yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Well that does open one avenue then we should be able to build a working Cyanogenmod for it now if we have enough skill between the lot of us. Any code monkeys wanna dig into the source and see if they can find out why we are having issues with the wifi or why we cant up grade. I am going to to try to do a little work on the CM 10.1 build on my next day off if the baby doesn't suck the last bit of life out of me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] reyradi:
a lot of ramdoms reboots, and wifi dont work have to update 911 emergency! hehe
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
yeah I was getting the reboots and also getting black screen hangs which would some times come back and other time need a hard reboot. I really think our best option is to find a way to completely remove root and CWM from ICS or we need to start to put our heads together on getting a copy of Cyanogenmod working and then find a way to get the folks stuck in JB with not bootloader access back to ICS if they want to ROM.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] reyradi:
i dont know its strange but when im playing games or using full the phone, no ramdom reboots, but when is quite BOOM ramdom reboot. it happen with you too donavan?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Hello guyzzz

Sorry about my late with this backup. Im uploading it to my google drive but is taking a lot of time actually my upload in Puerto Rico sux but soon I will give you the link to get it. Hope this can make some difference. All bloatware removed just a lil mistake I did and I need some help. Is not big thing easy to resolve. Donavan01 I need you make a backup of the At&T software update apk I deleted it from accident and you will need it for future updates if this backup works according the plan also if ya can send me a copy of this apk please my friend I will appreciate that.

So my friend very very soon the link of my backup will be available cross fingers!

Im still looking and researching if there is miracle way to unlock this bootloader to get access to the fastboot in JB. Also cant wait to get a taste of the Cyanogenmod if possible :3.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
JB backup

Heres the backup. I checked md5 5 times in the entire files all passed. Hope no troubles. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5FW9TXegiRpV2hHWFlpTUxOWkU/edit?usp=sharing

:highfive:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Yeah when I used zappers backup I had a terrible time with it. I think the issues has something to do with the CPU's going into sleep mode and not coming out of it correctly. Im hoping its just a bad backup or bad download but I haven't had a chance to verify that yet. I did notice that more often than not the phone wouldnt actually crash and turn off but it would hang in some sort of black screen issue. I even had it do something weird with the boot loader where it looked like the back lit wasn't turned on, which is weird because I thought this phone had LED not LCD (may be wrong on that though)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Wow bro that sux ya having such of issues... I had kinda similar issues using backups when ics first showed up in my old skyrocket. Lot of random reboots specially and hard time trying to wake it up from sleep. Im not sure if is coincidence but I been seeing those errors mostly in QUALCOMM based cpus. I always had to use wipe script to make it work correctly with the backups. Let me know if my backup is doing the same stuff I wish to have cwm to try myself.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Just out of curiosity what did the wipe script do (besides the obvious) just wondering if maybe something could be used from your past experience
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
The name of the tool was called Darkside super wipe ext4. For some reason the CWM whipe was not doing the job cleaning or wiping the system also the kernel. Always was recommended to delete system/apps x3 times also wiping cache and stuff ending in a waste of time. With this script everything was very easy this tool formatted the partition aligned it verify it doing a super clean one then you can flash well any rom or backup without issues. Fortunately was designed just for skyrocket or the t-mobil variant. Ya can look at the script on xda if still available I guess was discontinued already.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Bad news

Well friends bad news. I was making some test in phone and as I saw take out all the bloatware from at&t was a bad idea. Now software update no work in my phone same as Contacts FC all the time as well, Tried factory reset and everything so no work. I managed to fix just Phone.apk so kinda screwed here. If someone still has all att bloatware and knows how to backit up using file explorer please send it to me. Kinda pissed off this at&T stuff gives such of headaches.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
More Bad news and I am out

