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What is the best way to make a full backup/image of my Photon including the operating system? I currently use Titanium to back up all files and apps but I need to back up the OS too.
Does the ROM Manager from the Android Market work on the Photon?
NANDroid is best way.
IF you aren't unlocked, use the CWM bootstrap recovery.
If you are unlocked, use the Clockword Mod Recovery to NANDroid.
Restore NANDroid via the method you used to create it.
ROM Manager currently does not support the Photon. There are tweaks to make it work with the photon, I believe, but those require an unlocked device and some complicated tweaks.
MultiDev said:
NANDroid is best way.
IF you aren't unlocked, use the CWM bootstrap recovery.
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Are you referring to these instructions (link)?
If so, is everyone using this method to backup locked Photons?
sjamie said:
Are you referring to these instructions (link)?
If so, is everyone using this method to backup locked Photons?
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Yes, sir.
(I am assuming you are a sir, we haven't found one ma'am on the Photon Forums yet.)
By the way, please look below my signature and join my Motorola Photon 4G MoPho XDA Developer Forums Fan Club Group by clicking below, and you can also link to Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I will be releasing updates on those pages, this week.
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Nandroid works great and if you just want to back up your apps after you get your setup use titanium backup assuming you have root at that point.
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Is there anyone here that is willing to upload their nandroid backup of the stock Photon rom? I know it's not a good idea the thing is I only need it to get a few files from to fix my current corrupted stock rom.
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tk161900 said:
Is there anyone here that is willing to upload their nandroid backup of the stock Photon rom? I know it's not a good idea the thing is I only need it to get a few files from to fix my current corrupted stock rom.
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What files do you need?
I need the folder that is in the CWM folder that contains all the other folders for the complete nandroid.
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For a full backup it's takes about 20mins to do. It will be about a 500MB ultra compressed zip and about 2GB extracted so I'll need some time. Also, if you intend to restore from it don't be surprised if you MAC addresses get hosed.
What release do you need? 198_6 or 198_7?
I need 198_6. I understand it would take some time and be a pain in the but so I understand if you don't wanna do it, but it would really help me out. Would I need to worry about losing my Mac address if I restore from my nandroid once I get what I need from yours?
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As long as you're only pulling files you should be fine. I'm uploading right now it will take about 20min. Click on the banner in my sig, this will take you to my site. You can find it in the downloads section. You are going to have to use 7Zip to extract it.
I have it fixed now. Thank you very much.
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request for stock nandroid
Lokifish Marz said:
As long as you're only pulling files you should be fine. I'm uploading right now it will take about 20min. Click on the banner in my sig, this will take you to my site. You can find it in the downloads section. You are going to have to use 7Zip to extract it.
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Hi,
Is the nandroid still available. request you to provide me one.
I've always used nandroid. Just keep in mind it takes a lot of memory per back up.
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greetings all,
i have a new phone and unfortunately the phone came with a rom of our service provider t-mobile who but some custom apps witch can be only removed if the phone has been rooted.
of course i did some research on how to root my device but i get stuck and have no idea anymore how to root my device. i made luckily a screen capture.
could please someone help me how to root my device and send me links of file that i need during the root proces.
many thanks in advance.
Those pre-installed apps are part of your firmware, which is branded. If you want to get rid of them, flash one that isn't branded. And if you want your phone rooted too, just go with a custom-ROM.
If you need help with it, tell me what country you live in and what language you want your UI in.
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you mean just instal a custom rom using odin?
This depends on your desired outcome.
Do you want a stock ROM, a custom-ROM, CyanogenMod or MIUI?
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TheSniperFan said:
This depends on your desired outcome.
Do you want a stock ROM, a custom-ROM, CyanogenMod or MIUI?
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i want to use cyanogenmod or miui, i have no idea what the difference is between them but it seems to nice.
CyanogenMod is as close as you can get to the "naked" Android. It's like the nexus-series.
MIUI is like a mix of Android and iOS. Very simple, yet powerful and allows a lot of customization.
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CyanogenMod is as close as you can get to the "naked" Android. It's like the nexus-series.
MIUI is like a mix of Android and iOS. Very simple, yet powerful and allows a lot of customization.
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many thanks for explanation, so in my case i should probably choose for miui, so how do i get it on my phone?
