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[HOWTO] Upgrading to insanity ROM

[size=+2]Installing insanity[/size]
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I have a regular Samsung Galaxy S. Well I did have until today, and I ventured through the installation of the insanity ROM. By regular, I mean very, very, very, ordinary.. I’ve not even root’ed by Galaxy. So to get to a nice stable working insanity Galaxy S, I performed the following steps :
What is insanity?
insanity ROM is a basic, small, light-weight ROM that focuses on core functionality and speed. It is <70 Mb of installation if your phone is already root’ed. It also supports tweaking the DPI so that you can have almost any resolution you like (depending on the screensize of your phone).
Safety Copy
As I’m fairly cautious I wanted to make sure I had a copy of my data, and had the ability to “go back” to the stock phone.
To get a copy of the data, I installed the Samsung USB drivers (my other machine uses Kies, but it’s not powered up right now). You can get the drivers part way down this page :
EZBase Downloads or the direct link:
Samsung USB Drivers (x64)
Samsung USB Drivers (x86)​
After installing the driver (no reboot required) I then go in to the phone settings and turn on USB debugging, and plug the phone in. It then appears as a Windows device. After that I copied all of the files from my device to a temporary place on TWO of my desktop computers!
Going back to the beginning .. well I hope I never have to, but if I do, I already downloaded the original ROM from : Stock Firmwares for Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Thread - This is my base release : I9000BUJG2|2.1|2010 July
EZBase
This is the forum page for EZBase
Basically I followed in the instructions in the PDF which is located off that page. You download EZOdin, EZBase.pit, and the three files ending in MD5. One of those is 250Mb+ so it takes a bit of time. You then have to restart your phone in download mode… to do that power off the device, press the volume down button, the home button, and the power button.. then wait a few seconds for the splash screen to appear and let go of the buttons. The phone should go in to Download mode.
Once you’re there, run EZOdin, per the guide in the above link, and maybe 5 minutes later all will be rebooted. Your phone will already probably look considerably different! At this point you can plug the phone back in, and copy the insanity zip file to the /sd folder… ready for the next step.
During the installation of EZBase it might do a few quirky half reboots, that’s all fine, it’s installing a new kernel and mode, and it’s meant to behave a bit oddly whilst doing that !
Recovery mode to get the insanity ROM installed
You then have to restart your phone in Recovery Mode. This time it’s volume up, home, and the power on button.. for a few seconds, then when the logo appears, let go of the buttons. Once in recovery mode follow the screenshots on the insanity forum page for the steps to follow, and in a few minutes you’ll have a rebooted phone with insanity installed.
Tweaks / Post Installation
Unlike many ROMs out there the insanity ROM is very small – less than 70 Mb. So there are quite a few apps which aren’t installed any longer, but, you can get them back with nitrality. Here is a run down of the things that I’ve done so far :
I checked my gallery and my music – it’s all still there ?
Open nitrality (you might get warned about it taking super user access, just accept that). Go to UI Tweaks and then tick the box saying “Application scaling”. Old applications will now hopefully behave nicely.
Whilst still in the UI Tweaks section I changed Popup Animations and Transition Animations to fast, and checked the box next to Fancy Input Animations
Now in nitrality, open Applications (and wait a little bit if it is the first time you have run it). Scroll down to near the bottom and install the Voice Recorder. It’ll record all your incoming and outgoing phone calls by default !
Tweak what gets recorded.. because you might not be quite as paranoid as peoples say! Swipe the home screen downwards, and the phone will appear (or open Applications). Click Recording Settings, and then tick the boxes next to either incoming or outgoing, or whatever you prefer.
Whilst in the Recording Setting page consider turning off the “Disable increasing ringtone” by ticking the box at the top.
Customise swipe bindings by going into Preferences from the home screen, and click on Action Bindings. By default Swipe Down is set to “Open Dialer” as an example.
Install the Gmail addon if required, from the insanity page.. you have to restart (one more time) into Recovery Mode to do that … but you don’t have to do some complicated finger pressing any more. Hold the power button down as though you are going to switch it off, and choose Recovery in the list.
I then dragged and dropped the following to the home screen :
- Phone
- Gallery
- Camera
- Gmail (On launching Gmail I had to set up my account again but that’s fine.)
Next up for me, is to install :
My To Do List manager
My Flickr Uploader
And I want to test GPS, when I go outside (but it’s cold today)
Maybe now will be the time when I investigate some other apps that do those jobs!
I have to say there was a bit of a hairy moment or 5, when it appears that I was touched by the 50% on Cell Standby "bug".. I got that sorted thanks to Nitr8 and TrOjAnUK. I think it was a mixture of turning off HSPDA, and the new XXJVK modem suggested by TrOjAnUK, and, the in-and-out-of-air-plane-mode. Have a look at the battery post for more details.

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Mr G....
Nice work fella, thanks for this tut I am sure you will help a lot of people out with this. I will link it in insanity....

Nicely done! Welcome to XDA

Great
Great thanks for adding to the main trail on the insanity thread, I know there was lots of discussion on that thread about noobs and stuff (I'm not even as advanced as a noob yet!).

RobWilcox said:
Great thanks for adding to the main trail on the insanity thread, I know there was lots of discussion on that thread about noobs and stuff (I'm not even as advanced as a noob yet!).
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lol, but you search before you ask, and when you ask its a little but more than my "fone don't work help"
P.S. Anyone calls you a noob let me know ill slap em

terranq said:
Nicely done! Welcome to XDA
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Thanks terranq.
I think it's important to "write down" what I did... otherwise by tomorrow I'll have forgotten almost completely.

The only fault I see with this is the fact you should really have added [HOWTO:] in the thread topic..
Might be worth asking a mod to do it if you are unable to edit it now.. apart from that, well done great work.. now go and enjoy your phone thats an order
TrOjAn

D'oh.. Okay, I've done it (Advanced Edit FTW)

That's an amazing way to enter and present oneself to a forum.
Many many thanks, I as many come from nitr8's thread, and I'm using your post to help me help my friends (so I don't have to carry on all the work and they also learn a bit).
Naturally you had to be friends with nitr8! Keep up the good work!

Thanks Mumps, much appreciated. If you use the thread, let me know if there are any adjustments that can/should be made, and I'll update it gladly.

Well done guy. Maybe you should hang out in the insanity thread and abuse people that claim to be new and are just being lazy

Nice; If I'd read through things here and on the main thread properly yesterday (now THERE's a tip!!!), I would have not worn a hole in my screen trying to sync my contacts!

About updating Insanity ROM
I am Sorry if my question is stupid but I didn't find answer from the forum...
I got a SGS with Insanity 0.6.5 version installed in it (previous owner did this). I would like to install the newest version. Since this already is rooted phone can I just follow the following instructions?:
1.Backup all your data, a CWM backup is nice to have
2.Copy Insanity ROM to internal SD Card
3.Reboot into Recovery Mode
4.Flash insanity via CWM ALL data will be wiped
5.Full Reboot - Wait for phone to start up
6.Reboot into Recovery Mode
7.Install Customizations via CWM - Battery Icon Mods & Apps
8.Reboot
Or do I need the install the EZBase etc?
Thanks for the help in advance!
-jp

can't see the voice recorder
I have just gotten into the world of insanity and installed CM15 just a while ago following your instructions here and on the main page.I can't seem to find voice recorder anywhere!Could you give a hint as to how to get hold of it?
Thanks in advance.

sathkartha said:
I have just gotten into the world of insanity and installed CM15 just a while ago following your instructions here and on the main page.I can't seem to find voice recorder anywhere!Could you give a hint as to how to get hold of it?
Thanks in advance.
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Find it in nitrality....and come over and join us at the madhouse
Insanity cm 015/glitch

Thanks for the guide !

Nook CM7-on-SD

I'm trying to load up the gapps ZIP, to get Market and my Google apps going.
1. The whole "press and hold for X seconds" on the power/n buttons ain't working too well for me. The thing keeps just loading normally or rebooting cuz I hold power too long or something).
2. When inside CM7, and I choose Reboot/REcovery, it actually skips the SD entirely and loads me into the original B&N on the machine itself. Derp.
I followed these instructions for installing CM7
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
using the update-cm-7.0.0-encore-signed.zip as recommended by quinxy here:
http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/comple...on-the-nook-color/comment-page-3/#comment-944
So, any tips or ideas on how to get into recovery (it's a CM7 install on SD) so I can put in Market and GAPPS?
I also noticed that when it boots, I'm in some black screen always and have to click power twice to actually get the CM7 desktop to show. Whassup with that?
edit: also, is there harm with installing CWM from ROM manager in this CM7 SD card install? Will it install it to the SD card, or to the Nook Color itself? Will it dork things up? I want to keep them separate (B&N on the machine, CM7/GB on the SD). Is this the reason I can't get into any kind of recovery mode, because I don't have CWM installed?

Which build of CM7 are you running? The more recent nightlies made the reboot into recovery process easier.

SonicClang said:
Which build of CM7 are you running? The more recent nightlies made the reboot into recovery process easier.
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I'm really not sure -- I grabbed the one I was told to do in the post at:
http://quinxy.com/2011/04/01/comple...on-the-nook-color/comment-page-3/#comment-944
with a direct link to update-cm-7.0.0-encore-signed.zip, whatever that is. The file is here:
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/get/update-cm-7.0.0-encore-signed.zip
Since creating an install to SD is so brain-dead simple, I'm happy to switch over to something else if needed.
What about CWM? If I go to ROM manager, it tells me CWM isn't installed. If I install it - is it putting it to the SD or the machine itself? I'd really love to keep it internally clean, all on the SD.

You should be running at least the latest stable build, 7.0.3. If you're more daring, like me, you can install the latest nightly, which may in the 100's now (I haven't checked in a couple days).
I honestly haven't done anything in ROM manager yet so I can't offer any advice there. I've had problems with it and don't care eenough to troubleshoot. I use Win32imager to make img backups of my install.

SonicClang said:
You should be running at least the latest stable build, 7.0.3. If you're more daring, like me, you can install the latest nightly, which may in the 100's now (I haven't checked in a couple days).
I honestly haven't done anything in ROM manager yet so I can't offer any advice there. I've had problems with it and don't care eenough to troubleshoot. I use Win32imager to make img backups of my install.
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I just went here:
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=encore
and grabbed the top one, cm_encore_full-106.zip, and it is installing to the card now, we'll give it a shot and see how well it works. I'm *assuming* these are all CM7.
edit: I got a different boot splash screen than the previous one, so that's a bonus. Nicer boot animation. Crossing fingers that it doesn't start up in sleep mode like the other build package did (always had to toggle power button to get the desktop to show after a boot). Yar, desktop!
OK, now to see if this thing will reboot into recovery....

Yup, that should do it. Didn't realize we were up to 106 already!! CM7 is short for Cyanogen mod 7, so yes, they're all CM7 See how 106 works for you.

SonicClang said:
You should be running at least the latest stable build, 7.0.3. If you're more daring, like me, you can install the latest nightly, which may in the 100's now (I haven't checked in a couple days).
I honestly haven't done anything in ROM manager yet so I can't offer any advice there. I've had problems with it and don't care eenough to troubleshoot. I use Win32imager to make img backups of my install.
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You're a genius - it was a crappy build of CM7 I must've flashed first. The latest did the trick. Nice boot anim, came right to desktop, rebooting into recovery picked up the gapps zip and installed it.
Thanks for the advice. I'll make a restore point with Win32Image thingy now. Thanks again for your help.

You're welcome. Make sure to "thank" me. I just started posting here and wouldnt mind a little color on my thank o meter
I'm not a genuis, that would be the guys who made cm7. I'm nowhere near that smart.

SonicClang said:
You're welcome. Make sure to "thank" me. I just started posting here and wouldnt mind a little color on my thank o meter
I'm not a genuis, that would be the guys who made cm7. I'm nowhere near that smart.
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I was going to - but can't figure out where the Thank button went, it's not showing up on any posts I see in this thread. :-/
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Ha! I have no idea, like I said, I just started posting here so I have no idea how to do it either. Maybe someone smarter than I will post with the answer.

Well, GAPPS is installed -sort of- but now stuck at "SETUP WIZARD" at the top whenever I boot the nook. Softkeys are not responding, the only thing that does is the notifications pulldown. No desktop, just a big fat "SETUP WIZARD" at the top, and black screen.
Grrr.
edit: Rebooted it, and now have a nice normal set up screen. Yay.

Maybe an obvious question, but did you make sure to setup your WiFi connection before installing the gapps? One time I was in a hurry and installed gapps before setting up my WiFi and I had to start over

I did that twice already, but even with setting up wifi, i got that setup wizard glitch (which went away when I simply rebooted). It looked a lot like a set up screen for gapps that didn't render quite right. It's probably an artifact from being on the most bleeding edge nightly....
it's all up and running though, and looking very nice. love the fact it's all on the SD - so very, very nice.

I'm glad you got it working. I think I got that weird gapps glitch one time but yeah, it goes away after a reboot.
I too LOVE that it's all off the SD card. My daughter (3) likes a couple apps that I have on the Barnes and Noble interface, so about once a week I boot into that (its horrid by the way once you've been running CM7 for a while). I'm going to be helping a friend get CM7 on his viewsonic g tablet this weekend and thats a full flash to main memory install. Makes me a bit more neervous but it looks pretty straight forward.
By the way, I highly recommend Launcher Pro, with the unlocker (a couple bucks). it makes everything soooooo smooth.

I use LP on my EVO (running rooted w/a cleaned up Sense ROM w/o any sprint bloat). I love it. I find GO launcher, ADW and LP all have very similar features.
I have a few paid apps (Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, Beautiful Widgets) - that I bought with the Evo and are working here, was able to DL and install them from Market - so that's handy.
Although "Move to SD Card" seems sorta "huh, wha?" now.
I haven't overclocked my nook yet - think it's something I should do? I read about some kernel tweak to kick it up to 1.1GHz. The final thing I need to do is get Netflix working on here, then I'll be content.

I'm running LP on my HTC Desire and its awesome. not necessarily better than sense, but its fresh, like a new phone almost.
I have NO idea what "move to SD card" does if you're running on an SD card. I'd love an explanation from someone on that.
I can help you get Netflix going if you need help. That's my number one favorite app on my Nook Color. That alone made installing CM7 worth it. Nothing better than sitting in bed at night watching movies on it.
Oh yeah, under Cyanegon Mod settings, find tablet tweaks (careful, dragons ahead), and you can easily overclock the CPU to 925 MHz right there. I don't know a way of setting it higher while running off an SD card. If you figure it out, point me in the right direction please?

SonicClang said:
I'm running LP on my HTC Desire and its awesome. not necessarily better than sense, but its fresh, like a new phone almost.
I have NO idea what "move to SD card" does if you're running on an SD card. I'd love an explanation from someone on that.
I can help you get Netflix going if you need help. That's my number one favorite app on my Nook Color. That alone made installing CM7 worth it. Nothing better than sitting in bed at night watching movies on it.
Oh yeah, under Cyanegon Mod settings, find tablet tweaks (careful, dragons ahead), and you can easily overclock the CPU to 925 MHz right there. I don't know a way of setting it higher while running off an SD card. If you figure it out, point me in the right direction please?
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I wouldn't mind some help getting Netflix going, if you would please. I noticed it's not even appearing in the Market (I think Market changed a bit to filter out unsupported apps now).
As far as moving to SD card - I did notice a few glitches. Things like moving Facebook caused Facebook's contact/feed syncing to break and vanish. I suppose anything that needs background processes are going to be flakey. There were other ones, like Word for Friends that also glitched on me. I just moved them back to "phone" and they worked again.
Not really pressed for space - but yeah, minor bugs there.
So....netflix?

Found an APK I was able to side-load, but Netflix is all chipmunk-y!

