Since Adfree Android obviously won't work with S-ON.
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Mine works and I'm S-ON
-HTC Droid DNA-
JWhetstone02 said:
Mine works and I'm S-ON
-HTC Droid DNA-
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But when you rebooted, did it block ads ?
JWhetstone02 said:
Mine works and I'm S-ON
-HTC Droid DNA-
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Considering you can't write to the system with S-ON, I'm going to have to call shenanigans.
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madzozs said:
But when you rebooted, did it block ads ?
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It does not, but all you do is restart the app. It only take 10 seconds, then you're ad free again. How often do you reboot anyways?
TheBiles said:
Since Adfree Android obviously won't work with S-ON.
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I could make one... I have run adfree and used root explorer to view the created hosts file... I see all of the edits.
I am afraid to copy this hosts file to the SD card and then boot into TWRP and flash it for fear of something going wrong. If somebody could confirm that this would be ok, and won't hurt the phone, I will do this, and upload the adfree hosts file. Thanks!
Ticking the symlink checkbox doesn't work?
NOsquid said:
Ticking the symlink checkbox doesn't work?
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Didn't even think of that. I'll check it out.
You can accomplish it with the TWRP File Manager by moving the file AdAway creates in data/data to system/etc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2016979&page=2
More difficult than it needs to be, that's for sure.
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In one word, I want to replace the raibow bar of SENSE lock screen and restore the original Android lock screen. As we cannot boot in recovery mode, i cannot find a way to do it. So appreciate if sombody can help. I am using mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense 1.5b. Thanks.
P.S.
I have searched the forum for a long time and found no solution.
I love the sense lock screen
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I hated it too, delete file in /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk and reboot your device
jae-v said:
I hated it too, delete file in /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk and reboot your device
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thanks, it works.
jae-v said:
I hated it too, delete file in /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk and reboot your device
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at the risk of sounding thick: how do I access /system ..?
Tired though astra and also via usb to pc but can't see it
Thanks
iandooley said:
at the risk of sounding thick: how do I access /system ..?
Tired though astra and also via usb to pc but can't see it
Thanks
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should be able to see it in astro, hit the up button til you see the system folder
iandooley said:
at the risk of sounding thick: how do I access /system ..?
Tired though astra and also via usb to pc but can't see it
Thanks
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Droid Explorer.
And how does one get it back? I tryed it and got the Android default lockscreen but did not like it. I want the HTC one back. I made a backup of the file and copied it back, rebooted but still im on the android lockscreen. I had to chmod 777 the file to delete it. Do i have to chmod it back to whatever it was? and in that case what was it hehe
I'm using Droid Explorer with Froyostone V1 on my HD2; can't seem to delete the file? No error message but just stays in the directory. Any ideas?
Ok, post above with CHMOD set me searching, and figured out how to open the unix terminal in Droid Explorer and I entered "CHMOD 777 /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk" and enter, and then closed the terminal window, but still won't delete...sorry but used to playing around in Windows and have to admit this is the first time I've seen a Unix terminal...
How do you guys delete the File from there?
I've tried several times but it fail every time...
You have to use a rootexplorer and mount the System as read write able.
Subfs App can do this.
One question more. How can i remove the rainbow taskbar?
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err, sorry what? Can it be done with DroidExplorer?
scooter666 said:
You have to use a rootexplorer abs mount the System as read write able.
Subfs van do this.
One question more. How can i remove the rainbow taskbar?
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Mnemoch said:
err, sorry what? Can it be done with DroidExplorer?
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I don't know. The problem is that you need write access to the system folder to remove or rename the file. I use normaly the App SUBFS it is a rootexplorer. The best is to search the market for a rootexplorer.
Cool, that was easier; didn't find SUBFS but the app I did find worked a treat (AndroidMate). Thanks...
scooter666 said:
I don't know. The problem is that you need write access to the system folder to remove or rename the file. I use normaly the App SUBFS it is a rootexplorer. The best is to search the market for a rootexplorer.
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Just be aware that if you delete HtcLockScreen.apk (renaming it will work as well) you will loose the ability to turn off your alarm if it fires up. The alarm set in HTC alarm app expect HTC Lockscreen to turn it off!
To have the original lockscreen and still be able to have alarms you need to use the original clock app. You can find it somewhere on the forum - once installed you can and probably should delete HTCWorldClock.apk.