Well my fellas I tried to help all I could here with this phone but well nothing worked according the plan. Unfortunately my phone ended just being a trash. After trying to recover from danavan01 software updater now my wifi stop working no matter what I do. full whipe, restore nothing. I guess the issue in the first place wasn't with the radio nor with the backups. Maybe something in the way titanium backup or maybe the locked bootloader is stopping files to write correctly in our phones. No Contacts working No wifi working no software update working so phone pretty mess up no way to recover. I am out of this phone. Hope you guys can find better way to make this work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] randomphace:
Thats terrible. :( its taken about 8 months for us to get a real custom rom and we are getting good news every couple of months. But the flex is a terrible phone for people like us. I am stuck with it and stuck waiting for people like you to find out good info. We thank you for your root access for jellybean. Hero.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] starstremr:
Thank you for trying... Lunebear
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mes3:
Someone alter the SystemUI.apk so the background for the onscreen buttons is completely black. That blue fade is ugly and dumb. Haha :p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Well I just got home and am about to start working on the recovery so we have a way to install ROMs. Don't expect anything tonight, unless everything goes smooth, but I do plan to have SOMETHING by tomorrow might. Work has me tied up and my son but I finally got the time and really want to see us get our own section for this great phone. The only way that's going to happen is to show XDA we have developers (rookie ones) that are going to support the phone. So let's show them!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Well I hope so although I believe people will get it I don't expect it to do quite as well as the Samsung bundle where you get tab and s3 for 500 compared to 320 for the element and flex bundle
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
True but one of the greatest draws to this phone is the hardware. For the Price this little phone is a power house... run Quadrant on it sometime and see what is says about our phone vs the HTC. We may not get a huge base of people using this phone but I think we will have a very knowledgeable base... I think there will be two groups one that bought the phone because its cheap the other because its awesome (and cheap).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
I looked it up while I was I'm the at&t store and I'm glad I did or I would of bought another HTC Vivid.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dannydvd:
I have never in my life used linux or mac software and i think i'm too old and too broke to learn these new operating systems. Is there anyway we can try a root method using windows???:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Nope not unless you know someone who can write us a windows driver for our phones, plus I would have to rewrite the script for windows also. Ubuntu (linux) is totally free so there is no cost to you getting it as far as learing how to use it you don't need to know much more than what I put in the how-to, pretty much you just need to know how to install it or run it from a USB/CD drive.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
There's also a program that emulates a terminal (or something of the sorts) in windows. It actually let's you run linux apps, its been forever and I can't remember what its called but just try vmware for now its actually a really simple root method.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Im pretty sure running it in VM or as an emulator wont work. Yes the script will run in those enviroments but your still stuck needing a USB driver for the phone and adding linux on top of that only complicated it by adding an extra layer or drivers that are needed. I may be wrong here but I still think the best option is a live USB/DVD or use WUBI and unistall ubuntu when your finished.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Actually I used ubuntu 12 and vmware 9 to run the script and it worked fine :) might want to add it to the OP for others
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Well then I stand corrected
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Lol yep it was the first thing I tried cause I wasn't going to install it to my HD, I had my doubts too because its a VM but it worked flawlessly
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
i have tried it on a terminal emulator in windows and can confirm that emulating just the terminal will not work because the drivers will not be recognized however runing linux on a virtual machine as a complete system inside a VM enviorment does work because that VM acts as a seprate OS completly and does not rely on the host cpus system as much as a terminal emulator for windows i recomd using WUBI it is free and installs right onto windows if you have windows 7 and below it does not work on windows 8 still

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i actually came to the store 3 times with diffrent devices during my trial period i bought a Galaxy s 3 after a week with thing i had issues (the Imei somehow got erased -_- so i went back picked up the one X i loved it but hated the battery life on the thing finally as i walked into the store on the 3d week of my 30 day trial shaking my head and frustrated ready to spend all the cash i had left to order the galaxy note 2 the rep told me about a bundle they had where i could get an actual tablet and a phone i blew it off saying oh its a pantech but then picked it up began to play around with it and test its speed and was surprised to see LTE and how sturdy it felt in the hand canceled my preorder for the note 2 during the middle of the process and purchased the ELEMENT FLEX Bundle from that day i have not been back to the ATT store and not only im happy but im sure the reps are happy that i didnt either
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HighCommander540:
It works because all windows requires to emulate the USB device is generic drivers to pass commands. Doesn't need to know what the commands are. I used this method too.

Linux is a free open source OS. Your Android phone is Linux. Ubuntu.com is one of the easiest flavors of Linux to learn. You don't even have to remove Windows using WUBI.

I am working on getting custom recovery as well. :) Not dead at all!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Good to hear. I found a tutorial but it is very in depth. I did just buy a desktop pc that should work well in my findings and development as well.

Custom recoveries just arent easy to make.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atadres:
Yeah your right but koush the maker of clockworks mod does have a easy porting method once you have the system map and boot image files of the phone I'll search the link and post when I get home
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
If you need some help with CWM get on IRC login to the the Freenode server and join the #utkanos channel ... talk with utkanos he is very knowledgeable and is extremely helpful. The purpose of this channel is to help people get CWM on nonsupported phones.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jSterling:
Sounds like a plan. Even though we don't have any roms available I would like CWM just for making backups. It just seems safer.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
CWM is the first step then we can work on ROM's .... you need a good way to reflash the ROM other than KDZs which can be iffy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] headsupsevenup:
I'm gonna get this phone because of you :) what changes have you made to your phone since rooting?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dnyanesh:
Do you guys think Pantech will ever release a manual update to Jelly Bean?

I live outside of USA so, it's kinda big-deal for me.