Someone has a download link to the apk file on these forums. Look around for that. Tell your Nook to install third party apps. Install the program after downloading that.
Install Root Explorer and allow it super user access. Open up the system folder and mount r/w. Open up build.prop in the text editor. Change the following lines to match this.
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
The first one normally says NookColor and the seconds says bn.
save the file and restart the device. Netflix should work like a charm, and best of all, the Android Marketplace does not break. Although the market will think you have an HTC Vision
Modifying the build.prop file fixes the chimpmonk problem by the way.

SonicClang said:
Someone has a download link to the apk file on these forums. Look around for that. Tell your Nook to install third party apps. Install the program after downloading that.
Install Root Explorer and allow it super user access. Open up the system folder and mount r/w. Open up build.prop in the text editor. Change the following lines to match this.
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC
The first one normally says NookColor and the seconds says bn.
save the file and restart the device. Netflix should work like a charm, and best of all, the Android Marketplace does not break. Although the market will think you have an HTC Vision
Modifying the build.prop file fixes the chimpmonk problem by the way.
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For some reason, Root Explorer (and SU) don't think it's rooted. I see SU installed and when I launch it, it tries to update itself, and says something like "failed to update, probably from not being rooted - zip put on sd card, flash it in recovery."
Root Explorer doesn't give me my usual option to flip to R/W mode and edit files. I tried installing Busybox, too - and that thing complained about not being rooted as well.
So, dunno why - but this doesn't seem to think it's rooted. Odd, considering it all exists on the SD card.
Any clues?

[S4 Active]Flash CWM zips without custom recovery

DO NOT TRY TO USE THIS TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS/RECOVERIES/KERNELS. THIS IS ONLY TO INSTALL TWEAKS THAT COME IN THE FORMAT OF A FLASHABLE .ZIP! READ THIS AND THE DEVELOPER'S THREAD BEFORE YOU PROCEED WITH THIS! I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKS!
I thought all S4 active users should be aware of this -- you CAN flash CWM/TWRP .zip files WITHOUT a custom recovery. Albeit the app is a proof-of-concept/beta. It still does work and people with locked-down xperia phones use it to flash .zips
If you're on a regular S4 you'd be better off using CWM or TWRP so stop reading this.
You also cannot flash custom ROMs with this. Certain system files are critical to maintaining stability and if they are overwritten while the device is powered on it'll crash and you'll have a bricked franken-ROM phone. Don't try to flash kernels or recoveries with this either. You're just asking for trouble.
By clicking "Show" below you agree that I'm not responsible for your phone exploding or bricking when you do this. You could easily end up in a boot-loop and have to restore with odin. As a matter of fact, even if you do everything correctly you could still end up with a bricked phone. It won't be my fault. There is no way to do nandroids as of now so you will have to restore to out-of-box state with odin and start from square one.
From your phone:
1) Visit the developer's thread here
2) Read his thread and make sure you understand any warnings/consequences of using his tool.
3) Scroll to the bottom of the page, download and install the APK
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4) Download your favorite flashable mod .zips. There's some links at the bottom of the OP.
5) Click "Select zip.." and then use your favorite file explorer to navigate to the location of your .zipped mod/tweak/whatever
6) Flash Gordon will request superuser, choose "accept"
7) Double check that you selected the correct .zip and have the correct options
8) Click "Flash Now!". Don't worry if your phone hangs, give it a few minutes to do its thing. Mine lagged very bad as I flashed acid audio mod. Do not hit the home button or do anything to cause the app to exit.
9) Once flash gordon is done a notification will appear telling you to reboot - Click that notification and your device will reboot. If the app hangs at "Installing" give it a good 10 minutes and if it's still "Installing" just manual reboot. If your mod requires you to wipe the cache partition I reccomend booting to the stock 3e recovery by holding vol up + power + home and wiping it that way so you don't experience FC's from clearing cache while device is running.
10) Once device is powered on it should take you through that "Android upgrading" message and then you can enjoy your mod!
11) Optional: Throw money at/thank "Androguide.fr" for his awesome app.
Confirmed working:
Acid Audio Mod - Use the one here - V7 will bootloop you or cause a glitch where your device is "Upgrading applications" every boot
Going to try more later -- post a picture of your favorite mod/tweak running and I'll add it to this OP!

Thank you for posting this. I am sure it will help many Active users, but I wonder how long it will be before people ignore your warnings and try to flash a kernel or ROM or custom recovery with this?
Please people READ and READ some more so you don't mess up your phones. I don't know if it will do any good but maybe putting that part at the top in Red letters might help.
Again. thanks.

scott14719 said:
Thank you for posting this. I am sure it will help many Active users, but I wonder how long it will be before people ignore your warnings and try to flash a kernel or ROM or custom recovery with this?
Please people READ and READ some more so you don't mess up your phones. I don't know if it will do any good but maybe putting that part at the top in Red letters might help.
Again. thanks.
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Thanks and done.

I am tempted to see if the following mod will work... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320427
NVM the mod I would really love to see is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335635 anyone willing to try it out

joshuadjohnson22 said:
I am tempted to see if the following mod will work... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320427
NVM the mod I would really love to see is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335635 anyone willing to try it out
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I don't see why it wouldn't work. Just try it

thatbigmoose said:
I don't see why it wouldn't work. Just try it
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Lol i really want to but I don't feel like re-setting up my phone if it messes up lol.
I have already rooted my parent's S4 Active and regular S4 and I did a lot of mods for them... Just tired of re-setting up my phone. Are you not interested in CM10.1 MMS? It rocks... one of the only stock messaging apps I would like to use all the time

joshuadjohnson22 said:
Lol i really want to but I don't feel like re-setting up my phone if it messes up lol.
I have already rooted my parent's S4 Active and regular S4 and I did a lot of mods for them... Just tired of re-setting up my phone. Are you not interested in CM10.1 MMS? It rocks... one of the only stock messaging apps I would like to use all the time
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I did 3 Odin flashes today from messing with flash Gordon and trying to install acid audio

I made a bloat killer based off the one found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250403
Kills all S-Apps including note, memo, browser, sync services, ATT updater, flipboard, facebook, Samsung stock file explorer, "Simple" launcher, Swype
Leaves allshare play and all the stuff with wifi-direct, all google apps, group play, mobile hotspot, Samsung stock video app, TW launcher, ChatON because that ****er is invincible, Samsung keyboard, all of the apps that looked vital that I couldn't be bothered toying around with
Use this at your own discretion, I could've ****ed up and deleted a bad file, but my system is running great. As usual I'm not responsible for bricks.
Here's a list of ALL the apps it takes care of:
Code:
delete("/system/app/wssyncmldm.apk");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmldm.odex");
delete("/system/app/YPMobile_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/YahoostockPhone2013.odex");
delete("/system/app/YahoostockPhone2013.apk");
delete("/system/app/YahoonewsPhone2013.odex");
delete("/system/app/YahoonewsPhone2013.apk");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmlnps.odex");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmlnps.apk");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmlds.odex");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmlds.apk");
delete("/system/app/wssyncmldm.odex");
delete("/system/app/WlanTest.odex");
delete("/system/app/WlanTest.apk");
delete("/system/app/TripAdvisor.apk");
delete("/system/app/TravelWidget.apk");
delete("/system/app/TravelService.odex");
delete("/system/app/TravelService.apk");
delete("/system/app/Telenav_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/Swype.apk");
delete("/system/app/S-Voice_Android_phone_J.apk");
delete("/system/app/StoryAlbumWidget.odex");
delete("/system/app/StoryAlbumWidget.apk");
delete("/system/app/SPlannerAppWidget_NAmerica.odex");
delete("/system/app/SPlannerAppWidget_NAmerica.apk");
delete("/system/app/SNoteProvider.odex");
delete("/system/app/SNoteProvider.apk");
delete("/system/app/SMemo2.odex");
delete("/system/app/SMemo2.apk");
delete("/system/app/SmartWifi_vpl_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/SHealth2.apk");
delete("/system/app/SecNoteMyFiles.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudSyncSNote.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudSyncSBrowserTabs.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudSyncSBrowserBookmark.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudSyncContacts.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudSyncCalendar.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudQuotaApp.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudDataSync.apk");
delete("/system/app/sCloudDataRelay.apk");
delete("/system/app/SBrowser.odex");
delete("/system/app/SBrowser.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.odex");
delete("/system/app/SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungTTS.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungMusic.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungHubUpdater.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungHub.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungGames.apk");
delete("/system/app/S_Translator_CSLi.odex");
delete("/system/app/S_Translator_CSLi.apk");
delete("/system/app/PolarisOffice5.apk");
delete("/system/app/PageBuddyNotiSvc2.odex");
delete("/system/app/PageBuddyNotiSvc2.apk");
delete("/system/app/myATT_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/MusicPlayerWT.apk");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_Samsung.apk");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_HP.apk");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_CUPS_Backend.apk");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrintSvc_CUPS.apk");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrint2.odex");
delete("/system/app/MobilePrint2.apk");
delete("/system/app/MMAppFramework.odex");
delete("/system/app/MMAppFramework.apk");
delete("/system/app/Match3VS.apk");
delete("/system/app/LiveTv_vpl_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/KNOXAgent.odex");
delete("/system/app/KNOXAgent.apk");
delete("/system/app/kieswifi.odex");
delete("/system/app/kieswifi.apk");
delete("/system/app/FamilyMap_vpl_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/EasyLauncher.odex");
delete("/system/app/EasyLauncher.apk");
delete("/system/app/EarCare.apk");
delete("/system/app/DriveMode_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/digitalLocker_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/Com2usPoker_ASGC.apk");
delete("/system/app/attMessages_vpl_ATT.apk");
delete("/system/app/AccuweatherPhone2013.apk");
delete("/system/app/AccuweatherPhone2013.odex");
delete("/system/app/ChatON_feature.apk");
delete("/system/app/Samsungservice.apk");
delete("/system/app/SecCalendar_NAmerica_SPen.apk");
delete("/system/app/SecCalendar_NAmerica_SPen.odex");
delete("/system/app/DioDict3Service.apk");
delete("/system/app/HealthContentProvider.apk");
delete("/system/app/CHS_J_Device_only.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungApps_J_Only.apk");
delete("/system/app/SamsungBooks.apk");
delete("/system/app/Flipboard.apk");
delete("/system/app/MusicLiveShare.apk");

This is sweet, big props to the developer on this one. Gonna play with this more tomorrow.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using xda app-developers app

joshuadjohnson22 said:
I am tempted to see if the following mod will work... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320427
NVM the mod I would really love to see is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335635 anyone willing to try it out
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It doesnt even let me flash it. It keep saying "the package is not a flashable zip"

tisaznpimp said:
It doesnt even let me flash it. It keep saying "the package is not a flashable zip"
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Try installing busybox?
Just search "busybox" on the market.

thatbigmoose said:
Try installing busybox?
Just search "busybox" on the market.
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Also doesnt work, says the same error.

just to be sure... you did run the busybox installer after you installed it, correct? Both BusyBox apps are just installers. You have to run them and tell them to perform the actual install.

I just tried flashing CM 10.1 with this and now my phone's bricked. Wtf man

aturbs said:
I just tried flashing CM 10.1 with this and now my phone's bricked. Wtf man
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You have to be trolling. If so, I hope you get banned.

aturbs said:
I just tried flashing CM 10.1 with this and now my phone's bricked. Wtf man
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Yeah at the very most you softbricked your phone. Which probably means you flashed the wrong zip for the mms. Just odin your phone back...

How can we edit this to keep any apps we want? Thanks !
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using xda app-developers app

rhkean said:
just to be sure... you did run the busybox installer after you installed it, correct? Both BusyBox apps are just installers. You have to run them and tell them to perform the actual install.
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awesome, thanks for the info. I successfully flash it. Thank you so much. =))

tisaznpimp said:
awesome, thanks for the info. I successfully flash it. Thank you so much. =))
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Did you install cm10.1 mms? If so which zip files did you install? Is everything working?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

joshuadjohnson22 said:
Did you install cm10.1 mms? If so which zip files did you install? Is everything working?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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I flashed the one from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335635
Make sure you use the 'Pre-MEA_AOSP_MMS_CPA-Poke-v2.zip'. Reboot phone and go to system/app with root explorer and rename KeyguardWidget.apk to KeyguardWidget.apk.bak. Done.
Everything, including both sms/mms works perfectly. You can even theme the conversation list and messages with custom background and different test color. I included screenshot to show you what I meant. =)
attached:

[Q] New to forums, new to rooting

Hello everyone.
I'm new to rooting, however, I have managed to root my SM-N9005. I followed a long and for me; difficult process, but I got there in the end. Odin, Tar file & SuperSU all led me to where I am now. My friend told me that I should be using Cyanogen Mod; which is installed. But I've noticed a few perplexing issues which I'm hoping you clever guys might be able to help me out with.
1) Since Modding, my SD card is no longer showing up in "My Computer" when I click on the phone icon. It is still there according to the "Storage" options on the phone and it is populated, but not showing up in my computer.
2) We have a number of devices in our house. 10" tablets, 7" tablets & various android phones. All these show up when I go to Google store, however, since the root, mine is nowhere to be found and I have no idea what to do. I cannot add software old or new, unless I go down the torrent route. MY friend told me that I should install "[GAPPS][4.4.x/4.3.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE APPS (All ROM's) [2014-06-08]" as this would solve my issue. So I installed it to my SD card, booted up with Vol up, Power on & home button, selected load zip.... = Fail
Look guys, I'm an old man who suffers from dyslexia, I have honestly tried my hardest, but I'm stumped.
I throw myself at your mercy and beg you for help.
Many thanks in advance.
Wulfrune

Wulfrune said:
Hello everyone.
I'm new to rooting, however, I have managed to root my SM-N9005. I followed a long and for me; difficult process, but I got there in the end. Odin, Tar file & SuperSU all led me to where I am now. My friend told me that I should be using Cyanogen Mod; which is installed. But I've noticed a few perplexing issues which I'm hoping you clever guys might be able to help me out with.
1) Since Modding, my SD card is no longer showing up in "My Computer" when I click on the phone icon. It is still there according to the "Storage" options on the phone and it is populated, but not showing up in my computer.
2) We have a number of devices in our house. 10" tablets, 7" tablets & various android phones. All these show up when I go to Google store, however, since the root, mine is nowhere to be found and I have no idea what to do. I cannot add software old or new, unless I go down the torrent route. MY friend told me that I should install "[GAPPS][4.4.x/4.3.x] OFFICIAL Up-to-Date PA-GOOGLE APPS (All ROM's) [2014-06-08]" as this would solve my issue. So I installed it to my SD card, booted up with Vol up, Power on & home button, selected load zip.... = Fail
Look guys, I'm an old man who suffers from dyslexia, I have honestly tried my hardest, but I'm stumped.
I throw myself at your mercy and beg you for help.
Many thanks in advance.
Wulfrune
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To make this clear.
1) Factory Reset your phone using odin and install latest firmware that can be downloaded here.
2) Flash your phone using odin. Just get rid of Cyanogen Mod first. (Install it later if you want)
3 After flashing stock rom, Check your SD card is it working or not.
4) If you want to root your phone you can go here and download appropriate file( Which is if you download latest firmware, it should be KK 4.4.2)
4) Flash the file using Odin.
5) If ONLY the problem of SD Card still occur, Try this one here.
Troubleshooting
1) If you are in stock rom and you dont have any problem with SDCARD, then it should be the CyanogenMod problem (I'd never install this rom so i don't know). You can ask on CyanogenMod Thread.

@Wulfrune :
in addition to @IzArsha post,
if you have problem with internal SD card, coming from CM/AOSP to TW rom,
you can try this.

