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[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
My dad upgraded to the Note 2. Gave me his old x2. I've posted this before.

Anyways, I've finally gotten around to sitting down with this thing, and have gone for the giddy euphoria of a fresh hacking expedition to banging my head on the desk so hard i think i need a new keyboard.

I have plenty of experience rooting and ROMing. Rooted dozens of devices, many of them difficult. Flashed the crap out of my phone (oh, odin >_>) and my tablet (cwm goodness). But motoflashing is a whole new beast and i'm losing it. I've been doing this for 10 hours straight now (its 5:30 AM ATM) many hours spent trying to root the damn thing (most root methods failed in bizarre and spectacular ways) but i finally got it done. I now have a rooted 2.3.4 stock dx2. and i think i finally got a handle on SBFing.

of course the natural instinct is to go flash a rom. and since my current phone (droid charge) doesn't have a (functional) ICS rom, i figure, damn, this thing need to have ICS or higher on it. well... no. i've spent hours reading every sticky and search result thread i can find and i tell you, i still don't comprehend how i'm supposed to flash a custom rom onto this thing. I don't see anything about a custom recovery outside of ancient posts from the "ow wow, froyo!" era, you can't SBF-flash a ROM like you can with odin, and for the life of me i can't comprehend what bootstrapping your phone is.

so, could someone PLEASE explain to me in not-motorola-specific terms exactly what i'm doing here? i'm a pretty technologically proficient guy, i can figure it out if i just could get a simple explanation anywhere. hopefully someone can take pity on the motonoob and help me out here, i would be highly thankful.

(also realize i have been awake 24+ hours with zero caffeine and not enough sugar, so if this sounds like the ravings of a madman or if i missed something painfully obvious, i am very sorry >_<)
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
This is the custom recovery for the x2. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php...android) backup and recovery of your Droid X2

That tutorial will walk you through how to get familiar with it. Once you do that this is what you do. I'm going to use CM10 as an example.

1. Learn how to boot into custom recovery (link above.)

2. Download CM10 and JB GApps from the CM10 thread in development section.

3. Place both files on your external card.

4. Boot into custom recovery.

5. Wipe data/factory reset

6. Wipe cache partition.

7. Select "install zip from SD card"

8. Select choose zip from SD card

9. Select (flash) cm10- install

10. Select (flash) GApps- install

11. Reboot.

12. Install patched CM7 bootstrap found in the cm7 thread in development section.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
ok, so apparently I did just miss something obvious. Looks like after I get the recovery its standard zip flashing, which I feel right at home doing.

So that makes my rant up there seem pretty stupid (and/or noobish) I guess :P ah well, ya live and you learn.

I'm gonna get some sleep before I try for that recovery tho. *clicks thanks*
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Haha ;) good luck.

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[Motorola Droid X2] tallyforeman:
Here's some extra material to help you out. Tomsgt has youtube videos that will make things alot easier for you.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1759431

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1683827
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
Thanks for the help guys, I'll definitely check those out.

What would you say the most stable 4.x rom is?
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Our 4.0 ROMs are very buggy. If you are set on ICS I'd go with CM9... surprisingly CM10 is more stable and its Jellybean (still has its issues though.)

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[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
well that's unusual :P sure then, jellybean. Any reccomendations? I saw several different JB roms.
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
There should only be two JB ROMs for the x2. CM10 and AOKP. AOKP is still a work in progress and has more issues than CM10... I would start with CM10.

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[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
stupid question, but i thought the DX2 paranoidandroid port was JB?
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Nah, It's ICS, at the moment. One of the AOKP Ports is JB though.
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
OK, thanks. I didn't see it anywhere in the rom thread.

Also, I got the recovery installed! Woot!

Time to rom =D
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Haha nice, you're on your way. Just remember if you are using any of the CM ROMS, Paranoid, AOKP, MIUI you'll need the CM7 patched recovery after you install the ROM.
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
okay awesome. Can I have a link to that? * is booting into cm10 now*
[Motorola Droid X2] GoClifGo05:
Here ya go. http://www.mediafire.com/?pzz4413k6wggcao

Same install process, and it looks exactly the same, but it's needed for these ROMs.
[Motorola Droid X2] d34thbl00m:
No, the paranoidandroid port was built from CM9 ICS. CM9 was good but not as stable as CM10.
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
up and running on CM10! so awesome. thanks for your guys's help.

