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So I tried installing xRecovery (I think it was .3) on my new mini pro U20i which i rooted with z4root 1.3.0. HOWEVER, the busybox that came with it didn't work so I attempted to install another busybox... and I somehow bricked my phone lol.
The phone is fixed and rooted again but I would really like to get xRecovery working so I can flash roms.
Any help would be really appreciated
P.S. If you have any guides for backing up/flashing roms and partitioning sd cards that would be great!
johnpharrell said:
So I tried installing xRecovery (I think it was .3) on my new mini pro U20i which i rooted with z4root 1.3.0. HOWEVER, the busybox that came with it didn't work so I attempted to install another busybox... and I somehow bricked my phone lol.
The phone is fixed and rooted again but I would really like to get xRecovery working so I can flash roms.
Any help would be really appreciated
P.S. If you have any guides for backing up/flashing roms and partitioning sd cards that would be great!
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Did you root with SOC?
No... should I have? Does it include xRecovery? Do you think it would be ok to unroot with z4root and the use SOC. I'm a noob to all this kinda thing Is SOC working with x10 mini pro 2.1 build 2.0.A.0.504?
1. root you device
2. install busybox from market only
3. try automatic installation(the safer way)
4. reboot
5. tap the back button several times
6. enjoy xRecovery
Tehouster said:
1. root you device
2. install busybox from market only
3. try automatic installation(the safer way)
4. reboot
5. tap the back button several times
6. enjoy xRecovery
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Thanks Tehouster, but busybox isn't available on the market anymore...I've searched and I can't find it. That's why I ended up using an offmarket one before, ultimately bricking my phone lol.
Strange...I found busybox on the pc android market site, but not of my phone's market app?? I tried to install it via the pc site but
it said that my phone was incompatible? Now what?!
The market checks your phone to see there're compatible Apps available for your particular phone/ROM before showing you up the results, and that's why some may not find those particular Apps they're looking for, I sometime make use of Morelocale to search further outside my home region, hope this may help.
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Thanks Tehouster, but busybox isn't available on the market anymore...I've searched and I can't find it. That's why I ended up using an offmarket one before, ultimately bricking my phone lol.
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Busybox is in my market.. strange.
Hi ive rooted my device and installed root explorer, also installed xrecovery, but i cant get it to work,
on a tut it says i need to install busybox, how do i install it? i cant find it on the store.
someone there who can help me
i tried to install it manually, but adb says exec:cp not found - the same error message from xrecovery what can i do?
Install Titanium backup, and click problems, then it will help you install busybox.
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Install Titanium backup, and click problems, then it will help you install busybox.
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I tried this method already, but to no avail. And BusyBox isn't available with my carrier/country it seems... Oh well!
Market don't show me busybox
Sorry for my poor english, i can't found the busybox installer on the market.
using my x10i i'm search "busybox" and show it in the 1st result, but
using a mini pro (U20i) don't show anithing from stericson
using 2.0.2.A.0.24 nordic
Lo bueno es que voy a aprender ingles antes de vuestra respuesta...
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me too.i also cant find the busy box and xrecovery installer.it strange.why oh why.i really want the x recovery in my phone
here you have a pretty good working guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9818553&postcount=535
he mentions chmodding with adb, but doesnt now the command - it's pretty straight forward
write following in adb shell
Code:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system 3 /system
# chmod 777 system/bin
# exit
$ exit
afterwards push the files downloadet from his post with
Code:
adb push %filepath%\busybox %filepath%\chargemon %filepath%\xrecovery.tar /system/bin
where %filepath% is the path to the folder where you extracted the 3 files
If you have problems with ddms, just write
You can find both on Google. Just be patient an look very well ... I found it.
for busybox, intall titanium backup, and xrecovery you will need to install zhidu's xRecovery mini... i have the same problem before..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932194
Thank youuu.ive installed it.
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Theres a new version of the Swype beta that is IMMENSELY better than the preloaded swype that comes with the atrix, it literally fixes all the annoying things of the older Swype versions:
http://beta.swype.com/
Swype 3.x beta works with the method below!
