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Ok, before you tell me to search, I have. For two days. I have looked at everything from forums to youtube videos on how to root the droid eris. The thing I am trying to do the unrevoked method. The thing I can't get past is in the begining. I go to the hboot screen by pressing volume down and power. I plug in my usb cable and nothing happens. I think I'm supposed to see it say hboot usb plug. It doesn't. I go to devise manager just to check and it doesn't show my phone. So I'm sure you can see my frustration not even being able to get past the first step. Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Matt
Got it fixed using the 1 click root from the market. Then added XTR Sense rom. Works great.
Congrats and welcome to a whole new Eris!
Yes, congratulations, and furthermore, excellent choice of a "replacement" ROM, I just recently went back to xtrSENSE after perhaps four months playing with Froyo.
FYI, I suspect the issue was you might've needed the Windows drivers for the phone loaded before using the unREVOKED method, but it's just a guess.
Install HTCSync (available from HTC's website) for the Droid Eris and that'll install the correct drivers, which will take a moment to load the first time you plug your phone in via USB next time. Also, give it a moment to load those drivers before doing anything like mounting the SD card to the computer via USB.
I just rooted mine back in December and the 1 click was the one that made the most sense for me, i didnt even kno bout the unrevolked til after i was rooted....but im loving the cm7 gingerbread roms, for being such early versions there really stable
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Pauly2277 said:
I just rooted mine back in December and the 1 click was the one that made the most sense for me, i didnt even kno bout the unrevolked til after i was rooted....but im loving the cm7 gingerbread roms, for being such early versions there really stable
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Belated welcome to rooting, then.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Belated welcome to rooting, then.
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Why thank you sir....i just dont kno why i didnt do it earlier
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Pauly2277 said:
Why thank you sir....i just dont kno why i didnt do it earlier
Sent from my GSBv1.6-ERIS using XDA App
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You were probably afraid that you'd let the smoke out.
I'm about to take the plunge myself. I use the Trackmaster app for recording lap times. From my research, Sense does not support the SPP (Serial Port Protocol) bluetooth profile. But, I understand that a non-sense (AOSP) ROM will have the entire bluetooth stack intact.
I've been following the tazz and shed GB threads with much admiration. It's just amazing what some folks will do for coffee money. And guys, I wish you all the best with your personal struggles!
My plan is to root this week. Make sure the phone remains stable. Practice that Up-Volume & Power Button thing a few times to make sure I can follow the flash procedure. Then grab GB next week.
I've read the rooting for dummies thread, and will use the one-click root app from the market. Free one first. Then if all is well I'll download the pay one.
Successful GB load will get a meal, and after I confirm my bluetooth GPS unit works with Trackmaster, coffee money will follow.
As you may be able to tell from the above sentence fragments (or maybe the straight forward I don't give a sh.t if I violate any social protocol plan) I'm a former Engineer (retired), so constructive advice / criticism is greatly appreciated. And I got the time to double-check everything.
Alan Wolfe
Many people with less analytical skills than you have rooted, and it sounds like you've done your homework, so it should be a snap for you. The only thing I will add is to re-emphasize what you proabably have already read - that you should:
- check the file integrity of all file downloads (using MD5 sigs or "jar verify" principles for ROM files, e.g. use 'scary alien's" AFV (Androd File Verifier) free market app)
- charge the phone well before any flashing operations (and don't let it sit in HBOOT or Fastboot modes for extended period of time - it discharges rapidly, even if plugged in)
- make a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM. If things don't work out with the BT issues, you can always go back to where you were, little worse for the wear.
cheers and good luck
Thanks - didn't have the MD5 crypto check in the plan, but it is now.
I just can't believe how good the work being done here is. I used to contract for much poorer work for much more money! This just proves that passion beats bucks every time!
p.s. I pushed that Thanks button for you, but damned if I can tell if it worked
p.p.s Got the Thanks thing - I see it now.
bftb0 said:
Alan Wolfe
Many people with less analytical skills than you have rooted, and it sounds like you've done your homework, so it should be a snap for you. The only thing I will add is to re-emphasize what you proabably have already read - that you should:
- check the file integrity of all file downloads (using MD5 sigs or "jar verify" principles for ROM files, e.g. use 'scary alien's" AFV (Androd File Verifier) free market app)
- charge the phone well before any flashing operations (and don't let it sit in HBOOT or Fastboot modes for extended period of time - it discharges rapidly, even if plugged in)
- make a Nandroid backup of your existing ROM. If things don't work out with the BT issues, you can always go back to where you were, little worse for the wear.
cheers and good luck
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One thing to add: the Gingerbread ROMs require you to download and flash a google apps .zip file before you restart the phone, unlike many other ROMs that include Google apps as part of the ROM. So, that is one more file that you need to check an MD5 hash, and the procedure will be something like this:
- download and verify the GSB/Tazz and Google apps zip files
- copy them to the root directory of the SD card, and check the MD5s there as well
- root the phone
- restart it to get the root process to install custom recovery
- restart in Recovery
- Nandroid backup what you have
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe Dalvik cache
- Flash GSB (or Tazz, whichever one you choose)
- Flash Google apps
- restart the phone
doogald said:
One thing to add: the Gingerbread ROMs require you to download and flash a google apps .zip file before you restart the phone, unlike many other ROMs that include Google apps as part of the ROM. So, that is one more file that you need to check an MD5 hash, and the procedure will be something like this:
- download and verify the GSB/Tazz and Google apps zip files
- copy them to the root directory of the SD card, and check the MD5s there as well
- root the phone
- restart it to get the root process to install custom recovery
- restart in Recovery
- Nandroid backup what you have
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe Dalvik cache
- Flash GSB (or Tazz, whichever one you choose)
- Flash Google apps
- restart the phone
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Interesting doogald. I understood that root should be done first before any downloading. Thanks for the above instructions! I had things a little out of order. Would you mind clarifying when the SD card format should be done? I was going to:
- root the phone
- format SD
- copy ROM and gapps
- MD5 check
- restart ... and follow your order above.
Alan Wolfe said:
Interesting doogald. I understood that root should be done first before any downloading. Thanks for the above instructions! I had things a little out of order. Would you mind clarifying when the SD card format should be done? I was going to:
- root the phone
- format SD
- copy ROM and gapps
- MD5 check
- restart ... and follow your order above.
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Honestly, I think that the SD card format is unnecessary. Unless I am mistaken, it was suggested in part to rule out issues people might be having moving from rooted Froyo to Gingerbread, to erase the SD card's /.android_secure hidden folder - where apps that are moved to SD Card in Froyo are stored. That will not be an issue for you if you are stock Eris.
However, it won't hurt to do it, and that would be the step that it should be done.
Thanks again. Its nice to get confirmation.
Ignorant question - The one-click root app says to "reboot" the eris. How do you reboot the eris?
I searched forum - read the whole one-click app thread - googled "reboot eris" and got nothing.
NEVERMIND!!! I turned the phone off, vol - & power, select recovery with vol +, then select reboot.
And I got a Superuser Permission... widget now.
Alan Wolfe said:
I'm about to take the plunge myself. I use the Trackmaster app for recording lap times. From my research, Sense does not support the SPP (Serial Port Protocol) bluetooth profile. But, I understand that a non-sense (AOSP) ROM will have the entire bluetooth stack intact.
I've been following the tazz and shed GB threads with much admiration. It's just amazing what some folks will do for coffee money. And guys, I wish you all the best with your personal struggles!
My plan is to root this week. Make sure the phone remains stable. Practice that Up-Volume & Power Button thing a few times to make sure I can follow the flash procedure. Then grab GB next week.
I've read the rooting for dummies thread, and will use the one-click root app from the market. Free one first. Then if all is well I'll download the pay one.
Successful GB load will get a meal, and after I confirm my bluetooth GPS unit works with Trackmaster, coffee money will follow.
As you may be able to tell from the above sentence fragments (or maybe the straight forward I don't give a sh.t if I violate any social protocol plan) I'm a former Engineer (retired), so constructive advice / criticism is greatly appreciated. And I got the time to double-check everything.
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I could tell. The way you wrote reminded me of myself, at least from time to time. And probably even more often how I think.
Alan Wolfe said:
Thanks again. Its nice to get confirmation.
Ignorant question - The one-click root app says to "reboot" the eris. How do you reboot the eris?
I searched forum - read the whole one-click app thread - googled "reboot eris" and got nothing.
NEVERMIND!!! I turned the phone off, vol - & power, select recovery with vol +, then select reboot.
And I got a Superuser Permission... widget now.
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FYI rebooting the phone at it's simplest is just telling the phone to shut down the Android OS and then boot it back up. This doesn't have to involve actually shutting the power off to the phone but it can if you so choose. Also, some ROMs and/or through some apps/widgets, you can explicitly command your phone to "reboot" from within the Android interface. I just didn't want you to think that any time a "reboot" is needed, that you have to boot into recovery and choose the "reboot" option from there.
It's just like a reboot on a computer. Actually powering the computer off isn't really necessary to affect a reboot.
Welcome to root and XDA!
Thanks!
I saw a lot of references to Titanium Backup so I DLed the free version. Its happy now after I enabled USB Debugging and download from Unknown sources. So now that I have double checked I Know I got root now.
Oh, and since I confirmed root I uninstalled the one-click root app and made a donation to the San Antonio Food Bank.
Welcome to the dark side ! At least we have coffee and cookies here !!! LOL
Seriously though, so what ROM did you end up choosing ? Any time someone new to the forums finally roots and flashes a ROM we like to see how things are going and see that your process was successful !
GSB 1.7
Awesome!!!
Now I gotta finish up downloading my apps and getting things set up. This is totally cool.
I did:
- reformat SD
- copy goodies from PC
- wipe data
- wipe dalvik
- flash GSB
- flash gapps
- flash c2c
- reboot
Sooo I am very happy my Ginger Tazz. It is awesome. Now looking into different themes. One concern is skype mobile says it only works on verizon wireless. Im on VW. Why isnt it working?
Thanks
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msturner79 said:
Sooo I am very happy my Ginger Tazz. It is awesome. Now looking into different themes. One concern is skype mobile says it only works on verizon wireless. Im on VW. Why isnt it working?
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There are two Skype apps for Android: a "special" one for VZW that does not work with WiFi (at least on the Eris it does not), and a real version that does work over WiFi. The VZW version will use Verizon minutes to make calls to phone numbers but 3G for Skype to Skype (and international calls.) I think that the real Skype app uses 3G or WiFi for everything, but 'm not sure.
In the market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skype.raider&feature=search_result and https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skype.android.verizon&feature=search_result
Here is a guide I have put together for the VZW Samsung SCH-I605 Galaxy Note II
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This guide contains 5 sections:
Section 1: How to Root/Unlock/ Return to Stock 4.X Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin
Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery
Section 3: How to flash a AOSP/CM10 based rom from a Custom Recovery
Section 4: Directory
Section 5: Android Glossary
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*I am not liable for what you do to your DEVICE!!
*I take no credit for links posted in this thread... This is just a guide or more so a collaboration of different guides all put into one thread!!
*This Guide will not trip your flash counter!! Flashing any custom software via odin will infact trip the flash counter!! Thats why I use these methods and the only thing I use odin is for flashing STOCK firmware Only!!!
DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTA UPDATES EVER!! REMEMBER THIS DEVICE SHIPPED LOCKED...OUR TALENTED DEVS UNLOCKED THIS DEVICE, SO ONLY RELY ON THEM FOR UPDATES. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN A PERMA LOCKED BOOTLOADER!!
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Section 1a: How to Root/Unlock Stock 4.X Jelly Bean with Odin
Proceed to Adam Outler's "JAILBREAK" threads for rooting and unlocking bootloader so custom roms can be flashed!!! Only use the method linked below thats specific to the firmware/bootloader version on your device!! If you took the 4.3 update or used Odin to flash 4.3 then you can no longer unlock your bootloader
As most know by now, Devices that took the MJ9 4.3 OTA update permanently locked the bootloader. The previous Root and Unlock methods no longer work for this latest update. However our kind Devs developed SafeStrap for a workaround, which allows root and flashing Touch Wiz roms. Please head over to this thread for installing SafeStrap on 4.3 VRUEMJ9- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2693131
4.1.2 VRAMC3- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066
4.1.1 VRALL4- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
4.1.1 VRALJB- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2043636 (Unless you purchased your device within the first month of release and never took the OTA update, DO NOT use this)
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Section 1b: How to return to stock 4.X Jelly Bean coming from any rom with Odin
Step 1: Download and install Odin- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1165122&d=1340993443
Step 2: Download one of these stock images and pit file to a windows based pc. If Odin does not recognize the file then extract it with a program such as 7zip.(Make sure to only use the version that is compatible with your bootloader...meaning if you upgrade to the latest firmware you can no longer revert back to older firmware versions)
VRUEMJ9 4.3- http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319197589(ONLY USE THIS IF YOU TOOK THE 4.3 OTA!! There currently is no bootloader unlock method for 4.3 which means you can no longer flash custom roms, recoveries, or kernels!!!)
Official VRAMC3 4.1.2 5/5/13- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B46nbPp9bPf-Q3lJdmlYS0ZwRzg/edit?pli=1
This firmware image that will return your device to factory stock and locked conditions. Take note this is the latest firmware version that is currently can be be unlocked.
Official VRALJB 4.1.1 12/9/12- http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390214368362234374
This will wipe data and return your device to factory stock out of the box conditions. This file can only be used on devices that never took the VRALL4 or VRAMC3 OTA update. If this file is flashed on a updated device, Odin will fail @ sboot.bin.
Root66 stock VRALJB 4.1.1 12/2/12- http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390210501348163619 This is our very first fully functional rooted Odin image.. Thanks MrRobinson!! This file does not wipe data, lock bootloader, or replace recovery. Its simply a easy way for folks who want to flash back to rooted stock as a stepping stone to another rom.
SCH-I605_16gb.Pit- http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?05cj895zu3tls7z
Step 3: Power device off, hold the volume down/home/power keys until you see a yellow triangle, then press the volume up key to access "odin or download mode".
Step 4: Open Odin and connect the oem usb cable from pc to device. The driver should automatically install( it did for me on windows 7 64bit). There should also be a "comport number" in upper left hand corner of Odin indicating communication between the pc & device.
Step 5: Click on the pit function of Odin and select the sch-i605-16gb.pit file.
Step 6: Click on the PDA function of Odin. Select the stock VRALJB image you downloaded in step 1, then select start. This operation should take less than 8 minutes before Odin will say pass/reset.
Step 7: Your device should boot back up into factory stock 4.1.1 android! However, If your device is stuck in a bootloop, power the device off, press and hold the volume up/home/power buttons until the samsung logo appears. The device will boot into recovery and from there you will need to wipe data/factory reset, then reboot.
If odin no longer recognizes your device, most likely Casual killed the driver for odin!! follow this tutorial for restoring the driver:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzghcV8HVVk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz 4.1.1 rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery
Requires Root/ Bootloader unlocked/TWRP or CWM recovery!!
Step 1: Download one of the roms below to the root of your internal sd card(/mnt/sdcard):
TouchWiz Jelly Bean Roms
Clean Rom Lite- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2108150
Clean Rom- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055170
Beans Custom- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032447
Eclipse TW- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128604
Jedi-XVX http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2135508
Imuts Tweaked VZW Remix- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154420
Meanbean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187854
Whompasarus- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2153405
Step 2: Power device off, then hold the Volume up/home/power buttons until you see the team win recovery logo.
Step 3: Select wipe, then wipe cache.( If you run into any force closes or issues boot back into TWRP recovery and wipe data!)
Step 4: Select install, then choose the rom you downloaded in step 1 and reboot system.
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How to flash a custom Touchwiz kernel
*prerequisites* rooted/unlocked/custom recovery
Step 1: Download a custom kernel to the devices internal sd.(/mnt/sdcard)
Touchwiz 4.1 Kernels
Ptmr3 Saber- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2124221
AndreiLux Perseus- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048013
Imnuts PBJ- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154378
Step 2: Power device off, press the volume up/home/power keys until you see the recovery splash screen.
Step 3: Wipe cache
Step 4: Install the kernel zip you downloaded in step 1 and reboot!
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Section 3: How to flash a AOSP/CM10 based rom
Requires Root/ Bootloader unlocked/TWRP or CWM recovery!!
Step 1: Download one of the CM10 based roms and Gapps file below to internal sd:
AOSP/CM10 4.x.x roms
CM11- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524126
CM10.2- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406788
PAC-Man- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051307
ParanoidAndroid- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2531943
AOKP- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2453566
Avatar- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167051
Gapps- http://goo.im/gapps
Step 2: Power device off, then hold the volume up/home/power keys until you see the Team Win or CWM recovery logo(These directions are based for CWM recovery, however they will work for TWRP.
Step 3: Wipe cache.
Step 4: (Optional but recommended) Make a nandroid back up to external sd card from the backup and restore menu. external sd cards must be formatted to fat 32 for recovery to recognize the card. use THIS to format your card.
Step 5: Wipe data/ factory reset.
Step 6: Navigate to "install zip from sd card", from there "choose zip from sd card", and finally install the Rom you downloaded in step 1.
Step 7: Again, Navigate to "install zip from sd card", from there "choose zip from sd card", and finally install the gapps package you downloaded in step 1.
Step 8: Reboot
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How to flash a custom AOSP Kernel
*prerequisites* rooted/unlocked/custom recovery
Step 1: Download a custom kernel to the devices internal sd.(/mnt/sdcard)
AOSP 4.x Kernels
Kejar's BasicKernel- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2127212
Ptmr3 ForceKernel- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144414
Ptmr3 SOAPKernel- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186131
Step 2: Power device off, press the volume up/home/power keys until you see the recovery splash screen.
Step 3: Wipe cache
Step 4: Install the kernel zip you downloaded in step 1 and reboot!
Section 4: Directory
[APP]Mod DPI of any App on the Fly- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2067043
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[How To]How to get 4.2 swype keyboard on any android device- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017484
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[INFO]4.1.1 Bloatware Removal List- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34915553&postcount=3
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[MOD]VZW GN2 GSM Unlock- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044449
[MOD]Hidden Menu Enabler Tool- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077653
[MOD]Add all apps to multi-window build LJB-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028535
[MOD]Add Wifi toggle to your status bar + more custom status bars LJB-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030539
[MOD]Google wallet WORKING on Note 2- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031127
[MOD]Increase Max Brightness- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008210
[MOD]Blocking Mode is Present and Working on the Verizon Note 2!- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025477
[MOD]Add additional apps to Multi Window without needing root- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024399
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[Novice Guide] 50+ Tips and Tricks - Make phone faster - Better battery life & More!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40861997#post40861997
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[Official]Excellent Note 2 Tips 'n' Tricks YouTube Channel- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024934
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[VIDEOS] How to ROOT, UNLOCK, RESTORE, and much more- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43734801#post43734801
Section 5: Android Glossary
Download Mode - This is a setting in which you will put your phone when using Odin. There are other ways, but most noobs will reach download mode by powering down, removing the battery, and holding volume down while plugging the factory usb cord into the computer and phone. Odin can only communicate properly with your phone if the phone is in download mode.
F. Reset Time - This is a check box in Odin. It's not clear that anyone knows the exact details of what it actually does, nor is it clear what will happen if you leave it unchecked vs checked. It seems to reset some arbitrary counter in your phone. As a general rule, you can either follow the instructions of whatever guide you're using or just leave the checkbox how you found it.
Fast Charge - This is a feature on some ICS ROMs that can be turned on or off. When enabled, it allows your phone to draw as much charge as possible regardless of the charging source. Without fast charge, your phone will place artificial speed limits on charging when plugged, for example, into the USB slot on your computer. Fast charge bypasses these limits, letting your phone believe it is always plugged into a wall charger. It is worth noting that your phone will not be recognized by your computer as a USB device when fast charge is enabled. It will only charge.
FC - Force Close - This is when an app stops working unexpectedly. This can happen to both rooted and unrooted phones. It doesn't cause any damage to the phone. In most cases, the app can just be opened right back up. It seems to depend on a lot of factors, including the quality of the app itself. ROMs and kernels that experience very few FCs are said to be "stable."
Flash - This is a term used to describe the installation of software onto your phone. It refers to fundamental changes in your phone's operating system. It is different from just installing an app from the Marketplace (Google Play). Commonly, people will flash ROMs, kernels, patches, and radios. There are basically two ways to flash new software onto your phone:
1. Odin
2. CWM Recovery (or a comparable recovery program)
Freeze - There are two meanings in general use. One might use this term to refer to his or her phone becoming unresponsive. More commonly, though, it refers to a special ability of a program called Titanium Backup. This program can be downloaded from the Android Marketplace (Google Play), but it requires a rooted phone to work. When Titanium Backup is used to freeze an app or process, that app or process is essentially gone from the phone. It won't show up in the app drawer, and it won't be running in the background. The difference between freezing and uninstalling, though, is that anything frozen can be quickly "thawed," also with Titanium Backup. With the touch of a button, the missing app or process is right back where it used to be. This is a convenient way for newly rooted users to test the waters of debloating.
Gapps - Google Apps - When flashing custom ROMs, the apps on the phone are usually deleted. As an alternative to going to the Marketplace (Google Play) and re-installing all the favorites (Google Maps, Google Talk, Google Voice, etc.), many devs have packaged these into a tidy zip file that can be flashed via CWM. Why don't they just put the Google Apps in the ROM, you ask? Custom ROMs and Google Apps get software updates at different rates, so keeping the two separate allows users to always have the most up-to-date version of each. On MTD ROMs such as CM7 or anything ICS, you generally must flash the gapps package to get the Android Marketplace (Google Play).
GB - Gingerbread - Android 2.3. Google likes to name its Android releases after sweet foods. Most of our stock phones are running on this release of Android. There are numerous ROMS and kernels compatible with Gingerbread. These are a good starting point for newly rooted users, as they will feel quite familiar.
Github - This is a web-based service where developers can post their code. Depending on the situation, their code can be accessed by other users, modified, or just shared with the world. The site encourages the kind of open source development for which Android is famous.
Governor - This refers to the type of logic your phone uses to control how fast its processor ramps up when needed or slows down when not. The choice of governor can influence overall performance and battery life. The governor can be selected using an OC/UV program such as Voltage Control or NS Tools. No one governor is right for everyone. The fun is in experimenting. Here are some examples and brief descriptions:
performance: Keeps the processor always ramped up to to maximum; useful for benchmarking
ondemand: Rapidly ramps up the processor when needed; gradually slows it down when not needed
conservative: Similar to ondemand, but ramps up more slowly
userspace: The user can define the parameters (for advanced users only).
lazy: This was developed specifically for Android by xda dev Ezekeel. He states it is an enhanced version of ondemand, tuned to our phones' capabilities. Don't be fooled by the name. He tested it with numerous processor-intensive applications.
interactive: Uses a logic to try to predict how quickly it needs to ramp up processor speed, attempting to balance battery life and performance
interactiveX: A tweak on interactive (by dev imoseyon), which locks the processor at the minimum speed when the screen is off
smartass & smartassV2: Modified interactive governors by dev erasmux, they use logic to determine how quickly to ramp up or slow down; designed to optimize battery life without sacrificing performance.
powersave: This keeps the processor always set at the minimum frequency. The name may be a bit misleading, as certain processes will just take longer, using up more battery.
Heimdall - This program is similar to Odin. It was created by an Australian software company called Glass Echidna. It can be used to flash files onto your phone. Some users prefer this program over Odin. Heimdall can be used with Mac computers, whereas Odin can not. Many high level users regularly use both Heimdall and Odin.
ICS - Ice Cream Sandwich - Android 4.0. Google likes to name its Android releases after sweet foods. It comes pre-installed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Verizon. Several developers have created ways to install ICS on the Samsung Fascinate.
init.d - This is a type of script used by developers when they modify Android code. You hear the term a lot because modifications using this type of script have far-reaching effects in the overall performance of the phone. High level users (who aren't quite devs) can even insert bits and pieces of init.d scripts to make minor tweaks to their phones.
Inverted - By default, most Google apps consist of a white screen with dark lettering. Inverting changes this to a dark screen with light letters. There are several advantages to this. Beyond the aesthetic advantages, it tends to be easier on the eyes in low light situations and reduce battery consumption. Inversion is done by talented individuals called themers.
I/O Scheduler - This refers to the type of logic your phone uses to order and process read and write requests to your phone's hard drive. There are several types, which are listed below, but there is no magic bullet. The joy is in finding the one that works for you in terms of performance and battery life. It is worth noting, though, that certain schedulers were designed to be used with mechanical rotating hard drives, taking the drive's rotational position into account. This does not apply to our phones, which use solid state drive technology. A scheduler can be selected by using an OC/UV control program such as Voltage Control or NS Tools. Specific descriptions are beyond the scope of this glossary, but simple Internet searches can expand on any of schedulers listed.
Examples: noop, deadline, cfq, bfq, sio, vr, bfs
* In the absence of a dev's recommendation, if you don't feel like reading up on the subject, you can leave the scheduler at the default or choose noop or sio.
JB - Jelly Bean - Android 4.1. Google likes to name its Android releases after sweet foods. This is the latest version of Android to hit the streets, and devs are flocking to it , making all JB development new and exciting.
Jig - This is a tiny Frankensteinian device made of a small chip, a transistor, and the tip of the little micro-USB connector that you plug into your phone to charge it or attach it to your computer. When your phone will not go into download mode through normal means, putting a jig into the phone when the battery is in will make your phone go into download mode. You can make one yourself or buy one online for less than $10.
Kang - Generally used as a verb, this means to take bits and pieces of someone else's coding and to then integrate it into your own. Granted, noobs won't be doing this, but devs do it all the time. For the most part, this is considered a welcome practice among friendly devs, provided it is done correctly and politely. Kanging often serves to better the community as a whole. The key for devs is to give credit to the other devs from whom they have kanged.
Kernel - This is one of the two main components (ROM being the other) of the software running on an Android phone. It is the piece of software that connects the hardware (screen, softkeys, vibration, speakers, etc.) to the other software components. An unrooted phone comes with a stock kernel. It is stable but somewhat slow. Practically speaking, installing (flashing) a custom kernel will make your phone feel much faster and smoother as it moves through screens and opens apps. Generally speaking, installing a new kernel will not change the basic appearance of your phone or erase any of your phone's information. Custom kernels can also unlock several abilities of rooted phones. Examples include:
-wireless tethering (ignoring that pesky $30/month charge from Verizon)
-control over how and when the softkeys at the bottom of the screen light up
-overclocking/undervolting
-voodoo lagfix (This only applies to phones with BML-based ROMs. MTD ROMs don't need lagfix.)
-custom boot animations
Lean Kernel - Created by imoseyon, He intentionally leaves out a lot of the "bells and whistles" to keep the experience simple, smooth, and fast. Imoseyon works with several phones, so it is imperative that you have the correct version of Lean Kernel, the one appropriate for your phone.
Linaro - This is a team of software engineers developing open source software for numerous platforms, particularly as it relates to getting maximum bang for the buck from systems with memory and hardware limitations. For our purposes, many Linaro modifications are making their way into our custom ROMs, promising increased speed and responsiveness.
Logcat - This is a log of all of the processing activity your phone did over a certain period of time. This is useful for bug reporting, as devs can examine logcats and attempt to determine the source of the error(s). Many threads in the development forum request logcats to go alongside any bug reports. A logcat can be generated through adb, and there are also some apps that will do it for you. Random complaints aren't terribly useful for devs, but logcats generally are. This classic cartoon illustrates how many devs feel about disorderly complaints about their work, even though most are far too polite to say anything.
Milestone - Devs are always trying to incorporate the latest and greatest features into their ROMs. The add-ons are incorporated as parts of new releases, or "builds." This is what makes development exciting, but it also leads to bugs. Milestone builds occur when the devs sit back, roll up their sleeves, and work the bugs out of all the awesome features they've crammed into their work. The milestones are considered the relatively safe and stable builds. When installed correctly, they rarely experience major bugs.
MIUI - This term is a transliteration of a Chinese name for a special customization of Android actually developed in China. MIUI ROMs can be installed on the Fascinate. They change the look and feel of the Android system, moving it closer to something resembling iOS, the iPhone's operating system. A lot of custom development has been done with the software code from the MIUI system. Many devs will integrate bits and pieces of MIUI into their own ROMs. For example, the TSM Resurrection ROM allows you to use the MIUI battery indicator, which looks completely different from the standard battery indicator.
MTD - This is a technical term used by devs to describe the software organization in your phone, as it relates to things called partitions. The bottom line is that the stock organizational system, called BML, is somewhat fixed and limited, whereas MTD offers devs a great deal of flexibility. Heavily customized ROMs like those from CyanogenMod or anything MIUI rely on MTD file organization. All of our ICS ROMs use MTD. MTD ROMs, generally speaking, experience very little lag, as compared to BML ROMs. When returning to a normal BML ROM from an MTD ROM, special precautions need to be taken.
Nandroid - This is a backup of your entire phone as it stands at that moment in time (ROM, kernel, text messages, your Angry Birds progress, etc.). It is stored on your sd card, which is somewhat immune to your tinkering. A Nandroid backup is a good failsafe for the times when you might want to try out that new experimental kernel your favorite dev has been working on. The files can also be saved on a home computer/flash drive/etc. for safe keeping. Nandroid backups are created using a recovery program like Clockworkmod Recovery. CWM can also use old Nandroids to restore a phone to its previous condition.
Nightly - Nightlies - Some rooted users like the idea of having the most stable, tested, and reliable ROMs available. Others prefer the excitement of being on the cutting edge. Nightlies are the untested regular releases of whatever a certain dev happens to be working on at the time. They package them up, post them online, and let the discussions ensue. These are not for the faint of heart. They are for people who are comfortable addressing freezes, boot loops, and force closes.
Noob - If you have to ask what this means, this is what you are. It's a derivation of "newbie" or "newb," someone who's new to the activity at hand. In many ways, the noob is defined by his actions rather than by the amount of time he's spent rooting phones or posting on xda. Here are a few standard behaviors that will immediately brand someone as a noob:
-Posting new threads to ask questions that have been answered dozens of times. (Hint: It's best to search before posting)
-Posting ROM complaints (without logcat), beginner questions, and other non-development topics in the development forums (It has been theorized that this will ultimately be the end of xda)
-Diving in and flashing away without reading and then posting about your problems (Everyone needs to read the Guide.)
NSTools - This is an app that requires superuser permissions. It can be used to control a variety of the phone's features that are unlocked when running a custom kernel. It can enable fast charge, BLN, overclocking, and undervolting. It often comes pre-installed with ICS ROMs.
OC - Overclocking - Computer processors operate at a variety of speeds. When a manufacturer sells a product (like a phone) to the general public, they strictly limit the speed at which the built in processor can operate, even though the processor may be capable of more. This is to promote stability and reliability. Rooted users can overclock their phone's processor, raising the maximum speed at which it can operate. This can be done through various apps, including Voltage Control and NS Tools. Some ROMs even have the controls built into their settings. There are limits, though. Running a processor at too high a speed can cause overheating and/or glitches.
Odin - This is a program of seemingly mysterious origins that allows your home computer to communicate with your phone. You download it to your home computer. Good communication with your phone requires the installation of Samsung drivers on your computer as well as the use of the USB cable that came with your phone. Among other things, Odin can be used to root your phone, install CWM Recovery, install custom ROMs and kernels, and return your phone to stock after you've screwed it up.
*NEVER touch the "Phone" button on Odin. It should be labeled "Destroy your Phone"
OP - Original Post - This refers to the first post in any given thread, the one that started the thread in a discussion forum. A common noob mistake is to hop into a thread on page 27, read for 30 seconds, and then chime in with a question. He is often directed to the OP, which contains the answer to his question.
OTA - Over the Air - These are the official firmware upgrades that Verizon has released over the life of this phone. They were either pushed out to our phones in the middle of the night or offered up for us to download at our convenience. The latest one, EH03, came in December of 2011. Generally speaking, rooted users do not receive OTA updates. Also generally speaking, this doesn't really matter. The updates can be found on xda, and it is unlikely that the Fascinate will ever receive another OTA update.
Patch - This generally refers to a zip file that can be flashed using CWM. The file usually contains updates or small modifications to an existing ROM or kernel. A great example is the patch that reprograms the phone dialer's voicemail button to open Google Voice instead of the standard voicemail or Visual Voice Mail.
PDA Button - This is the button you will want to use when using the Odin program. You should always avoid the "Phone" button.
Pit file - This is a type of file used with Odin when returning your phone to stock. There is a "Pit" button on Odin you can push to enter the pit file you wish to use. An example of a pit file that you will probably use is Atlas_v2.2.pit. To return to stock, you would use a pit file along with a stock ROM, putting both into Odin at the same time. Droidstyle's guide provides detailed instructions.
Project Butter - This is a Google initiative, launched with Jelly Bean, aimed at reducing phone lag, both real and perceived. It involves research into human visual perception, the pairing of GPU and CPU, graphics buffering, and so on. It's purpose is to make your Android phone run "like buttah."
Radio - a.k.a. Modem - This generally refers to the software that manages the phone's connection to the outside world, not the physical device itself. Verizon would release new versions of this software from time to time in their OTA updates. The two most popular ones are currently EH03 (the latest) and EC09. Both of these work with Android 2.3 and the various Android 4.0 ROMs. The choice of radio can determine your 3g download speeds. It's difficult to say that one is better than another. Different users find good results with each one. Both radios are available as zip files that can be flashed in CWM.
Recovery - Your phone comes with a recovery program. You have to choose to boot it up as an alternative to booting up your phone's normal touchscreen interface. An ordinary phone user would probably never even see this program. It's not pretty. It's just functional. It is basically a list of commands and technical terms that you can navigate using the phone's softkeys, volume up & down buttons, and the power button (to select). Essential to rooting are the special recovery programs such as CWM Recovery. A special recovery program, which is flashed via Odin, will replace the stock recovery program for a rooted user.
Re-Partition - This is one of the check boxes in Odin. This box should be checked only when returning your phone to stock. Of Odin's various check boxes, this is the only one for which widespread agreement of its use exists.
ROM - This is one of the two main components (kernel being the other) of the software running on an android phone. It generally determines the overall appearance of your phone, including which apps are installed by default. The ROM that comes installed on your phone right out of the box is known as the stock ROM. Created by devs, there are numerous custom ROMs available for the Fascinate. Popular ROMs a newly rooted user might try are Superclean3, PWGB, and GeeWiz. The process of flashing a custom ROM to your phone will, generally speaking, erase everything on your phone. The most popular ROM for the Fascinate right now is probably the AOKP version of ICS.
Root - When you buy your phone from Verizon, Verizon still controls it. You are simply a user who is allowed to perform various Verizon-approved activities on it. Gaining root access to your phone grants you the control that Verizon had previously held. Rooting quite literally makes you the "Superuser," opening numerous possibilities for improvement, customization, and ruin. Root access is essential to having a fast, fully customized phone.
Root Explorer - This is an app downloadable from the Android Marketplace (Google Play). As it requires Superuser permissions, it is only functional for rooted users. Its abilities far exceed those of standard file management apps. For example, Root Explorer can copy .apk files directly into the system/apps folder in Android. It's a great way to get that obscure Samsung widget reinstalled on your phone after your favorite developer's ROM washed it away and called it bloat.
Samsung Drivers - This is a small piece of downloadable software that will need to be installed on your home computer before it will be able to communicate with your phone (via Odin or adb).
Skin - This is a program that a phone manufacturer creates with the goal of making its phones more user friendly. It is basically an interface that sits on top of the pure Android guts underneath, hence the term "skin." The skin that comes with Samsung phones is called TouchWiz. This is why our phones don't look quite the same as our friends' HTC or Motorola phones, even though they are all using Android. Some people love TouchWiz. Some people hate it. Some custom ROMs are designed to be used with TouchWiz. Others are designed to be rid of it.
SOD - Sleep of Death - This is when your phone goes into standby mode but then goes into a catatonic state somewhere between being asleep and completely powered down. Users report various degrees of SOD. Some ROMs and kernels have been associated with it, as have certain apps, certain radios, and certain SD cards. Experimenting with fringe OC/UV and didle settings are often responsible these days. Generally, a battery pull (or better, Volume Up + Power) will revive the phone. Once a phone experiences a SOD, it seems likely that it will happen again, so a fix will need to be instituted. A modification of OC/UV settings or a return to stock and clean installation of your ROM, kernel, and apps are recommended.
Superuser - A rooted phone will have a new icon in the list of apps called Superuser. This is what distinguishes a rooted phone from a non-rooted phone. There are numerous apps available on the web and Android Marketplace (Google Play) that require "Superuser permission" to do what they do. Common examples of these apps include NS Tools, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, Voodoo Sound, NS Tools, and Voltage Control. When a rooted user first runs one of these special apps, the app will ask for Superuser permission. Since you are now the Superuser, you get to press the button that says allow or one that says deny.
S Voice - Korean Siri, courtesy of Samsung.
Swype Beta - One of the early perks of rooting, the latest version of Swype is not available to unrooted users because the Fascinate comes with a special pre-installed (and perhaps outdated) version of Swype. Upgrading gives a slicker version of Swype with a more advanced word selection logic. You must follow a few steps to do it correctly:
1. Change the input method to the Android keyboard (settings->language & keyboard).
2. Uninstall Swype using Titanium Backup.
3. Go to the Swype website, give them your email address, and then follow their lead.
*ICS ROMs don't contain any traces of Swype, so steps 1 and 2 can be skipped for them
.tar - This is the file extension for the files that get flashed via Odin. The file to install CWM, for example, is a .tar file. Another example is the file that returns your phone back to stock.
TB - TiBu - Titanium Backup - This is an app available on the Android Marketplace (Google Play). It is for rooted users only, and it requires Superuser permissions to operate normally. Its two main functions are:
1. Creating backups of your phone (or parts of it) in case you screw it up
2. Freezing or uninstalling apps and other stuff you don't want (i.e. debloating)
Thanks button - Once you have created an established account at xda and made a post or two, you will begin to see a button with a little thumbs up sign next to the word "Thanks." This can be found on the lower right corner of someone's post. Pushing this button lets the person who posted know that their work is appreciated. It is considered polite to thank anyone who has helped you, whether or not it was in direct response to your own question. It is always polite to thank the devs whose software you are using. Xda tallies these thanks and gives experienced users a quantifiable measure of their contributions to the community. You will see a thanks meter under other users' names. Helpful people and prolific devs can have hundreds or thousands of thanks.
Troll - This describes a person who attempts to transform a civil forum discussion into a battle of harsh words. They generally lure people into a massive argument by posting inflammatory remarks that are just slightly off topic. They then sit back and laugh to themselves as the argument develops into the nerd equivalent of a bar fight. To feed a troll and make him stronger, just respond to him. To weaken him, report his posts to moderators.
TW - TouchWiz - see "Skin"
TWRP - TeamWin Recovery Project - This is an alternative to the traditional recovery program. Rather than using the volume rocker, softkeys, and power button to interact with it, a touchscreen interface is used. While it offers some interesting potential, it is still under development in terms of compatibility with the Fascinate and our popular ROM/kernel setups.
UV - Undervolting - This is a means of attempting to reduce battery consumption when using custom kernels. Rooted users can accomplish this through one of several apps, with Voltage Control and NS Tools being common examples. The point of whether UV reduces battery consumption is highly contentious, but there does seem to be a theoretical basis for its validity, as well as a preponderance of anecdotal evidence.
Voltage Control - This is an app available on the Android Marketplace (Google Play). It requires root access (i.e. Superuser permissions). When used with compatible kernels, it allows you to overclock and undervolt your phone.
Voodoo - Project Voodoo is a collaborative software development effort started by dev supercurio back when Galaxy S phones first hit the market. Its goal was to optimize the Galaxy S, bringing it up to its full potential. Voodoo innovations have been used by countless rooted users. Voodoo features can only be used on compatible custom kernels. The project consists of three main branches:
1. Voodoo Color - optimizes screen images/video *Not really available in most modern Fascinate setups, but people still talk about how they miss it.
2. Voodoo Sound - optimizes sound quality for audiophiles *The Voodoo Sound app is available from the Marketplace (Google Play) to control settings.
Wipe x3 - This term refers to the act of wiping the slate clean on your phone. It removes all apps you have installed and any data associated with those apps. It will not erase Android, your ROM, your kernel, or anything on your sd card (your photos and videos are on your sd card by default). The Wipe x3 is often done before making major changes to your phone's system. The process is accomplished through a recovery program such as CWM. Here are the 3 commands (hence the "x3"):
1. wipe data/factory reset
2. wipe cache partition
3. wipe dalvik cache
*Note, performing a wipe data/factory reset will reportedly wipe the cache partition and the dalvik cache, so steps 2 & 3 may be redundant.
zip - For our purposes, this refers to the file type for files that can be flashed with CWM or other recovery programs.
*Credit goes to Jawman27 for a great glossary!
Wait... really?
Goodbye weekend
Well now I know for sure this will be my next phone.
Finally!
droidstyle said:
It seems this breaks signal bars, but everything else works so far! Currently adfree...will post screen shots!
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Are you talking about the signal bars don't work or the phone won't get signal?
Thank God! The bootloader is still locked correct?
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
Can anyone confirm this is working?
Zues532 said:
Can anyone confirm this is working?
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Im flashing now I will report back
Whoa!
Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2
It looks like this is a different version than what ships with the phone?
droidstyle said:
It seems this breaks signal bars, but everything else works so far! Currently adfree...will post screen shots![/IMG]
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Have you tried rebooting your phone again to see if it restores the signal bar. I've seen that behavior before.
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droidstyle said:
Step 1: Download and install these files to your pc:
Odin- http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...2&d=1340993443
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Link broken. Here's the working link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1165122&d=1340993443
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miiike said:
It looks like this is a different version than what ships with the phone?
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Couple of letters transposed. Think he meant VRALJB which is what shows on my device instead of VRAJLB.
The new link for Odin has reference to the Samsung GS3 in the title, does this matter?
tenyrnote said:
The new link for Odin has reference to the Samsung GS3 in the title, does this matter?
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Will be fine, ive used this ODIN for many sammy phones.
tenyrnote said:
The new link for Odin has reference to the Samsung GS3 in the title, does this matter?
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Nope it worked for me! I just flashed and it works! And yes you get signal just the icon doesnt work. HAVE AT IT!!!!
droidstyle said:
It seems this breaks signal bars, but everything else works so far! Currently adfree...will post screen shots!
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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Can anyone else confirm this? Did rebooting fix the issue?
Also, the driver link is for GS3 too. does that matter?
Rebooting does not fix the issue and there is no multi view, but it was useless in its current state anyway. There is blocking mode though.
mi7chy said:
Couple of letters transposed. Think he meant VRALJB which is what shows on my device instead of VRAJLB.
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I was talking about VRLI3 in the file name but after reading the other thread it looks like this is just the system img so it retains the version you have on your phone?
Hello Everyone,
Below is a tutorial I have compiled and translated from bbs.anzhi.com on how to update your Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL (U9510E) to the latest version of Android offered by EmotionUI, Jelly Bean 4.1.2:
First of all, I want to give credit where credit is due:
genokolar (aka G大) - Creator/Modder of the Custom Recovery for this, and many other phones coming out of China
Ry09iu (aka R大) - Creator of a Rooted ROM based on EmotionUI B534, which is based on Android 4.1.2
【LUV】 - The board moderator for the D1Quad section of bbs.anzhi, also who's ROM release I used for my phone, but it's upto you to choose which one you want to use
**IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR YOU TO ATTEMPT THIS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH FLASHING PHONES. IN THE CHANCE THAT YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE, I CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IT**
**DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR FILES!!**
Now that the credits and the warning are given, let's get started:
Required Tools:
1. Recovery 6.0.1.9: This tool will open in command prompt and will allow you to flash in the Custom Recovery created by genokolar, as well as the stock recovery released by Huawei. Mirror
2(a).Official ROMs:
i. Official EmotionUI ROM B551 (Updated January 11, 2013): Release Notes
2(b).Custom ROMs:
i. Rooted Version of EmotionUI Rom (Author: genokolar):
- B534 Download
ii. Rooted Version of EmotionUI Rom (Author: Ry09iu):
- B534 Download
- B538 Download
iii. Rooted Version of EmotionUI Rom with HOLO as default Launcher (Author: Ry09iu, Modded by LUV):
- B534 Download
- B538 Download
- B542 Download
iv. MIUI V4.1 - converted from MIUI V4.1 for Honor 2 (Author: Ry09iu):
- Download
3. GApps [Jelly Bean 4.1.2 (Author goo.im/gapps)]: Download
*The roms are hosted in China so the download will be slow, please be patient and your download will be done in an hour or two *
**PLEASE PLACE THE ROM YOU WISH TO UES INTO YOUR EXTERNAL SD CARD BEFORE CONTINUING**
Step 1: Flashing Custom Recovery
1. Turn-on USB debugging on your phone [Settings -> Developer Settings -> USB debugging]
2. Plug in your Phone to your computer via USB for it to install the appropriate drivers*
3. Run recovery6.0.1.4_AscendD1Q.exe
3.5 If your system locale is set to anything other than Chinese, you will get this:
{
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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But what you should see is this:
What that means is: said:
**-1. Flash Chinese Custom Recovery-**
**-2. Recover Official Recovery-**
##-3.Reboot phone into Recovery-##
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4. Type in "1" and press Enter -> This Recovery Flasher will do what it's made to do and when it's completed, your phone will now have a custom recovery.
5. The application will automatically close 10 seconds after the Recovery has been successfully flashed.
Note from Genokolar said:
1. The development of this Custom Recovery was done through email with Huawei so it may be lacking certain features, a full custom recovery will be released as soon as responds him
2. This recovery will only flash from an external SD Card, internal SD card flash is not yet supported
3. At the time of this Custom Recovery being posted, no third-party ROM has been released, therefore it has not been tested <- No longer the case
4.This recovery can be used to Root the EMUI ROMs released by Huawei
5. When you need to flash back to the original ROM releases by Huawei, or receive OTA updates from Huawei, please flash back the original Recovery
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*If the drivers do not install properly, please download the driver attached in this post and install it manually.
Step 2: ROM Flashing
1. Boot your phone into the new recovery. (either by starting the application again and selecting option 3, or press and hold the Power Button with Volumn Up)
2. You will be greeted by the Custom Recovery Screen show below:
[*] Reboot system now
[*] Select zip to flash/install
[*] Wipe data
[*] Wipe cache
[*] Backup and restore
[*] Flash memory/Format
[*] Advanced setting
[*] Turn off phone
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3. Scroll to select option 3 (Wipe data), confirm the wipe
4. Scroll to select option 4 (Wipe cache), confirm the wipe as well
5. Scroll to select option 2 (Select zip to flash/install)
[*] Select zip from SD Card to Flash
[*] Install /sdcard/update.zip
[*] Activate/Deactivate Signature Verification
[*] Install from external zip
<-- Back to previous screen
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6. Scroll to and select option 4 (Install from external zip)
7. Scroll to and select the zip file of the ROM which you have previously downloaded and placed into your external SD Card, confirm the flash
7.5. At this point, you can either flash in the gapps right away, or flash it after rebooting into the OS. I chose to flash it after booting into the OS for the first, but I don't think it will cause any problems. I will be posting the way I did it, and if you guys did it the other way, let us know if it worked or not
*IMPORTANT NOTE*
When you're booting up your system out from Recovery, you will be asked whether or not you would want your ROM to auto update the recovery, shown below:
[*] Yes - Forbid Auto Update of Recovery
[*] Cancel - Back
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Please select the one being highlighted in the image, which is option 2 ([*] Cancel - Back). OR CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
Step 3: Flashing GApps
1. Boot into recovery
2. Scroll to and select option 4 (Install from external zip)
3. Scroll to and select the zip file of GApps you have downloaded "gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip" or whatever you may have renamed it to, confirm the flash
4. Reboot into OS
5. *THE NOTE ABOVE STILL APPLIES, SO HERE IT IS AGAIN*
*IMPORTANT NOTE*
When you're booting up your system out from Recovery, you will be asked whether or not you would want your ROM to auto update the recovery, shown below:
[*] Yes - Forbid Auto Update of Recovery
[*] Cancel - Back
<-- Return to previous
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Please select the one being highlighted in the image, which is option 2 ([*] Cancel - Back). OR CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
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Step 4: ALL DONE!
Congratulations, assuming everything was done properly, and everything worked out, now you will have Android 4.1.2 on your Huawei Ascend D1 Quad XL.
Images not showing up in your GooglePlay Store? YouTube not working?
Here is how our very own 12andy fixed the problem:
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UPDATE: So using a clear hosts breaks the ability to connect to Facebook (via app and website). It's best to use AdAway, instead.
Nvana, it's the same process we've been using to flash the Chinese ROM(s), but with the added step of "fixing" the hosts file:
download SmartHosts from Goole Play (free)
tap on "Toggle hosts file" button
select "Clean hosts file"
And you're done! Rebooting wasn't necessary either, as the images started loading immediately.
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Thank you for translating this! I do have a several question though.
1) Is it possible to edit the recovery so we can implement English into it? Maybe you can collaborate with the dev that made the recovery and ask him to make an English version of it??
2) I did a little research and I think the Chinese ascend is u9508 where ours u9510e. would there be any conflict or some features not usable?
3) I know you can change the system language but I am just wondering is there any difference in the chinese version of 4.1 vs the english version? or its just simply a language pack thing?
Wish you were in the 'GVA'
Thanks for doing this! Hope more people can test it out. I am bit too busy to play with my phone now so I'll do it in a week or so!
Keep up the good work!
nvana said:
Thank you for translating this! I do have a several question though.
1) Is it possible to edit the recovery so we can implement English into it? Maybe you can collaborate with the dev that made the recovery and ask him to make an English version of it??
2) I did a little research and I think the Chinese ascend is u9508 where ours u9510e. would there be any conflict or some features not usable?
3) I know you can change the system language but I am just wondering is there any difference in the chinese version of 4.1 vs the english version? or its just simply a language pack thing?
Wish you were in the 'GVA'
Thanks for doing this! Hope more people can test it out. I am bit too busy to play with my phone now so I'll do it in a week or so!
Keep up the good work!
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Hey no problem at all,
1) I will suggest that to him, no problem, but not sure if he's willing to accept it though, but I'll try
2) The U9508 is actually the Honor 2, not the same as the D1 Quad XL. The Honor 2 was designed as a high powered budget ranged device to counter the XiaoMi M2 and the D1 Quad XL was supposed to be their flagship device. Although there is actually a Honor 2 with 2GBs of ram though lol
So to answer your question, this was made specifically for our phone the U9510E
3) Huawei has not yet released an international version of the EmotionUI for our phone, so the only way to get Jelly Bean on our phones is to run the Chinese version of the ROM. And to be honest, there aren't any major differences. For example, one difference is that the Chinese version will not have the Google apps, but we can patch it in by flashing the gapps from goo.im. I think the only difference would be that the international versions will have more language support.
Haha no problem, let me know when you do get to try it out
I've tried it many times however it did not work. The connection to the Chinese server seems to be established, unfortunately the ROM download did not start.
Got JB up and running late last night!
Please see my notes below.
ROM download:
make SURE that the ROM you download is in ZIP format; the recovery does NOT recognize 7z files (as expected)
for this reason, I downloaded version B
use Flashget to grab the file (saves a lot of time and grief in the event of network disconnections)
Flashing Custom Recovery:
the phone's drivers MUST be installed first
I think the program must be run first as well, prior to plugging the phone in (the procedure would only work once I toggled my phone from Mass Storage to Hi, and back to Mass Storage again)
Flashing GApps:
I flashed GApps right after flashing the ROM, but my phone sat at the Huawei logo even after multiple reboots
I went back into Recovery and performed a wipe, which fixed the problem
upon booting, I only had to install Gmail; Play Store was intact, and might've been included with the ROM already
ROM Impressions:
language selection was one of the first screens shown, so that part was very straightforward
don't know if it's a JB thing, but scrolling performance has improved irrespective of performance setting - smoother, with less input delay (say, scrolling up and down very quickly)
camera UI slightly changed (cleaner, perhaps?); continuously auto-focuses as you move the phone, so hitting the shutter "button" results in near instantaneous response (cool!)
more notification bar toggles - can be rearranged to a certain point
themes implementation - not really a fan of this, as I prefer the stock Android look/ feel for the most part; choice of vanilla Android is available
lock screen shortcuts can only be modified if using a theme
stock SMS client isn't vanilla Android - looks nicer, but isn't as responsive IMO
menu/ submenu background is near white - probably a bug, as white text on a near white background is just painful; probably not great for battery life either, and is not consistent with ICS+ Android colours
Dropped by the Chinese forum (yay for Chrome auto-translate!) to see if I can decipher any pending updates, but to no avail, lol. Looks like these ROM authors are also focusing on optimizations as well - happy to see that.
REALLY hoping this phone gets more popular very soon, and receives the Cyanogenmod 10 treatment.
Many thanks, Simon! Any chance you could convince the ROM authors over there to volunteer to become CM10 maintainers for our phone?
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I've tried it many times however it did not work. The connection to the Chinese server seems to be established, unfortunately the ROM download did not start.
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Hmm, what browser are you using? I noticed that my Chrome sometimes had problems loading the site because of the extensions I was using, maybe try it again in IE?
12andy said:
Got JB up and running late last night!
Please see my notes below.
ROM download:
make SURE that the ROM you download is in ZIP format; the recovery does NOT recognize 7z files (as expected)
for this reason, I downloaded version B
use Flashget to grab the file (saves a lot of time and grief in the event of network disconnections)
Flashing Custom Recovery:
the phone's drivers MUST be installed first
I think the program must be run first as well, prior to plugging the phone in (the procedure would only work once I toggled my phone from Mass Storage to Hi, and back to Mass Storage again)
Flashing GApps:
I flashed GApps right after flashing the ROM, but my phone sat at the Huawei logo even after multiple reboots
I went back into Recovery and performed a wipe, which fixed the problem
upon booting, I only had to install Gmail; Play Store was intact, and might've been included with the ROM already
ROM Impressions:
language selection was one of the first screens shown, so that part was very straightforward
don't know if it's a JB thing, but scrolling performance has improved irrespective of performance setting - smoother, with less input delay (say, scrolling up and down very quickly)
camera UI slightly changed (cleaner, perhaps?); continuously auto-focuses as you move the phone, so hitting the shutter "button" results in near instantaneous response (cool!)
more notification bar toggles - can be rearranged to a certain point
themes implementation - not really a fan of this, as I prefer the stock Android look/ feel for the most part; choice of vanilla Android is available
lock screen shortcuts can only be modified if using a theme
stock SMS client isn't vanilla Android - looks nicer, but isn't as responsive IMO
menu/ submenu background is near white - probably a bug, as white text on a near white background is just painful; probably not great for battery life either, and is not consistent with ICS+ Android colours
Dropped by the Chinese forum (yay for Chrome auto-translate!) to see if I can decipher any pending updates, but to no avail, lol. Looks like these ROM authors are also focusing on optimizations as well - happy to see that.
REALLY hoping this phone gets more popular very soon, and receives the Cyanogenmod 10 treatment.
Many thanks, Simon! Any chance you could convince the ROM authors over there to volunteer to become CM10 maintainers for our phone?
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Great to see that everything worked! I hated their custom UI too, that's why I opted for HOLO Launcher HD for the stock JB feel
Supposedly Huawei will be working with genokolar to fully unlocked the bootloader and release a full custom recovery sometime this week so that should open up doors for other developers
And I don't even think they'll need any convincing, this thread here is a member of their development team releasing CM10 for the Ascend P1, so it's just a matter of time!
You're welcome
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Hmm, what browser are you using?
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I tried to download via firefox however with using flashget as pointed out by Andy the download started immediately, for whatever reason.
I am also sure that this phone gets most popular soon because of a successfull compromise - strong battery, most compact size ( one-hand operation), 4,5" IPS+ display, quad core cpu and microSD. So keep your fingers crossed that our phone gets their own forum.
I do hope we get our own page but the thing that is stopping this phone from getting popular are
1) Hard to get your hand on one (BIG ISSUE)
2) Too late to join the quad core market (most people on S3 already and another big issue i mean who in their right mind is gonna give up s3 for this? and you can get a used S3 or BNIB for almost the same price of this phone if you try to import it...)
3) Try to ask anyone if they know what Huawei is ... most-likely they will be like `"what and where" ;p
4) This phone seems to be more appealing to the minority which are us who like to mess around and install Roms... and mess around during the day and runs out of battery (one reason why I choose GNex over many other great phone and one time i flashed 2 different Rom in one day at school because i was bored and then ending up running out of battery).
Yeah i hope their next phone would really make a dent in the market! But for now they already missed their chance to speak up and choose to forever hold their peace...
Well anyways while I am blah blah ing i just finished Downloading the Rom using Chrome, No Problem and took me less then 30 min. Well report back after i flash... which I should be studying for finals but... just cant stand the temptation you guys are posting....
Edit: Rom option 2(b)
So I got the rom to install but are faced with a few issue
1)*solved* Boot animation sound, I am ok with the boot animation but i dont like having sound... Would fast boot wolve that? or it takes the whole boot animation off? (Apparently if you turn the phone off in silent it will not make a sound when you turn it on!)
2) Play store not showing any image... I am not quite sure why... (Google it and did everything possible and still no avail...)
3) Messaging app when i type the keyboard cover the messages, like the message doesn't auto move above the keyboard and when i scroll the keyboard goes away. ** minor issue but its frustrating...
4) I just noticed I can't access YouTube from both the apps and the browser. Does this have to do with the rom?
I agree, this phone needs to be marketed much more here; bit of a dark horse, if you ask me.
Your S3 claim: I would have to slightly disagree with you on that one. Most people I know are still rockin' the iPhone and/ or Blackberry (this is a dying breed, however), but the tides are slowly changing now, as people are starting to take notice of Android. I only know three people with S3s, one person with a Note 2, and another recently obtained a Nexus 4 (had his Blackberry for awhile).
Boot animation sound:
I had my phone on silent (well, vibrate) last night, but the sound played still upon rebooting(?). Will test further.
Play Store images:
At first I thought it was my internet connection messing up, but turns out this is not the case. The first Google result pointed me to this, which indicates that using SetDNS (and choosing an appropriate DNS server - I like Google's/ OpenDNS', personally) solves the problem. I'll try this over lunch time at work.
Messaging and keyboard issue:
Swiftkey is typically one of the first apps I install, so can't comment on this.
Youtube:
Haven't tried the Youtube app/ site yet. I'm thinking this MAY tie into our DNS issue.
Further impressions:
stock browser isn't vanilla based, and isn't hardware accelerated, so it's a tad choppy (forcing 2D acceleration doesn't seem to work, either)
stock browser has a neat feature whereby if you swipe from the right bezel going left, it'll reveal the tabs; pretty intuitive in that regard, IMO
I tried the DNS level 3 and that didn't work.
One question did you set external sd to main storage? It doesn't seem to save apps on it?
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Aw boo.
And yeah, I have external SD as main. AFAIK, that setting is only for things such as pictures/ videos, and not for apps.
Apps will always default to the internal storage, which is where the App 2 SD program comes into play.
EDIT: Hmm, I wonder if LUV's version (option C, per this thread) is any better than B. Simon, have you tried this one as well?
Hmmm weird bc without setting it my pics and video already saves on external.
Can we not just flash a stock 4.1.2 and flash the radio? I'm guessing gps and camera won't work properly? I don't like the Huawei 4.1 to be honest :s I'm back to 4.0 haha just can't stand the setting menu.
By the way I'm just curious on how you guys got this phone? Through windmobo?
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Hmm, maybe the camera app itself ignores the system settings, and defaults to external SD on its own...
I don't think flashing a stock 4.1.2 would be that simple, otherwise we wouldn't need to go through these loops (via Chinese ROMs) just to obtain JB. Hence, my anxiety for a CM10 release.
I myself am pondering flashing back to stock, but the touch responsiveness of JB would be hard to let go of. Granted, it's a bit of an improvement only, but still.
Might try LUV's ROM later tonight.
And yes, I got this through Wind (on a TAB, nonetheless). I don't think this phone is available anywhere else at the moment, as far as Canada is concerned?
Sighhh I miss flashing roms I do it so much it's like I'm addicted haha. I still got my GNex to mess with.
Have anyone compiled their own rom before from free sources?
I guess we can try to learn to do that and cook up a rom for this phone that would be cool.
I'm having an issue with wify on ics I cannot connect to my school secure wifi. I had all my credential set up but it won't even attempt when I press connect.... You guys experiencing this too?
By the way have you tried the DNS to fix the market? I read somewhere that the app doesn't seem to work on jb?
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I only enjoy flashing when the ROMs bring about new, practical features, performance improvements aside. I always get a chuckle out of Apple fans who jump for joy whenever an update is released. My response? "Yeah, remember how you felt when Apple released that update? Now picture that feeling, but almost every day... welcome to Android."
I'd love to get into ROM compiling, but programming is anything but my forte. I'll leave it to the Linux-heads and the guys behind Cyanogenmod, SlimBean, etc., hehe.
Odd. My wifi worked perfectly fine on the stock ROM, connecting to my home router (WPA2 Personal).
I ran across someone that said that if you attempted to use SetDNS without root, that you could possibly hose your wifi. Considering we are rooted now, I haven't the idea as to why you can't connect to the school.
SetDNS set to Google's DNS didn't work, unfortunately. Might be a glitch between the app and the ROM itself, perhaps.
(My school uses 802.1xEAP. I know I set it correctly because my GNex connects fine.) ** solved
Yes I do rmb the days when I had the iPod touch 2g and I hated how things look soo boring and function so limited so modified the crap out of it through Cydia. They had pull down menu already many years ago in Cydia and apple didn't pick it up till recently lol.
Is Huawei working on 4.1 for global firmware? I hope they keep the stock lock screen and stock menu.
Can't wait for someone to release 4.1 AOSP!
By the way compiling shouldn't be too hard? There are many tutorial and program to auto compile I rmb I had a program like that few years ago...
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Per this thread, it seems that we'll be getting JB officially very soon. Bit late IMO, but better late than never.
Bit surprised about what Telco wrote about the XL's reception though, as it's quite the contrast to what Howard found with his.
Battery life
Hi I just wondering if any of you on the 4.1 can compare the battery life with me. I think I read it somewhere that the 4.1 improves battery life significantly. Here are my results
4.0.4 ICS, Screen brightness on auto. On battery save mode most of the time
By the way anyone fixed the play store/ you tube issue?
12andy said:
Per this thread, it seems that we'll be getting JB officially very soon. Bit late IMO, but better late than never.
Bit surprised about what Telco wrote about the XL's reception though, as it's quite the contrast to what Howard found with his.
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About the reception i have to say i agreed! My GNex never looses signal completely (just down to no bar but still barely connected) but the ascend drops to no service. At school too I noticed I get drop signals in some areas that i didnt notice before. Maybe that have to do with the battery saving mode? I will try putting on performance mode to test it out in those areas.
The way you grip I do notice some drop in signal. Probably the architecture and location of the antenna
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By the way I'm just curious on how you guys got this phone? Through windmobo?
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No problem to get the phone in my country. More than 10 different shops.
Just a noob sharing some thoughts, hope it can help some other noobs like me.
A no wipe in my book:
Here is how i do a no wipe.
In recovery, mount and storage and choose format system.
Go back and wipe Cache and Dalvik
Install / flash the rom.
A full wipe in my book:
Into recovery, mount and storage and format system, data and cache.
Go back, wipe/ reset data, cache and dalvik.
Install/flash rom
Format of the internal SD:
Here is what i do:
Make a app backup with TB to my external sd
Make a nandroid to my external sd
Make sure i also have a efs backup on my external sd
I only save mods, roms on my internal sd in my download map and this map i move to my external sd.
Then i reboot to recovery.
Mount and storage and format internal sd.
And to be save and have it nice a clean, also format system, data and cache and because i am not only a flashohalic but also a cleanohalic, i then wipe/reset factory reset, cache and dalvik.
Probably a big overkill, but he, done it several times it works for my and it only cause a few seconds.
Then i reboot, skip the setup/registration, move my download map back to my internal sd (don't like flashing from external sd).
Back in cwm, again a full wipe which includes the formats data, system and cache.
Then flash the rom and setting it up.
This way, you have a nice clean fresh S3, but and this is a big BUT.
Backup, backup backup and don't forget a efs backup to your external sd and pc.
Don't think lightly about those backups, when imei is broken and you don't have a backup, your a done, only thing left is a visit to Samsung.
Good luck when you are going for it.
And i know, Aroma installer is also doing some automatic wiping, but i am just a bit old fashion and like to do some stuff manually.
Bootloader.
As you all know, the new bootloader can be a pain in the ass.
But, i am still not sure that Samsung only released the new bootloader just to discourages us to flash custom stuff.
So, if you like flashing stuff and you are on the new bootloader like me, just remember when you entered recovery and you are done flashing stuff, use Triangle Away from Chainfire,
But, for some, like on my wifes phone, the latest version works without problem, but on my S3, i need to use the older version, 2.37, why, don't have a glue.
Not all S3 are the same, although have the same name and using the same chipsets.
But you can also use the old bootloaders, with does, you just have to run Triangle Away just once, when entering recovery, it will not count.
Your own choose.
About Sudden Death.
A lot of threads are open for this.
My 5 cents:
I have the "sudden Death" chips VTU00M chip with 0xf1 on both our phones.
Mine is running since 27 may 2012 without problems, still fast and smooth.
The other is up and running since 31 Augustus 2012 and also still fast and smooth.
Both have been rooted from day one, the only thing i do, is turning the devices off completely for a few minutes 4 to 5 times a week.
Old habit to clear memory, anyway, gives me time to do a good cleaning of my screen.
Here is the code to check your revision and to see from which day you are running your S3 *#12580*369#
Further more, AndreiLux found i string in the ELLA kernels released by Samsung that looks like that it solves the sudden death issue.
So, if indeed if fixes this issue, then off course the latest kernels releases from Sammy has also the fix and not just the custom kernels.
As far as i know, all the custom kernels has the fixes integrated this string by now, but i myself like the stock kernels, Indie puts in the Omega Roms.
Phil3759 has also made a repack of recovery based on CWM touch 6.0.2.7 to get it all safe.
More to come in the future, because i am learning everyday here on XDA and like to share and help others.
Edit, here is quote from AndreiLux about the new bootloader:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37163086&postcount=1298
Do I need any particular Bootloader? No - There is no evidence to suggest this fixes anything
Apparently that's wrong, download mode on the device uses a microkernel from inside the bootloader instead of the full blown Linux kernel. When flashing something via Odin in download mode you'd be using the bootloader's MMC driver and thus be at risk.
All-day users are still safe via recovery and live kernel, but are not advised to flash things in download mode with an older bootloader. This also explains why they updated the bootloader in LLA. The security checks are a mere update to bring it up with what the 9305 and Note 2 users already have in terms of not able to get rid of the exclamation mark.
Personal note:
Maybe i am seeing this wrong, to much thinking in terms of home computers, but here is some thoughts regarding above.
From cold, turned off device,.
Turning the device on, micro kernel inside the bootloader kicks in to send information how to start the device correctly.
If it works this way and you are on the old bootloader, then every time you start the device with the old bootloader, you are at risk?
Some useful links:
My struggle with TA
Omega roms S3
Chris_84 Faq
Triangle Away
http://www.chainfire.eu/articles/118/Triangle_Away_vs_Samsung/
Old bootloader
Philz recovery
https://www.google.nl/search?q=andr...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.electricsheep.asi&hl=nl
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sIm5ldC52aW5hZ3JlLmFuZHJvaWQuZW1tY19jaGVjayJd
Here i will post stuff that comes along the road like question about batterystats at recovery.
We used to have a option to wipe the battery stats at recovery, also there are some tools at Play store that claims to give a better battery life by just wiping those stats.
But after reading this excellent article, it comes clear that wiping those stats are bull.
So i am glad that option isn't available anymore and perhaps in time, the questions about those stats will faint away in oblivion
And another one i like to share.
Fast Dormancy.
Here is a great article about it, made by Erica.
For me, my provider is saying it's not supporting FD, but when use the method to check, it is supported.
So i tested it for a few days on and off and found that when it's off, i do get some better battery life, but it's just minor.
Instead of losing 5% battery at 8 hours standby, i lost 6%.
Also, i didn't see any benefits in speeds, so i turn it off every time after a flash of a new rom using gokhanmoral tool.
Another thing i like to add.
Wifi.
I have seen many posts about wifi problems.
Here what always works for me.
Sometimes just a reboot of the router will help.
Also, i find changing from dynamic (default) to static that my connection is faster connecting to my router (always use the never setting at wifi advanced to save battery).
Here is how to do it the easy way.
First set it up using it with the default dynamic settings, this way all will be filled in for you.
To change it to static.
Long press your connection and choose modify network config and check show advanced options.
Scroll down a bit and tap on IP settings and choose Static.
And that is all, now you have changed it to static and there is no more need for ip adress to negotiation any more.
https://www.google.nl/search?q=wifi...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
Also if still having problems, adding some more permissions can solve it.
I use root explorer for this
ETC > Long press wifi folder and choose permissions (remember to change Mount R/W to Mount R/O) and check all nine boxes.
Hit back and go to Data > Misc and again long press wifi folder and again, check all nine boxes.
Space
I know, i am a control freak and i hate it when i see space just vanish.
So did some search and found a thumbnail map with more then 1gb size.
Looked at some submaps and i only saw some old stuff.
So, selected all the submaps and just deleted it without problems and gain more then a gb free space.
Here is where you can find it using root explorer:
storage > sdcard0 > .thumbnails.
Edit:
As bigmo7 pointed out, the thumbnails will be rebuild, but off course not off stuff that isn't present on the S3 anymore.
So, if you are someone that is just making pictures or making / creating movies and never delete then from your S3, there is no point off deleting the thumbnails.
But if you like me, moving, creating copying and deleting this kind off stuff, then you can gain space.
Battery life
Always a hot item.
First all, the S3 is a mini computer and computers need juice, just remember this.
Here are some stuff i always do after flashing a new rom.
If the rom comes with a aroma installer which let you select stuff to install or not install, look careful to the list.
Stuff you don't use, can just eat resources and i myself, just find it a waste.
Next, after flashing and setting up the new rom, you will be presented with the option to use wifi.
I always go to advanced when making a wifi connection to choose Never when phone is in standby.
For me, but this can be different for you, wifi is a bit off a drainer so do some testing, let it run overnight with Always selected and another night with Never and see the difference.
Next you will be present if you want to restore and let google backup your phone.
I always deselect backup my phone, first reason, i am a control freak and i decide when and what i want to backup.
And second it can give you wakelocks and this will cost you battery life.
Next step i do is going into settings and to sounds, i don't like the clicking sounds and i deselect all the system sounds.
Next, location services and deselect GPS and Location and Google search.
I want GPS active only when i need it, some apps like Facebook will activate GPS when running and i don't like this.
And i don't want Google to know where i am all the time.
Some weather apps needs Location and Google search to determine your location, but i use Weather pro and it don't need it.
Next step is going into accounts and look what you have selected for syncing.
I always deselect Google photos, Internet and Picasa web albums.
Stuff i don't need .
Location settings at accounts is also off.
Next step is using the Fast Dormancy toggle to disable Fast Dormancy, although my provider is supporting it, enabled costs me a little more juice. Although it's minor, but a lot off minors things makes it bigger .
Then starting Playstore and at settings, deselect Notifications.
And finally freeze stuff i don't use with Titanium Backup pro.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31576747&postcount=105
All this, is giving me a great battery life, with screen on time between 4 1/2 to 6 1/2 hours, depends what i am doing.
And with the latest JB roms, 1 to 2% battery los in 7 hours standby.
No need for me to toggle Airplane mode, mobiledata or some other powersaving setting or app.
I am also always running the stock insecure kernel that comes with the rom, for me no need for a custom one.
Reserved
KeesStolk said:
I only save mods, roms on my internal sd in my download map and this map i move to my external sd.
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Hello, when we flash a rom that already has mods ... do you know a way to save them ? (where to find them)
I mean. For example, my rom has a mod (and theme) on the toggles (pandoriam i9305). How can I save that mod ? Do you know a good tutorial to learn (safe) modding ?
thorcyar said:
Hello, when we flash a rom that already has mods ... do you know a way to save them ? (where to find them)
I mean. For example, my rom has a mod (and theme) on the toggles (pandoriam i9305). How can I save that mod ? Do you know a good tutorial to learn (safe) modding ?
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I never save mods because most of the time when flashing a new rom, it's based on a new build and not every time mods are compatible, just like some themes by the way.
I just safe the mod files and thems, when i am sure they are compatible, i just flash them again.
Indie's Omega roms has already a lot of mods in it by default by the way, but i don't think he was for a 9305.
Good work Kees! Now I'm learning from you.
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Good work Kees! Now I'm learning from you.
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Thank you for your kind words, but it is l who is learning from you every day .
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and why dint i see this , brilliant my friend .... one of the best posts , well explained and really good stuff all at one place
thanks my friend
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and why dint i see this , brilliant my friend .... one of the best posts , well explained and really good stuff all at one place
thanks my friend
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Thank you very much, but from you, Chris, Indie and the rest of the omega team are the ones I learn all this great stuff every day.
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i always feel like a noob when ever i read here
big big thanks my friend for pointing out all this so nicely
Very nice posts KeesStolk. Maybe you should write a manual for us?
I'm about to post this in Q&A (searching for an answer brought me here )
I just (3 days ago) upgraded my Omega ROM to v40. All seemed fine - I did as normal but in v35, my last Omega there wasn't a Full Wipe option. I chose not to wipe and everything went as per usual with Omega. I reinstalled my extras (6 x 5 icons, Loud phone hack, Increasing ring phone, Note2 Keybd) and was back to normal.
Except, now my apps will not update.
I found out the hard way. I had a problem with Play Store - open it and it would flash briefly then close. Tried all I knew of but nothing worked so, logic said, Omega v40 is different enough I need a wipe and that why they put it in there as a choice this time. (I checked the Omega thread and couldn't see anything relevant but I was in the pub at the time and may not have been as thorough as I should have been)
I had a TB backup and Nandroid on my ExtSD from 2 days back and an EFS so I ran the install again and chose Full Wipe - again everything went well... until I tried to download TB so I could restore all my apps and data. Play Store opened and stayed Open (yaaaay!) and TB acts like it is downloading but nothing comes through - it just sits until it times out on an error.
I tried several apps and none would DL but then AuWeather DL'd just fine. I went back to TB - no go.
After much frustration I Restored my Nandroid and got back to where I was (Omega v35) but still I can't DL and update for TB. At least Play Store stays open though. I tried running the v40 update again, installing the Default, just in case, (& I have just finished DL'ing v41) but the DL/Update problem persists.
I'm now on:
AP – I9300XXEMA2
CP – I9300BUELK1
CSC – I9300LBEMA1
RF cal – 2012.6.28
HW Rev – MP 1.100
Any ideas? If I can't DL TB once I have flashed, I can't get my data back so a wipe isn't really an option until I fix the DL issues.
As I said, this will also be in Q&A but you seem to have a good grasp on the basics so I thought maybe...? :fingers-crossed:
So... I tried restoring back to v35 and got the same problem. And yet that version has been running since v35 came out, at least a couple of months. So I did it again but this time used the Android Revolution Wipe zip, then a straight install of v35. I could then load TB from Play Store and restore my apps and data. Phone seems back to normal now although I have lost some logs data from the couple of days between my backup and now - no biggie... I also now can update my apps.
So it seems it is something to do with Omega v40.
I've just DL'd v41 so will give that a try. Any help with what might have gone wrong would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your kind words, just sharing what i know and hoping this info can help others.
And how is it with v41?
Did you tried it with wifi and 3g, any difference?
Also tried removing your google account, reboot and setting it up again?
Hi kees !
Nice idea you've got with this thread but ... I hope it won't turn into another omega q&a thread . I would like to direct people here but it will be quite difficult if they will see Omega issues all over. Please point them out to the correct thread as you already posted the link to it. Just a thought , correct me if I'm wrong
Thanx !
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Hi kees !
Nice idea you've got with this thread but ... I hope it won't turn into another omega q&a thread . I would like to direct people here but it will be quite difficult if they will see Omega issues all over. Please point them out to the correct thread as you already posted the link to it. Just a thought , correct me if I'm wrong
Thanx !
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks and you are right, but the main purpose for me, is just help others with the noobish knowledge i have and let people and myself learn and share.
I don't mind which rom people are running, that's everyone his or here's choice and i totally respect that.
I think this thread deserves to be in General, since you're not asking anything. Hit "report" and see what a mod thinks about it
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Thanks and you are right, but the main purpose for me, is just help others with the noobish knowledge i have and let people and myself learn and share.
I don't mind which rom people are running, that's everyone his or here's choice and i totally respect that.
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absolutely !!!
everyone`s choice ! but people must follow proper threads , i`ve got nothing against a certain rom but against disarray when users post or open endless threads about same thing .
some users hates me for this , i know it well , in my thread i always pointed out but somehow is unfair to maintain same topic on more threads .
that`s a bad habit for new users and not only for the rule`s sake but this is the way should be in a human community .
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i was thinking as well to open a thread as yours but due to lack of time i didn`t. as soon as i`ll find interesting things i`ll let you know .
i myself am a NOOB !
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... and i must agree with you this time ...
Thanks guys.
@xanthrax, i know the feeling, kind off busy family
But i like your comments, just straight forward, the way i like it.
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I think it should stay here as it "Helps" other users. General is more for discussions IMO.
But how about these?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1749214
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827635
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895737
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946481
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2041679
and that's just the first page. all of the above are for "help"
(This is a thread @POWerSUrgeSW3 and I will be maintaining and checking regularly, so if you have any questions feel free to ask. We will always try to post a root method for the latest firmware version once we figure it out, so expect us to be updating this thread as firmware updates roll in)
Nougat Root Method SM G930P QG1 (Latest):
(Start from a CLEAN ODIN INSTALL of Nougat. If you need Nougat, go here: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=2C3C1C6245EF11E7963AFA163EE8F90B .
1. Go through initial activation process; Turn WiFi on and let the phone register through WiFi; log into Google and Samsung accounts if desired
2. For WiFi Calling to work, click on Sprint Zone, this will load a bunch of Sprint software. This will also load the WiFi Calling APK needed for later. The rest of the unused Sprint software can be debloated after rooting the phone.
3. Test WiFi Calling, to ensure it connects through your Wireless connection.
4. Disable AlwaysOnDisplay under the Display under Settings. This can be enabled again after the rooting process is completed.
5. Go into System updates; disable ‘Download updates automatically’.
6. Next, go back into Settings -> About Device -> Click build number 7 times to unlock developer options.
7. Under Developer Options, enable OEM unlock, and USB debugging; turn off Auto update system and verify apps over ADB
8. Go into ‘Lock screen and security’ -> other security settings -> turn auto update off
9. If a PIN has been entered for security: Lock screen and security -> Secure startup -> Do not require – Otherwise root will not be active on startup after going through the process.
10. Install Adhell
11. Diisable these packages:
- com.android.sharedstoragebackup
- Chameleon
- Security policy updates
- SecurityLogAgents
- Samsung DM Phone Interface
- Samsung DM Service
12. Download these apps for later use:
-L Speed
-Kernel Adiutor
-BuildProp Editor
13. Turn off WiFi for the rest of the rooting process. This will ensure that any remembered WiFi passwords are saved and not erased.
14. Use Odin again to flash the engineering boot image from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120714389 . (It goes in the AP Slot).
15. Once it reboots, download this file: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195909311 . Thanks to @jrkruse for this.
Extract and run the root file.
Opt for root with tweaks, or press 2. Follow the prompt, it's fairly simple.
17. Go into BuildProp Editor, and set these values:
Set ro.cdma.default_numeric to 310120
Set ro.cdma.default_alpha to Sprint
Set ro.build.characteristics to Sprint
18. Reboot.
19. If you don't want updates to download/install, uninstall these packages:
com.sec.android.soagent
com.wssyncmldm
com.samsung.sdm
Then, remove the update file from data/fota.
20. You should have a fully functional phone now.
Thanks to:
@POWerSUrgeSW3 for helping me root nougat and for his PL6 root method (which this was based off of).
@colormedroid for his initial APE1 root method
@paul2112 for the hotspot bypass.
@JUSMEJOSE for the nougat engineering image and su.
@Chainfire for SuperSU and the other tools that have been very useful in different rooting applications
Huge thanks to @jrkruse for the modded root.bat!
@ Everyone who has contributed in one way or another to all of these different applications!
Hit thanks if I helped and enjoy a rooted nougat!
P.S: PL6 root method is located here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sp...hmallow-pl6-marshmallow-t3573135/post71434273 .
Q&A + General troubleshooting section:
Q. Is there a hotspot bypass?
A. Yes there is, find it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446 .
Q. My phone is lagging, how do I fix it?
A. For maximum performance do this:
Use the settings for L Speed as follows:
- Set the profile to performance.
- Under virtual memory, set OOM Killer to default, cache reclaiming to doubled, and cache allocation to large.
- Set the ram manager to multitasking.
- Set seeder and fstrim to run on boot.
Use the settings for Kernel Adiutor as follows:
Set both cpu governors to performance and to apply on boot.
Turn core control off and temperature throttle on under thermal.
Set the GPU governor to performance.
Debloat, first freezing and then uninstalling to ensure system stability.
SM G930U QF3 Nougat Root:
1. First, download the Universal QF3 firmware from here: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?record=8AE0CC7C625711E7963AFA163EE8F90B and flash it via Odin.
2. Completely finish activating and finish initial setup.
3. Update PRL and Profile.
4. Then enable USB debugging under developer settings and turn off verify apps via ADB.
5. Go into other security settings from lock screen and security settings, click security policy updates and turn auto updates off.
6. Turn off auto update system in developer options.
7. Disable the following packages via adhell (Knox needs to be activated in order to disable packages).
-Chameleon
-Sprint OMADM
-Sprint OMADM Phone Interface
-MDMApp
-SecurityLogAgent
-Security Policy Updates
-Security Storage
8. Flash the modified boot image via Odin, you can find it here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767149794 .
And grab Odin from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=673368273298965444
9. Go into connections, mobile networks, and delete the Wholesales OTA APN. Click the remaining one and edit as follows:
Name: Set it as whatever, I named mine Sprint LTE/MMS/Hotspot.
APN: n.ispsn
MMSC: http://mms.sprintpcs.com
Multimedia message proxy: 68.28.31.7
Multimedia message port: 80
MCC: 310
MNC: 000
APN Type: default,supl,mms,dun,fota
APN/APN ROAMING PROTOCOL: IPV4/IPV6
Bearer: Unspecified, LTE, eHRPD.
Click save.
Activate it (make sure the dot is filled in).
10. Run the root.bat file. (GET IT HERE: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195909311 ).
(Here's how:
1. Download the file
2. Extract it.
3. Shift click and open a command/ powershell window there.
4. Type root.bat
5. Hit enter
6. Follow the command prompt.
)
11. Download and install Kernel Adiutor, and set the CPU governors to ondemand. Turn core control off, and turn VDD Restriction on. Set your GPU to simple_ondemand.
12. If you want hotspot do this:
Download and install Termux
Type "su", press enter and allow root access.
Type "settings put global tether_dun_required 0" and press enter.
Type "settings put global tether_dun_apn "APNDUN,n.ispsn,,,,,,http://mms.sprintpcs.com,68.28.31.7,80,310,120,,default,dun,mms,supl"
Turn off mobile data.
Turn on hotspot and it should work just fine.
13. Install L Speed and set your settings as such:
Go into Virtual Memory: Set cache reclaiming as Doubled.
Go into Ram Manager: Set Ram Manager as Multitasking.
Set Cleaner to run on boot.
Set FStrim to run on boot and set the FStrim scheduler to 60 Minutes.
Go into main tweaks, and set boost scheduler to 60 Minutes.
14. I'd recommend using a custom launcher (I use nova launcher with animations set to the fastest speed).
15. I'd also recommend debloating via Titanium Backup. After you remove the apps you don't want just reboot to get rid of the "This (insert app here) has crashed" message pop ups.
16.Change the animation speeds to .5 via developer options.
Enjoy your blazing fast rooted S7 with full activation and hotspot.
Thanks to @jtash01 for the activation settings for the firmware, and @paul2112 for hotspot.
YMNDLZ said:
Q&A + General troubleshooting section:
Q. Is there a hotspot bypass?
A. Yes there is, find it here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-s7-edge/how-to/hotspot-bypass-nougat-ok-t3563446 .
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If you put this in for 5b, you should get phone and tether data simultaneously.
Code:
"APNDUN,n.ispsn,,,,,,,,,310,120,,default,mms,dun"
Otherwise, you get one or the other. Still have to do the data cycle though. Can you use sqlite for this to edit the apn?
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lvpre said:
If you put this in for 5b, you should get phone and tether data simultaneously.
Otherwise, you get one or the other. Still have to do the data cycle though. Can you use sqlite for this to edit the apn?
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Nope, you need to use the hotspot bypass in the Q&A section.
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Nope, you need to use the hotspot bypass in the Q&A section.
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Ok. Not rooted, but have hotspot. Had to add something to his code to have tether data and phone data at the same time; otherwise, if I was tethering my phone data wouldn't work.
I know that method worked on mm root. Just asking.
Sent from my SM-G930P using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Currently getting a 404 error on your google drive links.
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Currently getting a 404 error on your google drive links.
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Will be updated asap.
Much appreciated man. Just wanna give this method a shot and get it working!
Thank you guys so much for cracking at it and giving us this process.
vunuts said:
Much appreciated man. Just wanna give this method a shot and get it working!
Thank you guys so much for cracking at it and giving us this process.
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Links fixed.
Outstanding job!
Rooted and everything works. Followed all instructions, everything is working, data, text, voice. currently debloating and gonna mess with some more stuff and run through my normal daily functions just to make sure it all works. If I have any issues, I shall let y'all know.
vunuts said:
Outstanding job!
Rooted and everything works. Followed all instructions, everything is working, data, text, voice. currently debloating and gonna mess with some more stuff and run through my normal daily functions just to make sure it all works. If I have any issues, I shall let y'all know.
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Sweet! We took a good couple of days to fine tune the method before we released it, glad to know it works!
My SM-G930P / PL6 Firmware Root Instructions (Updated 07/25/2017)
UPDATED 07/25/2017
It has come to my attention some of the links listed here are outdated. All of the Google Drive links are to my my account. These are the files I collected for this process. If there are any other links that are not working, please let me know by PM.
We are keeping these instructions just because there has still been interest shown for Marshmellow.
Extra THANKS to @YMNDLZ for the continued support, and allowing me to help out where I can!
Disclaimer: This is the process I used, which I put together after a weeks’ worth of messing around and rebuilding my phone over and over. This is not the first time I have messed around doing this sort of stuff. If you are inexperienced, not sure what root/Odin/flashing is, I highly recommend keeping your phone the way it is and be happy. I take no responsibility for any damage that might come from following my process. THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY if you take your phone into Sprint and try to get it serviced. Your phone will be running an engineering version of the kernel for your phone, letting you obtain root. In addition, your battery life and performance is going to probably be different from before, and it will be up to you to tweak the kernel and other system settings to fix that.
Recommend starting over from scratch. If you already have your phone setup, I know it is not the best to start over from scratch. Nevertheless, I have tried doing this from a phone already setup, configured, and tweaked. Even though it is not rooted, something seems to screw up the process and things will not work. I had issues with MMS and hotspot not working. When I rebuilt the phone from scratch, everything seemed to work fine.
NOTE: My instructions were done using a Windows 10 Pro 64-bit computer. If you have another OS, you are kind of on your own.
ALSO TO NOTE: When I got my S7 (Not Edge), I switched to a new plan from Sprint. My plan now provides HotSpot with my contract. If yours does not, results may vary then. I am unable to test all different configurations of plans with this process.
What May Not Work: I have tested everything I could think of on my phone.
Any application that checks for Root/Custom device software (because I do not know them all). Applications like Samsung/Android Pay. In addition, snapchat, though if this is installed and logged into before the Engineering Boot image is installed, Snapchat should continue working after phone is rooted. There are some work arounds depending on the app being installed, consult the Internet before rooting. You have to make the decision whether you can accept not using the app once rooted.
WiFi Calling. I think this is because I forgot to set it up before I rooted the phone. I did not even think about it until days after I had my phone setup. Because I did not use this feature on the G930U/PL2 firmware, did not think about it. But when I came back to the PL6 firmware, I did know it was working because I was messing around with it before I rebuilt the phone another 4-5 times.
First, download the firmware from one of the usual sites:
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares
Then download and extract everything from this ZIP: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz6QOPY0cm2lblk3TUo5ZjdlanM?usp=sharing
This gives us the modified Odin we will need later, as well as the bootloader we will need.
Grab this SuperSU ZIP:
Chainfire direct link: https://download.chainfire.eu/970/SuperSU/SuperSU-v2.76-S7QC.zip
As a backup, here's my link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz6QOPY0cm2lcWxtOFptRzVFLXM?usp=sharing
Also grab the V15 FIX ZIP:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz6QOPY0cm2lUGRCSW01WHlLRHM?usp=sharing
If you don’t have the Android SDK already installed, I found this to give us the needed ADB/Fastboot options we need. You can download from this page, scroll to the bottom (linking to give them credit):
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/0...ble-without-full-sdk-android-studio-download/
Extract the SuperSU ZIP and the ADB/Fastboot zip into the same directory for later. I recommend putting them in c:\S7files as this will make life easier in the future.
With all that done, open the Modified Odin and load the different parts of the Firmware into the associated Odin slots. Whatever the file name starts with is the slot it goes in. BL_, AP_, CP_,CSC_... now there is an extra “HOME_CSC_) file, we will not be using this and don’t worry about it. This file is if the original service settings were to be kept after flashing. As this could cause issues, I recommend not using it. If you do, you may have different results.
With all that done, your phone should be ready to start as if it was just turned on out-of-the-box. Let the phone go through its process and reboot to “install updates”. Then, it seems, Sprint is installing its software, reboots, and then loads up to the “Welcome” screen. Go through the whole process. Make sure the phone activates, which will cause a reboot and I think flashing of your SIM card (that is the image that comes up and looks like anyway). Then you can finish the activation process and log into your Google account/restore apps on your phone.
Once the launcher loads, any apps you wanted to restore is done, time to start the actual rooting process. Enable ‘USB debugging’ under ‘Developer Options’ and turn off verify apps via ADB. If you do not know how to get Developer Options to show under Settings… Google It (and might be a first sign this is not for you if you’re new to the process)
Next, while in Settings, go into ‘Lock screen and security’, scroll to the bottom to ‘Other Security Settings’, click ‘Security policy updates’ and turn auto updates off.
This next part requires purchasing Package Disabler Pro. If there is another way that you know, please try to report back. However, I bought he app and it does the job. This app will be used to disable services on a non-rooted device. The following services will need to be disabled:
(Knox needs to be activated in order for Package Disabler Pro to verify it's license)
Chameleon
Security policy updates
SecurityLogAgents
(The next ones I did from a lot of late night reading, sorry I forget where I found these)
Samsung DM Phone Interface
Samsung DM Service
CMHProvider
com.samsung.dcmservice
Now we are going to flash the Engineering Boot Image file. Again, if you are not sure how to use, or what Odin does… stop here! Run Odin, and flash the Engineering Boot image, I used the AP slot. Then under ‘options’ disable ‘F. Reset Time’.
Once rebooted, the phone is running the engineering kernel now. This is what is going to allow us to root. However, until we are rooted and do some tweaking, battery is going to drain a lot faster than expected. This is due to the kernel not being efficient with the processor/system resources. Your phone will get warm, because of the above reasons. Don’t worry, once rooted everything can be tweaked to fix this.
At this point, LTE will not be working. Also after every reboot your phone will not remember any WiFi networks it was connected to do not worry it will get those fixed down the road.
Now we are going to go through the actual root process on the phone. Connect phone to a computer via USB cable. If the phone asks to allow/deny access, ALLOW. Open up Command Prompt as an administrator on attached computer. Move to the directory c:\S7Files that we created earlier. This should be where the root.bat, SuperSU, and ADB/Fastboot files are located. Once inside this directory simply run the root.bat file.
This will execute a bunch of commands to be run on the phone; phone should reboot at least once (or twice – cannot remember). Once the phone boots up and loads “normal”, SuperSU will be loaded. I kept the phone awake while the files were being transferred over to the phone. On a few times doing this, when the phone went to sleep the process seemed to “hang” until the phone was “woken up”.
Of course we have, an older version of SuperSU is installed, but do not worry about it now. We are going to finish the process, and then update SuperSU last. That just seemed to have the best/smooth/stable results for me.
Please note, you have SuperSU access to the phone. Now you can screw it up, even possibly hardware brick the thing if you do not know what you are doing. Again, I caution if you are not comfortable with knowing what root really does or how it can affect your phone, reflash your phone back to factory using Odin NOW.
Copy the S7_or_S7Edge_Fixes_V15.zip file to your phone storage. Download ‘[root] FlashFire’ by Chainfire (In Google Play) and flash the fixes zip. This will reboot the phone a couple of times; you will see the FlashFire logo at the top and then a bunch of scripts being executed.
Download BuildProp Editor, and change the following values (use the search function at the top is easiest method):
ro.securestorage.support to false. (This fixes the phone forgetting WiFi networks on reboot)
Set ro.cdma.default_numeric to 310120
Ro.cdma.default_alpha to Sprint
Ro.build.characteristics to Sprint
Reboot the phone to apply changed.
Now another app that costs money, but this seemed to work for me over the other method mentioned by @YMNDLZ in his rooting tutorial to get HotSpot working. (found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71118378&postcount=1021 )
Install SQLite Editor. Click on “files” tab, and navigate to:
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/database/telephony.db
Select ‘carriers’ and scroll down to the bottom. On my phone, it was lines 30 and 31, ‘APN2 LTE internet’ and ‘APN2 EHRPD internet’ respectively. Select each one, click the edit button at the top (looks like a pencil) and scroll down to the ‘type’ line. It should read: default,mms
click the line and add ‘dun’ to the end. The line should now read: default,mms,dun
No spaces between the words and the commas.
At this point everything should be working. If you go into the Mobile Networks and check out the Access Point Names, there should be a bunch of names listed. I have 8. LTE should be working, HotSpot, and WiFi should remember all of the names. The phone should be fully functional now, with root access, just runs hot and kills the battery. We will deal with that next. Here is the apps I used, L Speed, and Kernel Auditor. Now @YMNDLZ has his own setting recommendations for L Speed, check out the post referred to earlier for screen shots. @swick1981 also has a thread with recommendations, found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/ve...guide-to-fix-s7-lag-root-s7-variants-t3441715 . I started with both of their recommendations, one at a time, and tweaked things, as I wanted. Personally, I found that my phone still felt warm, like it the processor was still working harder than it needed to. Therefore, I hanged my settings. I suggest reading, research, testing. Figure out what works best for you. This for me seems still fast, battery lasts all day, and phone does not get hot at all. I do think I still have a bit of a nasty battery drain on LTE networks compared to when my phone was not rooted, but I am surviving with it.
L Speed: I left everything default. When the app loads and you are at the profile screen, I changed the Profile, IO Tweaks, and LNET options all to the Balance profile for each. After I changed each one, I exited the program and loaded it again. I did this because sometimes I noticed the app would not acknowledge changes to profiles. I have screen shots of my settings at the bottom of this thread. To experiment, I recommend using the BACKUP feature, and saving different options. That way you can go back to an exact configuration to try different settings without having to manually reprogram them each time.
Kernel Auditor: All I am currently using this app for is to change the CPU Governor to INTERACTIVE for all the cores. I like it because it has thermal options, if that is a concern down the road. As well as has options for the GPU. Among a bunch of other options, I doubt I will touch. However, I have a feeling maybe the GPU needs to be adjusted to help save some battery life as well… sometime I will tackle later.
Note: that on reboot or booting phone from powered off state, the stock options for the kernel are used. Therefore, my phone usually sucks about 4% battery and gets warm everytime. Then when the scripts run for L Speed and Kernel Auditor, things “regulate” themselves and the phone settles down. For the rest of the time until I reboot my phone again, it stays cool for the most part. Even with the screen on a lot and/or using LTE/WiFi/Voice.
I have heard that the stock launcher seems to cause lag. I did not notice that really myself, but in the event, it was causing the phone to work harder… I switched. I have been a huge Nova Launcher fan; use to use it a lot on my S3 and S5. I also have the PRIME version. I installed that and tweaked it, and am actually a lot happier with that personally. Again, it is another app that can require root access for some features, why I stopped using it when I first moved to my S7.
I would also recommend debloating via an App Remover program. Personally, I like Titanium Backup, you can freeze apps you’re not sure about… or even back them up to restore later if needed. Remember removing some apps may cause error messages to pop up, rebooting should fix that. IF not, undo whatever you did (IE unfreeze or restore the app. @YMNDLZ has a screen shot of the apps that can be removed, found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71119004&postcount=1024. Know what you use and do not use. I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 watch, so I kept a lot of the Samsung apps (except the Pay stuff), I use Gmail, etc. Nevertheless, it’s a good reference.
Or if you want you can try running this debloat script: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz6QOPY0cm2lTXBWWHVNN1o0SXc?usp=sharing
Personally I think it removes more than I want, but if new to this rooting process it's woth a try to see if it works out for you.
EmergencyManagerSerivce seemed to come up as not responding on a few of the times I experimented rebuilding my phone for this process. If that happens, just go to the service and wipe the cache for it. Reboot, and that should take care of the issue.
Last thing I did, trying to figure out why the EmergencyManagerService was not working, I re-enabled the following in Package Disable Pro:
Samsung DM Phone Interface
Samsung DM Service
CMHProvider
My phone seems to still be working fine with them enabled.
How to Update SuperSU: If anyone has tried updating SuperSU from the PLAY store, it updates fine. But then the binaries need updated, and that's where we run into the problem. The update process always fail, and because of the locked bootloader we can't restart in TWRP or a custom recovery to install the update. My process is pretty easy, and so far seems to work every time (I should know I've done it about 11 times over the past couple of weeks). The current newest version is v2.79 (December 14, 2016) as of writing this post.
NOTE: This will remove root access from your phone temporarily, and then all apps that require root will have to be granted access again. So yes until this is done we're back to the stock kernel settings and your phone may get a little warm again/battery will die a bit faster than normal again.
Open up SuperSU app on your phone, go to the SETTINGS tab scroll all the way down. On my phone "Reinstall" will now be the first thing listed when scrolled all the way down to the bottom of SETTINGS, it's the first item inside of the "CLEANUP" section. If it's not for you, scroll back up until you see it.
DO NOT CLICK FULL UNROOT!!!!
This will unroot your phone. I have not done this, but potentially you would have to rebuild the phone from scratch.
When "Reinstall" is clicked, SuperSU will give a little informational box. Read it, it pretty much gives you the instructions you need. Click "Continue" and the process is started. For me I usually have to restart my phone manually. When the phone restarts, simply go to the Google PLAY story and download the newest version of SuperSU. Once downloaded, open up SuperSU. There should be no notification to update (as you're on the newest binaries). Go back and tweak your settings if needed, install Pro if you bought it, and go through all your apps that need root to grant it.
Other SuperSU method/Other apps that try to do certain mods on reboot: I know that there is a version on @Chainfire website to download and install the SuperSU updates through FlashFire. This isn't the only situation that that will cause issues, but be aware that this will probably soft brick the phone and it will not boot. If you see the picture below, keep reading for a fix.
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'custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT (boot.img)'
Scary message huh? No matter if you reboot your phone, try clearing the cache in Recovery, nothing will get it to go away. First time I saw it, I ended up rebuilding my phone last time because I figured all was lost... praying something didn't "lock" in the firmware to cause me to have to actually call Sprint! This time I was messing around with 'Magisk Manager', because I ran into more apps that wouldn't install on a rooted device). Was trying to figure out a work around and flashed something and BOOM on reboot.
Fix When I read the message again this time, and saw the 'boot.img'... it stuck out in my head. I figured I would try using our modified Odin and re-upload the engineering boot.img file again. That was the fix for me! After that, phone rebooted and loaded back into the launcher like normal. So far everything seems to be working fine, my L Speed and Kernel Auditor scripts ran at bootup just like I had normally rebooted my phone.
I can't promise this is the overall fix for everything. But if you happen to be messing with your phone, like I do, and get this... hopefully this will be a quick fix and get the phone back up and running.
I have not reinstalled XPOSED yet, maybe down the road I’ll mess with it. Trying not to add too many variables while figuring out a few of the other things. However, I did test the process and it works.
Framework ZIP to be installed using Flashfire: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862685343
XPOSED APK installer: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bz6QOPY0cm2lLUVuVnBlalRHbWM?usp=sharing
@colormedroid also posted up an FQA post in this thread that may be helpful to anyone having issues, found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67595435&postcount=2
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That is my notes on everything I did to get the Sprint PL6 firmware rooted and functional with Voice, LTE, MMS, and Hotspot. I enjoy the phone, and I am SOOOOO happy to have root again. Just for stupid stuff like access NTFS partitions on thumb drives, I connect to my phone, Adaway, Titanium Backup, and just general apps to let me use MY phone MY way.
Again, these are the instructions I followed for what I did. I think I wrote down all the steps, if I missed anything or something is not clear, PM me! I am always here to help when and where I can. If there is an edit to be made, I will make it. There is a bunch of people to thank here, if I forget anyone let me know! If this process helps you, think about giving everyone involved a THANKS for their contribution/hardwork! Samsung is really making life hard for us now after they made it so easy with the S5.
@colormedroid and everyone in the OP of the thread here! This is where I met @YMNDLZ and got really into figuring out the rooting process for The SM-G930P phone.
@YMNDLZ who has put up with my insane posts throughout this thread trying to figure this out. Plus responding to a few PMs with questions
@@bodyshop who suggested the SQLite Editor part for the Hotspot.
@swick1981 for the thread on S7 lag.
The other random threads I read through and picked up bits here and there, and forgot to bookmark.
My wife, for putting up with this crap and my sleepless nights messing with my phone.
I think you should hyperlink on the OP to the PL6 instructions since they are on the 2nd page of the thread.
Great write up guys. This will help many since the other threads have outdated links and zips and instructions...
One thing I wanted to know, do you know where the Update.zip is located on marshmallow so it can be deleted?
I've noticed if the Nougat update was deleted you no longer get the notice to reboot and install it. I'm sure it won't pop up after following instructions, but it can't hurt to delete it completely.
I also froze both packages (com.sec.android.soagent and com.wssyncmldm) in Titanium Backup. Had to search for them and 2 Software update files appeared. I Don't know if it makes a difference but I got that part from the other thread that you posted the link to your instructions in.
bodyshop said:
I think you should hyperlink on the OP to the PL6 instructions since they are on the 2nd page of the thread.
Great write up guys. This will help many since the other threads have outdated links and zips and instructions...
One thing I wanted to know, do you know where the Update.zip is located on marshmallow so it can be deleted?
I've noticed if the Nougat update was deleted you no longer get the notice to reboot and install it. I'm sure it won't pop up after following instructions, but it can't hurt to delete it completely.
I also froze both packages (com.sec.android.soagent and com.wssyncmldm) in Titanium Backup. Had to search for them and 2 Software update files appeared. I Don't know if it makes a difference but I got that part from the other thread that you posted the link to your instructions in.
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I'll hyperlink the PL6 method in the OP, thanks for the suggestion. The update file is located under data/fota by the way.
YMNDLZ said:
I'll hyperlink the PL6 method in the OP, thanks for the suggestion. The update file is located under data/fota by the way.
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The superSU still said it needs to update binaries. on 2.79 for me but its still working. On PL6 Sprint
bodyshop said:
The superSU still said it needs to update binaries. on 2.79 for me but its still working. On PL6 Sprint
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When it asks to update binaries click ok, it'll fail the update and ask you to reboot. After you reboot it'll quit asking you to update.
Does this work for the nougat update from sprint or only the universal firmware?
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Does this work for the nougat update from sprint or only the universal firmware ROM?
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Sprint...
QAA and PL6 are Sprint. PL2 is Universal