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/system/build.prop tweaks

I'm not responsible to any damage which is caused by applying any modification listed below to your phone.
Backup
If you made mistake to this file, you phone will not boot in gui, so you should always backup the file before you make any change to it. Just use any file manager to copy the file to your sd card or your pc.
Restore
If you have a Linux machine you can mount the /system partition while plugging in with the purple screen (vol up + vol down + power).
Easiest way: get Ubuntu, put your phone in purple screen, plug in with USB, you will see the system partition at your Ubuntu desktop.
The hard way: if the /system partition is no accessible under purple screen mode (such as in the latest 528 rom), you can use adb push the backup file back, search the web for details about how to use adb.
I'm digging the build.prop, some apps can do some of these tweaks for you, but I prefer typing myself. You need to reboot the phone to take effect.
1. windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=75
add this new line to make UI more responsive, the bigger the value the more responsive, I've tried 90, too fast, fall back to 75, still quite fast
2. ro.config.hw_menu_unlockscreen=false
change value from "false" to "true" to enable menu key unlocking screen
3. ro.sf.lcd_density=240
change to 225 to increase the resolution of display, as a result, the size of icon on home page and fonts of list (of file manager or contact) become smaller, the smaller the value the smaller size of icon and fonts
4. dalvik.vm.heapsize=24m
increase the value to 32m~48m to increase stability and performance, tested but doesn't see much effect so far

all so if you tried games like nova or brother in arms that have black screen or graphic probs do this they now all work
go to /system/build.prop and edit it to this then close and turn the phone off / on do a build.prop DO A BUILD.PROP BACKUP FIRST ALLWAYS A MUST BEFOR PLAYING AROUND.
once the phone is on go to settings about phone model number and it will say Desire HD.
Then download games for the htc desire hd and it works.
if you want it back to standed just replace it with the backup

i think the suggestions are great!
big thx!!!

thanks for the share

Do I just change the name, where it says build.prop now?

sorry there are still some games that wont work like brother in arms 2 and modern combat black pegasus but all the others work like
splinter cell
sandstorm
n.o.v.a.
and so on

your phone hast to be rooted and use root explorer and go to
/system/build.prop and open and edit the text then reboot your phone

backed up the build.prop and made the changes. On restart it hangs on boot screen (huawei name and logo) I have to remove the battery to switch off. tried connecting to the PC to restore build.prop but it doesnt load the phone memory. Only launches the mobile partner autostart. Also tried updating by adding update.zip to sd card but says signature verification failed. Tried lading general update from huaweidevice.com onto dload directory on sd card, Just shows purple screen on booting with power, vol up and down. Please advice.

adrdsouza said:
backed up the build.prop and made the changes. On restart it hangs on boot screen (huawei name and logo) I have to remove the battery to switch off. tried connecting to the PC to restore build.prop but it doesnt load the phone memory. Only launches the mobile partner autostart. Also tried updating by adding update.zip to sd card but says signature verification failed. Tried lading general update from huaweidevice.com onto dload directory on sd card, Just shows purple screen on booting with power, vol up and down. Please advice.
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If you have a Linux machine you can mount the /system partition while plugging in with the purple screen (vol up + vol down + power).
Easiest way: get Ubuntu, put your phone in purple screen, plug in with USB, you will see the system partition at your Ubuntu desktop.

Thank you..a mate uses linux so went over and it worked like a charm. I hadn't put the 'm' at the end in 'dalvik.vm.heapsize=24m' but it is sorted now. Thanks again.

Hi there.Is there any value in build.prop file to decrease the time that the screen rotates?I measure that the default time is about 1sec.I want it 500ms or lower.

ive root and root explorer, but when i try to edit the build.prob it says that its read only rom .
whats the problem?
sry for my bad english

In the top right hand corner there is a button which says 'mount r/w' press it and your filesystem will be read/write. Then make the changes to build.prop then press the button again then reboot.

volume headphones?
Where can I find the file corresponding to the volume of the sound through headphones? A similar problem occurred on the ZTE, but was repaired in the new ROM.

Piron said:
Where can I find the file corresponding to the volume of the sound through headphones? A similar problem occurred on the ZTE, but was repaired in the new ROM.
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/system/etc/hwVolumeFactor.cfg

iamelton said:
/system/etc/hwVolumeFactor.cfg
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I found the compination of speaker=80 and wired_headset=80 pretty cool.Has anyone found a better setting?

headphone volume
80 is too much. For me the best settings are:
- speaker 75 (default)
- Headphones 70 (higher values ​​will cause the overload of sound)
With this setup is really cool .

Swype
The original ROM is installed Swype keyboard, but not in the Polish language. It is not possible to uninstall Swype and you can not install a new keyboard. Despite the ROOT system does not allow the removal of the keyboard ("cust/hw/ideos_x5/app / "). Does anyone know how to remove the keyboard, or where to replace your dictionary?

adrdsouza said:
Thank you..a mate uses linux so went over and it worked like a charm. I hadn't put the 'm' at the end in 'dalvik.vm.heapsize=24m' but it is sorted now. Thanks again.
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unfortunately I've got the same problem with you, I changed a file's name in the system/ directory now the phone bricks. I mounted it on mu ubuntu laptop and found that file but it says I have no permission to change it back...what should do now?
edit: never mind, I got it solved with sudo. I am a stupid linux noobie.

I just opened the file, but there's no "windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec" in it, i found the rest (2-4), does someone know why?
Edit: after applying the B160 ROM, i found this line, works great

[GUIDE][DOCK][Updated] Disable popup and autoenable foreign layouts when docking

Using a soft keyboard different than the Asus one, when the dock is connected an annoying message pop up telling us that if we don't change the soft keyboard to the asus one, the dock keyboard could not function well.
This is mostly important for non US users, as when the soft keyboard isn't the Asus one, the layout used for the dock is the standard US one.
Root needed
Using Autostarts we can disable the popup when the dock is connected:
Download autostarts from the market, open the app, let it load all the the way, then click on Asus Keyboard under "Docking changed" and disable it
or in terminal
adb shell
su
pm disable com.nuance.xt9.input/.DockEventReceiver
For permanently change the standard layout of the dock keyboard:
Locate your national keychars in /system/usr/xt9/keychars
mine is qwerty-it_IT.kcm
The first 2 character after the - is the language of the keyboard, in my case Italian, the 2 characher after the _ is the country of the keyboard, Italy in my case.
copy this file in /system/usr/keychars
rename the standard one asusec.kcm in asusec.kcm.old for backup purpose.
then rename the one you copied in asusec.kcm
Locate your national layout in /system/usr/xt9/keylayout
mine is qwerty-it_IT.kl
copy this file in /system/usr/keylayout
rename the standard one asusec.kl in asusec.kl.old for backup purpose.
then rename the one you copied in asusec.kl
reboot and you are all done
P.S.
you can use root explorer to copy and rename those files, or you can do it with adb.
If you don't know how to use those, maybe is better to learn before messing around in the system files.
P.P.S.
If anyone know a free app that can replace autostarts, let me know so I can update the guide.

Great guide, thx a lot! If we mess with keychars and keylayout, we could also remap specific keys, right?
For example, I don't really need the three brightness buttons on the dock, i barely change brightness, and if i have to sometimes, i don't mind browsing to settings-->display.
Can we remap these to different keys OR specific apps, OR even better: to key combinations? Would be cool to have cut, copy and paste on the brightness buttons. What do you think?
Plus, one more off topic thing, I think you could know: Is there a file which could change mouse button mapping and perhaps enable additional mouse buttons (thumb mouse buttons for example)? I though of setting the "menu" key to the right mouse button instead of "back" for example.
Regards
qwer23

qwer23 said:
Great guide, thx a lot! If we mess with keychars and keylayout, we could also remap specific keys, right?
For example, I don't really need the three brightness buttons on the dock, i barely change brightness, and if i have to sometimes, i don't mind browsing to settings-->display.
Can we remap these to different keys OR specific apps, OR even better: to key combinations? Would be cool to have cut, copy and paste on the brightness buttons. What do you think?
Plus, one more off topic thing, I think you could know: Is there a file which could change mouse button mapping and perhaps enable additional mouse buttons (thumb mouse buttons for example)? I though of setting the "menu" key to the right mouse button instead of "back" for example.
Regards
qwer23
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You can remap any key you want, I've seen a guide somewhere in the forums.
For the mouse I don't think you can do anything without some serious hacking, the dock trackpad follow the standard rules for mouses in android: left click = click, right click = back, whell button click = menu.
I also hate how they have implemented the 2 finger scrolling, when you scroll actually the trackpad long click where the cursor is, and invert the axis of the trackpad, so when you scroll down you are in fact long pressing and scrolling the cursor up, and so on.
It messes so many apps, as this simulated long click can be registered by the app

Updated on the first post how to disable permanently the asus keyboad popup when docking

qwer23 said:
Would be cool to have cut, copy and paste on the brightness buttons. What do you think?
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You can do it with ctrl+x ctrl+c and ctrl+v

I can't see the Thank You button, but I thought I'd just say thanks!
This is an excellent guide and worked perfectly for my UK keyboard!
Much appreciated

I found an alternative to Autostarts, fire this commands in a terminal:
Code:
adb shell
su
pm disable com.nuance.xt9.input/.DockEventReceiver
These are the "cut&paste" commands for changing the layout:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
mv /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm.old
mv /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl.old
cp /system/usr/xt9/keychars/qwerty-it_IT.kcm /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm
cp /system/usr/xt9/keylayout/qwerty-it_IT.kl /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl

I found my own solution for disabling the dock connected popup.
I modified the XT9IME.apk so that the popup is not displayed and posted it here before stumbling upon this thread.

Would it be possible to make a update zip, to do this in clockwork, ive just insalled a new rom, now i need to redo the fix.

jambo89liam said:
Would it be possible to make a update zip, to do this in clockwork, ive just insalled a new rom, now i need to redo the fix.
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I could script this and have update.zips for it.
Perhaps someone else could create an app that does it via a menu system to select your country.

Fixed?
Over on http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1152317.html the last post says:
"The warning message has now been fixed, after the latest update 8.4.11. It now gives you the option of 'Do not show this again."
So maybe it's now fixed? (Don't have my Transformer at work to check for myself.)

You can use this as an executable (755) script file if you want to use another keyboard with another language
Code:
#!/system/bin/bash
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mv /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm.orig
cp /system/usr/xt9/keychars/qwerty-de_DE.kcm /system/usr/keychars/asusec.kcm
mv /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl.orig
cp /system/usr/xt9/keylayout/qwerty-de_DE.kl /system/usr/keylayout/asusec.kl
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Just replace the "de_DE" parts with your language code.

Just wanted to bump this b/c of the ICS release.
While those ADB commands give me a "segmentation fault"...
Azhad said:
adb shell
su
pm disable com.nuance.xt9.input/.DockEventReceiver
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the following procedure still works like a charm on ICS!
Azhad said:
Locate your national keychars in /system/usr/xt9/keychars
mine is qwerty-it_IT.kcm
The first 2 character after the - is the language of the keyboard, in my case Italian, the 2 characher after the _ is the country of the keyboard, Italy in my case.
copy this file in /system/usr/keychars
rename the standard one asusec.kcm in asusec.kcm.old for backup purpose.
then rename the one you copied in asusec.kcm
Locate your national layout in /system/usr/xt9/keylayout
mine is qwerty-it_IT.kl
copy this file in /system/usr/keylayout
rename the standard one asusec.kl in asusec.kl.old for backup purpose.
then rename the one you copied in asusec.kl
reboot and you are all done
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Thanks again for working this out!

can anyone please make the dock keyboard work with latvian? i hate anysoftkeyboard, it stops working and its craching all the time.
i want to use dock like on a normal computer.

Does latvia have its own keyboard layout or do you use one that another country uses as well? Which county abbreviation would it be (like en for English and de for German)?

Doesn't work ?!
modmatt said:
the following procedure still works like a charm on ICS!
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Doens' work for me, in fact, if I'm copying the de_DE files from Revolver 4 over to my EOS AOSP rom build and put the keychars (asusec.kcm) and the keylayout (asusec.kl) in their respective folders and reboot afterwards, nothing happens to the dock input. Still stays the same old QWERTY like before.
But I can see in file manager that the copying was successfull. New asusec.kl and asusec.kcm are there.
Someone help me ?

You already mentioned the reason yourself, I think. As you are using an AOSP ROM it means that you're using a plain vanilla android basis, which - correct me if I'm wrong - obviously doesn't know anything about asus*.* keyboard files. Just copying some files somewhere is not enough to let the system know what to do with it.
You probably have to deal with some scripts, that are run at every start up, that give proper instructions for the operating system. Unfortunately this is way beyond my knowledge.

modmatt said:
You already mentioned the reason yourself, I think. As you are using an AOSP ROM it means that you're using a plain vanilla android basis, which - correct me if I'm wrong - obviously doesn't know anything about asus*.* keyboard files. Just copying some files somewhere is not enough to let the system know what to do with it.
You probably have to deal with some scripts, that are run at every start up, that give proper instructions for the operating system. Unfortunately this is way beyond my knowledge.
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What are you going on about? This works just fine on ICS with Revolver, just changed my dock back to azerty. rayman33 just did something wrong.

Please read that rayman33 uses an AOSP ROM that has nothin to do with Asus. You are using Revolver, which is bases on Asus' original ROM - that is why it works for you but not for him.

i just found this post as i'm having the very same issues using my transformer tf300 - currently running official stable CM10
the bad thing about it is only, in my CM10 i don't even have a /system/usr/xt9/ directory and when looking into the backup of my stock ASUS rom, I do have /system/usr/xt9/ and even subdirs keychars and keylayout, but without any content.
it would be lovely if someone would be so kind to suck out the de_CH files for me and could post them here!

Free 50 GB Box Account HELP

I followed the instructions according to mdalacu
Working great, and all i had to do was to change only 2 lines in buid.prop using ES File explorer with 2 options activated: Root Explorer and Mount File System.
1. Be sure that you have root
2. Install ES File explorer and Options and check this: Root Explorer and Mount File System
3. Navigate to /system. Long press on buid.prop , open as text.
4. Edit the file by modifying this lines:
ro.product.model=GT-N7000
ro.product.brand=samsung
into
ro.product.manufacturer=LGE
ro.product.model=VS910 4G
5. reboot
6. install from market box (box.net)
7. Create the account. A confirmation message will appear that you have 50 GB capacity.
8. Again from EFS File Explorer navigate to /system. Check that you have a file named build.prop.bak and if so, delete buid.prop. Rename build.prop.bak into build.prop. Now you can disable from options : "Root Explorer" and "Mount File System"
9. Reboot
10. Enjoy your amizing phone
Note: I had done this on KL7 with stock kernel.
Was able to create a bunch of accounts, then deleted the build.prop file and renamed the build.prop.bak back to build.prop, rebooted the phone, and I get to the Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 screen, then it goes black. I cannot boot up the device now.
Any suggestions?

yeahmon said:
4. Edit the file by modifying this lines:
ro.product.model=GT-N7000
ro.product.brand=samsung
into
ro.product.manufacturer=LGE
ro.product.model=VS910 4G
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I don't think you are supposed to change "brand" to "manufacturer". For me, there was already a "ro.product.manufacturer" value (edit: of course, I also changed the "model" value) and I just changed that.
However, I don't see how this could have caused your problem. Are you sure you renamed the backup file "build.prop" correctly? Maybe accidentally left a symbol there, or deleted one too many?

bnapalm said:
However, I don't see how this could have caused your problem. Are you sure you renamed the backup file "build.prop" correctly? Maybe accidentally left a symbol there, or deleted one too many?
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Sounds like OP deleted the build.prop and perhaps the rename failed and didn't notice, so now they have no build.prop file whatsoever.
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Are you able to access the device using a cable via adb (is USB debugging enabled on your phone)?
I know nothing about rooting the Note just yet, though if it's the same setup as G1/Nexus/Desire (I guess it would be) you should be able to get into recovery then use adb at a command line to push a new build.prop file to /system which should allow your device to boot.

bnapalm said:
I don't think you are supposed to change "brand" to "manufacturer". For me, there was already a "ro.product.manufacturer" value (edit: of course, I also changed the "model" value) and I just changed that.
However, I don't see how this could have caused your problem. Are you sure you renamed the backup file "build.prop" correctly? Maybe accidentally left a symbol there, or deleted one too many?
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It worked, and I was able to reboot back into the Note with these settings.
jayshah said:
Sounds like OP deleted the build.prop and perhaps the rename failed and didn't notice, so now they have no build.prop file whatsoever.
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Are you able to access the device using a cable via adb (is USB debugging enabled on your phone)?
I know nothing about rooting the Note just yet, though if it's the same setup as G1/Nexus/Desire (I guess it would be) you should be able to get into recovery then use adb at a command line to push a new build.prop file to /system which should allow your device to boot.
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I think you're right about losing the build.prop file. Fortunately, I backed it up. I am trying to access the device now. I have no GUI on the Note. I am hoping it is just a blank screen and the device is still functioning in the background. I'll be back momentarily with an answer to accessing it.

ok...I can access the Note's file system. However, when I try to copy the backup build.prop file into the system directory via Android Commander, it says I need root access to do this permission.
The Note IS rooted. I don't get it.

This appears to be a problem with Android Commander. There are threads about this same problem, but rather than the software creator place a link to his FAQ that he ridicules everyone for not reading, he lambasts them instead. Thats a real good way to get a donation.
Anybody got any other suggestions for a root file explorer, preferably for Mac, but PC will work too.

be careful, backup buid.prop and restore it after creating Box account.

amincom said:
be careful, backup buid.prop and restore it after creating Box account.
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I am having no luck finding a way to get root access from a computer.

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user error

The tumbleweeds are big around here

There's an app for that
Without having to edit files and without root.
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/12/28/get-50gb-of-free-box-cloud-storage-without-rooting/

But is there an app to copy my file over from my computer?

amincom said:
be careful, backup buid.prop and restore it after creating Box account.
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vcespon said:
Without having to edit files and without root.
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/12/28/get-50gb-of-free-box-cloud-storage-without-rooting/
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Please read the OP before posting.
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The fact that you are using Android Commander implies you have adb access, this is good.
Here's what I would do to fix your problem, it definitely isn't the only way, but it will work.
#1: Get ADB installed on your PC/Mac/Linux
#2: Open a command line and run
Code:
adb devices
as a test, you should get output that one device is connected via cable, if you don't abort here, nothing else will work
#3: run
Code:
adb remount
This will make your /system writeable
#3: I'll put this as a windows instruction because I don't know the Mac filesystem, but it's almost identical
Code:
adb push C:\build.prop /system/
This will push C:\build.prop (please put your backup copy here) into /system/ of your Note. If you're on a mac, you will need to find another place to put it, e.g. if it's /users/bob/build.prop the command just becomes
Code:
adb push /users/bob/build.prop /system/
I hope this helps
Edit: Paste a copy of output here if it doesn't work so I can help debug

I was onto this earlier but a Command line gets me this:
'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

yeahmon said:
I was onto this earlier but a Command line gets me this:
'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
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You'll need to download/install adb first.

jayshah said:
You'll need to download/install adb first.
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standby...

its taking forever to install SDK

This is a lost cause.
No matter what I do, I get the same errors. Anything I try to do to remedy the issue only opens another door to hell.
I should have stuck with Dropbox.

yeahmon said:
This is a lost cause.
No matter what I do, I get the same errors. Anything I try to do to remedy the issue only opens another door to hell.
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You're really going to have to paste the error messages here for any of us to help you further
Alternatively, can't you just reflash your current ROM on top?

[Guide] How to have write protection disabled on boot with stock rom

For this to work you will need to be rooted with twrp installed.
This is for people who are on the stock rom or a rom without init.d support.
1. Download the wp_mod.ko file from @flar2's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701816
and copy it over to your SD card (either internal or external)
2. Boot into twrp
3. Select the "Mount" option on the main menu and tick system
4. Go back to the main menu and then go into the "Advanced" option. There will be a "File Manager" option
5. Navigate to the folder you saved the .ko file in and copy it (just touch the file and it will bring up the menu)
6. now navigate to /system/lib/modules and copy the file there by hitting the "select" button on the bottom right.
7. Navigate to /system/lib/modules and insure the file is there. Now touch it to bring up the menu. select "Chmod" option and enter in 644
8. reboot the device
9. Once booted fully open up Terminal emulator and type:
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko
10. Once that's done open up a file manager app with root access and mount as r/w and navigate to /system/etc and look for the file install-recovery.sh
11. edit the file using a text editor, adding the line insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko towards the bottom of the file
12. reboot and enjoy r/w on boot without running the command every time
13. profit

I don't have my hands on mine yet (ordered a Dev edition from Amazon), but I greatly appreciate your work here! R/W was a massive pain for me on my M7, and this seems much more simple and easy. Thanks again!

Hi graffixnyc,
Thanks for the explanation, but the link to the file is not working ....

link
flaxjef said:
Hi graffixnyc,
Thanks for the explanation, but the link to the file is not working ....
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CC

Should be fixed now.. I don't know why it cut off some of it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701816

Thanks for the turorial, but this isn't working for me
The file can't be executed (even after chmod) - and if i try to execute this file in an other directory, my terminal says that this file can't be found..
Any ideas?
So my device simply ignores Step 7 .... :crying:

graffixnyc said:
For this to work you will need to be rooted with twrp installed.
7. Navigate to /system/lib/modules and insure the file is there. Now touch it to bring up the menu. select "Chmod" option and enter in 644
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I know I am being a grammar nazi, but I am fairly certain you mean "ensure". I tried to just leave it alone, but I can't not say something. It's a curse.

Fenny said:
I know I am being a grammar nazi, but I am fairly certain you mean "ensure". I tried to just leave it alone, but I can't not say something. It's a curse.
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It is ironic that a "grammar nazi" would use a double negative while pointing out a grammatical error...

noimjosh said:
It is ironic that a "grammar nazi" would use a double negative while pointing out a grammatical error...
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lol... yeah, would have been better to say: "but I'm compelled to say something"
Oh well, no biggie though.
Don't know how I missed this thread though, thanks graffixnyc.

noimjosh said:
It is ironic that a "grammar nazi" would use a double negative while pointing out a grammatical error...
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Indeed, it is ironic.

thank you

412070391 said:
thank you
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Does this work if the phone is still s-on? (unlocked/rooted but no s-off)

Sorry, but will this fix my little niggling issue with MX player? I keep my Stewart/Colbert files on the extSD card, but I can't delete them when done watching them using MX Player's delete command. I have to remember which files are watched and then use ES File Explorer to delete them. A silly second step in my opinion. Yes I am rooted, s-on, with TWRP.
I'm staying stock hoping a firewater solves my s-on issue, but yes I should probably do a custom ROM to solve this and a few other things.

Will this make SD card writeable to all apps?

Will this make external micro SD card writeable to all apps?

Sn8kbordin said:
Will this make external micro SD card writeable to all apps?
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MAN, NO DOUBLE POSTS. but yea it should do it...if not there is another way

In Terminal Emulator it says "Failed Exec Format Error". Any ideas?

I followed the 1st post directions without errors for Sense 6.0, Andoid 4.4.3. When I tried to:
1. When I tried editing and saving system/customize/ACC/default.xml in ES File Explorer phone rebooted on save and default.xml went back to stock
2. When I copied default.xml to extSD card, edited it, and tried overwriting system/customize/ACC/default.xml with edited default.xml in TWRP recovery phone also rebooted
I want to do this mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/general/enable-built-music-channelroot-t2818128

Thinking of selling HTC Desire 816

hi all, i am Thinking to sale Htc desire 816 from yesterday because i am tired of its low internal storage.. actually i m a heavy gamer and before buying i thought i would be able to move game data to external sd card and also to delete system apps and bloatwares so i unlocked my bootloader and rooted and then i have tried every method and software available on earth to do what i stated but failed..... i cant delete system apps at any cost ... also cant move game data........ i have tried many apps like Gltosd or root file explorer or a very popular one named Sdfix but all failed......i also tried moving wp.ko module to system/ libs/ modules but that didnt helped as well .. now i think i should have gone for a phone having at least 16gb built-in memory... what you guyzz say? any suggestions

I am using gl to sd app works fine for me maybe u haven't properly flashed the sd fix
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i think ur sytem is protected try to disable it by using "wp_mod.ko" ...

Use wp mod.ko...I'm currently using it.....
Backup your cell before doing this
Do step by step very carefully....Or else, you'll have to flash the backup
Then try root uninstaller app

jithumon said:
Use wp mod.ko...I'm currently using it.....
Backup your cell before doing this
Do step by step very carefully....Or else, you'll have to flash the backup
Then try root uninstaller app
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i already have done wp.ko method ... no profit.... it doesnt work... when i uninstall system app and reboot it come back again.... sdfix and root uninstaller is not working also........

after activating wp_mod.ko with insmod-command you have to do another command in terminal as su :
mount -o remount,rw /system
now the wp_mod.ko takes effect und you can edit /system (carefully)
after rebooting the device /system is writeprotected again and you have to renew the command
greetings

n70shan said:
i already have done wp.ko method ... no profit.... it doesnt work... when i uninstall system app and reboot it come back again.... sdfix and root uninstaller is not working also........
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Do below steps for a permanent system write access
Do step by step very carefully. After this, install root uninstaller(Search Google play). If installed, uninstall & reinstall after this.
1 install TWRP
2 Boot into twrp
3. Select the "Mount" option on the main menu and tick system
4. Go back to the main menu and then go into the "Advanced" option. There will be a "File Manager" option
5. Navigate to the folder you saved the .ko file in and copy it (just touch the file and it will bring up the menu)
6. now navigate to /system/lib/modules and copy the file there by hitting the "select" button on the bottom right.
7. Navigate to /system/lib/modules and insure the file is there. Now touch it to bring up the menu. select "Chmod" option and enter in 644
8. reboot the device
9. Once booted fully open up Terminal emulator and type:
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko
10. Once that's done open up a file manager app with root access and mount as r/w and navigate to /system/etc and look for the file install-recovery.sh*
11. edit the file using a text editor, adding the line insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko towards the bottom of the file
12. reboot and enjoy r/w on boot without running the command every time.

n70shan said:
hi all, i am Thinking to sale Htc desire 816 from yesterday because i am tired of its low internal storage.. actually i m a heavy gamer and before buying i thought i would be able to move game data to external sd card and also to delete system apps and bloatwares so i unlocked my bootloader and rooted and then i have tried every method and software available on earth to do what i stated but failed..... i cant delete system apps at any cost ... also cant move game data........ i have tried many apps like Gltosd or root file explorer or a very popular one named Sdfix but all failed......i also tried moving wp.ko module to system/ libs/ modules but that didnt helped as well .. now i think i should have gone for a phone having at least 16gb built-in memory... what you guyzz say? any suggestions
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for backup app with data, no matter its system app or what, TRY TITANIUM Backup.
I thought i could help.:angel:

