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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] calguy99:
Hi,

I recently got an HTC Wizard and I like the PDA Phone very much. However I am having problems with video playback. None of the video files I have play very well on the Wizard. I get very jumpy video and choppy sound. I have tried playing WMV and Divix files and they will not play on either TCPMP WM Player. I tried closing all running programs but the videos still do not play well. I thought it might be a slow SD card but the videos play perfectly on my Dell Axim X50V. Is there a better Media player I could try? Or maybe updated codecs?

Thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Merlin_reloaded:
ER, simple tip:

Try resampling the videos to 240x320. Resizing the videos(any one of them, shrinking) takes a lot of oomph, which the Wizard does not have.

Tip:

1.Use PocketDivXEncoder. Simple tool. You can't mess up with this.

2.Overclock to ~240MHz

3. The Dell has a FASTER processor, so there might be some hiccups on the Wizard.
[Wileyfox Swift] olli_o:
Hi all,

found out how to root this device!

Here the steps:

Make sure you have fastboot installed on your computer: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Fastboot

download supersu zip from here

https://download.chainfire.eu/696/supersu/

save it to your external sdcard

enable developer options (settings - about - click mutliple times on the build number).

enable OEM unlock in the developer options settings on the device.

reboot Wileyfox Swift into fastboot mode: with the device powered down, hold the Volume Up and connect USB

to unlock the boot loader,

WARNING!!! This wipes your user data!!!

on your computer type

fastboot oem unlock
fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go
fastboot oem unlock-go

download latest recovery image from here

http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=crackling

to boot the custom recovery, on your computer type

fastboot boot <name_of_recovery>.img

OR

install recovery

fastboot flash recovery <name_of_recovery>.img

and reboot into recovery manually (remove and reinstall battery, hold volume down and power buttons.

install supersu update zip from recovery menu (choose zip from extenal SD)

reboot and enjoy root access
[Wileyfox Swift] mermigas:
Thanks

I went a step forward and installed the CM nightly.
[Wileyfox Swift] olli_o:
Does the camera work? I tried one of the first nightlies but the camera crashed, so this was no option for me.
[Wileyfox Swift] mermigas:
No problem with camera for me.

All works fine and smooth

No bugs nored
[Wileyfox Swift] monethys:
When in recovery I press apply update and sd card, before i've even selected supersu, which returns:

Install failed

Installation aborted

Installation aborted

any ideas?
[Wileyfox Swift] olli_o:
This is stange. I modified the instructions a little, does it also happen if you follow these steps?
[Wileyfox Swift] rebane2001:
OTA?

Will I be able to update my phone (ota?) after the root?

I'm fine with having to reroot
[Wileyfox Swift] olli_o:
Incremental auto-update won't work rooted. But you can manually update. See here
[Wileyfox Swift] tintin1892:
Followed instructions and now have a rooted wileyfox swift thank you
[Wileyfox Swift] k_web9000:
In case anyone has a similar issue:

I could unlock. I could install the recovery. But SuperSU was coming up with signature errors and wouldn't install. I discovered that this was because the recovery was being overwritten (I flashed it to the device because "fastboot boot..." was not working).

I could not get the device to flash the recovery then reboot to recovery without it going into normal boot first and rewriting the recovery so that I would not be able to install SU.

The solution I found for this was to take the back of the phone off.

Flash the recovery: fastboot flash recovery "recovery file name".img

Then just pull the battery.

Hold the volume down when you put the battery back in and launch the device still holding volume down.

Remember to release the power button once you see fox logo or you'll reboot again.

Now I installed SuperSU without a hitch and all is good.

Hope that helps anyone who is stuck.

Links removed from quote so as not to trigger spam bot.
[Wileyfox Swift] noob2016:
Help

All the list from here is a nightly build. Can you give the stable mod? I'm noob so can follow it. it is very hard for me to make it work I'm still working to install the fast boot for mac. I found this:

bash <(curl -s htps:/raw.githubusercontent.com/corbindavenport/nexus-tools/master/install.sh)

It seems to work when i check this command:

adb devices

BUT NOT SURE if this is safe.

Please provide link for recovery or rom which i can follow using your guide. There are many in the link above but which one is stable and i can use that all the of the system functioning.