IzArsha said:
To make this clear.
1) Factory Reset your phone using odin and install latest firmware that can be downloaded here.
2) Flash your phone using odin. Just get rid of Cyanogen Mod first. (Install it later if you want)
3 After flashing stock rom, Check your SD card is it working or not.
4) If you want to root your phone you can go here and download appropriate file( Which is if you download latest firmware, it should be KK 4.4.2)
4) Flash the file using Odin.
5) If ONLY the problem of SD Card still occur, Try this one here.
Troubleshooting
1) If you are in stock rom and you dont have any problem with SDCARD, then it should be the CyanogenMod problem (I'd never install this rom so i don't know). You can ask on CyanogenMod Thread.
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Thank you for the reply.
However, please understand that you're talking to someone with ZERO experience of rooting and in a nutshell..... I'm afraid I've almost no idea what you're talking about The way I usually get around this is to follow video advice.
I will try my very best to get around this problem, but it's abundantly clear to me that I'm in over my head and that it was clearly a huge mistake on my behalf messing around with the phone in the first place. I just HATE the way Samsung think that just because I bought their phone that they own a piece of me.
Given my above statement, I will of course understand if you've no wish to spoon feed me through this process..... But if you can be of further help, I will of course, be very grateful.
The main thing is, you had noble intentions and wanted to help and I think you sincerely for that.

antique_sonic said:
@Wulfrune :
in addition to @IzArsha post,
if you have problem with internal SD card, coming from CM/AOSP to TW rom,
you can try this.
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Thank you for getting back to me. I followed the instructions you outlined step by step, word for word, pay absolute attention to detail and the following id the result:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # restorecon -v -R /data/media
SELinux: Loaded file_contexts from /file contexts
SELinus: Skipping restorecon_recursive(/data/media)
[email protected]:/ #
Sadly, still no sign of the SD card in my computer
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Wulfrune

get rid of root and all will be ok :good:

Wulfrune said:
Thank you for getting back to me. I followed the instructions you outlined step by step, word for word, pay absolute attention to detail and the following id the result:
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # restorecon -v -R /data/media
SELinux: Loaded file_contexts from /file contexts
SELinus: Skipping restorecon_recursive(/data/media)
[email protected]:/ #
Sadly, still no sign of the SD card in my computer
Any more ideas?
Thanks
Wulfrune
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Okay just forgot root method first. After you flash stock rom, still no Sd card shown on your computer? it might be your driver is not up to date. Download the PC driver here and reboot your pc and connect your phone and see how it goes shall we?

IzArsha said:
Okay just forgot root method first. After you flash stock rom, still no Sd card shown on your computer? it might be your driver is not up to date. Download the PC driver here and reboot your pc and connect your phone and see how it goes shall we?
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I think I might be running a newer version of the software that is being linked?
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Here's an update on the state of play .
I have upon advice here updated to Samsung USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.5.29.0.
I have also changed out my 64gb SD and tried a different one. whilst it still didn't show up in my computer, it did enable me to load up Google's stock package, which in turn, via play store app on the phone lets me load apps again.
I have come to the conclusion that Cyanogenmod might not have been the best route for me and that I'd probably be better off without it. I'm pretty sure it may even go a long way to solving the issues I'm having with the SD card not showing up.
So..........
2 things.....
1) Can someone tell me the safe way to remove Cyanogenmod
&
2) Can someone please suggest a replacement that will fully work with the SM-N9005 please?
Many thanks for you help so far.
Wulfrune

proximity sensor - screen not turning off during calls

Hello forum,
after digging around in plenty of places:
the screen of my S10+ (G975F) does not turn off, during phone calls. it used to work for a while, when i bought it, but one day it stopped.
testing with *#77692# shows a working sensor.
installing Lineage OS 17, i find it working normally. but Lineage is no go, as with the poor coverage here at home, i depend on Voice over WiFi.
so i assume, it's software, not hardware.
i tried about all updates from Samsung, until now, apart from G975FXXU4CTC9. As i read, that there are some quirks with TWRP, i hesitate to install this, as the downgrade isn't possible, after my understanding.
i found out that deactivating google playstore and everything xy.setup keeps the sensor working. it stops, after connecting to playstore and doing updates. so i still think it is definitely not hardware. but what else could be the cause ?
did someone else come across this problem and eventually really solve it ?
thanks for Your help
roland

blackspy_ said:
Hello forum,
after digging around in plenty of places:
the screen of my S10+ (G975F) does not turn off, during phone calls. it used to work for a while, when i bought it, but one day it stopped.
testing with *#77692# shows a working sensor.
installing Lineage OS 17, i find it working normally. but Lineage is no go, as with the poor coverage here at home, i depend on Voice over WiFi.
so i assume, it's software, not hardware.
i tried about all updates from Samsung, until now, apart from G975FXXU4CTC9. As i read, that there are some quirks with TWRP, i hesitate to install this, as the downgrade isn't possible, after my understanding.
i found out that deactivating google playstore and everything xy.setup keeps the sensor working. it stops, after connecting to playstore and doing updates. so i still think it is definitely not hardware. but what else could be the cause ?
did someone else come across this problem and eventually really solve it ?
thanks for Your help
roland
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Check in setting/running apps,
some apps are using the sensor so you are getting this problem.
If you cannot fix this problem then try wiping cache only not data.
Sent from my P5 mini using premium XDA app

PrashannaGP said:
Check in setting/running apps,
some apps are using the sensor so you are getting this problem.
If you cannot fix this problem then try wiping cache only not data.
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I wiped everything about a dozen times. it happens after fresh install, when google is doing its first setups and updating the playstore/framework. and also in safe mode, where no apps should be involved.
the only way not to have it, is to deactivate everything "google" and "setup" without SIM and WLAN. re-activating them, later, leads to the same problem again. no additional apps installed.

blackspy_ said:
I wiped everything about a dozen times. it happens after fresh install, when google is doing its first setups and updating the playstore/framework. and also in safe mode, where no apps should be involved.
the only way not to have it, is to deactivate everything "google" and "setup" without SIM and WLAN. re-activating them, later, leads to the same problem again. no additional apps installed.
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What could be the problem then! I never had this problem ever with same device and same rom too
Check your hardware using
HTML:
CPU-Z apk

PrashannaGP said:
:
Check your hardware using
HTML:
CPU-Z apk
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as mentioned before: the hardware is ok, otherwise it would not work with *#77692#, nor in lineage OS. an other way to have it working is: re-lock bootloader and unrooted stock. so definitely not hardware

blackspy_ said:
as mentioned before: the hardware is ok, otherwise it would not work with *#77692#, nor in lineage OS. an other way to have it working is: re-lock bootloader and unrooted stock. so definitely not hardware
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I got the solution
If you have a perfectly working custom ROM or stock ROM then from that rom get
system/lib/hw/sensor.so file something like that and replace the folder that you currently have
And make sure you put the permission as rw-r-r
Use es file explorer
System/lib/hw/sensor....so file
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PrashannaGP said:
I got the solution
If you have a perfectly working custom ROM or stock ROM then from that rom get
system/lib/hw/sensor.so file something like that and replace the folder that you currently have
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so, i assume that i grab the file when the phone is still working properly and then replace it, once the problem showed up again - correct ?

blackspy_ said:
so, i assume that i grab the file when the phone is still working properly and then replace it, once the problem showed up again - correct ?
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grab that sensor.so file and paste in to the /system/lib/hw/..........paste....here
it is not correct because when you replace the file your device will reboot but no worries
when your device restarts
and go to the place where you replace the file /system/lib/hw/........sensor.so.....may be...
and change the permission of the file to
rw-r-r
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and only this will work.
once you change the permission using ES file EXPLORER or ROOT Explorer
you have to reboot twice.

PrashannaGP said:
and go to the place where you replace the file /system/lib/hw/........sensor.so.....may be....
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"sensor.so" does not exist, neither in the above path, nor anywhere else on the device
i attached the searchresults for "sensor.so" and just "sensor". the only thing that comes close to what you wrote, is sensors.exynos9820.so. but that is in /vendor/lib/hw.
i'm a bit lost there

blackspy_ said:
"sensor.so" does not exist, neither in the above path, nor anywhere else on the device
i attached the searchresults for "sensor.so" and just "sensor". the only thing that comes close to what you wrote, is sensors.exynos9820.so. but that is in /vendor/lib/hw.
i'm a bit lost there
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Yes what I am telling you is to replace the sensor file not necessarily it should be in other folder with .....name.....
Only the thing is to change the file carefully and change permission to
rw-r-r
That's all its not necessary where the location is.
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app

PrashannaGP said:
grab that sensor.so file and paste in to the /system/lib/hw/..........paste....here
.
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unfortunately, replacing
/vendor/lib/hw/sensors.exynos9820.so
and
/vendor/lib64/hw/sensors.exynos9820.so
with the ones from when it was working, did not help.
and yes, i did change to rwx rxx rxx
interesting is, that it works the whole day, until ... 05:20 in the morning - then it stops. after that the problem stays permanently

blackspy_ said:
unfortunately
and yes, i did change to rwx rxx rxx
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I told you to change from rwx rxx rxx to rw r r
you did this??
rwx rxx rxx
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which is incorrect
should be this
Code:
rw r r

PrashannaGP said:
I told you to change from rwx rxx rxx to rw r r
you did this??
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just wrote it wrong: rw- r-- r-- like all the other files.
i'll do some testing now, how to restore to working again. apart from installng from scratch ...

PrashannaGP said:
Code:
rw r r
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blackspy_ said:
i'll do some testing now, how to restore to working again. apart from installng from scratch ...
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in fact, it is very hard to get rid of it. resetting the phone, wiping whatever, reflashing, changing version or region of OS don't help at all, custom ROMs neither. aborting a flash, or flashing the wrong firmware neither. the only thing that helped this time, was to insert another simcard.
but after installing two more apps this morning (3C Toolbox and Nova Launcher) the problem is there again.
but this time the SIM-card trick doesn't help. uninstalling the two apps neither. this seems to work only once.
i think i will start from scratch i.e. re-lock/unlock bootloader ...

blackspy_ said:
i think i will start from scratch i.e. re-lock/unlock bootloader ...
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yes rooting and flashing custom roms means having too many bugs.
And Even sometimes the official software updates have bugs.
No one except the rom developer can fix the problem.
The method that i told you was for fixing general bugs of sensors and camera.
The android is a complex coded Operating System and is attached to every files and empty folder and also if the empty folders are deleted then it will start many proplems.

PrashannaGP said:
The method that i told you was for fixing general bugs of sensors and camera.
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this and nothing else does help right now. even going to stock with locked bootloader. the phone screen stays on. it only works in lineage OS.
update:
got it working again, by 1st doing an improper rooting i.e. flash stock and then not let it boot up
2nd try to flash the patched AP which aborts 3. flash stock again and root it properly.
then delete all the settings from what's called "setup", "update" and so on - all what is being done at 1st. start. then deactivate all those apps, do another reset from menu, but not boot to TWRP, where the reset will be completed. all this was done without network and playstore and with no simcard.
i don't know at what point it started working again, but right know, it does. will set it up properly now, as i expect it to be working after setup. it will only stop tonite around 05:20 CET --- i hope.
don't know if all this clarifies anything ...