jithumon said:
Do below steps for a permanent system write access
Do step by step very carefully. After this, install root uninstaller(Search Google play). If installed, uninstall & reinstall after this.
1 install TWRP
2 Boot into twrp
3. Select the "Mount" option on the main menu and tick system
4. Go back to the main menu and then go into the "Advanced" option. There will be a "File Manager" option
5. Navigate to the folder you saved the .ko file in and copy it (just touch the file and it will bring up the menu)
6. now navigate to /system/lib/modules and copy the file there by hitting the "select" button on the bottom right.
7. Navigate to /system/lib/modules and insure the file is there. Now touch it to bring up the menu. select "Chmod" option and enter in 644
8. reboot the device
9. Once booted fully open up Terminal emulator and type:
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko
10. Once that's done open up a file manager app with root access and mount as r/w and navigate to /system/etc and look for the file install-recovery.sh*
11. edit the file using a text editor, adding the line insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko towards the bottom of the file
12. reboot and enjoy r/w on boot without running the command every time.
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thanks man......... i confirm that only this way you can have write access to your system and this is the only working method at the moment...... Grakernel ruined my camera and battery....... for all those who needs proper write access to delete system apks or move app data to external sd card must use this method attention ally........ now i m not selling my phone,,,,,,,,,

n70shan said:
thanks man......... i confirm that only this way you can have write access to your system and this is the only working method at the moment...... Grakernel ruined my camera and battery....... for all those who needs proper write access to delete system apks or move app data to external sd card must use this method attention ally........ now i m not selling my phone,,,,,,,,,
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That's a great news.... Congo bro...

jithumon said:
Do below steps for a permanent system write access
Do step by step very carefully. After this, install root uninstaller(Search Google play). If installed, uninstall & reinstall after this.
1 install TWRP
2 Boot into twrp
3. Select the "Mount" option on the main menu and tick system
4. Go back to the main menu and then go into the "Advanced" option. There will be a "File Manager" option
5. Navigate to the folder you saved the .ko file in and copy it (just touch the file and it will bring up the menu)
6. now navigate to /system/lib/modules and copy the file there by hitting the "select" button on the bottom right.
7. Navigate to /system/lib/modules and insure the file is there. Now touch it to bring up the menu. select "Chmod" option and enter in 644
8. reboot the device
9. Once booted fully open up Terminal emulator and type:
su
insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko
10. Once that's done open up a file manager app with root access and mount as r/w and navigate to /system/etc and look for the file install-recovery.sh*
11. edit the file using a text editor, adding the line insmod /system/lib/modules/wp_mod.ko towards the bottom of the file
12. reboot and enjoy r/w on boot without running the command every time.
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So with this method I can move all games completely to SD card?

Kabo22562 said:
So with this method I can move all games completely to SD card?
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You can move game data by using Gl to Sd after this

jithumon said:
You can move game data by using Gl to Sd after this
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Thanks for the reply, man, but is there any tutorial I could follow those steps? I mean is there any videos or somehow? because this seems too much complicated to me, as I am still new to android world after getting addicted to Nokia mobiles..

Do games run smoothly on this phone since we're talking about moving the to SD?

Toyeboy said:
Do games run smoothly on this phone since we're talking about moving the to SD?
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Yeah, it runs smoothly epically. I didn't face any lag problems except for asphalt 8. It just lags on high graphics, but works fine for both medium and low..
Still waiting for someone to help me doing the up procedure. :/

Kabo22562 said:
Thanks for the reply, man, but is there any tutorial I could follow those steps? I mean is there any videos or somehow? because this seems too much complicated to me, as I am still new to android world after getting addicted to Nokia mobiles..
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Fist make your SD writable. Then install GL to SD.
Google for GL to SD tutorial.
Don't wait for anyone, Google is a good teacher.

I have already sold it…. Now am in htc m8

mbwambo said:
I have already sold it…. Now am in htc m8
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Yikes, never HTC again after my experience with this phone. Buying the s5 tomorrow, hopefully I don't regret it.

FoxyDrew said:
Yikes, never HTC again after my experience with this phone. Buying the s5 tomorrow, hopefully I don't regret it.
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What happened that changed your mind on the 816? You've always seemed like you were enjoying the phone.
Sent from my 710C using Tapatalk

Antiph3d said:
What happened that changed your mind on the 816? You've always seemed like you were enjoying the phone.
Sent from my 710C using Tapatalk
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Might just be bad luck for me, but my headphone jack stopped working, my sim card slot broke, and my SIM card spring broke. Also I didn't like the limited storage and awkward buttom placement.