of wifi speed. Kinda of annoying..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris-allen:
i used root uninstaller to delete the old youtube app out.... then renamed this.... click install.... and bua!! works great! no pushing nesesary!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
I'm running 2.3.6. Downloaded the version that you had to rename. Used root explorer to go to /system/app and make rw then went to bottom and renamed original YouTube app to YouTube.apk.old. Went back to downloaded folder and renamed file to YouTube.apk as instructed. Copied file from there to /system/app. Went to market and got connectbot. Started app and chose local. Did ls then cd system, then cd app. ls again and saw both just copied file and original .old file. Did su then hit allow on pop up super user dialog box. Now have #. Then I: "chmod 644 YouTube.apk". Then exit then exit then yes. Reboot phone and you (I was) good to go. Saw HD in some of the video listings. It played flawlessly but I was on wifi and it pulled all the 7 megabits bandwidth I had while playing a video. I have no idea how this will work or not on 3/4g yet.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] lilxdavidx:
How To Root Htc Evo 4g lte 1.22 please help im a newbie
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rxpert:
All you can use right now is HTC dev. By accepting the OTA the other exploits have been patched.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frost866:
Hi guys,

Can someone tell me how can I add advance power menu to stock rom?

I tried search XDA couldnt find any thing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teuntje3:
Take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771200

It does only works for the 4g

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus S met Tapatalk
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirt:
try the links quoted below, they are for non 4g ns
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarCow:
Tried these links and they both ended up with boot loops on my NS running JB. Remember backup if you give them a try :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefinitiveX:
That quote came from a thread I started I do believe. I still have the zip on my phone and have tried to flash it on stock JB for my NS. Installation runs without a hitch in CWM and phone boots up fine, there is just no extended power menu.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarCow:
Hehe okay. That is strange..tried flashing it a few times and restoring to earlier backups too..still kept looping though. But no matter if it doesn't work in the end anyway as you say :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefinitiveX:
I mean, it worked on Legolas' AOSP 4.1.1 rom, but for some reason it doesn't work on the official ota.

Sent from my A500
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirt:
my only other thought is to check w/ one of the devs in the ns dev forum that have built stock jb roms w/ extended power menu. I saw some there that have it, but didn't see any flashable zips for just the power menu.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DefinitiveX:
Good idea.

Sent from my A500
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inZillaWeTrust:
So my friend has a Telus Fascinate and after using her phone briefly I decided she really could use a custom ROM for improved performance and to remove bloat. She doesn't own a computer and uses her phone in place of one. I am familiar with rooting, recovery and flashing custom ROMs. I've got a few questions and preferences:

I'm looking for something that will boost performance and remove bloat.

I need it to be incredibly stable as I will be flashing it and then it will be out of hands.

It doesn't matter if it's TouchWiz or not. I would prefer ICS if possible.

I've spent a bit of time lurking here but I don't think I have the time to completely educate myself on a phone I will have in possession for a few hours at most. :p

Thanks in advance for any help you guys can provide, I really appreciate it!

Posted from a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 running CyanogenMod 9
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahdude38:
Go with aokp milestone 6 with the devil kernal. Rock solid.

http://android.encounterpc.com/stevespear426/aokp/fascinate/

There is a thread in the dev section and a guide to install in general section.

Here is link to newest devil kernal if u feel the need to be on the newest kernal. There is also a thread on this in dev section.

http://rootaxbox.no-ip.org/divers/Rc5_kernel/

Hope this helps....
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scarfman4:
Does this work with the TELUS fascinate?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahdude38:
Yes it should. From what ive read it will.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] murat124:
including Fascinate 4G (T595P) ??
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yeahdude38:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1521276

Thats the aokp thread. Take a look....
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Friends don't flash other friends phones (unless they don't mind being oncall tech support 24/7):o
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neh4pres:
+1 what he said lol
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inZillaWeTrust:
I don't mind being on call for problems. She lives super close to me and I've given her my old Xperia Play as a temp phone because I need a USB Jig to get into download mode which I had to order. I just want something simple and stable enough for everyday use so I can minimize my involvement.

Posted from a Galaxy Note running CyanogenMod 9
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayrokid:
@Havoced, did you manage to get AOKP running on Fascinate 4G? Please let me know, thanks !
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
Hello, can someone give me a hand with the analysis of my battery consumption?

I used to get 3-4-5 hours of Sceen On time. Now I can barely get 2 hours!

The same images attached are now included directly into the post:

With this last image I have no idea why it shows this. I've never been without internet, and I always have 3G coverage except in a few instances when I'm on the train going through a small tunnel or something (it drops to GPRS for about 30 or 40 seconds).

Thanks guys... I'm so confused...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baz77:
cool picks, got cpuspy pics of same timeframe? :)

I like to cross reference and check if numbers add up.

Did you switch roms/ kernel lately, or update?

Battery getting full charge? mv?

Now the partial wakelocks are interesting. Try switching off fast dormancy by dialling *#9900# and selecting option that should/could take care of svnet.

Audioout probably by turning off options in settings then sound then all bottom choices.

the rest I am not sure, google partial wakelock and the service name.

Other then that, if nothing has changed except battery lifetime. Try safe kernel, then completely go to zero situation where you were getting the better battery life, then eliminate other apps perhaps.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zkyevolved:
Sorry I should have mentioned that I'm on full stock 2.3.6. I don't really like the ics builds. No other apps to measure.

The kernel is always the highest usage on my phone. What can cause that?

I'll still CPU spy and run it tomorrow and republish here. Thanks for your reply.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YLNdroid:
Hello zkyevolved, which version of BetterBatteryStats are you using?

I ask this because on my device, under Other and Since unplugged options, there is no Deep Sleep entry directly below Wifi Running. The entry shown directly below Wifi Running is Awake.

:eek: