yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Ah no, I really don't think so! If it does reboot *during* a flash (not *after* a flash, *during*), corrupting the written image you won't really call it a feature, do you? Plus it doesn't reboot at a specific point of operation, no it does it more or less randomly anytime. It could happen also on the main screen without a current user interaction. So from my point of view this is clearly an instability of this TWRP. Asides from that TWRP's user interface is somewhat more appealing than CWM, I like it.

What I didn't quite understand yet is why at all we need a different recovery and CM image for the 6500 and the 6500D. If with the current CM the NFC is disfunctional anyway there shouldn't be any more differences between the Diesel and the Non-Diesel version, right? So this must be a very in-depth technical reason, you mentioned the internal storage problem. To me it looks strange only the Non-D has it. I was expecting the D being almost identical to the Non-D, e. g. just the NFC chip missing on the PCB.

And I wonder if there are comparable technical differences between GT6500 of different ages as there are between D and Non-D. If you remember, the FW of the whisp had the problem that some modells of the 6500 showed a white screen, whereas other models didn't. This was seemingly depending on a different types of LCD electronics build in, so there are different HW versions with suposedly subtle differences. Could it be that my phone's hardware is closer to GT6500D than that of other people? So the 6500D FW has a boot fix from Shadow of Leaf. I wonder if I should dare to install this on my Non-D, testing if this fixes the boot problem of my phone. The worst that could happen is that I soft-brick it - and I already had that several times when TWRP did a reboot during flash. In case I can always reflash some other FW and there's no big danger of hard-bricking it, am I right?

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
[MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION], thanks for your replay and your further effort in this matter! :)

I have read a thread (at xda NFC Hacking NXP) where TheWhisp stated that it didn't work "too old nfcee, NCI version mismatch - according to logs".

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2573842&page=11

Well, it could be that TheWhisp has used a wrong (incompatible) libpn544_fw.so firmware file. ;) The PN544 can't be enabled with wrong firmware I think.

[MENTION=8083052]Don Pedro![/MENTION] Well, there seems to exist some SIGNIFICANT differences between the internal basic phone firmware / operation of the S6500 and S6500D.

As mentioned, TWRP was introduced to workaround the grave "internal storage issue" of the S6500 model. TWRP emulates a virtual partition. Otherwise no access to the (external) storage (sd card) is possible. So far I know CWM is not able to emulate a partition, - it can't be used on that way.

So, - if you don't like TWRP, don't use it at the S6500D model! ;) So far I can get a S6500D, I will immediately try to reproduce these issues mentioned here. I am sure that it should work without TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] S3rgi0:
Hello, i think that i have a noob question...but i want to be safe before make new changes in my device..

I want to install this ROM but currently my phone has the ROM of bleached (CM 10.1 Improved 07/07 build)

Can i make a backup with CWM of my currently 10.1 with apps, data, etc, then install this CYANOGENMOD 11 and then back to my CM10.1?or install this CM11 does not have return?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
Do you have the S6500 or the non-NFC model (S6500D)? If you have the S6500 you have the install TWRP 2.8.5.0 from the OP's post. (1st post) This TWRP usually reboots after 2-3 min. So backing up will not work (you could still backup your current ROM to your external SD, but you have to backup every partition one by one because TWRP reboots always). But I'd recommend flashing it with full wipe. It is stable and faster than the CM10.1 by bleached and battery life is as well nice. The only things that are not working are NFC (I actually don't need it), and video recording (VGA video recording is useless, very bad quality). And if you have the S6500D, you don't have to install TWRP, just backup your current ROM to your internal/external storage and wipe data and cache and flash the ROM and after that flash the Gapps and (haha, I use too much "and'' 's I know) then the boot fix (which Shadow Of Leaf provides it in the download section)

Regards,

xEmre66
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] S3rgi0:
Thanks alot for your response!

Sorry, I forgot to say that my model is 6500D..

I understand that if i follow the instrucctions of first post for 6500d model i will no have any problem to back to my backuped 10.1

Thanks again for solve my question ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
No problem.

