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[HOW TO] install CyanogenMod/MIUI to your phone

[CyanogenMod/MIUI]
This assumes that you are running stock froyo or gingerbread ROM:
1.first make sure your phone is rooted.If not,come here for detail.Specially for GB rooting,come here for tutorial.
2.download and install droid2bootstrap(attachment)
3.open droid2bootstrap and select install recovery
4.Install bootmenu v0.8.6. For more detail,come here
5.download CM7 All in one update.zip from here and then put it in your sdcard
6.reboot to bootmenu and then goto custom recoery
7.apply All in one update.zip(ROM package)
8.reboot to bootmenu again!
10.wipe data/cache
11.apply update again
12.reboot and everything should be OK
Specially,if you already get bootmenu v1.x.x working in your phone,you can skip step1~7.
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[CyanogenMod]
This assumes that you are running MIUI:
1.reboot to bootmenu and then goto recovery
2.wipe data/cache
3.apply All in one update.zip(ROM package)
4.reboot and everything should be OK
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This assumes that you are running CM7:
1.reboot to bootmenu and then goto recovery
2.wipe cache and dalvik cache in advance menu
3.apply All in one update.zip(ROM package)
4.reboot and everything should be OK
Specially,if you got some apps FC issues,first try to clear data for that app.And if you still get serious FCs,consider to make a full data wipe.
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[MIUI]
This assumes that you are running CM7:
1.reboot to bootmenu and then goto recovery
2.wipe data/cache
3.apply All in one update.zip(ROM package)
4.reboot and everything should be OK
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This assumes that you are running MIUI:
1.reboot to bootmenu and then goto recovery
2.wipe cache and dalvik cache in advance menu
3.apply All in one update.zip(ROM package)
4.reboot and everything should be OK
Specially,if you got some apps FC issues,first try to clear data for that app.And if you still get serious FCs,consider to make a full data wipe.
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Questions
I have some questions ...
Firstly, with regard to the cm7 20111018-nightly v1.0, you mention that DEVTREE changed to UK2.2.2 and use CH2.6.0 kernel. Will the change in kernel appear in my phone ? (ie under kernel version)
Secondly, there is changes for the battd from uk2.2.2 (no battery jumping) Does it mean that the battery will not drop from 65% to 50 %?
Lastly, if I'm using the phone for mass storage and after i safely remove it, which is suppose to appear? ME722 or A953? (I'm from Asia region)
(I'm sorry, I cant post in the android development due to limited posts)
Thanks.

puiboy said:
I have some questions ...
Firstly, with regard to the cm7 20111018-nightly v1.0, you mention that DEVTREE changed to UK2.2.2 and use CH2.6.0 kernel. Will the change in kernel appear in my phone ? (ie under kernel version)
Secondly, there is changes for the battd from uk2.2.2 (no battery jumping) Does it mean that the battery will not drop from 65% to 50 %?
Lastly, if I'm using the phone for mass storage and after i safely remove it, which is suppose to appear? ME722 or A953? (I'm from Asia region)
(I'm sorry, I cant post in the android development due to limited posts)
Thanks.
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1.devtree will not show.
2.Yep,it should be.At least in my daily use.
3.When you use UK devtree, it shows A953.Otherwise ME722.

Thanks to this repost I'm now using the CM7 port, thank you very much.
Sent from my MotoA953 using XDA App

Endless7 said:
1.devtree will not show.
2.Yep,it should be.At least in my daily use.
3.When you use UK devtree, it shows A953.Otherwise ME722.
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Thanks Endless7, really appreciate it.
If there is battery jump, what advice can you give me?
Thanks

puiboy said:
Thanks Endless7, really appreciate it.
If there is battery jump, what advice can you give me?
Thanks
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Use battery calibration to calibrate or wipe battery status in CWM.

Endless7 said:
Use battery calibration to calibrate or wipe battery status in CWM.
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Use battery calibration to calibrate it for cm7-20111018, but battery still drop from 65% to 50% . Have flashed to the latest rom.

I'm having a problem. CM nightly does install fine and reboots but when I install droid2bootstrap and tries to boot into recovery, it does hangs on boot screen. Is there any specific directions I'm missing??

You cant use Droid2Bootstrap in CM7 or MIUI. They have integrated Bootmenu, which have included custom recovery.

ok then how to enter in recovery or Bootmenu? I'm giving a last go again :-(
Edit: I'm idiot!!!!! Cheers UFO for pointing.

After installing MIUI my Milestone2 is restarting constantly. Once installed, it worked normally. After installing several apps, it began to restart. I went back to voltage and frequency for stock. He kept restarting. I decided to start over. This time, I installed a few apps, restart stopped. After installing all the apps, To restart again. I was uninstalling apps, and it stopped rebooting. Is he related to the amount of apps, or even the amount of homescreens? I used the room (2.2.2 Argentina). MIUI 1.10.21V2. I believe that many users experienced this. Thank you.

Sorry, but I'm going to need some help to do this...
I couldn't find te CM7 All in one update.zip to download it, can anyone help me?
Sorry, I really don't know nothing about this... but I really want to try CM7

Found it?
guilhermemz said:
Sorry, but I'm going to need some help to do this...
I couldn't find te CM7 All in one update.zip to download it, can anyone help me?
Sorry, I really don't know nothing about this... but I really want to try CM7
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I'm not 100% sure and just finished reading through this whole stuff for the Milestone 2, but I think it's (as of today) the file called: "cm7-20111027-NIGHTLY-Milestone2-ICS-Stable-v2.zip". The link is always at the end of the last changelog in the code box (just scroll a little bit down).
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After this procedure the bootloader is still locked, isn't it?
What is now different before the leaked ROM came to us, why can we now install custom a ROM? We have a suitable kernel?

Big thanks for the hard work getting this done
noticed a few people have a problem with the USB not mounting and I'm having the same problem, quick digging around I found out when I mount as "memory card access" it connects find to the pc but unmounts the SD card and I haven't found out how to remount it yet
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forgot to mention going to setting>storage mount sd card is greyed out
20111027-NIGHTLY-ICS-Stable-v2

when I open Droid 2 BootStraper, only two choice can be chose,how i can install the recovery ?
I will upload a photo !
please help to fix it !
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LittleKu said:
when I open Droid 2 BootStraper, only two choice can be chose,how i can install the recovery ?
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click on bootstrap recovery and when it asks for root permissions give it, after that click on reboot recovery and it will take you to the recovery.

Good how to, i dont know how enter the recovery...
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BlackF09
Did you installed CM7? How was it?
Sent from my A953 using XDA App

Is there a way to backup the widgets (their positions in the screen)?
Can titanium do that? I've tried but unsucessfully.
By the way, I'm using cyanogenmod and it's awsome. Congrats endless7.
Sent from my MotoA953 using XDA App

Hello,
I'm following the steps to install CM7 on my phone - currently using "mostly blurless gingerbread" rom - but I'm getting an error message "Invalid MD5" when trying to apply the update (step 7).
Also, another question - do I need to unzip the update on the destination folder, or leave it unzipped?
Thanks in advance.

[Q] Odin Flash Failure - Advice Please

I've tried to flash my GT-I9505 using Odin and it's failed (please see screen grab below).
I used "I9505XXUBMH1-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL" from post 5 of this thread
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
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A few weeks ago, I tried "I9505XXUBMGA-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL" from the same thread and that failed and locked up my phone.
Which I had to pay to get the phone re-flashed properly.
(I've used the above successfully in the past).
Now, I'm in the same position again with a failed flash and probably paying to have it fixed again.
On the phone itself, the progress bar is only 2mm long. So if I switch it off, it will probably mess everything up.
What should I do now, while it's still connected to the PC and how can I successfully flash it in the future ?
Thank you.

What firmware's currently on the phone ?

MistahBungle said:
What firmware's currently on the phone ?
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It's 4.2.2.
I've managed to get the phone "working" again, by using "I9505XXUAME2-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX".
Which is on the same thread.
But, since I got the phone working again, I can't get WiFi to switch on. Factory reseting via Settings doesn't fix it.
All the ROMs I downloading in the past (MF8, MGA and MH1) with "ODEX" in the title from the same thread don't work.
Odin (any version), says "Not Responding" when I try them and fails to update (using Win 8.1).

0-0-0 said:
It's 4.2.2.
I've managed to get the phone "working" again, by using "I9505XXUAME2-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX".
Which is on the same thread.
But, since I got the phone working again, I can't get WiFi to switch on. Factory reseting via Settings doesn't fix it.
All the ROMs I downloading in the past (MF8, MGA and MH1) with "ODEX" in the title from the same thread don't work.
Odin (any version), says "Not Responding" when I try them and fails to update (using Win 8.1).
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Try clearing data , cache and dalvik cache from cwm and do a factory reset in cwm
sent from my GT-I9082 using xda app-developers app

asifcheer said:
Try clearing data , cache and dalvik cache from cwm and do a factory reset in cwm
sent from my GT-I9082 using xda app-developers app
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Sorry, but I've no idea what you're talking about.
Simple instructions, please.
If it's for post 3: If it's the same as powering off the phone and starting it with Vol. up, Home and Power keys and resetting it that way.
That didn't for resetting the phone and the WiFi problem.
If it's for post 1, please ignore.

0-0-0 said:
Sorry, but I've no idea what you're talking about.
Simple instructions, please.
If it's for post 3: If it's the same as powering off the phone and starting it with Vol. up, Home and Power keys and resetting it that way.
That didn't for resetting the phone and the WiFi problem.
If it's for post 1, please ignore.
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Edit:
Just to update.
I've lost all sound and I can't play any music or videos, even the Samsung material.

have u flashed a custom-recovery like cwm, Philz or TWRP?
If "clearing data , cache and dalvik cache" are new for you, plz read more about this all.

btmz said:
have u flashed a custom-recovery like cwm, Philz or TWRP?
If "clearing data , cache and dalvik cache" are new for you, plz read more about this all.
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Thanks for the reply.
CWM
I've deleted the cache partition and wipe data/factory rest.
I can't find the "dalvik cache", I've seen a YT video about it, but it's in "advanced settings", which I don't have.
I'm rooted , SuperSU is installed.

delvik cache is under advance option of philz recovery
AND DO INSTALL THE LATEST PHILZ RECOVERY V 6.0.0.1

Clearing cache/Dalvik ain't going to fix your problem. Your sound/WiFi is busted due to that bootloader issue. You need to flash a 'WiFi fix' (non-HLOS modem) to match your current firmware/bootloader. Go to the modem thread (search; easily found) & find a non-HLOS modem to match your current firmware (and I don't mean 4.2.2 or whatever, I mean XXUA, etc, etc)

Thank you for the replies and help.
This is the WiFi Fix page http://d-h.st/users/DjeMBeY/?fld_id=16262#files
But, my current FW isn't listed (ME2), I've tried ME3 and MEA, I think those are the ones before and after ME2 (maybe wrong).
But, they don't work. I've tried them multiple times.
I'm not sure which others to try.
I'm going to pay and hopefully get it fixed today.
But, I'd still like to know how to fix it, for future use.
It will mess up again, when I root it. That is unless I just stick with "I9505XXUAME2-PRE-ROOTED-KNOX" and not try later updated ROMs which have worked in the past).

0-0-0 said:
0-0-0 said:
I've tried to flash my GT-I9505 using Odin and it's failed (please see screen grab below).
I used "I9505XXUBMH1-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL" from post 5 of this thread
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
A few weeks ago, I tried "I9505XXUBMGA-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL" from the same thread and that failed and locked up my phone.
Which I had to pay to get the phone re-flashed properly.
(I've used the above successfully in the past).
Now, I'm in the same position again with a failed flash and probably paying to have it fixed again.
On the phone itself, the progress bar is only 2mm long. So if I switch it off, it will probably mess everything up.
What should I do now, while it's still connected to the PC and how can I successfully flash it in the future ?
Thank you.
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Maybe this helps ya: HERE
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Joku1981 said:
0-0-0 said:
Maybe this helps ya: HERE
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Thank you.
My phone is currently at the shop, waiting to be fixed.
But, I'll try those.
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0-0-0 said:
Joku1981 said:
Thank you.
My phone is currently at the shop, waiting to be fixed.
But, I'll try those.
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pla report whats happend.
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btmz said:
0-0-0 said:
pla report whats happend.
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I'm due to collect the phone tomorrow, I received info from them today (Geek Squad at Carphone Warehouse, a company based in the UK), saying that it had been fixed.
I'm guessing they reflashed it. But no info was given on what they did.
After I get it back, I think I'll get rid of it and get a HTC One instead.
Using a custom pre rooted ROM, just seems to mess the phone up.
Hopefully there's another way for the HTC. Plus, I shouldn't need to worry about Knox.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40778466&postcount=4
Download and flash modem for old bootloader and everything will be back to normal
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

lazybeard said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40778466&postcount=4
Download and flash modem for old bootloader and everything will be back to normal
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thank you.

