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Circle Battery Icon for the HTC Evo

Does anyone know of the circle battery icon with the percentage in the middle that works with the Evo. I've tried a couple but when my phone reboots, I get all these errors. Has anyone else with an Evo tried or have successfully done this? Here is my software info:
Baseband version: 2.05.00.06.10
Kernel version: 2.6.29-789bf291 ([email protected] #1)
Build number: DamageControl v3.2.2
Software number: 1.47.651.1

Anyone????

it does, the baked snack rom has it in it.

mrono said:
it does, the baked snack rom has it in it.
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Is there one that's not in a rom? Because I really like my rom that I have right now.

Search the EVO forum for Super Circle Battery Mod w/%. Also, see if your ROM is de-odexed. I was able to flash this to my EVO with Fresh 3.3.0.1, which is de-odexed.
(I would link the thread directly, but new accounts can't post links. Find post 17 by lovethyEVO.)

make sure you do a back up, some roms gave me a bootloop using it
its in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758197

phatmanxxl said:
make sure you do a back up, some roms gave me a bootloop using it
its in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=758197
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he asked for one not in a rom...
Back on topic:
Heres is one I put together and use on my evo. It is the stock theme so if you have a custom one, youll have to send me your framwork-res.apk and i can customise it to work for you.
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/EVO-Battery-Mod.zip
Its 1% increments
100-30%: green
29-15%: orange
15-0%: red
just flash via recov and make a nandroid backup first.

Go here for the Super Circle Battery mod. Follow instructions in the second post - as long as you're running a deodexed rom, you should be fine.

Heres is one I put together and use on my evo. It is the stock theme so if you have a custom one, youll have to send me your framwork-res.apk and i can customise it to work for you.
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/EVO-Battery-Mod.zip
Its 1% increments
100-30%: green
29-15%: orange
15-0%: red
just flash via recov and make a nandroid backup first.
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Can you share what goes into making it show each percentage? I have the images and the services.jar files from another framework-res.apk file in my own but still won't work...no boot looping but no percentage # changing.
Thanks
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...

Max_Pain said:
Can you share what goes into making it show each percentage? I have the images and the services.jar files from another framework-res.apk file in my own but still won't work...no boot looping but no percentage # changing.
Thanks
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...
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Within the apk, theres 3 XML files you have to change also (2 for decharging and the other for charging).
I made it easy so you can just download them xml files and place in the framework-res/res/drawable/ folder replacing all 3 files.

Skullmonkey said:
Heres is one I put together and use on my evo. It is the stock theme so if you have a custom one, youll have to send me your framwork-res.apk and i can customise it to work for you.
http://sm.jcink.com/phone/EVO-Battery-Mod.zip
just flash via recov and make a nandroid backup first.
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Does this one require deodexed as well?

baknblack said:
Does this one require deodexed as well?
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I'm not sure but I am going to say yes to be on the safe side.

Skullmonkey said:
Within the apk, theres 3 XML files you have to change also (2 for decharging and the other for charging).
I made it easy so you can just download them xml files and place in the framework-res/res/drawable/ folder replacing all 3 files.
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sorry i hadn't gotten back before. apparently when you post through xda app it doesnt subscribe you so i didnt know you had answered!
i just added your xml files and flashed the apk. no bootlooping, no errors, no complains from the os at all...but now it doesnt show the battery at all! it has an empty space where the battery would be.
the images i have are different from yours (normal battery with percentage in it) but they're named exactly as your images. and i also put your xml files. is your services.jar file connected to the whole process? what would make the battery icon not show up while not giving any errors?
i'm on OMJ v3.1 ODEXED....i know it's supposed to work on a deodexed rom but i'm trying to make it work without changing my rom! I HAD IT WORKING ON THIS ROM BEFORE...then after some update or change I made when i flashed the file back it put my phone to bootloop. so i couldn't use the flashable .zip i was working with before

Idk but if u can figure out how to get rid of the battery on an odexed rom on purpose thats something alot of ppl have been asking for lol still a win for all the stock rom guys that run a percentage app
sent from a pineapple under the sea

that'd be nice and dandy if it would remove the battery and the space where the battery went. but this just removes the image of the battery...but the space is still there. so now between the clock and the signal strength there is an empty space!
i just copy/pasted the same three xml files but from the original apk i used before and same result. no crash, but no battery showing. now i put back the working apk i had, which has the same files but without those three modified xml files and my battery is back.
it only shows percentages for 80, 60, 40, etc...not the intermediate steps, even though the pictures are there.

Guys try this, it has been made easy for all of us.... with choices http://circle.glx.nl/

[Q] De-Odex Stock Rom?

Hi, I would like to De-Odex the rom I currently have on my phone.
Is there an easy way to do this?
I've read:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/47283-release-xultimate.html
and
http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-themes/4620-how-manually-deodex-your-phone.html (there is also a post about this on here)
The xUltimate tool will not work for me, so I need another option.
Phone: HTC Evo
ROM: Stock 3.29 OTA
Rooted (ofc)
Thanks for the help.

Sorry if this is no help, but a deodexed version of the 3.29 OTA is posted somewhere in the dev section. Is there a particular reason why you want to deodex it yourself?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

TheMagicalSock said:
Sorry if this is no help, but a deodexed version of the 3.29 OTA is posted somewhere in the dev section. Is there a particular reason why you want to deodex it yourself?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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I've been switching between roms but I keep coming back to my original stock one. It's still odex'd and I would like to theme the battery icon on the status bar without having to set everything back up on a fresh rom. Since it reads half when 80% of my battery is remaining.
Thanks for the quick response.
Sent from my Evo using XDA App.

and you said this didnt work for you?
i didnt even know you could deodex your own rom!
going to try this soon!

Max_Pain said:
and you said this didnt work for you?
i didnt even know you could deodex your own rom!
going to try this soon!
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It wasn't that it didn't work.
I just got an error with Java, not sure how to fix it. Some said to re install java, but i've installed JRE and JDK from 5u20 to 6u21 (32 and 64 bit). Everything I tried gave the same error.
I am going to try asking on their forum and see if they can tell me what I did wrong.
I have a feeling it has to do with the 3.29 OTA update. :-/
Good luck and if you get it to work please let me know your setup.
and if you can't run step 3 let me know... that way I am not the only one to seem that crazy.
option 1 and 2 just adb pulls your /system/apps and your framework.

just got stuck starting option 3:
Starting AccountSyncManager.odex
*Deodexing...
Error occurred while loading boot class path files. Aborting.
org.jf.dexlib.Code.Analysis.ClassPath$ClassNotFoundException....
lower it says
at org.jf.baksmali.baksmali.dissambleDexFile(baksmali.java:103)
and it just gives some more errors until i close it down
i was sooo excited to get this done!

Ahhh! I'll see what I can find out on their forums.
Despite the tutorial saying "Manually De-Odex Your Phone" I think it may be just for droid phones. It was posted in the Moto Droid sections of the forums.
Here is the error I was getting:
Code:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.util.Properties$LineReader.readLine(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Properties.load0(Unknown Source)
at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source)
at org.jf.baksmali.main.<clinit>(main.java:69)
Could not find the main class: org.jf.baksmali.main. Program will exit.
Press any key to continue . . .

dang it...
i just updated my java and nothing, still same error. well let me know what they say. i was about to make an account to post over there but i'll let you do it then.
keep me updated!

Max_Pain said:
dang it...
i just updated my java and nothing, still same error. well let me know what they say. i was about to make an account to post over there but i'll let you do it then.
keep me updated!
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If you want to add anything my post is located:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/85223-xultimate-errors.html
Both our problems have "org.jf.baksmali" involved.
Hopefully we'll have some answers soon.

well i ran a test and everything said pass, including the odex and deodex. i installed the latest java, and same problem. i had the phone originally as mass storage, so i tried under charge only, and still same problem.
i really hope we get a solution to this

I did some more reading and it seems that app is designed specifically for droid x phones.
I'm now going to try a more hands on approach using avabox...will update tonight.
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...

Max_Pain said:
I did some more reading and it seems that app is designed specifically for droid x phones.
I'm now going to try a more hands on approach using avabox...will update tonight.
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...
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Were you able to get it DeOdexed?
I found this after some searching... It seems to be the LONG way to deodex an apk. It was written in 2009 so idk how reliable it will be.
http://androidnetwork.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=55
Edit: Link to Avabox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697459
[UPDATE] I tried Avabox and it de-odexed all of the files that I adb pulled. I copied the De-Odexed files back to their respective folder on the /system/, and deleted "rm /system/app/*.odex" (Removing all the .odex files) and rebooted.
I got stuck on the white "HTC Evo 4G" screen and could not get passed it.
I am not sure what I messed up. Maybe I need to resign the files? I'll try that tomorrow.
Let me know how your attempt went. :]

When I left for school I left the script deodexing my app folder...it seems to have done the job and there were no errors. It's doing the process for the framework files now.
Once I move it over to the phone we 'll see if it worked...
I'll update here when I find out...
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...

i just tried that too and i got stock in a bootloop.
the avabox script does deodex all the app files. it doesn't do that for the framework files...it seems it'll only deodex .apk files.
anyways, i deleted everything from my /system/app folder and then pushed over the deodexed apks...i also did this for the two apk files from system/framework and the phone did the bootloop thing. so i put back the original /system/framework files, effectively only leaving changed the contents of /framework/app/ and still, bootlooping.
i'm restoring right now...i'll try it some more at another time.
let me know if you figure it out!

I was reading some of the comments on this thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=598026) They we're saying about problems with de-odexing the framework.
Do we need to resign system apps before we push them back?
I am optimizing my apks now, going to batch resign then try putting just the apks back on.

Well I messages avalaunchmods asking the same thing...if anyone knows it should be him...
Update if you get it working please!
Swyped from an HTC Evo on MetroPCS...

Unfortunately, I still don't have any good news. :[
I tried resigning the de-odexed apk's and replacing the ones on my phone.
This got stuck at the white HTC Evo 4G screen.
This failed
Then I optimized, signed, and zipaligned.
This threw me into an actual boot loop. (I was excited... It's the first boot loop i've gotten.)
This failed.
Here is some semi-less-bad news.
I used http://circle.glx.nl/ to make a flashable update.zip for theme-ing. I Flashed it with success and was able to get to the lock screen. Sense UI along with just about every other system app kept force closing.
But I was able to successfully (even though I got FC's) theme and boot using that kitchen.
I am going to mess around with the different settings there and see if I can atleast theme my phone.
Any luck with your attempts?

i was at school all day - no news from me. this is very discouraging though.
i'm surprised nobody else has chimed in! considering how many people are making and releasing roms, some people must know what's going on here

Good news (kinda)
I was able to theme my framework-res.apk without any errors or FC's.
I didn't do anything to De-Odex it but it accepted the theme when I manually edited it.
There must be an xml that scripts how the battery is displaying %'s
since I have 89% of my battery remaining but the themed battery is showing 80%.
I'll dig around and see where it is and add it to my next framework recompile.
We're you interested in just themeing or the whole de-odexing (apps & framework)
If you want to theme it i'll write up a decent tutorial on what I did.
If not I'll write up a quick tutorial for the next root newbie who wants to theme.
Going to test run it and make sure I didn't mess much up.
Edit3: The bad, it would appear that you can't modify the .xml's of the framework. You can only change the pictures.
So the battery wont be able to have the exact %.
Modifying of any .xml leads me to a boot loop.
Tips are appreciated on fixing this.
I'll keep trying.

so here is what i've learned.
i had modified both .com.htc.resources and framework-res before. those files, at least in my rom, are not odexed. everything else in the framework folder is a mix of files, .jar files and other formats, including services.jar, which is odexed. that's why if we change the services.jar file, without the phone being deodexed, it wont work.
that's why i want to deodex my rom. i have too many changes already and dont want to re-do them in another, deodexed rom.
my main interest in deodexing the rom is to have the working battery percentage on top (which used to work on THIS rom before, without deodexing???) and to have a transparent notification tray.
and from there being able to make any other changes as they come up...
i'll see when i have some more time to try out other options, but chances are you will have time before me, so keep updating!

