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[HOWTO][LP][Xposed]Xposed framework on YotaPhone 2 LP

NOTE:
This post is/was only relevant for users of the original modded stock recovery for YP2. For the newer & better TWRP recovery for YotaPhone 2 installing unsigned packages such as Xposed framework is not an issue.
Please note that the Xposed version below is outdated, Xposed alpha 4 is available. See Xposed for Lollipop thread.
Old post content:
Not exactly a proper development thread, but posting it here anyway because of the relation with the modded recovery, ad the slightly technical angle.
Xposed framework for Lollipop allows you to install modules that tweak/change many aspects of Android. It's pretty powerful as it can hook into existing software and change it's functionality. The version referred to in this post is an alpha version.
Therefore:
Warning: I recommend you don't install this unless you're a nerd. It's not yet stable, and may cause trouble (such as boot-loops).
Also: by the time you read this there may be newer versions, so read the Xposed thread for updates.
Background
The modded recovery image allows to install software signed by either Yota Devices (such as ota update zips) or signed with testkeys, but it does not allow to flash UNsigned zips. Many flashable zips are signed with testkeys (like SuperSU) but rovo89's Xposed flashable zip for LP in the current 20150430 version are unsigned, so we can't flash them as-is.
Flashing it anyway:
There's two ways: the harder and slightly educational way (useful for e.g. when new Xposed versions are released) and the lazy but convenient way.
1) Signing the Xposed framework zip yourself:
You need:
- signapk.jar plus test key and certificate
Get SignApk.jar from somewhere (build it from AOSP source, or download a zip from this thread (I used zipaligner 1.2, linux). This zip contains other stuff, but we need testkey.pk8, testkey.x509.pem and signapk.jar
- Xposed framework zip for LP 5.0 (xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430.zip) from the official thread from here
- java environment (JDK or JRE)
To sign the file put all files in one dir (including xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430.zip) and run:
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430.zip xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430_signed.zip
You just created xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430_signed.zip that you can flash.
2) Using a pre-Signed zipfile:
I attached a testkey-signed version of rovo89's file xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430.zip to this post for convenience, so you can skip the steps above.
Steps to install the Xposed framework for LP
1) put device in fastboot/download mode and boot the modded recovery image (see recovery thread)
2) choose "apply update from ADB" from recovery menu
Code:
adb sideload <yourpath>/xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430_signed.zip
3) reboot
4) choose allow 'unknown sources' in settings->security
5) copy the file XposedInstaller_3.0-alpha2.apk to your phone (or scan the QR code on the Xposed page to download this file to your phone directly.
6) use a file manager (like ES File Explorer, or the built-in Cabinet) to browse to and open XposedInstaller_3.0-alpha2.apk and install it.
Now you can download Xposed modules through the Xposed Installer app. I tried GravityBox [LP] (make sure you select the right version!) to change the launcher grid to 5x5 instead of 4x4. After a reboot that worked. I'm not saying that using GravityBox is safe, they warn that it may cause trouble with non-standard ROM's (such as ours).
Please not that I can't/won't provide any support for Xposed itself, please see the relevant Xposed threads for that.
Credits:
rovo89, author of the Xposed Framework

nice one, many thanks

Does anyone have then latest version please that's signed for this device
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read the start topic good, every thing you need is in there with links

Gojira-r32 said:
read the start topic good, every thing you need is in there with links
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Which version of xposed is for yotaphone I see a few different versions on the xposed thread. Link From the op
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I used xposed-v68-sdk21-arm.zip just two days ago, and signed it myself according to the instructions.
It seems to play well, at least for two days
I just booted TWRP and sideloaded it, I never flashed the TWRP.
Had a little mess getting the driver to install in windows, when TWRP sideloads, it had a new identity in the device manager and I was unable to make accept the drivers I had. So I made a little manual edit in the .inf file from the yotaphone flashtool package, and then was able to load the driver needed. Google was my friend, but I can paste the change here later if someone want it.

Those who are using xposed do you notice any long freeze on the epd and reboots.
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adamo86 said:
Those who are using xposed do you notice any long freeze on the epd and reboots.
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Nope. I am running latest Xposed framework with gravitybox and youtube adaway. No crashes or freezes, but the battery life does fluctuate quite a bit sometimes. But I think that that is because of Lollipop.

No issues with xposed here either. Running alpha4 I believe.

Installed but not active.. That's what i get! Why is thaT?

Thanks!

I signed the last version of xposed using the method in the first post, and flashed (file attached) using TWRP. no issues so far.
no need to say, make sure you backup first!

