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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannstarr:
I'm looking for a little bit of help with understanding something.

My ideal place to get to is to eventually provide the community here with custom roms and mods which everyone can enjoy on their devices, just like what all the greats devs do here day in day out.... but before I get there, I'm on a path of discovery. At the minute, I want to take a XDA dev's already pre worked ROM, go in to it and change a few things up.... edit the apps, maybe play with a few apks, change the ringtones etc, and then resign the ROM and flash it to my device.

I've been reading some great tutorials such as http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801690 and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1843506 which I am finding very helpful, however....

They seem to be geared towards someone working on a windows machine. I dont want to do it in Windows, I want to do it in Linux... I dont wish to use "CygWin" and I would rather do it manually than use a kitchen - I could easily follow these guides in Windows and achieve my stated aim of a slightly modified custom ROM, however, the overall goal here is to acquire knowledge, and enjoy the process as it goes along.

Now, my current understanding under Linux (Mint 13) is that I can download a recovery flashable Zip, go in to it, and just change up some of the files as I desire.... but then I get confused when it comes to repackaging the ROM prior to flashing it to my device. How would I go about doing this?

As a side note, when it seems that all development for these devices is done under Linux / Mac... why do all the newb guides steer you to Windows?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomvausstat:
Are you asking how to rezip or how to recompile? :confused:

If you're asking about zipping up the folder, go here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1499885

If you're asking about recompiling, it should state how to do so on the page you got the apktool from.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannstarr:
Hi, thanks for your reply. I guess for now what I am asking is how to get the ROM back to a flashable zip file.

The I believe is that you need to have the ROM signed. The windows tutorials point you to a batch file script that does the signing and creates you an "update.zip" file. What id the alternative to this under linux?

Also, in the post you just provided a link to, someone says that you must also edit an update script to reflect the changes you made, such as any apks removed or added etc, where would I find this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuSSiELaMbChOpS:
You need signapk.jar which I believe is included in the android sdk if not just Google and you can find it, once you have that you need a key to sign with, again Google for a testkey.

Then in your terminal you would run:

java -jar signapk.jar certificate.pem key.pk8 your-update.zip your-signed-update.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannstarr:
Excellent, thank you very much.. will play with this later
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] eqiunox:
does anybody know how to get free music in music hub (i guest all music are paid right?)
[Networking] kahn:
I have a few questions I will present here down below. (from sweden and uses telia)

Is there any way to keep track of how many kb I am sending and taking while im conected via GPRS. Or is there any way to make it free? ;)

Cant get IRC to work, because irc can be used on my xda.. right.

I have Wlan at my place, is there no way to connect the xda to my wireless network?

// kahn, tanks in advance.
[Networking] kahn:
Seriously... no replys.

Need ansvers to those questions.
[Networking] Peter Poelman:
Use "spb GPRS monitor". Not free, but very good.

Sentence meaning unclear.

No. (No SDIO slot, no Bluetooth, no USB master mode)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ninja08:
Title says it all. I'm just curious.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ivanprskalo:
+1 to this. I would really at least give a try to such solution, just to fix my washed out colors on xperia T...
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Felimenta97:
I guess it is already being worked on.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
Trouble here - sending HOX in for warranty replacement, already received new phone (original could not connect to 4g/lte, only edge) and am unable to run RUU to return to stock

bootloader screen info:

tampered/relocked

s-on

hboot - 1.09

on 1.85

I can boot into phone and use it, but when connecting to pc, get driver error 10 (cannot start) - however, when i plug in new phone, the driver works fine. This driver issues has occurs on multiple pc's - if it wasn't for this, I would be fine. Phone is still rooted. Also, I can browse files on phone when using disk mode, but when charge only, the "my htc" driver says it cannot start - this is preventing me from using any toolkits/running RUU, which I desperately need to do for warranty purposes. This means it is not recognized by adb/fastboot.

Cannot boot into recovery - tried installing through rom manager (says recovery flashed, but just goes back to bootloader when choosing recovery)

Please, let me know what other info you need - I've tried to be complete in my description, but that doesn't mean I was :)

I have searched forums, but haven't found my particular issue addressed - being unable to install/boot into recovery or connect to PC properly to return to stock
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] a box of kittens:
I saw Rom manager and I thought eek... Flash twrp
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
I have tried installing twrp - it was installed, but now the folder is gone - CWM was a second choice, and ROM manager was a last ditch effort in attempting to install a recovery - ROM manager even says that CWM is installed, but agian, when in bootloader and choosing recovery, it just boots back into bootloader. That's the root (no pun intended - or was it :) of the problem - I am unable to boot into recovery at all, nor can I use fastboot when connected to pc due to driver error - the same driver that functions properly when connecting my replacement phone.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Kole_Ackerson:
Just download goo.im hit menu install open recovery then install.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
I've attempted to install recovery with goo manager as well - it states that recovery script is installed, but when attempting to boot into recovery, it just jumps back to the bootloader - that is what has got me biting my nails. Any ideas as to why I can't boot into recovery despite the fact that goo manager states that twrp was installed?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
Finally able to kind of use fastboot - was able to reboot phone using fastboot, but cannot flash recovery image. When I use fastboot to look for devices I get this:

C:\oneX>fastboot devices

|÷cl≈═?/?π┌?╨

ñ fastboot

Not a typo - I get the mysterious message. Just some more info in case anyone can assist.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
I'm willing to bet something on the phone is damaged, probably the miniUSB port. You're getting garbage because the phone can't communicate properly.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
Interesting thought - I had considered that, but I can connect in other ways (disk drive, etc.) as well as using fastboot to reboot into hboot - so I had discounted that possibility. I suppose I should not have....

That's why this is so frustrating - I can do some things, but not others - and I still don't understand why I am unable to flash a custom recovery, even just using goo manager or similar tool. Why would that be affected by my miniUSB port?

I have 4 days to send this one back for warranty (as stated earlier - I have the replacement already) - I'll probably pull my hair out trying until then :cyclops:

Thanks for the responses so far folks!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
1.85, so AT&T right? AT&T seems pretty lax about checking bootloader, root, etc. for warranty returns. There have even been a few folks on here that sent phones running CM10 and other custom ROMs for warranty repair, with no issues. It seems you are on the stock ROM at least. Just make sure you go through AT&T, and not HTC (which are much more strict).
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
You're right, the port would not affect any of that.

Still, something on your phone is corrupted. This is the same phone that could not connect to LTE? That suggests you've probably got hardware gremlins in there somewhere.

As redpoint said, don't worry about being rooted on the return. AT&T doesn't seem to care.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
Well good gravy then it is through Att - - thanks for putting an alleged gentleman's mind at ease.

Although I have to say, this makes for a good case study all around - it truly is bizarre how some things seem to work while others don't -

at this point I'll just focus on clearing all personal data - no wipes seem to work either .

Again - thanks to the damn fine XDA community for the support - it's inspired me to figure out solutions on my own, while still knowing that there are fine folks willing to offer assistance in a pinch.

It's a good lesson that is repeated here often - do the research first! You learn a lot by breaking things :p
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] exad:
You can't flash recovery with a locked bootloader and S-ON (you relocked already judging by OP)... You can run the RUU from within bootloader, while in fastboot after it has been relocked and the RUU will flash stock recovery (assuming ofcourse fastboot driver works as it seems not to be). Good Luck!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] futureprimate:
Good advice, but the damn fastboot driver appears to be the rub - thought I had it, but now I get an error from the RUU regarding the charge (below %30 -- but it's fully charged of course). So all sorts of weirdness!
[HTC Droid DNA] hikaru366:
I got my DNA 3 days ago

everything are fine until i found out that I can't check updates for my phone

(it shows only with CDMA network) and I don't live in US so I'm using GSM network

was trying to unlock and flash custom ROM but the thing is my phone already got OTA update to version 2.04.605

as I know this version can't be unlock so don't even mention about flash CMV and what not.

Is there any chance that I could just downgrade back to version 1.15.605?
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
No. There is currently NO way for you to unlock/root your device save getting s off through jtag.
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prometeo88:
Huawei U8860 Honor

for the spects... =D
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaNo93:
do you think is it worth buying ?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prometeo88:
It all depends on how are u gonna use it.. And the money
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phreephiber:
I had this huawai before...it's quite cool...and had very very good batter life...

BUT...the 3G signal was absolute biggest **** I ever seen.. I don't know if they had fixed this ..but after 3 days of reading everything regarding 8860 and weak 3G signal...I give up...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr.hafez94:
may be this helps

http://www.smartprix.com/mobiles/huawei_u8860_honor_vs_lg_optimus_l7_p705-c2279_2077.php
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaNo93:
i'm using mobile for games and ,calls ,some apps and camera for sure ? and for the price they're here in egypt @ the same price now so ?

What do you advice me to buy ?

i heard that LG L7 Lags much and Graphic quality ain't good for gaming and camera not quite good

thanks for trying to help
[Nokia Lumia 920] schizo:
Hi guys,

Just happened yesterday, i tried to share my position in an urban dense area using the 'new' Here Map, these are what I found:

- links to m.nokia.me but when people (and I) click it will redirect to m.here.com but then the coordinates will not shown in here.com, hence no points shown in map, only the bigger area

- longitudes are ok, but the latitudes are drifted by 200-300m north. In an urban dense area, this is easily 2-3 blocks away

WTF? They change Nokia Map to Here Map but they forgot to change the sharing URL. And it took me second try to share the coordinates accurately, even when the Here Map are showing my exact location from the beginning (not drifted at all)

In short, map is ok, but the sharing is broken. Why imbarassed me, Nokia? :(
[Nokia Lumia 920] foxbat121:
Actually, it works fine for me.

On desktop with IE9 64-bit, it will show the map centered on the location but with no location icons. That's probably the limitation of the browser I use.

On my WP8 phone, it will automatically launch the Here map to show the exact location. As for the accuracy, it depends on your current location accuracy. It is pretty accurate for me sitting in my basement.

On my Android tablet and Android phones, it shows correctly in Chrome browser with location icon as well.

So, nothing is broken in location sharing.

Tested again on Win8 IE10 and it is the same as IE9. So is Chrome browser. They all showing the map without a location icon and slightly off to the right.

However, on mobile devices, they show correctly either on app (WP8) or mobile browsers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SptMogul:
Ok I recently rooted my phone so that I can use my wifi tethering but now my phone keep telling me to update the software...

I have LJ7 right now and i have some a few questions

1) is it ok to do the over the air update? If not whats the best way to update my phone so that it will not ask me for the update everytime I look at the phone.

2) do I need to root it again after the update ?

3) do you think wifi tethering TreveT mod will still work after the update?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You can flash an updated MB1 rom, check out freezas stock rooted rom in android development

After that you can flash the firmware update (modems etc), also in freezas thread

If you just want to flash the firmware and make the notification go away, then go to /system/build.prop and replace all instances of "LJ7" to "MB1", save and close

then go to settings > applications > google services framework > clear data and clear cache and reboot, then notification should be gone

As for tether, yes it will still work on MB1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] poit:
1. Yes, it's OK to do an OTA update if you haven't removed any stock apps AND you are on the stock recovery (haven't installed CWM or TWRP)

2. Before updating you should install VOODOO Rootkeeper and use it to backup root. After upgrading you will lose root, but you can quickly recover it with using Rootkeeper. It's free and available on the play store.

3. I don't know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SptMogul:
my phone is rooted so i guess i already have the CWM right?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SptMogul:
I'm thinking to just unroot my phone using qbking77 instructions then update everything and root it again...do you think it will work?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
There is no reason to completely unroot in order to get the update.

If you already have a custom recovery (cwm or twrp) then you can just go ahead and flash freeza's latest stock, rooted rom from the Android development section.

It literally tattoos like 15 minutes and you're done. No need to unroot, then re-root.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teleblaster:
Wrong forum.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KidCarter93:
By posting in the correct section.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] americasteam:
[Q] S3 Took A Swim. How To Prep It for eBay Sale?

I was too late. :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] ez4nick:
The rom I am using is the odex jellybean sense 4+ rom found on this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055490 . What I am trying to do is somehow change the network icons to the default att has that always shows the network type "4g,lte, etc" instead of only showing it when mobile data is on and using it. I tried making my own flashable zip and I extracted the systemui.apk from a backup of my phone with the icons the way I wanted but after flashing the status bar was completely gone and said it crashed constantly so I restored to another backup. I did search for this and I couldn't find any thread discussing exactly this. Any help/suggestions is appreciated.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeikei4life:
Hi guys,

I just got a 16GB Nexus 4, rooted on CM10.1 [most recent version] and I love the phone. Lately, I've had a few strange problems with it...

My girlfriend says that call quality is really bad, and that sometimes she can hardly hear me. Also, she says that she gets my texts late/out of order and it's really annoying. On top of that, my phone tells me that it loses signal and I'm not sure why...I live in the midwest and this was never a problem for me on my SGSIII.

Any help, advice, or tips anyone?

Much appreciated, thank you so much.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scream4cheese:
Have you tried flashing a different ROM and see if the issue persists?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earthtk:
Hi,

My battery is not able to charge beyond 89% after 5 hours. Anyone knows what is going on? I'm using revolt rom

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaidev.s:
Change the kernel

Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Wipe battery stats and do a couple of full charge/drain cycles
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomcop:
What kernel and ROM are you using? But sometimes helps just reboot device or try to charge in PC USB port or as jaidev.s wrote change kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earthtk:
Hi thanks for the help,

Im using revolt rom with temasek kernel. I tried switching off , charged it to 100% and removed the battery stats. See how it goes.=)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chiller89:
If you are using one of temaseks latest kernels with the stweaks support then there's a setting which needs to be changed from 4.2v to 4.35v if you are using the stock battery. I can't remember exactly what the setting name is, but if you look in his ROM thread you'll find it there :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomcop:
It's in STweaks, Power tab, BATTERY CHARGING VOLTAGES, Change hard voltage.

