I have the .zip file from the GingerBread Battery Fix v0.8 thread that I downloaded to my computer on 1/21/12. What were the original instructions to use the file? I have a replacement X2 with 2.3.5 and I need to fix the battery issue.
LINK to thread.
Thanks.
Aren't the instructions by Lorenzo on the last page of that thread what you're looking for? The zip doesn't work via CWM so you'll have to use something like File Expert to place them in those locations manually and set permissions. You'll want to use the ones in there from 2.3.3 if I remember correctly. Those are the ones in the system folder, not the backup 2.3.5 folder.
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royta said:
I have the .zip file from the GingerBread Battery Fix v0.8 thread that I downloaded to my computer on 1/21/12. What were the original instructions to use the file? I have a replacement X2 with 2.3.5 and I need to fix the battery issue.
LINK to thread.
Thanks.
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not sure if your problem was solved, but as of now, you cant really just flash the zip. you have to open the zip, get the lib and bin files, and put them in their respective plkaces using a file explorer. in the same thread you linked, it has the folders that these need to be in. if on 2.3.5, why not just flash eclipse? stock just sounds yuck.
I thought that I flashed it on my old phone, which was running 2.3.4. Will flashing not work with 2.3.5?
I'll probably give Eclipse a shot, but I rely on BT, wifi, GPS, various mapping programs, camera, and video camera, and I'm hoping those things run well on it. From what I've read, GPS might not work quite as well as I need it to.
I'm trying to find the time after work to study up on this stuff and start trying some different things out. Roms, the V8 or V6 speed packages, etc. I'm hoping to find something I'll be happy with.
Thanks for the help.
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This Avatar.apk is for those who have upgraded to Froyo with an unofficial build that doesn't include a working Avatar app, but desire a working Avatar.apk that launches the DRM protected copy of the movie included with the phone.
Some caveats/disclaimers: I don't own a Vibrant; I have an i9000 Galaxy S and a Nexus One. I don't plan on providing much support for this, but it shouldn't need it. All the usual "I am not responsible for damage to your phone" disclaimers apply; if you don't know how to use adb and don't have root, go find out how in the appropriate FAQs.
Back story: My friend owns a Vibrant and hated it (slow/laggy). I thought upgrading it to a Froyo build would make him happy, so I did with Team Whiskey's Onyx version (very slick, better than the best ROM I have on i9000 IMHO). He was disappointed that the Avatar shortcut/app on the desktop disappeared, so I pulled the apk from a 2.1 build and pushed it to the phone, but it didn't work.
A little investigation showed that the apk file has an xml resource that is hard-coded to look for the encrypted/drm copy of the movie in the path "/sdcard/sd/movie/AVATAR.dcf", but the Froyo builds mount the external card as "/sdcard/external_sd/" so the app doesn't work.
All I did here was edit the xml file to the correct path, repacked the apk, signed it, pushed it to the phone with adb to /system/app. The apk was then available to add as a desktop shortcut again, and it opens the movie as expected.
The file won't install like a regular apk (at least it wouldn't for me), it must be pushed to /system/app to work - use this command:
adb push <your path>/Avatar.apk /system/app
You could also probably download the apk and copy it over to /system/app with Root Explorer or any other file manager that lets you write to /system/app.
I have only tested this with Team Whiskey's Onyx build and by pushing via adb. I can't test any other ROM since I don't own a Vibrant.
I know a lot of people consider the Avatar.apk to be bloatware and ask how to remove it, but I see a lot of people asking for it back because it's convenient and a great show-off feature on the phone for non-Galaxy S owners.
Additional disclaimers: I did quite a bit of searching here on XDA for an apk that took this approach and didn't find one. If it's already out there, I apologize for this post and can link to it. All I found was an apk that requires you to have a non-encrypted mp4 copy of the movie. I also found a lot of bad information about you could use the original 2.1 version if you just de-odexed it and other stuff like that. Again, this will ONLY work on a 2.2 Froyo ROM because of the change in mounting path of the external sdcard.
credit/thanks to Brut.all for his apktool and to jessetbenton for his Mac-friendly android auto signing applet.
Edit: I only modded the English language part of the apk, it may not work properly if you're using a different language.
Here's the apk, enjoy:
Wow, that first post is a lot of words for such a simple posted apk! LOL. I just wanted to make sure to cover all the bases for any criticisms I might be getting.
Thanks dude, I kept trying to install the old avatar.apk, and when I tried opening avatar, it kept giving me "file not found"
Oh, btw works on Eugene's Macnut R12
You could also just make a folder named "sd" on the sd card, and move the Movie folder there. Works just fine for me.
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You could also just make a folder named "sd" on the sd card, and move the Movie folder there. Works just fine for me.
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Yes, but then you lose that 1gb of space on your internal sdcard.
I'd have gone for a symlink approach instead, but the internal card is plain old FAT32 and doesn't support them.
Or just use the stock froyo Avatar.apk? Lol. Worked for me...
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Yes, but then you lose that 1gb of space on your internal sdcard.
I'd have gone for a symlink approach instead, but the internal card is plain old FAT32 and doesn't support them.
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1 out of ~13gb is fine with me
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Or just use the stock froyo Avatar.apk? Lol. Worked for me...
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Ah, that's good. Where'd you get it? I thought there wasn't a Vibrant specific Froyo yet - all I see on samfirmware.com are 2.1 builds. Like I said, I'm not a Vibrant owner, so don't really keep up with its developments.
Thanks for posting that.
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1 out of ~13gb is fine with me
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Yeah, to each his own.
My internal 16gb on the i9000 is almost full (nandroid backups, media, etc), and I have an external 16gb that's more than half full. I prefer to keep large media files on the external, obviously YMMV.
Glad you had a solution that works for you.
Nice thanks
Been looking all over this...thanks
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Ah, that's good. Where'd you get it? I thought there wasn't a Vibrant specific Froyo yet - all I see on samfirmware.com are 2.1 builds. Like I said, I'm not a Vibrant owner, so don't really keep up with its developments.
Thanks for posting that.
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Deodexed JK2 Rom.
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Deodexed JK2 Rom.
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Thanks for the response.
I wish someone had answered any one of the dozens of posts I read where people were complaining or asking about this with that info. Would have saved me the trouble here.
Actually, it worked out well for me anyways. I have a couple of apps with the same problem where I really want to force them to use the external card instead of the internal. Now I've learned an approach I can use to "fix" or mod those apps. I wish app developers would let you specify a preferred working directory - hard coded paths aren't usually a good idea in my opinion.
At any rate, based on the number of views of the thread, and over 140 downloads between my version and yours, seems like a lot of people didn't know about this, and we've given them a working solution. That's a good thing in my opinion.
can u make this work from terminal?
Please help me to get Avatar working !
Iam on Darky's 10.2 ROM(GB 2.3.4), bullet kernel & KB5 modem.
and the movie is at the same folder structure since, my phone came stock.
I tried:
1.) I cleared drm content and drm protected content & restarted my phone two times- then downloaded the app from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774078 but it won't install.
2.) I used the Android customisation suite from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894794 and created a zip with just the avatar.apk , cleaned dalvik cache, and the installed the zip from CWM, still the application just clicked, but no response/error message whatsoever.
3.) I downloaded a terminal emulator & tried to push the apk from this thread and I get adb:not found.
Please guide me, what needs to be done, as I haven't seen the movie [email protected]!
Great work I know this has been a huge issue for many many people ...I no longer have avatar on my phone but I sure missed the launcher at one time back when I first flashed my phone
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Great work I know this has been a huge issue for many many people ...I no longer have avatar on my phone but I sure missed the launcher at one time back when I first flashed my phone
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Buddy, I haven't been able to get it working, thru any of these methods!
I guess, I might have been doing something wrong in ADB Push. But I even tried with a Root File Explorer and replacing the Default Application that i had flashed using zip generated by Android Customization Tool(ACS) , with one provided in the two links(one of them, gives application not installed,probably the bigger in size one, and so installed the other one, thereby replacing the default that I talked above). but for no good.
Avatar, still doesn't work. Please help, guys!!
Does anyone know if someone has created a deodex .zip file to flash via customer recovery?
For those that don't know, many of the apk files installed by an official rom will have a .odex file associated with them which slows down your phone considerably. These odex files interact with delvik cache and java VM and from what I understand wreak havoc on data access times and are largely uneccessary. Other dev platforms such as the droid x and evo have a .zip file that you can simply flash via recovery that will "deodex" your apps in system\apps folder. Basicially this zip will take your odex file and associated apk file and take the important information out of the odex and input it into the apk making just one streamlined faster file.... with all of your odex files gone, your phone will spend less time executing programs both for end user and core google apps and your phone will be way faster. Any idea if someone has developed this yet for the streak? Thanks
For others who, like me, didn't understand the question - read this.
But what I gathered from that wasn't that de-odexing speeds anything up, more that it makes it easier to make modifications.
Why are you posting this in more than one forum? This is the same as what you posted in the dev forum, right?
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Why are you posting this in more than one forum? This is the same as what you posted in the dev forum, right?
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wasn't sure if anybody would follow what I am posting in the QA as most noobs are in here. Why do you care? I meant delete this one and go with the developer post anyway.
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For others who, like me, didn't understand the question - read this.
But what I gathered from that wasn't that de-odexing speeds anything up, more that it makes it easier to make modifications.
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Marvin my man.... deodexing more than doubles data access speeds for core google apps and makes the phone more snappy. Seen this performed on a droid x and an HTC evo... works wonders.
I just want to know if someone has developed a simple flashable .zip file that will deodex my system/app apk files so I can speed things up and modify my self. I don't care that dj steve's rom already has this done... I don't care for steves latest roms as they are very buggy on 3g, wifi, gps, notification bar hangs, drops data when wifi toggle is enacted, gmail won't sync... I got tired of messing with he streaddroid roms (for now) and went to stock 318 with just smokku's dj steve kernal mod which allows me to OC to 1.19ghz. I get 2000 quad out of that and I am happy, plus I get the added bonus of having a 99.9% stable rom. Can't wait to see what steve comes out with next. i always try his roms out first.
Thanks
You could probably copy you're system/app folder and write a simple batch script to use baksmali to deodex *.odex, use 7-zip command line to put the .dex file in the apk (I assume that is what has to happen), and then push that folder back to your phone with an adb push. I dont really want to try this because I'm on 319 and cant make a nandroid backup but since you can on 318 it never hurts to try.
I originally posted this wondering if anyone had success installing the Stock Blur FM Radio on top of Liberty (or another ROM for that matter).
I finally got it working by pushing 6 files to various locations in the system folder and setting their permissions respectively. I originally had some trouble because several of the files already existed, and I left them as-is. I found that I had to overwrite all the files with newer ones (which I got from Eclipse 1.2).
If anyone else is interested in installing the FM Radio, I have made and attached two update.zip files that can be flashed from BSR. You only need one, so just choose the one you are most comfortable with.
1) FMRadio-update_system.zip
This will install the FM radio to your /system/app folder. (The app should show up in your app drawer automatically)
2) FMRadio-update_user.zip
This will install the FM radio to your /data/app folder. But the app may not show up in your app drawer automatically. You might have to use use a file browser to run/install the file "com.motorola.motofmradio.apk" in the /data/app folder.
Alternatively, if you want to place all the files manually, you can download either zip and put the included files in the following locations (required permissions are in bold)
/data/app/com.motorola.motofmradio.apk rw-r-r
/system/app/FMRadioService.apk rw-r-r
/system/bin/fmradioserver rwx-rx-rx
/system/lib/libFMRadio.so rw-r-r
/system/lib/libfmradioplayer.so rw-r-r
/system/lib/libfmradio_jni.so rw-r-r
Special thanks to nitroglycerine33 for the files. They all came from Eclipse 1.2
What's FM radio?
The Droid X2 has built-in hardware for an FM Radio. The stock ROM came with an app that let's you access the radio. This is really useful when you want to listen to live music (or NPR etc) and you don't have good 3G or wifi service.
There are no apps on the Market that work with the specific chipset in our phones, so the functionality of the stock moto software cannot be replaced by another app.
ignore this
I was also trying to get FM radio to work with liberty.
I downloaded spirit FM radio from market and.it works.
U have to go into settings and choose one.of the.Motorola hardware for it to work right but it does work after u change the settings...
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Only thing is I haven't been able.to figure out.how to adjust volume...
But it does work...open spirit FM...press menu..settings...audio settings...method...choose.one.of the.Motorola ones...best.I can do...seems to turn on.Bluetooth for some reason...
Thanks ash. I did try Spirit radio, but didn't get it to work. I didn't realize there were hardware settings. Maybe I'll try it again now that you told me how.
Anyway, if you want the Stock FM Radio, you can probably follow the solution I posted above. Let me know which radio you think is better, and if you try my fix, let me know if it worked.
Thanks!
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Thanks ash. I did try Spirit radio, but didn't get it to work. I didn't realize there were hardware settings. Maybe I'll try it again now that you told me how.
Anyway, if you want the Stock FM Radio, you can probably follow the solution I posted above. Let me know which radio you think is better, and if you try my fix, let me know if it worked.
Thanks!
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Oh no....I definitely like stock app better....didn't realize u got it working...no volume control and needs root access for spirit...stock is better....
If anyone else is interested in installing the FM Radio, I added a few update.zip files in the OP.
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If anyone else is interested in installing the FM Radio, I added a few update.zip files in the OP.
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Sweet! Thank you.
EDIT: zip works like a charm.
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Works with Molten 2.1 too.
Your zip works with Motlen 2.1 too. Thanks again!
You rock. Thanks for bringing back my radio
Has anyone had any luck getting these files to work in Molten v2? I get a parse error when trying to install. If I open them as a zip file and extract the APK's and install the FM radio icon is installed but when opening the app it either hangs or force closes constantly.
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Has anyone had any luck getting these files to work in Molten v2? I get a parse error when trying to install. If I open them as a zip file and extract the APK's and install the FM radio icon is installed but when opening the app it either hangs or force closes constantly.
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The zip worked for me with Molten 2.2.
How are you trying to install the zip?
You say tried to extract the apk from the zip. If you do that you need to put the apk in /system/app and you will also need to extract the library files from the zip and put them in /system/lib. Then make sure you set the permissions that same as the other files in those directories.
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I get a parse error when trying to install.
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You need to use the Boot-Strap-Recovery (BSR) by Koush to install the zip. (i.e. Not the default moto recovery). If you are already using BSR, then perhaps you can re-download the zip file and try again.
BTW, These zips should work (in theory) with any current ROM on the X2, because the only custom recovery we have so far is BSR, and the updater script in the zip IS compatible with installation via BSR. Also, I doubt there are any ROMs that use different system, lib, and app folders than the ones these files are installed into. So there should be no reason I can think of that this fix wouldn't work on any of the current ROMs.
I've personally tested it on Liberty, hedwig has had success on molton (thanks for testing and reporting, hedwig), and it obviously isn't necessary at this point on Eclipse. Anyone should feel free to post their results with other ROMs.
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...you need to put the apk in /system/app and you will also need to extract the library files from the zip and put them in /system/lib...
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And don't forget about the one that goes in /system/bin
It really is easier to just use the update.zip if you can get it to work
Hi all, I may be talking out of my hat but in my case I have (3, maybe 4 times so far) successfully installed the stock FM app using TB.
Before wiping and installing a new ROM I make a TB backup of both:
FM Radio 2.3.4
FMRadioService 2.3.4
And I simply restore both of these after my new ROM is up and running. Currently I have this working on Molten 2.1
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...I simply restore both of these after my new ROM is up and running. Currently I have this working on Molten 2.1
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Thanks for the info. It's nice to know that works on Molten.
Originally I tried to install just those two files (taken from Eclipse) on top of a Liberty install, and it didn't work. I assume it was because the lib and bin files from Liberty were not compatible with the apks from Eclipse for some reason (digital signature etc?). But perhaps that incompatibility is not an issue in Molten. Whatever the case, I certainly advocate using the simplest and easiest method possible to install the radio. If you can get away with using TB, that's great. The update.zip file is just a good, sure method that should work on any ROM.
I hope this isn't too late of a reply but I wanted to report on the above.
I have just installed liberty 3 and I used titanium backup to install the radio just as I did with molten 2.1.
It is working perfectly.
I will say that my backups are from the 2.3.4 SBF. I cannot say if backing the files from eclipse or anywhere else would work.