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Just be aware that if you delete HtcLockScreen.apk (renaming it will work as well) you will loose the ability to turn off your alarm if it fires up. The alarm set in HTC alarm app expect HTC Lockscreen to turn it off!
To have the original lockscreen and still be able to have alarms you need to use the original clock app. You can find it somewhere on the forum - once installed you can and probably should delete HTCWorldClock.apk.
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Arg too late hehe... could someone post the original HTC lockscreen APK ?! I deleted mine.
Can't attach from the phone sorry, but I renamed the HTCClock as suggested and downloaded an alarm app and am pretty happy...thanks for the tip above, tested it and the alarm drove me nuts while I was fixing the setup
methree said:
Arg too late hehe... could someone post the original HTC lockscreen APK ?! I deleted mine.
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Thanks fo the tip
jae-v said:
I hated it too, delete file in /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk and reboot your device
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Worked for me running [UPDATE][BUILD]25.09.10|Mdeejay FroYo Sense v. 2.3|2.10.405.2|[kernel: michyprima R0].
I find the HTC Lock screen has a nasty habit of unlocking before I get the phone out of my pocket wearing jeans or trousers. Well ... really it is me pressing a button and my fingers sliding vertically on the phone as I removed it This trick of deleting the package works a treat!
jae-v said:
I hated it too, delete file in /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk and reboot your device
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Astro won't allow deletion of those files... what's the trick? Ahhhh... buy a $3 app (root explorer)
Removed the rotation on the Atrix 4G logo. Added some starglow with some shimmer. Reduced file size by half for faster, less choppy playback.
Made it in AE. 20 FPS.
Just overwrite the one in your /system/media directory. Set permissions to match original.
Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QRSfpiSJTc
Download (Manual Install): http://www.multiupload.com/JBWXNU2KLK
Download CWM zip (By madnav): http://www.mediafire.com/file/meouwv6k3wcdaf5/Atrix_hcomb_bootanimation_cwm.zip
WOW that looks freakin awesome....gonna try it out...thanks bro
WOW!!! NICE!
Thanks, hopefully I can get the file size down without killing the quality.
And make the text 3D.
I am trying to get this on my phone but it says cannot paste here because the file system is a read-only. And I cant rename the current bootanimation.zip. Can I use CWM recovery to install this or will this be available as an option later?
This boot animation looks great!! Good job!
Nottach said:
Here's a little diddy I've been working on every once in a while. It's ~25MB but it looks nice.
Made it in AE. 15 FPS.
Just rename to bootanimation.zip and overwrite the one in your /system/media directory.
Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7YOQxrvFAE
Download: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NBUTVZN5 - Updated 4/27 01:50
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What did you update today on it?
katinatez said:
I am trying to get this on my phone but it says cannot paste here because the file system is a read-only. And I cant rename the current bootanimation.zip. Can I use CWM recovery to install this or will this be available as an option later?
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Yeah, I don't think CWM recovery will work...unless it just takes super long. I just tried it and nothing happened...just said "Installing update..." for a good 20-30mins.
katinatez said:
I am trying to get this on my phone but it says cannot paste here because the file system is a read-only. And I cant rename the current bootanimation.zip. Can I use CWM recovery to install this or will this be available as an option later?
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If youre using root explorer than you will need to make the directory youre pasting to read/write. there is a button on the top of root explorer that toggle r/w and r/o. once in r/w you can paste and change permissions.
Gr8Danes said:
What did you update today on it?
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Got rid of the rotation until I make 3D text. Added sparks and reduced fps and file size.
this looks awesome but im stuck... I used root explorer to replace the bootanimation.zip in the correct path but it never works, ive even tried a few different zips.
I used the boot animation app a few weeks ago and replaced my stock animation but it still plays that one? I'm lost someone please point me in the right direction
I'm on gingerblur
jhild352 said:
this looks awesome but im stuck... I used root explorer to replace the bootanimation.zip in the correct path but it never works, ive even tried a few different zips.
I used the boot animation app a few weeks ago and replaced my stock animation but it still plays that one? I'm lost someone please point me in the right direction
I'm on gingerblur
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It may be because of that 3rd party app, not sure how it works and it may conflict with these. If you haven't uninstalled that app I would do so then try this again.
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Nottach said:
If youre using root explorer than you will need to make the directory youre pasting to read/write. there is a button on the top of root explorer that toggle r/w and r/o. once in r/w you can paste and change permissions.
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That toggle doesn't work for me, is there another way to go about doing this?
mpalatsi said:
That toggle doesn't work for me, is there another way to go about doing this?
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I'm not sure why it wouldn't work for you if you're rooted correctly.
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raybond25 said:
I'm not sure why it wouldn't work for you if you're rooted correctly.
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It was my version of root explorer... I recommend anyone else having this issue to re-install root explorer.
Man what a great job. Worked flawlessly, used root explorer, which I just purchased during DL (never needed/got lazy on greyblur. I'm going to reboot my phone again and go to bed. Thanks and huge props! Glad to see a locked bootloader didn't scare away all the great talent from this amazing device =D
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link
The link appears to be broken, does anyone else have the .zip?
Edit: works, awesome thx
this is by far my favorite boot animation, thanks so much for this
i have two questions though, one a lot of times when booting up the animation can lag slightly, is there any tweaks i can do to improve the performance or is this generally how it goes for everyone?
my other question is more of a request actually, I would like the version that you had mentioned that did not have the spinning 3d letters, is that still available somewhere? i didn't see a link
I assume it's because it's loading stuff in the background.
Edit: I just installed it, and yeah, it is noticeable. You can clearly tell where the AT&T Logo is supposed to display because it gets real smooth.
But if you look at the original loader, its noticeable that its also laggy. It's just less because there isn't much to look at. It's like if the Windows 7 boot animation lagged, you can't really notice since there is almost no noticeable difference between frames.
OMG I LOEV YOU NOTACH!! you've answered my prayers! now to dl and try this out
edit: wow looks beautiful man good job!!! still a bit laggy initially i wonder if there are some tweaks i can do
edit2: second and third boots were much faster, but still a bit choppy
Now that most of us have s-off and custom recovery, we need some customizations to hold us over until the roms start flooding in.
I saw a Portal 2 boot animation and got the bootanimation.zip from the teaser thread, but flashing it did a whole lot of nothing.
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I want that boot animation too
E3D
I'm anxiously awaiting some boot screens tailored for the 3d too. Cant wait
You can use existing boot animations here is how:
Find the one you want and download it
Rename the boot animation to Sprint_bootanimation.zip
Use root explorer to go to /system/customize/resource find Sprint_bootanimation.zip copy it to a safe place
Get back to /system/customize/resource and delete Sprint_bootanimation.zip(in root explorer you have to mount r/w)
Then copy and paste the new Sprint_bootanimation.zip to /system/customize/resource
The stock animation is 540 x 960
I have tried a few and it works fine, but i'll be waiting for some 3d anim.
http://alpharev.nl/bootanimation.zip try this one yet?
I just did works fine, looks like a star wars scene mixed with a blue droid eye. I'm gonna use it for a while.
blaz4me said:
http://alpharev.nl/bootanimation.zip try this one yet?
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With that one I get the sensation that the boot is taking soo long, thanks for sharing
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nvm i read lol
blaz4me said:
http://alpharev.nl/bootanimation.zip try this one yet?
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Anybody have any pics or videos of this before I blindly flash it to satisfy my urge to flash anything!
It's the ending sequence / scene of portal 2.
It didn't install for me. It said 'Updating package' and just went back to the menu. I tried several times.
Tried this, but when I try to mount r/w in root explorer, nothing happens. it still says Mount R/W and doesn't change to R/O
Yay!! Portal 2... Poor Wheatly.
Are We Not Phones?
We Are D3VO!
Are we not phones?!
3.DeE.V.O.!!
ChrisAC84 said:
Tried this, but when I try to mount r/w in root explorer, nothing happens. it still says Mount R/W and doesn't change to R/O
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Make sure you have su permissions otherwise it will not work. My su borked so I had to re install. Works great now
cbrown245 said:
Make sure you have su permissions otherwise it will not work. My su borked so I had to re install. Works great now
Sent from 3days in the future and still no dang S-off !!! WTF
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change your sig to i gots s-off.....lol
Thanks evohog I did not realize I had forgot that.
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No prob.
cbrown245 said:
Thanks evohog I did not realize I had forgot that.
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DDDEVO
cbrown245 said:
Make sure you have su permissions otherwise it will not work. My su borked so I had to re install. Works great now
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How did you reinstall? I can't find it in the apps menu to uninstall lol
Deleting the bootanimations altogether will give you that sweet throwback android boot animation. Also, you can rename and place the bootanimation.zip in /system/media
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smokin1337 said:
You can use existing boot animations here is how:
Find the one you want and download it
Rename the boot animation to Sprint_bootanimation.zip
Use root explorer to go to /system/customize/resource find Sprint_bootanimation.zip copy it to a safe place
Get back to /system/customize/resource and delete Sprint_bootanimation.zip(in root explorer you have to mount r/w)
Then copy and paste the new Sprint_bootanimation.zip to /system/customize/resource
The stock animation is 540 x 960
I have tried a few and it works fine, but i'll be waiting for some 3d anim.
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did it and all i get is the android text not the animation. any ideas?
Have a rooted/unlocked device, but still S-on (too chicken to attempt the s-off just yet). From reading on xda, it sounds like Adfree doesn't work on s-on devices?
Any workaround? Tried a couple fixes from XDA that didn't seem to do the trick.
Does anyone have the most updates hosts file I can push into my device?
I had adfree working perfectly on my s-off evo 3d previously so it'd be nice if I can get rid of the ads on my amaze too. :laugh:
icepixie said:
Have a rooted/unlocked device, but still S-on (too chicken to attempt the s-off just yet). From reading on xda, it sounds like Adfree doesn't work on s-on devices?
Any workaround? Tried a couple fixes from XDA that didn't seem to do the trick.
Does anyone have the most updates hosts file I can push into my device?
I had adfree working perfectly on my s-off evo 3d previously so it'd be nice if I can get rid of the ads on my amaze too. :laugh:
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Adfree should work fine once you're rooted/have superuser installed, I can give you my host file if you want, I use adfree as well.
here push this to your system/etc folder: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/xlwngidm5wjdd4s/hosts?dl=1
you rock dark nightmare.
so i push the .txt file into my /system/etc? or should it be another file extension?
thanks!!
icepixie said:
you rock dark nightmare.
so i push the .txt file into my /system/etc? or should it be another file extension?
thanks!!
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I have no clue what the extension is but I pulled that file directly from my device, yes you push it into the system/etc folder, you can do so via a file manager with root permissions.
Reboot once successful for it to take effect.
Ok, I have been trying for a while now to change the HTC lock rings and there is a really cool thread on here by mohit1234: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262990, anyway it has a heap of lock rings. Originally I could not put them on as he made them for a different phone model. So then I uploaded my fusion.apk and sent it to him. He made me custom lock rings with both the Earth and the Captain America Shield. So everytime i try to flash it to my phone nothing happens. So I made a copy of the .zip and extracted the fusion.apk and went to copy to the /system/apps directory with both "ES File Explorer" and "Root Browser Lite". But whenever I try to copy it the phone either crashes and restarts or says copy succesful and nothing happens. This also happens when I copy a droidsansfallback.ttf (modded with the emoji icons). But the font works when it says successful. Does anyone know what is happening? Mohit1234 also suggested to push using adb, would this help at all?
Do you have flar2's remove system write protection kernel mod installed and loaded?
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No, I don't. How would I go about installing such a thing? Is that why the font keeps reverting every half hour?
vogonpoetlaureate said:
Do you have flar2's remove system write protection kernel mod installed and loaded?
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nickstarrs said:
No, I don't. How would I go about installing such a thing? Is that why the font keeps reverting every half hour?
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You can find it here.
Without that patch, you can't muck about with /system
Total Crashing
Ok, I flashed a zip designed for my phone with the kernel you suggested, and my phone crashed twice (again) when copying the fusion.apk and the droidsansfallback.ttf doesn't even work when I copy it any more. Also when I plug it into my PC and choose "mount as hard disk" my phone crashes and reboots. So I am thinking I should just start again. I think I am going to flash hasoon200's "stock, rooted, deodexed" ROM.
I have tried to install this thing like 4 times, it is in my /system/lib/modules but I can't get it working. I have tried copying droidsansfllback.ttf modded with emoji into the /systom/fonts folder but when I restart it is reverted back to the old one. And seeing as I am new to this I can't decipher the instructions on how to install this.
vogonpoetlaureate said:
You can find it here.
Without that patch, you can't muck about with /system
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nickstarrs said:
Ok, I have been trying for a while now to change the HTC lock rings and there is a really cool thread on here by mohit1234: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262990, anyway it has a heap of lock rings. Originally I could not put them on as he made them for a different phone model. So then I uploaded my fusion.apk and sent it to him. He made me custom lock rings with both the Earth and the Captain America Shield. So everytime i try to flash it to my phone nothing happens. So I made a copy of the .zip and extracted the fusion.apk and went to copy to the /system/apps directory with both "ES File Explorer" and "Root Browser Lite". But whenever I try to copy it the phone either crashes and restarts or says copy succesful and nothing happens. This also happens when I copy a droidsansfallback.ttf (modded with the emoji icons). But the font works when it says successful. Does anyone know what is happening? Mohit1234 also suggested to push using adb, would this help at all?
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Listen all you need to do is
Extract the fusion.apk from his zip and paste it manually using aroma file manager.
I did it using aroma and now you can see my lockscreen.
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ranalakshay36 said:
Listen all you need to do is
Extract the fusion.apk from his zip and paste it manually using aroma file manager.
I did it using aroma and now you can see my lockscreen.
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I have tried this using both "ES File Explorer" and "Root Browser Lite". Anyway where could I download aroma? I looked for it on Google Play but couldn't find it. If I find it I will try it, and yes I have extracted the zip and tried to copy it that way.
EDIT:
I installed Aroma, all went well with that and I copied fusion.apk as told to the /system/apps directory and bam when I restarted nothing happened, still stock ring. Can you send me the fusion.apk you used so I can try that, it would be greatly appreciated
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I have tried this using both "ES File Explorer" and "Root Browser Lite". Anyway where could I download aroma? I looked for it on Google Play but couldn't find it. If I find it I will try it, and yes I have extracted the zip and tried to copy it that way.
EDIT:
I installed Aroma, all went well with that and I copied fusion.apk as told to the /system/apps directory and bam when I restarted nothing happened, still stock ring. Can you send me the fusion.apk you used so I can try that, it would be greatly appreciated
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Dude aroma launcher is a recovery based launcher...
Not an apk type..
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ranalakshay36 said:
Dude aroma launcher is a recovery based launcher...
Not an apk type..
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I know, i installed it in the recovery and it opened up etc. BUT my system is still write protected when I reboot or startup my phone it reverts to its original /system state. which brings us back to how to install the kernel. In short Aroma doesn't work until I remove write protection. I may be a noob, but I know that this simply wont work.
Not true.
Flowed from my HTC branded muffin...
nickstarrs said:
I know, i installed it in the recovery and it opened up etc. BUT my system is still write protected when I reboot or startup my phone it reverts to its original /system state. which brings us back to how to install the kernel. In short Aroma doesn't work until I remove write protection. I may be a noob, but I know that this simply wont work.
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Aroma will work. The write protection is disabled in recovery.
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nickstarrs said:
So everytime i try to flash it to my phone nothing happens. So I made a copy of the .zip and extracted the fusion.apk and went to copy to the /system/apps directory with both "ES File Explorer" and "Root Browser Lite".
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Post here the file he made for you or the updater-script, I take a look at it. Maybe the mount point is wrong for DX.
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nickstarrs said:
I know, i installed it in the recovery and it opened up etc. BUT my system is still write protected when I reboot or startup my phone it reverts to its original /system state. which brings us back to how to install the kernel. In short Aroma doesn't work until I remove write protection. I may be a noob, but I know that this simply wont work.
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In recovery, mount system first before you start the Aroma File Manager.
ckpv5 said:
Post here the file he made for you or the updater-script, I take a look at it. Maybe the mount point is wrong for DX.
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db.tt/NEhtEyMS
ckpv5 said:
In recovery, mount system first before you start the Aroma File Manager.
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How do I do such thing?? What does mount system even mean? Sorry for being such a noob, I'm very new to all of this
MaartenXDA said:
Aroma will work. The write protection is disabled in recovery.
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Ok, aroma does work (I tried it with an emoji modded droidsansfallback.ttf) so that means that the fusion.apk is stuffed up. I have downloaded a desire x system dump and I am going to ask the guy to try and do it to that fusion.apk, thanks for the help everyone
nickstarrs said:
db.tt/NEhtEyMS
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Check your PM... I post a modded zip for you.
It's nothing wrong with the zip file that you posted. It flashed ok on my ROM
Your problem I guess is due to the stock ROM that you have where you do not have busybox installed.
So I mod the updater-script so it can be installed without busy box.
nickstarrs said:
How do I do such thing?? What does mount system even mean? Sorry for being such a noob, I'm very new to all of this
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Which recovery that you have installed ?
CWM - usb and mount - mount system
TWRP - mount - mount system