[Theme] [Mod] 3minit battery mod - hammerhead - August 31, 2014

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Just when you thought this was for touchwiz roms only, I've managed to get this working for cm 11 stable build.
I've been tinkering with this for a bit longer than I should have. Special thanks to gharrington (3minit developer) and carl1961 for their extra time and help making this work for me.
Please note that I did not create this mod. I simply modified the systemui using the guide in the original thread linked below. All credit goes to the 3minit team!
So here's the deal:
I made this for my own CM 11 stable rom build. I have not released the rom because it's going to be part of a different project I'm working on. However this will work fine on the official cm 11 stable build.
It may or may not work on nightlies and other cm based roms. Worst case your systemui will fc on you. In which case all you need to do is dirty flash your rom.
This mod allows you to choose from over 1000 battery styles from different users. With a single click you can download a battery style and set it as your new battery! Storage is not affected as the app only downloads the images you use!
Please report if it's working on other cm based roms. But DO NOT complain if it doesn't. That means you didn't read the op in which I'm telling you that this is only meant for CM 11 NOT AOKP, PA OR OTHER ROMS!
I ask that you all check out the original 3minit thread by gharrington and say thanks. We wouldn't have this without him. The thread is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799958
VERSION 2 Changelog:
- now user can select from "colorable" batteries and make their own colors to match their theme
- nomedia file added to prevent images from being seen in gallery
Instructions:
1: Download zip
2: Make a nandroid because if you noob it up it's not my fault!
3: flash zip (cache wiping is not needed and pointless)
4: reboot and you will have a new battery and the 3minit app will be in your app drawer
Hope you enjoy these amazing batteries folks! I've been tinkering with this for too long!
goo.gl/Xhd5Mg
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Mine!
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Holy effing 1999.

meesterlars said:
Holy effing 1999.
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How is your reply in anyway helpful? I advise you to read the rules before posting given you're relatively new here

Not working on last cm nightly build

guigadourado said:
Not working on last cm nightly build
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What date is the nightly?

Sistemui crash on last mahdi

markbencze said:
What date is the nightly?
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2014/09/01

vrda08 said:
Sistemui crash on last mahdi
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Of course it did. Op clearly states it's for cm stable only!

guigadourado said:
2014/09/01
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Try cm stable. That's what it's meant for. I'll still look at the nightly builds and see what's going on.

markbencze said:
Try cm stable. That's what it's meant for. I'll still look at the nightly builds and see what's going on.
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I'll give it a try later. Thanks man
Any chance of doing a version with the last PA build? Since 4.4 I don't know what is to have a themed battery

guigadourado said:
I'll give it a try later. Thanks man
Any chance of doing a version with the last PA build? Since 4.4 I don't know what is to have a themed battery
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Yeah I can take a peak at PA tonight after work. I've had a few PMS about it

problems since flashing
Okay heres the deal. I was on the newest cm11 stable version. I read through the whole post.. followed the instructions. Made a backup, Flashed the zip and restarted my phone. As soon as it powered on and I got to the lock screen a message started popping up something like "problem with systemUI" Anyways... I cant remember what the whole thing said. So I went in to recovery, reset phone to factory settings, wipe dalvik/cache and then flashed my backup. Then Started phone and then everything was fine for about 5 hours and I got the same message again. Sooooo then I went in to recovery... reset to factory setting- wipe dalvik/cache and then flashed a different rom. Paranoid Android Beta, And it was doing fine And about 5 hours and then I get the same system error message like I got when I flashed your MOD. So again I went to recovery, did another full wipe and reset. Next I flashed the Purity plus Rom. Well once again it was working fine for 5 hours and I get the error message again, I have been timing it since the first time I started getting the error message. I am wondering how do I get this to STOP? Its driving me crazy. My only choice is to restart the phone and hope it doesnt keep giving me the error message. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesnt. So please tell me there a fix to this? There has to be a way to undo whatever it is I did when I originally flashed your zip. None of my backups are successful in making the error message stop showing up. Not even my STOCK backup. So someone ANYONE please help!!! Im about to throw this phone across the room!

aprilx0x said:
Okay heres the deal. I was on the newest cm11 stable version. I read through the whole post.. followed the instructions. Made a backup, Flashed the zip and restarted my phone. As soon as it powered on and I got to the lock screen a message started popping up something like "problem with systemUI" Anyways... I cant remember what the whole thing said. So I went in to recovery, reset phone to factory settings, wipe dalvik/cache and then flashed my backup. Then Started phone and then everything was fine for about 5 hours and I got the same message again. Sooooo then I went in to recovery... reset to factory setting- wipe dalvik/cache and then flashed a different rom. Paranoid Android Beta, And it was doing fine And about 5 hours and then I get the same system error message like I got when I flashed your MOD. So again I went to recovery, did another full wipe and reset. Next I flashed the Purity plus Rom. Well once again it was working fine for 5 hours and I get the error message again, I have been timing it since the first time I started getting the error message. I am wondering how do I get this to STOP? Its driving me crazy. My only choice is to restart the phone and hope it doesnt keep giving me the error message. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesnt. So please tell me there a fix to this? There has to be a way to undo whatever it is I did when I originally flashed your zip. None of my backups are successful in making the error message stop showing up. Not even my STOCK backup. So someone ANYONE please help!!! Im about to throw this phone across the room!
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Sounds like you're not getting a full wipe when flashing a new ROM. What recovery are you using. If by chance the systemui does fc a dirty flash should actually restore everything. I highly recommend twrp and be sure when doing full wipe to select under advanced : wipe system. Wiping cache and dalvik are not needed as it gets wiped anyway.
I'll update this either tonight or tomorrow to make this work on a few different roms.

markbencze said:
Sounds like you're not getting a full wipe when flashing a new ROM. What recovery are you using. If by chance the systemui does fc a dirty flash should actually restore everything. I highly recommend twrp and be sure when doing full wipe to select under advanced : wipe system. Wiping cache and dalvik are not needed as it gets wiped anyway.
I'll update this either tonight or tomorrow to make this work on a few different roms.
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I have twrp for recovery. & I'll try a dirty flash and see how that goes. Thanks!
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Hello!!
Can you make this mod for last stable CyanogenMod 11 M11 and last Nighty CM11 of 5 January??, and when CyanogenMod 12 was stable??:good:

kaikupascual said:
Hello!!
Can you make this mod for last stable CyanogenMod 11 M11 and last Nighty CM11 of 5 January??, and when CyanogenMod 12 was stable??:good:
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I won't be supporting KitKat anymore. When I have time I will port to lollipop

Cm12.1 2015-05-10
So today I attempted getting 3 Minit Mod working on CM12.1
But after every attempt (Over 7 haha) I have failed.
I have been trying on the latest nightly 2015-05-10,
everything goes smoothly, but after overwriting the
SystemUI.apk and rebooting, my phone has a seizure.
Can anyone offer a hand with this? @markbencze?
This is definitely one of the best mods out there!

Adizzzle said:
So today I attempted getting 3 Minit Mod working on CM12.1
But after every attempt (Over 7 haha) I have failed.
I have been trying on the latest nightly 2015-05-10,
everything goes smoothly, but after overwriting the
SystemUI.apk and rebooting, my phone has a seizure.
Can anyone offer a hand with this? @markbencze?
This is definitely one of the best mods out there!
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Define overwriting the systemui

markbencze said:
Define overwriting the systemui
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I replace the SystemUI.apk in the priv-app directory with my modded version.
Then I tried rebooting - the outcome: seizure.
Then I tried going into TWRP and wiping cache and nothing changes.

FlashFire for locked bootloader G4's

Hey guys, I just want to start a general discussion about using FlashFire on G4's with locked bootloaders. We have confirmation that we can install the latest Xposed with it. I've also created a standard backup using it (I have not tried restoring yet). I don't see what would prevent us from installing stock based roms with it.
Here's a screen shot of the backup it created. System, data, and boot all appear to the the correct sizes.
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joshw0000 said:
Hey guys, I just want to start a general discussion about using FlashFire on G4's with locked bootloaders. We have confirmation that we can install the latest Xposed with it. I've also created a standard backup using it (I have not tried restoring yet). I don't see what would prevent us from installing stock based roms with it.
Here's a screen shot of the backup it created. System, data, and boot all appear to the the correct sizes.
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Well I think the problem will be this, the app needs to be ran while android is running. If you are restoring the image and it is trying to replace system files it will probably crash at some point resulting in a boot loop. I haven't looked to see how this app works and maybe they have a way but I remember an app a few devs were working on to do the same and he was never able to get it working properly, it would just end up crashing and bootlooping/bricking. If they found a way around that this would be an incredible app!
You can try it out if you want but understand that you will probably softbrick. I highly recommend backing up your current system.img using the guide in the root method we have. That way you can put it in download mode and restore.

Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.

Flashfire boot in a minimalistic os to work there.
You can also use partition flasher to flash system.img, boot.img and so on. To flash system img is no problem with locked boot loader at all. But the device can not boot with twrp installed with an locked Bootloader. The signature is not correct, so softbrick.

player911 said:
Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.
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You're a dev. lol. Anyways, we can flash stock roms with this. As long as it's running a stock kernel, it shouldn't be a problem. A modified kernel would most likely trigger secure boot error.

player911 said:
Apps like this wont allow flashing system but we should be able to flash a custom recovery, which would allow rom flashing. It depends on software.
I would guess that the stock rom has verification checks for partitions on the phone. We would probably have to do a custom recovery, boot into TWRP, and immediately flash a custom rom without said checks. I think we'll get there eventually but I am waiting on the devs to do their thing.
We have KDZ stock files to flash if things go bad. I am not saying to try it but if anyone feels confident in testing, it should be recoverable if things screw up, but most likely you will brick your phone.
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On the contrary. Coming from Samsung, this is how roms are installed on those devices with locked bootloaders. It flashes the system images perfectly working around the Locked boot loader. Just don't try to flash a bootloaders.

I was wondering how the s6 was running Roms. Was it an easy process? And why aren't they doing this on the G4?
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I was wondering how the s6 was running Roms. Was it an easy process? And why aren't they doing this on the G4?
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You probably need a dev to build a package accordingly. Remove kernel and stuff like that. No one wants to be the tester lol. It would be nice to have a tot file just in case instead of that PR that is breaking cameras. (talking aT&T version of course)
I would LOVE to try out an international rom if they can get it to work with our devices but I have a feeling we will only be able to run rom on the same update we have? Maybe not as long as it works with the kernel

Just as an update...I used FlashFire to successfully restore my stock kernel. Granted, there were no modifications, but it worked.
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The more I hear about flashfire the more I like.
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anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today

diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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I would totally do it but I don't want to have to factory wipe my device :-/ Just a pain to set it up again lol, I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can do it. Exciting, hope you can get the 815 working, there may be some changes needed to get everything to work
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diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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looks like you need to try to get this 10f update that fixes touch issues, if we could get that going we will be in paradise unless the fix was in the kernel

diedemus said:
anyone with a stock at&t system want to pull a backup? that would be a good test for the guys running the pr rom. I'll guinee pig it
I did try restoring the 815 system and boot zip last night but I got nothing but force closes and didnt have time to mess with it because I needed my phone today
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Wait, would this image file work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-g4/development/root-images-h81010b-h81010e-t3168427 worth a shot. I'm not sure if that is the full system or not

joshuadjohnson22 said:
I would totally do it but I don't want to have to factory wipe my device :-/ Just a pain to set it up again lol, I'm sure someone with more time on their hands can do it. Exciting, hope you can get the 815 working, there may be some changes needed to get everything to work
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No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.

CAG-man said:
No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.
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ok... I'll trust you. I have xposed installed so you will have to live with it if it made changes to system and the system.prop edit. I will want to send it directly to you first before I post it in case something stays lol PM me (it is backing up now btw)
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CAG-man said:
No factory reset needed. Just don't include the data and cache partitions in the backup. . Since the system partition is not editable without root it is never changed. When a factory reset is performed all that happens is the data and cache partitions are wiped.
Edit: This is why root survives a factory reset.
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also I backed up my system.img file before I rooted it using the adb commands maybe this will be useful too? Let me know.
EDIT: if you do not have the data partition exact won't it just have force closes and boot loops? I just have horrible memories on my G3 where I accidentally wiped data and even after flashing new roms i had force closes.
EDIT AGAIN: Currently uploading, I will PM you and the other requester @diedemus the file here in a minute. keep me posted
EDIT LAST: PM Sent

grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2

diedemus said:
grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2
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Hmm interesting, Fingers crossed, what can you do differently the second time?
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just an update to flashfire... i was able to do a full backup for now. the black screen is a bit scary at first, u dont know if it hangs or not u just have to be patient. now i want to try if xposed will really work. *crossfingers*
edit.. xposed framework works!! finally!
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diedemus said:
grabbing it now, we'll see how it goes
*edit 1* First attempt gave me the security error..... on to round 2
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You're restoring this with FlashFire?
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joshw0000 said:
You're restoring this with FlashFire?
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yeah, it seems to work but we don't know if we can manage flashing a different version of stock yet. He is testing that out. Would love to get someone with 10F to install the app and back up system, data (with a factory wipe) and boot using FlashFire and see if we can get the touchscreen fix.

Backup Apps?

So, I have the S5(Obviously) and I like to play around with which of the ROMS I like best, but my only problem is having to redownload all my Apps. I can backup my contacts and messages easily and restore them, but when I try to backup/restoring my apps, i'm at a loss.
I've tried titanium backup but when I do I move the backups to my External SD Card so they don't get wiped when I flash it with a new ROM, but when I move them back or anything, it just shows nothing. So basically is there something i'm missing or is there another way to backup my apps+appdata so i'm not spending forever trying to redownload some of my apps?
Veru much appreciated and thanks in advance.