Thank you in advance.
[Wileyfox Swift] noob2016:
I hope this will help someone figure things out w/ what i did... LOL

Thanks ALL. Basically the post above helped to root my phone but its been hard for me and as mentioned in my previous post, I'm noob. So here is what i did after the fastboot issue and continue on even though i didn't know if the install is safe since my OS X was able to detect the device/phone as mentioned above.

1. On fastboot, i just use "fastboot devices" to verify my phone is connected. This command did not work "fastboot -i 0x2970 devices"

2. Then use, "fastboot oem unlock-go" and i waited about 20sec as the terminal returned that message and then it was confirmed unlocked. These commands did not work "fastboot oem unlock, fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go" my terminal just froze and did nothing.

3. Then i use this to check if it is unlocked "fastboot oem device-info"

4. Using the link on downloading the recovery, i just click all of upper part with the picture and found the .img file see below:

Swift

Wileyfox - crackling

Download Latest Nightly (this is .zip file)

Download Latest Nightly Recovery (this is the .img file which i used)

Device Wiki 2016-01-07

5. update: i did erase recovery "fastboot erase recovery"

i use two commands and both works "fastboot flash recovery cm-12.1-20160107-NIGHTLY-crackling-recovery.img"

(here is the terminal msg: target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes

sending 'recovery' (23110 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.727s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.387s]

finished. total time: 1.114s)

and this "fastboot boot cm-12.1-20160107-NIGHTLY-crackling-recovery.img"

(here is the terminal msg:downloading 'boot.img'...

OKAY [ 0.727s]

booting...

OKAY [ 0.186s]

finished. total time: 0.913s)

(I LEARNED THE HARD WAY THE .img file must be IN THE SAME DIRECTORY of the fastboot - but PLEASE ASK THE EXPERTS and don't copy if i did something wrong)

6. Next should be the auto reboot that suppose to happen but it didn't. So i took " k_web9000" advice and just pull the battery off (i didn't have any choice its not doing anything... heheh).

6. To boot in Recovery - i followed this :With the device powered down, hold the Volume Down and Power buttons.

7. Next should install the SuperSU.zip file (Please make sure to use chrome since my Safari auto unzip the file and wasted so much of my time troubleshooting... i mean hours retracing my steps ...funny) Just update it and locate the sdcard and look for the .zip file

8. Then it just rebooted after the install and on the boot screen i saw 4 files that where updated.

9. Finally, i checked for the root by downloading root checker and it was verified rooted.

Now you have been noobified :P

A SYSTEM UPDATE POP-UP 12.1 YOG7DAS2FI Incremental about 48MB BUT DIDNT TOUCH IT, What do i need do? Can i update?

PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO UPDATE TO THE LATEST ONE WITHOUT LOSING MY ROOT.

OR HOW TO INSTALL CYANOGENMOD easy way please :D. i can see CYANOGEN OS 12.1-YOG4PAS33J on my device

PLEASE HELP. THANKS
[Wileyfox Swift] mermigas:
You cannot update whilst you are rooted.

If you want to have the latest then CM Nightly is your best option.

How to

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_crackling
[Wileyfox Swift] noob2016:
How?

Thanks for the info and link!! Awesome!

" 4. In ClockworkMod Recovery, use the physical volume buttons to move up and down. On most devices, the power button is used to confirm a menu selection, but for some devices a physical home key acts as a selector. Some devices have touch enabled ClockworkMod Recovery, in which case you may be able to swipe to, or touch, menu selections.

5. Optional (Recommended): Select backup and restore to create a backup."

In the link you gave, how did they get the clockworkmod recovery? I downloaded & installed it in the google store but it say can not use due to the device not listed. All icons are grayed and i also tried TWRP same issue.

The link also pointed to the nightly build, is there a stable release, doesn't need much update, i can use daily and without the hiccups.

Lastly, if there is no clockworkmod, how do you get it backup as recommended in the link you gave and as quoted above.

Many thanks in advance.
[Wileyfox Swift] mermigas:
There is only official CM recovery and back up is not possible. Use Titaniumfor back up. You can also use twrp recovery posted in general section. Nightlies are more than stable.
[Wileyfox Swift] noob2016:
Something is not right...

i was afraid of updating coz my data might be deleted but it seems the OTA update didn't delete my data. My version now is 13.0-20160127-NIGHTLY-crackling but the downside is the google play is not present anymore. i will try install the gapp again.

i don't know if i did it right, some say you need TWRP but it works just fine w/o TWRP in updating via OTA. I also try to install TWRP but i can't get it to work, so i can backup my phone. Last option is what you suggested the titanium backup.

