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So I've been doing the whole ICS thing. And it's been fun. But I'm looking to go back to stability for now.
Also I purchased this phone second hand and it's always had remnants of the old owners files floating around on it.
So my question is. What is the best way to wipe the phone to a clean slate (obviously leaving my SD card in tact)?
Secondly, is there anything I have to do if I go from ICS to TDJ's 2.6?
Thanks for the help.
Dark side wipe.
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born2gethard said:
Dark side wipe.
"The problem with quotes on the internet is you cannot validate them." -Abraham Lincoln
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That doesn't do it. I've dark side wiped over 100 times.
Then I flash and still have old pictures and old program folders. That is not what I'm asking for.
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gorillaz1 said:
That doesn't do it. I've dark side wiped over 100 times.
Then I flash and still have old pictures and old program folders. That is not what I'm asking for.
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Everything u are talking about must be either on the internal or external SD. Darkside wipe removes everything on nand memory
icenight89 said:
Everything u are talking about must be either on the internal or external SD. Darkside wipe removes everything on nand memory
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So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.
gorillaz1 said:
So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.
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If you want a total wipe best way is to do this in recovery.
Go to mounts and storage
Format/data
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /emmc
DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD
Then flash the darkside super wipe followed by flashing the rom of your choice. Just remember to back up anything you don't want to lose from your internal memory and to have the superwipe file and rom you want to flash on your SD card.
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gorillaz1 said:
So assuming it's the internal SD, what is the best route to clean that?
I'm basically looking for a total clean wipe.
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Go to your Settings then go to Storage. Then format USB storage and will clean internal SD card.
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I suggest u first connect ur phone to computer and mount USB storage. Copy off all files that u may need from both internal and external, then right click and format both as fat32. Then reboot into cwm and dark side wipe, and flash whichever rom u like.
foreverloco said:
If you want a total wipe best way is to do this in recovery.
Go to mounts and storage
Format/data
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /emmc
DO NOT FORMAT SD CARD
Then flash the darkside super wipe followed by flashing the rom of your choice. Just remember to back up anything you don't want to lose from your internal memory and to have the superwipe file and rom you want to flash on your SD card.
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That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.
gorillaz1 said:
That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.
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If he helped u hit his thanks button
icenight89 said:
I suggest u first connect ur phone to computer and mount USB storage. Copy off all files that u may need from both internal and external, then right click and format both as fat32. Then reboot into cwm and dark side wipe, and flash whichever rom u like.
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So what does formatting both as fat32 do exactly? Or do you just mean that's the current format it is?
icenight89 said:
If he helped u hit his thanks button
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Calm down I do all my thanking at the end. It'll get there. I'm a thanker.
gorillaz1 said:
That's more of what I'm looking for.
SO just do that. Super wipe. Flash 2.6. HALLELUJAH BATTERY LIFE JESUS.
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Yep just do that and the phone will be all clean. I always do it that way when I'm jumping from different roms and when I just get an itch to wipe the phone clean but I always backup my titanium bu folder to either my desktop or SD card so I can transfer it back when I'm done and restore my apps
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Yeah I'm still trying to figure out what apps I really care to do that with. I wish the play store had a separate area for purchased apps and apps you've installed. It's annoying that I have to scroll through 50 billion apps sometimes.
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So what does formatting both as fat32 do exactly? Or do you just mean that's the current format it is?
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Same thing as foreverloco suggested, just different method is all, his is easier if u don't need to backup much
I wish Apex worked on GB. I'm gonna miss that and Chrome Browser the most.
icenight89 said:
Same thing as foreverloco suggested, just different method is all, his is easier if u don't need to backup much
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Roger that.
So while I have a thread. I'm guessing AOSP ICS things can't be used with GB? Like if I wanted the AOSP ICS Lockscreen?
gorillaz1 said:
Roger that.
So while I have a thread. I'm guessing AOSP ICS things can't be used with GB? Like if I wanted the AOSP ICS Lockscreen?
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Not a chance brow sky, ics only. Use widget locker or go locker if u want aosp lookalike on gb. If u want the real thing, ics only
Figured. Oh well ill be patient. I'll miss the music controls on lock screen.
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When I DL adwlauncher ex from the store, where does the apk go so I can push it to system?
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Hi so I did crossixs mod to swap my SD card with my internal memery so everything worked correclty but when I go to settings>apps it still shows the 5gb memery and when I got to settings>storage internal memery shows 29gb and external memery shows 5gb and when install a app its still going to the 5gb and the extra data goes to the 29gb
Plzzzz help I want it all to go to the 29gb cause that's where its supposed to go andd I'm running out of space on my 5gb!!!!!:silly:
acera100 said:
Hi so I did crossixs mod to swap my SD card with my internal memery so everything worked correclty but when I go to settings>apps it still shows the 5gb memery and when I got to settings>storage internal memery shows 29gb and external memery shows 5gb and when install a app its still going to the 5gb and the extra data goes to the 29gb
Plzzzz help I want it all to go to the 29gb cause that's where its supposed to go andd I'm running out of space on my 5gb!!!!!:silly:
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That is how its supposed to be. If you install a game for example, it's data will be stored on your external SD which will cause your storage to decrease far slower (only the "apk" file will be on the internal memory). It will still show as being a large amount (e.g. 1.9GB), but that isn't actually from the "real" internal SD.
Ok so look at this then I'm trying to install something that's under a gb and it won't let me install it says free up some more space to install
Plzzzzz help based on the pics!! :-[
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acera100 said:
Ok so look at this then I'm trying to install something that's under a gb and it won't let me install it says free up some more space to install
Plzzzzz help based on the pics!! :-[
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Everything looks OK so space is not the issue here. Even if the mod wasn't enabled 4+GB is way more than enough space. Try clearing the dalvik cache and cache via recovery. Also check if you have any "odex" files in your /data/app/ (none should be there though, but that could also cause the probelm).
OK in data/app there are only my normal apps installed
And how do I clear dalvik cache in recovery???????
Like how do I go into recovery and do that????????
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acera100 said:
OK in data/app there are only my normal apps installed
And how do I clear dalvik cache in recovery???????
Like how do I go into recovery and do that????????
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If you have a custom recovery, like CWM or TWRP, its under the wipe menus. Cache and Dalvik, don't wipe anything else.
Depending on the ROM, you can reboot into recovery if you hold down the power button (CM9/CM10) or you can just power off, shut down the tablet, then:
Hold Volume - (closest to lock switch)
Press and hold Power and keep holding Volume -
Once the screen says booting recovery kernel release buttons
There's recovery.
You can also use Rom Manager to reboot into recovery if you did the process to link the recovery to it. If not, follow the above instructions depending on your ROM.
Can you tell me how to do it on the stock rom Acer a100
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acera100 said:
Can you tell me how to do it on the stock rom Acer a100
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Ok I assume you're rooted since the mod is working, so use Titanium Backup (other apps may do this, not sure) and go to the menu and select Clean up the Dalvik Cache
This will do roughly the same as the dalvik wipe in recovery, it only removed what isn't needed anymore, not everything.
I'm not sure cache can be wiped from within android app wise, you could do it over ADB, but I don't know that should be done running android at the time you do it.
pio_masaki said:
I'm not sure cache can be wiped from within android app wise, you could do it over ADB, but I don't know that should be done running android at the time you do it.
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CacheMate is able to do it. Very useful IMO .
Theonew said:
CacheMate is able to do it. Very useful IMO .
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Well there you go, then! I'm just used to doing it all manually
On thank you guys so much for helping me you guys are awesome!!!!
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acera100 said:
On thank you guys so much for helping me you guys are awesome!!!!
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Anytime .
acera100 said:
Ok so look at this then I'm trying to install something that's under a gb and it won't let me install it says free up some more space to install
Plzzzzz help based on the pics!! :-[
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That because of lucky patch. If u uninstall an app it will show that err of full SD card. U need to uninstall the whatever app u don't want and then go in to lucky patch to refresh the apps
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jondi23 said:
That because of lucky patch. If u uninstall an app it will show that err of full SD card. U need to uninstall the whatever app u don't want and then go in to lucky patch to refresh the apps
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This is a forbidden area here on xda, no discussions of warez or patchers to allow paid apps for free, including lucky patcher. Issues caused by its use can not be discussed here.
Tapatalked from my A100 - CM10 Build 4
He there fellow friends is there a way to increase system cache on my HTC wildfire (buzz) i have only ~40 Mb system cache.
Please reply as soon as possible
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Gilbert_Sarip said:
He there fellow friends is there a way to increase system cache on my HTC wildfire (buzz) i have only ~40 Mb system cache.
Please reply as soon as possible
Thanks :good:
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Use custom MTD partition and set cache size to your desired value.
Wasimk32 said:
Use custom MTD partition and set cache size to your desired value.
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following this guide
Whst rom are you on? On cm7 roms there is a script called 06mountdl which binds the cache to your data partition meaning however big the space in your data is that is how big your cache is. If that makes sense.......
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Scratch0805 said:
Whst rom are you on? On cm7 roms there is a script called 06mountdl which binds the cache to your data partition meaning however big the space in your data is that is how big your cache is. If that makes sense.......
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yeah good reminder lol - almost forgot about that
Lol..... I learnt that from master yoda when i was having problems with a 5mb mtd cache and didn't have that script for some reason.
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Scratch0805 said:
Lol..... I learnt that from master yoda when i was having problems with a 5mb mtd cache and didn't have that script for some reason.
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alot learnt them days there was (my yodish not so great it is not)
MokeeOs
wildfire on CM7
Scratch0805 said:
Whst rom are you on? On cm7 roms there is a script called 06mountdl which binds the cache to your data partition meaning however big the space in your data is that is how big your cache is. If that makes sense.......
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Hello,
I have a wildfire on CM7 and cant download prometheus app (error498) I have no idea how to use this 06mountdl thing you speak of to tie the cahce to the sd space. Or even what you are talking about, Is there any way you could explain how to do this I am noob?:crying:
Hi all,
Everybody here must know about latest cm10.1 by olddroid right It's great news for our gio. But i have problem and maybe several people here had the same. This rom already has init.d folder but it seems doesn't support cronmod. I have done every thing i can, like flash it (cronmod) through proper flashing method and push it manually to /system /etc /init.d also set it's permission to rwxr-x---. But what i got is bootloop .
It would be great if any body here have the solution. I'm totally noobs but I love to learn :fingers-crossed:
Use link2sd instead of cronmode.
Its fast and bug free.
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MH-Droid said:
Use link2sd instead of cronmode.
Its fast and bug free.
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With link2sd, I wont get "1GB" letter on my internal
Did you do "mount system" before you flashed the cronmod scripts?
I'm using the app2sd+ and the int2ext4+ script and they worked really good after I mounted system.
After you flashed it you also have to format sd-ext.
lukas12153 said:
Did you do "mount system" before you flashed the cronmod scripts?
I'm using the app2sd+ and the int2ext4+ script and they worked really good after I mounted system.
After you flashed it you also have to format sd-ext.
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Of course I do mount /system before, if not, i wont got bootloop . But wait a sec, if you already use cronmod, why on earth you also use app2sd+? And if you don't mind, can you attach your screenshot here? I want to see your internal storage and your init.d folder
I'm using the a2sd+ script to move all my apps and my dalvik cache to the external partition. Sorry if you thought that I'm using a different script than cronmod, I meant the cronmod a2sd+ script. My phone still shows a total space of 178 mb but I've got 1 gb on my external partition and as you can see I'm using 500 mb of it. I just ignore that it shows only 178 mb.
lukas12153 said:
I'm using the a2sd+ script to move all my apps and my dalvik cache to the external partition. Sorry if you thought that I'm using a different script than cronmod, I meant the cronmod a2sd+ script. My phone still shows a total space of 178 mb but I've got 1 gb on my external partition and as you can see I'm using 500 mb of it. I just ignore that it shows only 178 mb.
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Hmm..it seems that that you changed all it's permission to rwxrwxrwx. Am I correct?
lukas12153 said:
I'm using the a2sd+ script to move all my apps and my dalvik cache to the external partition. Sorry if you thought that I'm using a different script than cronmod, I meant the cronmod a2sd+ script. My phone still shows a total space of 178 mb but I've got 1 gb on my external partition and as you can see I'm using 500 mb of it. I just ignore that it shows only 178 mb.
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Yeah, A2SD+ works quite fine, but I made two small changes:
* /data/app-lib is also moved to /sd-ext. Gives some more free space on /data.
* Mount sd-ext as journalled ext4, more error resilence
hermandroid said:
Hmm..it seems that that you changed all it's permission to rwxrwxrwx. Am I correct?
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I didn't change anything it just worked fine for me from the beginning.
May be I will stick with s2e while waiting for more compatible cronmod :|
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1N4148 said:
Yeah, A2SD+ works quite fine, but I made two small changes:
* /data/app-lib is also moved to /sd-ext. Gives some more free space on /data.
* Mount sd-ext as journalled ext4, more error resilence
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use cronmod ext4+ version, uses ext4 as default
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voetbalremco said:
use cronmod ext4+ version, uses ext4 as default
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You mean int2ext4? Nevertheless, made some changes to the original a2sd+ script, now using ext4 with ordered journalling, moved app-libs, too. Great
voetbalremco said:
use cronmod ext4+ version, uses ext4 as default
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Do you mean like int2ext4+ work on this rom?
hermandroid said:
Do you mean like int2ext4+ work on this rom?
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I use int2ext4+, not on cm10 though.
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???
could someone please make a noob how-to for cronmod?i don't care for which rom it is,i'll just flash to that one(i'm now on echanced236)
thanks in advance, a noob:laugh:
orimai said:
could someone please make a noob how-to for cronmod?i don't care for which rom it is,i'll just flash to that one(i'm now on echanced236)
thanks in advance, a noob:laugh:
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That's was very easy, what you should do is pick one of those script (cronmod) and flash it through cwm
I did, But nothing changed.
Also, how do I know if my rom has init.d support?
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orimai said:
I did, But nothing changed.
Also, how do I know if my rom has init.d support?
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You have to mount /system before flashing those script. And to check if your rom support init.d or not, you can go through /system/etc, it should be init.d folder there
tnank you very much,but guess what?
i got a new phone today,the Wolfram AS-AT45IPS,so i'm now looking for a way to root it, maybe one of you guys could pm me with some info?
(sorry for posting that here,but xda doesn't have a forum for my new phone,so where should i ask my questions?)
tnx in advance,a noob with a new phone
orimai said:
tnank you very much,but guess what?
i got a new phone today,the Wolfram AS-AT45IPS,so i'm now looking for a way to root it, maybe one of you guys could pm me with some info?
(sorry for posting that here,but xda doesn't have a forum for my new phone,so where should i ask my questions?)
tnx in advance,a noob with a new phone
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Sorry I had no idea. May be you can search for a forum in your country for that device
Anyone tried this rom: https://sites.google.com/site/dgbbravo/
Roughly how many apps can be installed on data using the 65mb hboot? (without using sd-ext)
If you don't use any a2sd script, fairly few. The dalvik cache will be filling up the internal memory fast.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
If you don't use any a2sd script, fairly few. The dalvik cache will be filling up the internal memory fast.
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What if i use a2sd but with n, n, y ?
Would that keep the dalvik on internal (making it faster), but move apks to sd-ext?
Would i then be able to install a decent number of apps (say 50) even though the dalvik is on internal?
Or is there a different script for this purpose?
THanks
jeff243 said:
What if i use a2sd but with n, n, y ?
Would that keep the dalvik on internal (making it faster), but move apks to sd-ext?
Would i then be able to install a decent number of apps (say 50) even though the dalvik is on internal?
THanks
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Dalvik on internal doesn't make a performance difference. Data on internal does.
http://db.tt/m4sQLDOI
Install this zip from recovery. It moves dalvik and data/app to sd-ext. It will be enough for about 100 apps, without affecting performance at all.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Dalvik on internal doesn't make a performance difference. Data on internal does.
http://db.tt/m4sQLDOI
Install this zip from recovery. It moves dalvik and data/app to sd-ext. It will be enough for about 100 apps, without affecting performance at all.
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Cool thanks bro for the info & zip!
Why is it that it doesn't affect performance though? Is it to do with read speeds of sd cards being so fast that it doesn't matter?
jeff243 said:
Cool thanks bro for the info & zip!
Why is it that it doesn't affect performance though? Is it to do with read speeds of sd cards being so fast that it doesn't matter?
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Because dalvik cache isn't as frequently accessed as data, so it doesn't need great sd-card speeds to be fast.
I had about 200 apps on there with no issue, however it's been a while since I used it so obviously modern apps are bigger.
rootSU said:
I had about 200 apps on there with no issue, however it's been a while since I used it so obviously modern apps are bigger.
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Oh hey rootSU. Haven't seen you in a while in this section.
How does it feel to see that people still use your rom?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Oh hey rootSU. Haven't seen you in a while in this section.
How does it feel to see that people still use your rom?
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It's amazing. I can't believe people are still finding it! I just thought I'd randomly google it today and found this thread so then I checked out the host stats just now out of curiosity. Over 1500 downloads in the last 3 months! Yeah it makes me feel pretty special actually. I certainly see dGB as an achievment
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hello there sir i love a lot your rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227419) but do you have any app2sd method for it? is this working? https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngseioig6t2m3ns/apps_dalvik2ext-UNSIGNED.zip or can anyone tell me a good app 2 sd script?
tcris45 said:
hello there sir i love a lot your rom ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227419) but do you have any app2sd method for it? is this working? https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngseioig6t2m3ns/apps_dalvik2ext-UNSIGNED.zip or can anyone tell me a good app 2 sd script?
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Try what @abaaaabbbb63 posted to move Dalvik Cache to SD if you need to. Any decent a2sd+ script should work too. I don't have a known working one to hand.
S2e and app2sd script dose not work I will try others and the method above
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tcris45 said:
S2e and app2sd script dose not work I will try others and the method above
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S2e only works with cyanogen based roms.
The script that came with Gingervillain works. And with redux. Oxygen...
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Out of curiosity is there much of a difference between this an oxygen?
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dethrat said:
Out of curiosity is there much of a difference between this an oxygen?
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Size and features. I forget what Oxygen is like now. It's been a long time since I looked.
rootSU said:
Size and features. I forget what Oxygen is like now. It's been a long time since I looked.
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It's the same. No one has worked on it for a long time.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
It's the same. No one has worked on it for a long time.
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What I mean is....
Now, I have no idea how Oxygen used to look.
rootSU said:
What I mean is....
Now, I have no idea how Oxygen used to look.
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Ohh lol!
Now we can realize how old the desire is
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Ohh lol!
Now we can realize how old the desire is
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Well put it this way, my last version of dGB was 18 months ago