yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
your right my apologies but one thing i noticed that i would like to say idk if its my experiance or universal after successfully rooting the flex the lockscreen fails to resize itself leaving a black space where the onscreen dock is usualy located no big issue :) though and the rooting was easy and painless once adb was set up correctly 100000+ points thanks so much
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ivansana:
Good job guys. Respect! I have a Pantech Flex, which is an awesome device with the same specs (things that matter to me) as S3, but without big name. I like Pantech Flex because it's size is much better for me than.

The only thing now is to create a ROM! Is it difficult to make a pure Android ROM? Nothing additional, just a pure Android like in Nexus?

Again, thank you guys for your dedication! I'll definitely donate as soon as I have Jelly Bean loaded on my Pantech Flex!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HighCommander540:
Thanks, this worked great. I am gonna start on a ROM. Hope I don't get bricked. :)

Sent from the new Pantech Flex. Nominated best lowest priced new smartphone. U jelly I paid nothing, for a phone almost as good as the Galaxy S3?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
lets not get ahead of ourselves here guys in order to create a rom we would need to get a custom recovery on our phone this can be achived by mapping out the devices bootloader extracting an img file of it and using koushes clockworks mod recovery creator only when we achive a port of a custom recovery can we make roms and be able to flash them if any of you have knowledge of this as i am a noob when it comes to recoveries pleasae feel free to input we need all the help we can get guys

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lol right now we need knowledge donations unfourtunatly we cannot start working on roms till we have a custom recovery ported over either team win or clockworks mod recovery this will take a little bit of time and knowledge and to answer your question about the stock nexus rom your talking along the terms of a cynaogen mod port? or akop port looking into it i would say untill we have mapped the bootloader we wouldnt know how diffcult it would be because the simlinks maybe difcult for a phone that has not yet caught fire in the dev world
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
i wish i had the time to do a recovery myself and get cwm working but with my family and my fulltime job i barely get any time. Im going to spend all my time on this amazing little phone to do what i can. props to the root method it worked flawlessly!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Awesome I'm glad im getting some good feed back on the root. I wasnt sure if I did the rightup correctly and im glad its working out for everyone.

If I get some time I will start looking into a custom CWM and all that junk I have a contact that should be a pretty good help in this just have to find the time to do it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Yeah after coming from the LG Nitro HD I was surprised at how easy this was to root.

If you want to get together on gtalk we can work on this together. Right now I'm in the process of getting a ROM dump so we can recover our phones from stock images if we happen to mess them up, which I'm sure we will, but that's the best part! Lol.

I can smell CM9 and CM10 calling to this phone!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Yeah I love this phone but I have to say the Pantech launcher kinda pisses me off.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Agreed lol im using nova
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
I actually don't mind the launcher, its pretty nice compared to other brand launchers. I'm probably going to try launcher pro though that's been my favorite sense I had my prepaid optimus V :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I had launcher pro and hated it ... check out APEX seems like the stock ICS but with a lot of extras and without the annoying bits of the pantech that make me insane
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Maschil:
hey guys... is there a pantech flex forum????????

also is it possible to unlock the device if you forget the log in pattern????? thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HighCommander540:
I don't know anything about mapping the device. So I am just going to work on a ROM for my infuse.

I will help with anything for testing. A stock image would be awesome. =-)

No flex forum yet. :(

_______

Sent from the new rooted Pantech Flex. Nominated best lowest priced new smartphone. U jelly I paid nothing, for a phone almost as good as the Galaxy S3?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
sense is my fav launcher and no no forum yet ive requested and gotten no reply smh
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
did this thread die guys?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Wait till after Xmas I bet you a lot of people will get this phone as presents.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Yeah I can see that happening. This weekend I am going to work on it to see what I can come up with. I've been so swamped with work and life bs that I haven't had a chance.

No this thread didn't die.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
I am downloading now would give a try.

Uploading to Dropbox or box would have been better. The link downloads very slow.

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Would you please compare your daughters phone with your phone and tell what bloatware have you removed?

