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[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Ok....so now I'm probably way over my head...but...guess that's the best way to learn to swim...now for more questions...

1. I made the assumption that I after I was rooted, the phone would be at the same level that it was Android v 2.2. Based on what you said, when I flashed the new boot loader it wiped out the Android 2.2 os from the phone. Is this similar to having a fully wiped HD in Windows/Dos, where I have a partition, but no MBR and no OS?

2. Where in the rooting process did I "flash" the new bootloader? Is it when I executed the below set of commands:

cd /data/local/tmp

# ./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.img -y recovery.img

# ./root_psn

# sync

this gets back to an earlier question where I would really like to understand what's happening...I'm assuming that -f and -b are swtiches in gfree that do something to the hboot image....I'll continue to try and read and look stuff up. I'm at work today so time/space is limited for this.

3. Do I still need to do step 5 in the Wiki: Verify the success of gfree?

3a. When the phone is booted into fastboot or hboot I can't shell into the phone. The only time I can shell into the phone is when it's in CWM recovery. When I do this, and do an ls of the SDCARD dir, it's empty...it was not before...did this process wipe out the SDCARD? I"M asking this because further down in the rooting thread it states that there are items on the SDCARD that I should backup to my computer (I'm assuming in case I want to go back).

4. I'm assuming there is a guide somewhere to flashing a new rom. At this point I'm just wanting to get something on the phone so I can see that it's rooted and play with the phone in a rooted state. Can I just try and load up any of the KitKat roms from post #3 in this thread?

Sorry for all the questions....and again, thx for the help.
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Yeah sorry these guides aren't always too clear, one of these days I may get around to making one that is a bit more straight forward

When flashing the hboot/bootloader it wiped the OS/recovery/data/cache partitions

You then flashed a recovery, within this recovery you need to flash a new rom

The SD card should not have been erased, but I doubt you need to bother with the verify steps, it allowed to flash hboot and recovery so 99% chance all is good, you can look at bootloader screen for s-off (stands for radio secure flags removed) this will allow you to change radios as well as bootloader or any other partition,

Speaking of which you may consider the dz-eng bootloader as it has a larger partition size for system which is needed for most newer ROMs and sense

As for KitKat, you need a newer recovery, I have a link in this thread explaining recoveries more as well as bootloaders and radios, just go under the headings to see

And for now maybe just grab a gingerbread rom to test all is working, cm7 comes to mind but of course I'm partial to cyanX but that may feel a bit more complicated of an install

Anything I missed or any other questions feel free to ask

Best of luck!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Thx dude...BTW, the shift/R click for the command prompt at file location is cool...didn't know that one. I know you can also do it by being in the directory you want and then just typing CMD in the menu bar. :)

When I boot into Hboot, the first line is Vision PVT ENG S-OFF. Then from system info, I see CID-11111111 so I think I'm good.

I didn't realize that I could use the dz-eng bootloader. I though that would only work on European phones and not the G2. Would I have to start over and replace the G2-ENG bootloader with the dz-eng bootloader?

Regarding the radios, the wiki says there are only three and that once set at the factory you can't change them....am I missing something about changing radios?

I'll be reading lots tonight and over the next few days....I'm having fun with this. It's nice to have a spare phone that's not in service to experiment with.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
for #2, the ./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.im -y recovery.img is where the bootloader was flashed.

The -f switch in gfree is what removes write protection on the eMMC.

the -b option is too flash the bootloader

The -y option is too flash a recovery img

#3, no, gfree did that for you, but if you want to run the step again to double check that will be fine.

#3a fastboot and hboot don't use adb.

As for the sdcard being empty in cwm, it might be the path to the sdcard isn't quite right.

Can't remember off the top of my head, but try under /storage

4. Most rom threads will have a quick guide in the OP for how to flash, but most of the time its boot to recovery, wipe everything, flash the rom, flash gapps and reboot.

the DZ and G2 are identical with hardware, its just the bootloader (hboot) which defines where partitions start and finish.

A lot of roms require the partition sizing from the DZ, as it gives /system a bit more room I think.

There's a guide somewhere for how to flash the DZ hboot, the easiest is probably getting a PC10IMG.zip and letting the phone flash it itself.

Regarding the Radios, the Factory set Radios is referencing the frequencies it can talk on, which cannot be changed.

When we talk about changing/flashing radios here, we mean the firmware.

Also, in clockworkmod recovery, the power button is sort of like locking the phone, you need to use the camera button to select options, thats why you were only seeing the icon when you pressed it, and back to the main menu when you pressed it again.