but why cant i receive anything over xlink? any ideas? that's a must-have app for me....not a dealbreaker for the ROM, but it might be for using the phone as my daily driver.
[Motorola Droid X2] d34thbl00m:
What is xlink?
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.fun2code.android.xlink&hl=en

excellent wireless file transfer app. has completely replaced flash drives, and nearly replaced cables for me. I use it daily
[Motorola Droid X2] d34thbl00m:
Interesting. Pretty cool it's multi-platform. Would be nice if it worked for the PS3 :D
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
But weirdly, when I go to send a file to it, there's just a big empty space where I would normally tell it where to save the file. And it wont save if I just download it. Changing the default save location has no effect either. :/
[Motorola Droid X2] d34thbl00m:
Tell you what, since it's peaked my interest anyways I will tinker with it tomorrow before work and let you know what I find.
[Motorola Droid X2] mtmerrick:
Excellent, looking forward to seeing what you find.
[Motorola Droid X2] d34thbl00m:
Well files transfer to pc no problem, however I see your issue with transfer to phone. I changed the default directory and still get the upload error. I need more time to play around but have to go to work. Will try more when I get home.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jaskiratsingh:
I found the version of Polaris Office working on xxlsa. I have tested it and works fine. Download the apk from dropbox link and install it add regular as apk.

http://db.tt/bP4xA6GJ
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] yash.shah:
It frequently crashes on my note running rocket rom
[General Questions and Answers] combat goofwing:
Thought i would post this for other world wider users to give opinions,sky is our version of HBO or ESPN,they android support has been shocking,they don't even support jellybean 4.1 yet and no tablet support etc while all IOS devices are supported .We thought we were getting some where with them and they promised to be more open after stringing us along for months with false claims why they could not bring sky go out on android etc so here it what we got

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Go/Sky-Go-on-Android-Forum-response/ta-p/763976

and here is the thread with all the input and waffle we are getting

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Go/Sky-is-in-breach-of-its-customer-code/td-p/749576/page/20

whats the views of other countries users of the likes of HBO which runs on 4.2,netflix which does the same
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lither:
I've already setup my O2 voicemail and entered the pin, but it still in my notification? How do I get rid of it?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] biggary:
This is a post to say thanks to the Devs, who have over the years, created masterpieces, and kept our Galaxy S phones alive for many years to come, these devs work for nothing (well, maybe a donation or two), and have basically turned us all into flash-a-holics!!!!

So leave your messages for the devs below........
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TEEKEYEMS:
THANKS !

let me give first chance to aways for the amazing and reliable roms C-ROM, C-ROMmix 6,7 &8.:good:

The Slim Rom also doing well.:good:

Thanks to all developers who gave us (GTi9000 users) opportunity to try different customs ROMS :highfive:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jman_131:
A big Thank You to all of the Devs.

Jeremy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jask489:
Thank you so much:

aways

kosako17

pawitp

And all the others as well!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] speedwayfan75:
For all the great devs in XDA: Thanks a lot for your great work.:good:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iljakasper:
I got one dead pixel on my phone. Is this something common on the Nexus 4 ?

What is the policy of google for dead pixels ?

It is hard to notice, but now that i noticed it, it drives me crazy.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyPeter:
Almost everything on sale is a Class II pixel defect group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_13406-2
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euler MD:
I just noticed a dead pixel too. I really dunno if I should RMA it...does anybody know how long the Nexus 4 warranty lasts? And what it covers?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Why don't you check the warranty info in the box..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iljakasper:
Class II it is... I guess I will get over it, but it makes me sad for sure. If the product was available i would send it back and get a new one, but that's not exactly a possibility with the Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobdeagle:
why not ? they have seperate stock for replacements, my replacement shipped today :D, also LG have a really good dead pixel warranty for their monitors pretty sure its a zero defect policy in the first 15 days you might want to do a little research they might do the same for mobile devices.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Euler MD:
Sorry about that...

They have a separate stock for ones that need to be replaced.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iljakasper:
That's if they accept to replace the device for 1 dead pixel. They probably won't. I'm more talking of sending it back (i have the device for less than 7 days), get my money back, and buy a new one.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Iljakasper:
I finally sent it back for other reasons (phone freezing while playing music and apps crashing), and am really happy to have a phone without broken pixel now. I wouldn't send it back only for that though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
Even if that's the case, many companies, include Google, will replace a phone for a single dead pixel. ASUS has a zero dead pixel/bright dot policy, for example.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErsdaHL:
2 months back I flashed some JBs and was dissapointed with battery, Went back to ics and even now my battery wont make it trough the day. So im way behind the FWs.. im on BLH1 and searching for some rom who is known for being stable and longuptime. Im from sweden if it matters for the radio..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
What rom best rom posts are not allowed .

Its not hard to A read and B try the roms .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrisd1a1:
thread closed, try a few and see what is best for you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jjlwork:
Just had this thought this morning and thought I'd post it.