Please let me know if i did right and the gapp if this always going to be installed again. i will be using the same gapp file and report what happen. thanks

Report:

i tried to install gapp file but i didn't use the previous gappfile since the it needs for 6.0 android and i used arm64 but gave error:70 which is the space issue via emulated option. So i go to cyangenmod recovery>apply update> from sdcard1 and "install failed - installation aborted". I can't even see the files on my sdcard. How do you now fix this?

Also can i have the right TWRP file and instruction for Wileyfox Swift PLEASE? thanks
[Wileyfox Swift] noob2016:
Something went wrong! Please help

I can't to get the gapp to installed.

I wipe everything using the cm recovery and i also was able to install TWRP recovery and it does always hangs when installing the gapp -arm64-aroma (i can choose what to install). I also reinstall 12.1 and 13 but failed again when installing any gapp even in nano version (please note that i wipe everything). in my last attempt i wipe: dalvik, system, cache, data, internal storage & android secure but nothing works to install the gapp. Btw, when i wipe from the 1st time i always get this error "e: unable to find partition size for '/recovery"

PLEASE HELP
[Wileyfox Swift] grandmasterorge:
I had a few problems doing this from Ubuntu 15.10.

1. ADB did not see the device although it worked fine on my Nexus 4 showing that adb/fastboot were configured correctly. I had to go to /home/.android and create the document 'adb_usb.ini' (right click, new document) which contains the text '0x2970'.

Once this was done I had to run the following commands

adb kill-server

adb start-server

This allowed ADB to see the device but it said that it was offline.

2. I had to create the file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules (type into terminal 'sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules') and paste in the following line, save it (ctrl+x, y, enter).

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="2970", ATTR{idProduct}=="2282", MODE="0666"

sudo service udev restart

After this ADB and fastboot recognized the device and allowed me to follow the directions posted above or on the cyanogenmod wiki.

Hope that is of some use to someone!!!
[Wileyfox Swift] grandmasterorge:
Also the Cyanogen Recovery was both unpleasant to use and caused problems trying to install GApps, I had to switch to using the unofficial TWRP recovery which worked first time and is a much better interface.
[Wileyfox Swift] TheRootPrince:
Hey do we need to unlock a bootloader before installing the custom recovery on this device? Thanks.
[Wileyfox Swift] Dior DNA:
From OP instructions (which I followed) it seems: yes.

I let others comment.

What is the concern?
[Wileyfox Swift] TheRootPrince:
Thanks. My mistake. I'm used to seeing the unlock bootloader at the beginning of a post.
[Wileyfox Swift] DevilMind007:
ON COMPUTER TYPE where on what? please tell the first step where to type these commands in?
[Wileyfox Swift] wisdomlight:
how to input the commands

How do you input the fastboot commands to the phone?
[Wileyfox Swift] Dior DNA:
Has anyone tried this on swift COS 13.0 ?

I succeeded on COS 12.1 some time ago on a friend's phone.

But today, on another friend's phone, I tried after COS 13.0 upgrade,

and the boot stays on Cyanogen logo.

To recover, I reflashed stock partitions via fastboot.

All hints/comments welcome.

(see also thread 'Su binary')

update

systemless SuperSU-v2.65 is needed for COS 13.0 (Android 6 MM) ... then rooting succeeds.
[Wileyfox Swift] Kyt3:
Phone no longer boots

I followed the instructions and up until the final step all was good, but after I installed SuperSU the phone gets stuck on the boot screen. Please help, I wish I hadn't done it now :(
[Wileyfox Swift] Dior DNA:
Did you use SuperSU-v2.65 ? or higher ? COS 13.0 is MM and needs systemless SuperSU

I had same issue, (using SuperSU-v2.46), but could always go back to stock with:

fastboot flash splash splash.img
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot flash aboot emmc_appsboot.mbn
fastboot flash hyp hyp.mbn
fastboot flash rpm rpm.mbn
fastboot flash sbl1 sbl1.mbn
fastboot flash tz tz.mbn

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash system system.img

from unpacked cm-13.0-ZNH0EAS2NH-crackling-signed-fastboot-2306277a34.zip
[Wileyfox Swift] Palmer.Blanquart:
Hi,

I'm struggling with rooting.

booted the latest recovery from CM

Installed SuperSU v2.74 (beta) for with 'stable' the phone doesn't boot (official CMOS 13)

I have the /xbin/su binary but all the apps (i.e. TitaniumBackup) are missing root

I think, the keyword is 'systemless supersu'.

