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[Q] Customizing boot logo - MIUI 2.1.13?

I would like to change the boot logo [red M] @ start up.
I'm running MIUI 2.1.13...
I've found a couple of tools that look promising - debraks 'Splash Tools' & Rom Toolbox... seems like neither was designed for defy - but some comments around suggest that they would work...
There's also a guide out there for CM7... I'm a bit reluctant considering I'm on MIUI.
Anyone got a tried & tested procedure to change the red M on a defy running MIUI? + some images to use that aren't CM7 branded? ^^
T.I.A

it could work well whichever rom u are using.

No idea if that works with MIUI but I used "Boot Logo Replacer RC4" from the market and that worked in most cases on Barebones (Froyo). You only need root for that.

dd23 said:
No idea if that works with MIUI but I used "Boot Logo Replacer RC4" from the market and that worked in most cases on Barebones (Froyo). You only need root for that.
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it "Boot Logo Replacer RC4" only replaces bootanimation (despite apps misleading name)
I want to replace splash screen @ start up

Oh ok. No idea if that also works with MIUI, but for CM this does it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227412

dd23 said:
Oh ok. No idea if that also works with MIUI, but for CM this does it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227412
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tried d/l on my lappy ^^ Avast gave about 20 lines for Virus intrusion!?
Prob false positive... but

The tool is only to create a *.bin from a bitmap picture. You don't need it, if you already have a .bin-file.
Then you only need root on your device and then follow the instructions with the dd-command. But be careful to have correct spelling and case, cause otherwise you could overwrite important files!
So basically it's the following, assuming you have a logo called "mylogo.bin"
1. copy mylogo.bin into root of your SD-card
2. Run the terminal and type the following:
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su
enter and confirm root permissions, then
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dd if=/sdcard/mylogo.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk1p10
enter, then reboot.
Edit: By the way, nothing suspicous about the tool found. See https://www.virustotal.com/file/270...84b13da38d9b7ceae30678d22c4c55a52cc/analysis/

im using miui 1.12.16 pikachu edition. its a full wipe and changes everything including the boot logo. apparently its a german rom but works very well in the uk

dd23 said:
The tool is only to create a *.bin from a bitmap picture. You don't need it, if you already have a .bin-file.
Then you only need root on your device and then follow the instructions with the dd-command. But be careful to have correct spelling and case, cause otherwise you could overwrite important files!
So basically it's the following, assuming you have a logo called "mylogo.bin"
1. copy mylogo.bin into root of your SD-card
2. Run the terminal and type the following:
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su
enter and confirm root permissions, then
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dd if=/sdcard/mylogo.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk1p10
enter, then reboot.
Edit: By the way, nothing suspicous about the tool found. See https://www.virustotal.com/file/270...84b13da38d9b7ceae30678d22c4c55a52cc/analysis/
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gr8 info. know where I can find some custom bin files?

King_Rat said:
gr8 info. know where I can find some custom bin files?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227412
look at this thread, its great, works and some splashscreens are there too...
have searched a long time to find it... xD
Try Building your on splashscreens, its more customization than using one thats provided
have fun with that
edit: should have checked all the links provided, before posting one a second time xD
well whatever, works, no virus, fun to create new splashscreens, awesome

[Need Help] Bootloop after changing font {Solved}

Grrr I going to cry
Ok guys so i change the font using an app and after reboot the device get stuck at bootanimation.
The problem is that i can't have acces to system partition so i'm afraid my mojo is softbrick....
i try to update the device using fastboot command (c:/sdk/fastboot update c:/mojo.zip) but i got the "waiting for device" even when it is pluged
Do you have any idea of what i can do to revert the android ttf to stock ??
[Edit] Ok i have to thanks again Paul OBrien for his root method because i simply edit is own boot.img by adding in the superboot folder the stock font and addind line to the script to put it in the right folder and set correct permissions. I go into fastboot, flash reboot and it's finaly repair
AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH

[Edit] i think if someone could make a system.img with just the stock font in it or the stock system.img i should probably able to flash it