And yes, this exactly happend to me with Tamasek kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LenAsh:
Stock battery needs 4.35V voltage setting
[Windows Mobile Software Development] R_J_Webb:
Hi

I'm simply trying to use a dll written in eVC, with a small app written in vVB.

The dll has mostly been wizard generated with an extra function call testing, which returns a 4 as an int.

I've compiled the dll as 'dll_test.dll' and after much messing about i've managed to register the pvbdecl.dll file which seems to be needed. Now i get the following error. 'dll_test.dll was loaded, but the DllRegistryServer entry point was not found'

I hope this is a small common problem? thanks for any help/hints in advance
[Windows Mobile Software Development] R_J_Webb:
just a follow up:

i cracked it. i was using the wrong naming convention in my dll. meaning that vb couldn't find the functions in the dll. (also removed some of the c++ stuff from the dll)

now i can use my dll with vb or c (using loadlibrary etc...). next step is to use it in c with just including the h file and linking to the lib file

if anyone is interested then let me know and i'll explain more.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nexx2012:
well guys, i kinda left my phone sitting nexto my glass of water when i was sleeping, woke up..and the phone was off, and the battery had a RED TAB on it. SO i put it in a bag of rice for 2 days, turned it on with a new battery and it worked COMPLETELY FINE, i used it all day, that night i turned it off and when i tried to turn it on the next morning something went wrong, The galaxy S2 logo shows up, closes then pops up again, then it boots up to the main screen where my lock screen is, the touch screen doesn't work at all anymore, So i boot it up into recovery mode, and i go to try a factory reset, and the power button doesn't let me select anything.but when i hit the little menu button on the bottom left, it takes the recovery to a loading screen, so the touch screen must be working right???... SOO i thought that id try a 1 click ROM, so i tried to connect it to my computer,and the computer doesn't read it AT ALL....i put it into ODIN mode, tried connecting it again, nothing, SOOO i really dont know what to do here, it was working perfectly fine... and the WERID THING is, when it turns on to the lock screen, i can receive texts,emails,phone calls, and the phone is updating games and stuf i have installed...i just cant unlock the screen, so if ANYONE could help me here it would be greatly appreciated, Thank you :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Sounds like your phone had residual moisture trapped inside and that seeped into circuits or connections and caused a short that's borking your digitizer. :eek:

Whenever you have a water mishap like that you need to disassemble your phone and pack all the pieces in rice or suspend them in front of an air conditioner while letting the cold dry air blow over and around the parts overnight.

The a/c part I know first hand because my wife toilet bombed her epic last summer, and that's what I did, reassembled the next morning and its still working fine.

Of coarse when the phone hit the water it was pulled instantly and I pulled the battery and instantly disassembled the phone.

In your case I don't know if disassembling it now will help.

You may need parts to fix it. :o

Start Googling. There is NO software that's going to fix your phone. :(

Pp.:):beer::thumbup:

From me to you on an Epic Touch running the best rom ever.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Nexx2012:
well im taking it to a cell phone repair shop in town tommorow, see if they can possibly fix it, well have to see...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] astolenheart:
Mine fell in a pot hole left it in rice for 3 days still didn't work was very laggy had to get a replacement phone

Send from a mircowave
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stryke_the_Orc:
When I got my first one I went overboard off the boat I was working on. Five minutes in the water, it was toast. That was salt water though...

Slithering from the nether regions of a twisted mind and tarnished soul
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kchannel9:
Liquipel, email them and ask them to officially support the Sprint GS2 as well as the AT&T & Tmobile that they already support for waterproofing, I already did and they said they'd do it, but it's not official yet cuz not enough people have been asking I think for the ET4G version.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamonBoboman:
I'm having troubles connecting to the Google Play Store after doing a hard reset. I tried all the internet suggests.. Such as clearing cache, doing hard resets or even restarting my phone, I contacted the Google Play Store representatives about 4 times and they couldn't help me whatsoever. I need someone to help me. It shows that I can't establish a reliable connection. HELP ME..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AuSSiELaMbChOpS:
Only other things I can think of are to clear data for Google Services framework, Play Store and Google Play Services. Reboot and try again.

If that doesn't work delete your Google account from system settings and add it back again.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amith007:
If you are rooted.. try flashing the matching gapps again..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolhof:
Try adding a second Google account, deleting the first one, adding the first account back, then deleting the second account.

Verzonden door mijn GT-I9300 met xda premium
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moonguy75:
Flash the gapps package

Sent from MOON......