I removed lot of them including att contact sync, city id.. Freezed a dozen or so...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Maybe we are going able this the wrong way. Can we get someone who has installed the update to make a ROM for us and upload it and then we can just flash it via CWM. Who ever decides to do this will have to have root and the new OS version.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
I have attached my phonesky.apk if any of you wanna try use it.

http://db.tt/M8rDCuG0

Its the non modified version.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Is this the one from the 4.0.4 or the one from the update
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
It's from 4.0.4..

Give it a try. Its from an old back up..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
I just checked AT&T update and it told that the phone is fully updated...

Check out the screenshot... Lol..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Someone please upload this update file to Dropbox or some better website.. Download failing for the 4th time after 30%...

Going to try only once more..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I will see if I can get it up on dropbox for you but in the mean time can you verify what version you are running that AT&T believes is up to date.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Ok I uploaded the update bin file to dropbox it is renamed to a .zip file now so do with it as you please.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71615452/Pantech-flex-JB-4.1.2-update.zip
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Thank you. I downloaded the file.

Check screenshots for the version information...

4.0.4...

Sorry for the delayed response..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Was this screen shot taken after the update or before and if it was after did it error out?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Hi.,

I tried installing the update using CWM. UPDATE FAILED..

Error 7 : assert failed

Its checking the version of android 4.0.4.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I wondering if AT&T might have jumped the gun on this update. Maybe they released it with too many bugs and have pulled it since then. This would explain the whole lack of server comminications. If thats the case we should see a new update soon, and hopefully this one will work. If not we really could benifit from someone uploading a copy of their ROM that has been successfully updated to 4.1.2. I'm familiar with the process involved in getting the rom up for mass consumption but I'm sure someone on here knows. I would love to see one of the ROMs like we have for ICS.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
They are updating in batches. May be...

After some research I found out that the version I have is not the latest. Even though it is ICS. Some minor version in 2013 was released. Compare the screen shot of my phone's about screen with your own. May be it's the reason I am getting a error message.

Any ideas how to get to JB?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] starstremr:
My wife's phone has never been rooted and it is now 4.1.2 how would i make a rom from here's ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I have been looking into this to see if there is something that we can do to make this happen as I would really like JB too. The biggest challenge that we have is lack of information. So far what we seem to know is that some phones have access to the update and it seems to be something you have to go looking for rather than a push update like they have done in the past. Pantech has officially announced the upgrade but after contacting them about the update they basically told me to go screw myself and call AT&T because its their problem. We have managed to get a copy of the update file from another member of the forum (sorry cant remember who at the moment, but thanks). We also have at least one member that has successfully updated and maintained root using OTA root keeper. My hope in this is that we can get a nandroid backup or something else that will allow us to spread a working ROM around that will include root and all the updates to JB. If that is not an option my next best hope, assuming AT&T doesn't just get the update working, is that we can somehow fix the update to work on the phones that it has already failed on. My guess here is that it has something to do with the phonesky.apk and phones that were rooted though I have not been able to confirm enough information to say for sure.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Well the problem you have now is you need to find a way to root the phone to get CWM installed. You can't make a backup of a ROM without root unless there is a way im unaware of.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
I think there is no way yet to root the phone on JB. Hence the options available for creating a backup of your wife's phone wouldn't be possible. Sadly.

I appreciate your effort to support the community. Thanks.

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The lack of documentation and tools is what makes the update a slippery task. I am looking at the script files inside the JB update file. Will post here if there is anything significant.

I'd say may be there is an unofficial way.. Let's hope so too..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
just a though but couldn't we flash the update with the stock boot loader ? or does this phone not have one I havent played around with CWM or any of that yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
There is a check for system version in the script.

See the below lines...

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system", "/system");

assert(file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "ATT/PantechP8010/oscar:4.0.4/IMM76D/oscar_0820:user/release-keys" ||

file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "ATT/PantechP8010/oscar:4.1.2/JZO54K/oscar_0603:user/release-keys");

assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "oscar" ||

getprop("ro.build.product") == "oscar");

ui_print("Verifying current system...");

If we change the build prop so as to reflect these values will the update succeed?

That is making this condition to get a true value....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Why not just yank the verification out all together if it doesn't check it can't fail the check.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
If we change the script then we need to sign it.. Most probably it might change the integrity of the JB update file.

Isn't it better to modify the build.prop file?

Guide a better way.

I'm not a dev. Reading edify since yesterday.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alexey_tolstyh:
Root is not needed to load CWM through FASTBOOT (fastboot boot recovery.img).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Well then sounds like we have a way in. Are you familiar enough with the process to walk our volunteer through the process of getting it on the phone and creating a backup of some sort? Of course that does still leave us without root.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Flex would not allow it. (to the best of my belief).

It will print remote not support error message.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
to be honest I'm not a developer either, I'm doing a lot of guessing too. Your probably right about the script and the signing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mikiemc73:
If you change anything in the script, it will need to be signed again. It's just the way it works.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Im wondering if the error he is getting is because he is missing one of the other updates. Guess I may have to break down and install CWM on mine and give it a go since I know im up to date at least as far as the newest JB update then from there give the update a go and see what happens. I really wish we could get everyone at the table on this for a couple of hours to see what everyone has tried so where not repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Ok my plan is this for tonight (provided my evil plumbing job I have to do tonight doesn't kill me, my drains at my house are having issues), currently I am rooted so I will use OTA root keeper to temporarily unroot the phone. The using the fastboot option I will attempt to load up CWM on the phone. From there I will trying to install the update.zip file and see how she goes. Any errors I get I will post back and if I am successful I will post a how to. Anyone have any suggestion of things to becareful of in my attempt to install CWM?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] starstremr:
ok is there a way to completely restore my phone to stock? like out of the box? i noticed when i went into recovery mode there was a wipe data/factory reset will that remove root? or is it the same as doing it from the setting menu?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
JB

ro.build.fingerprint= "ATT/PantechP8010/oscar:4.0.4/IMM76D/oscar_0820:user/release-keys"

Well i changed the line in built.prop in phone and it went past verification.

then it got stuck at some attfamilymap.apk.

Nw im try it goto stock from nandroid backup and try again.Maybe it will work or same result.

Tried ...no use
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Any one has a nandroid backup of stock OS with baseband JYUS08232012 will be able to update using the jellybean zip file. If any one has plz share it. Cause the jellybean. Zip file is checking for the baseband and stock apps. If they are not there then it will not install. So someone, everyone check for nandroid backup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I wonder if any of the custom roms that are out there are on the right baseband for you or not ...I haven't had a chance to play with this anymore since my last post I had a catastrophic failure of the plumbing in my house and as you might gather that has consumed my time. But I should be able to give it a go soon. If I can get CWM installed I will make a back up of my ROM and upload it assuming I have the right baseband your looking for.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Well baseband is not enough.The Stock based costom roms have the baseband as JB requires but as most of the stock apps are removed it will not install as it checks a huge number of in built apps and other files.

We need a stock rom with baseband and the in stock condition.I think no problem with root.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I can make a copy of mine its pretty much stock at this point and I can do a factory reset to be sure before I make the backup which I want to do anyways just so it doesn't have my info. The only issue I have is my phone is encrypted and im not sure how that is going to work with a back up I may have to decrypt it first.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Is your baseband JYUS08232012.Then if its is stock then make the nandroid.Not sure about decrypt encrypt.

And did you try the jellybean update...And what happened.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Looks like mine is on baseband JYUS04012013.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Just a thought ... could the fact that our phone have been rooted at some point in the past be the reason for our issues. By this I mean could the script be failing because it can read where ever it stores the indication in the system recovery that the phone is rooted. If that's the case can we edit the update script to bypass this check and use CWM to install rather than the stock recovery?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Well i tried installing using cwm. The same result as in the stock recovery. Check the script in Meta-inf.... Update. Script. There you will see the huge number of files it checks for.

And try installing in your phone and tell the result. Before you do take nandroid backup.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
OK I finally had a chance to install CWM and get a back up unfortunately I have never played with CWM for actual back ups I have a completely stock non rooted back up somewhere on my phone. Is it the directory what the date time stamp looking thing or is it the .img file inside that I need to upload?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kobebryant:
need full directory;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Ok I have the backup all zipped and Im trying to get it onto dropbox but after my first attempt it died at 99% so with any luck it will work this time around. I will let everyone know as soon as it finds its way to the net.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
HELP!!!

I just rooted the phone and message was talking about wanting to update the OS again ... though what the hell could be just a different update so I hit continue and rebooted the phone and now no matter what I do it keeps going to CWM ... I tried restoring from the back up I just made but nothing please help I need this phone up a running having it not work isnt an issue I have a pregnant wise that will pop any day now... please help!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
ok after a lot of tinkering and prayer it finally works again and I dont know why or how so im just hoping it doesn happen again. I will try the dropbox up load for the third time soon.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zapper_master:
Hi guys, sorry for the delay in checking the forum on this phone. Here is what I did to root and update to JB and kept root.

First I rooted via Linux..not sure if that matters ? root should be root right ?

I have the SU- superuser app installed

Voodoo OTA root keeper from playstore, I have checked all 4 boxes. Those boxes are 1)device rooted 2)root permission granted 3)system support root protection 4) protected su copy available

I cannot remember if I used temporary un-root ? sorry

Then I update the phone via ota update

Does this help anyone ?

Oh, I also wanted to add that I have not run into any problems with the OS being buggy on JB, I think they have done a great job as far as I can tell..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Yeah upload the whole directory.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Well you need to goto stock recovery. Then only the update will be successful. Thats why it is returning to cwm. Flash stock recovery or for once boot with stock recovery

And check and tell your baseband version.

Make a backup before u do any modifications.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
If u come to put CWM in the phone can you make a backup and upload so that others can also enjoy JB
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Sorry was admitted to hospital for dengue fever. Couldn't come online. Will continue with my script experiment.

Thanks

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Are you on JB?

Please post a screenshot from the about phone page in settings.

Do you have any root apps like titanium back up? Check out if root is working properly. In some rare cases I have seen voodoo report root status wrong.

After checking the above and if everything is going well... Then proceed..

6 simple Steps..

Download the clockworkmod recovery and boot it

Back up your current ROM and data.. (X)

Wipe cache and data.

Back up one more time. (Y)

Restore the first back up (X).

Reboot the device.

If you have any questions about the steps post or pm me.

Zip the second back up (Y) and upload some where.. Say dropbox.. Share the link..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zapper_master:
Yes I am on JB, used my method and did official OTA update. I have TB, root checker etc, so yes its really rooted and am on the official ATT JB update.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Then make a backup in CWM and upload please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Ok after trying Drop box a half dozen times I managed to get the stock, non-rooted CWM backup of the latest ICS ROM (not the JB update). Hope this helps some folk out.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxevvNWv4bvycF9PRklFc1lvM0k/edit?usp=sharing
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Hey did u try jb update? And what was the output?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
It errors out on me real early in the install says something about a key not matching and gives a code 7.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] anoopch:
Then you should consider the back up procedure. It would be better than the trial and error method we are trying...

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Have you tried toggling the "check signature verification" in clockworkmod recovery?

Error 7:..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Agreed but we are at the whim of someone kind soul uploading it for us <hint hint>
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
ro.build.fingerprint=ATT/PantechP8010/oscar:4.0.4/IMM76D/oscar_0723:user/release-keys

Changing the number of oscar_0723 to 0820 or 0603 in built.prop in ur phn will help in getting past error 7 i think.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Yep that would be the error I got. Any luck in trying to get past the error? Did your method work?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] solz6009:
Changing the number of oscar_0723 to 0820 or 0603 in built.prop in ur phn will help in getting past error 7 i think. Try it