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[MOD] Make your Eclair run much SMOOTHER!!

hmmm..I guess this can be called a mod because it modifies your ROM so yeah...anyways ...
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Ok so first off sorry but its not my fault if your phone crashes or gets messed up after you do this.
This is just a little guide that worked for me and now my phone is running much smoother. This will require some very minor sacrifices.
1. Use the launcher2.apk (I guess its just me but I think its much better than the normal home performance wise.)
2. Delete the Launcher.apk, GenieWidget.apk, YouTube.apk. I usually do this via terminal emulator:
Code:
$ su
# mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# rm /system/app/Launcher.apk
# rm /data/app/GenieWidget.apk
# rm /data/app/YouTube.apk
# mount -o r,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# exit
$ exit
if there are any other apps you wish to delete then you can follow the method above where you change the apk name depending on what you want to remove.
Make sure to check where the apk's are first so you dont get frustrated or anything.
3.Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625477
4.Get the latest LiveWallpapers modification and push it onto the Phone. (usually the /system/app directory)
5.Get a file manager, task manager, app manager, and cache clearer (i.e What I have is: Advanced Free Task Manager, Astro File Manager, AppManager, and cachecleaner)
6. Keep perfomance up by clearing your caches and ending random processes. (Damn you processes -.-)
7. Dont overload your phone with apps, installed or otherwise. will cause SERIOUS LAGGING (unless you have a good sdcard).
Hope this helps people out.
BTW all those apps in step 5 are free in case anyone is wondering.
If anyone else has some mods they would like to post feel free to do so. Any help is welcome

I really need to find a terminal command walkthrough or ADB somewhere soon.. every single time I use these commands word for word, I get the same invalid responses.
Curses!

Lol what happened?
EDIT: if it was the mount -o rw command, I made a mistake sorry I fixed it now though

Which Eclair rom runs the smoothest for everyone? I've only played with OpenEclair and decided it wasn't ready for everyday use.

After modding it, OpenEclair. I tried kingklick's eclair but i didnt like it too much.

engagedtosmile said:
Which Eclair rom runs the smoothest for everyone? I've only played with OpenEclair and decided it wasn't ready for everyday use.
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Complete Eclair is the fastest and most stable by a margin in my experience. Bear in mind no eclair rom (or any rom for that matter) is truly bug free.

i second Complete Eclair as the current best of the bunch.

Complete Enclair is BY FAR the smoothest enclair rom available for the G1. I am not using linux-swap or compcache and its just as fast as the official Tmobile rom on a non rooted phone. Infact when I compare it to my wife's phone which is non rooted and running 1.6 via OTA, Complete Enclair is in most instances actually quicker than her phone which has about 40 applications installed on it.

lol I dont know what you guys see in complete eclair. it starting ticking me off the second I flashed it. I am gunna pull the battery png's and put em in my OpenEclair though lol

To make openeclair fast I have done following:
1) I turn off windows animation.
2) I do not use nexus launcher.
3) I have compcache/swap disabled.
4) I do not have live wallpapers or widgets.
5) I do not have anything that leaves a background process running.
These settings work for me and my usage (Phone, Email, FeedR, Web)
Openeclair appears to run as fast as Super-D with these settings. In fact for my usage faster in FeedR performance.
Dale

Programs missing from market with RUU 2.1

I noticed earlier that m:zombie and m:vampire are not in the market. Any other programs that any of you have noticed are missing?

jlem26 said:
I noticed earlier that m:zombie and m:vampire are not in the market. Any other programs that any of you have noticed are missing?
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it's because the ruu is signed with test keys, not the release keys, so not everything is showing up.

regaw_leinad said:
it's because the ruu is signed with test keys, not the release keys, so not everything is showing up.
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That's what I figured but these are the only two apps I have seen missing so far. I was just wondering if anyone else came across more.

jlem26 said:
That's what I figured but these are the only two apps I have seen missing so far. I was just wondering if anyone else came across more.
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Most of my purchased apps are gone, and they include Basketball, Toss It, Flight Control, and a few others..quite disappointed as I did the RUU install via the .exe file and so far, haven't found a way to undo it and go back to DamageControl 2.1...

spatel9114 said:
Most of my purchased apps are gone, and they include Basketball, Toss It, Flight Control, and a few others..quite disappointed as I did the RUU install via the .exe file and so far, haven't found a way to undo it and go back to DamageControl 2.1...
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Not to laugh about this, but maybe if that RUU had been kept hidden in the bowles of someones computer that wouldn't have happened. This is what drama does....

Kcarpenter said:
Not to laugh about this, but maybe if that RUU had been kept hidden in the bowles of someones computer that wouldn't have happened. This is what drama does....
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lol very,very true!

RUU has test-key. thats means no protected apps. You should have flashed one of the many roms based on this RUU(damage,fresh or darchlegend even though its based on the Legend RUU). There already set to go.

Anyway I can do that now?

Lol, not to sound like a jerk but we knew this. I started the thread because I was wondering if anyone else knew which programs were affected. The whole idea behind loading the RUU was to test it out. It would be great if everyone didn't come in here and tell us how we should have loaded a custom ROM. Most of us probably came from a custom ROM to this, like myself.

jlem26 said:
Lol, not to sound like a jerk but we knew this. I started the thread because I was wondering if anyone else knew which programs were affected. The whole idea behind loading the RUU was to test it out. It would be great if everyone didn't come in here and tell us how we should have loaded a custom ROM. Most of us probably came from a custom ROM to this, like myself.
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Sorry, that was just your first post to the forum, and it had no implications that you knew how to do anything whatsoever. I was just going on what I read from your post. I was guessing you just joined and saw the RUU and flashed it. I am sorry.

regaw_leinad said:
Sorry, that was just your first post to the forum, and it had no implications that you knew how to do anything whatsoever. I was just going on what I read from your post. I was guessing you just joined and saw the RUU and flashed it. I am sorry.
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Don't be sorry, I wasn't really aiming that at anyone in particular, I was just hoping to head off the thread turning into a point and laugh at the RUU users.

spatel9114 said:
Anyway I can do that now?
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Manually push flash_image to /system/bin >> You have to give flash_image permissions with adb
Code:
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/flash_image
>> Root and reflash recovery (use this guide, except substitute 1.6.2 instead of 1.5.2 recovery (or use whatever recovery you want)>> Then reboot into recovery and nandroid back to your original build. You can even nandroid back to Fresh 2.0d and you will retain your new PRI.
If you have never made a backup, then download whatever ROM you want to try and use flash from .zip in recovery to flash the new ROM.
I included flash_image if you need it to push. This is not a .zip file, but I had to add .zip to attach it here. Rename it without the .zip or push it by typing
Code:
adb push flash_image.zip /system/bin/flash_image

Well I modified the build.prop last night and now all the apps are showing up in the market.

jlem26 said:
Well I modified the build.prop last night and now all the apps are showing up in the market.
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Wow, is this easily done? I'm missing root manager, but otherwise am liking the leak (minus sprint crap).
Also.notice quick boot isn't working, but I'm sure its fixable, I just haven't looked or may not have the experience to get it going.

MILH0U5E said:
Wow, is this easily done? I'm missing root manager, but otherwise am liking the leak (minus sprint crap).
Also.notice quick boot isn't working, but I'm sure its fixable, I just haven't looked or may not have the experience to get it going.
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Yeah it is pretty easy, just need to get your build.prop, then in wordpad, if using windows use wordpad not notepad, just have to make a few changes. After that you clear the market cache. When I did this last night, none of the protected apps showed up, however this morning they all did. So for reason it may take a bit to work right but it did work. Just checked and root manager is showing in my market too.
I'll just post one I found online. If you adb push this to /system/ it should work.

Kcarpenter said:
Not to laugh about this, but maybe if that RUU had been kept hidden in the bowles of someones computer that wouldn't have happened. This is what drama does....
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@Kcarpenter, maybe dont post inflammatory stuff like this and instead be helpful and we wont have drama?
@Jlem
Good to see you got it going. You should share your build.prop (or link to instructions) so others that may have made the early (and quite risky) install of the RUU could get it going. That would be a nice thing to do
Personally I think you're crazy for trying that RUU!!! hahaha ! I'm glad someone did, and I hope it all works out for you.
edit:And you did! good work

Kcarpenter said:
Not to laugh about this, but maybe if that RUU had been kept hidden in the bowles of someones computer that wouldn't have happened. This is what drama does....
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+1 Truth.
I have a feeling many people will do this.

danknee said:
Manually push flash_image to /system/bin >> You have to give flash_image permissions with adb
Code:
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/flash_image
>> Root and reflash recovery (use this guide, except substitute 1.6.2 instead of 1.5.2 recovery (or use whatever recovery you want)>> Then reboot into recovery and nandroid back to your original build. You can even nandroid back to Fresh 2.0d and you will retain your new PRI.
If you have never made a backup, then download whatever ROM you want to try and use flash from .zip in recovery to flash the new ROM.
I included flash_image if you need it to push. This is not a .zip file, but I had to add .zip to attach it here. Rename it without the .zip or push it by typing
Code:
adb push flash_image.zip /system/bin/flash_image
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Alright, so when I go to do that, I get an error "Read-Only File System"..How can I make it read/write?

spatel9114 said:
Alright, so when I go to do that, I get an error "Read-Only File System"..How can I make it read/write?
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mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

jlem26 said:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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or adb remount first.

Ivan 0.8 with full market

Not my work, sed took ivan's rom and added the the sholes fingerprint.
Full Market should work fine in it now.
http://www.multiupload.com/X0LZ3W1RSL

Awesome. Thanks for uploading this.

jcase said:
Not my work, sed took ivan's rom and added the the sholes fingerprint.
Full Market should work fine in it now.
http://www.multiupload.com/X0LZ3W1RSL
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Thanks sed .......
and jcase

are there a few specific files that were changed so i could manually push those instead? done my own customizing and, if possible, would like to avoid pushing all those edits again
but thanks for the work

gohamstergo said:
are there a few specific files that were changed so i could manually push those instead? done my own customizing and, if possible, would like to avoid pushing all those edits again
but thanks for the work
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For existing roms, use my script.

jcase said:
For existing roms, use my script.
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ah alrighty. ill search for it. since i dont see a link in the OP.
edit: got it. twas in the later pages of your market fix thread.
EDIT2: flashing over an existing Ivan .8 with a dalvik-only wipe works great. got all my previously purchased apps now and no apps wiped

gohamstergo said:
ah alrighty. ill search for it. since i dont see a link in the OP.
edit: got it. twas in the later pages of your market fix thread.
EDIT2: flashing over an existing Ivan .8 with a dalvik-only wipe works great. got all my previously purchased apps now and no apps wiped
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Without it working, I'm 1" away from doing a wipe.
Some claim success without a wipe, some say they need it, and some say they wait a couple of days.
I'm playing the waiting game.

gohamstergo said:
ah alrighty. ill search for it. since i dont see a link in the OP.
edit: got it. twas in the later pages of your market fix thread.
EDIT2: flashing over an existing Ivan .8 with a dalvik-only wipe works great. got all my previously purchased apps now and no apps wiped
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I tried a dalvik-wipe then flash but I still couldn't find tapatalk in the market. I had to do a full wipe.

pkopalek said:
I did this, exactly, only using dalvik, from my existing 0.8t2.
adb shell
su
cd system
cd app
rm -r VVMStub_v3.apk
.... says it's Read Only.
trying to chmod it, can't it's Read-Only (despite my superuser access)
All in system/app is Read-Only. I can't even chmod.
Can't remove VVMStub_v3.apk
teeter.apk
com.android.launcher2.apk
that's all I tried, then I quit and I flashed my nandroid restore point back to the original 0.8t2 from BEFORE market fix.
Now I can manipulate my apps again.
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you forgot to mount
adb remount
adb shell
rm -r /system/app/VVMStub_v3.apk
that's it

Using the Market Fix Ivan's ROM. Having an issue with app updates now.
About 1/2 a dozen of apps had updates pop up for me today. The update would download then go into "install" then return an "insufficient memory" error. Strange thing is that if the update was 700kb or less, the update would install. Larger updates like Handcent (~1.7M) would error out.
An uninstall and redownload/install of the problematic apps would work so I wasn't stuck other than resetting up apps like Handcent.
jcase did try to help me on IRC but I'm a tard when it comes to trying to copy/paste from the cmd window.

[Think Tank] Installing Non-market apps without a custom ROM or ADB

OK, I made a zip. Who wants to be my guinea pig? It's at the bottom of the post. (erase -signed and put it on the internal sd)

blackjackboy said:
I guess my idea would be to take the settings.apk from either the Vibrant dump or cyanogenmod 5.0 and push it to /system/app or wherever the settings.apk is located. Does anyone think that this would work or be willing to try it? I'm just worried that this will brick the touchwiz, and without an "original ROM" or RUU and custom recovery, I'm afraid to try it. Is there anyone braver than me?
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Did you check this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728121

tbae2 said:
Did you check this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728121
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The thing is, root explorer isn't free. I want to give people an easy, free solution (maybe flashing something from recovery?). For now, ADB will work for me, but in the future I want to provide something flashable from recovery.

Well, the best thing to do, simply run a sql command along with the rooting update.zip.
I will work on this today and get back to you guys soon.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-ca...e-sideloading-apps-captivate.html#post1178618
Been done.

blackjackboy said:
The thing is, root explorer isn't free. I want to give people an easy, free solution (maybe flashing something from recovery?). For now, ADB will work for me, but in the future I want to provide something flashable from recovery.
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It isn't free but it isn't expensive either. You just dropped a large wad of cash for the phone, seems like another $3 to get it the way you want it wouldn't be such a big deal.

blackjackboy said:
The thing is, root explorer isn't free. I want to give people an easy, free solution (maybe flashing something from recovery?). For now, ADB will work for me, but in the future I want to provide something flashable from recovery.
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Droid Explorer is.

I'm an android noob but experienced linux user, so I came up with my own free solution: download a terminal emulator app (the one i got was free, and called, simply, Terminal Emulator, I think).
Then (in the terminal emulator):
Copy the settings.db file to the SD card:
To get superuser access so you can get to the settings.db file (need a rooted phone, obv):
Code:
$su
And confirm the popup allowing access.
Code:
#busybox cp /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /sdcard/settings.db
Then hook up your phone via USB (mass storage method) and use your window manager to copy that from the phone to the computer, edit with an SQL database browser, save it, verify it's still good, move it back to the SD card, then, back on the phone in the terminal emulator:
To get superuser access again:
Code:
$su
Shouldn't have to confirm the popup allowing access again, as the first time appears to do it.
Move the original file to a backup name (just to be safe):
Code:
#busybox mv /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db.old
Copy the new (edited) file into place:
Code:
#busybox cp /sdcard/settings.db /dbdata/databases/com.android.providers.settings/settings.db
Then reboot, and enjoy the ability to install non-market apps. My first install was Flash 10.1. Works fine on the Captivate.

blackjackboy said:
The thing is, root explorer isn't free. I want to give people an easy, free solution (maybe flashing something from recovery?). For now, ADB will work for me, but in the future I want to provide something flashable from recovery.
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Grab Android Mate from the market, it is free and has root level exploration

blackjackboy said:
OK, I made a zip. Who wants to be my guinea pig? It's at the bottom of the post. (erase -signed and put it on the internal sd)
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This might also work, I have used it, pretty simple
http://m.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine

Superoneclickroot has a one click enable non market apps next to the root button, fyi.

terrymc said:
This might also work, I have used it, pretty simple
http://m.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
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Smasher816 said:
Superoneclickroot has a one click enable non market apps next to the root button, fyi.
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:faceplam:
bump a year old thread? with these no less....

whats wrong with bumping a (insert # here) old thread? it hasnt been closed or deleted. as long as info pertaining to the OP is being posted shouldnt it be a non-issue? now if it was bumped with something like 'why bump this fossil thread?' then that would be a pointless bump. i gained info from the 1 year late post about superoneclick and thanked the guy for posting it.
EDIT: you spelled 'facepalm' wrong.

Well first it shouldn't even be here in development. And second thread closed.

[Q] .sh script help

Hey guys, need some help with this one from some of you with more android/linux experience than me.
In my continuing quest to make Blackhole as customizable as possible I've been working on a way for users to easily install paid apps (legally downloaded of course), and stuff that I don't have available in rom manager in one easy step at the same time the rom is installed. In pursuit of this goal I've found that it's possible for the update-script file inside a clockworkmod zip to call a script in the zip as well. I've gotten it to say it's run the script, but it doesn't do what it's supposed to. here's what i've got:
#! /bin/
busybox cp /sdcard/app/* /system/app/
When I type the command into a terminal on the phone it works. When I open an adb shell and type "bash install.sh" it works. But when I get the update.zip to run the script, or run it in root explorer it just says it's run it, but doesn't do anything.
Is there something I'm missing about how to call the script? Do I need to somehow add the bash program to the zip file so it can run the script right? Has anyone ever done something like this who can point me in the right direction?

do you have an output you can show us?
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This is a shot in the dark but does writing to /system/app require root permissions? It could be that you've given your terminal app root, so it runs under su. But when the script is being executed it does not have root and fails, but perhaps the output is being held back a bit and you're not seeing the permission denied.

Steve_ ?!
whoa, didn't expect it to be you of all people
Anyhoo, this is a bit off topic, but I've got a small request, can you somehow make BlackHole 2.4 an option on Rom manager? I don't have DL09 so I can't use 3.0, but I really like the ability to select everything to customize, instead of me going and installing one thing at a time....

Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.

wizang said:
This is a shot in the dark but does writing to /system/app require root permissions? It could be that you've given your terminal app root, so it runs under su. But when the script is being executed it does not have root and fails, but perhaps the output is being held back a bit and you're not seeing the permission denied.
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Could very well be, it's not showing me any output when i run it the two ways it doesn't work, just says it's been run.
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Steve_ ?!
whoa, didn't expect it to be you of all people
Anyhoo, this is a bit off topic, but I've got a small request, can you somehow make BlackHole 2.4 an option on Rom manager? I don't have DL09 so I can't use 3.0, but I really like the ability to select everything to customize, instead of me going and installing one thing at a time....
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Haha, caught me. I was trying to remain incognito Yeah, i'll get 2.4 loaded back up on rom manager for you today. But if you flash 3.0 it will upgrade you to DL09 and the DJ05 kernels and modem are compatible, or at least no one i know of has had issues.
imnuts said:
Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.
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sdcard is mounted when you go to recovery, because it's got to access the update.zip file on it to install anything. I'll try your code, do you know what to put after SYSTEM: to make it go to the /app directory? thanks for the idea, it's a different way to go, i didn't think about the fact the update-script could access the device if you don't use the "package" tag.

Don't you need to add "sh" to the bin directory and define the script as so:
#! /bin/sh
if you want it to execute properly..

dcow90 said:
Don't you need to add "sh" to the bin directory and define the script as so:
#! /bin/sh
if you want it to execute properly..
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normally yes, but there doesn't seem to be a /bin/sh directory on my fascinate, only /bin and that's where the cp and mv and cat, etc. are.

I made a script to do this forever ago on my G1 when it first came out... Let me see if I can find it.

This has been done lots of times before. If you look around on xda there are some backup scripts which do the same thing.
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imnuts said:
Why not just add the following to the end of the update-script:
Code:
copy_dir /sdcard/app SYSTEM:
Also, is the SDCard mounted by default when the phone boots to recovery? If it isn't, or it isn't mounted while the update is processing, that will also cause the problem.
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Well I gave that a shot, and i think it could work, but the recovery wouldnt do it. it says "non-package source path not yet supported" good idea tho.
yutsoku said:
I made a script to do this forever ago on my G1 when it first came out... Let me see if I can find it.
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If you can that would be great.
n0yd said:
This has been done lots of times before. If you look around on xda there are some backup scripts which do the same thing.
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I spent a good bit of time searching and most of the scripts I found were much more complex than what i need, or were written to run on a computer, which i've already done.

sonofskywalker3 said:
normally yes, but there doesn't seem to be a /bin/sh directory on my fascinate, only /bin and that's where the cp and mv and cat, etc. are.
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Thats not the point. You need to set a shell interpreter, not a path. Cwm uses busybox sh, which is in /bin in recovery mode. Google search shebang
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jt1134 said:
Thats not the point. You need to set a shell interpreter, not a path. Cwm uses busybox sh, which is in /bin in recovery mode. Google search shebang
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Going to go ahead and parade my stupidity in front of everyone here:
so does that mean i'm right using #! /bin/ or that it should be #! /bin/sh/ or something else entirely? I'm so confused.

sonofskywalker3 said:
Going to go ahead and parade my stupidity in front of everyone here:
so does that mean i'm right using #! /bin/ or that it should be #! /bin/sh/ or something else entirely? I'm so confused.
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#!/bin/sh for scripts in recovery. #!/system/bin/sh for scripts in android.
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