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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Check the link in my sig. I think Nard provided one.

@gee. Got your PM and I'll try it after lunch. Need to get some work done today and I'm attempting to do too many things at once.

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Woot! We have liftoff!

I shoulda backed up my nova launcher settings... I'll have to do that again. Now I get to find out if Titanium Backup is worth anything for me.

Ok, so I used your recovery and it was finnicky at first. (the ROM not the recovery)

Everntually I had to do this to get it to work. Why it was an odd combo, I dunno:

>Format /system
>Wipe data/factory reset
>mount sd_card
>back to menu >advanced
>fix permissions
>Install zip
>(Status 7) fail
>back to menu >advanced
>fix permissions
>(Status 7) fail
>Enable Signature Verfication
>Install zip
>fail
>Confirm Install untrusted zip
>Installation Complete.

I like your recovery better :).

I haven't been able to do much testing, waiting for everything to sync. I'll be testing stuff later, with some tethering for good measure.

Anything in particular you want me to test? Have you tried Wifi Calling yet?

Everything seems a little snappier but I haven't downclocked it yet, and I got this message on first boot. I don't see the normal bloatware though, so dunno why it showed up.

edit: yay I can mess with heimdall maybe never! (jk jk need to learn and add guides to my portal).
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
I think that "diagnostics" disclosure is baked into the startup, but it doesn't seem to be in the settings menu.

I think I might be using the wrong keys in the recovery. It's a work in progress. I might have copied over samsungs keys... ooops.

I would also like to adjust the /etc/fstab in the rom and recovery so that both sdcard are accessible. adb push to the external sd card is annoying.

Also note with my recovery, adb is enabled and so is bash command completion. If you start typing and hit tab, it'll auto complete if there is enough info.

As far as testing, see if the stuff you usually use still works. I haven't tried wfi calling, but wifi and tether should work.

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
The odd part is that I wiped the internal sd card ( I think ) and I still accessed the extSD through recovery (where CWM and the rom were).

So far so good, everything seems to be working and I haven't had to restart the device yet due to an error! With Nard's LJ1 stock, I would get the "alt-stick" issue frequently.

I was stupid and let google sync everything though, because it re-installed the t-mobile applications (I was able to uninstall with the stock uninstaller) but I can't uninstall Media Hub so it's disabled+stopped. After I get Nova set-up like I like it again, I'm going to back it up and re-flash your debloat without syncing google apps too see what happens.

Thanks!

What's different about your recovery besides the fixed boot screen? Have you been using it for awhile? We need an updated CWM and your's is an ideal candidate!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
MediaHub is in the ROM, so you'll have to delete it from system/app... I think.

The other apps, and any updates, will be installed to /data/app.

My recovery uses the stock kernel and init stuff, but uses the sgs3 recovery executable. I also patched the charger so that it charges properly when the phone is off and plugged in. One issue is that the internal sdcard is not accessible, so I want to figure out how to mount it. I think I might have to update the security keys to the test keys. RTC might be disabled as well. All the backups will probably be dated 1970-x-x.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
I'll give root un-installer a shot, was worried about removing some framework that was essential to something. Disabled S Voice too.

Lemme know as you get things figured out and I'll test them for you. It's about all I can do.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Well this is odd. Now I have a random "SD Card Error" notification. I sync; reboot through terminal and it goes away on reboot.

hmmmm.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] debork:
I don't see an tether unpatch, just the stock image in entirety. Could someone on LJ1 post their /system/framework-res.apk please?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
How can I just get rid off this update notification without actually starting the update? After the no unlocking phone law passed, I don't trust the "network operators" and why do the update, if everything including tethering fix worx gr8 on my LJ1?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onelikeseabass:
UVLH1 to UVMA2 without losing Recovery or Root

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B81iiBc9VqoMTEQ1TUxURU5KYTg/edit?usp=sharing

Boot Recovery, clear Cache, install zip.

Stripped all patch checks along with the lines that wipe out CWM.

I'll work on the UVJ1 to UVMA2 tomorrow if no one else does.

Tested on my own device...which is running the stock rooted rom with Noptys' recovery.

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Using SQL Lite I deleted the only FOMA record found in the wssdmdatabase for Software Update (com.wssyncmldm).

After rebooting the update notification came back, but after hitting Start it errored out and hasn't returned.

I figure this is a gentler method as opposed to wiping GSF data.

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According to TMo's fourms it will be pushed for 8 days.

https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com/#jive-place-content?content=/api/core/v1/spaces/2217
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] subzerobob:
so I assume after 8 days the notification will go off by itself?

do you know any super important absolute must have reasons why I should update to MA2 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fantomex:
The update notification is really annoying. I have the initial rooted ROM from XDA and I am perfectly satisfied with it (I would go for CM9 but will wait for future releases). Is there a possibility to somehow shadow-out the DNS records of the T-M update servers or somehow disable the T-M updating service for example in titanium backup?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Added to my thread.

