I installed unrevoked 3 to root my phone and then downloaded Rom Manager. Rom Manager wants to install ClockworkMod Recovery, but it already got installed with unrevoked. Should I let it reinstall it? Is there any reason for me to use Rom Manager on my phone if I have unrevoked 3 rooting?
Unrevoked 3 gives you clockworkmod so you can flash a new ROM. After flashing a Rom, clockwork goes away. ROM Manager gives you access to clockwork at all times. Also, you can download and flash CM6 from it. I shouldn't even have to mention the fact that it keeps track of all your nandoid back-ups. So really, how many times will you be changing ROMs, and how many back-ups will you have? If you flash ROMs alot, keep ROM Manager. Otherwise, you might not need it.
Hope it helps ~ Pete
PiratePetey said:
Unrevoked 3 gives you clockworkmod so you can flash a new ROM. After flashing a Rom, clockwork goes away. ROM Manager gives you access to clockwork at all times. Also, you can download and flash CM6 from it. I shouldn't even have to mention the fact that it keeps track of all your nandoid back-ups. So really, how many times will you be changing ROMs, and how many back-ups will you have? If you flash ROMs alot, keep ROM Manager. Otherwise, you might not need it.
Hope it helps ~ Pete
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Clockwork does not "go away" after flashing with Unrevoked once you've flashed a ROM. It replaces stock recovery.
Yea, I actually agree because I just used Clockworkmod to flash CM6 without using RomManager at all. I even made my backup with Clockworkmod - not RomManager. I fail to see why I need RomManager at all and again I'm looking for advice as to what it does that I can't do with clockworkmod directly (backup, flash rom, unmount, etc.)
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echodun said:
I installed unrevoked 3 to root my phone and then downloaded Rom Manager. Rom Manager wants to install ClockworkMod Recovery, but it already got installed with unrevoked. Should I let it reinstall it? Is there any reason for me to use Rom Manager on my phone if I have unrevoked 3 rooting?
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This reflects my opinion only:
I installed ROM manager, and yes it does have some pretty cool features that can be run from a single screen. Like you, I noticed that it immediately wanted to install clockwork Mod, the exact same version I was already running. I noticed after installing it that it also self installed multiple files and folders. My concern is purely from a security perspective. The icon for the app itself speaks volumes to me! After uninstalling it, I noticed that several files and a folder with an app called download.apk remained on the phone. Along with several other files and folders in the clockwork folder.
Personally, I would be very reluctant to make any credit card purchases or do any smartphone banking after installing this app. I re-rooted and re-flashed my ROM, including re-formatting the SD partition and extended partition, all cache, and wiped the phone to make sure I eliminated every element of ROM manager.
I have found that I can do almost everything through ClockworkMod, but I have to manually download anything I want to flash first.
Again, this reflects my opinion and preferences.
echodun said:
Yea, I actually agree because I just used Clockworkmod to flash CM6 without using RomManager at all. I even made my backup with Clockworkmod - not RomManager. I fail to see why I need RomManager at all and again I'm looking for advice as to what it does that I can't do with clockworkmod directly (backup, flash rom, unmount, etc.)
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Theres nothing you can do with rom manager that you can't do manually with clockwork or terminal emulator. Clockwork just makes doing those things more convenient. I always flash roms and do nandroids via clockwork and I don't use the other features enough to make rom manager useful for me.
I only use ROM Manager for the fix permissions option.
i also think you can rename your backups with ROM Manager, but i still dont use it.
How would we do this otherwise? If i remember correctly, its not as simple as renaming the folder
It doesn't even give me the option to uninstall from the GUI. Did you have to remove it via command line or is there a better way?
Typing fix_permissions into terminal emulator will rum fix permissions.
dexmix said:
i also think you can rename your backups with ROM Manager, but i still dont use it.
How would we do this otherwise? If i remember correctly, its not as simple as renaming the folder
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You can mount your sd card as storage and rename then with your computer. You can also do it via astro or some other file manager on your phone.
Jimmeh83 said:
It doesn't even give me the option to uninstall from the GUI. Did you have to remove it via command line or is there a better way?
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What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.
What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.
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Righto, thanks.
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What I do is delete the apps I don't want before I install the rom. Just unzip it, go into the apps folder and delete the apps you don't want and then rezip it all. You can do this on your computer our with astro. Otherwise you have to use cmd prompts.
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Nice! If I'd have known it was that easy, I would have been doing that all along. So will this work both ways, could I just as easily add an APK that I wanted?
armyengineer51 said:
Nice! If I'd have known it was that easy, I would have been doing that all along. So will this work both ways, could I just as easily add an APK that I wanted?
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Yep you just paste the .apk's into the /system/app folder before you re-zip the rom. I have a couple apps that I add before I install a rom.
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Yep you just paste the .apk's into the /system/app folder before you re-zip the rom. I have a couple apps that I add before I install a rom.
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Fan-freakin-tastic, thanks for that little tidbit!
Just thought I share a discovery:
Using voodoo + stock on jpy I found myself unable to alert files in the system folder even using root explorer. When trying to change system apps like modded touch wiz or phone apps I couldn't gain access so I tried converting just the system folder back to rfs via voodoo recovery and voila! Was able to change system to read write!
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Does anyone have a DL09 ROM that has been deodexed but still has all of the bloatware?
Nothing against the developers of the current DL09 ROMS I just want to be able to take out exactly what I want.
I searched and couldn't find anything...
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unzip a deodexed rom and get the apk you want.
use search to find a deodexed rom with all apk's
it has been discussed a number of times within the forum
+1
I would like to see this as well, as what I want doesn't seem to play nice with the phone. Ultimately, what I want is a stock, de-binged, de-odexed DL09, that still has the bloatware I can custom remove, and want to replace the Car dock with the google-friendly one (part of de-binged), desk dock and music player with AOSP versions, and the accurate circle battery fix. The de-odexed DL09 rom I found from adrynalyne is debloated, removing some apps I want. And my attempts to add them back, such as Write&Go, fail to install and Root Explorer won't allow me to dropt it into System/Apps. I also like the option to flip to TW Launcher if I choose and have the full selection of Samsung Widgets to play with to shake things up.
Get Samsung Apps from sonofskywalker3's section of ROM Manager.
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And my attempts to add them back, such as Write&Go, fail to install and Root Explorer won't allow me to dropt it into System/Apps.
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did you set the system/apps to R/W access? The new versions of Root Explorer default to R/O.
Adrynalyne's DL09 supah clean 0.4 has TW still included, and ADW as well. You should be able to add all the apps you want back to it without issue. I've restored MMS and VVM without issue, and have a theme w/ circle battery installed, running snappy as hell.
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did you set the system/apps to R/W access? The new versions of Root Explorer default to R/O.
Adrynalyne's DL09 supah clean 0.4 has TW still included, and ADW as well. You should be able to add all the apps you want back to it without issue. I've restored MMS and VVM without issue, and have a theme w/ circle battery installed, running snappy as hell.
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Yeah, my root explorer is mounted as r/w, but when i choose to paste the .apk in the system/app folder, does nothing
What I REALLY wish we had was a kitchen for roms. Blackhole is close, but doesn't have all options available. I've seen a port from the Vibrant forums that looks promising. Times like these make me wish I had learned a programming language
Need help changing to ext4 link to download cwm3, and can I flash it straight from phone no computers involved
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there's a one click solution in the dev forum
you will need a computer to install clockwork mod recovery version 3
1. Get the zip file from the cwm3 file and unzip it on your phone.
2. Open run.bat in a text editor so that you can see what files are pushed where.
3. Open a terminal program on your phone and copy those files there.
And of course pre-1. Search for a thread called something like "how do I get clockwork 2.5.1.2 back after switching to ext4" It will also tell you what files to copy where.
Check out this vid. Randy Shear is the man.
Yet another lazy user
I've been looking for ever thanks,
epic apocalyspe viperrom
Converted to Ext4 last night with Truly Epic. Now my phone no longer randomly soft reboots.
On the normal clock there was a timer function. I dont see it anywhere on the asop clock thats part of super clean. Is there one? If not i guess ill just get an app for it but i used it alot so i remembered to feed my parking meter. Wife hates when i get parking tickets.
I love superclean but I had the same problem with the AOSP clock. So what I've done since the first one is open Rom Manager, click Download Rom, click Sonofskywalker3, then click Desk Clock and download the Stock Desk Clock and let that download.
I don't use rom manager to restart and install anymore because it used to boot me into a different recovery so I then restart into recovery using the button when you hold the power button and install the zip from SD card. It's a little tricky to find but you start in the Clockwork Mod folder. Find the zip for the clock and install it.
Also you may have to disable Voodoo to install, if you're on Voodoo, I know I did.
The clock will take over as your default clock but the AOSP clock will still be there.
Hope this helped!
I too prefer the stock clock over aosp. So you can do as was stated above or what I did was download it using clockwork then used astro file manager to find the zip. Open it
Then extracted the apk and replaced the aosp clock with stock.
I downloaded it from sonofskywalker and pulled the apk with root explorer and put it in system/app. Works great. Thanls guys.
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boland.20 said:
I downloaded it from sonofskywalker and pulled the apk with root explorer and put it in system/app. Works great. Thanls guys.
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How did you get permission to put in system/app with root explorer? I attempted that without success. I ended up doing an adb push.
Either way I agree the original clock is nice.
dw77x said:
How did you get permission to put in system/app with root explorer? I attempted that without success. I ended up doing an adb push.
Either way I agree the original clock is nice.
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In root explorer there is a little button at the top that says mount r/o. I hit that so it switches to mounted as r/w, which i assume is read/write. R/O i assume is read only. This should allow you to do whatever you like in these folders.