I'm very loyal to Slim Rom, even did some testing for some releases in my Samsung Captivate days. According to their web site they are tidying up their last version of 4.1.2 and are already working on bases for their 4.2.1 ROM. That said the first rom that boots and works from any team with 4.2.1 is getting flashed :). I really hope it's the Slim Team, but more then likely it will be CM I think.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
I can not take full credit for this, I've gotten help from others and have two threads that have provided tons of information (both will be linked at the bottom of this). Samsung's big selling point for the GN2 was the S-Pen, one big gripe that some had was the fact that you couldn't use the S-Pen to interact with the physical buttons and the question of "why didn't they enable the software buttons the Nexus devices use?" So I searched around and found out how to enable the Software buttons on the GN2.

Now I'm still tinkering with the Key values to disable the menu and back buttons and possibly re-map the home button...input on this would be great.

Step One: You must be Rooted to do this

Step Two: Use your favorite File Manager (I used Solid Explorer) to navigate to the build.prop file (sysytem>build.prop)

Step Three: Add the following to the bottom of your build.prop file (without the quotes);

"qemu.hw.mainkeys = 0"

Step Four: Save build.prop file, exit file explorer, and reboot the your phone

Step Five: Enjoy your new software buttons

You can turn off the backlight to the menu and back buttons in Settings>Display>Touch key light duration>Always Off. Again this will not disable the physical buttons, I'm still working to figure out what values need to be changed. I'll post the "known" values in the next post.

source info:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1918166

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29153-mod-411-jelly-bean-soft-key-mods-with-menu-and-search-stockbb/

For those that want "the bleeding edge" of things (like myself) I suggest giving PIE from ParanoidAndroid a try. Senior Member noname81 has created an app that can be sideloaded to your rooted device and enables the PIE style navbar and can be found HERE. For more on PIE check HERE. Check it out and let us know what you think.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
From the info found in the SGS3 thread the values that need to be changed are;

key 172 Home

key 158 Back

key 139 Menu

found in these files;

/system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl

/system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl

/system/usr/keylayout/sec_keys.kl

Now the GN2 does not have all of these files but the key values are the same. Instead we have;

/system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

/system/usr/keylayout/gpio-keys.kl

/system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl

/system/usr/keylayout/sii9234_rcp.kl

and the values I've found are (grouped as found in the above files);

Generic.kl (Only effected files need to be modified)

key 127 Menu Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 139 Menu Wake_Dropped (Effect)

key 158 Back Wake_Dropped (Effect)

key 172 Home (Effect)

gpio-keys.kl (This file MUST be edited)

key 172 Home Wake (Effect)

qwerty.kl (This file can be left intact)

key 158 Back Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 229 Menu Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 139 Menu Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 59 Menu Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 102 Home Wake (No effect)

sii9234_rcp.kl (This file can be left intact)

key 10 Menu Wake_Dropped (No effect)

key 14 Back Wake_Dropped (No effect)

Step One: Disable the physical keys

Step Two: Making a flashable script to edit build.prop and change key values to disable physical keys

Step Three: Get popular key re-map ideas

Step Four: Make additional flashable scripts for popular key re-maps

Now I'm currently at work so disabling the physical keys might take me a little while of playing around but ill keep you posted. As for the flashable script I turn to the community to lend a hand on that, that's still a bit out of my league. Same goes for the key re-map scripts. Enjoy everyone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
I removed the above listed values completely from their respective files and have successfully disabled the physical buttons after a reboot. I'm going to re-input those values in one by one to see what the least amount of edit we need to make this work. I'll edit the second post with my findings.

edit: While testing values it seems something breaks the power/lock and volume buttons...battery pull turns phone off (obviously) and the power button will power on the phone but it won't lock it nor will it bring up the shut down/restart menu...replacing keylayout values and removing build.prop edit fixes those buttons...have to look into it further. Also it seems some modification to the size of the software buttons might have to be made as it overlaps the camera button when the camera is in use, this might be fixed by using an AOSP based ROM like CM10...once I get a port ill check it out.

For now if you want to play around with the software buttons to see what it feels/looks like just modify the build.prop file and turn off the backlight for the physical buttons, they will still work but won't be seen.

Apps that don't play nice with this mod;

Camera

Phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] natboy:
Please note that the camera app doesn't quite play nicely with this mod. It cuts the buttons in half.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
stated in third post...I'll be going to an unoffical CM10 tomorrow so I can play a little more with this then
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ScottRTL:
also the phone dialpad/recent call log, and landscape softkeys are really screwy...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
Thanx for that...I think once we get an AOSP ROM like CM that allows for a navbar some of these issues will go away. Haven't had the chance to try that out tho
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jstrayy:
any way to get the software buttons to appear only when the S pen is used?

great mod, but I don't need them out all the time.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
The point of the mod is to eventually replace the physical buttons and be more like a nexus device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
Can I get some input on layout? How would you like to see the following options arranged?