Regards,

xEmre66
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
With bleached's CM10.1 you have root access to your phone. So would suggest you install Titanium Backup from the play store and use this to do a full backup of your phone before flashing CM11. So you have the option to undo everything in case something goes wrong and you can restore all your apps in CM11 if you could successfully install it. There is a free version in the store, you could try if this fits your needs. And there is a short howto that explains how to backup and restore: http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-howtos.html, should be more or less self-explanatory.

Cheerz

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] S3rgi0:
I tried to install this ROM but the internal storage did not works :(

I followed the steps in first post for my 6500D (wipe data, wipe cache, format system and then install rom, gapps and boot fix) and when i see that internal storage did not works i tried to repeat the full process once again but the problem persists...

What did i make wrong? :(

More info:

I used CWM6.0.5.1

I see that my sdcard partition is in vfat file system and my data partition in ext4 file system, is this a problem?

I put here some screenshots about the issue:

Settings/storage:

Error message when i tried to take screenshot:

File manager:

(Sd card is my external SDcard)

(i can create folder on "Internal storage")

Whatsapp message when i try to add some image to send

Settings/apps/on sd card:

Message when try to move app to sdcard:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Android is based on Linux, so vfat, ext2, ext3, ext4 and other FS normally are no problem, the system supports them natively. And regularly the sdcard is vfat (to enable Windoze to read/write them), so I don't expect this to cause problems. However there are more skilled people in this thread, they might know what could cause the problem. BTW: What do you mean by "does not work"? Is it invisible, do you get errors when you attempt to access it, or what's the point?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] S3rgi0:
thanks for reply

I put here some screenshots about the issue:

Settings/storage:

Error message when i tried to take screenshot:

File manager:

(Sd card is my external SDcard)

(i can create folder on "Internal storage")

Whatsapp message when i try to add some image to send

Settings/apps/on sd card:

Message when try to move app to sdcard:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
It seems some other folks here had similar probs with their 6500D, e. g. here:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71214171&postcount=170

Maybe it will help if you try this as well?

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] S3rgi0:
Thanks for your reply

I searched and i saw some posts about same issue...and then i tried 3 solutions mentioned on those posts, i explain it here:

1- Format data partition to ext4 : Not neccesary for me, my data partition is already on ext4 file system

2-install ROM for s6500 (non-d): System don't boot, continous splash screen logo animation

3-Install CWM6.0.5.1 again but following steps mentioned on that post (and then install all again as it says in the first post)

None of those solutions solved my issue :(
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
[MENTION=8083052]Don Pedro![/MENTION] Many thanks for these SUPER detailed logs! :):good:

Maybe [MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION] can look at these reported errors. However, [MENTION=7429196]xEmre66[/MENTION] is extending the Kernel currently to CAF HAL support, maybe this will help also him in some regards. I am just a dev supporter and not a dev, so for me that's all somewhat too complex... ;)

And regarding the the pn544 driver problem, - which libpn544_fw.so file you have used? The original in the CM11 build seems to be a too recent one. It would be interesting to know if the error message still occurs with different libpn544_fw.so file, for example that of the LG L5 E610 phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
Don't use any libs from other msm7x27a based phones. They aren't compatible with the S6500. Regarding CM12, me and [MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION], are working on it. We soon have a CAF kernel and if we have it, CM12 should not be a problem. And regarding the reported errors, I will try to look at them and help [MENTION=8083052]Don Pedro![/MENTION]

Regards,

xEmre66
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Please consider that I had to strip down the log *a lot* to be able to post it! I will see if I can place the complete log somewhere on a net drive for download. I will post it when it's done.

I know the kernel is rather chatty. Just because it claims something has failed or reports an error needn't necessarily mean something went badly awry. So as usual: It depends.

I used the FW files that were originally placed in Shadow of Leaf's CM11, I didn't change anything. I just stumbled upon this kernel log entries when sifting through the log in the hope to find out why my phone gets stuck in the boot animation. I had expected the PN544 to be totally disabled, however obviously that's not what he did.

Maybe my next step will be to restart completely from scratch. Go back to plain stock, clear the whole phone, erase absolutely all data and reset everything to factory defaults. Then retry in the hope I was able to kill something that is responsible for the current choking.

