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[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Vomer is still trying to fix some issues with the play store crashing.

Also the new permissive boot IMG is at the top of the op

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
Great!

FYI, I made this post in Chainfire's SuperSu thread. I hope he responds to it eventually (I know he's very busy now) but I'm sincerely interested in hearing his view of how root access should work in an Android 5.0 environment with enforcing selinux.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
I agree with chainsfire that it isnt a proper root but it works for not.

On the previous previews it made a huge difference going permissive because of how much wasn't working and even with SuperSU, it wasn't having the apps completely working either because of the changes so that will be the case for awhile

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] anushajayanti:
The gplay services FC that was there is the last build(79) when you add multiple accounts ? Nope.. that is no longer there in the this one.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
It's not "proper" but if I understand it correctly automating superuser management in an enforcing selinux environment, especially if it means getting down to sub-functions like specific directories and services, could get an order of magnitude more complicated than what he has in 2.14.

And as you said, permissive mode works (mostly) for now.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Exactly so it is something that will need to be worked out for a proper root. I sidestepped it for now

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] ricola1989:
If I flash the zips will it allow me to get past the setup without GPS force closing? I have tried all the other LPVs but they stick at setup...?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] saitek1911:
will there be a complete New Andriod Lolipop Preview flashable zip anytime soon that works fine?

i couldn't find any download link over at the OP.

Thank you. sorry for busting balls.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] matique:
Do you even read...

There has been several attempts at making a clean zip that fully works but currently there are several force closes that do not allow users to go through the set up page.

However fastboot works. Just back up your stuff externally and fastboot it.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] saitek1911:
i saw that, i just asked for an ETA.

anyways i need to use multirom for this rom as i won't erase my original rom.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] arifqur:
After flashing the new L build via fastboot, I cannot get into recovery. The screen just stays black. Also tried to install TWRP via fastboot and stock recovery but no dice.

Any suggestions guys?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
Anyone running the new build using nova launcher? If so can you access settings /drawer?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Did you reset tamper flag before flashing? I've read somewhere that this caused this behaviour.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] arifqur:
Nope. Don't know how to do that.

Kindly help
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
When unlocking bootloader, tamper flag will be reset, if you want to go completely stock, u need to set tamper flag and then lock it. On previous rom, do you see a small lock while booting phone?? That's nothing but tamper flag. If you had it before flashing L, then you shouldn't face this problem.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
Reboot into bootloader and flash the TWRP recovery. After it's done, boot into recovery, instead of rebooting. Try and see if that works.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] arifqur:
Nope that is the first thing I tried
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
When you boot into recovery, do you see the android with a red mark, or nothing at all? If it's just a black screen. Try flashing the factory images again (or atleast the stock recovery one). If that does not work, try this as a last resort. Flash the stock 4.4.4 images, and root it using towelroot. Then use flashify to flash custom recovery.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] madd0g:
I've tried flashing the modified permissive kernel via fastboot and in recovery, but it doesn't seem to stick. When booting to system, kernel is new build (Oct 9th) and SuperSU fails with it.

Unless we aren't supposed to boot to system after flashing the Factory preview image ? Maybe this trips some kind of protection.

[edit] My bad, root works, there just seems to be issues with Titanium Backup, it fails.

[edit2] TB testversion 6.2.0 works.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] arifqur:
With stock recovery I see the android with a red mark.

What to do after that?

Thanks awfully man for taking interest.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] piperx:
You probably didn't get answered because of 2 very important rules on XDA.

1) Read

2) Never ask for ETA
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Bubble-be:
In the bootloader, format cache first, then flash twrp.

fastboot format cache

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.0.1-hammerhead.img

There's also a http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56105134&postcount=5225
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
No problem. I had the same thing. I did the following steps.

1. I booted into the bootloader, and connected it to pc.

2. fastboot flash recovery TWRP-2.8.0.1.img

3. As soon as it was done, booted DIRECTLY into recovery (without choosing any other option like Start, Shut down etc.)

If this is still a problem, try flash-all.bat again.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] arifqur:
Thanks for all the help guys.

Managed to get it working after reflashing from 4.4.4 again to the new L version and then installed the TWRP and successfully booted in it.

But hands down man you are a great bunch of guys.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] casonswag:
Doed your work on 720p?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
We got boot on the n4 plus getting the same play services crash as vomer there so now we got 2 sets of teams working on getting flashable builds and past that error so if we get it on the n4, the fix will be passed on to vomer for his flashable.

The kernel isn't the issue, just need to do some init work for custom kernels so L preview kernels will get working again (defconoi got his kernel going on the n4)

Sent from my LG-D851
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Scratch that. Ben got the play services crash fixed

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
Could someone upload my the Google launcher folder that i may have deleted from the system? I think it's in priv-app?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Mranggapo:
Hi all, i want to ask something. When i want to play some games, Log says Powerhal, failed touch boost. What is the meaning of that ?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Can i just install supersu from playstore after flashing modified kernel? without the need to install custom recovery?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vibos:
Hey, TS, when you'll upload a new build of this rom? :) We all waiting for you :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
No u need supersu beta 2.14

Just Google it and you'll find it easily
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anazhd:
supersu from play store cant install the binary because there's no root at the first place.

---------- Post added at 10:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:08 PM ----------

beta? It's stable already I think. download.chainfire.eu/supersu

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

invalid. not everyone waiting and asking for eta. only some of 'you'.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] vibos:
Uh, ok. So we can go to another rom now?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
I use Linux and abootimg. If you download the github source that we got I got up for hammerhead, all you have to do is download code blue, use abootimg to split the boot.img, then you grab the zimage out and overwrite the one in the github source and type make. When you are done you will have a full ROM zip that you can flash or pull the boot image out and replace the one in the code blue zip.

We will have hottix's kernel available tonight though. Ramjet tested it and said it is good. I just wanna talk to hottix some more and see how he wants it handled
[Nexus 5 Android Development] BaumerS4:
In regards to the line ' "mounts and storage" -> "format system" ', I'm a little confused. In TWRP under "Mount" I can just select to mount or unmount a partition. Would I accomplish this line by going into "Wipe" -> "Advanced Wipe" and selecting System to wipe?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] RJT71:
That's great news, waiting for hotfix than. :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] JahSam:
Thanks guys, i'll try with this : http://technopyrate.blogspot.pt/2013/04/how-to-edit-android-bootimg-in-windows.html
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sjknight413:
Same issue as with the official preview then by the sounds of it, thanks for the reply!
[Nexus 5 Android Development] jzero88:
I'm able to enable root now with Greenify but no apps show up. Is this normal?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] RJT71:
Isn't that app for xposed? This preview is running art so xposed don't work.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Citizen_Snips:
Just the donation package is an xposed module. It adds a number of features, but I'm pretty sure Greenify is still an app that should work without xposed.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] JahSam:
That's strange, everything working fine for me... (free beta version)

If you're not on beta already, maybe u need to try it :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
That's exactly what it is I think. You need the beta version for L
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
I hope you have better luck with that procedure but I've tried this utility, which uses cygwin as well, and both mkbootimg and abootimg in ROM zip script files with no luck so far. All of the resultant boot.img files I've created so far get stuck at the Google logo, which means the boot process hasn't really started, so I'm guessing that the address to the kernel's entry point is invalid. I haven't given up yet but for now we will have to rely on the manual procedure using Linux that [MENTION=1050103]sykopompos[/MENTION] has outlined.

After unpacking the boot.img for TheArkenstone L kernel with that Windows utility I looked at the ramdisk files and couldn't see any modification to the default so that may be an option as a custom kernel for this ROM as well.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] JahSam:
Sadly, no more luck for me :/

I guess when you compile a rom/kernel, some other files are created or modified and just switching ramdisk files can't work. Unpack and repack is different that modifying files and compile right ?

But as I said before I'm a very beginner in compilation, script and other skills needed for this work, maybe i did something wrong :p
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
I'm guessing that is the case. Compiling a kernel generates some information that is used by abootimg which isn't available when using standalone tools and processes for unpacking/repacking.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] JahSam:
Yup, I think I'll virtualise an Ubuntu and try abootimg later, just to try and see how it is working :)
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
If you get it working maybe you could repack The Arkenstone L kernel so we can give that one a try?

We already know that the Linear L kernel works after being repacked with the ramdisk from the default boot.img for this ROM, so I suggested to [MENTION=1050103]sykopompos[/MENTION] that we call that the "Linear accelerator". ;)

I've only tested the standard L features and DT2W with Linear, but the customization parameters are in a text file called /etc/linear.conf, which I prefer to having to install configuration utilitie(s).

You should really try getting your feet wet with at least some preliminary "alpha" testing for new versions of kernels and/or ROM's.

No matter how many forums you follow and facts your pick up along the way that's not the same as hands on experience with real testing, which is not nearly as difficult as the actual development.

Your credibility for providing fixes and recommendations would be enhanced as well when other users know that you are actually involved in the process.

Think about it. :cool:

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] RJT71:
I will think about it, I really don't need too. Been flashing testing starting with Xperia x10 android version 1.6. :P
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
Well, you can tell by my signup date that I've been flashing back to the PPC-6700 Windows phone in 2006, but I still learn a lot with my hands on testing experience. There's definitely room for all types on XDA, from lurkers to recognized developers, but like most other things the more you give the more you get. :good:

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] RJT71:
Let's we stay on topic. Or pm to continue with this macho behavior hehehe
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
From the OP of this thread:

That's seems particularly appropriate given that I was encouraging you (and others) to participate more fully, but if it's making you uncomfortable, I will cease and desist.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Whoa whoa whoa.

Read the end of the op. Off topic discussions are encouraged in my threads
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Smultie:
Does anyone know if the modified boot.img is usable on the Nexus 7 (2013 Wifi) as well? I suspect not, but just wanted to ask.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
I'm sorry but i've searched in chainfire's thread for beta but didn't find anything. Will you please link me here if you don't mind :o

Yeah you are right. So, there is only one way to flash root, that is by flashing any custom recovery first. Right?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] TheDudeAbides:
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu this?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anazhd:
yes. just fastboot flash it. try to clean cache first if your custom recovery wont install. once the custom recovery installed, flash supersu 2.14. easy.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Thanks mate. Now my phone is rooted :cool: But i think root isn't working for some apps. For example, in es explorer, if i click on root exploer tab, a toast message appears "Sorry test failed. This feature can't run on your device" :(
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anazhd:
if you need to browser root dir, use Root Browser. ES is not working for me too even with busybox installed.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Even titanium backup isn't working :( "Sorry, couldn't acquire root privileges try again. This attempt was made using the /system/xbin/su command" I checked in that path and su is present.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] gtj0:
There's a link to a test version further back in the thread.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] hipojarty:
Update from chainfie

https://plus.google.com/113517319477420052449/posts/ZzXaU1W7Uzm
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
The old Sony Top Contacts app works pretty smartly and good with 5.0 - https://app.box.com/s/zainl0iwqmkg616hf2t7
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Test version of tibu works fine :) but es explorer still won't. Will try with chainfires zip
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mikaole:
Can you please link me to it
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
Here you go. Thanks to [MENTION=5052420]AndrasLOHF[/MENTION] http://t.co/UWns8EkXQ9
[Nexus 5 Android Development] adresordeix:
no sd external storage

Can't take pictures or save anything because it's saying that I don't have an SD card nor external storage... Help please??
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
U didn't clean flash

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
LOL!

Finally got a convert. ;)

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
Lol. I'll clean flash a different version of Android.. Just not a modified version of what's already available ?

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mchlbenner:
I have been modifying the new L and got a really crazy speed out of it .

Here the crappy news I did the modifying on lab top and darn thing crashed dead all work lost.

Here is a taste of speed it was giving me
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rachanta:
reboot with kernel. i had this problem and rebooted with vomer's modified kernel (some how [MENTION=1050103]sykopompos[/MENTION]'s kernel did not work. I had this issue and could overcome it by installing the kernel again.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Isn't vomer's modified boot the same one as mine :confused:

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] turydios:
The same for me.

«« Turydios »»
[Nexus 5 Android Development] donnyp1:
There is a workaround to use stock email the last few pages of comers thread. Fixes exchange services. I confirm it works if this helps anyone. Should be in OP for people since email a confirmed bug.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] rachanta:
May be I tried with an older version, your latest may be OK. Sorry if I ve carelessly raised a false alarm. Will check and report.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
Might have been the first one. I updated it and passed the changes to vomer for his thread

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[Nexus 5 Android Development] rachanta:
[MENTION=1050103]sykopompos[/MENTION], I confirm I used the first one. Great work the second one. BTW one user has reported that racer R6.3 is working with 13d. I could no go past welcome and reboot even with a fresh install. On a fully loaded 13d, if I install any racer, including a base-msm lpv version, I can't go past lock screen. While we are waiting for kernel source, I tried to replace the zImage of your 13d kernel, but the result is the same. [MENTION=314183]ramjet[/MENTION], any tricks up your sleeve to make a Racer R6.3 zImage work for 13d?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sykopompos:
It took forever to get a non Google kernel working on the n4, there was some framework edits that we needed to make to get them to work. Once we get our data issue worked out (something to do with the IP route) I'll go back over it and try to track the specific changes

Sent from my LG-D851
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ercliou:
I'm having the inaccessible /sdcard problem. But I think it's not the same as some people reported on the previous page.

Some guy at G+ summarized pretty well:

"It seems that I can't access my internal storage. I've tried using several file managers on Android, and I can't mount it on my computer unless I'm in TWRP. I also cannot download anything from the browser, whether it's a picture or an APK. ﻿"

But I can take pictures. After I take it, the only folder that appears on my Windows is DCIM.

I did a clean flash.. I think I did like 10 times today :(

Someone help me please.. I need my tibu backup :(

Edit: by clean install, you guys mean -"w"?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] donnyp1:
Did you try a factory reset?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ercliou:
yes, I tried many many times :(
[Nexus 5 Android Development] donnyp1:
There is an adb command that may work.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ercliou:
what command? formating?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
How did you factory reset? And how did you flash the ROM?

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
So, I have a little doubt. I had flashed the new preview using fastboot. Then, I flashed skypompos' zip, followed by SuperSu. But then, Chainfire released his boot.IMG and I flashed that through fastboot, and flashed SuperSu.

What exactly is the state of my phone, now? Kernel/boot etc..
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
That looks fine as long as you did the flashall batch/script file for the initial install. I've found that some things don't work (like Greenify) with the [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] "relaxed" boot.img that do with the [MENTION=757945]syk[/MENTION]pompos "permissive" version so I would suggest going back to that. No need to re-flash SuperSU again.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
Yeah, that's what I noticed, too. And yes, i used the flash-all script. So, I just need to flash skypompos kernel, and maybe SuperSu if needed, that's that?

Also, do you have any suggestions for restoring app data from nandroid backup? I don't want to purchase TiBu Pro. And nandroid manager isn't working.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
I used Nandroid Manager a couple of years ago and it was pretty good at that time. Based on the reviews it looks like it has only improved since then.

Edit: Have you tried restoring from uncompressed TWRP backups?

You could also try creating your backups with CWM by one time booting it with the "fastboot boot recovery.img" command, where "recovery.img" is your favorite version of CWM or Philz recovery.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
Nandroid Manager is able to restore apps, but is not restoring data..

How do I uncompress the TWRP data. I can explore it using nandroid manager, but I have no idea how to restore data of a given app. Any ideas?

Additionally, I tried Helium. It worked on the previous preview/9002 if I used the PC method to activate it. But no such luck this time..

Thanks for the help so far, though.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
The only way I know to uncompress TWRP backups is to restore them and then backup again with the compression option unchecked.

There's also AppExtractor 2.0 beta, which I haven't used for a couple of years. I know it worked pretty well with a recovery called 4EXT for the Evo 3D which did backups in the CWM format, and it's also supposed to work with TWRP backups through version 6.x. Again, if you are using TWRP you would have to restore the NANDroid and then backup again with CWM to change the format.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] cocchiararo:
titanium backup, at least on the paid version, is able to restore apps/data from a nandroid backup.

for some reason my backups (on memory) were no good after flashing Lollipop preview, but extracting from TWRP saved me.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
Yes, I know and so does he, but if you look a few posts back he said he didn't want to buy the pro version of TiB. At this point I think it would be a worthwhile investment for him instead of futzing around with somewhat iffy free utilities to restore from NANDroids.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
From the last release, so It may work

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] sjknight413:
Don't think so, he is using chainfire's non permissive boot.img.

Sent from my Cyanogenmod + ElementalX powered Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Ben36:
What's the differences between the two boot.img 's? Benefits and not etc?

Sent from my Android 5.0 Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Android Development] anazhd:
[MENTION=275009]ramjet73[/MENTION] already explained briefly here
[Nexus 5 Android Development] swat4samp:
I too observed that greenify stopped working with chainfire's modified kernel. Back to sykopompos's kernel.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ercliou:
I tried format and also clean from TWRP.

To flash:

1) flash-all.bat (with -w) (after this step I can still access everything)

2) fastboot flash boot boot.img

And after flashing boot.img I can't access internal storage.
[Nexus 5 Android Development] ramjet73:
Try a "Factory data reset" from the "Backup and reset" section of settings. Make sure to backup anything you need on your simulated SD card first because it will be deleted by that reset. I think that should fix your problem with internal storage and the simulated SD card. I'm not clear if you can't access internal storage at all or only from the phone itself.

ramjet73
[Nexus 5 Android Development] mosd:
tried reading on the thread but didnt understand does the new enhanced with the new preview work to flash as a zip?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Apocalypse~:
Chainfire posted this a few hours ago: https://plus.google.com/113517319477420052449/posts/VxjfYJnZAXP

Any thoughts?
[Nexus 5 Android Development] Raiden350:
Is Heads Up notification working ?