MENU

RECENT APPS

HOME

BACK

SEARCH

Not all options need to be used. (eg. Recent Apps, Search, Home, Back)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Chronzy:
Thanks for your work on this. I personally would love to see :

menu-home-back

I almost never use recent and don't need search, got a widget for that. If power is possible, I'd put it to the left of menu.

Btw, I got a nice (slightly lighter than ICS) blue theme I'm working on for the soft keys.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
Cool...thanks for the input...just waiting on a "stable" enough AOSP ROM so I can look at the framework.apk and the navbar options that are baked in to CM.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] -Sn1PeR-:
If anyone figures out how to fix the recent call log please let me know. Having soft keys is amazing. I don't think that I could ever go back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] ScottRTL:
Right now I am just using rocketdial... not as good as aosp with softkeys... but pretty decent..

Sent from my Galaxy Note II on Rogers Wireless
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] casperi:
Hey monster,

Where are you on this? I would love to have a fully working setup. As far as key layout I use cm10 on my t989 S2 and have the nav bar mimicking the hardware button layout. I however would not want to disable my hardware buttons on my note2 just incase something goes wrong.

Thx

Casperi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
Kind of at a stand still at this point, some family stuff goin on, and im kind of waiting on a CM build so I can tie into the build in navbar settings. Ive been following the dev of cm for us very closely and it seems very close to being something...yay...so ill start looking at their framework.apk and the systemui.apk to see what I can do...then ill most likely build a script based off the s3 script thats already out...and we'll go from there...as far as layout I was kind of thinking menu, home, search, back...but I want to see the menu situation inside CM so menu might go away and it would be search, home, back but we'll see
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] casperi:
Ok thx alot I really appreciate you taking a look at it. I would offer to help but i can't code to save my life. If you need any other type of help like testing or place to host your dev files I can do that.

Take care

Casperi
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sk806:
I have done quite a bit of key re-mapping, including the home button on other devices, and there's usually smali coding involved, as well, so shoot me a pm if you want some info. Can't say I know it all, but more than nothing...

Steve
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
Thanx dude once I get there ill def hit u up
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] MonsterBandit:
ok so some great news...CM10 is "officially" running on the AT&T Note 2 (my phone) and I have gotten the navbar running, also CM has navbar settings/customizations built right in. I am currently looking at a navbar set up in the following manner Menu Home Search Back. If you love AOSP as much as I do and want CM on your phone, heres all you need to get this working:

- http://www.mediafire.com/?a6hl8qlv5v261q1 (the link to Madmack's CM10)

- gapps (optional and you'll have to get them yourself, im using 20121011)

- once you've booted into CM and gotten all your stuff set back up add "qemu.hw.mainkeys = 0" to the bottom of your build.prop file

- save changes and reboot

- you now have the navbar

- to edit go to system settings>system>NAVIGATION BAR (this only shows if you edit your build.prob)

- follow the on screen instructions and you're good to go

I'll try and post a screen shot later as well but I'm having some storage issues at the moment. Otherwise enjoy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 350d:
Has anybody workable apktool on JB 4.2? I tried many versions, 1.5.1/1.5.0, but failed to compiled.

What tools do you use to mod phone.apk / systemui.apk / framework-res.pak now?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tristan202:
HAve you got aapt from the latest sdk? that is most likely the issue. I just tried decompiling and recompiling of a few 4.2 files with no problem. I used a apktool snapshot I compiled from the git.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 350d:
thanks！ I tried different aapt.exe and I think it is problem. Could you share me your aapt.exe? :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 350d:
I can use apktool 1.5.1 pre with the latest aapt.exe(size:5972K) to install framework-res.apk and decompiled phone.apk (both from Cataclysm ROM or stock jelly bean 4.2 deodexed) successfully. But never can I compile them! Enclosed screenshot... What must I missing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
For me I get error when trying to decompile JB apk so I use FJ-apktools and then I sign and decompile + recompile modified apk + zipalign with Android kitchen then it works well..

This may be good: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053227 I have not tested this yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 350d:
I tried FJ-APKTOOLS yesterday, failed...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jackpham:
APKTOOL for JB4.2.x

http://www.mediafire.com/?v46a04y74i7zb5q
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rustyjay:
I used this aapt and apktool.jar to successfully decompile and recompile 4.2 framework

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34806981&postcount=265
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] flonec:
hi

APKTOOL_JB4.2 no work recompile GalleryGoogle.apk :(

sorry for google translate.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mixtapes08:
Try this one before modding your gallery. Copy your browser.apk to your tools folder then apktool if browser.apk. Some of the apps requires the browser to be installed on your apktool folder in order for them to decompile and recompile.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 350d:
Thanks Bro! It really does work!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] F4M0U569:
None of this work. All failed. Any other fixes?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tristan202:
No fixes required. All you need to do is get the latest sdk, and a snapshot of apktool 1.5.1.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wartickler:
It works!

Thank you for the link!