Bootloop
I have accidentally flashed the xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430_signed.zip...so my phone stuck in bootloop. How can I uninstall it?

Wanderess said:
I have accidentally flashed the xposed-sdk21-arm-20150430_signed.zip...so my phone stuck in bootloop. How can I uninstall it?
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SOLVED. Stock rom (4.4.3 HK) flashed with Yota Flasher. After this everything went smoothly.

Oficial Xposed running with no problems, well just one named Lollipop
Jeopardy said:
Nope. I am running latest Xposed framework with gravitybox and youtube adaway. No crashes or freezes, but the battery life does fluctuate quite a bit sometimes. But I think that that is because of Lollipop.
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The same with me, Lollipop because using the EPD is so much better, otherwise I would happily be on KitKat, battery life on Lollipop is awfull, I also have the Xposed installed the official one with no problems, running some Modules to prevent battery from draining as much as possible in this Google Sucking Lollipop...

RRO layers - Systemless root (NOT WORKING)

Okay so I have tried all the options on their development page on G+ but there seems to be a lot of arrogance from the devs about users with issues and not doing research even though following the instructions leads to nothing.
- Im rooted via CF's systemless root method
- I have TWRP 2.8.7.2 installed and working
- Busybox is installed in /system/xbin
- I have the correct Vendor image for my device
- Stock ROM 6.0.1
I use busy box on a rail to check its correctly installed and double check with a file explorer but still no themes will apply.
EDIT : Solved it - DON'T USE BUSYBOX ON RAILS ! for some reason it does not work with Layers correctly!
1. Uninstall any busy box installs
2. Reboot
3. Install busybox app from the play store and select /system/binx as the install location
4. Reboot
5. Profit
Anyone have any ideas to get this working ?

I'll give it a try had nothing but issues trying to use layers, currently got busybox on rails installed but as you've mentioned can't get it working, I'll try as you've suggested thanks
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Spot on
hutzdani said:
Okay so I have tried all the options on their development page on G+ but there seems to be a lot of arrogance from the devs about users with issues and not doing research even though following the instructions leads to nothing.
- Im rooted via CF's systemless root method
- I have TWRP 2.8.7.2 installed and working
- Busybox is installed in /system/xbin
- I have the correct Vendor image for my device
- Stock ROM 6.0.1
I use busy box on a rail to check its correctly installed and double check with a file explorer but still no themes will apply.
EDIT : Solved it - DON'T USE BUSYBOX ON RAILS ! for some reason it does not work with Layers correctly!
1. Uninstall any busy box installs
2. Reboot
3. Install busybox app from the play store and select /system/binx as the install location
4. Reboot
5. Profit
Anyone have any ideas to get this working ?
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Thank you so much for discovering this, I was going crazy why I couldn't create the overlay folder under vendor, this is the solution, to everyone who sees this, don't listen to whoever says busybox on rails is the way to go...

If you have supersu 2.65 and install busybox to /su/xbin then it will also work.

I have superuser 2.65 and following your instructions finally have layers working, thanks dude
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Perfect, thank you
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hutzdani said:
Okay so I have tried all the options on their development page on G+ but there seems to be a lot of arrogance from the devs about users with issues and not doing research even though following the instructions leads to nothing.
- Im rooted via CF's systemless root method
- I have TWRP 2.8.7.2 installed and working
- Busybox is installed in /system/xbin
- I have the correct Vendor image for my device
- Stock ROM 6.0.1
I use busy box on a rail to check its correctly installed and double check with a file explorer but still no themes will apply.
EDIT : Solved it - DON'T USE BUSYBOX ON RAILS ! for some reason it does not work with Layers correctly!
1. Uninstall any busy box installs
2. Reboot
3. Install busybox app from the play store and select /system/binx as the install location
4. Reboot
5. Profit
Anyone have any ideas to get this working ?
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For me with su 2.65 and busybox on rails, things are working. However, not as expected. Sometime even I change some overlay it won't apply. Sometime the dialer and other fonts won't be visible at all. May be I should try ur method. Thanks.
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This method will defeat the purpose of systemless root though, right? So Android Pay and Good for Enterprise will cease to work because /system had been edited?

Viper4android

is there someone who succes in the installation of this app?
when i open it,it ask if i want to install the drivers and stuck and after few seconds it crash
someone can help me with this ?