But what's a 'systemless' supersu and where can I download it? :)

Thanks!
[Wileyfox Swift] Dior DNA:
'systemless supersu', as far as I notice, is one where su binary is placed in /su (sub)directory instead of /system one. I believe the installation also patches boot image (so each time you (re)flash boot you may need to reflash supersu). But do not take my words for expert. Rather double check on supersu forum. v2.65 is the first stable 'systemless' one AFAIK. just Google for "SuperSU-v2.65 ZIP". It worked for me after reflashing stock COS13 and from twrp-3.0.2-0 custom recovery. But other procedures and/or combinations might work equally well, of course.
[Wileyfox Swift] kalvinparker:
Hi, please see above where I have had trouble with certain steps to root.

I am only able to install supersu successfully if I do it immediatly after recovery has loaded after fastboot installed.

When I restart phone and check root, there are no changes to the phone?

PS. I also get <waiting for device> when I type "fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go"
[Wileyfox Swift] NotATechnician:
Thanks for this. For some reason I am not able to get the device to connect on Windows at all, so I will try Linux.

On Windows it tells me that the it is an Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor not recognised. Error 43).

I have done the OTA update some suggested and this doesn't help, I get the same error. I have tried changing the cable (even though the Nexus works with the cable). The device is pretty much useless if I cannot connect it to a PC (never mind the ADB/Fastboot, I can't even see the internal or external SD cards). I have Windows 8, but I have turned off the driver signing and still no luck getting a driver installed for it. I have tried the Google ADB driver, the Naked ADB driver, the Samsung ADB driver and the Intel one and nothing at all..
[Wileyfox Swift] NotATechnician:
I can confirm that this fixed the problem I had which was as described by the other poster.

Very happy now!
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
Problems here

Thanks for this - seems to not work for me, however I initially installed SuperSU v2.46 and my wileyfox swift is running CM OS13 - seems I need SuperSU v2.65 or above. I tried again with v2.65 but during the install of SUPERSU zip I saw an error (but went too fast to catch the text of error)

Can you advise how to restore to original state to allow me to try this again with correct Super SU?

Also, an idiots guide to installing Mod rather than OS on wileyfox would be great.

Had 4EXT recovery on my rooted DesireHD, and found that useful, is there something similar for Wileyfox?

Apologies for all the Q's been a year or 2 since I last rooted and I'm afraid my memory isn't what it used to be!

Thanks all
[Wileyfox Swift] Joshua_JK:
You just have to install the right SU .....(BETA-SuperSU-v2.77-20160827190633)

Dont have to restore to the original state.

To flash a ROM U just have to install the zip file using any custom recovery i.e after u have rooted ur device.
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
Thanks, I'll give it a try - is that the recommended super su version or do any greater than 2.65 work?
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
tried and was looking good.... until started Super SU installer - worked until "patching sepolitic...." step after that got a failure message and still unrooted:(

Any advice?
[Wileyfox Swift] Joshua_JK:
Which SU did u use??

https://download.chainfire.eu/999/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v2.77-20160827190633.zip

Use this^^
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
Used 2.65 but I'll download the version you suggest and give of a go, thanks
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
still got problems here

Thanks for the link - it made no difference though, still seeing an error when installing SuperSU, begining to wonder if I'm doing the

fastboot flash recovery cm-13.0-20160820-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO0J0-crackling-recovery.img

step correctly, I run the command above, disconnect USB when it's finished, pull battery and re-insert, hold down volume down + power button, boot into recovery and apply update, ie navigating to SuperSU2.77 zip file and selecting it - each time I've tried there's some sort of error with the SuperSU install:(

Don't know if this is relevant:

output from "fastboot oem device-info"

...

(bootloader)	Device tampered: false

(bootloader)	Device unlocked: true

(bootloader)	Device critical unlocked: false

(bootloader)	Charger screen enabled: true

(bootloader)	Display panel:

OKAY [ 0.006s]

finished. total time: 0.006s
[Wileyfox Swift] Joshua_JK:
Your r not supposed to use cyanogen recovery!!