Is there any trick to update via OTA method outside of USA?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
You welcome bro. Well until there is no way to unlock bootloader there is not more I can do guys. Maybe someone can get pdl flasher with stock rom pdl then this can make things easy for you all. I will be reading all I can any news I will let you know. Just careful with you all phones. No easy task once it get messed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
For the moment I doubt that and for the worse no factory fasboot unlock from their part neither. This is a stuff from At&T that is locking most of their phones bootloaders. Some groups are protesting and checking gif this is legal move. For now I see this far Ya still have to wait some time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dnyanesh:
I am desperate to try out JB but at the same time discouraged to root and try out custom ROMs after reading posts about bricked flex phones.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Well you can try root it in JB worked flawlessly just need to be careful of what apps you delete also don't try to unroot it cause ya will lose ability to root it back. Using backups is not an option cause it will not going to work. In JB fastboot is locked so no ability to flash custom roms also no way to install cwm. For now we stuck. People here doing their efforts so patience.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Agreed !...There are a bunch of us on here trying to get a rooted flashable copy of JB on this phone. We have tried a bunch of stuff and successfully found out what doesn't work and I'm sure we have all learned a good deal in the process. Don't give up on this phone yet I see more and more people on this thread everyday and with more people comes more knowledge and more ideas. We are fighting and uphill battle but I for one don't plan on getting rid of this phone anytime soon. for all the issues it has its still a pretty sweet phone hardware wise.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
I agree with you bro. This phone is a beast and it just need a good Rom to be perfect. It will be good for people has cwm already in their phones as for me it will require more than that as I don't have cwm and am locked with no root access again and no way to root it for now. I guess we need to find a day to find or request a SW flasher like the one for Burst with PDL. IS the best way to recover and full flash our phones. We need someone with good knowledge about it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Sounds to me like we need to start hounding Pantech for something like this. If we can get everyone here to start sending an email or two each week or each day they may just get sick of hearing from us and release it just so their inbox isn't being bombarded with the same email. If this sounds like something others would like to help with I will dig out all the contact info I can find for them and then we just need to figure out what all to ask for and craft a letter.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Yeah that sound a good plan. We need to make a good letter and get everyone here involved requesting for the recovery as the fact not everyone is able to send phone for service. I was checking the Pantech Burst PDL Flash Tool and not looked so hard stuff. Something like this is our salvation. I am waiting for the answer of a friend "lopez_angel3" He got his Pantech and he accidentally deleted phone apk and now even with restore is not working he sent a mail to Pantech to see what he can do. If he no get proper answer then lets make this a good letter to them with this request. Just hope they can understand us.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] starstremr:
Yeah but by telling Pantech what's wrong is that not a bad thing we are not supposed to be able to delete those files unless your rooted...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Yeah that's true beside once you buy your device is yours we can get rid of what we not want in our paid phones. We need to make this letter to see what happen.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
Ok so what all do we need from Pantech I will craft the form letter but I need to know exactly what to ask for. The source code is currently online for Jelly Bean so that's one issue out of the way.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Well I been researching in Pantech Website and I found this "uh-oh, your Pantech Mobile device is not operating properly. And that’s a bummer since being without it is like being without your best friend. No worries! We’re here to help.

Did you know that some repairs can be made via a software upgrade or simply resetting the device to its original settings".

We can take this as an advantage, so we can ask freely ask for a tool to make a firmware upgrade or let people install fresh OS also we need ICS or Jelly Bean aswell. As At&T locked the fastboot with their Update well there is no other way to flash the phone than use SW Flashed (PDL Fash tool) like in Pantech Burst. So bro try to make this letter and we can start making petition to Pantech.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] randomphace:
Can we get someone to make a cyanogenmod rom soon. or atleast get a new thread started. for those of us with clockworkmod it would sure be nice if we had a rom to flash. Sorry jb users.. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] LuneBear:
Making CM10 for this phone will be awesome still we need to resolve all those errors we have first because in any of the cases I guess even with CM10 the wifi issue will prevail as the fact we need to flash the radio in the cell phone and at the moment I no see this possible as previous attemps with the backups are not working. Just the few still have ability to use fastboot to flash are the ones with best chances to get a working rom.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
I'm actually of the same mind set be ate definitely hung up with the radio issue and unless we can get cwm on the jb phones I don't think we will be able to get anywhere
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] totalimmortal363:
SRSRoot worked for my Flex on 4.1.2, followed the instructions and did a reboot as it said to do and I have root access now. Verified with Root Checker Basic. Titanium back seems to be working as it should and SuperSU is asking for root rights as normal, sweet!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] joe654:
P8010 CWM backup

is it possible to make a CWM backup for the unfortunate souls like me, those who dont have access to the JB update please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] donavan01:
So far No. The boot loader is locked and until we fins a way around this no flex with JB will be able to install CWM
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ashar:
Hi guys, I accidently found this menu on my pantech flex and want to share if it can help for further development of this device.

To get this menu;

1. Turn off the device and then press vol + and power buttons simultaneously. You will get a green bot as shown in image 2.

2. Press vol+ and power buttons simultaneously again to get the recovery options as shown in image 3.

The option under highlighted area is 'Reboot system now'. Sorry for the poor quality of pictures taken with old Nokia e71 :(.

I hope this will help.

Edit:

My device is purely stock, not rooted and I live outside US and finding a way to upgrade it to official JB. (note : I'm not a developer)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mikey199:
Lol
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] randomphace:
Thx for the info hopefully everybody already knew this
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] reyradi:
Hehe