I nandroided to my cheesecake "platform" (234) while on ud1 (235/413) and the kernel caused wifi to break but the servers must not check the kernel. I never logged the platform on to google as I noticed gtalk sync errors that caused the 3g arrows to stop on other cheesecake roms. I flashed all the updates and found the last kernel different the first(413).
This is 235/412 call it ud0, Overminds thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341202
Ud1 to 4 are here (4 zips in one fake mp3. It is not a mp3 change ext to .zip -It is easy to ul a mp3)
EDIT Tested with Winrar and Windows7 on PC and Root Explorer on phone.. 7zip, Winzip and others may not unzip this.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4loqisamcd4y8ya/1_to_4_235isAzip.mp3
I did go from 234 (leak)sbf to ud1 with out problems btw. Then you could do 2 through 4 from stock recovery.
Don't ask why it is such a long seemingly backwards ride! The battery seems MUCH better no jumping. Batt fix must be in one or more of 2, 3 or 4.
We should be able to eliminate some of these?
These do NOT need to be renamed to be flashed.
A lot of the numbers in the zip names do not make orderly sense. I took them off my sd card by the dates I saved/flashed them. I got no errors as I flashed them all. Used voodoo root keeper after each.
http://androiddev.orkitra.com/download/apps/?appid=-2821155941944302146 one of the rare direct links nice to have on your sd card
BTW while scrolling the cloud picker server field, once the name moves, the scrolling input extents to almost the whole screen so use both fingers to keep it active and you can go from first to last server like climbing a ladder
CheeseCake thread for x2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226664
How to create a cc rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18490631&postcount=36
I did a different cc rom: sbf'ed the 234 leak http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284679 only otherwise the same.
Cheesecake app thread Bionic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281675
Whats the latest 2.3.5 you have found. i'm back playing with cheesecake
Im sorry but reading over this twice I still have no idea really what you are saying besides the battery doesn't jump around after updating somwhere...
I don't.know if its just me/how im reading it but it is extremely confusing and hard to follow what you are trying to say.....sorry...
Edit...okay I think im following ya kinda now...
Question...which of these updates is the one that is in the 2.3.5 thread in development section?
1st link ud0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341202 is 412.
Motcher41 ud 4 in the mp3/zip is the last one, w/ kernel ...0006... It is the one I ended with.
I posted this so youall can try mixing(or not) these as needed to get the battery fix which occurred when I went from ud 2 to ud 4. These ud # will make sense if you dl the fake mp3. Also the update works great after I did all 4 and how do we know we should stop with overminds post( ud 0) ? Yet we are calling it THE 235 ud.
It seems that with so many on the servers none of those are final. They are probably all just test versions, even though 413 seems very stable.
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1st link ud0 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341202 is 412.
Motcher41 ud 4 in the mp3/zip is the last one, w/ kernel ...0006... It is the one I ended with.
I posted this so youall can try mixing(or not) these as needed to get the battery fix which occurred when I went from ud 2 to ud 4. These ud # will make sense if you dl the fake mp3. Also the update works great after I did all 4 and how do we know we should stop with overminds post( ud 0) ? Yet we are calling it THE 235 ud.
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Hey just letting you know there is a fix by peppermint so you didn't need to go through all that and besides .412 has a higher kernal then the one you have. Ihave kernal ending in 0007 and .413 ends in 0008.
Why don't you flash the latest and use peppermints fix so you are on the the newest kernal. Well i like kernal 0007 its stable and music skipping is better handled i don't need poweramp with it. Which im very happy about. Last update by poweramp screwed it (poweramp) up.
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Not having enough posts yet I can't post ina dev forum. It I still hadn't seen anyone mention it 2.3.5 can be rooted with super one click. Worked great first time very clean! Just wanted to get it out there.
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Not having enough posts yet I can't post ina dev forum. It I still hadn't seen anyone mention it 2.3.5 can be rooted with super one click. Worked great first time very clean! Just wanted to get it out there.
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Where did you find super one click? If you are talking abouts Pete's then no it does not work on 2.3.5
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Where did you find super one click? If you are talking abouts Pete's then no it does not work on 2.3.5
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Its not petes.
Its called super one click.
It has zergrush in it...
i wanna download the latest update only
i would download that mp3 file but the computer im on has tmp3 downloads blocked.
why not just make that a zip? what is the point of mp3?