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Got a PM back from kinfauns.... it wasn't very good. Things are out of his control. He wishes us luck!

Some people doing shady things to get us noticed aren't getting us noticed in a positive light, which is hurting things when it comes down to the decision we need.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onelikeseabass:
You could freeze the two Software Update apps, but I think just freezing wssyncmlnps (yes, it's in the app list) should do it.

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UVLJ1 to UVMA2 Root/Recovery Safe

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B81iiBc9VqoMeWZsNF85THNQbGs/edit?usp=sharing

Boot recovery, wipe cache, install zip.

Did the same thing to this one as my UVLH1 to UVMA2 mod.

All patch checks have been removed along with anything that would destroy the current recovery.

CWM gave me a warning that I might have lost root because the script touched /system/xbin. The only time the script goes anywhere near /system/xbin it's just setting default permissions. Shouldn't affect root at all. Nevertheless, I allowed CWM to "fix" whatever it wanted re: the root warning.

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OT, but why the hell are my posts being combined when I'm replying to the thread and not a post???
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
If you make more than one post in a time period and no one else has responded, it combines them to reduce clutter. It's ingenious actually and prevents double posts.

Most people on this forum are impatient adolescents :P.

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Added your LJ1 to LMA2 to me thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onelikeseabass:
Would you edit your thread to say the patches preserve root rather than come with it?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Done
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] debork:
Seems not very sensible that this phone's honest community is getting punished for those actions which are in no way our responsibility or in our control. If someone goes off and acts like a complete **** for the S3 or note 2, are they going to wipe those forums for everyone else?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fsg4u:
Hey

Is there any rooted rom out without the t-mobile bloatware and with

-wlan-tether

- root

that I can install with adb and odin 3.07 (windows 7)

I am running on an rooted version with all the bloatware inside but without wlan tether

Buildnumber:

IMM76D.T699UVALH1

Thanks for your help
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
I don't disagree. Even though it's not our fault, he has point. It's actually a common theme in society, and zealots are a good example of how it works in the real world. A few bad apples ruin the bunch.

The thing about the S3 or the note2 forum analogy is those are well, huge, and our device isn't. It's incredibly frustrating when things get forums that aren't released (like the nexus 10 before it came out) but it happens. This is a privately owned site, there are biases, and I'm sure the admins are up to their ears in brown stuff when it comes to working on this community.

The reality is this: We're not getting a forum on XDA. I'll push and prod every few weeks, but we have to suffer without unless by the grace of admin our plea get's through. The cause most likely just due to preference of the process. I would actually like to know how many forums have been made as a result of the "New Device Forum Thread". I'd would gather that it's prolly less than a dozen.

Oh well. We move on and deal. I'll be maintaining my Information Thread as the our "hub" until I no longer have the phone (2yrs or so) until we can actually have a place to call our own, if it ever happens. If we can prove our worth, we might get an eye quicker. And I believe that we would benefit XDA overall, but I'm not making choices.

Interestingly enough, it's supposed to be a chore to create a forum (find moderators) and stuff so... if it gets done, it will get done right!

I'm angry about it myself, but rather than subscribe to the anti-qwerty conspiracy theories (I was around when the majority of phones here were QWERTY phones, just lurking), I take my free-time to help provide something that gives us worth. It's a good outlet.

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I'm testing one right now. PM Gee One asking about the stock/rooted/debloated rom testing. He put a request for testers in a few pages ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Yup, still looking for a few brave testers, who would be comfortable recovering their phone from a semi-brick. I think the rom is stable enough, but I don't have windows or odin, so I can't say how to recover from there.

I also have a version of cwm that could use some testing. It can be flashed via cwm, but if you wanted to reverse the changes, you would need odin/heimdall/luck, etc.

PM if interested...

sent while running with scissors
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
As long as the phone will get into download mode, you recover via flashing the stock rom/recovery via the PDA slot odin. Basically the same way that I reverted from CM9 to stock. There's also the emergency recovery in kies, I think that might just need the phone to boot, but I've never had to do go through that process.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] debork:
Well, if it's a matter of logistics/popularity that's one thing that we can't argue much against, but I simply feel strongly against accepting the ulterior reason that you mentioned (not about qwerty phones).

I'd contest that the meaning behind the maxim regarding bad apples is that they need to be quickly removed before the bunch is spoiled, not that the bunch deserves to be spoiled. The social application of the many being punished for the few, is relevant in situations where targeted enforcement is not practical or possible to just the problematic few.

In the case of the aforementioned troubled individual, he or she needs to be removed, and their continued presence in any forum, be it a Relay4G one or not, be barred. This is the foundation of the administrative and moderation model on any forum.

As I see it for the admins, it's not that creating a Relay4g forum is 'giving in' or making concessions to this individual, but rather NOT creating one for primarily this reason is outright conceding that they are powerless in basic enforcement of their domain. Overall, this significantly hurts their brand image in my mind, that decision-making on XDA is not just about developers and the ad revenue they bring, but rather superseded by petty personal vendettas.

Yes, discussing the reality of the situation I suppose is moot at this point, but it's genuinely disappointing to see confirmation of it.

Regardless, appreciate and thanks for your efforts for this mini-community.

I lost function w/ su as well. I reflashed CWM-SuperSU to be sure, now everything seems fine. Thanks for the mod.

Also, wifi tethering in menus from the tether-mod still works, but the framework-res.apk is replaced I think, so the APNs are reset to default. I'm hitting the Tmobile Mobile Hotspot upsell page after tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Kaczman:
MHL sound?

anyone know how to force sound to output through the HDMI using the MHL adapter?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] orange808:
There's a possible workaround for your issue.

Try converting HDMI to component video and a headphone to component stereo cable.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] onebornoflight:
I respectfully concur - especially coming from the Doubleshot lol. Still hoping for JB though lol :grin:

Hoping I'm not one of those who got the Relay a bad rep in the New Device Request forums... I don't feel I was out of line but some might disagree.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fsg4u:
Hey,

But for Odin I need a Tar File. And the last one was an IMG file, that I cannot use. So can someone reconstruct that build, so that I can use the tar file.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
Thank you and your words ring the bell of truth.

All we can do now is hurry up and wait. Who needs pageviews anyways? :cool:

I think it was others that were harassing staff directly, possibly more than one.

What file did you use? Can you give me more details about what you were trying to do so we can more effectively troubleshoot? I just checked the two copies of the stock rom that I have, one odin flashable (.tar) and one cwm flashable (.zip). The only way I got .img files was unzipping one step to far.

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Rant: Why can't google drive just let me download a freaking .zip? First I thought, hey I'll just email myself. But no, I can't download the file because it might contain "malicous software".

I wanted to be lazy and not have to upload something to dropbox. I love it when a shortcut ends up taking longer than just plugging the usb cable into the phone.

Google, sometimes your services are great, other times they want to make me pull my hair out with the simple things that are missed. At least give me an option to download a zip from gmail after a warning or something.

/rant

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@Gee new recovery flashed fine an /efs isn't there as intended.

You know what, I think flashing your recovery yesterday might of stopped the damaged sd card error. It was more frequent after I flashed the debloat and possibly stopped after flashing yesterday. I'll watch closely for you to see if I can identify where it's origin was.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] boynas:
Thanks to everybody

Thanks to everybody (XDA staff and all collaborators) and specially thanks to Nocturin on his efforts to keep everything organized the best he can despite of other people's decisions.

As an openness pusher, in an open community (anybody can create an account), discussing an open mobile platform; I said, why not mirroring the info or the development efforts into a friendlier platform?

Just saying, I hate seeing people with good intentions being neglected. We are all here to openly discuss openness, we can always be more effective on doing it, maybe we are not using the right tools.

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] fsg4u:
What file did you use? Can you give me more details about what you were trying to do so we can more effectively troubleshoot? I just checked the two copies of the stock rom that I have, one odin flashable (.tar) and one cwm flashable (.zip). The only way I got .img files was unzipping one step to far.

I have a tar 1.17 GB that contains system.img.ext4

The file is called SGHT699_rooted.tar

That files works perfectly but I would like to try some other roms without the whole bloatware thing.

The problem for me, is that they are not a tar/img file.

So is there any way to convert from a cwm flashable zip to system/tar ?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
If your talking about CM9, you need CWM for that, and CWM for root as well. Are you testing a rom for Gee One?

Do you have CWM?

Where did you get the files? What roms were you thinking about trying?

If it's a flashable CWM zip, installing CWM takes less than 5 minutes and you need odin to do it. After that you won't use odin.

Sorry for all the questions, but your situation is confusing :P. I don't know where to start troubleshooting in your scenario because I don't know where the problem originates from :(.

Follow the link in my signature for everything that we have available on our phone right now. I wouldn't recommend flashing roms from other device.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] orange808:
I think the gist of what I'm reading is: people want to go ahead and take the discussion elsewhere.

Am I correct?

If so, it's really up to the Team Apex folks to tell the rest of the community where to set up shop.

You have the power because you will have the CM10 rom. You don't need xda.

Just pick a spot and start using it. As the new forum grows, Google will find it. It takes care of itself.

Not to mention, people are going to be hanging around xda to point people in the right direction.

Make no mistake--if you're sharing a CM9 or CM10 rom for the device, people are going to find it. And, Google will direct people to most significant results connected to common search terms associated with Galaxy S Relay 4G CM10.

So, if you want to ditch xda.. pull the trigger. Just let us know where we are going.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Just flashed this, lost root, rebooted into recovery then super user, and I'm on UVMA2 now with root, thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] racosta201045:
I tried to update but no go. Installation aborted. Error in catch/fota/update.zip...anyone??
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
Did you try the OTA or the file I just quoted?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] racosta201045:
Ota. And it bugs the hell out of me looking at it in the notifaction bar
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
It's on my list to make a rooted, flashable rom with the new update. I just need a little free time.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] racosta201045:
I tried downloading from goggle docs and installing zip. I data/factory reset wiped installed zip no go. Toggle singniture verification back and forth from tying to install it about 5 times i gave up. Also tried the OTA version but I had error messages left and right so I will wait. :banghead:
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
A quick status report- I think I have recreated the stock uvma2 system, boot.img, recovery.img and radio from the ota.

There are a few files that are in the cache/csc that I don't know what they do, so it's time to ask...

/system/SW_Configuration.xml and /system/csc/contents.db get patched, but they don't seem to exist on my system. I think they come from cache.img.ext4 and which gets flashed after updating to the lj1 rom and rebooting. As best I can tell, these are network, langauge, UI interface files. Anyone have any insight if this is really important, or should I just rm -r ?

Also, there is a tz.mbn file- any ideas? My guess is it gets flashed to partition 8, but what does it do? Syncronize the cell network?
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
Protecting rooted SGH-T699 against accidental OTA

For any of you who have a rooted SGH-T699 and don't want to accidentally or prematurely install this latest OTA, here's a way to protect yourself.

1. Install Root Explorer, if you don't already have it.

2. Using Root Explorer, navigate to /etc/security

3. Click the Mount R/W button.

4. Rename otacerts.zip to otacerts.ignore

5. Create a folder (NOT a file!) named otacerts.zip (same as the original name of the file you renamed in step 4)

6. Select Permissions for the new otacerts.zip folder and clear all the checkboxes; i.e., no permissions for anything, at all.

7. (optional, for added peace of mind) Select Permissions for otacerts.ignore and clear all the checkboxes; i.e., no permissions for anything, at all.

8. Click the Mount R/O button.

From now on, if you try to install the OTA, the install will start, but it will fail after a little while with the following messages:

E: failed to verify whole-file signature

E: signature verification failed

Your SGH-T699's ROM will not be upgraded, and you can reboot. When the system comes back up, you'll be in the same rooted environment you were in before.

This won't get rid of the annoying OTA notification icon, but at least you won't accidentally install that OTA.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] RazoE:
I just used root explorer to navigate to the system cache, deleted the update.zip, then clicked on the update through notifications and it instantly failed without having to reboot. But like I said, the UVMA2.zip posted in Google docs worked, but you have to reflash super user.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] Nocturin:
You heard the man! Get developing!

Keep it kosher fellas :P.
[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
Question: Do I need Kies to re-flash superuser? Or can I just put some sort of superuser zip file on my sdcard and flash it directly from recovery?

The reason I'm asking is because I only have occasional access to a PC and no access at all to a Mac. All I have is Linux, and I don't believe that there is any way to run Kies from that environment ... correct?

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
You can flash su via recovery. I think Nardholio posted a flashable zip.

If you don't have a custom recovery, you can flash one with heimdall, but you will have to build it from source. I'm using version 1.4rc1, although someone else said he was using 1.3.ish which has binary packages that can be installed. Heimdall is also available for Mac OS and windoze.

Odin will flash as well, but it is a windoze binary.

In a nutshell, odin and heimdall are similar to fastboot or nvflash in that they all let you flash firmware to the device.

Linux is all you need.

Also, as far as I know, Kies will just backup your device and flash stock firmware. I've never gotten it to work properly on my frankenmac.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] HippoMan:
Thank you. So ... I just want to make sure the following procedure will work on my T699 ...

* I'm rooted and I've got CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.2.

* Download UVMA2.zip from google docs and put it on my sdcard.

* Download Nardholio's superuser.zip and put it on my sdcard.

* Boot into recovery.

* Clear the cache.

* Install UVMA2.zip

* Install the superuser.zip

* Reboot.

After this, will I have the new OS version and still be in root? ... and still have my custom ROM?

Thanks for helping me with my confusion about all this.

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[Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G] gee one:
Well, it really all depends- what rom are you using now? I haven't tried that particular uvma2 update, so I can't speak to what it will do, but I can guess it's meant for the lj1 rom.

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