yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
The partition must be in primary, not logical.
[Flipout and Charm General] bolaman42:
They are both primary, as the instructions state. The problem appears to be something other than what the basic instructions mention. Has anyone else with a Motorola Charm from Tmobile gotten this app to work? Is there a way to try to manually mount this partition so that then it will work with link2sd?
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Need charm owners with other version of firmwares.

Please pastebin your *.rc files.

That files located at /

for example in my firmware (T-mobile)

i have

init.mapphone_umts.rc
init.mapphone_cdma.rc
init.mapphone30_umts.rc
[Flipout and Charm General] huatz84:
Here you go,polovinamozga. : http://www.4shared.com/file/WWZFGRjV/Init_Files.html

I'm using Basem build latest 12.4.
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
Have you tried with another micro sd? What class your micro sd is? I think link2sd needs class4 as the minimum requirement..

If you already used class4 microsd or above, I think the problem comes from the ROM. I use basem 12.4, and there is no any problem with link2sd

@masta huatz: nice share masta.. :D
[Flipout and Charm General] bolaman42:
I have tried other micro sds, a 2 gig and a 4 gig. No luck with either. The current 32 gig one says that it is Class 6 on it, however when I was testing transfer speeds I averaged about a 4.5 Mb/s write speed. I agree that it's probably the ROM. I wasn't aware that I could boot a different ROM, thought the Charm was locked. How is basem 12.4, why do you use it? Thanks for the useful info, as well. It's great to be getting to know the forum.
[Flipout and Charm General] bolaman42:
Hi, I hope that pastebin just means copy and paste the name of the file. I'm sure that I can find a way to get the actual .rc file on here, but not sure how. So here are the names of my .rc files on my T-mobile Charm:

init.goldfish.rc
init.mapphone30_umts.rc
init.mapphone_cdma.rc
init.rc
init_prep_keypad.sh

not sure if that last one was necessary, as it was .sh instead of .rc
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
I'm interested to know more about basem 1.2.4 too... is it less laggy, without motoblur? Currently I'm running 1.2.0 without motoblur

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Plz post content of files to pastie.org
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
4.5 in write and speed show that it is class4. But, in testing a micro sd, you have to use a good card reader and computer.

Bootloader locked doesnt mean you cannot flash to another rom. I use motorola usb driver and rsd lite to flash it. Actually, you can find the way to do it in this thread.

@matt: basem 12.4 is actually a rom for asia which based on basil rom, with some deblur act by motorola. It less laggy than basem 12.0. And it work better after I instal bash. To reduce the lag, I use go launcher, no force close.
[Flipout and Charm General] bolaman42:
Well that's good to know. I will do some more research and decide if I want to try another rom. That might take care of my issue with Link2SD, huh? 2 more questions. 1: Do I need to get an actual card reader, ie I shouldn't just leave it in my phone and connect that to the computer. I was apparently able to successfully partition the card with miniTool Partition Wizard using that method. The really weird thing is that for about the first 5 hours that I used my MicroSD card, I was able to connect it to my computer using an SD adapter in my in-laptop 5-in-1 card reader. Then my computer started going haywire, the card reader and eventually the usb ports stopped working, and I had to use system restore to roll it back 2 weeks. I imagine that the reason was because the card reader doesn't support SDHC, but if that is the case, how did it work for 5 hours? And how could it have messed up my comp that badly? Crazy!

Question 2: Are you aware if the basem rom is the only alternative for the Charm?

Thanks again!
[Flipout and Charm General] bolaman42:
2nd Try:

couldn't really figure out pastie.org, so I used my fileserve account. Here are the links. Let me know if something else works better:

http://www.fileserve.com/file/NdhYNGM

http://www.fileserve.com/file/EgNtebG

http://www.fileserve.com/file/8xkMtcP

http://www.fileserve.com/file/XBfynsC

http://www.fileserve.com/file/ztAP4t8
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
I use original windows xp sp3 32bit. a cheap sdhc card reader. and team micro sd 8GB class10. there is no any problem in my computer and my charm.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
I'll give it a shot tonight. Actually I'm quite worried that I may end up with a brick. What do you mean by install bash?

Matt

Edited: RSDlite ran fine, now running deblur_12.4. Thanks dmaspocil
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
I ever failed flashing. the problem came from my old computer. the motherboard is already weak. the flashing process stopped in the middle of the process.

but, after I reboot it, the charm back to bootloader mode. so, dont worry about getting brick after flashing official rom.

bash is a tweak for android. mister polo already share it on previous page. you need modrecovery (thanks to polovinamozga) to install it.

to know more what bash is, you can googling it in wikipedia

to see the post, go to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13605418&postcount=333

basem 12.4 will work better if you install go launcher as the primary launcher. install it on internal memory, not in link2sd or a2sd.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Thanks. 12.4 feels smoother but still need to try it out for a few more days. I wouldn't be able to install any app or launcher to internal memory as I'm running app2sd. I'll be happy as long as it doesn't freezes.

I did remove some unused apps from /system/app like facebook, myspace, livewallpaper, some widgets to free up more space in /system, do you think that help?

matt
[Flipout and Charm General] jdokicfan:
Hi everyone!

I rooted my Charm, and deleted heaps of the Blur crap i didnt want, then realised i couldnt add contacts anymore.

I found out this is because of deleting happenings its somehow linked to contacts, and i tried to re install but it wouldnt work, does anyone know how i can re install this, or is there a way to flash a T-Mobile ROM, yet? thanks!

Or is there a way for me to unroot and then do a restore? i used superoneclick to root, and it wouldnt let me unroot :)
[Flipout and Charm General] Chahk:
I had the exact same problem. Try pushing the FriendFeed.apk (ziped up and attached to this reply) to /system/app/ folder. This should fix it for you.
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
of course 12.4 smoother. because it is the update version.

be careful in removing some file. it can make some force close. but facebook and myspace is safe to be removed.

but, removing some file in this folder will eat your memory internal. because the system will try to make back up of the file that you have removed. but the rom will have more free space. to prove this, use quick system info to see this.

the solution about memory internal is, after remove some file, do factory reset. evel you will get some extra memory internal after the restore factory data.

but, be careful in removing some file that have connection with the blur, it will make many force close.

but I have found the solution: use go launcher. adw launcher and launcher pro didnt work as good as go launcher.

are you live in singapore? do you speak Indonesian? if you can speak Indonesian, just go to http://www.kaskus.us/showpost.php?p=430844045&postcount=493. I already write many things about this in there.
[Flipout and Charm General] jdokicfan:
Thanks alot! but how do i push it do system/app? its not in file manager.

Thanks again.
[Flipout and Charm General] mofoahh:
its possible that the tmobile rom might have locked back up your telus charm. Sometimes motoflash files will lock up the phone to the carrier specific, in this case Tmobile.
[Flipout and Charm General] kgbd1:
I thought this might be a possibility, although from what I've found this is usually not the case. I haven't been asked for a subsidy unlock code, and I have caught a few blips of signal. Might it also be due to the fact that T-Mobile in the US uses the 1700/2100 frequencies, while Telus and Fido use 850/1900? T-Mobile may have set their software to work only on their frequencies?
[Flipout and Charm General] mofoahh:
but the motorola charm is a quad band phone. you should still get signal regardless of 3g bands being different. but it might be a possibility. try lookin for a telus rom.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
I'll be getting my Moto Charm this evening. Was quite delighted that that's finally an Android phone with Portrait/front-facing qwerty having been a Treo 680 user for many years. Ordered 1 despite all the bad reviews by user from the limited forums I could find.

I'm surprise that XDA have flipout listed but not Charm. Are there any other forums besides XDA, Androidcentral..?

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] :
Hi there! A 650 user for years here, went to g1, still miss a portrait qwerty and considering moto charm, droid pro.

too bad moto phones are all locked down, no custom rom.
[Flipout and Charm General] :
hands-on with flipout (same screen as charm) today, the screen resolution is worse than 650... :o
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
i must admit that the screen resolution is not good and the fonts are really small but the qwerty keypad is good. The wifi gave me random resets but works well after I disable wifi. Overall experience is good, its responsive & have decided to keep the phone.

It will be nice to have keycaps (palm os) running on moto charm & better if the fonts could be resize. Next, I'll be trying out if any call recorder works....

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] :
let me know if you find one. : )

i was really tempted to get charm but the low-res screen really turns me away... then the droid pro comes, but it's way too expensive for me...
[Flipout and Charm General] Chahk:
I'm considering the Charm for my wife who is currently using an old second-hand Blackberry Curve 8310.

She's a recent smartphone convert, so the absence of 3G on AT&T (1 year left on contract) shouldn't matter much. It should be a nice upgrade. WiFi, better camera, CPU and RAM bump will be worth it, even if the screen resolution doesn't seem all that different (2.5in 65K colors Vs. 2.8in 256K colors). And of course Android 2.1 > Blackberry OS 4.5 :)
[Flipout and Charm General] :
I liked this phone and almost bought one off ebay (another story). The main issues with it as I see...

- Low-res screen (even compared to the 650)

- Motorola's locked bootloader and slow (or non) upgrades for MOTOBLUR phones

- Camera (fixed focus and so-so quality)

- Battery life (quite a few complaints)

- Reception (a few complaints)

Make no mistake, if you are not into gaming and you can accept the shortcomings, THIS PHONE IS A STEAL - Cause it has 512MB RAM and that's what it really counts for Android, all other low-end phones have only half of it.

And this little gem has CrystalTalk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it73Ylcl470
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
wifi problem...

After using the charm for a week, there were quite a few resets or in some instances it switched off. This only happens when the phone goes into sleep with wifi on. I've tried selecting all 3 options in 'wifi sleep policy' but all yield the same result.

It is quite tedious to have to switch off wifi when I'm not using it, there are times when I simply forget to and the phone would just reset or switch off after the phone goes into sleep.

Anyone experience this? I assume this shouldn't be normal...

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] :
Few CHARM users here, tried Motorola's forums?

https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/motoblur-android/charm?view=discussions

Sorry, didn't notice you're already there...

https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/37213?tstart=0

Oh BTW, off-topic, I just installed CyanongenMod 6.1-RC, it has font resizing option.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
CyanongenMod 6.1-RC on Moto Charm? Is it possible? I thought there were no custom rom for Charm.

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] :
Actually not... I was talking about CM in general. Sorry.
[Flipout and Charm General] Michael56y:
Hello

I would Like to Know is there any possible way to tether the Motorola charm and if if I have to hack it do you mind stating the steps towards that.
[Flipout and Charm General] whiterabbit1:
whats up got charm rooted now need more info moto charm

i have andro root and unlock code for unbrick also im a newbie i can understand a bit if you can help i would most appreciate it. now for info i have the moto charm the moto flipside has custom roms i think is it the same if not correct me also i want a cyanogen mod if i can but i think they have to put one out for my device also correct me again. i got the phone to go faster by taking the widgets off the home screen and rooting it may also made a diff so any one who can help ive got the nutts to try to break it so help me out.
[Flipout and Charm General] :
Motorola's Android phones except the original DROID all have locked bootloaders that means no custom kernel and while there are a few custom ROMs for the more popular handsets (e.g. Milestone) they all use the same kernel as motorola released you wouldn't be seeing (at least an official) CyanogenMod on any of them because Steve (the CyanogenMod guy) has said that he's not interested in cooking such kinds of custom ROMs (that's without a custom kernel).
[Flipout and Charm General] whiterabbit1:
ok for the guy above tether is simple andro root your phone and then thether i know i spelt it wrong. now is it possible to put a custom rom on my charm so i can run flash and where do i get the free version of rom manager i have the premium already can you help me pleeeeaaassse also can you get ahold of the steve guy and see if he can brew up something for us charm users
[Flipout and Charm General] whiterabbit1:
also can you help me find the free version of rom manager for my phone and i already have the premium version but they said i have to download free version first then i can use it. the problem is i can not find it on the market so if you have an apk link please let me know oh and any neat apk file that are usefull those too thank you.
[Flipout and Charm General] whiterabbit1:
check out team fordge they might have it all for open source stuff i just wish i could understand it can you help also get i think the custom kernal and bootloader and other stuff hhhhheeeeeeellllpppppp please so maybe our charms will top an i pice of crap [i phone]if some one could give me step by step
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
to solve the problem, you can reflash your charm with rsd lite, motorola usb driver, and ROM. just googling this thread from the first page. everything is set aside in this thread
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Yes I live in Singapore. .. can't understand malay but I can use google translate... thanks again

