yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Data to Ext SD

We need to extend space to our external SD card, as the internal phone memory is not huge.

However I really really cannot see all differences with pro's and con's anymore between all options, so please help me!

What should we do, with this rooted stock Acer ROM (Android 4.2.2)(with EXT4 partitions and CWM recovery)?

1) Use one of the famous scripts INT2EXT, Data2EXT/D2EXT, Mount2SD/M2SD, Apps2SD/A2SD etc. etc.

1b) For INT2EXT we need Init.d support, so whats the best way to add that? An App like Init.d Toggler or Universal Init.d or so? (4.4 support would be nice!)

2) Just use simple symlinks with Link2SD/L2SD or Apps like FolderMount etc

3) Repartition and make data partition on SD, using Meteos etc

4) Use one of the many Apps to move Apps, like Titanium Backup etc.

What CAN, and SHOULD we try/use? Please advise me?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tiliarou:
Have you already seen this behaviour of a custom recovery reverting back to stock after reboot ?

I've always used link2sd with my previous phone, so far I put my apps on sd using the android built-in option on my E3, because I haven't reached the internal storage limit yet...

Are we only 2 having this phone ?^^
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
From what I can see now, you should install SuperSU immediately the first time in CWM, and THEN reboot. SuperSU asks for permission for Acer system update and you should deny that. CWM will then stay. However, you could also update (to 4.4 later) and then flash the CWM again of course.

Yeah the phone is JUST released, so we are the first. Probably some more people will join in the next months!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marcogiannetta:
Porting custom roms from Acer Liquid E2 to Acer Liquid E3 it's very simple.

All you need to do is to take boot.img (kernel) from your stock rom and then if you want I can help you to port kernel to your e3
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Welcome Marco and thanks!

Our ALE3 stock boot.img and the kernel source (both still 4.2.2) are already available and I really welcome you to help us.

Although we are also very much waiting for the 4.4 Kit Kat release which is almost there (Q2)!

Ps. Is it (still) hard/impossible to get a CyanogenMod (which I LOVE and am very used to) clone running on our ALE3 (because of MediaTek MT6589?)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pwwuk:
Unlock

Can you tell me if any of the above will unlock my new E380 ? Or do I need to wait for a custom ROM to be ported ?

Many thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marcogiannetta:
I own a Acer Liquid E2 and I ported CM11 from Wiko Stairway (MT6589) to my phone thanks to some patches and libs. At the moment developers have to fix camera,bluetooth, hw acceleration and some little bugs.

I can port this roms but I haven't got a Acer Liquid E3 so I can't test them.

EDIT: I'm gonna port these kernels, but I can't upload those roms because of my bad connection :(

So all you had to do is to download the roms, replace my kernel in the rom and replace libs with stock libs (they are located in system/lib/modules )

Jellyxperia kernel:

https://mega.co.nz/#!8ZVHzTwJ!kQO_A9AJdLx2Mz3u1ctZ5-IhuEUZvFJOb-SxG9LuyJA

MIUI kernel

https://mega.co.nz/#!gJtQVSCQ!5IdxGHxOobBfGblp8Dd7AUM03prNScxaIudSXT5879E

Try and tell me if I succeed
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
As long as key features of our (ALE3) phone are not supported in custom ROMs, like camera, I will not (try to) flash/test or modify them.

I am not a developer, and I really demand basic features like making a picture :)

And again, maybe we should start fukkin around when 4.4 (and sources of 4.4?) are released! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marcogiannetta:
You didn't understand me, those bugs (like camera) are only in CM11.

MIUI, Scorpions and Jellyxperia work fine
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
What exactly do you mean by unlock? Rooting? Pattern/PIN lock? SIM / network lock?

Rooting:

See the first post (FP) / topic start (TS) if rooting is what you want and try the simple but obscure Kingo method or flash CWM and install SuperSU etc (complicated but trusted / universal method).

SIM / Network lock:

If rooted, you can install all apps (signed and unsigned) and do everything in your phone you want to, so install a SIM unlock app (OWN RISK), or use a complicated but more trusted file edit method (OWN RISK). A good app option seems to be the famous MobileUncle MTK Tools (see Tools section in FP), as it has a Permanent Unlock option for both SIMs in the Engineer Mode (MTK)!

PIN / Pattern:

A million methods via ADB, or (CWM) recovery etc, like these, but just Google man!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
So you have CM11 running, but with these problems (because of the MT6589), on your ALE2?

And you did (or also) run customs SC0RPION, JellyXperia and MIUI (only/all three?) and without big problems (so I can probably use those on daily basis)?

Which one do you like best? SC0RPION seems most updated, newest and best fitting (ALE2 based), MIUI seems older and simpler, and Jelly is based on an other phone?!

I do not understand how I would be able to port them to our ALE3. Can you explain it more elaborate please?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pwwuk:
Many thanks,

Yes I meant network unlock (use a phone on an alternate network to that to which it is locked)

Three (UK) have kindly agreed to unlock without charge .. So I just need to root as I need to port some sideloaded apps accross from an old HD.

All the best

Peter
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marcogiannetta:
CM11 is still buggy on mt6589, not only on my phone.

I tried those roms and they are bugfree except jellyxperia which is not multilanguage, in fact only english and chinese.

Honestly I prefer Sc0rpion rom because of its performance/battery life.

About porting roms, you should follow these steps:

1 - Download rom you want to port

2 - On your stock rom, go to system/lib/modules and copy all the libs inside this folder on your sd card

3 - Open custom rom zip and replace custom libs (in the same folder) with your libs

4 - Now replace boot.img of the rom with the ported boot.img which I gave you (i.e. ALE3Jellyxperia)

5 - Make a backup of your stock rom, Wipe data/factory reset and flash the zip in CWM

Yesterday I forgot Sc0rpion kernel, so you can download it here:

https://mega.co.nz/#!1Fl1FKbC!-tTMxyfDJl3_GrmvnCdYywXkutZv3trvxl4XyyA_r6k

Please tell me if you have any problem :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Thanks a lot but after my whole journey (see FP) I just finished configging my phone and am very happy at the moment.

I will try it later, but maybe 4.4 (will be released for us, inc kernel source) will be my next step, and I hope CM11 4.4 customly made from/for this!

How did you make these boot.img images for our ALE3 (from ALE2) btw?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marcogiannetta:
I unpacked ALE2 and ALE3 kernel. Then I packed a kernel with the ramdisk of the ALE2 and the zImage of the ALE3. That's all
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bartjeh1991:
Anyway possible to remove the 2nd simcard icon? Also i can't find the app permission manager??? (should be in Android 4.3+)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Already tried all settings in MobileUncle Tools? A lot of possibilities in there!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
I know maybe I'm a noob but is it not possible to hunt down the second sim icon in a root browser and delete it or is that just a noob way of thinking??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] snakekiller:
Just search here on xda for xposed installer,and gravitybox.

With this app you can disable the sec. Sim notifivation and icon
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
There you go Bart.jeh1991 :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kissman21:
Original ROM

Someone have original (stock) rom for E3? Tried RC10 Kitkat, but is very buggy and without all languages... :crying:

/edit: ;) here - http://acer-club.fr/viewtopic.php?f=245&t=9651 - flashable via recovery ;) first SD and than OTA :)

/edit2: after dowgrade, u must do wipe ;) or you will be stucked in boot loop with Acer logo...

/edit3: wrong language version... i need EMEA CUS :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Since I've upgraded to KK, impossible to find the way to add a dedicated song per SIM. Someone found it?

I don't know if it's linked to KK version or not, but since I've upgraded I cannot use Google Authenticator anymore. I'm alone with this issue?!

Thx for your help

Nicolas
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
You should always do a backup with CWM before flashing something...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kissman21:
No... I have second E3 and I can do a CWM backup separately :P solved :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Flash info by [MENTION=2205551]paugustin[/MENTION]

Acer_AV0K0_E380_V1.013.00_EMEA_GEN1 should be the official KK update for E380
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Great, when and where? More info?? :)

[MENTION=1829889]vache[/MENTION]/@Shreps: Any update on the problems of CWM 6.0.5.0 for E380 yet?

Ps. Page 20 of our thread! Thanks to all readers and posters (especially Carliv, tiliarou, d3nnisd, Dakloos88, Shreps & vache)!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
No more info about the KK update

About CWM, I tried some combination in fstab, without success. But the sdcard0 issue is not a real big issue, we can live with it ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
Thanks from a fellow E3 user

Hi guys,

I recently bought myself an Acer E3 (I did some porting on the E1), and I see you're all doing an amazing job!

Of course, I soft bricked mine within a few hours (it froze on the bootscreen), and now i got to wait for the battery to die out so I can flash everything back to stock.

Thanks for the work guys, much appreciated!!

Brick3d
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Good, be welcome! I love to welcome a guy like us, brickin a new phone because thats more phun than calling :D

In all other cases waiting is not necessary because even before normal booting/fastboot/recovery you can flash with SP Flash Tool. Phone must be off though (then press Download, then connect phone, and it will go to Preloader mode), so thats your problem? No ADB or Fastboot connection I guess to reboot or turn off?

I also hate phones with non-removable so you cannot cold reboot or replace a battery :(

We're still praying for a good CyanogenMod (11) for our (MTK) device in the future :angel:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kissman21:
u dont need wait for batery discharge :) use Power & Vol + for 12sec and device will be resseted :) tested on stucked bootloop and working :)

http://acer-za.custhelp.com/app/ans...et-the-liquid-e3-when-an-app-hangs-or-crashes
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
OFF TOPIC:

Friend of mine owns a phone (HTC One) which names images/photos in the Camera app as IMAGE001.jpg etc.

When he transfers the pics to a PC, the app starts over at numbering from 001 so doubles start to exist on the pc.

Which idiot designed this!? :mad:

isn't it possible to alter Android/Cam app so that it always names pics with the timestamp in its filename (IMAGE20140825.jpg)?! Where? Permanent?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
Ouch didnt know that, but oh well..I got lucky because my battery was at 12% when I messed up.

So I flashed back the zip file from the rom dump, but its for the dual sim. anyone has the zip for the single sim laying around (not that im too bothered with it but im a perfectionist you know...)

Stock update failed because of getprop assert, 1 of the device names was incorrect. Is this a common issue?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Yes it is, and a solution can be found in this very thread already I I remember correctly. I had the same problem (the famous Status 7 error).

AT YOUR OWN RISK, YOU REMOVE A SAFETY!:

Solution can be found anywhere on the internet or on XDA etc.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
I know about the updater scrips and all that :) thing is, i can't find the update (from acer itself) when I hve downloaded it...Does anyone know the location where the file is being saved?

-Edit- Downloading DsiXda's kitchen, I'll try to get MIUI or Lewa running on this phones :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
"alu" on your sdcard, but Acer/Android does everything to make it disappear as quickly as possible (immediately after update etc).

Also Shreps has the OTA files online (see his posts on the French Acer forum).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
Thanks, I'll have a look at that. I'm not very fond of miui but I'm downloading a rom now. Maybe I can start porting later today :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Ive never been fond of Chinese software/firmware/chips in any way, knowing they do a lot in closed sources and with censorship and spying in mind! All this news about spying via chips and software add to this feeling.

Still a lot of closed source in MIUI right??

But hey, I encourage developing for our device! And as long as there is no real open source from MTK either, and (thus) no CyanogenMod, we may have to be happy with MIUI v5 or even v6!?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
Is there miui v6 already? Still prefer the looks of v4 but thats been in the trash bin for a while... Lewa is still among my favourites though..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Maybe we can PORT CyanogenMod 11 on our E3 (a WIP version is working with MT6589 devices), it works fine on E2.

But this will be a port, not a source compiled ROM, and it will breaks some hardware functions.

Don't know if it's worth it to do so.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
Don't really think so...maybe aim for some easier systems first? (With less/no bugs) so people can choose what they want
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
It's the "alu" folder. Make sure you access it before restarting, it's removed after install.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Would be nice to get the custom ROMming started, although the official Acer KitKat 4.4 is not yet released :/

I see some progress going on for clones of our E380:

CyanogenMod 11 (KitKat 4.4.4) for Wiko Stairway and Micromax A116 (very excited about!)

MIUI v5 for OPPO, Micromax A116 etc. etc. (should be easy to port, see a lot of ports!)

Others?

Ps. Do we consider MIUI safe (spyware and trojan free?) and is it open source enough etc.?

Ps2. Any bad experiences using 'our' leaked KitKat RC?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
I have used Miui on various older phone, and except for the performance hog, its a decent system with a lot of functionality...never had issues with Chinese government whatsoever x'D

I'm not porting any Rom unless its (as close as) bug free...

ps. 1: Hike OS, Lewa, MIUI and xperia UI are on my porting to-do list. Ill get to it this weekend but I wont be able to test extensively...

ps 2: I'm not sure how its fixed but it didn't read my external sd card...Looked for a fix but it was easier to revert to stock rom...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
I wouldn't mind setting up a unix VM to build the rom, I just to know exactly how to do it. Only built a recovery many years ago, and that was using a step-by-step guide. Did you guys ever try building CM from scratch? How did @Vache build all his previous ROMs? Maybe he can teach us?

Btw, I have an E380 but mostly use my S1. The E380 has faulty GPS, so won't be testing GPS much if we get to building some ROMs ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
This is due to redesign of Android to KitKat, and is a known huge leap. Some love it (security etc), some hate it. It's important to understand, so read this, and Google some!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
Yeah, and star this thread:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=67570

Make sure to setup a rule to automatically delete all mails coming from it as people are complaining about it constantly...Btw... how many actually can love it? It's silly, having an sdcard not being able to write to it (except for the namespace to which only your app has access). Also... why would you have access to internal SDcard but not external SDcard... well...whatever... won't change the world here ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yes, I personally know how to compile CM and others AOSP ROM from scratch :) (just look at my A510' work)

But for the E380 and MTK devices in general, for now we can't compile CM easily from scratch. MTK6589 hardware libs are not supported (because MTK has closed sources.)

I tried for the ALE2/V370 and it's really a mess (it boots, but very vey buggy).

chrmhoffmann did a great work for the Wiko Stairway, it's a start, but for now it's many many hacks on the CM repo and some hardware are not working (BT, GPS, dual SIM...).

We can PORT the CM11 "hacked" for Wiko Stairway on our E380 (like it has be done for Liquid E2/V370), but we will have the same bugs (or worse)

For the E380, what we can try to do :

- First, we need to compile a custom Kernel from Sources, removing restrictions, optimizing core modules Kernel and making it boot with the official Acer ROM

- Then, we can try to port some existing ROM like MIUI or others full MT6589 ROM from other devices

We can also try to port MIUI using the stock Acer Kernel, but I think it will be a bad idea.

I started the Kernel dev, but not working for now, need help ! (https://github.com/Shr3ps/android_kernel_acer_E380_MT6589)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikagl:
As mentioned, I don't mind helping (although I'm no developer, just a tester with some hobby experience in developing). Should we create a seperate thread for that? What's the status on the kernel - what's working and what not?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
Hi there

Im really happy to see another person getting involved on an MTK project.

We are just a few here...

Ontopic:

Porting the Stairway CM11 is an bad idea...

You should ( in my opinion) start working on kernel, check the MTK specifics and their ( nasty ) tree.

Just keep in mind this:

Mtk changed their own kernel tree, with their new kk, platform has changed.( im talking about mtk platform , obvious KK is different from JB ...)

So working with MTK's 3.4.0 / 3.4.5 kernel tree and their new 3.4.67 (KK ) tree is completly different.

This is what i found ( since i worked on both platforms):

3.4.67 (kk mtk) kernel:

- Modules are now built in ( no more external modules on / system/lib/modules )

- Most device HW specifics are also built in ( no more /system/lib/hw) . some mtk Running MTK's KK only have the gralloc and hwcomposer on /hw

- Also some devices have an couple of vendor libs built in on kernel now ( what a mess... )

So to keep it compatible with JB / KK (stock) based roms, 2 different kernel compilations are needed.

- on CM / OMNI roms, patching the "old" 3.4.0/ 3.4.5 (JB) kernels with binder security hooks and adding SELinux configs to the SoC platform config file will work, but it wont work on stock based KK roms, due to their changes...

Regarding MIUI and porting other roms:

Its fairly easy to port Roms ( JB)

If you need any help, feel free to PM me ;)

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] emogibran:
Hi!

I just update the phone kitkat leak version.

I wanted to ask something, battery information my wifi is always on but when I see the wifi it says off.

Is it a bug?:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Brick3d:
I don't know about your specific problem, but with the former MTK devices I've had (acer E1, Jiayu g3T), ive had the same issues with the stock battery info always displaying 'something' wrong...

Try downloading another app from the market, and check back in 2 days...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] emogibran:
Well if you see at the pic...the toggle for wifi is off. I'm using data my data carrier but at the background it says the wifi is always on. And I can't turn it of :confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] rowlers:
I normally lurk in the Z2 forum, but wife has an E3. Great little phone, but something is killing the battery. 100% to 0% in 15 hours without touching the phone! It also takes ages to charge as if something is keeping the cpu running and it gets HOT on charge.

So I'd root it if it was my phone, but don't really want to go down that route unless I REALLY have to.

This is the 2nd phone as the the first lasted even less. I've disabled every app that I can, wifi is OFF when not needed, location etc is off.

So has any got any idea what I can do? Likely culprits? No 3rd party apps installed.

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Again an Acer Liquid E3 E380 Duo (Titanium Gold)(HM.HE2EE.002) for sale at iBood (NL)!

I got mine there for 169, but now its 149 euro!

This sale is only for 24 hours from now, and only in NL!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
KitKat Update

KitKat Update

An Acer Expert is talking about a new release date of KitKat (4.4.2) for our phone of 15-09-2014 !!!

2 more weeks before we have KitKat guys?! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Here we go, with the new leaked one :

AV052_RV00RC00_AV0K0_RV01RC14

ro.build.display.id=Acer_AV0K0_E380_1.014.00_EMEA_GEN1

FileSize : 620,54MB

URL : http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Application/OTA/635451389186094510_OTA_Acer_1.0_AV052_A.zip

Thx to [MENTION=2205551]paugustin[/MENTION] & [MENTION=1829889]vache[/MENTION]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Be aware that this update will wipe your SMS. All your apps and settings will be left untouched, only the sms will be deleted.

Tried this update this morning and everything went smoothly, no crazy FC or bootloop.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Nice, although we will receive the official (this one?) probably within 2 weeks from now (15/09/2014).

Can you nevertheless post me with all info of this one (System Info, like all updates in Update Section of the TS/FP)?

Thanks guys!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
There you go for the system info.

Envoyé de mon E380 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Thnx, and APN version? Is this update maybe ready for release (no factory reset needed?)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yes, this OTA is ready for release, everything is working fine, no factory reset needed

Upgrade tested ok from JB (the lastest 1.016 JB ROM)

As paugustin mentionned, only SMS are wiped.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Ok we'll see if it is EXACTLY the same, but nice! This seems to be RC14 (last one was RC10). Main page is updated!

Seems only very little changes since RC10.

Same SD card lockage I guess (KitKat system)? New problems?

Bugs fixed maybe? Nice features added? Shreps any idea?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
The main fix is in the update process that required you to wipe after because of FC. This is the reason why it was not released yet.

Envoyé de mon E380 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Yeah understand that, although internal Acer sources were talking about "severe performance isssues" with the earlier KitKat builds.

What is the new APN version (System Info)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Baseband is the same (bande de base) as previous update.

Envoyé de mon E380 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Acer APN Version is V2.093 on this release (RC14)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Thats what I ment, thanks! :D

(Not that I exactly know what this is, except that I do know what APN's are, but thats a list of provider AP's, something else right?)