yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chaoscreater:
Hi guys,

I have a question regarding installed apps on EXT partition. I understand how it works, but what I want to know is if I were to flash to a new custom rom, would I still be able to see the apps I installed on that EXT partition?

I ask this because I've been flashing new roms a lot recently and it's becoming a hassle to reinstall all my apps over and over again. I've looked up ways to make this process easier or perhaps automated, but they aren't really helpful.

So after doing some research about how EXT partition works on Android, I thought maybe this might work.

By the way, I already have Titanium Backup installed but I'm looking for an easier method than that. I want to simply install all my applications and its application data in one go, like flashing a .zip file from the recovery or something like that. Just simple and straightforward.

And I would like to do this on any rom, not just between different versions of the same rom made by the same developer.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvucino:
My friends

Development of custom roms depends on stable clockworkmod recovery. For instance i need my s6802 for daily ure. Because of that i can not test custom roms without knowledge that i can safely restore to earlier state.

The problem with building proper CWM was with finding recovery partition because recovery partitions are not detectable on some devices for which /proc/mtd and /proc/emmc does not exist.

I did my homework, so i dump-ed all partition and isolated all under 10Mb and send them to builder.clockworkmod.com. After few unsuccessful builds, i get one SUCCESSFUL :laugh::laugh::laugh:

so recovery partition is mmcblk0p5 :) i did get output (in att) but recovery.fstab will need to be tweaked to support mounts and their mount points.

From this point I need help.

Maybe this helps: http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html

Here are all files and clockwork builder output: http://www.mediafire.com/?e5ga8551wx1iyuu
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KripXP:
Hi,

Good job... Hope someone can help you because it would be nice to have a full working CWM recovery.
[LG Optimus 3D] lazylu:
Anyone know?
[LG Optimus 3D] ima.monstaaa:
Yes, but its not as feature packed as it is in JB and ICS. Google voice search and Car Home both use voice commands to send texts and make calls, but its pretty shotty on whether it works or not. I sometimes use it within the MMS app just to type the message and it works surprisingly well for that. Basically until we see ICS, we will not be shouting at our phones like everyone else.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ElAguila:
I Just noticed that there is an update to the Amazon Kindle app. I was looking in the changes and some new items that were added was this:

NEW: Add or remove accounts

Allows the app to perform operations like adding and removing accounts and deleting their password

NEW:Create accounts and set passwords

Allows the app to use the account authenticator capabilites of the AccountManager, including creating accounts and getting and setting their passwords.

NEW: Find accounts on the device

Allows the app to get the list of accounts known by the phone. This may include any accounts created by applications that you have installed.

I have not installed this update but is this basically giving the app the ability to use or remove any account on your device?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
Hello all,

I'v been reading this forum for a long time, now i had to register in order to make this question regarding the problem i have with my Defy+ and the CM10 quarx 20120924.

Lately my mobile data connection is not working. I checked the configuration, rebooted, removed the battery but nothing happend. I turn on the mobile data but still dont have any connection. Did anyone had the same problem as me?

Chris
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
This indicates wrong baseband. Go to settings, advanced, baseband selection and choose the one appropriate for yourself. If not working, try different versions or other regions baseband with the same frequencies as yours
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
Currently it's set to Central Europe version 3.x

Which one is the correct to choose? I live in Greece?

P.S. i can call and send texts but no 3G/2G

Thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Try Europe basebands but of different versions. Hit and trial will tell you which one works:o

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@toartoar since it worked before with the same baseband this could be due to the reason you specified, operator issues, or wrongly configured APN
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
I tried everything. It's not working, no matter what baseband i choose. What else could be the problem? I dont understand :(
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Try a different radio, there is a thread in Dev section with flashable radio sbfs, name is 3g fixes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
Hhhmmm, interesting! Checking now, will let you know how did it go.

Thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
i wasn't able to install the 3g fix, but i installed the baseband switcher. I tried some other basebands but still i have the same problem. No 3G at all.

Which baseband is supposed to be to correct one? I'm using Cosmote Greece.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Cosmote greece uses 2100 mHz for 3G (I think) so try a baseband which supports the same. Radio fixes are rsd flashable, what error did you encounter? Apart from these the issues which remain are: Wrong APN, operator issues. Thats pretty much what I've got:confused:

You can try South East Asia 3.4.3 331(Same as mine) as it uses the right frequencies
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_access:
Thanks, already checked about the band and you are correct, it uses 2100 for 3g.

I have already checked the APN and for sure there is no operator issue.