Dead-neM said:
[Edit] i think if someone could make a system.img with just the stock font in it or the stock system.img i should probably able to flash it
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Idk. Maybe try rooting it and see if you can get it to boot. It's very easy to root if you haven't done so already.

mherma said:
Idk. Maybe try rooting it and see if you can get it to boot. It's very easy to root if you haven't done so already.
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it's already rooted. I don't know want you wanna do at boot

Dead-neM said:
Grrr I going to cry
Ok guys so i change the font using an app and after reboot the device get stuck at bootanimation.
The problem is that i can't have acces to system partition so i'm afraid my mojo is softbrick....
i try to update the device using fastboot command (c:/sdk/fastboot update c:/mojo.zip) but i got the "waiting for device" even when it is pluged
Do you have any idea of what i can do to revert the android ttf to stock ??
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I know reading in one of the other threads in the mojo general forum that someone took theirs apart and there is 3 buttons inside. You might see if you can locate that thread on how to disassemble it and try holding down on a button while plugging it in. There is no known documentation on what they do but if your bricked what could it hurt.

willdj79 said:
I know reading in one of the other threads in the mojo general forum that someone took theirs apart and there is 3 buttons inside. You might see if you can locate that thread on how to disassemble it and try holding down on a button while plugging it in. There is no known documentation on what they do but if your bricked what could it hurt.
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Yes i see that in forum but i don't want to open it because it's avoid the warranty
i repair the mojo by an other method i'll update the thread soon thanks

Dead-neM said:
Yes i see that in forum but i don't want to open it because it's avoid the warranty
i repair the mojo by an other method i'll update the thread soon thanks
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I think rooting it voids the warranty?? which is why I don't get how MC can advertise instructions on their website.
You should raise a support request with them on their site.
Hopefully kitkat is around soon.
Good luck!

We've decided to take an open stance on rooting - it's your box to do with as you wish. Of course the obvious caveats apply that you run the risk of causing boot issues, as Dead-neM has found!
Dead-neM in the interests of sharing, could you detail exactly what changes you made to the script and exactly what you did so it's explicitly spelled out for anyone else who runs into the same issue?

Yeah, how do you mount the superboot.img and modify the contents?

Ok this what i have do exactly hope it can be helpfull so:
1/ Have cygwin + Android kitchen tool on your pc ( This software is use to decompile the boot.img and it can be find into xda forum ) So open it decompile the boot.img of Paul Obrien MmM3 ( Kitchen can't decompile boot if it have not system.img too so i decompile first the 110ww official zip rom and replace the boot img by the Paul Obrien's )
2/Go onto the folder of the decompile Boot.img : So open /boot.img-ramdisk/superboot/ there is a superboot.sh script open it
You can see all command. What you have to do is to put yours before the 3 last line ( mount -o ro, remount -t ext4 ........)
I type { cat /superboot/Clockopia.ttf>/system/fonts/Clockopia.ttf
cat /superboot/Roboto-Regular.ttf>/system/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf
chmod 777 /system/fonts/clockopia.ttf
chmod 777 /system/fonts/Roboto-Regular }
cat is used to move file and chmod to set permission
3/ Now i said to the boot img to replace file and set permission to it i need to put the file into the boot.img folder so i just copy the Clockopia and Roboto font into superboot folder
4/Now you can recompile the boot img using kitchen then flash it using Paul Obrien script
Enjoy i think you can put gapps with this method so if there is a courageous one here your welcome !!

Dead-neM said:
Grrr I going to cry
Ok guys so i change the font using an app and after reboot the device get stuck at bootanimation.
The problem is that i can't have acces to system partition so i'm afraid my mojo is softbrick....
i try to update the device using fastboot command (c:/sdk/fastboot update c:/mojo.zip) but i got the "waiting for device" even when it is pluged
Do you have any idea of what i can do to revert the android ttf to stock ??
[Edit] Ok i have to thanks again Paul OBrien for his root method because i simply edit is own boot.img by adding in the superboot folder the stock font and addind line to the script to put it in the right folder and set correct permissions. I go into fastboot, flash reboot and it's finaly repair
AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
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i have a black screen problem.
can you tell how you solved your problem?
thanks

angus1225 said:
i have a black screen problem.
can you tell how you solved your problem?
thanks
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Did you get it solved?
Sent from my LGMS395 using Tapatalk

Unjustified Dev said:
Did you get it solved?
Sent from my LGMS395 using Tapatalk
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After reading a lot...yes!
I managed to conect mojo to a tv and a laptop to the mojo. Then i turn on mojo in flastboot and using the commsnds that a copy from the superboot.bat. i boot the mojo in twrp recovery and from there i flash the mojo rom.
And i recover the mojo just as i left it before the problem
I wish this helps someone.
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Root ANY LG G4 Variant 100% Success Directives | Root Injection | Less Bricks

Hi everyone. As I found out there's root for the G4 but doing this isn't easy especially if your variant is hard to find or has less users. This may result in you waiting for longer than you should. This thread is for those who can take things into their own hands and do it themselves. The tools are available everywhere but I'll give you the best order and steps. I'm using the China LG G4 H818 Dual SIM variant but this method is UNIVERSAL FOR ALL LG G4s.
The process will involve extracting a system image, injecting root and reflashing this image. Most of the steps are effortless and need just copy and paste with keen eyes. Do it slowly. You need an Ubuntu installation for step 2 of this 3-step tutorial. I used universal USB installer and put in on my 8GB USB. Anywhere will do so far as it boots&works. Beware this thread is not dumb-proof but this will not wipe your data or void your warranty if done successfully.
Step 1 -> Getting the proper system image.
Check here and skip to step 3 if you have your rootedsystem.img
>Don't worry because this doesn't require searching. It is from your device. Every device has a system partition and this method will pull it out as an image without root required.
1--Make sure all drivers are installed properly. I'll not be talking about this. We're on XDA not kindergarten.
2--Download the LG_root file or send command file from here and extract it. US Carrier specific check here
3--Put your device in download mode and connect it to your PC.
4--Open(double-click duh) port.bat and make sure to write down the number after com. There maybe different com numbers but choose the com on the DIAG1 line and write down that number. This is important.
5--Hold shift and right-click in any empty space in the extracted folder. Choose open command windows here.
6-- In that copy and paste this
Code:
[FONT=Lucida Console][COLOR=#ff8c00]Send_Command.exe \\.\COM[/COLOR][COLOR=#00ff00][*insert your number here][/COLOR][/FONT]
7--Now you're in send command mode. Nothing looks different on your phone but that's ok. It should just remain in download mode.
8-- On the computer screen in the window you now see #.
9--Now in this post copy the Backup system to internal storage command specific to your device model number. Check in you settings >general >about if in doubt. This is the most important step. Copy the whole line of code. Highlight with your mouse, select everything on the line and copy.
10--You didn't come all this way to fail so do it. Remember it is device model specific.
11-- Paste it in the command window and hit enter. It should take a while so wait until you see#reappear.
12--Now typeLEAVEall in capital letters. Your device will reboot. Check using the file manager if you have a file called system.img in your internal storage. If yes step 2 is next and you did well. If no repeat it and follow the steps properly. Make sure drivers are installed especially windows 10/8/8.1 users. Check device manager
Step 2 -> Root injection.
1--Prepare your Ubuntu USB or virtual machine or computer.
2--Download inject_root zip from here and extract.
3--Copy the system.img from your phone to the extracted inject_root folder on your PC.
4-Reboot into Ubuntu.
5--Here open a terminal.
6--Gain root access on Ubuntu by typing or copy and paste sudo -i
7--You should either be asked for your password which you have to enter or if you used a USB drive like me you'll see the name change to[email protected]
8--Navigate to the inject_root folder by using cd commands. This can also be done by typing cd then [space] then dragging and dropping the folder into the terminal and hitting enter.
9--You'll now see the name in the terminal become longer with the name of the folder in it.
10--Now type chmod +x autoroot.sh
11--Hit enter then sudo ./autoroot.sh
12--If you get any thing like command not recognized or something of the sort use sudo sh autoroot.sh
-That worked for me.
13--If you're successful the name of the file should change from system.img torootedsystem.img
-Please note don't rename the files. Leave them as they are.
14--Now go back to Windows let's finish this.
Step 3 ->Root
1--Transfer the rootedsytem.img to your phones internal storage.
2--Put your phone in download mode and connect it to your PC.
3--Get into send command mode as in step one.
-Put your device in download mode and connect it to your PC.
-Open port.bat and make sure to write down the number after com. There maybe different com numbers but choose the one that has DIAG1 on the same line as it. Note it down this is important.
-Hold shift and right click in any empty space in the extracted folder. Choose open command windows here.
- In that copy and paste this
Send_Command.exe \\.\COM[*insert your number here]
-Now you're in send command mode. Nothing looks different on your phone but it's find. It should just remain in download mode.
4-Now grab your command to flash system.img line of code from this post. It isn't the same as step one. Copy that an paste in the command window. Make sure it is for your device. They are model specific.
5--This should take a while so wait until you see the # again.
6--After thatLEAVEand upon reboot you should have root.
To Un-root just flash a KDZ file compatible with your device here.
Testimonies
Spudnubs said:
Rooted H812 10g for my fellow Canadians. Enjoy!
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347821979
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Wildsheep said:
This root method works for my G4 purchased in Singapore (H815 SEA)
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luongquang said:
Thanks to @hackarchive, H818p10f done with tut.
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player911 said:
Fantastic. This method will also ease devs for future rooted firmwares. I really cannot see LG being able to patch this, since this is basically a 3rd party LG Flashing tool. If they block this method, then their own tool will ultimately die with it.
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GavTheStoner said:
Fantastic! I had almost given up hope of root on my EE LG G4. Have just used this method and now rooted perfectly!
hackarchive You rock! Have a thanks!
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articular said:
everything worked fine and i successfully got my g4 rooted
my variant is H815TR
all steps easy only the ubuntu part was a bit hard especially for a windows user ( finding an ubuntu version and usb install etc. not root injection part)
ty ty ty again )
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rirozizo said:
if it were for me to decide if we should delete the low effort root method, i'd totally delete it.
"The more 'manual', the better"
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Moe5508 said:
Only method that roots my device successfully...I updated to 10e of the H815P and using this method (and only this!0 I was able to root my phone...ah felt so good...
The other 1-click rooting methods I came across in other parts of this forum just fail on the G4...
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Marshmallow and root situation read here
Hit thanks if you appreciate. Hope I helped.
Credits to them whom without this won't be possible :good:
Thecubed
Team Codefire
ManhIT

This is a good method, thanks for writing this up.
I would like to add a few points....
I recommend you do keep your original system.img on your phones regular internal storage. If you encounter any boot issues you can then re-enter download mode and write the original system.img over the top of the failed root attempt. Use the same command from "step 3: root" but replace rootedsystem.img with system.img. This should still be on your phone from step 1 and will recover your phone from a failed root injection attempt. Note that it will not recover your phone if you messed up the dd command and overwrote other partitons. Be sure to use the right dd command and cut n paste to prevent seek/offset typeos.
I also recommend that you keep a backup of your system.img on your pc. When you run autoroot.sh in step 2 the copy on your pc will be renamed and patched. I suggest copying system.img somewhere else first, or re-copy it off your phone.
Additional credits to blog.lvu.kr. This is the blog of the hobbyist who reverse engineered the download mode protocol, created send_command.exe and gave it to the world. Kudos to you.

How is this any easier than the original method....if anything this requires even more work

kyle1867 said:
How is this any easier than the original method....if anything this requires even more work
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It's for those who have rare variants.

psycho_asylum said:
It's for those who have rare variants.
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Then you should probably take out the claim that this method is easier from the OP

Can this be used to inject Xposed as well for those of us with locked BLs.

djkinetic said:
Can this be used to inject Xposed as well for those of us with locked BLs.
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No, we need to wait for a custom recovery.

psycho_asylum said:
No, we need to wait for a custom recovery.
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Just used flash fire it worked rocking xposed now on 810!

djkinetic said:
Just used flash fire it worked rocking xposed now on 810!
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Oh nice! I wasn't adventurous enough to try it. I'll make a system backup and give it a whirl!