You could also get a touch based recovery, which is usually easier to navigate.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Yup, follow what Nipqer says, right all accounts as always

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728208

Post #30 here has a link to a PC10IMG.zip that will help you but I do advise reading through the threads on the first page here to get idea of what you are doing

Also check out the link in you are rooted what to do next and you will get plenty of tips

And yeah, this is still one of the most customizable androids and most phone to root/mod/etc, good choice with this one as you will learn tons and have a lot of fun playing around

Best of luck!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Hey guys, sorry I've kinda fallen off the face of the earth...just been busy the last few day, but have also been reading a lot. I'm hoping to be able to do some more work on this over the next 4 days...

[MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION], I think I've got the dz-eng bootloader. When I checked the number on the wiki thread, it said the dz-eng bootloader was v 0.84.2000. When I go into the hboot screen it shows hboot-0.84.2000 (PC1010000). That means I already have the dz-eng bootloader...correct?

Is this the thread that I would want to pull the CM7 rom from?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916796
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Yeah that's the dz one, so you're good there, you probably will need to go to cyanogen website for latest cm7 and gapps (google search cyanogen vision to find quick)

But really anything will do, cm7 is just a generic rom for this phone that's many others are built off of
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
So I'm about to go forward with this but since it's my first, I thought I'd double check the process.

So I picked up the latest CM 7 from here:

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=vision

I picked the top/latest one.

with the instructions for loading the rom and Google Apps onto the phone from here

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_vision

What it looks like is basically, I boot into CWM recovery, the

1. Choose "wipe data/ factory reset"

2. then choose "install Zip from SDCARD (I have previously put both the CM7 rom as well as google apps on the SD card so I don't need to push them).

2a. Let teh CM install take place

2b once that's finished install teh 2nd google apps zip

3. Reboot and I should be running CM7 rom on the phone....?

Since the files are already on the phone, it doesn't look like I need the phone connected to the computer...correct?

Let me know if this is as simple as it looks.. ;)

thx.
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
You got it!

After you flash this and play around a bit you may want to flash something newer/different

If so then you will add one more step to the process, backup in recovery before wipe, then repeat the steps above for new rom

Happy flashing!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Thx dude,

got the following error after the wipe/format:

E: format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2.

Is this a problem or can I simply disregard and proceed with loading the ROM?
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Shouldn't matter, if for some reason it won't allow you to flash then go to bootloader and wipe through fastboot, but you should feel free to disregard
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
SUCCESS! Mod looks great, but man, it has drained my battery. Battery reports in good condition. 72 % of usage is cell standby. I have no service for the phone, so is it constantly searching for a signal? Any way to turn that off?

Thx for all the help with this guys. I'm going to continue to monkey with this for a few days, then roll it back to original stock status...then root it and push it forward again. Been lots of fun, and [MENTION=4334383]demkantor[/MENTION], you've done a great job with this page...tons of reading and study material....This has really been fun.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
Yeah constantly searching for a signal drains the battery pretty quick.

Though the battery being ~5 years old won't have the same battery life as if it were brand new.

You could enable airplane mode, which will save a ton of battery.

Also maybe check the overclock state of the phone, I can't remember if CM7 had built in overclocking, but a lot of other roms did.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Yea,

That was the first thing I tried, but that kills my wifi as well and then no browsing or anything like that. I'm still working on it. There's some other stuff on the net where guys have had issues, so I'm recharging battery now and will zero out battery stats and see what happens. It seemed like it had better times on the stock version, but I'm still looking to see what CM7 has in it....lots of goodies...It's not a huge deal because it's not an active phone. I've also pulled the T-Mo sim card. I'm hoping that pulling the card might stop the radio from searching. Just more stuff to play with and learn.
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Also you may consider changing radio versions or disabling altogether

Go to dialer and type

*#*#4636#*#*

Then chose disable radio, I don't believe it survives a reboot though
[G2 and Desire Z General] Slarti77:
Thx Dem,

I did some looking around and there were lots of threads about poor battery life, it seemed like a lot of them had to do with radio performance. I figured since I don't have service the radio is doing nothing but hunting...burning juice.

I found this app (Airplane Settings) that will turn off the different radios separately, so now the cell radio is off and I can leave wifi on....Sweet! Battery life is now much improved. I also found another app called OS Monitor that lets you monitor what's taking up the CPU.

I'll also try flashing the radio you recommend.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kha1rul:
Please can you add a link for the Desire Z files? Also, the XDA Wiki shows a different md5sum for root_psn.zip than the one you put on AFH, do you know why that may be the case?
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Sure thing, I don't think I'll have a chance to upload until tomorrow, just remind me if I forget

The differing md5sum is either it has been updated art some point or it was packaged in a zip with a few other files that aren't needed (source code or something)
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
Change Keyboard Layout

Hello,

I use my vision with mimicry v.1.5 . I change the keyboard language to german but it is still in a querty-layout. How can i change it manually? maybe just swap "Y" with "Z" ?

greatings

fanofled
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Hi on the second post in this thread you will see a link on how to remap keyboard under the subheading reading for your pleasure let me know if you need further help
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
Ok that is a nice file but i think its still a querty or are I'm wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Probably, I thought it went though explaining how to manually do it, I guess not as it looks like they are doing it with a hex editor which is a much harder way then needed

Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2194964

If you download the latest .zip in there you can extract the keychars and keylayout script, then use an editor gedit for Linux or notepad++ for windows

You can manually change it then adb push it back to phone and change permissions

Im on mobile so I can't easily search here but I'm sure someone here has the scripts premade that you can just use, otherwise I can help you make a flashable.zip for this if you get stuck
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
I'm really sorry but i cant find any keychars or keylayout syript? I think i'm just stupid:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
so now i'm really confused i found the keylayout script in /system/usr/keylayout

I change there in the file vision-keypad-ger.kl key 21 to z and key 45 to y but nothing changed.

if I change the language to german the keys on the touchpad are in quertz but the hardwarekeys are still querty.
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Look in both keychars and keylayout, if you downloaded the .zip from the link I sent you will see both, take the German one and push those both to phone and fix permissions, you may need to edit a bit to get them exactly how you prefer

It sounds as if you are most of the way there, keep on trying and let me know if you need some further help
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
I've change both files and reboot but nothing changed (i uploaded the files here, maybe you can spot a misstake).

Or maybe I dont choose the language for the hardware Keyboard but I can't find any settings for that (only for the software keyboard).
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
Did you change permissions? I'm on mobile but can look over you work tonight

Also you're using mimicry? I thought there was an option in the aroma installer to select keyboard? I'm pretty sure blkjack had this option, maybe try a dirty flash with selecting the German layout in his aroma installer, or just taking the files out of his aroma installer and replace those with yours
[G2 and Desire Z General] fanofled:
eh i dont know. I've changed the files via file manager
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smantanasiceapa:
As the title says, I used link2sd to move them but not all apps which were installed on sdcard dissapierd. Those apps which remained were those who were initial installed on sdcard. But still, I can see those moved apps in task mananger, at Downloaded, under the name of "com. ... . " whit no proper icon.

How can I retrieve them?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
guys i need your help! :laugh:

I've succesfully deodexed my framework using this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13254199&postcount=3

then i pulled the deo framework to my phone and everything was ok. but when i wanted to use "skip track using volume keys mod"

the power off menu only boots my phone, not turns off it.

any idea of what's happening? because i wanna use that mod, but also want to turn off my phone. thanks in advance

PD: i've deodexed my stock rom ICS .587, my phone is a LWW.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
23 views and anyone can help me?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
well i didnt understand what u meant by this
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
when I press the button to turn off my device, is supposed that it shows a menu with all the option (silent mode, turn off , etc). If i touch the turn off option, the phone reboots not turn it off.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
ho thats bcz of u installed a skip track...

well the reason is the reboot option hex codes is patched both in framework-res.apk and android.policy.jar

when u flashed skip track mod it replaced ur android.policy.jar so the hex code of power off in framework-res.apk is mismatched with reboot in andorid.policy.jar

so thats the detailed info , hope u understood.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
mmmmm that's why it doens't work. is there a solution to make work both skip tracks and power off?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
upload ur android.policy.jar from ur deodexed rom ...ill patch it for u
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
Here is my android.policy. hope that it works :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
here u go bro...test if it works properly
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dcaceres89:
Wooooooow man! it's working awesome!!! really thank you 4 helping me :)

:highfive:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.lysgaard:
When I had my Galaxy S3 I used a custom rom with a very cool messaging application. Clean, dark, and you could choose the bubble style and colours from the whole colour aspect. You could also change the font and sizes for outgoing, recived and mms message. You could change the font on names etc etc. Many possibilites!

1. Does some of the galaxy s4 custom roms have this?

2. Can you install just a messaging applications with this options and delete the standard one, when say for eks you are using Omega or other roms?

3. If I install a app like Handy SMS/GO Sms pro, can I delete the orginal messaging app with titanium or does this mess up receiving of sms/mms?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] marvinkus:
hallo guys i've upgraded my Qtek2020 with the 1.72.04ROM to 2003WMSE WWE. Once i've realized that xdaIIs is just qtek9090,i've downloaded qtek9090 last rom from windowsmobile.it and i would try to install it into my device. but i've stopped bedides the fatl country error. what can isay?

i've 2003 er rom edit, but which are the settings to put in the program to read the rom hidden in the device and change the settings that cause the country error?

thant you for your attention

marcello
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] INGRam:
Take a look at this document it can be solved yours problems

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=12101&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] marvinkus:
rom up/dowgrade

thank you very much. I owe You some advice!

write you soon
[LG Optimus G (International)] Pedrorudi:
I was reading about specifications in Nexus 4 and Optimus G, and they are almost twins, wich one is better?

There's a Oxygen like rom for Optimus G?

Don't know if there's a place for questions like this, sorry if I'm asking in the wrong section...
[LG Optimus G (International)] Luis_D1:
As many people say... If you care about being the first getting Android OS updates then go for the Nexus 4. OG is exactly the same just a little bit better (according to people words)

As far as i know N4 roms can be ported to OG so i wouldn't find upgrades a big issue besides personally the OG's design is better than the N4.
[LG Optimus G (International)] wargreymon89:
Nexus 4 has onscreen buttons, 16GB memory and 8mp camera.

Optimus G has capacative buttons, 32gb memory and 13mp camera.

As for roms there are fewer and slightly slower updates but they are still very stable. Not sure what Oxygen rom is, check through the development section.

Dont forget the G also has 4G. Both are good phones so all depends on how you will use it.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Pedrorudi:
Yeah, I think I'll buy a Optimus G instead of Nexus 4.

I have a Optimus One (P500) right now, and there's a rom called Oxygen, it's pure android, even more pure then CyanogenMod.

But I don't mind being the "last" one to get android upgrades.

Thank you, guys. Your answers helped a lot for me to decide wich phone should I buy.
[LG Optimus G (International)] blackhand1001:
If your into pure vanilla android and flashing roms and don't mind only having 16gb of storage I strongly recommend the nexus. While the aosp roms on the optimus g are pretty good the ones for the nexus are flawless.
[LG Optimus G (International)] Luis_D1:
If it exists for Nexus 4 and is good enough, i'm sure someone will take the time to port it. I love G's design way more than N4. Recently had them both in my hand, N4 is a little bit slighter cause is all plastic but personally loved even moer my g.
[LG Optimus G (International)] cyraxx84:
The Nexus4 has one big plus, it's community and large choice of Roms and Kernel's. But apart from that i find the OG better, and if i had to choose again i would again go for my G.
[LG Optimus G (International)] pawci0:
I'm gonna bet that if you ask this question in N4 forum, most of people will recomend the N4 rather than OG ;)
[LG Optimus G (International)] kalo88:
I've owned both so here are my views.

Both phones look great, I am preferring the OG looks slightly though with the whole 'black slab with a sparkly back'.

4.1.2 seems FAR more stable than 4.2.2, I had lots of crashes/reboots.. I'd go to wake the phone up and it'd not start so i'd have to soft reboot it. I do not get this with the OG despite identical hardware. In total I had 3 N4 all with crash/reboot issues.

Cameras on both are very so so (even the 13mp version)... It's ok for some snaps but don't expect loads.

The N4 used to heat up FAR worse than my OG does.

More screen room on the OG as no on screen buttons, it's also nice to have a menu key on the OG.

Less roms/cases/slower updates for the OG

Lots of good software features on the OG, Wise Screen (like smart screen for samsung), lots of customisation built in, LTE, some cool camera functions like time capture etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruler1976:
i flashed the new cyanogen mod stable 10.1.0.1-d2vzw and now my phone is stuck roaming. I have tried flashing back to stock and even got a new sim card and activated it still nothing any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cevil203:
welcome to the party

after doing research, i have seen most people are able to get service by odining back to stock then dialing the factory reset number...however, you will be stuck in roaming service

to fix that i'm yet to confirm...

one solution i have read about is using adb and doing an nvreboot as the nv ram is corrupt (probalby showing 0 for imei, none for eri, and zero's for meid)

another possible solution is using this tool

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2348202

---------- Post added at 10:53 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

please do not do an nvrestore...lol
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jamal2367:
►►[AOSP]Official 4.3- S4 Google Edition- Finaly v2.0 - Feel the Experience of Nexus◄◄

Follow me!

Screenshots:
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jamal2367:
Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can so and so feature from TW be ported to this ROM?

A: Most likely no, you'll have to find a third party solution in the Play Store, or if none exists, live without the feature or return to TW.

Q: Does the IR Blaster work?

A: Yes it's Works fine.

Q: Is the included kernel the official GE ROM kernel?

A: Yes. From Original I9505G . Nothing is Change in the Kernel.

Q: How do I take a screenshot?

A: Press and hold power + volume down (at the same time) and don't let go until the screenshot animation and sound play (it will be obvious, takes perhaps a little over 1 second of holding down the buttons).

Q: Has anyone made such and such theme/mod/feature?

A: It would be prudent to check the correct respective forum first (i.e 'Themes and Apps' for themes, 'Original Development' for kernels, etc.)

Q: Can this get OTA updates directly?

A: No. Im Updating my Rom to the newest OTA directly
[Galaxy S 4 i9505 Android Development] jamal2367:
Mods for the ROM:

Mods for 4.3 - thx CoOoL_BoY

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