Process:
1) Use Root Explorer/Terminal/ADB to backup and then delete Swype.apk from /system/app and libSwypecore.so from /System/lib
2) Download the installer from https://beta.swype.com/android/get/ (on your phone)
3) Use installer to login and install latest version of swype
After your first phone reboot, if you are experiencing Swype Force closes after installing the latest swype, uninstall swype from your phone and then reinstall it; it should no longer force close after reboot.
If you are still experiencing force crashing after reinstall, try wiping your dalvik cache within CWM. Thanks Dudeman Broguy.
If you want to get in the latest beta, sign up over here. Registrations are open right now, hurry before they close them again!
Thanks to playin4sheezy for figuring this out: post #12
yes, i have been using it all day and it looks and feels great! if you have sideloading enabled, when you start the install it will ask to over write the current one.
graemegb said:
yes, i have been using it all day and it looks and feels great! if you have sideloading enabled, when you start the install it will ask to over write the current one.
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Im trying to use the installer and it tells me to disable swype, and you cant disable the built in one. Can you pm me the apk?
Yea, I get to the point where it says "Licensing Swype, please wait...." and it doesn't get past that.
You need to go into /system/app and move Swype.apk to a backup folder on /mnt/sdcard
Then go into /system/lib and do the same for libSwypeCore.so
Give it a reboot and then try to install the beta. It worked for me
How did you move the apk, it wont allow me to do so
playin4sheezy said:
You need to go into /system/app and move Swype.apk to a backup folder on /mnt/sdcard
Then go into /system/lib and do the same for libSwypeCore.so
Give it a reboot and then try to install the beta. It worked for me
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woo nice! thanks that worked for me! no more stupid tip window!
Krshaw18 said:
How did you move the apk, it wont allow me to do so
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you have to use root explorer (and be rooted) or you could use terminal/adb (still have to be rooted)
Sorry for the noob questions! Move it completely? or make a back up of it? and also any apps out there like root explorer but free ?
I tried the above steps but the libswypecore is still in the system folder when i move it as it is read only...
Krshaw18 said:
Sorry for the noob questions! Move it completely? or make a back up of it? and also any apps out there like root explorer but free ?
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If youre rooted, root explorer is worth the money. You have to move Swype.apk completely, and make sure its not there after moving or the install wont work.
Make sure if you are in Root Explorer that you click the R/W button at the top to make the system folder Read/Write access. Then long press the files and click move and goto sdcard and make a folder named "whatever you want" then click paste..
Or you could do this using adb with Atrix plugged into the computer:
goto command prompt
type the following:
adb shell
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
cp /system/app/Swype.apk /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
cp /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
rm /system/app/Swype.apk
rm /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
Hopefully this gets you going
playin4sheezy said:
Make sure if you are in Root Explorer that you click the R/W button at the top to make the system folder Read/Write access. Then long press the files and click move and goto sdcard and make a folder named "whatever you want" then click paste..
Or you could do this using adb with Atrix plugged into the computer:
goto command prompt
type the following:
adb shell
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
cp /system/app/Swype.apk /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
cp /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so /mnt/sdcard/swype_backup
rm /system/app/Swype.apk
rm /system/lib/libSwypeCore.so
Hopefully this gets you going
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Thanks a bunch!
Wont let me delete
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joshuajoshua said:
Wont let me delete
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Is your phone rooted? If so, then when you typed su in adb shell(not terminal) did it ask you for superuser permission? If so, then you should make sure and accept it.
If your phone is not rooted, then I don't think your gonna get this working
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I didnt need to move/delete libSwypeCore.so and the install worked fine.
andy2na said:
I didnt need to move/delete libSwypeCore.so and the install worked fine.
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Ok. Be aware that I've had previous issues with swype after few days of use because I didn't remove that file
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I would suggest someone testing that you can in fact put it back to the stock setup. Mine somehow got deleted when i first got the phone, and it doesn't come back, factory reset or otherwise.
cegna09 said:
I would suggest someone testing that you can in fact put it back to the stock setup. Mine somehow got deleted when i first got the phone, and it doesn't come back, factory reset or otherwise.
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i have been messing with swype for the last few days
i can guarentte you that if u installed / mounted a messed up version of swype (WVGA with a language pack in my case), you can just use put the backup stock swype back on /system/app and it'll be fine again
i get an error on sign-in into the installer, says device id dont match. any ideas?
EDIT: I had to log into mySwype and remove my old phone (nexus one) and then now it works!
Evening Folks,
Hoping someone can help. I've been trying to install a custom rom onto my mini pro (Any custom rom!). Done a lot of reading and have managed to root my phone but am now stuck when trying to install xrecovery and CWM.
I've put xrecovery, busybox, chargemon and the cwm zip file onto my sdcard. I've been trying to move busybox, chargemon and xrecovery to the /system/bin directory using Super Manager. But it keeps telling me I do not have enough space, even tho I have 150mb internal space free on the phone. As far as I can tell the three files I need to move are less than 1mb and I've deleted just about everything I trust myself to delete.
ALong the way I managed to muck up the google acount password and ended up resetting the phone to the factory defaults, so there is nothing on it. Currently the only downloaded apps are Root Checker, Super Manager and SuperUser.
So I'm hoping one of you fine chaps, and chapetts, is going to be able to point out the stupid mistake I'm making.
I have to escape sooon, so will not be able to reply util tomorrow. Thanks in advance.
SteveG
You realise the /system partition is seprate from the /data partition, so internal free space does not mean free space on the system partition. And did you remount the system partition yet? (This command in terminal emulator: mount -o remount,rw /system) Or you could simply use root explorer and save lots of trouble figuring out the terminal.
i would advise you to install xrecovery via aais, it is quite simple; download aais and put on your sd, download terminal emulator from the market (needs root, you are rooted you say so that is fine) type the commands:
su (start superuser, click allow)
cd sdcard/aais
sh install.sh (now you see the menu)
type 0 for installing xrecovery. phone will reboot and you're done. Download cwm for recovery.zip from xda and install cwm via xrecovery, now you can install custom roms.
ruifung said:
You realise the /system partition is seprate from the /data partition, so internal free space does not mean free space on the system partition.
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Ah, no I didnt realise that. Anyway I can tell how much space in the system partition? Any reason why it should be full after a factory reset? If it is full, any suggestions?
ruifung said:
And did you remount the system partition yet? (This command in terminal emulator: mount -o remount,rw /system) Or you could simply use root explorer and save lots of trouble figuring out the terminal.
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Nope, didnt realise I had to do this, , can you explain why?. Before I do anything else?
Ameijer said:
i would advise you to install xrecovery via aais, it is quite simple; download aais
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From the market? Hehe, I didnt know what this was so I googled it. Found myself at the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors. Strangley enough very little about Android on their website.
Ameijer said:
and put on your sd, download terminal emulator from the market (needs root, you are rooted you say so that is fine) type the commands:
su (start superuser, click allow)
cd sdcard/aais
sh install.sh (now you see the menu)
type 0 for installing xrecovery. phone will reboot and you're done. Download cwm for recovery.zip from xda and install cwm via xrecovery, now you can install custom roms.
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If I do this where does the xrecovery file need to be for the install?
Thanks for replying guys. You have givne me some suggestions for the way forwards.
SteveG
AAIS is an automatic installer for xrecovery, sorry..was not clear enough apparently. You can find it here on xda (xrecovery automatic installation script or something like that) and works like a charm! No need to copy files yourself, run the script and you'll have xrecovery, afterwards install cwm via xrecovery..simple as that
AAIS did the trick (Although I had to use a magnifyng glass to use the terminal emulator. Currently waiting for the rom to finish installing.
Thanks for your help
The thing wont recognize my phone and wont show the options to do xrecovery or any of the other options except for Flash...please help im desperate for a rom
You need to root first.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196421
Then in flashtool click 'ask root permissions' and have your phone unlocked and accept superuser permissions w/the prompt on your phone. Then you're good to go.
*edit- make sure it is the fixed xrec for 2.3.3. I use a Rom w xrec included so I didn't have to install it & I dont remember if that's the one in flashtool now.
Which firmware version are you on?
I have done that already...i am rooted because I have superuser on my phone. Where do I check firmware?
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zm4 said:
I have done that already...i am rooted because I have superuser on my phone. Where do I check firmware?
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unzip xrecovery file and copy all files manually to the right places using root explorer then check all boxes on permitions.
reboot and try
How do i do that?
zm4 said:
How do i do that?
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a very old guide written by me HERE
read "2nd mode" but use xrecovery v3 instead the one linked there
will this work for 2.3.3?
zm4 said:
will this work for 2.3.3?
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these commands still the same you just need to change (eventually) to the right path.
check the zip structure to see that
HTML:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
dd if=/sdcard/busybox of=/system/bin/busybox
dd if=/sdcard/chargemon of=/system/bin/chargemon
dd if=/sdcard/xrecovery.tar of=/system/bin/xrecovery.tar
reboot
chargemon to \system\bin
charger to \system\bin
sh to \system\xbin
xrecovery.tar to \system\xbin
i dont see any busybox file or anything like that...please help i dun think busybox has been installed...
zm4 said:
i dont see any busybox file or anything like that...please help i dun think busybox has been installed...
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ok...you have a reading problem kiddin´
Crowds said:
these commands still the same you just need to change (eventually) to the right path.
check the zip structure to see that
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type this:
HTML:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
dd if=/sdcard/chargemon of=/system/bin/chargemon
dd if=/sdcard/charger of=/system/bin/charger
dd if=/sdcard/sh of=/system/xbin/sh
dd if=/sdcard/xrecovery.tar of=/system/xbin/xrecovery.tar
reboot
this should do it
cheers
where do i get this adb thing?
zm4 said:
where do i get this adb thing?
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forguet it...
copy all files to sdcard then copy/paste to the right places after that use root explorer and do this ON EVERY FILE YOU COPIED:
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- Press and hold on each file;
- Check all Permitions on the drop down menu;
- After changes were made save and exit;
- Reboot.
try enter on xrec
*Cannot open for read: No such or directory* wth?
where does meta go?
zm4 said:
where does meta go?
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Anywhere. Just copy the files I told you to. I didn't referred anything about that, did I?
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Just start all over with flashtool it will work then.
Go to settings then applications, then development, check debug mode.
Start flash tool on your pc and connect the phone
IF the phone is rooted, it should be recognized by flash tool
On flash tool click ask root perm, look at your phone screen, superuser should pop up asking if to give permission, simply choose allow.
Then click recovery on flash tool and wait a sec....
should pop up asking which gingerbread version to use. choose 0.3GB, since its gb version you have.
when you're ready to use xrecovery, restart the phone
as soon as the phone comes on and the first sony ericsson name comes up, keep pressing the back button, xrecovery will come up.
i did both kernel things...but the thing is it won't recognize my device as a rooted device...i have superuser and I have used apps that require root...so i guess the problem is well idk...and thats what i need help with sorting out.
1. Install busybox from market (xrec needs busybox)
2. Give root explorer root acces and mount /system writeable (look in settings of your file explorer)
3. Copy files to right place:
chargemon to /system/bin
charger to /system/bin
sh to /system/xbin
xrecovery.tar to /system/xbin
4. Give above files the right permissions (long touch on file and choose property option):
user > read, write, execute
other > read, execute
group > read, execute
Hi,
I'm attempting to replace Email.apk on my miui rom. This is the method I am using:
Code:
adb push Email.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
su
rm /system/app/Email.apk
rm /system/app/Email.odex
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 /system
cp /sdcard/Email.apk /system/app
reboot
When the phone has rebooted, my changes do not take affect. To check, I pulled the /system/app/Email.apk back, and found it to be the original version.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Have figured this out...
adb appears to send some kind of cached version over. Renaming the file before transferring forced adb to use the correct file, and all is well.
jimhaddon said:
Have figured this out...
adb appears to send some kind of cached version over. Renaming the file before transferring forced adb to use the correct file, and all is well.
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How? I like to know too, guide step by step....thanks
You mean renaming the original file first to any name then copy the moded file with the original name ?
If that what u mean , so I better to delete the original one first then but enstead my moded file . Is that right ?
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Just use something like root explorer, no need for adb...
Joey2o11 said:
Just use something like root explorer, no need for adb...
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I tried to use root explorer to change phone.apk, it didnt work.. i changed the file but it kept on crashing all the time ...
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hielo_te said:
I tried to use root explorer to change phone.apk, it didnt work.. i changed the file but it kept on crashing all the time ...
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You'll get lots of FCs until you reboot the phone then it should be fine.