I could not get any of my phone browsers to ul a zip to several hosts.
so what version should work best 412 or 413
Some say 12 (ud0)some 13 (ud1). I am on 406 (ud4) and it works great on lib 3.
I'm getting unsupported compression method when I try to unzip with either 7-zip or WinZip after renaming the "fake" mp3 file with a .zip extension.
Any ideas?
No I tested a dl w/ root expl and super man. You have name.zip?
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No I tested a dl w/ root expl and super man. You have name.zip?
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I'm downloading these to my computer, not my phone.
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I'm downloading these to my computer, not my phone.
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Just did it np, win7 and stock right click extract all.
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Just did it np, win7 and stock right click extract all.
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Well then, I don't know what is going on. It downloads, I rename it with a .zip extension and when I try to extract with WinZip, I get the following message:
Use Path: yes Overlay Files: no
Central and local directory mismatch for file "1 235/Blur_Version.1.3.380.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip" (general purpose flags - local: 808 hex central: 8 hex).
Central and local directory mismatch for file "2 235/Blur_Version.1.3.412.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip" (general purpose flags - local: 808 hex central: 8 hex).
Central and local directory mismatch for file "3 235/Blur_Version.1.3.409.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip" (general purpose flags - local: 808 hex central: 8 hex).
Central and local directory mismatch for file "4 235/Blur_Version.1.3.413.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip" (general purpose flags - local: 808 hex central: 8 hex).
Local and central GPFlags values don't match.
If I try with 7-zip, this is what I get:
1 Unsupported compression method for "1 235\Blur_Version.1.3.800.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip'.
2 Unsupported compression method for "2 235\Blur_Version.1.3.413.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip'.
3 Unsupported compression method for "1 235\Blur_Version.1.3.409.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip'.
4 Unsupported compression method for "1 235\Blur_Version.1.3.413.MB870.Verizon.en.US.zip'.
I did unzipped w/ windows7 stock and winrar NP. I did not try winzip or 7zip. You may have bad DL?
edit 7zip does bomb out.
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I did unzipped w/ windows7 stock and winrar NP. I did not try winzip or 7zip. You may have bad DL?
edit 7zip does bomb out.
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Well then, I must have a bad download every time because I've downloaded 10 times, and all 10 times, the zip is bad.
I figured I would start a new thread since now we have 2.3.6 rooted on our Milestone X2's. To note this thread is about the Milestone X2 NOT the Droid X2. Unfortunately we don't have our own forum and this is the closest one for us to use. In saying that, I'm a little confused by various posts, has anyone gotten Recovery working on the Milestone X2, if you have would you be able to post a reference to this? Thanks much the community has been awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22486628&postcount=161
Have you tried this manual method?
The thing is it does the same as the apk. So if for some reason the apk files are not getting placed right then this will help.
I was able to get recovery to work on my phone. Skiwoodwiva determined that the CM7 MOTO bootstrap APK was what did it. One thing that hasn't been mentioned a lot is that i read somewhere that you install the .apk to your app draw. Then in the app itself you press the "install recovery" button. Don't press the reboot recovery button. Power down phone and take out your battery. Plug your battery-less phone into wall charger. Phone will automatically boot up and go into bootstrap recovery.
This has worked for me every time i have tried it. I have been able to make a nandroid back up of my ACS Milestone X2 2.3.6. I would post a link to the apk but i don't know how or if i can since i am still nee to the forum. Skiwoodwiva, do you have the ability to post the link?
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I am not sure what made yours work. If you use the cm7apk on a DX2 it won't work .
I used this method and was able to get recovery working, thank you.
skwoodwiva said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22486628&postcount=161
Have you tried this manual method?
The thing is it does the same as the apk. So if for some reason the apk files are not getting placed right then this will help.
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Im sorry but im having a hard time understanding the manual instructions. I just got the milestone x2 coming from a htc desire. Ive never used used es file explorer to set permisions. Ive downloaded the zip and have extracted the files but im lost after that.
Get Root explorer it's easier. I'll be back.
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Just copy and paste. A long press on the file is like a right click. You are pasting files and using their location in the zip to know where to paste.