Very nice thread, thank you. The steps were short, few, and fairly concise.
I was waiting for something like this where I could modify my own image and I wouldn't have to wipe everything or replace it with a new image.
One thing you might want to mention is that if your phone is encrypted, you'll need to unencrypt it first.
Can anyone link me to some instructions on how to disable OTA updates for an unlocked/international H815T?

kyle1867 said:
How is this any easier than the original method....if anything this requires even more work
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This is what XDA is all about. It tells you how to inject root into your OWN system image. it's the opposite of spoon feeding. it's about teaching members how to do things for themselves. Too many people come here expecting to be spoon fed and have thigns done for them. This thread teaches people how to do their own work, while learning something at the same time.
Good work OP! :good:

the_scotsman said:
This is what XDA is all about. It tells you how to inject root into your OWN system image. it's the opposite of spoon feeding. it's about teaching members how to do things for themselves. Too many people come here expecting to be spoon fed and have thigns done for them. This thread teaches people how to do their own work, while learning something at the same time.
Good work OP! :good:
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Thanks. I guess people don't know what XDA is about. Seeing noobs and others trying to spit on hard work when I used my time and device as Guinea pig. Also people don't know this is almost brick-proof because the system image if from their devices. Unless they use wrong commands but all here is just copy and paste. They see lot's of text and get cold feet. Anyways will be updating the OP with system images. If yours is available please share. If you see your image available and you have drivers and LG_root downloaded proceed to step 3.

The only downside is that I have to drag out my windows laptop instead of doing everything on the ubuntu machine I use at work.
But if that's the biggest of my problems then I don't really have a problem

hi, thx for this tutorial, looks good
when flashing back the rooted img,does it wipe everything ? apps, data ... etc
thx
EDIT: just correct me if im wrong
using this method WILL NOT wipe everything on my device cause im rooting my system with everything on it
correct ???
must make sure before i go ahead
thx

How to calculator extractly bs/seek/count ?

Is there a possibility of any personal data being written to /system on a phone during normal use? I can provide 10c Optus AU (carrier 505-02) if I can be sure its not identifying, but ive been using the phone a couple of weeks.
Download link:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347799013

optiplex2012 said:
using this method WILL NOT wipe everything on my device cause im rooting my system with everything on it
correct ???
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correct.
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djkinetic said:
Can this be used to inject Xposed as well for those of us with locked BLs.
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HTCuser90 said:
How to calculator extractly bs/seek/count ?
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I would also like to know this. You can resolve system by running the following. Note that this is for the H815T and is not the same on all variants.
# ls -lZ /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system
You'll get something like:
lrwxrwxrwx root root ubject_r:block_device:s0 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p47
Which tells you the actual block device (partition its on).
And you can see the size of that with:
# cat /proc/partitions
where you see:
major minor #blocks name
<snip>
259 15 4239360 mmcblk0p47
<snip>
However I dont know how to identify how large a block is or how to calculate the start offset in the main partition.

ok, it worked great
wasnt easy, since im not so familiar with using ubuntu, but all is ok
the explanation of the how to... was great and nothing lost
my H815L is now rooted
thx guys

djkinetic said:
Just used flash fire it worked rocking xposed now on 810!
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I know it's kind of going off topic, but I figured I'd mention that Flash Fire doesn't work on VS986. It just goes to a black screen and sits there forever. I left it sit for almost an hour. I saw elsewhere it has something to do with automount, I'll have to mess with it further.

hackarchive said:
Hit thanks if you appreciate. I spent hours trying to root so hope I helped.
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Appreciated but you should include a way to unroot (undo) as well, ie how do we get back to stock (if required) ?

[Q]Flashing bootlogo MXPE 6.0 Custom Rom Custom Kernel

Is there a flashing bootlogo for MXPE 6.0 Custom Rom & Custom Kernel guide?
Screenshot below as to what I am running on my my phone. I am specically looking to replace the unlock bootloader warning bootlogo with something nice.
About Phone:

Hitti2 said:
Is there a flashing bootlogo for MXPE 6.0 Custom Rom & Custom Kernel guide?
Screenshot below as to what I am running on my my phone. I am specically looking to replace the unlock bootloader warning bootlogo with something nice.
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This thread has what you need to get rid of the unlocked bootloader warning. Make sure you read carefully and get the marshmallow logo for your rom.
Here's a kernel tuning guide.

jason2678 said:
This thread has what you need to get rid of the unlocked bootloader warning. Make sure you read carefully and get the marshmallow logo for your rom.
Here's a kernel tuning guide.
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It says its for
LPH23.116-18
Mine is

Hitti2 said:
It says its for
LPH23.116-18
Mine is
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The one attached to the OP is for lollipop. You need the marshmallow one that Spasticdroid posted about a dozen pages in.

Gotya.
As if you hadnt known,I am new at this.
What can I use to get the location for the logo after downloading.
Is there like a copy url in es file explorer?
Then I can paste then write it down on paper.

Hitti2 said:
Gotya.
As if you hadnt known,I am new at this.
What can I use to get the location for the logo after downloading.
Is there like a copy url in es file explorer?
Then I can paste then write it down on paper.
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The easiest thing to do would be to download it to a computer, unzip it, and use fastboot to flash logo.bin with the command in the OP of the logo thread.
Alternately you could probably use dd to flash it if you don't have access to a PC or just don't want to use one. I have not tested and would not recommend that.
Fastboot worked fine. It is far too easy to make a typo and trash your phone with dd; it isn't nicknamed disk destroyer for no reason. Assuming you download it to the default folder, unzip it there with a utility like es file explorer, and are the primary user of this device the command would look like this:
Code:
su
dd if=/data/media/0/Download/logo.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p31
If you do go this route and get a command not found for dd, then you probably need to install busybox. Triple check all your inputs if you do this. Typos with dd can be nasty. I've modded plenty of devices this way, but just use fastboot when it is available. The syntax is easier with fastboot, and you don't have to worry about writing to the wrong block device since it handles them all by name.

Thanks a bunch. Be fire i proceed
Is there a way to backup the unlocked bootloader logo?
So if I ever need to replace it back.
Perferrably through fastboot. I've got a pc ready for adb and fastboot.

Hitti2 said:
Is there a way to backup the unlocked bootloader logo?
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Essentially just reverse the arguments in the command I posted above.
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p31 of=/data/media/0/Download/logo.img
That should leave you with an image of the logo partition in your /sdcard/Download folder.

jason2678 said:
Essentially just reverse the arguments in the command I posted above.
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p31 of=/data/media/0/Download/logo.img
That should leave you with an image of the logo partition in your /sdcard/Download folder.
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Do I have to use dd to backup the logo? Is there a cmd in fastboot or adb?
Thnx.

Hitti2 said:
Do I have to use dd to backup the logo? Is there a cmd in fastboot or adb?
Thnx.
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You could use adb shell, but that just lets you use your computer keyboard instead of trying to type in a terminal app. The command to get a single partition remains the same.
There is an app called partitions backup & restore that can handle this without any command line use. Its available on the play store.

jason2678 said:
You could use adb shell, but that just lets you use your computer keyboard instead of trying to type in a terminal app. The command to get a single partition remains the same.
There is an app called partitions backup & restore that can handle this without any command line use. Its available on the play store.
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Yea, I don't think I can use dd.
http://www.noah.org/wiki/Dd_-_Destroyer_of_Disks#Why_use_dd_instead_of_cp.3F
For linux. I am on a WIn7x64 computer.
And for Partitions Backup & Restore
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Bricked. So it kinda works. It did keep my phone's efs/imei info. But upon reinstalling by phone was stuck in bootloop. I had to set my phone back to Android 4.0 which means some newer apps do not not work. & trying to reinstall different/newer android ROM is now impossible. I was barely able to get it back to working condition, but now slower than before. Unless you know how to reprogram the partitions, i would not mess with this app.
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I think Ima leave the bootlogo alone.