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Khalid Zaki:
Can I overclock the phone just from the settings ?

Can I overclock the phone just from the settings ? Or do I need a custom kernel and if so , can anyone give me a link to a custom kernel for (s6500 D)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
Overclocking is not recommended you will get bluescreen and your S6500D will reboot occassionally. If you still wanna overclock it, then go to Settings -> About phone -> scroll down until you see "Build number" -> hit build number seven times without stopping -> now return to first page of settings by pressing back button -> you will see "Performance" -> There, press processor and select the clock speed you want: (max. 1056 MHz, recommended, only adjust max. processor clock speed and don't mess up with min. clock speed)

Regards,

xEmre66

Hit the "thanks" button if I helped you. It's free.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
I really wonder why anyone would want to overclock this phone. It comes with a single core CPU and it is clocked very slow for todays CPU's. So this is a slow phone and it will stay slow, no matter how hard you try to OC it... ;)

I mean, it's OK for reading emails, for surfing of not too complex sites, listen to music, some messaging, etc. - but not much more. Pimping the phone form 800MHz to 1GHz will give yo a mere 20% performance boost, you will hardly notice this, but you will probably notice the increased battery drain.

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
It is only overclockable up to 1056MHz, if you push it too hard (to 1290MHz), it will reboot continuosly. (Just a suggestion for [MENTION=8132983]Khalid Zaki[/MENTION])
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Yes, of course you can OC it. What I wanted to say is: Even if it runs 20% faster this beast still stays slow and you probably will hardly recognize the 20% speed increase - but you might well notice the increased battery drain due to OCing.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] HappyBucket:
I tested the rom, installation went fine but the storage bug is still here. Every single cm11 rom that i tested for the galaxy mini 2 has this bug, the usb storage isn't shown so i cant install apps. I tried putting an sd card but it still doesnt work. Any help would be apreciated
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] nefescalanadam:
any fix for internal storage problem on s6500d ?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
All the team for S6500 moved on other projects and do not longer work on the S6500. Btw this is the final CM11 by Shadow of Leaf and there will be no other updates. Sorry to tell you that:(
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Sorry to hear that! The folks who worked on the mini did a good job and if they hadn't many minis would've gone to the bin since long (who would be willing to run a lousy gingerbread OS today?). So those guys gave the mini a second life, thanks for that!

As a comparison: Someone recently donated me another phone, it's a HTC 626g dual sim. It's a lot younger than the mini - but only runs on stock Android 4.4.2 as well, so the mini is on the same level. Of course I started to sift through XDA to see if someone adapted a more recent CM to it. Unfortunately this is not the case and the reason seems to be that HTC is even more reluctant than most other manufacturers to uncover any details of their phones, supply firmware binaries, tools, etc. So, if development on the mini has stopped this is really a pitty, if we would've managed to push it to CM12 this would've enabled further development. I'm an C++ developer myself with 25+ years of expirience. However I did not do any Android stuff yet, so I couldn't take over this part, I have too little knowledge in this sector (and probably too little time to catch up with it). It will probably be very difficult to find any volunteers that could continue on the mini... ;-(

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
[MENTION=7429196]xEmre66[/MENTION]

Thanks for the replay, - this is sad to hear. So you stopped your work at the CAF kernel for the mini 2. :(

[MENTION=8083052]Don Pedro![/MENTION] Yes that's right, - for all the great work I say here also a big THANKS to Shadow of Leaf and also you xEmre66! :)

As mentioned, the CM11 is near almost optimal. :good: Only TWRP has some strange flaws.

Whatever, - will try to find a solid install method regarding the S6500D, - someone was successful with TWRP and the S6500 CM11 image....

Despite the mini 2 is so old, maybe someone other will took up the work. If the source code is avaiable there should exists a good chance. At least for a stable TWRP. ;):D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Amaan007:
I used rom porter tool last year to port this rom to 6500d anf then the pit file my base rom was from bleached.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
Thanks Amaan007 for that hint. :)

[MENTION=8083052]Don Pedro![/MENTION] If you are a coder then you may be able to look into TWRP and try to find the strange instability problem. ;):D

Okay, it's not so simple I know... Seriously, - but you may be able to tell me how I can exchange the libpn544_fw.so file in the current build? It would be amazing if there would exist a way to mod / rebuild the CM11 install package with an other libpn544_fw.so binary. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Hm, dunno if I'll find the time, I'm a busy person. But maybe I will take a short glimpse at it (no promise though!) Whatever, where's the sourcecode SoL used for CM11? Could you give me a link to it?

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
Great to hear, - TWRP was build also by [MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION]. Maybe he have uploaded the code somewhere? Or probably [MENTION=7429196]xEmre66[/MENTION] knows something about it? :confused:

By the way, - according to user wverkist2 there seems to exit regarding the S6500D a working CM11 install method. He used CWM 6.0.5.1 and cm-11-20170203-UNOFFICIAL-jena.zip and not the jenad.: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=71214171&postcount=170

Well, this method is clearly NOT recommended bay SoL because of the modified fstab parameters.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Shadow Of Leaf:
Hello guys

To be honest my time is short a little bit so sorry

For the source code this is a link to it https://github.com/shadowofleaf

Rather i discontinued my work here i will do the best i could to get a fresh build for s6500d and do my best to fix it soon

Last thing about the nfc i been investigating

The problem is from the kernel

If you try to do a kernel logcat you well see that the nfc is not working at all

That becuse samsung in everytime do a thing

It will do it with her mysterious methodes like camcorder problem

Finally i sorry again to let you down
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] wverkist2:
[MENTION=7045712]lorn10[/MENTION]

Yes, I have it installed on my S6500D, with a mixture of methods, maybe I was just lucky? Have the same "problem" you have: if it is off and you plug it into a charger, it will automatically boot into a state that is no good.

[MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION]

Don't feel sorry! I myself am very happy with your work, kudos.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ferhat44:
I used 6500 rom with my s6500d. ı have1.80 gb storage.No problem.I can istall apps, receive bluetooth folders and ı can take a photo.I installed rom with wverkist2 method.Thanks.

I install twrp recovery and change data file system ext4.Then I opened download mod.(vol down + home + power) I install cwm recovery with odin.(just you change CWM-6.0.5.1-v3-jena.tar.md5 to recovery.tar.md5). I upload cwm11 jena (no d) rom to external sd card then plug it the phone.Open the cwm recovery .İnstall zip to sdcard (you see two sd card.you select to second sdcard)Select the cm11 and install it.Ok. sorry for my bad english.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
Hm, dropped a short view inside there but was a bit confused. There are somewhat 33 repositories and I don't know how they all belong together, seems to be for different phones, right? So I'm unclear about what to do with that and where to look. As said, I'm not an Adroid developer and would probably have to learn how to setup and use an Android development environment. So please don't expect an answer any time soon (if at all).

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Shadow Of Leaf:
My bad

You will use android_device_samsung_msm7x27a-common and android_device_samsung_s6500 for device tree

For the kernel you will use android_kernel_samsung_msm7x27a

And vendor you will use propreitary_vendor_samsung_msm7x27a
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] lorn10:
Thanks [MENTION=5965480]Shadow Of Leaf[/MENTION] for your replay! And don't feel sorry! I fully agree with user wverkist2, - with your GREAT, GREAT, GREAT work you have make A LOT of mini 2 users happy. :o kudos to you! :good: :good:

A big thanks also for the further investigation regarding the jinxed nfc matter. So it looks that the problem has nothing to do with the libpn544_fw.so file, what a pity, - that would be soo / too simple. ;) Whatever, - if you build a very last final CM11 build then please just disable the "auto power on feature when connected to charging cable". I read somewhere that this is a little thing to configure. (It seems that there exist also a script / command to disable that feature.)