Many guys use this and there already was enough discussions, there are even seperate threads created with tutorials, use search for once[emoji14]

I managed to get Viper4Android working this way:
First off, I use stock with systemless root and xposed so the many security features included in stock made it a bit tricky. If you use a custom rom with a custom kernel, it's likely a bit easier.
I flashed my stock image from the google website
I flashed a custom kernel and then Supersu and then the lolliviper zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/discussion-viper4android-t2543796
I installed busybox from the play store, opened the busybox app and let it install.
I disabled selinux enforcing using the app from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485
Then I ran viper4audio and installed the driver from the app
Then I rebooted into twrp and used the terminal to delete /system/etc/audioeffects.conf and rebooted.
Voila, working Viper4android.

exad said:
I managed to get Viper4Android working this way:
First off, I use stock with systemless root and xposed so the many security features included in stock made it a bit tricky. If you use a custom rom with a custom kernel, it's likely a bit easier.
I flashed my stock image from the google website
I flashed a custom kernel and then Supersu and then the lolliviper zip from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/discussion-viper4android-t2543796
I installed busybox from the play store, opened the busybox app and let it install.
I disabled selinux enforcing using the app from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485
Then I ran viper4audio and installed the driver from the app
Then I rebooted into twrp and used the terminal to delete /system/etc/audioeffects.conf and rebooted.
Voila, working Viper4android.
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By the way, you can run a supolicy script for media server instead of disabling selinux because that would increase security risks and don't you mean audio_effects.conf in vendor? IMO better to add v4a entries than delete it, it's there for a reason I would think

hinxnz said:
By the way, you can run a supolicy script for media server instead of disabling selinux because that would increase security risks and don't you mean audio_effects.conf in vendor? IMO better to add v4a entries than delete it, it's there for a reason I would think
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Yes! Thanks for the corrections! I haven't done it in a while! ?

[SOLVED] Adaway on Android 7.1 - "Adaway can't copy" error

Not my credit but took me a while to figure out and I didn't find it here beforehand. So, I'm sharing it here. Apologies if it's already in a thread somewhere here.
1. Install Adaway (actually it doesn't seem to matter if you install the apk before or after the next steps)
2. Make sure Adaway has root access
3.Flash [on Recovery] AdAway_systemless_hosts_v2.zip (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911977059])
4.Install Busybox (this did the trick)
5. Run Adaway Update, test & profit
I hope it helps others...

Installing Magisk with root and enabling systemless hosts from within Magisk is a better option. (You also don't need to install busybox because Magisk has that built in as well)
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Trevonn said:
Installing Magisk with root and enabling systemless hosts from within Magisk is a better option. (You also don't need to install busybox because Magisk has that built in as well)
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thanks body was easy.

[V4A] Viper4Android I/O Error (Driver Installation Failure) [FIX]

Hey everyone! I seem to have found put together 3 methods of installing/bypassing the V4A App on android. These methods include:
Regular Installation, and 2 Error bypasses/fixes.
If you get the error "superuser manager doesn't allow app to access su or you don't have root at all. fix this to use this selinuxmodechanger!", then you've come to the right place.
Requirements: ROOT, (maybe) TWRP (or anything you can flash the zip onto your phone with. With this tutorial I'll be using TWRP.)
If you don't have TWRP, here's the link to that \\ https://twrp.me/Devices/
Type in/select your device, click download, and flash it to your phone.
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Regular installation:
1.) Download V4A from Google Play Store \\ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vipercn.viper4android_v2_fx&hl=en
2.) Open, and grant root permission.
3.) Install drivers, and reboot phone. DONE!
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V4A SuperSU Manager Error:
1.) Download V4A from Google Play Store (the newest one) \\ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vipercn.viper4android_v2_fx&hl=en
Open it, grant permissions, click "install drivers" <- just get through the driver menu. This is a troubleshoot test. If it fails, keep going on with the tutorial. If not, You're A-Okay.
2.) Download V4A Flashable ZIP from here \\ https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By-5wpCgi7OHMjFZRU1PYXljbDQ/view
Drag and drop from your computer onto your phone in your "Downloads" folder.
3.) Open TWRP and click "Install" and navigate to your "Downloads" folder where you Installed the V4A Flashable ZIP (Viper4AndroidMM_v2.4.0.1.zip)
Install the ZIP in TWRP, and reboot.
4.) Open your apps/app menu, navigate to the new (it's an older version, but it's newly installed) V4A. It should be a purple logo instead of a blue logo. At this point in the tutorial, you should have both the Google Play Store APK, and the TWRP Flashed APK. Open the PURPLE V4A, and Install drivers now.
5.) Reboot phone, go to the NEW (blue logo) V4A, and install drivers on that one too.
The rest is clean-up. You may now delete the older version of V4A (purple logo).
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Bypass/fix #2, The SELinuxModeChanger issue:
1.) Download V4A (newest version) from \\ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vipercn.viper4android_v2_fx&hl=en
2.) (Grant root access) Attempt to install drivers. If this succeeds, then Idk why you're still here.
3.) Download SELinuxModeChanger APK from \\ http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=12506
4.) Open it, grant root access, and click "Permissive".
5.) Re-boot phone, and open V4A when done.
6.) Install drivers!
Sources/credit go to:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524485
^ SELinuxModeChanger
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/themes-apps/app-viper4android-v2-4-0-1-lg-g3-t3311403
^ Driver install failure/ Disc I/O error/"superuser manager doesn't allow app to access su or you don't have root at all. fix this to use this selinuxmodechanger!" error
https://twrp.me/about/
^ Team Win
https://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=7249915
^ Me, I contributed very small amounts, that's why I'm last (I guess I contributed some common sense .. ?)

what if you already have permissive kernel , and still get i\o error during driver install?
using android auto 7.1.1 head unit.

masri1987 said:
what if you already have permissive kernel , and still get i\o error during driver install?
using android auto 7.1.1 head unit.
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Follow this guide for installation if already permissive
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/themes-apps/mod-viper-4-android-oreo-tested-t3700287
For i\o error you should do step No.8

zahidm said:
Follow this guide for installation if already permissive
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/themes-apps/mod-viper-4-android-oreo-tested-t3700287
For i\o error you should do step No.8
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my head unit doesn't have vendor/etc or the audio effects configuration file....

Thanks
I had the Viper.apk from their website and the Google play version loaded also and I was getting the I/O error when trying to load the driver and the Google Play version didn't work at all. I did try to load SuperSU and busybox before attempting to load the driver again and it still didn't work. I don't know about permissive kernel, I'm running Resurrection ROM on a Rooted Note 3. The way I got this to work was to uninstalled the V4A Viper APK version that I had retrieved and loaded from their website. Next I booted into TWRP recovery and installed the V4A Flashable ZIP from the link that I found here. Next I ran the flashed version and granted SU permissions when asked during the install driver process. The driver finally loaded and bingo it works now.

Viper4android
Hi I have installed viper4android fx but in Driver status it shows no processing my phone(samsung j700f) is rooted with Supersu and using Wycked custom Rom nougat based I have done All the method like rename audio_effect.conf file but nothing to happened. All are waste of time.i spend too much time on xda site for solution but not found any solution...can anybody help me please?...Sorry for my bad English.. Thanx in Advance

Banty448 said:
Hi I have installed viper4android fx but in Driver status it shows no processing my phone(samsung j700f) is rooted with Supersu and using Wycked custom Rom nougat based I have done All the method like rename audio_effect.conf file but nothing to happened. All are waste of time.i spend too much time on xda site for solution but not found any solution...can anybody help me please?...Sorry for my bad English.. Thanx in Advance
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Follow simple steps, first Rename file.bak
Then flash V4A,
Than open V4a it will ask to install driver
Just hit install and wait, it freez for sometime.. and it will say done
Reboot

zahidm said:
Follow simple steps, first Rename file.bak
Then flash V4A,
Than open V4a it will ask to install driver
Just hit install and wait, it freez for sometime.. and it will say done
Reboot
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But I did it already many times but U tell me little bit different you said rename it before flashing but I did it After flashing .I flashed the zip file and after that rename than open Viper4android fx...ok I will try it...Thanx

Banty448 said:
But I did it already many times but U tell me little bit different you said rename it before flashing but I did it After flashing .I flashed the zip file and after that rename than open Viper4android fx...ok I will try it...Thanx
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You have to rename file before opening V4A app for the first time, now you rename it before or after flashing no matter,
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zahidm said:
You have to rename file before opening V4A app for the first time, now you rename it before or after flashing no matter,
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I already told u that I did it before opening the v4a

Banty448 said:
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I already told u that I did it before opening the v4a
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The error you are saying it never been seen, please try again
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zahidm said:
The error you are saying it never been seen, please try again
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I have done it many times but nothing happened. I tired to install this so now I install Devinebeats it's working fine.Thanx for us replies?

Banty448 said:
I have done it many times but nothing happened. I tired to install this so now I install Devinebeats it's working fine.Thanx for us replies[emoji106]
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You didn't followed this guide?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...od-viper-4-android-oreo-tested-t3700287/page2
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When I install drivers for ViPER4Android FX I get "Driver installed, please reboot your device." and when I reboot, I'm asked to install drivers again. Did anyone figure out how to successfully install these drivers? I saw fixed around the forum, but they don't seem to work for me.
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