Why are you moving your backups? Why not just back them up to your external card?

You are half way there by using titanium backup........
TiBu can make a zip of your backup that can be restored through CWM.......
Done it myself many times.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

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BUT.......If you choose to include app data in the backup zip, make sure the version of Android you are restoring it to, is the same as the version that was on your device when you made the backup.....
App data is *usually* OS version SPECIFIC......so it could be the case that the restored data won't 'play nice' with your new ROM if it's based on a different OS version......
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keithross39 said:
BUT.......If you choose to include app data in the backup zip, make sure the version of Android you are restoring it to, is the same as the version that was on your device when you made the backup.....
App data is *usually* OS version SPECIFIC......so it could be the case that the restored data won't 'play nice' with your new ROM if it's based on a different OS version......
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This could work for me, but I don't have the donate version at the moment unfortunately. So is there another way to achieve this?
I didn't know this about android version but that's nice to know. i plan on sticking with Lolipop but i'll be sure to keep this in mind.

Sorry fella......
TiBu is the only app like this I've ever used....it's all I know.....
It was the first root level access app I purchased after rooting my first ever smartphone somewhere way back in the frozen past.....lol
For what it costs it is *the* single most useful app you'll ever buy......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

Agreed, I bought it like 6 years ago, invaluable.

Check this Web page. .....
http://m.alternativeto.net/software/titanium-backup/
Might be something worth trying......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
Sorry fella......
TiBu is the only app like this I've ever used....it's all I know.....
It was the first root level access app I purchased after rooting my first ever smartphone somewhere way back in the frozen past.....lol
For what it costs it is *the* single most useful app you'll ever buy......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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I don't doubt that, and I can probably buy it here next week or so after I gain some funds. SInce it the holidays I kinda went a little overboard on getting gifts. Haha
Ill probably do that though. Thanks for the help.
Just to make sure I got this right, so basically just open TiBu, backup al my aps and such, then run the "Create "update.zip", move it to me external SD card, flash the ROM, and afterwards just re-dl TiBu, and recover it usng the update.zip, correct?
EDIT: Thanks, i'll check out the site.

You don't use TiBu to 'flash' the zip......you use a custom recovery....
I've always used one version or another of CWM, I should think that you can use TWRP instead, but having not used that recovery, I can't say for certain.
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
You don't use TiBu to 'flash' the zip......you use a custom recovery....
I've always used one version or another of CWM, I should think that you can use TWRP instead, but having not used that recovery, I can't say for certain.
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Oh no, sorry I knew that you didn't use TiBu to flash the zip. xD Sorry, I use FlashFire for that. Shoulda used more detail or explain better last time.
1. Create the Backup
2. Create the Update.zip
3. Backup whatever else I feel I need to on my phone
4. Move it all to my external SD Card
5. Flash the ROM with FlashFire
6. After new ROM is installed and etc, re-download TiBu
7. Then under one of the recovery options, get all the apps from the Update.zip
8. Restore whatever else I backedup onto my External SD card.
9. ??
10. Profit
(9 and 10, couldn't help myself. xD)

Lol.....
In essence, correct......
Point 7 though......
You don't touch the zip.....no extracting or anything like that necessary.....
Simply boot into (custom CWM or TWRP) recovery (this won't work with stock recovery.....or even CM recovery), locate the update zip and flash like you would a ROM zip......nothing else needed......
Edit.....TiBu will be included in the update zip....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
Lol.....
In essence, correct......
Point 7 though......
You don't touch the zip.....no extracting or anything like that necessary.....
Simply boot into (custom CWM or TWRP) recovery (this won't work with stock recovery.....or even CM recovery), locate the update zip and flash like you would a ROM zip......nothing else needed......
Edit.....TiBu will be included in the update zip....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Ooh ok, perfect, makes sense then. Thank you so much for the help.
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Exmix said:
Ooh ok, perfect, makes sense then. Thank you so much for the help.
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In my experience the update.zip hasn't worked for me in flashfire, might be better to just back up your apps to external, and then when you reflash it'll all still be there eon your external so long as you don't wipe it, then you boot and restore them in TiBu, that's what I do on my G900A since there's no recovery...
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Rakuu said:
In my experience the update.zip hasn't worked for me in flashfire, might be better to just back up your apps to external, and then when you reflash it'll all still be there eon your external so long as you don't wipe it, then you boot and restore them in TiBu, that's what I do on my G900A since there's no recovery...
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At the moment FlashFire is my only option since I don't have a recovery either(Atleast I don't think so? If someone could tell me how to check to see if I do or not would be great)
But i'm gonna try on FlashFire at somepoint when I can get the Pro version of TiBu