[MENTION=7429196]xEmre66[/MENTION], to be honest, - I have never believed that we need CM12.1 for a low end phone like the mini 2. Despite that I say also to you a BIG thanks for all your heavy efforts regarding the development of a mini 2 CAF kernel. :):good: Well, well, - it would be really nice to see how a CAF kernel performs with Shadow Of Leaf's CM11 build.;)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] mihael zzzzz:
Hello, today I decided to disassemble my device and found that I have msm7225a instead of msm7227a. I was in shock.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] mihael zzzzz:
This fact can be the reason why I have a white screen on all versions of the kernel starting from 3.xx?:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] ferhat44:
İnstall 6500D(jenad) rom method.(İnternal Storage Fully Working)

"-Download and install CWM6.0.5.1

-Download the rom

-Download google apps

-Copy the rom and gapps to external storage

-Wipe data,cache,format system

-Install the rom and gapps and the fix"

1-Then install twrp rom

2-wipe>advanced wipe>select data>repair or change file system>change file system>select FAT>swipe

3-Then reinstall cwm recovery.

OK STORAGE İS WORKİNG NOW.

İf you want to reinstall rom, not require install twrp and not require change file system to fat file system.

1-Just Wipe data,cache,format system,

2- install jenad rom and the fix with cwm recovery

3- reset

OKK
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Shadow Of Leaf:
But wtf s6500d hasn't internal storage problem so it will work

For all Users im back and i see that all msm7x27a devs drop legacy and get to the caf so i told my self to try get caf display on our mini 2 working
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
Nice to see that you're back!!
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] pnzr:
GT-S6500 here. Something went terribly wrong. I installed TWRP, cleared data, system as in instructions. When I tried to install rom, everything was fine and then phone suddenly turned off. I thought this was a mistake, co I've done everything again the second time. The same, phoned turned off. I thought it's normall and that rom is installed, so I installed gapps, rebooted. And then nothing. The phone is stuck at "Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 G-S6500 cyanogenmod" screen. Can't get into recovery mode (tried volume up+power, volume up, down + power). I managed to install stock rom. Should I try installing TWRP again and repeat the process?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] xEmre66:
You have to be quick because TWRP has a sudden reboot problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] pnzr:
Good to know, still I don't have any idea why the progress bar during CM installation stood still and the phone just rebooted.

I have all the drivers needed (I think, tried various adb and usb drivers), but still the device manager says that I don't have drivers for Samsung Android USB Device (Code 28). Now I can't even root the phone with old Android 2.3.6 to install Clockwork or TWRP. Still waiting for GingerBreak to reboot. After 20 minutes, still nothing.. All the download links for the old Clockwork tar file for Odin are dead, so I can't root it the old way :/ How do I root it now? I managed to get into android recovery mode, but f.ex. Rashr is saying that the phone is not rooted.

UPDATE:

I managed to root it with CWM 6.0.3.3, updated to 6.0.4.5 and finally to 6.0.5.1. Is it possible to install this rom with CWM on GT-S6500 instead TWRP? I'm afraid that with TWRP it will reboot at the beginning of rom installation like it did before.

UPDATE2:

Well, it looks like it isn't possible. Stuck in a boot loop, probably because CWM doesn't have EXT4 file system option.

I succeded to install TWRP (it's a race against time really), and somehow CM.11 is INSTALLED! But I couldn't get into TWRP recovery again to install gapps... The phone just didn't respond. Had to manually get into developer option to install gapps (playstore).

UPDATE3:

Can someone tell me, why the phone keeps rebooting, or turning off on its own after some 45minutes? Sometimes the screen goes black and when I try to unlock the phone with home button the other two buttons light up, and nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Don Pedro!:
As already said here, TWRP has some strange reboot problem (experienced that myself), it may even happen during flash (which may cause your browes to raise in anxiety) but you could regularly simply reboot into TWRP and retry. Sooner or later it will work.

Shouldn't be! You should always be able to re-enter TWRP again...

Shouldn't happen as well! You're sure your flash went flawlessly?

BR

Don
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] pnzr:
Everything went okay. I changed TWRP to CWR and it only prolonged the time before reboot. I've given up on this rom. :( Instead installed midzan21's cm-11-20141212-no_internal-UNOFFICIAL-jenad and it works great so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] FracturedSkull:
Device: S6500D (jenad)

Installed ROM:cm-11-20170203-UNOFFICIAL-jenad.zip

Problems:

1-White Screen

2-Internal Storage

I have problems. :S How can i fix ?