First backup your data. You will have to factory reset your phone. What language is the UI in? I assume Dutch, but I'm not sure.
You can already download Odin and the Siyah-kernel (the tar version).
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Just checked your profile. ;-)
You can find ether latest MIUI on
www.miui.nl/
Tell me once you have all the files.
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i downloaded the Siyah-kernel and also download the miui rom from miui.nl.
so what do i need to do next?
You need either Odin or Heimdall. In your case I'd go with Odin, as it's simpler to use and you won't need it much. So, download Odin and get the drivers working. Close KIES competely, put your phone into download-mode (turn off, hold volume-down & home, then turn it on) and connect it while Odin is running. It should detect your device.
I'll post the further instructions once you got everything working so far.
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i am ready
When you are ready with Odin, make sure that Repartition and flash lock are NOT checked.
Auto reboot and f. reset time shall be.
Tick the "PDA" box and select the Siyah tarball. Then hit start.
When the phone reboots immediately hold volume-up and home until you are in ClockWorkMod.
Go to mounts & storage and mount the USB-storage. Put the MIUI-zip-file on your device, then unmount the USB-storage.
After that proceed like this:
Wipe data
Install zip from sd-card and choose your MIUI zip.
Wait till the installation is finished and reboot.
If your phone does not boot, go into ClockWorkMod and install again.
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thesniperfan, i finally made it thanks 2 you, therefore i wish you and xda the best wishes in 2012!
karamanoglu said:
thesniperfan, i finally made it thanks 2 you, therefore i wish you and xda the best wishes in 2012!
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Thanks! :-D
I wish you the same!
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Hi all, I'm about to root my friend's GSII with the same kernel as karamanoglu.. But i'm stuck at
Tick the "PDA" box and select the Siyah tarball. Then hit start.
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Where did that Siyah tarball come from? I did find this file:
http://www.multiupload.com/ZGOE69EMNK
There is only a MD5 file inside, but i need a .tar file right?
Would be great if someone could point me in the right direction! Thanks!
* edit: i think i've found it! here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
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Hi all, I'm about to root my friend's GSII with the same kernel as karamanoglu.. But i'm stuck at
Where did that Siyah tarball come from? I did find this file:
http://www.multiupload.com/ZGOE69EMNK
There is only a MD5 file inside, but i need a .tar file right?
Would be great if someone could point me in the right direction! Thanks!
* edit: i think i've found it! here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928
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All of his releases are on his website or the end of the first post of his thread, link to thread in my sig, website is linked on the first page.
I say website, its basically change logs and download links.
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veyka said:
All of his releases are on his website or the end of the first post of his thread, link to thread in my sig, website is linked on the first page.
I say website, its basically change logs and download links.
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Thnx for the quick reply.. i found the Siyahv2.6.4.tar file, i will try tonight!
I it doesn't work I'll use the tar files from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113928 to gain root..
It worked! Thank You.
After 6 our of putting all the information across the web together so i could try to root the S2 GT-9100 i got it working. So i want to give you the credits, there your post was my main lead of info to get started. I have the MIUI: Miuinl SGS2-1.12.30 Signed version installed, after i routed the phone through ODIN with: Siyah-v2.6.7. My Baseband version is still the I9100BOKJ1 (no idea what is means), but got it working now. It is a blessing, will thanks on the Miui site as well for this great piece of work. Thanks, and for the other new visitors: it works, just read from the beginning and have patient.
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CyanogenMod is as close as you can get to the "naked" Android. It's like the nexus-series.
MIUI is like a mix of Android and iOS. Very simple, yet powerful and allows a lot of customization.
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GingerMOD is also very close to pure AOSP. I'm actually considering going to it because it supports TV-Out via MHL, whereas CyanogenMod does not, as far as I know. Could be worth checking out for you.
use another kernel
hi it have worked for me too, but i have a question, could i use another kernel with a stock rom is this possible, im not that smart and have for the first time a smartphone the same as karamanoglu, i just got lucky to got my phone rooted, first i did a hard reset and it got in a loop by rebooting and going to the tmobile logo back and forth, so i got frustrated and decided to root it, but i dont like the custom rom and want it back to the stock rom, but am affraid it will get a brick with my luck. can i use the kernel bokg2 and with the original stock rom from samsung but still rooted and can delete the apps from samsung if i want, sory for the bad english.
