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[G2 and Desire Z General] usf1996:
great guide for noobs,

i vote this thread for sticky, u should make a poll.

keep up the good work
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
thanks! i'll add it soon

what's the subject of the poll?

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[G2 and Desire Z General] usf1996:
it should be something like: "has this thread been helpful?" or "should this thread be a sticky?"

and then if you get enough votes you can ask the forum moderator to sticky the thread.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
poll added :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] The-Hulk:
I am moving this guide to General Section, as guides belong in the general section.

Thanks

s.d.oconnor
[G2 and Desire Z General] VaderSKN:
By the way, you can't flash official HTC ROM when you got CWM. I tried it, and it refuses to install.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
yes, but there is a stage where you flash PC10IMG.zip and u get froyo with stock recovery... so when you re-update, you'll lose everything.

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[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
added Converting to EXT4 file system guide.

enjoy :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] GrievousMcG:
Thanks Riro! Just flashed my first ever custom ROM - ILWT CM7 thanks to your guide!

cheers
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
glad you liked it :D

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[G2 and Desire Z General] IsmailOmer:
One thing I don't get... When I click on wipe or format -> ext4 do I have to click on wipe system data etc... or do I leave it at that?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
"wipe or format -> ext4" wipes every partition, and converts it to ext4... so you don't have to double wipe.

EDIT: that reminds me, i should add a 'reflash' step.

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[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
added reflash step in 4EXT conversion.

added OPTIONAL Full Backup.

Added Speeding Up GPS Lock section

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[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
added Remove Music Lag on AOSP/MIUI/AOKP ROMs

now shouldn't this be a sticky?
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Does anyone know how to manually set the audio buffer size higher? Or is playerpro the only way??? I'd like to see this work with other music players.
[G2 and Desire Z General] natabbotts:
I'm pretty sure it's possible, let me get back to you with a solution.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
if you ever find a solution, please pm me so i could add it to OP

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[G2 and Desire Z General] nyo64:
hi man i follow your guide and i fix my gps and work ok at first time but now it take too long time to see satelites.

can you send me what to do all the steaps from the begin what to do to fix it.i dont understand what to do with permssions rw-r-r what is that.i use root explorer and at the permissions sey to me owner and it has tick at read,write,execute it has group and tick read write and execute and it has others to tick read,write plz say me what to do all the steps from the begin

thx
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
u sent me the pm... problem fixed.

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[G2 and Desire Z General] Runner85sx:
thanks a lot. that helped me lot to resolve some bugs after installing my first cus-rom.

greets
[G2 and Desire Z General] johnyeah:
Thanks for the very helpful thread!
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
great tutorial Riro Zizo, it looks like this should help many out

just a note, when booting to recovery with adb you dont need to open a shell

adb reboot recovery will bring you straight there

also in the wiping section, choosing wipe data/factory reset is good but wont completely

wipe the phone clean, there are many ways to (with superwipes, fastboot, formatting)

but at least remind people to wipe each option in whatever recovery they have, all too

often there are residual effects from a not so clean wipe that mess with peoples phones

great job on the tutorial, many people just arent sure what to do after root, i can imagine how happy they are to find this thread!
[G2 and Desire Z General] dancetoexpress:
Very helpful thread. I just rooted my G2 today and found this thread very useful for flashing my first rom (trying out Gen.Y VisionX R2 and liking it so far). I have no idea what I can do with all these roms in terms of speed/performance, customization, etc, but I'm glad that I finally came around to doing so, after using stock for 2-3 years. I'll be looking into that EXT4 thing tomorrow.
[G2 and Desire Z General] navi91:
Great!!! thanks!!!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lemontea[kor]:
Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] soadfan:
I did this and my GPS doesn't work anymore. I left the phone on window for about half hour and iGO keep saying Looking for satellites.

Now i'll wipe efs to see what will happen.

After EFS wiping it start to work
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
check the permissions again, if it's still not working, put owners as "root"

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[G2 and Desire Z General] soadfan:
Now when i changed owner to root it starts running fast and smooth
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
added to OP for consideration
[G2 and Desire Z General] soadfan:
I'll make little revise. You should name it speed up AGPS, because without data connection it takes too long (I can't remember single time that I had wait it before turn on data connection) for locking my position with 6-7 satellites in use.

I don't offend you, just I think it should be clear for the users.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
done

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[G2 and Desire Z General] rnnickerson:
Any idea how to get the accelerometer to work again? :) going to try the gps fix asap! :) thanks for the guide!
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
accelerometer? what happened to it?

EDIT: you're on JellyBean...

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[G2 and Desire Z General] shady503403:
Thanks for the guide. Ext4 made a big improvement :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] rnnickerson:
After I rooted the accelerometer just stopped working altogether
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
are you on JellyBean?

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[G2 and Desire Z General] rnnickerson:
Yep jb.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
then stop.

jb still has issues, and rooting isn't the factor who broke your accelerometer, it's flashing jb.

so either try flashing a newer JB, or flash ICS, or GB to get your problem fixed :)

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[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Awww come on, I link people here all the time! You should just bring back everything that's vision specific so the new fellers know what to do

This guide has helped many and its a putty for it to be moved elsewhere....
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
you're right, i forgot about the desire z and focused on nexus, mainly because i don't have my dz anymore (not a good ending).

I'll undo the changes once i log in on my pc

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^this bar means im on phone
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
Sorry for the wait, the PC's GPU got fried, I reverted the OP from my cell :D

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^this bar means im on phone
[G2 and Desire Z General] HeaT420:
Thank you for the post, should be stickied. Def helped me the first time I rooted.
[G2 and Desire Z General] stogistogi:
Sorry, I'm a noob. What is a "sticky"?
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
a sticky thrrad is a thread that will always be on top of every thread in the section it's in.

so if we sticky this, everyone will see it :)

Sent from my Nexus 4
[G2 and Desire Z General] manveruppd:
Hey Riro Zizo, late the party but your thread was pretty helpful! :) I would love to try the AGPS tweak as well, but when I click on the 4shared link it takes me to an empty folder. Are the files hosted anywhere else?
[G2 and Desire Z General] rirozizo:
very sorry for that, it keeps happening, i don't know why... i'm working on it now....

EDIT: try this and tell me if it works: https://app.box.com/s/w57s1v1n3hie7l5lk28i
[G2 and Desire Z General] Aaagogo:
great guide

great guide for a newb like myself. :good:
[G2 and Desire Z General] turkert:
Good

Great tut
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rueben_:
Droid Razr M Boot Animation

Tried on my device i9100 with the ROM Resurrection Remix JB 3.0.6 and it works fine, should work on other ROMS.

1. Nandroid Back up

2. Put .zip file onto SD Card

3. Flash .zip file

4. Reboot

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ISSUES FLASH AT OWN RISK

Video:

[youtube]WtDyapQaUQ0[/youtube]​
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Mazen.kh:
Shouldn't this be posted in galaxy s2 forum ?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] mattlgroff:
That's a nice boot animation you got there... I wonder how you got it.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rueben_:
Don't ask lol Mod decided to move it from their for some reason :-\
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
Wil this work on the original RaZr?? I mean, resolution wise?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] kobra_89:
thanks man:laugh:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] WrathChild#7:
ending up in bootloops... flashed twice...

running on RRJB 3.0.6
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] circleofomega:
Try to get one by Mattrlgroff. Its a zip..not a flashable one but u will have to copy it in system/ media

Sent from my DROID RaZr.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] amine256:
sound animation

Please sound the animation does not work
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] SomeFormOFhuman:
Works well over here. No boot loops.

Running CM 9.1
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] isrmicha:
nice thans works well
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Rueben_:
If the Razr has a WVGA resolution then yes it will work great :)
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ronald dip:
Worked well on Chameleon 1.2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] nishantrohela:
it works GREAT......

but the sound of this boot animation is of my stock samsung.. using XXLSJ Deodexed

Please help..? DROID sound is there in the zip folder but only getting stock samsung sound when reboot :/
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Super-Bosnian:
looks really niceeeeeeee
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Ninja Potatoe:
Some people got in bootloops so I want to know if this will really work on the SGS II X?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Hany3142:
ICS

Doesn't work on 4.1.2 custom roms, CM 10.1.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] anshmiester78900:
Will this work on Samsung Jelly bean LS8 also ??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] toroloco73:
for JB 4.1.2 ???
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] toroloco73:
no one can help me??
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Tiongkia:
Thanks a lot! Great stuff!

Works fine for Carbon Rom 4.2.2
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Maniac9331:
Works great on Slim 4.3.1 bu no sound, idk if it has sound anw, cheers tnx.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dungm:
Work fine on Wanam 14.6. Tks
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] ammarsg:
sooo nice ...thank you will try it surly :good:
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] pt1u:
Works fine on Wanam 14.6 . Thanks man !
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] dungm:
There is booting sound problem. Idk if this can be fixed. :)

P/S: found the solution btw, just extract the .ogg file in the bootanimation.zip and copy to system/media/ui, rename to PowerOn.ogg and set permission properly. It's done.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
Hello

I bricked my Acer A200

What I did:

root and unlock with SimpleTool V2

installed CWM

Started in recovery, did full wipe

after this getting the information, that /data can not be found

restart => rien ne va plus....

after this trying with fastboot, ADB, tools like TWRP, CWM etc to get something work again

manuelly cleared and also removed files and folders with ADB

at last using Weapon ROM Installer and get flashed a ROM BUT

now my internal Card ist not fully useable - the storage information says 66MB

I can not install any apps and

the system always get aback to zero, when I do a restart

I think, I bricked the internal partition of the whole system..../data is still not usable....etc...

If you have any ideas what to do - I'll be very happy and grateful for help!

Best regards,

teacherhh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] boTbl4:
Did you make full backup? I think you have to flash mbr and replace vold.fstab (/system/etc/vold.fstab) with the original vold.fstab.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
no backup

I made a nandori backup at the start, but can't restore it.

how to flash mbr?

and what can I do without vold.fstab?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] boTbl4:
normseq are

mbr.img in the backup directory (512 bytes)

or raw MBR (~over 16 kb)

Sorry, but I do not know gpt and mount options of this device. You can try the following:

1. (google translate) "How to Completely reset the tablet to factory settings

1) Turn off the tablet;

2) set the screen lock lever to the left;

3) Hold down the addition of the volume (the portion of the volume rocker, which is closer to the levers lock) power key;

4) As soon as the tablet vibrates release the power button and set the lever lock the screen from right to left until you see these 2 lines

Erasing Userdata ...

Erasing Cache ...

It should continue to hold down the volume;

5) In the upper left corner of the line will begin formatting;

6) The tablet is pristine)))"

2. format all partitions with this CWM Recovery script (all data will be deleted) (can not post outside link, leave me a message to icq 230921979)

3. install firmware with CWM for bricked device, how-to is here (the same). Good luck!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
hope this will work...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
so...found vold.fstab two times: /etc and /system/etc

mbr.img....nowhere...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mateorod:
Hmmm...I am a little confused (maybe a translate issue?)

Are those the steps you did to try and fix the tab or the steps you took that broke it in the first place?

And am I correct in understanding that the tablet boots, but the problem is that your internal storage is reporting only 66mb? Is that your /system partition or simply storage, emmc?

If just emmc (which if the problem is installing apps, it sounds like it may be), at least you should be able to use symlinks to swap internal storage to an sdcard. You still lose some storage, but the tab will work.

also, I see that acer 200 supports fastboot. If you can get into fastboot you should be able to recover anything that you did. Can you get into the bootloader? Go find a factory image if so, and flash it through fastboot.

fastboot is there and can usually be a measure of last resort...

Good luck, teacher.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
Thanks for the luck! :D

First 4 steps are the steps, that bricked the tablet.

After this I tried with the following steps to make it work again.

Yes fastboot is working and I think I nearly flashed every single image I found thru the net... :)

Yes, the table boots with weapon rom, then I look into "Settings"->"Storage" and finde 66MB of Storage all fully used....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teacherhh:
SuperWipe

Just tried to make a wipe with AcerA200SuperWipe.zip

Erasing & formatting EXT4 *CACHE* and*SYSTEM* worked fine, but doing the same to *DATA* made the wipe stoped.. :(((
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ambitionlessness:
Still a major noob here. I want to get cyanogenmod 10 onto my s3 but I've had issues ever since putting on UVALH3. If I want to get CM10 can someone walk me through all the steps to get there, or is it just impossible?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sipple31:
Do you have a recovery installed like CWM or TWRP? Lets start with that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] isikh:
Could it be I was supposed to do this before flashing CM10? Because I simply rooted installed freegs3, wiped data and caches and all, then I flashed cm10. Was that the wrong way? Should I go back to stock and restart the process? Because right now for one, custom kernels are giving me strange issues. Also, a ktoonz kernel dev told me my log cat pointed towards corrupt partition or Rom, but I'm using cm10
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sipple31:
pretty sure having a custom recovery isn't your issue if you are to the point of wiping caches and flashing kernels. The OP is asking how to wipe a stock ROM off and get CM on his/her phone i'm pretty sure.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] isikh:
I was asking about myself because I thought I had a similar problem ;)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ambitionlessness:
No i do not. I tried rooting my phone and it didn't take, and you need to root before CWM right? I had CWM when I was on Uvalh2 but when I went through the process of Uvalh3 I guess I lost it. Should I go ahead and do it? I have the zip file in my phone, still.

I should also mention that when I go into recovery the android dude is fallen over, dead. I'm guessing that's a bad sign.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jpolidori11:
That just means you're on stock recovery. Odin a rooted rom which you can find in the dev forums (root without tripping flash), then install twrp or cwm, then flash cm10, then flash desired radio.
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
Is it possible to expand the ram memory when we use the internal storage? I dont use it and i dont need that .. its a good idea or not ? If its possible :p
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
No answer? Not possible or..?
[HTC One V] theiNDrAs:
you mean using external storage as a booster just like ReadyBoost on windows, right?
[HTC One V] Cr3sc3nt:
I think he's reffering to using the eMMC 100MB internal storage as a swap partition
[HTC One V] ThePresence:
Nice concept it will be great if were use internal memory as ram so we can get more ram....if its possible so....
[HTC One V] Ken-Shi_Kun:
Personally I don't think that that would be a good idea. emmc has limited write cycles, and swap does use the cycles quite hard, so the emmc will be dead in no time, or at least it will shorten the lifespan of the phone quite much.

And for the concept. Swap uses different partition type, so even if possible, it will require the reformat of the partition, which means s-off practically. If you need and want swap, a partition on a class6 or higher SD will be more better in my opinion at least. That could be said switched if the partition dies. Also this is implemented in devices (like SE X8 and X10s).

Sent from my ONE V with CM10
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
So its not possible ? The phone has small ram its laggy sometimes :/

Its enough if 50 mb of the internal storage (emmc) used as ram "booster" :) mybe full sense will be more smoother and possibler xd

My english is not so good sry :p
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
Can you explain short what sd-swap.is?
[HTC One V] Ken-Shi_Kun:
A SWAP partition is the SD card, which is enabled from kernel, and used as such after boot.
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
ah okeey :D

I have downloaded an app from.the market names.swapper i will test it for 2 days how the performance is :)
[HTC One V] dontbelive:
The app helped a bit i can play games without lag and i have flashed the full sense patch and runs soother than before

I recommend this app :)
[HTC One V] Ken-Shi_Kun:
Well, this is the other way I mentioned, a "file" which is swap partition and mounted as such. Don't know about however, that the kernel even supports swap, but I don't really know about the work profile of the programme.

Good it helped you eventough :)
[HTC One V] maxwen:
Hi

For more information see also here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1805843

There is a good description of whats possible

max
[HTC One V] Ken-Shi_Kun:
The script enabled swap needs the kernel for swap support on SD, or am I wrong?

Sent from my ONE V with CM10
[HTC One V] maxwen:
Hi

Actually we have everyting to use swap

This can be done even using an init.d script

I am currently "playing" with it and keep you informed :)

max
[HTC One V] maxwen:
Hi

Ok guys :)

Here is a script that will enable the swap partition of 130m

on the internal emmc. This will make only sense if you ROM

hasnt already enabled swap!

To check use cmdline and enter

cat /prov/swaps

If you see there already a line with

/dev/block/mmcblk0p27

Then you dont need it!

USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

http://www.mediafire.com/?i9xc4hnfheztgir

If you enter any command from inside that script on cmdline

make sure you ARE NOT MIXING up the partition!

It MUST ALWAYS BE /dev/block/mmcblk0p27!!!

If you use the wrong partition data loss is possible!!!

So make a backup before trying it.

You MUST have busybox installed for this to work!

And busybox MUST be installed in /system/xbin/

else you need to adapt the script

I have tested it on CM9 but it will work also on sense ROMs

If you use a kernel with init.d script support like KISS you can put

this script into /etc/init.d and it will be executed on boot

Dont forget to make it executable (chmod 755) also

You can also run this script using ScriptManager

The basic two commands used are

busybox mkswap /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
busybox swapon /dev/block/mmcblk0p27

First one will create a swap "area" on that partition

If you use the wrong partition here say goodbye to the

data there :)

Second line is enabling this swap area for the kernel

To see if it worked run

busybox free

You should see something like this

total used free shared buffers
Mem: 368696 336132 32564 0 18452
-/+ buffers: 317680 51016
Swap: 131064 3784 127280

If you want to turn of swap without rebooting you can

issue the following command

busybox swapoff /dev/block/mmcblk0p27

BTW: you will NOT see swap space in "Available RAM" in Android!

Max
[HTC One V] ryanlow134:
but it still works as a RAM right?

Wait.. i don't really understand that...
[HTC One V] Cr3sc3nt:
This is just perfect maxwen! I have created 2 widgets that let me create a swap partition on the fly! whenever I use a memory intensive app (Games for example) I turn on swap. For everyday use I just turn it off!!:highfive:
[HTC One V] Ken-Shi_Kun:
This seems interresting enough. Max, if the kernel already supports it, swapon will work wit an sd-swap partition, am I right? Or to be more precise, I just have to mount the swap partition of the sd (p2 if I'm right, but can see into that), then swapon?

No further action needed max, it works, will post a guide/walktrough wiwth init.d script soon.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
Is it possible to pull the logcat from last boot from CWM or download mode?

Reason I ask is that after Google Play restores my apps when I have flashed yet another a new JB build, the system hangs and then will not boot past the Samsung logo. I want to try and find out which app is causing it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoot1:
You can get a logcat in cwm recovery by using adb.... Same commands work in recovery.. Also after you have flashed you can go to advanced>show log in cwm to see the log.. You can also extract the log from the cache partition.. Cwm crates a log file and stores it in the cache folder.. Use adb to pull it out..

Sent from someone in the Milky Way
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
Excellent, second time you've helped me today... thanks man!!