What i'm trying to do is to find my stock rom, extract the baseband and then put it to my phone. This should work, right?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekguy:
Yeah, that should nail it. Baseband is at system/etc/motorola. Replace and reboot
[General Questions and Answers] fernandoch:
Hello,

Is there a way to change the country of my android market?

Thank you.
[General Questions and Answers] post-mortem:
Search for Market Enabler.
[General Questions and Answers] fernandoch:
It requires root... There is no other option?
[General Questions and Answers] SimonTS:
Move country? :P
[General Questions and Answers] fernandoch:
Very funny...
[General Questions and Answers] FilipF:
AWESOME, will try! :D :D
[General Questions and Answers] CCVader13:
The only option you have if you don't want to use Market Enabler is to log into your gmail with the username used for Play Market, go to your Google account profile and change your country there.
[Gen9, Gen10 General] Franz.Xaver:
Oops, this was already posted.. please delete this thread. Sorry

Archos has now released the fixed Firmware update for Archos G9 tablets. The changelist is the same as the broken 4.0.24 update.

Has anyone installed this yet? I am still waiting for the repaired tablet from Archos.

Download: http://update.archos.com/9/gen9/gen9_4.0.25/firmware_archos_it4.aos

Update history: http://update.archos.com/9/gen9/changes_firmware_archos_android_gen9it4.htm
[Gen9, Gen10 General] Franz.Xaver:
Oops, this was already posted.. please delete this thread. Sorry
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Samy:
Hi Guys <<< Which Phone Should I Buy : Samsung Galaxy S2 Or Lg Optimus 4x Hd ?? The Both Phones Are Great In Every thing But Which One Is Better In Support And Software And The HardWare ?? And Which One Will Play Most Of Games Better ??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khan_frd2002:
you should go with sg2. it has great development
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anasdcool71:
Hi. Please look up this thread if you aren't sure what to buy.

**Men have become the tools of their tools**
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
So ChainFire and I have been working with my bricked Note 2 since I felt it was ok to be first.

Wanted to thank my boy R Boy for the hook up 1 day earlier the release.

To the devs that were frantically trying to help fix me.

I'm going to keep this open and try and keep updated for everything.
​

ROOT

SPRINT SPH-L900 CF-Auto-Root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956180

RECOVERY

TWRP TeamWin Recovery Project

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956939

TOOLS

Galaxy Note2 TOOLKIT SPRINT Drivers, Backup, Root, CWM, EFS, Flash to Stock

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957155
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
im going to take this post
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
and it looks like ill take this one also
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chainfire:
EDIT: Continuing this in private.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
see pm that was me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] monkey3ddd:
Much anticipation for this, cheers!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
might have something working by tonight. for now im just soft bricked and no way to do much but i do have root and adb in recovery so its a start since im screwed im just going to keep playing around

this is my toy for now lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVbcouHgYA4&feature=youtu.be
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] daviderickson:
Any news on if the bootloader is locked or not?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
Chainfire and I will be working on everything in a few hours once he is free. For now just enjoy your fast @$$ phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JoshBeach:
If u guys need anything. LMK

I git my note2 and im ready to start developement.

If I knew how to pulk the tar I would. Lmk guys.

Mortgagewithjosh@gmail.com for gtalk

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 01:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 PM ----------

Sammy does not lock bootloaders.

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
ive got mine in hand lemme know if i can do anything to help :cowboy:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dallastx:
So has anyone on sprint just tried strictly Root and CWM? From what i hear it's when you run all the other options such as diffrent IMG?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhint15:
I just want root but I can't afford to be the trial person. Would love to know if the internationally toolkit root works though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
I really doubt it. And I sure as heck ain't trying it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dallastx:
Since toolkit is nothing but a script that's running scripts I would just run #1 from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31801060&postcount=2

BUT I AM TO SCARED
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
IM in if anyone needs any help. Just gots mine today!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mskip:
You can root without any problems using the Note2 Toolkit by going to the root/unroot section and selecting OPTION 4. This will flash the cwm recovery which is known to work and let you install the root zip file (make sure to install the drivers and test them first though).

I know have a stock kernel from the tmobile variant, have rooted it and adding full support to the toolit now. Should be up and running today some time.

Mark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aramova:
Avoid it, trust me. I attempted it and now have a bricked phone. Have to wait till next week to attempt to trade it in according to the sprint store cause they're out of stock till next week.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] bhint15:
I'll wait for you to update :) thanks for the hard work though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chainfire:
Ladies and gentlemen, we have root.