Hitti2 said:
Yea, I don't think I can use dd.
http://www.noah.org/wiki/Dd_-_Destroyer_of_Disks#Why_use_dd_instead_of_cp.3F
For linux. I am on a WIn7x64 computer.
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You're correct, dd is part of GNU coreutils, but you'll be able to use it even if you use adb shell from a windows computer. The dd binary resides on your phone (which is pretty much a linux environment, just android/linux instead of GNU/linux), not on the computer.
I don't think dd is there by default in a typical stock rom, but busybox adds the utilities stock android leaves out. I'm using busybox on rails from the play store with this phone.
I've been using linux for about 15 years, so have a comfortable, if uneasy, feeling for using dd. It is a powerful tool, but it is not fault tolerant and you usually have to run it as root to get the job done. Make a little typo or have an absent minded moment and reverse the if and of arguments and you can have a really bad day.

back to stock nougat

hello all you ph1 users [emoji2]. i just mine about a week ago (from ebay) and it is on android 9 despite the description saying it was on nougat.
so ; i would like to revert back to stock nougat. cant fond anything here on xda and have traversed www till my feet hurt and am more confused.
can anyone help out with directions , maybe even links if not too much trouble , and anything else that i need to know/be aware of?
it would be greatly appreciated [emoji8] ,
dave

mrrocketdog said:
hello all you ph1 users [emoji2]. i just mine about a week ago (from ebay) and it is on android 9 despite the description saying it was on nougat.
so ; i would like to revert back to stock nougat. cant fond anything here on xda and have traversed www till my feet hurt and am more confused.
can anyone help out with directions , maybe even links if not too much trouble , and anything else that i need to know/be aware of?
it would be greatly appreciated [emoji8] ,
dave
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You can get Nougat 7.1 from here....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681
In struction is simple, just boot phone to boot loader and from unzip folder, issue command flashall.

mrrocketdog said:
hello all you ph1 users [emoji2]. i just mine about a week ago (from ebay) and it is on android 9 despite the description saying it was on nougat.
so ; i would like to revert back to stock nougat. cant fond anything here on xda and have traversed www till my feet hurt and am more confused.
can anyone help out with directions , maybe even links if not too much trouble , and anything else that i need to know/be aware of?
it would be greatly appreciated [emoji8] ,
dave
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that would be good if i had a pc.
i do have a extra rooted phone that i use to run adb and fastboot commands. but the windows/linux command of "flash.all" or whatever wont work from my phone.
so i should of said , does any know of a .zip/file that i can adb sidwload , fastboot flash or flash with twrp that will revert me to android 7?
thanks for any ideas ,
dave

The flashall.sh script is just a shell script that executes the fastboot flash commands. You should be able to open the flashall.sh file in a text editor, and essentially copy and paste the commands to run them.

TDP95 said:
The flashall.sh script is just a shell script that executes the fastboot flash commands. You should be able to open the flashall.sh file in a text editor, and essentially copy and paste the commands to run them.
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like with fastboot ;
fastboot flash /sdcard/copy/pasted flashall.sh?

The flashall.sh file will contain a list of fastboot commands. You need to open that file in a text editor, then in a terminal change to the directory all the files are extracted into and copy and paste the commands in the terminal. This will flash the various images to the PH-1.

well all the files will be on /sdcard/ in a folder with the .zip's name. so i'll give it a shot and report back.
thank you for your time and knowledgr.
i'm kinda behind on "new" devices coming from a galaxy s4. lol [emoji4]

You're welcome! The newer devices are certainly a change. What you'll do with the fastboot type zip is you'll extract it. As within that zip are the images and flashall.sh file. You'll just open that flashall.sh in a text editor as it will have a list of the fastboot commands. For example commands such as "fastboot flash boot_a name-of-file", "fastboot flash boot_b name-of-file", etc. You'll just run those commands from a terminal while in the extracted directory. That should flash the images to the device.

mrrocketdog said:
well all the files will be on /sdcard/ in a folder with the .zip's name. so i'll give it a shot and report back.
thank you for your time and knowledgr.
i'm kinda behind on "new" devices coming from a galaxy s4. lol [emoji4]
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I remember you! ?
just make sure you understand how the A/B partions work using this method (I don't) so assuming it would be same as when using fastboot from PC

and i remember you also
thanks for chyming in. no , A/B is brand new to me but i will try everything i can think of in both slots.