This one is difference than Da_G one. Da_G one is perm root but it will increase flash counter. This one flash with Odin but in system level not boot kernel
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c3cd812/n/att_note_root.zip
please elaborate ?
i'm a bit confussed
Where is the file?
im guessing what he means is that when you flash this via odin it will give you root perms UNTIL you reboot then you will no longer have root kinda like the temp root the evo3d started with
Hi,
I think what Mashi meant to say and didn't explain too well is that this is a pre-rooted /system image, in the form of system.img.ext4 inside of a pda.tar to be flashed via odin.
Both ways result in a permanently rooted system partition, just this way flashes it directly, leaving the stock kernel intact, whereas my method flashes a modified kernel which then roots the /system partition via a script.
Apparently the download site he uploaded it to doesn't allow non-premium users to download files that large.
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mashi said:
This one is difference than Da_G one. Da_G one is perm root but it will increase flash counter. This one flash with Odin but in system level not boot kernel
http://www.filefactory.com/file/c3cd812/n/att_note_root.zip
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Please upload the file somewhere else, non premium members cannot download the file
android.activate said:
Please upload the file somewhere else, non premium members cannot download the file
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+1. I decided i don't want to mess with flashing roms and kernels with this phone, i just want root so i can block adds and restore my titanium backups from old phone.
Well... a friend got one and wants root as well, and my first thing I told him, pull system, root it, (add su to /system/bin and superuser.apk to /system/app) then flash it back with Odin.
Can anyone tell me that would not work? It sounds like that is what this is...
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runandhide05 said:
Well... a friend got one and wants root as well, and my first thing I told him, pull system, root it, (add su to /system/bin and superuser.apk to /system/app) then flash it back with Odin.
Can anyone tell me that would not work? It sounds like that is what this is...
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would really like this but not for $30. Any chance at a diff. file location? Pretty-Please
Thanks da_g for the explanation. Any time you going to work on a sense or ICS port for the device.
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Thanks da_g for the explanation. Any time you going to work on a sense or ICS port for the device.
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Sense will likely never happen unfortunately. Ics is only a material of time... just need a leak for our device, the int leak doesn't really help as there is too many differences hardware wise.
where i can upload the file ? i don't know any site still available
mashi said:
where i can upload the file ? i don't know any site still available
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i can host it i dont have the fastest server but it works if you want just send me the file ill put it up for ya
mashi said:
where i can upload the file ? i don't know any site still available
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You can use megashare.com or 4shared.com
Will this version of Root cause the Triangle?
How about Dropbox? Then just share it.
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I've been refreshing this thread for 2 days now trying to get a link... haha.
I will just pay the $12 for the 30 day pass and upload it to my dropbox account for everybody.
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Sammobile has a new function, namely the possibility to download pre-release OTA update files.
When you do so for the S2, you get a .zip containing 6 files:
debug_info
delta.hidden
delta.modem
delta.platform
delta.Sbl
delta.zImage
Does anybody know how to use these pre-release zips?
I think they should be flashed from recovery
Also they don't look like standalone full firmwares but small patches for full firmwares
Also I think they might be for specific ROMs.
If you have to ask this, I wouldn't suggest you use any of these. You need to do more research and understand what they are and how to use them.
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If you have to ask this, I wouldn't suggest you use any of these. You need to do more research and understand what they are and how to use them.
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Give me a starting point then please.
darth_mickrig said:
Give me a starting point then please.
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Google them, search the xda site, possibly pm a nice dev and see if they might be kind enough to explain them.
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These files ain't got normal Recovery flashable file. The problem its, google doesn't give any information on this file content, only as much as that they are files with the difference between the two firmware versions.
They are even different to S3 OTA-Update files, which have an Update-Script and so on. Thus being CWM flashable.
To flash sammobile ota files on Galaxy S2 it is really easy :
1. First, create a "fota" folder on internal memory (/sdcard/fota)
2. Unzip the zip file in it
3. Reboot into Android recovery and select the last option (tesband service [fota])
And that's it. But you have to be sure to be on the right firmware before being able to apply it. If more info needed I could give you more details.
Howdy y'all!
So, special thanks to user "sextape" for providing this, I'm just mirroring it just incase LG decides to change the link, or lock us out.
This is the Stock Shipping Firmware, LGE970AT-00-V10o-ATT-US-SEP-29-2012+0
You need the DLL files, and LGNPST 2.2.3 to flash this. If you need that, hop on the IRC channel ( #lg-optimus-g ) and ask for it.
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lgoptimusg/att/firmware
I will post the latest firmwares as they are available to this link.
EDIT: Heh, well, it looks like LG took down the firmware from their CSMG server. Get it while it's hot!
EDIT2: Whoops, my server's got a problem with the plus sign in the download link.. Give me a few while I get that sorted...
EDIT3: Alright, that's fixed. Sorry about that...
well now we can have some cooks go in and start tweaking and debloating this firmware so we can upload it to our devices... next best thing besides a fresh ROM
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Howdy y'all!
So, special thanks to user "sextape" for providing this, I'm just mirroring it just incase LG decides to change the link, or lock us out.
This is the Stock Shipping Firmware, LGE970AT-00-V10o-ATT-US-SEP-29-2012+0
You need the DLL files, and LGNPST 2.2.3 to flash this. If you need that, hop on the IRC channel ( #lg-optimus-g ) and ask for it.
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lgoptimusg/att/firmware
I will post the latest firmwares as they are available to this link.
EDIT: Heh, well, it looks like LG took down the firmware from their CSMG server. Get it while it's hot!
EDIT2: Whoops, my server's got a problem with the plus sign in the download link.. Give me a few while I get that sorted...
EDIT3: Alright, that's fixed. Sorry about that...
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Why do I have the feeling I'll be losing a lot of money to you?!?! You're everywhere man! Thanks for the help and support. I'm going to try and learn how to debloat and so forth, now that this phone is looking promising. I always just grabbed other people's roms, but this should be fun with the S4 Pro!!
Ok so I have a 'tester' Optimus G for AT&T. It was given to us about 1 month ago to test certain Software on. So I wanted to try and get the 'official' firmware/build/etc. over to the test unit, to make it as identical to the released version as possible. The hardware is most likely identical.
The test unit though has the same Android version, Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number (IMM76L), the only difference is the Software version. The test unit is E97009j but the official unit is E97010o. The LGMobile Support tool reports the test unit as model LGE970 Version E97009J and the official unit as Model LGE970 Version E97010O
LGMobile support tool doesn't report any updates available for either unit. So any idea what SW version entails? Any idea on how to get the test unit in sync with the official release? I was trying the official LG route but that doesn't work. I don't think AT&T has released any official images for this phone. I was thinking of a nandroid backup using CWM but the CWM in this forum (only 2 posts in Rom development??) doesn't have any instructions for installing it and it's only temporary. I was thinking of flashing this Stock ATT Firmware posted here but it requires me to go to IRC and ask for some files but when I did nobody answered. I'm coming from the HTC and Samsung world. In Samsung's world I'd just use Odin to flash a stock image which includes modem, bootloader, recovery, etc. the whole package. But not sure about LG's world. Maybe I should just root both units and go in there and dd the relevant partitions from the stock unit to an image file and then restore those images to the same partitions on the test unit. But which partition numbers are "relevant"?
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Howdy y'all!
So, special thanks to user "sextape" for providing this, I'm just mirroring it just incase LG decides to change the link, or lock us out.
This is the Stock Shipping Firmware, LGE970AT-00-V10o-ATT-US-SEP-29-2012+0
You need the DLL files, and LGNPST 2.2.3 to flash this. If you need that, hop on the IRC channel ( #lg-optimus-g ) and ask for it.
http://downloads.codefi.re/thecubed/lgoptimusg/att/firmware
I will post the latest firmwares as they are available to this link.
EDIT: Heh, well, it looks like LG took down the firmware from their CSMG server. Get it while it's hot!
EDIT2: Whoops, my server's got a problem with the plus sign in the download link.. Give me a few while I get that sorted...
EDIT3: Alright, that's fixed. Sorry about that...
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Can you upload it to a different site? That site just stops the download abruptly.
Edit tried downloading from my phone using two different browsers, and my pc using two different browsers, it fails everytime.
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cube got the files off irc and the stock img but can u post a step by step for newbs like me before i brick my device thanx
I would love to get this, as I need to reflash my phone back to stock!! My phone doesn't even boot anymore after flashing the Base 0.4 ROM
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I would love to get this, as I need to reflash my phone back to stock!! My phone doesn't even boot anymore after flashing the Base 0.4 ROM
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is there a guide on how to use this, i found one for 2.2.2 would that guide work?
I am trying to use Lgnpst but when i open it it doesnt let me click the start button. It is grayed out. Please help. Thank you
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I do not use IRC, can someone post the files necessary for flashing this TOT file?
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I do not use IRC, can someone post the files necessary for flashing this TOT file?
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You don't to "use" it, just log in to the #lg-optimus-g channel (login just requires a screen name, channel and enter reCAPTCHA, but no SW install or requesting an account). Then wait 5-10 min and someone will ask for the files, which will be followed by a posting of the link.
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You don't to "use" it, just log in to the #lg-optimus-g channel (login just requires a screen name, channel and enter reCAPTCHA, but no SW install or requesting an account). Then wait 5-10 min and someone will ask for the files, which will be followed by a posting of the link.
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I appreciate that. I tried downloading the OP version several times unsuccessfully. I need to have that if I am going to go to work on something for this phone. I think there's a world of theming potential as well as the custom ROM goodness.
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JohnCorleone said:
I appreciate that. I tried downloading the OP version several times unsuccessfully. I need to have that if I am going to go to work on something for this phone. I think there's a world of theming potential as well as the custom ROM goodness.
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I think they were having difficulty with the network. The download link worked for me this morning.
JohnCorleone said:
I appreciate that. I tried downloading the OP version several times unsuccessfully. I need to have that if I am going to go to work on something for this phone. I think there's a world of theming potential as well as the custom ROM goodness.
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IIRC, OP and IRC are the same file and location. I know that IRC was having some download speed issues last night, so that may be what you ran into. Have you tried to download from the OP link, this morning?
dbgeek said:
IIRC, OP and IRC are the same file and location. I know that IRC was having some download speed issues last night, so that may be what you ran into. Have you tried to download from the OP link, this morning?
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Let me give it a shot now. I already had someone build me an unlocked kernel thats completely stock except with init.d and boot animation support so I have my adb remount and can now easily deodex the ROM and get to work
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JohnCorleone said:
Let me give it a shot now. I already had someone build me an unlocked kernel thats completely stock except with init.d and boot animation support so I have my adb remount and can now easily deodex the ROM and get to work
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So I can't install a boot animation I create unless the kernel supports it? Even with root and all that? Good to know because I was just starting one!
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Jank4AU said:
So I can't install a boot animation I create unless the kernel supports it? Even with root and all that? Good to know because I was just starting one!
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Actually it looks like this kernel did support custom boot animations out of the box. If you want to test, go to system/media and copy your stock boot animation. Then push a custom one and set permissions rw-r-r and reboot. I just needed a kernel that was stock with init.d and adb remount so I can make changes like deodexing and customizing apps then reodexing and pushing back apks
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JohnCorleone said:
Actually it looks like this kernel did support custom boot animations out of the box. If you want to test, go to system/media and copy your stock boot animation. Then push a custom one and set permissions rw-r-r and reboot. I just needed a kernel that was stock with init.d and adb remount so I can make changes like deodexing and customizing apps then reodexing and pushing back apks
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I've already created my custom boot Ani, thanks! I put it in the themes section for anyone who wants it. Works like a charm. My only gripe is that i can't use my boot animation installer because it says that's a read only file (system /media) Didn't have that issue with my other phone. Could that be caused by the kernel? Oh well, I'll do it manually for now. Keep up the great work!
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Jank4AU said:
I've already created my custom boot Ani, thanks! I put it in the themes section for anyone who wants it. Works like a charm. My only gripe is that i can't use my boot animation installer because it says that's a read only file (system /media) Didn't have that issue with my other phone. Could that be caused by the kernel? Oh well, I'll do it manually for now. Keep up the great work!
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Check your PMs in about 10 minutes. I will shoot you my insecured kernel so you can give it a shot. I will start a thread in a little while but u have to run to Best Buy...I am glad I paid for 1 year total coverage because it fell and the corner if the screen is black. Or maybe I should wait to finish my Note 2 project....damn I hate doing icons ..lol. anyhow try the kernel I link
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Shhweeet! Can't wait, dude.
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