Writing thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
Awesome! Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] a454nova:
:0) Like!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chuhsi:
yay! bump
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] ubuntunerd:
Im glag you guys are working hard on this is much appreciated !!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
post how amazing root is since im still bricked. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] twoeleven99:
good news on the root
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
Check original development guys!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chainfire:
ROOT: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956180 :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] a454nova:
What are you going to do about it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Scott:
You and Chain ROCK!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chainfire:
We think dc13's problem can probably be fixed by flashing a full stock firmware ... unfortunately, we don't have one :(

Note sure why his device still won't boot, everything *seems* fine. It's not a hard-brick, in any case ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
i will haunt ur sleep if you dont tell me how amazing root is on the greatest phone ever. :D hehehe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] monkey3ddd:
This is great news. Personally I'm going to wait for CF to get triangle away up and running for us. Keep up the good work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aramova:
Awesome, looking forward to it, I'm in the exact same boat as dc13. Once a method of fully flashing the device is out life will be good, until then, it's a beautiful paperweight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] a454nova:
I mean about you phone, lol. I don't sleep, or well, I won't be because I have root on my new Sprint Galaxy Note 2. :p

I'm sure Sextape will drop a tar soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] dc13:
working on a tar right now thanks to viper will be posting if this works. ARAMOVA hit me up on gtalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] K.0.0.L.:
DANG! I got 8 month till upgrade. I'll just wait till some one post on craigslist for sell.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] monkey3ddd:
Have you called to ask how much you etf would be?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] proxhack:
I am getting mine tomorrow, freaking sprint was out by 11AM.

Thank you to the devs for everything they do.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Pen0r:
I passed on the Sprint GN and the S3 hoping for the note so I finally got this phone in the morning..went to the apple store...look around and I just couldn't stop smiling :) ....and im still smiling...anyways...my model is: SPH-L900V..got cf-root..odin it and after reboot didnt get the red android so i did the manual boot...i got su now, ill wait for the proper triangle away...phone's rooted and everything seems alright... :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] monkey3ddd:
You done any uninstalling? Bloat ware that is..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] a454nova:
Deleted it all. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
Ok, crap, first post, yes I watched the uber awesome nooby mcnubster video, and yes, I'm noob #4,000,001 that tried to root his new Note 2 and screwed something up. Me, I personally blame the economy, bad politics on both sides, and my in-law's stupid cat Sammy for screwing this thing up as my wife and I are waiting to close on our new home. But if we need a door stop, yep, I've got one. . .

Anyway, I tried following instructions for a rooting toolkit, except I misinterpreted the instructions. What was stated was, 'Make sure you are booted into Android', I took that as, 'Make sure you are booted into the recovery mode screent', but really what was meant was, 'make sure your Android phone is turned on'. I ran the root script, while in recovery mode. Why you ask? Because I'm noob #4,000,001 and most of you in this forum have been waiting hours to see my post ;)

I now can't seem to get my phone out of the Glowing Samsung logo screen. I can get the phone to the download screen by holding "VOLUME DOWN + POWER + HOME", and then I use Odin to flash various recovery files I got from the toolkit as well as other attempts from other files I've downloaded and tried flashing through Odin. Some of the names of file names I've tried are these:

boot-stock-xxalj1-n7100.tar

boot-stock-alj1-sght889.tar

Clockwork Recovery - cwm6-recovery-note2.tar.md5

I still get the beautifully intriguing glowing Samsung Logo. It's definitely worth staring at for hours, but after a while, you find yourself just wanting more. Before trying to flash the above files, I did try the hold "VOLUME UP + POWER + HOME" and tried to run 'wipe data / factory reset'.

Now, with the above, short statement (as per noob video rules), is there anybody that's interested in proving how much of a genius they are, by helping me find a solution, and then enjoy scraping in the loot including receiving many thanks, a masterful community reputation and a laughably small donation tip? =)

Thanks in advance for reading my post. I'd like to thank all the little people, especially Billy Barty, that helped me get to where I am today. . .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] rwright64:
Don't know how to help you. Just wanted to say I thought your post was very well written and pretty entertaining!

Good luck on fixing your phone!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
Haha, thanks rwright64! I was thinking to myself, with #4,000,000 other noobs, what can I do to hopefully get a response. I have to admit, I let out a few chuckles myself as I was writing it. . . heck, I almost went and created a new account with the username 'chuckles' I liked my post so much ;) jk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JoshBeach:
Root is done. And we have working twrp recovery.

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aramova:
I feel ya. Exact same boat along with many others. A fix is being worked on, but I doubt we'll see it tonight. I'm on a waiting list to swap my phone with sprint, but if ir gets fixed before that, awesome!

'Till then, we wait and admire our expensive paperweight.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
Thank you so much aramova, mainly for helping me realize I'm not the only noob here that was so excited to get their note 2 that they decided to, uhm, make themselves wait even longer. . . But then again, I'm noob #4,000,001, I should have realized there were more of us out there :)

Can I just go to like a Sprint repair center and have them re-flash the stock image or ROM or whatever applies? Or will they beat me with a stick and call me rude names, telling me, well, the same thing my wife seems to be telling me right now . . . "How dumb am I"? & "Have you learned your lesson yet?" lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] aramova:
Haha, my wife has been telling me the same thing. As for sprint, tell them "It just rebooted and does this weird flashy thing, can I get a new one, pretty please with sugar on top?"

From what I've been able to gather, the "repair centers" don't have the ROMs to flash, so all they'd be able to do is tell you the warranty is void for flashing and it's your problem now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
twrp recrovery/??? I did not see that in the op?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tbm48813:
not sure why anyone would do it any other way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1923956 worked flawlessly for me for cwm and root. not sure why not do it that way, seems the easiest. worked like a charm.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] cherylbaker:
hmm I agree it looks easy and complete.. but I was under the impression it did not work for sprint.. even though the info there implies if you just want to ise it for root that is fine..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tbm48813:
I am on sprint and I just used it for CWM and root with 0 issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] mskip:
Would you mind making a nand backup (changing the backup format to tar first) and sending me the boot.img file. I have tmobile and uscellular added I just need the sprint image to finish the toolkit and release it.

Mark.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tbm48813:
sure will, backing up to tar now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shabbypenguin:
because the fstab is different. the international version has different partitions at different locations.

in fact go wipe data see what happens ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] psyko-m1:
Gentlemen...

Thank you and hello world.

-posted from my T-mo Note II-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] JoshBeach:
Download goo manager and install from there.

Recovery is done.

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] fatboypup:
any idea if/when i can get a stock sprint boot image being i just soft bricked mine like a dummy :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] tbm48813:
Oh, yikes. Guess ill avoid that until a sprint cwm is out. Thanks for the warning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] shojus:
Let me say this first... You devs are GREAT!!! I support 2 devs a month depending on which I think has worked the hardest... With that said, I wish that more people would donate too!! Everyone needs to realize that if it weren't for the dev's that xda would NOT exist, and if it did, it would be pretty lame! ;) I actually own the T-mobile variant and I am hoping that we can get some of this "LOVE" over in our dev threads... I absolutely LOVE Scrosler's work and have been running it for months on my Verizon S3 and Chainfire is just a killer(NO questioning that)!! If nobody has ever donated to these two devs than I hope you consider soon... Thanks everyone for your contributions to the Note 2 US variants and I know this will be an even better phone in the upcoming future.. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
I am more than excited and willing to donate, as soon as I find a way to avoid purchasing a second phone ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
Ok, I'm sure this is propbably going to sound just slightly silly, but I got TWRP v2.3.1.1 installed on my US Sprint Samsung Note 2. . . Now what? I tried to copy the tar files that I would normally flash using Odin onto my micro sd card, but apparantly I need zip files. Does this sound right? Any help, or even pointing me to the correct resource on how to get the stock rom back on to this bad boy would be appreciated. I apparently have the new sprint stock file boot-stock-alj1-SPHL900.tar, but when I flash that, it still just reboots into a static Samsung Galaxy Note II screen. I guess this is an improvement, as before it was just the Samsung logo. But not sure what to do from here. Thanks in advance for any. . . and I mean ANY help. . . =)

:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] Paiyne:
Are you new to flashing? :D

You only use .tar's via Odin or Mobile Odin. You flash .zip's in recoveries. Seeing as you can't get past the static screen... make sure you have Odin on your PC along with your .tar, put the .tar in the PDA slot and let her rip! That should get you back on stock!

Team Venum Like A BOSS!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] jerdoggmckoy:
Am I new to flashing? That all depends on your definition. I am new to rooting phones if that helps clarify your statement . . . haha, jk. Thanks for all the help to everyone who has been helping.

For whatever reason I could not get any recovery by flashing tar files using Odin. The Norse god just wasn't doing it for me for whatever reason. I chatted with some of the fine people that helped create twrp, and they told me to install a rom zip file onto my micro sd card using an adapter of course, then using twrp I was able to install a custom rom I found that had most of the bloatware removed.

And finally (chipmunks, bunnies and birds break out into a chorus of Ha-lle-lujah!) I had a working note 2 again. :victory:

Man, I was sweating bullets and wasting hours ;) I am such a smart guy though, I'm going to try flashing a new rom now and see how it goes now that I feel I'm starting to get the hang of things . . . a little bit.

Could one of the moderators please change my title from 'Noob #4,000,001' to 'Custom ROM Android Flashing Root Master'? Thanks, pm me once that's been done :p