Exmix said:
At the moment FlashFire is my only option since I don't have a recovery either(Atleast I don't think so? If someone could tell me how to check to see if I do or not would be great)
But i'm gonna try on FlashFire at somepoint when I can get the Pro version of TiBu
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If you are currently running a custom ROM, then at the very least you have CM custom recovery....it is relatively easy to flash CWM or TWRP over the top of this, then you can use the newly installed recovery to flash the update zip......no need for Flashfire at all......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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To check which recovery you have, simply power the device off, then press and hold power, volume up and home buttons simultaneously until the phone begins to boot. Release all the keys and you'll be in recovery......
The text at the top of the screen will tell you which recovery you have.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
If you are currently running a custom ROM, then at the very least you have CM custom recovery....it is relatively easy to flash CWM or TWRP over the top of this, then you can use the newly installed recovery to flash the update zip......no need for Flashfire at all......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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To check which recovery you have, simply power the device off, then press and hold power, volume up and home buttons simultaneously until the phone begins to boot. Release all the keys and you'll be in recovery......
The text at the top of the screen will tell you which recovery you have.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Ah ok. I only ever had to do this on my Nexus 7 tablet and that was Power+Vol Down and when I tried it on this it didn't work and I never really had to need to check, so when I do this I get this:
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Android system recovery <3e>
LRX2IT.G900VVRU2BOG5
Volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select
reboot system now
apply update from ADP
apply update from external storage
apply update from cache
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
reboot to bootloader
power down
view recovery logs
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Applied the CDC-code : VZW
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
So I should be able to apply the update.zip from this menu from what im understanding, but which option would I choose? :X I assume the "Apply update from external storage".
Also, thank you again so much for the help, you've made this a tremendous learning experience.

Exmix said:
Ah ok. I only ever had to do this on my Nexus 7 tablet and that was Power+Vol Down and when I tried it on this it didn't work and I never really had to need to check, so when I do this I get this:
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Android system recovery <3e>
LRX2IT.G900VVRU2BOG5
Volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select
reboot system now
apply update from ADP
apply update from external storage
apply update from cache
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
reboot to bootloader
power down
view recovery logs
# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Applied the CDC-code : VZW
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
So I should be able to apply the update.zip from this menu from what im understanding, but which option would I choose? :X I assume the "Apply update from external storage".
Also, thank you again so much for the help, you've made this a tremendous learning experience.
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Hey no problem fella......
The text at the top says 3e which means stock recovery.....i'm guessing you are currently running a Samsung firmware....
Unfortunately you cannot flash the update zip from stock recovery.....
It *has* to be a custom recovery which would normally come as part of a custom rom......
Although, a standalone custom recovery can also be flashed on top of a stock firmware......just got to make sure the recovery you flash is compatible with the firmware.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
Hey no problem fella......
The text at the top says 3e which means stock recovery.....i'm guessing you are currently running a Samsung firmware....
Unfortunately you cannot flash the update zip from stock recovery.....
It *has* to be a custom recovery which would normally come as part of a custom rom......
Although, a standalone custom recovery can also be flashed on top of a stock firmware......just got to make sure the recovery you flash is compatible with the firmware.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Well i'm running the Phoenix ROM. So do you have any links or Tips on how to get a custom recovery onto mine so I can make this possible?
Like I had mentioned I really enjoy trying out new ROMs and wanna try more I just hate having to re-install all my APPs and such. =\
EDIT: I found this link here and it this seems liek it may work since i'm on the G900V version, but I just want a little confirmation on if this can work before I just jump right in. =P

I have a variant of the device that doesn't have a locked bootloader.....so (fortunately for me) I don't have to jump through the same loops as you do in order to modify my device.....
as a result, I'm not familiar with the processes needed for locked bootloader devices, I also cannot state what will or will not work with any certainty......
Having said that, I've been a member on here for some time, and whenever I've seen mention of Safe strap, it's generally been a positive comment.....speaking as someone who hasn't had to work around a locked bootloader, it would seem to be a good option, but if it were me, I'd be looking for some informed confirmation before I used it.......
Sorry I can't be any more help than that, but I really don't want to hand out advice that bricks somebody else's device.......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg