Can anyone who has used install=1 method answer my question? Startup seems to get very very long as I fill up my data.img(16gb). Maybe thats why they limited to 8gb?
Yes, the system formats your data.img (in fact, it creates a new one) if your file isn't working like they want. But there are some files that works in these cases.
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I thought you could size it to 512k if you wanted. Am I correct on this?
You can use RMXtools to expand your data.img to whatever size you want, but you have to do all steps to work. Or you can grab one of these files: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7FVb6PLKRERMXZpUnBZX1kweU0#
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Over the last few days, I've been cooking up a ROM using the Incredible S system dumps and nandroids. Problem is, it doesn't work It flashes fine, everything works there, but when I boot up my N1, it stays on the Nexus splash screen (the one with the X on the padlock on it). If any devs could have a good look at it, and see if they can find the source of the problem I'd be eternally grateful When you've found the problem and confirmed it works, PM me the file, tell me how you solved the problem, and I'll just check everything is in working order, then upload it. I will also put your username in the thread!
I used the HTC Android Kitchen (link here) to make this, so you might want to use that.
Incredible S
Link to latest ROM
The zip is: 224.0 MB (234929825 bytes)
Desire S
Link to latest Desire S ROM.
The zip is: 233.1 MB (244429351 bytes)
Thank you devs,
redbullcat
I doubt you could get the whole image on the phone, 224mb is way to big without scripts to move files over to another partition.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784260
That is 268mb and is a Sense ROM, so 224mb should fit.
I think that the system directory is way too big to be installed on a nexus one.
You should move some of the system content to data or move it to an ext3 sdcard partition.
What they said.
Put attention that even the ROM you linked REQUIRES A2SD partition, which it'll set up and use.
So to move the content from system to data: is that just a straight drag and drop procedure, or is some converting to make it work in data rather than system required?
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I am not an expert in the porting roms topic but if I am correct you will have to symlink the things that you move.
This can be done modifying the updater-script.
OK, thank you
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How would I move the stuff from system to an ext3 sdcard partition?
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Good thread. Sounds like a simple matter of setting up a2ext.
Nice work dude!
I would take a look at eViL's desire HD port since its going to be the most similar to this ROM....
That should help you in figuring out what is/isn't okay to move to SD....
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Thank you thanks also for the tip
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How big should the system and data directory's ideally be?
System - 140 MB is the phone limit, so I wouldn't go above 120-125 MB.
Data - all the rest, as much as you need. You're installing to EXT anyway.
Can you provide a LOGCAT when booting up?
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Can you provide a LOGCAT when booting up?
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I can certainly try
OK, so I've moved stuff to a folder in the root of the ROM called ext, as that is what was in the NXSense-HD ROM by eVil. Problem is, the system directory is still 20mb too big. The folders in system:
bin
etc
framework
lib
media
sd
usr
xbin
and build.prop
What can I move to ext/data from this selection of folders? I moved from system to ext:
app (now called system-app)
customize (now called system-customize)
fonts (now called system-fonts)
Thanks,
redbullcat
I'm not a developer, but if you move one folder to ext partition and create a symlink to this folder in system partition? Shouldn't it work?
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I'm not a developer, but if you move one folder to ext partition and create a symlink to this folder in system partition? Shouldn't it work?
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I don't know if any folder can be moved though. For example, framework may not be movable.
EDIT: So I've moved some stuff from system to ext, but now the update-script is giving me grief. I'm trying to follow eVil's update-script, but it doesn't seem to be working. Does the update-script have to be done manually, or is there an automatic generator?
I've tried and tried, and I can't seem to get it to work. Could somebody either link me to an update-scipt generator, or help me build an update-script? I'd be so grateful
Having trouble booting into Cynogen. As far as I can tell, everything is flashedd correctly. I got the initramfs and zimage from here. They flashed fine and the system boots into the multi boot screen.
Then I copied the openaos-gingerbread-anoa-gen8_113301.img.gz from here to my device through the USB MSC renaming it to openaos-gingerbread.img.gz
I believe that the menu.lst file should update itself so there should be no need to edit the file. I had to edit the file anyway, not sure why. Tried editing it through np++ and got Ginger-Bread listed in the boot menu. Tried to boot into it but it just sat at the OpenAOS screen and did nothing. I left it on that screen for close to half an hour.
I then tried the menu.lst file that is linked to the post by gbohm but the same thing happened.
When I access recovery and start USB MSC again it shows a ~525MB file called openaos-gingerbread.img and it has a folder called openaos which has a subfolder called disabled. Nothing else.
I tried this off the back of a full wipe so there is nothing on the device at all. No archos FW or anything. Coming from UD 1.5
Any idea what might be going on?
Edit: one last note. This was all done on my Windows machine. Will try it on my ubuntu server tomorrow. That machine is just a little more awkwardly placed
Maybe be you edited the menu.let wrong
Lokk in my "OpenAOS Full Instructions Thread" for tips;-) here in general section
Lenn said:
Maybe be you edited the menu.let wrong
Lokk in my "OpenAOS Full Instructions Thread" for tips;-) here in general section
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No. Like I already said lenn update your guide or mention that it is outdated and point to the wiki.
This is what I was afraid off, giving people wrong instructions and make it worse for them.
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d31b0y you did it correct. Just copy openaos-gingerbread-anoa-gen8_113301.img.gz and rename it to openaos-gingerbread.img.gz
The menu.lst should update itself and create an extra Gingerbread entry in the bootmenu.
Some things that could go wrong is that you didn't safely umount or remove the drive. So the image got corrupted.
Another thing is that you maybe didn't rename it correctly using capital letters perhaps.
However my best guess is that the image got corrupted during download or during copy renaming and not safely remove the drive.
This http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread is the guide to follow and no other.
We from openaos recommend using linux to do the procedure, it is also much easier for us to support when coming for questions on irc http://www.openaos.org/chat
Maurice
Sorry, but stil >> 90% of users have a windows maschine.
Maybee you should also think about your target audience.
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Sorry, but stil >> 90% of users have a windows maschine.
Maybee you should also think about your target audience.
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Yes, I know. Windows shouldn't be a problem for the procedure. It is only easier for us when answering questions, because we are almost all on linux machines. That is why I said we recommend it, not that we say you must use it.
Some issues for windows users. It hides known file extensions by default which could be a problem when renaming files. Windows doesn't care about cap letters, Linux does. A file named foo.img.gz is different from Foo.img.gz .
Maurice
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No. Like I already said lenn update your guide or mention that it is outdated and point to the wiki.
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Sorry divx i really respct your works, but i know it.
I work at the momet on a honeycomb theme, and i said he should look there because of the menu.lst (the most makd faults, ...) and this part isnt outdated.
I will update the tutorial when i have enough time
Greets
Lenn
I know all that, as my first Unix was Minix followed by SCO and Eurix and then Linux 0.14 yggdrasil.
But if i see the questions postet here and elsewhere in android forums,
most of the people barely get their TV switched on, and to tell them that Linux is prefered might set back a few so much that they don't do anything.
On the other side, might be a good idea ;-)
Thanks for getting back to me. For some reason when I copy the file to the archos and reboot, it doesn't show up in the menu.lst
I decided to gunzip first and moved the file openaos-gingerbread.img to the archos. This showed in the list but when I tried to boot from it, the same thing as before happened. Hopefully I am just doing something silly. I'll try jump on the irc channel tomorrow. My main "comfy" computer was taken up by the oh this evening.
A couple more points.
My external SD slot is broken so I have no external SD. Although it installs onto the internal right? So that shouldn't make a difference.
I don't have stock fw installed at all. Just the SDE.
Edit: oh by the way, when I tried to move the .img file I got the following error:
mv : failed to preserve ownership for '/media/A101IT/openaos-gingerbread.img': Operation not permitted
It was moved with root privelages in terminal.
Edit2: I even did a sync before my umount to make sure everything was hunky dorey.
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You need the stock to be installed, as during boot they extract some things.
I could be wrong but none of the above post seem to have noticed you haven't extracted the .gz img file. If you put that on you device it will do nothing as its the wrong file format and still compressed. You need to extract it using winrar or similar then rename that file to openaos-gingerbread.img and that should do it. nothing to do with capital letter you just missed a small but crucial step in the instructions.
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I could be wrong but none of the above post seem to have noticed you haven't extracted the .gz img file. If you put that on you device it will do nothing as its the wrong file format and still compressed. You need to extract it using winrar or similar then rename that file to openaos-gingerbread.img and that should do it. nothing to do with capital letter you just missed a small but crucial step in the instructions.
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I'm pretty sure you don't and I have tried that anyway as per my second post...
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You need the stock to be installed, as during boot they extract some things.
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That'll do it I'm sure. Will try to tonight.
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Like fzelle said you need stock firmware, that is why it hangs. It needs to copy some libs and drivers over from stock. We can't include them in the release, because of license issues.
I don't think we check in the script if the original firmware isn't there. Another todo ...
I will update the wiki about having original firmware installed is essential.
@ben.cordy: The initramfs will gunzip the image when it is not done already, so no need to gunzip or unrar it yourself.
Still strange why it wouldn't show up in menu.lst while gzipped... I will check the script in initramfs.
Maurice
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I know all that, as my first Unix was Minix followed by SCO and Eurix and then Linux 0.14 yggdrasil.
But if i see the questions postet here and elsewhere in android forums,
most of the people barely get their TV switched on, and to tell them that Linux is prefered might set back a few so much that they don't do anything.
On the other side, might be a good idea ;-)
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At the moment, our target is the more advanced user, so we can get some good bug reports. That is why we have that big red warning on the wiki. So might be a good idea --> It is one .
Maurice
I have the /system/app folder full...there is any way to increase te allocated space? Or I have to remove something to install something new?! I would like to test s-voice but I have not free space
Same here on rooted galaxy note..
I don't think you can change partition size when already installed. It can be tweaked in some file before flashing, though.
Hopefully someone else will reply with more information.
It is a dangerous task, i think someone mentioned that you need to make a .pit file to change the partition. Better remove some files instead.
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It just said 'hosts' a few times, the file name of a ringtone I transfered to the root of storage a while back, and some other files I'd transfered there. I deleted it's content thinking it wouldn't do anything and that I was cleaning up because it was a short file that didn't seem to be anything other than a list of files I'd transfered.
Oh, and in doing that I made it so my phone won't boot. Just recovery and fastboot and stuff.
Any ideas on what this is and what it contains so I can fix it?
Thanks!
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OK, so for anyone who may need to know: I believe it is put there by SuperSU Pro when you enable Root Survival. That's just an educated guess, but don't modify it or delete it
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Hi!
I am trying to change the partition size of my Hi10 Plus and it seems that i need to edit the gpt.bin file.
The problem is that the file I have from the Android ROM downloaded from Chuwi shows a lot of weird characters in note pad or word pad. I have also tried to open it with HEX editor and I still see this weird characters.
Is there a way to fix it?
This is the file https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzDYv6A9TzeUcjRURDlCZWZXTk0
Thank you for your help!
If you'd like, I can send you a pre-edited version of this file - just let me know how big you want the Android partition... In the meantime, I'll attempt to write up a small "how to" on how to change it yourself.
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jtrosky said:
If you'd like, I can send you a pre-edited version of this file - just let me know how big you want the Android partition... In the meantime, I'll attempt to write up a small "how to" on how to change it yourself.
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Hi, jtrosky,
I'm really glad to hear that you'll be putting a tutorial together on how to edit the gpt.bin file. Can't wait for it to come out.