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[Motorola Droid Android Development] VeniceKurt:
Semi no0b

Ok, so I've read the threads here and some others re:rooting and installing this new CM-10 JB.

Thing is, I know I'm doing it all wrong, and I looked, but probably not enough, to figure out exactly how to do this.

I rooted my friend's color nook and it now has JB and we hoped it would allow her to use her SQUARE credit card dongle, but the nook doesn't have GPS so she had to use my iPad.

After she left on vacation I received a working/activated OG Droid A855 2.2.3 (battery says 20100525, so the phone is probably this old/make/model) from someone who left our company and had to return it. Being IT, I was given said device and of course first thing I thought was 'how can I make this work for her SQUARE' as it need to be running 4x to work and needs a GPS.

I've rooted the OGD with SuperOneClick/PDANet and checked with a "Am I Rooted" app and as SuperOneClick installed busybox and rooted it for me (what a difference from rooting the nook!) I see that I am indeed rooted.

Now I put the cm-10-20120918-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip into the root directory of the SD card and renamed it update.zip

Did the Hold X + Power button to get the Triangle, then Up Vol + Camera button to get the CLI menu and from there I wiped everything under the menu that could be wiped, so that when I restarted it asked me to do the touch screen, where I only touched the 4 corners so that it wouldn't start the google installs etc., and when I go to the home page and started market (not play yet) it asked me to set the phone to my google account.

The phone works, I can call out and in, The WiFi works, it's rooted, however, when I do the above CLI menu it gives me an error;

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

I'd love to get this or ICS as it only needs OS 4x installed so she can use the SQUARE app on this phone. Is there a step by step that shows how to install this cm-10-20120918-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip ROM into this OGD?

1. Wipe EVERYTHING

2 Download the cm-10-20120918-UNOFFICIAL-sholes.zip

3. Copy it to your SD Card

4. Hold Pwr+X then Vol UP+Camera to get into update mode

5. Choose apply sdcard:update.zip

Or whatever steps I'm doing wrong/missing.

I've changed the ROM's in my old Samsung OmniaII phone a few years back and on this OGD I have no qualms about doing what is needed, there is no contact info, no saved docs etc., no reason I can't factory this phone to speed up the progress ;)

Thanks for any help and pointers or leading me in the right direction. I'd love to get this at least to ICS
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
After you install all the ROM you need to install the gapps, that makes the Store and every Google Something work.

http://www.mediafire.com/?6gm3mm7iyi775n6
[Motorola Droid Android Development] adverbius:
Have you installed a recovery? ClockworkMod, for example?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] VeniceKurt:
Solved...

Ok so I dug around a bit more and found this;

I googled How to install CM10 Droid 1, it sent me here; (I can't leave a URL so replace the 3 in n3t with an E(e) and replace the 1 in htm1 with an L(l))) and ignore the galaxy reference.

droidforums.n3t/forum/galaxy-s3-roms/221321-how-install-cm10-aosp-aokp-jelly-bean-rom.htm1

1. Root the phone (I used SuperOneClick(Be sure you install JunePDANet 35))

2. Unlock Bootloader (I downloaded google market CM's ROM Manager v 4.8.0.6)

3. Flash Clockworkmod Recovery Using the CM ROM manager (It will show you your phone Droid, Click the icon of your phone)

4. Install ROM from SD card (it will give you options to clear cache.)

After choosing your rom (It doesn't have to be called update.zip, it will allow you to choose whatever you want, so you can keep all the names the same and not get confused as to what update.zip you have

Basically, the thing to do is first root your phone with SuperOneClick (install June PDANet first) Then Install the CM ROM Manager from the Market/Play store and run the Flash Clockworkmod Recovery and just follow their menu!

First I did the Kang ICS ROM messed with it a bit, then I copied all the ROM's I grabbed and installed the latest JB ROM. Activated the phone, setup WiFi (password) BUT, after installing the JB ROM, I see that CM's ROM Manager is now gone and so is Market/Play

So now I need to install the Market/Play apps to see if it returns. FIRST I'm going to go to play.google and see if it will install across.

Nope that didn't install from play.google so now back to Power+X - choose Market zip and download CM's ROM Manager again.

Don't really need JB and will probably go back to ICS as it is faster, uses less memory, but I don't think GPS worked with that one so I may have to stick with JB which DOES work with the SQUARE credit card dongle thingie.

We'll see how things go and I'll watch this site for updates etc.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Easier than it sounds.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Sorry for my previous answer i don't understand your problem the firs time, now you have learned the basics for install a custom ROM in any device, once you have install the recovery you don't need rom manager again (always beware with rom manager it had become famous for bricking some devices).

So basically

1. Root

2. Install recovery

3. Flash rom with recovery

4. Flash gapps (optional and special in some old devices like og droid)

5. Enjoy :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] VeniceKurt:
No worries, probably my long winded question.

I see the Clockwork Recovery is the key, installing the CM ROM Manager *seemed* like a good thing, at least at first ;)

Still running JB 4.1.1

Issues are performance, sometimes I press a button and it doesn't click, so I'm not sure it clicked. I'll click again and it will make the click noise.

so there is *sometimes* lag.

Sometimes when I choose a menu item, like under settings, instead of doing what I click i.e. I click About Phone, and instead of About Phone, I get the pull down notification and it won't seem to go away, almost like the screen needs to be recalc'd for touch? hmmm, gonna try that now..

Anyway, thanks for the info, hope it also helps others!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Ghost Touch

Mmm in some rare ocations that it's a SW problem, maybe you have the common issue in the OG Droid, the "Ghost Touch", it's a problem generated in the digitizer due the humidity, the only solution change the Touchscreen ($20), i had that problem and that was the only solution, if i remember there was a thread in the general discussion in this forum about the homemade solution, but it was only temporal.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] TuxDroid:
One thing that will help is is you disable all the system apps you don't need and only install the basic necessities. For example, disable / remove things like email, exchange provider (or whatever it's called), maps, the music player, messaging (if not used), and so on. Also, don't use widgets and trim the number of desktops down to 1. All these are trivial by them selves but can add up.

Just my $0.02 :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] SacTappingUni:
I have a question about this.

So I downloaded the Market.zip that was linked in this thread, along with the unofficial cm10 zip. I heard that you can't install gapps normally.

So if I added the google apps apk's to the "\system\app" folder in the rom zip, would I be able to install and run the Google Play store normally, or do I have the wrong idea?

I'm hesitant to install the market over adb because I tested the code with an .apk and I got an error of insufficient space. There's plenty of space on both of my storage drives (internal and sd card).

I'm stuck at this stage for now. Hopefully someone will help me.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] TuxDroid:
The gapps in the OP work. Market / play store will update itself. Careful about adding to /system/app as we are limited on space.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] SacTappingUni:
Okay. I was reading the original posts on this thread, so I guess that problem has already been fixed.

I have another question though, as far as installation goes. When I pulled out the sd card and put it in my computer, it didn't seem like I had accessed the boot partition. Nowhere did it say it was boot either. I'm basing this off of what I've seen with my Nook Color, so I may be wrong about this one.

I created a .zip file called update-placebo.zip to see if my cwm recovery would have access to it. I didn't look like it did.

So where do I put the rom zip and gapps? How do I access the partition?

Update:

I plugged my Droid into my computer for usb mass storage. I got access to the same partition as when I plug the sd card in directly. What should I do?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] TuxDroid:
With either method the results are the same. Just put the zips in the root of the card then use clockworkmod's choose zip from sdcard feature. You can then browse the entire card and select your zip.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] SacTappingUni:
I got it working and have successfully flashed the cm10 rom and gapps.

This rom is a pretty awesome start. FM radio didn't work for me. I guess that's expected though, being a pre-beta release. Hopefully it's not a hardware problem.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
I am going to roll my cm 10 port today late night.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Actually the OG Droid doesn't have ofical radio support, kfazz make it work in some amazing way, but in the the last 2 builds something got broken :(.

Why not CM 10.1 :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
CM 10.1 has lot of problem like boot time may take up to 5-20 mins & camera not working, no data & much more. So cm 10 for a while :) . Fature in my release would be

Rom fully tweaked for performance & gamming .

AC!D audio v5 .

Modified all apps in /system/apps folder to make them use less space about 2-5 mb profit :p

apps in system/apps are pre zipalinged so no more zipaligning at boot 7 much more.

I got a glitch in my internet so will post it today
[Motorola Droid Android Development] b4silver:
Do any of these have working google now voice search? If so a link would be appreciated.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] VeniceKurt:
Google Voice

My OG has google voice working from the CM10 ROM. I also installed the Android Speed up apk that's all over the net now and I don't really notice much difference, however - HOWEVER, I don't use the OG that much. I'm still on the fence on if I'm going back to the ICS ROM.

I installed Dolphin browser and that seemed to make it faster, Google's browser was/is dog slow and always pops up the 'not responsive' do you want to close etc...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] mgross029:
Google Now works on this rom. I would remove the default that is installed with gapps and install it from Play Store. Search for Google Search. I also pulled Talkback.apk from the latest gapps on goo.im. This enable the speech response of Google Now. Hope that helps.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
HOLY CRAP IT WORKED.

I finally took the time to push these down with adb and I now have JB working with wifi on my OG Droid. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] ASAM123:
I hope we see a cm 10.1 rom on this phone sometime haha
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
I celebrated too early. Wifi works but I cannot install any app from the market that is paid/purchased already. I can install any free app just fine. Not being able to install my paid apps is a HUGE bummer.

I wiped everything, installed rom, installed safe kernel, and adb pushed the modules over. Rebooted, wiped cache/dalvik and tried again, same result.

Any other ideas? Honestly I think we need someone to compile a new kernel for this thing. In the old days we use to flash rom/kernel separate.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
It's happening on lots of devices it's a problem with the kernel with the play store :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
Yeah I see that, was hoping someone had some other ideas. I tried installing paid apps without my sdcard in the phone but no luck. I deleted the temp file that others have suggested as well. I noticed that my phone no longer shows up as one of my devices on google play.

I'm not sure what kernel is really running on this thing at this point. I guess it would be kfazz safe kernel with the new modules copied over. It's the only way i've been able to get JB to boot and wifi working.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
Yeah..... It happens :) our phones are so old
[Motorola Droid Android Development] IRX120:
What is the highest over clock available? For cm10
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
I think 1ghz

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
Working on 3.0.8 kernel via 2ndboot as it wont fit in boot.img atm. Will post logs later.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
Sent from my ADR6300 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 06:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

Cool... Do u upload your work to github I could take a look :)

Sent from my ADR6300 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
Anyone try this?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
[Motorola Droid Android Development] storm_chaser:
I cannot get this to boot on my OG droid. factory reset, etc, etc, still no dice. Stuck at the moto boot screen. Any ideas? Thanks

---------- Post added at 01:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:53 AM ----------

Exact same problem. Boot loop. Only boots with safe kernel. Only variation with my phone is an aftermarket battery, which sucks but hasn't effected other rom installations. The other JB rom posted here works file, all be it slow. For now I am going to stick with CM9 ICS rom. Still good to see folks working to improve these old devices.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] alienbiker99:
anybody know anything about the new FM radio commit to CM9-10.1 and if we can just drop in the apk to our droids running 4.1?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zzpianoman:
JB Kernel with zram and ext

Hi,

Could someone possibly compile a JB kernel that has both zram and ext filesystem support? Of the two kernels I've tried, it seems like support is there for either one or the other but not both.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
Just wondering, how is the kernal progress going?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
Pretty good. Most features are working, but definately still alpha status
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
That's cool! :D

Random question, have you tried porting android 4.2.2 to the device?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] BradlyeG:
So flash the rom and the kernel but im in a bootloop right now.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
not yet, but it's on my todo list. currently using 4.1.2 as a base
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Shubhamqweasd:
wow , is RIL and WiFi also working ?? :D

u and quarx rox :D
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
wifi has a dhcp issue, have to start dhcpcd manuallly, but it works. probably init script related.

ril works now, but the patches to serial code required broke suspend/resume.

i also just resynced my android tree to cm10.1/4.2.2
[Motorola Droid Android Development] IRX120:
Well guys, I think my droid is finally dieing keeps randomly cutting off and such.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] fisofo:
Thanks for the step by step guide d3faultdotxbe, very handy!

Anyone have ideas on getting paid apps onto the device? I have a couple I'd really like to get on there, but thus far no dice :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] alferic:
hello kfazz, any other way to push these module without adb? will root explorer works? if yes, what permissions to set?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
kfazz the FM Radio will work with the 3.0.x kernel??

Tnks for all the effor :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] kfazz:
Hopefully. New ti bt stack supports it, but ill have to change the alsa hal a bit i think.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
thats good how about kernel be released ?

If I get I would be awesome for my 4.2 :D I hope.

Its time to upgrade from droid for me Ordered Razr i & droid X2 from ebay for me & my bro :D
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 335Deezl:
Nooooooooo! Don't leave us! Still rocking the OG!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
so is this project still going? if it is can't wait? :D
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
may be kfazz is working on D4 instead I am on my razr i :P
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 335Deezl:
Show us a little love...

3n3rg1c and Kfazz, could you at least give the OG a little love now and then? Maybe a final build with wifi working?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
Wifi is working for me :(
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
It would actually be nice to see 4.2.2 on this phone :laugh:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
if kfazz has a git with a somewhat working tree for it I could possibly do pacman like I do for my inc
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
Doing pac for droid is next to impossible reason is low system partition size.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] slaZzz:
Most of the recent JB roms require/strong prefer an ext partition on SD card to extend the device storage, so small system partition size shouldn't be a problem.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
how big is the og's system partition the inc which is the device I build for is 260mb
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
I thought 256, but can verify for sure tomorrow.

260 is kinda random from HTC, unless you're rounding :what:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
Nope 260mb not rounded
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
OG has system size of about 150MB lol. So its bit impossible for PAC
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
Nothing is imposible, if You wanna try, try it! :)
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
Data symlink lol
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
Yes but its time sucking job. Anyhow good luck if you wanna do it :)

Chemag ____----- yes. you r right ;) :P
[Motorola Droid Android Development] chemahg7:
KitKat!?

Ther say that KikKat will work with devices with 512 MB in RAM, the Droid have 256 but we have JB with that, maybe we can Get some KikKat for our old droids??
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
System partition is to small
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kaptinkrunk:
I wouldn't be bale to do it but what about partitioning the SD to contain all the android files?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
It would be a pain because sd-ext is different on each device
[Motorola Droid Android Development] TheLoonyRebel:
Well to be honest if we strip out the stuff we don't need like NFC and what not we might be able to pull it off.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
I saw that the motorola Defy, released around the same time got a port. It might be possible if we just have the essential .
[Motorola Droid Android Development] markdapimp:
Would love to see kitkat on my og droid
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
hahaha Not possible mate ;) JB is the last stop for now...
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
I never got JB working on my OG Droid. Tried all the different kernels and modules. I was able to get it to boot but no wifi, even when I did get the wifi to work google play wouldn't recognize the device and let me download any paid apps. I'd much rather have working JB at this point.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] MrObvious:
True but it is meant for bigger devices. Ironically KK seems better optimized for low end hardware.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Prack:
Yes but the internal storage needed for the rom is WAY larger than what the OG droid has. Everyone reads the line that shows lower minimum ram required and they instantly think it's going to work on old devices. It most definitely will not.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it but I don't think a working version will happen.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] MrObvious:
I think there's ways to get ROMs to boot from part of the system on the SD.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] zachf714:
The point is that the time and effort that would have to go into not only getting it to compile but boot is not worth it
[Motorola Droid Android Development] MrObvious:
True. I'm just using this phone now since it's cheap until I can get a new one. It works ever since my D3 died and I stuck this in the oven for 5@220.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] lexridge:
I would love to see that too. They do already have it working on the Droid X. Does it not have the same storage space and RAM as the OG Droid?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 3n3rg1c:
^^no its double as og droid .. twice amount of ram much more system partition space
[Motorola Droid Android Development] johnlgalt:
Yeah, we use it on our TF700 tablets b/c ASUS used way cheap internal NAND Flash for the /data mount.

We call it Data2SD (fo data) and ROM2SD (for /system and /data).

It would be interesting to see kk running on the OG Droid using ROM2SD....
[Motorola Droid Android Development] michaelearth:
I just flashed this rom and I am loving it so far! But I have a few questions:

1. Can you over clock the gpu?

2. Can you over clock the Droid's memory?

3. What are the best ways to improve performance/memory management?

4. What are your guy's favorite kernels for performance?

5. Any other suggestions?

Thanks guys! This is the first rom I've flashed on my OG Droid in years. Feels good to be back! :good:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] millemots:
Quick question, as I have an old Droid sitting around unused...if I flash the Jellybean ROM on this thing, will it work with Google Wear? Specifically the LG G Watch R?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] lexluthermiester:
I have several problems which are not answered elsewhere, so I thought I'd ask. Is there a gapps zip that contails a file manager or the google play store apps? The rom is more or less useless without a file manager or the gplay app.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
There's a GApps zip link in the post you quoted? ?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] lexluthermiester:
Having problems getting it to install. Could it be the cwm recovery version[2.5.0.1] I'm using?

Correction. The gapps zip was corrupted. Redownloaded and tried again, worked fine. Sorry to bother you. Should have tried that first... :silly: LOL!
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 5h4d0wcl4w:
Restart it a few times. My phone did that too.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] drewski_1:
Woah! That post is almost 4 years old! :eek:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] 5h4d0wcl4w:
my newer phone died lol so i had to use my old droid
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Gurgle1:
Considering doing just this with my OG Droid. Any advice if I haven't flashed anything in years?
[Motorola Droid Android Development] neilrl79:
I think my touch screen is fried... it was working but now i can't get it to respond. I even SBF'ed back to stock and still no joy. Kinda bummed about it, i liked the idea of having it around "just in case".
[Motorola Droid Android Development] fash99:
Yes friend, update9 RC10.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Kyle Chen:
wow it's much faster now. Camera responds better. thanks
[Motorola Droid Android Development] fash99:
:good:
[Motorola Droid Android Development] Shredder87:
How much faster? I went back to ICS since the lag was a little distracting,(with apps taking a second or two to start up.) I didn't bother to use Supercharger on JB since it did nothing to the ICS build, which felt worse with even less RAM available.

I also want to agree on with the chum a few posts back that RAM consumption hit 0 several times over with little effort.