Matt
[Flipout and Charm General] jdokicfan:
Thanks so very much! this worked for me :)
[Flipout and Charm General] jdokicfan:
Also, does anyone have an .apk of google talk for charm i could have? i re installed after deleting and realising its needed to install apps but sometimes market force closes and i cant even open google talk. Thanks.
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
Well, I will make the short translation in english soon after I get home. Google translate will not make it. I use some informal language
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Im written first beta of bootmenu for charm.

My code can on\off keyboard lights lol:D

Need C-coders and smart guys because i dont know how we can start it

like it starts at defy or Droid X

Defy-users have system call from init.rc

like

/system/bin/logwrapper /system/bin/mount_ext3.sh

And we not.

Maybe 2nd-init + adding logwrapper string to our *.rc hmhm
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
I'm so sorry that I cant help.

Do you have any contact that can do it? Maybe with some payment? I think I can help make some paypal donation.

Thanks
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
To remove files in system>>app, you can use root explorer and systemAppRemover.apk. but it is better if you use SystemAppRemover.apk because it is not only delete the apk, but remove all of the part of the apk from the system.

Be careful in deleting files in this folder because some files is important to the system. If you delete the wrong file, you will get: force close, bad battery work, slow device, etc.

If you use SystemAppRemover.apk, you can get an assistant in the way to know how important a file is by using its setting: setting>>assistant

There will be 3 kind of highlights:

Red: this is important. You are forbid to delete this

Yellow: the application don’t really know if this file is good or not if you delete this.

Green: you can delete this file if you don’t need the application.

But, because maybe this application is based on quallcomm device, there are some mistake in reading the file. There are some file that get green highlights, but actually it is an important file: blur.home.apk. blur.home.apk is the original launcher file. If you delete it, the system will always force close. Even if you already use another launcher.

One more thing.

Deleting files in this folder will make the system make copy of the file into your internal storage. So, this act will eat your internal storage. To solve this, you can restore factory data. But you won’t have the backup.

If you don’t do restore factory data, you will make your storage for system (rom) larger, but your free internal storage will decrease because of the backup

If you do restore factory data, you will make your free internal storage bigger. My internal storage is about 129MB after I deleted some file and restore factory data.
[Flipout and Charm General] matteosg:
Thanks dmaspocil. Battery life seems to improve with 12.4 firmware.
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Need RC files.

Or do it

busybox grep /*.rc | busybox grep logwrapper
[Flipout and Charm General] adijo:
Moov apps to sd card in motorola charm through link2sd app

Hi all...today i would like to share a good news to all of you that now you can move your apps to sd card in motorola charm, after doing these few simple step you would be able to move your apps to your sd card ...so here we go ...

Step 1

dowbload universal androot apk file ( search in google)

transfer it to your phone via blutooth or usb cable

now download a application called easy installer from market, after installing it open the app. then search for app. universal androot, once you find it install it

step 2

now open application uni. androot and press root button

so now your phone is rooted .

step 3

download an app. called link2sd apk file ( search in google)

transfer it through usb into sd card

open easy installer then install this

step 4

now you have to do the partition of sd card for that follow this link

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning

once partition is done then restart your phone

thats it now you can move all application to sd card by using link2sd app

Note:- make sure when you make partion keep it as primery fat32 if it doesnt support then delete the 2nd partition and recreat the partion again with primery ext2 , do not forget to restart your phone after making sd partition

good luck guys

Ad jo
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
does anyone has rom for motorola charm cdma? it is just released in my country

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edited: forgive me, this wrong information. there is no motorola charm cdma.
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
Our phones have 3 rc files

Which rc file wiil be used defined by bootloader.
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
Do You ask file in '.rc' format and logwrapper before?

./init.rc
./init.mapphone30_umts.rc
./init.mapphone_umts.rc
./init.mapphone_cdma.rc
./init.goldfish.rc
./system/bin/logwrapper

if yes, I will upload it later

===================================================================

all files from system>>app

http://www.mediafire.com/?1le05hn3izaaq18
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
I have 5 .rc files....

init.rc www.pastie.org/2047284

init.goldfish.rc www.pastie.org/2047304

init.mapphone_utms.rc www.pastie.org/2047315

init.mapphone30_utms.rc www.pastie.org/2047323

init.mapphone_cdma.rc www.pastie.org/2047328

Is it ok? You need anything more?

Country-India

Version-12.4
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Does anyone know hot to install antivirus/other app as system app to charm so that it doesn't get deleted after factory data reset?
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
mount /system as rw

cp your.apk /system/app
[Flipout and Charm General] jonxz:
Read all 40 pages ... So there is no way to De-Blur a T-Mobile Charm yet? :(
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
md5sum for other CG39.smg (for example from any deblured rom)

and do nandroid backup
[Flipout and Charm General] jonxz:
Sorry I don't understand, how can I get a deblur ROM to work on my T-Mobile Charm with md5sum? And how can I get CG39.smg from my phone?

I have downloaded some ROM that doesn't work on my Charm like:

BASEM_U3_01.12.4_DEBLUR_SIGNED_USABASIL01RINT150AI013.0R_PDS000_UC1SOMPBASLRTINT_P025_A016_HWp3_1FF.sbf

What's the next step to do?

I really need a deblurred Charm since the stupid MotoBlur won't allow me to use my company email address: xxx@abc.asia <-- 4 characters domain they said is not valid =_=
[Flipout and Charm General] jdokicfan:
Hi all i have a t mobile charm, i duno what ive done but it just stuffs up all the time now, is there any ROMS i can flash it with?
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
I be n00b. Please give full detail.

Only need to copy or do anything else?

Should it be already installed or not?
[Flipout and Charm General] dmaspocil:
download motorola usb driver and rsd lite. install them on your computer.
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
adb shell

mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock7 /system

cp /sdcard/your.apk /system/app

sync

Now you can WIPE =)
[Flipout and Charm General] jonxz:
I tried, but it won't boot, so I flash the t-mobile rom (with blur) to make it work again...
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
T-mobile devices has otther bootloader sign
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
Thank you. I don't have PC access so I will copy apk using root explorer instead, will that do the job?
[Flipout and Charm General] jonxz:
Anyway I can get pass or trick the bootloader and flash other de-blur ROM on it?
[Flipout and Charm General] hyperioneo:
Hi, all

Any working tun.ko on Charm?

I've tried a tun.ko from this link: code.google.com/p/sbdtools/downloads/detail?name=tun.ko

It's for motorola milestone with same kernel version: 2.6.29-omap1

insmod OK, but when launch with "openvpn --mktun --dev tun0", Charm crashed and reboot.

Any suggestion?

Where can we find the kernel config? (no /proc/config.gz in Charm)

With the open source kernel released by moto in sourceforge.net/motorola/charm/home/Home/ and .config(if we can get it), could we compile the tun.ko for Charm?

Thanks.
[Flipout and Charm General] therkr:
I mistakenly un-installed Market Updates so now its returned to the older "grey-coloured" market.

Someone please post market updates backup from Titanium/ APK, if possible.
[Flipout and Charm General] polovinamozga:
You can find config.gz at my repo in github =)

tun.ko

compiled for my charm from official sources.

Working 100%

Download