ok i currently have RC33, and i dont have root. my question after i get root, what will i have to update to support the upcoming aero theme? And will i have to re register the phone with google?
nahanee20 said:
ok i currently have RC33, and i dont have root. my question after i get root, what will i have to update to support the upcoming aero theme? And will i have to re register the phone with google?
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I just rooted and installed the fade to black theme last night. once rooted, its as simple at downloading the theme and changing it to update.zip and running the last step for rooting over again. or instead of installing the jf rc33 install the theme as your last step.
to do the root im gonna end up having RC29, so what do i update to to installl the theme, i think they have a requirement? whitch one would i need to get the aero theme? and do i need to re register it when i add the theme?
You will need to reactivate(gmail and pass) when you install the RC29 downgrade. Then you need to see what firmware version the aero theme is made for (RC30 or RC33, Lite or regular). If the theme is posted here it should say in the title what firmware. If it doesnt or you are unsure ask the theme maker.
You shouldnt have to re register when adding a theme. If you have to do a wipe then you will have to. Otherwise its not required.
After root, place the rc33 version in the root of your sd card (most of the new themes are for JFv1.42 RC33 Lite). Rename as update.zip then flash it (hold power and home buttons when turning on). Alt-s will flash the new rom. When that's done, whenever you want to change a theme, put the theme file in the root of your sd card and rename as update.zip and follow the same as above.
Only diff with the Lite version is that you'll be missing the stock tones (ringtone, notifications, alarms and ui). But they have the files floating around here and you can place it in your sd card. Naming the folders accordingly will still read on your phone, so no worries
Would supply appropriate links, but I'm at work browsing with my phone
ok, thanks
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I understand there's a tips and tricks thread that explains things in more detail but how does somebody go from just getting the phone to installing, or even understanding, things like obsidian, onyx, morphing and learning what the basic functions of such programs are.
The question I currently have is concerning flashing custom roms. In the tips & tricks thread, it talks of froyo builds (ex: bionix & frankin-twiz). What is it exactly? From what I understand, it sounds like a mini os that you install onto your device which helps in applying different functions to it, which makes custom roms possible.
I'm currently trying to get http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845530 to work on my vibrant. Can anybody help a newbie out?
VibrantUser1 said:
I understand there's a tips and tricks thread that explains things in more detail but how does somebody go from just getting the phone to installing, or even understanding, things like obsidian, onyx, morphing and learning what the basic functions of such programs are.
The question I currently have is concerning flashing custom roms. In the tips & tricks thread, it talks of froyo builds (ex: bionix & frankin-twiz). What is it exactly? From what I understand, it sounds like a mini os that you install onto your device which helps in applying different functions to it, which makes custom roms possible.
I'm currently trying to get http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845530 to work on my vibrant. Can anybody help a newbie out?
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the link you posted is just to a theme.
to get the theme to work you'll need to be running obsidian first.
so lets see, the easiest way to explain the different versions 2.2, 2.1 1.6, 1.5 and so forth is this...
its pretty much like going from windows 95 to 98 to 2000 to xp to vista and so forth.
our vibrants come with android 2.1, 2.2 is the next version of the os to come out (basicaly like moving from vista to windows 7)
the different roms like obsidian and Macnut and such are just names that the developers gave their roms.
what happens is a developer starts out with a version of android (in the case of Macnut and Obsidian this is 2.2)
and then they add their own modified tweaks and such to it.
and so in the end they get Obsidian which is a modified 2.2
or Macnut which is also a modified 2.2
they differ a bit though as Obsidian is based almost totaly on a leaked version of 2.2 for the US vibrant, where Macnut is based alot on the 19000 version of 2.2 for the european phones.
so when choosing a rom just choose the base you want first: 2.1 or 2.2
then look through the tweaks on a few roms and read some of the thread for that rom untill you get a feel for what makes it unique
you can also just experiment by flashing a rom for a day or so and then switching to a new one untill you find one you like.
Morphing is a way to apply a theme to a rom, this does not generaly change functionality at all, it only changes apearance.
alot of themes are either morphs (you install them using metamorph, which is an app from the market)
or they also come in zip format (which are installed by flashing from recovery)
for the theme you posted you will need to flash obsidian, and then flash the zip for the theme afterwards.
have you rooted your device yet?
thats the place to start, if you need help just pm me or repost here and I'll do what I can.
also, there is a "newbie's guide":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
nearblack said:
also, there is a "newbie's guide":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
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lol true true
Before you even want to start with anything, you have to learn what 'rooting' your phone means.
Without root, you won't be able to do any of the above. You might be able to download the programs necessary, but you won't be able to use them.
For ex. Titanium Backup, ROM Manager, etc.
We use ROM Manager to install different ROMs on our phones.
Much to read, my young grasshopper.
OP, I made the Tips/Tricks sticky... would you PM be exactly what you think it lacks? I want to make sure it is applicable to everyone... I thought it was straight-forward, perhaps not.
my phone is rooted. So how do I go about flashing obsidian?
I thought roms were the same as themes? What's the difference?
And just to clarify I understand the tips and tricks thread is sort of the newbies guide but even then theres a lot of terminology that a new user wouldn't understand. I just wanted some basic information that would allow me to transition into the tips and tricks thread more easily.
I appreciate the responses so far
Have you download Rom Manager from the Market? If not, do so.
Then follow the instructions (in the sticky) to flash the recovery (it's the top of the list when you open Rom Manager).
Assuming you did that, you can reboot into recovery, make a backup of your system.. something you can always come back to (a timestamp of your system at that moment).
Download the ROM you want, put it on your internal memory (sdcard/....) NOT in a folder.
Go to Clockwork recovery, choose to insall a zip from sd card... select the name of the ROM and then click Yes to install it.
It will run it's course, then you can just reboot when done.
The first bootup will take a long time (10 minutes probably)... let it boot.... leave your phone alone for like 10 or so minutes after bootup (suggested by Team Whiskey, I never really do this).
It's that easy.
Think of a ROM as an OS... the developers take Froyo (2.2) or Eclair (2.1) and make a lot of tweaks, remove things, add things... basically anything to enhance the user experience.
THEMES are something you flash over a custom ROM... it can change the icons, graphics, notification bar, etc... they are cosmetic. You see in my signature I have Axura 2.0.3 (amazing rom and there is a newer version out) and then I have BlackFroyo (which is the theme) on top of the ROM to change the look of things. Axura has a steel looking notification bar, I much prefer black (hence the theme I chose).
The ONE thing that can be confusing... if you make a backup right now (you have stock eclair), if you flash a froyo rom... you would need to flash either the stock eclair kernel (the download link is also in the sticky) to restore your nandoid backup.... OR, you could just flash another ROM that has a kernel (most do) and you would be good to go too.
And addition to this is to make sure your phone is NOT hardware locked.
To test it:
1) Take out battery from the phone and put it back in again
2) The USB cable plugged into the computer (not in the phone yet)
3) Push and hold down both of the Volume buttons at the same time
4) Plug in USB cable and it should take you into the Download mode.
If it does you are good to go. Just read some about Odin and Stock Android
If it isn't you need to make sure to flash JI6 to your phone (also Stock) onto your phone using Stock Manager. That should fix your hardware locked. Go over the above steps to make sure that is the case.
At this point, I have rooted my device and downloaded rom manager.I believe I have backed up everything after following the directions and I do have the blackfroyo.zip on my sd card and for some reason it won't "go" (although I'm sure there's a step I am missing here, something with obsidian) so that wasn't much of a surprise.
Edit: I noticed I tried to use a theme on there and not the obsidian "OS" (idiot) when I tried the backup thing with rom manager. Where can I download the most recent version of obsidian and/or is axura an acceptable alternative?
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Edit: I noticed I tried to use a theme on there and not the obsidian "OS" (idiot) when I tried the backup thing with rom manager. Where can I download the most recent version of obsidian and/or is axura an acceptable alternative?
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Been working on updating the wiki. Please check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S_SGH-T959#ROMs for the different ROMs currently available.
^^ both are solid. I prefer Auxura *no touchwiz*.... download it from the development section. Place in on the internal (sdcard/ ) and flash it, reboot... I would let the phone chill for awhile then reboot again.... THEN if you want, start messing with the theme. You can see from my signature you and I are similar.
to the OP, I started a noob friendly guide in the Q&A section. Please let me know exactly what you want in there.
Here is a video guide, its kinda old but the principles are the same.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/02/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-samsung-captivate-vibrant/
I have been browsing around and reading on XDA since I got my G1 on release day. I have since upgraded to the MYT3G and now to the Vibrant. I have always used XDA as a source of information for rooting, etc. I don't post very often, but, I would like to throw props out to all the individuals in the thread, this is one of the few threads I have read on XDA that no one got flamed for being a "noob" and asking basic info, the information given was clear, accurate and very helpful. No one pointed to using the search function, everyone just gave good answers. AWESOME
I hope to see more threads like this in the future. Bravo and well done to all.
So I tried installing obsidian 5 and this is what happened. I first put the zip file on my sd card, I did all the necessary prerequisites (I think) using rom manager, flash recovery > vibrant yada yada yada and then pressed install rom from sd card and chose the obsidian zip file. Then the phone starts backing itself up and it finally reaches a point where it says (E: Can't open/sdcard/sd/obsidian_v5_beta.zip (no such file or directory) Installation aborted.
I then try to navigate to the file from the menu but whenever I click the sd file, it just exits, I think it says that no zip file is found or something but when I boot it up normally afterwards, the file is still there.
But the file is within the sd file . . . what am I doing wrong? I tried to fix permissions thinking it was that but no luck.
You probably need to move to the rom to the internal sd card. I thought you're able to add it to the external with the recent update but perhaps not
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bellrb19 said:
You probably need to move to the rom to the internal sd card. I thought you're able to add it to the external with the recent update but perhaps not
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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the rom IS on the sd card, unless you mean the memory on the actual phone itself
ROMs go on the root of the internal memory (no folder)... drop it in sdcard/
Also, this was mentioned in Post 8, and in team whiskeys install guide. Please pay attention to details.
oh okay, this whole time I've been thinkin the sd card folder was the root folder. Well I have finally put obsidian with success and now I'm having a difficult time implementing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845530. I have downloaded the zip file but I don't understand what "flash it through clockwork recovery" means. It kinda sounds like I should use something in rom manager but I'm not sure, I have tried to reboot into recovery through rom manager with no luck.
I've also tried using metamorph but when i choose the blackfroyo.zip file, it says that the file is invalid and that the theme control file could be missing. Am I doing something wrong here as well?
Thanks for all your help so far, I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy life to help an individual with (what may be to you) simple problems
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oh okay, this whole time I've been thinkin the sd card folder was the root folder. Well I have finally put obsidian with success and now I'm having a difficult time implementing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845530. I have downloaded the zip file but I don't understand what "flash it through clockwork recovery" means. It kinda sounds like I should use something in rom manager but I'm not sure, I have tried to reboot into recovery through rom manager with no luck.
I've also tried using metamorph but when i choose the blackfroyo.zip file, it says that the file is invalid and that the theme control file could be missing. Am I doing something wrong here as well?
Thanks for all your help so far, I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy life to help an individual with (what may be to you) simple problems
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From where you are now. Make sure the zip file is in the internal sd card, Open rom manager go to install rom from sd card then choose the that file then click ok and CW will do its thing. Also this is only for Obsidian v4.2 and Auxura 2.05. Good luck! Also you should make a nandroid back up first just in case.
Hi guys when i flashed this new awesome ROM i've seen that sometimes statusbar icons switch color to white. I don't like this feature,so i prepared a .zip that deletes this annoying feature. Flash from recovery.
ONLY WORKS ON DEODEXED ROMS
When stock statusbar color is white: we want black.
When stock statusbar color is black: we want white.
hahahahahaha xD Anyway, testing this
LOL Man i like ur joke
Screenshot?
Will post them soon. Now i'm really busy.
I'll try later. Thanks, it is very annoying...
can you do the same for andy's release ?
I'm not sure about this,but this might work on andy's build.
tried it already, no status bar at all
LOL Soon i will flash andy's one and fix this.
Flashed over CM7, but now instead of white im getting green icons! (im using Cyan ones )
I will make a whitenomore that includes cyan icons.
i have a question, how can install "cyanogenMod7" on my optimus one??
i dont understand.
chrisblueboy said:
i have a question, how can install "cyanogenMod7" on my optimus one??
i dont understand.
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Procedure to install Gingerbread rom on Optiums One.
1) Go into recovery
2) Flash Debug-FormatSYSTEM.zip
3) Partition sd card. swap 0, ext 512mb or higher
4) Convert ext2 to ext3
5) wipe all- cache, dalvik, android secure etc
6) flash the rom
7) Reboot
8) return to recovery- flash the gapps (Google apps), flash the a2sd (dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip)
9) Reboot
10) Make settings on phone, like adding ur gmail ac etc. once u open the market, it will show the gapps apps to install
11) Then go to Terminal Emulator: type su, give superuser rights on phone.
12) Now type: a2sd cachesd
You can choose from following CM7 roms: Andy's CM& 2.3.2 rom OR mik's CM7 2.3.3 rom
Hello,
I've got some strange looking Acer Iconia A500
About info:
Model number: Picasso
Android version: 2.2
Build number: Acer_Picasso_0.017.01_EMEA_GEN1_CES02
When connected to PC it is seen as ACER PICASSO USB DEVICE under "Disk devices"
Unable to get PWR+VOL- and PWR+VOL+ working.
ACER RECOVERY INSTALLER it is unable to install, just opens it like a folder
Tried PWR+reset combo, sees acer picasso usb boot-recovery driver, but I am unable to install updates because I don't know CPUID and when I press OK on the last screen, it just continue to pop up that same window with OK and Cancel buttons.
What should I do, seems interesting.
Dear vladok,
I've the same problem... :crying:
I've a "Engineering sample" of this tablet and I'm unable to upgrade from froyo 2.2 to another version of android.
Have you some news about this topic?
Thank you, bye!
PS: Sorry for my bad english
Have either of you tried downloading the ICS update roms from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
First decrypt them with
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099673
Then pull the update.zip from the file. Make sure it's a full update and not one of those patch roms. (you can tell by the file size of the update.zip, if it;'s 300mb or more, then it's a full install) (less than 200, and it's a patch and probably won't work)
Copy update.zip that you pulled out (do not extract the zip, just pull it out of the rom). Copy it to the root of your EXT SD card.
With the tab off, hold Vol+ and PWR. Wait for the file to install then release.
If you are successful, then delete the update.zip from your Ext SD card.
Note that this is for the a500. You can probably do it on an a501, but you will have to root, change bootloaders, and install a custom rom. Not such a bad idea.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Have either of you tried downloading the ICS update roms from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
First decrypt them with
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099673
Then pull the update.zip from the file. Make sure it's a full update and not one of those patch roms. (you can tell by the file size of the update.zip, if it;'s 300mb or more, then it's a full install) (less than 200, and it's a patch and probably won't work)
Copy update.zip that you pulled out (do not extract the zip, just pull it out of the rom). Copy it to the root of your EXT SD card.
With the tab off, hold Vol+ and PWR. Wait for the file to install then release.
If you are successful, then delete the update.zip from your Ext SD card.
Note that this is for the a500. You can probably do it on an a501, but you will have to root, change bootloaders, and install a custom rom. Not such a bad idea.
MD
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Ha MD, if I get the above ics stock rom, can I remove the junk like games and then do the update thing or will it not like it with some stuff missing. Thanks
shaun298 said:
Ha MD, if I get the above ics stock rom, can I remove the junk like games and then do the update thing or will it not like it with some stuff missing. Thanks
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Well, you have to root it, then get system RW to remove things. Most of the people have n\been using After OTA from the dev forum. About 75% successful.
It all just depends on what you want removed. Most people remove the games, Acer Media, and a few other annoying things that run in system memory.
Just remember, you have to be very careful about what you remove. This is why at least with the 50x, we like to have a CWM recovery installed, Unlocked Bootloader, make a system backup, then go removing things.
Or else, if you fubar, then you have to run that update file all over again
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Well, you have to root it, then get system RW to remove things. Most of the people have n\been using After OTA from the dev forum. About 75% successful.
It all just depends on what you want removed. Most people remove the games, Acer Media, and a few other annoying things that run in system memory.
Just remember, you have to be very careful about what you remove. This is why at least with the 50x, we like to have a CWM recovery installed, Unlocked Bootloader, make a system backup, then go removing things.
Or else, if you fubar, then you have to run that update file all over again
MD
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Thanks, but what I wanted to do was remove the stuff I don't want from a proper update.zip and put on sd card and flash with stock recovery.
I just want to stay total stock, the bootloader change always cause me to many problems, screen flash, wifi, poor bat, and just poor overall preformance, tried many rom combos with the same results.
Thanks for your time.
I'm new to theming and trying to start simple: changing the battery icon. I used a drag and drop method to update the .png files. Still, no matter what I do I see the stock icons! I'm on shabby's kernel, deodexed mdl stock rom. Tried wiping caches and fixing permissions. Tried root exploring to drop the new apks, and tried reflashing the rom with the updated icons. All fail. I found icons in framework-res(stat_battery) and systemUI(ic_qs_battery). None of those changes have stuck. Can someone point me in the right direction? Wondering how it even knows where to get the stock icons since I replaced them all(I think). In rom toolbox, I see the icons I created as though they are installed. Just need to get them to the notification bar. Are there more places where the battery icons sit?
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I'm new to theming and trying to start simple: changing the battery icon. I used a drag and drop method to update the .png files. Still, no matter what I do I see the stock icons! I'm on shabby's kernel, deodexed mdl stock rom. Tried wiping caches and fixing permissions. Tried root exploring to drop the new apks, and tried reflashing the rom with the updated icons. All fail. I found icons in framework-res(stat_battery) and systemUI(ic_qs_battery). None of those changes have stuck. Can someone point me in the right direction? Wondering how it even knows where to get the stock icons since I replaced them all(I think). In rom toolbox, I see the icons I created as though they are installed. Just need to get them to the notification bar. Are there more places where the battery icons sit?
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I'm confused on what "(ic_qs_battery) is. But anyways, assuming you did change the ones in SystemUI/res/drawable-xxhdpi correct?
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I'm confused on what "(ic_qs_battery) is. But anyways, assuming you did change the ones in SystemUI/res/drawable-xxhdpi correct?
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The ic_qs was in systemUI drawable-hdpi. Didn't notice the xxhdpi. I'll swap 'em when I get the chance. Thanks a ton!
Hi...any infos about that new version released yesterday on Firmware Finder
in the release note,its the same text as all previous version...
no informations about whats new/fixed ect
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Hi...any infos about that new version released yesterday on Firmware Finder
in the release note,its the same text as all previous version...
no informations about whats new/fixed ect
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Installing now. Let ya know if any big changes, anybody check and see if there's a new hw package update as well to go with?
I dont think so...theme manager still now working... and after flashing,phone still say on c654b300
So...what do you think of new firmware ?...
Personnally,i often have to reboot phone so changes ,like in sound,notification can be changed...also when passing to wifi to data,i also have to shut down wifi then reboot so data will turn on..
Theme manager ,no way to make it work
Ive found theres almost no lag compared to previous firmware,changes have been made to lockscreen ( personnal infos in the middle instead of on top of image)...
When cleaning the phone via app,settings are always ****ed up and have to re do them like, to not shut down facebook/messenger to receive notifications well,after clean up,i have to re do all settings...
Dunno what huawei is trying to do but, There is always something not working.
Also,Aida64 says its a Release Key version...when looking in the Android tab...
Attached are some pics...the firmware is supposed to be C654B334 but shows C654B300...
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Attached are some pics...the firmware is supposed to be C654B334 but shows C654B300...
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Try this functionality update to get the Build number showing up as MLA-L03C654B334: http://update.hicloud.com:8180/TDS/...ers_ca/update_data_full_MLA-L03_rogers_ca.zip Install it using the three button method after extracting all the files and putting them in a dload folder and then putting that on your SD Card.
Hi...what will it do ?
Only change the build nuber or other things are included ?
Thanks
virusdunil said:
Hi...what will it do ?
Only change the build nuber or other things are included ?
Thanks
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It should fix a couple of minor issues I am not sure what tho and yes the Build number too. When I on the CAN-L01C432B320 build for my phone and updated to CAN-L01C432B340 it was still showing up as CAN-L01C432B320 until I installed the smaller update for my phone.
Thanks...did the update...now 334...
Ill see if it did something
Heres a thing that really bugs me...
If i look into the update folders once extract,i can see some themes / pictures in ... C:\Users\portable\Documents\update_data_full_MLA-L03_rogers_ca\data\hw_init\version\region_comm\oversea
why is theme manager / magazine still dont / never works ?
and even after installing the update,i dont see the themes and magazine images... There must be something wrong somewhere.
Is Huawei/emui blocking the app intentionally and if so,why ??....Im just trying to understand things.
and most important thing is,when writing to Huawei,we never get real answer...always the same thing....''wait for next update''
also,in the changelog,it clearly says...
''5. If you are not satisfied with the new update, you can roll back to EMUI 4.1. Your personal data will be erased during the rollback.''
Nowhere in the phone's setting (ive searched everywhere) its mentioned a way to revert back to mm6...Also in the 2 or 3 button way it says revert back to mm6 ect.
Could someone give me the real apk name for the (nougat)Emui 5 theme manager apk please ?
My theme manager is there and shows any themes I DL and put in the theme dir. It's not a theme store just a manager. Is it not there at all, or not working properly?
Hi..
Whatever i do in theme manager,it wont work whe applying...
If i dload a emui5 then well when clicking on apply ,its supposed to apply the whole theme...even if i apply thing separately,it wont change at all.