Thats what went wrong.

Flash TWRP 3.0.2.4..... " https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=48495 " -(Download the Zip file)

Then Root ur phone.
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
excellent, SuperSU installed without any problem, got a rooted phone now, thanks
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
All done!

That fixed it, thanks!
[Wileyfox Swift] duplicationcube:
What should happen when you run

fastboot oem unlock

?

I get

"Warning: unlock will wipe all user data

Please confirm"

and then a blinking cursor.

The instructions here: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_crackling skip that step.

I think I might have some driver issue.

fastboot devices

shows my device but

fastboot -i 0x2970 oem unlock-go

doesn't work.
[Wileyfox Swift] xander69:
When you root using this method, all user data is lost - basically after rooting you need to set up your phone again, but if you follow the instructions you should have a rooted phone
[Wileyfox Swift] robin0800:
There are a couple of fastboot commands

fastboot reboot and fastboot reboot-bootloader

no need to pull battery
[Wileyfox Swift] pheno1992:
tried it and bootlooped many times.. i tried to search but there is no root for wileyfox unless you use cm13 crackling

did you just flashed the superSU or flashed it with a custom kernel?
[Wileyfox Swift] zerospaced:
Hi everyone,

is it possible to root the Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus the same way or is there a different method?

I just bought it and can't run Titanium Backup, Adaway etc., because I was stupid enough to think that a Cyanogen phone might be rooted right from the beginning.

Well, maybe I just send it back...

Thanks in advance :)
[Wileyfox Swift] singh2:
When I install the nightly it works but whenever I try downloading superSU it doesn't boot, it just stays on the cyanogenmod loading screen.

[*]install supersu update zip from recovery menu (choose zip from extenal SD)

[*]reboot and enjoy root access

[/LIST][/QUOTE]
[Wileyfox Swift] robin0800:
Probably wrong version of su you need one of the new ones that patch the bootloader
[Wileyfox Swift] boa05:
Well, I also bought a swift 2 plus but it hasn't arrived jet, but in the meantime I decided to look around the web about it and there is already a twrp port for it so I guess it can be rooted "the normal way". Also I think Google doesn't allow phones to be pre-rooted if they have gapps and what you currently have is Cyanogen OS, it is the business version of Cyanogen Mod.
[Wileyfox Swift] zerospaced:
Thank you. I rooted the Wileyfox Swift 2 with the method described in this thread and flashed the latest twrp recovery.
[Wileyfox Swift] CaptainPhantom:
I'm having no luck at all with the instructions in this thread. Firstly, it took a while to discover that the instructions are incomplete. "on your computer type" says nothing about how to correctly use the Android SDK tool commands. I would have greatly appreciated more detailed instructions.

Having worked that out, I assume I now have fastboot working correctly if my Swift is listed when using the 'fastboot devices' command. The three commands to unlock the bootloader don't work for me. This is the response I get from the first one:

FAILED (command write failed (no error))

The other two commands don't work either. OEM Unlock is enabled in the phone's developer settings, and the phone is connected via USB with Fastboot Mode active. I ran Command Prompt as administrator and changed the directory to the platform-tools folder. As I said, 'fastboot devices' works fine at this point, but nothing else.
[Wileyfox Swift] xrmnx:
Works just fine with the Swift 2 plus.
[Wileyfox Swift] RiesVLD:
I have unlocked my Swift2+ en flashed TWRP, that works fine now.

But i have flashed de SU 2.46 several times now, but the swift2 won't start up, the only thing i see is the flashing word CYANOGEN and that's it. It just won't start up.

Sometimes i have waited for 20 minutes, but it won't started.

What do i wrong here???

I have the SU on the internal memory, not on the external SD...Is that the fault i make???
[Wileyfox Swift] robin0800:
Wrong version of su 2.78 is the latest stable
[Wileyfox Swift] RiesVLD:
Yes, that's works for me ...thanks
[Wileyfox Swift] skinnyflirter:
Help!!!! I think I'm going crazy. I have unlocked the bootloader in the developer options, set my Swift to fastboot mode, but when I try to input commands into it, my PC doesn't recognize it, no matter what I type: "fastboot devices", "adb devices"...none of those seems to do a thing. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance
[Wileyfox Swift] eg789123:
Had same issue, your PC doesn't have fastboot loaded, search XDA for the installation package.