[Q] anyone know how to change boot screen splash art

i already made the raw image file i want to install i just dont know how to do it, there is a /bootimages/ folder that contains a boot logo file, and 4 progress bar files with the .rle extension, i replaced the original boot logo.rle file with mine but the original image still came up after booting, and when i checked the file, the old file was back and my file was gone. so i'm asuming this is because the phone is reflashing the files during boot, but i'm not sure, anyone have any insight as to where the original files are so i can replace them? and if that would even work.
btw i'm refering to the splash art not the boot animation that happens between the splash art and the actual device being booted.

i decided i would share my custom screen i don't own these images they are taken from google images search, and put together onto a 1280x720 backdrop (nitro resolution) i also have the .rle file but its not verified working yet, i found the tool with a google search which seems to work but haven't gotten a test as the original image keeps coming back.

i think the rte file has to be build into the rom or a flashable zip that will patch the rom, if only i knew how to do that

This might help good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566202
Sent from my LG-P930 using xda app-developers app

thanks for the link, it seems to a pretty sketchy still though i'll wait until the pros have it figured out further, i'm not good enough in that area to be doing trial and error. i'm going to put this on the backburner it doesn't seem worth all the work just for 1 splash image.

image
If you are talking about the original LG logo, i think it is built into the kernal, maybe trying to modify the kernal will let you apply it.
KronicSkillz said:
thanks for the link, it seems to a pretty sketchy still though i'll wait until the pros have it figured out further, i'm not good enough in that area to be doing trial and error. i'm going to put this on the backburner it doesn't seem worth all the work just for 1 splash image.
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yeah it is built into kernel i've learned such because wind kernel changed mine on my phone.

Help with rooting Samsung Galaxy Light T399 - T-Mobile

Its been a while since I have rooted anything manually and i need some expert advice here.
I have someone unlocking my T399 and he gave me this guide -> http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-galaxy-light-sgh-t399-install-twrp-recovery/ the problem is the TWRP link is dead and i cant find another of that version anywhere. Does anyone have this or can I use http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-team-win-recovery-twrp-2-7-0-0.836658/ or https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...recovery-twrp-2-8-1-0-touch-recovery-t2924604 ? Im assuming yes but wanted to double check with you guys before off and doing something catastrophic to my phone.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Phonecapone

TWRP Themed Recovery
phonecapone said:
Its been a while since I have rooted anything manually and i need some expert advice here.
I have someone unlocking my T399 and he gave me this guide -> http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-galaxy-light-sgh-t399-install-twrp-recovery/ the problem is the TWRP link is dead and i cant find another of that version anywhere. Does anyone have this or can I use http://androidforums.com/threads/recovery-team-win-recovery-twrp-2-7-0-0.836658/ or https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...recovery-twrp-2-8-1-0-touch-recovery-t2924604 ? Im assuming yes but wanted to double check with you guys before off and doing something catastrophic to my phone.
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Phonecapone
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There you go
I upload TWRP Themed Recovery on Android file host there you find (IMG,zip,tar) file choose what you want:good:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=157735

I used the second one you linked just a couple weeks ago, and it appears to work just fine:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...recovery-twrp-2-8-1-0-touch-recovery-t2924604

A140 said:
There you go
I upload TWRP Themed Recovery on Android file host there you find (IMG,zip,tar) file choose what you want:good:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=157735
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Hey A140 thanks a million! Hopefully I wont have any issues downloading it. For some reason I have had a lot of corrupt downloads from androidfilehost. I know they said they are in the process of moving servers? So perhaps that's why. Can you upload to one more place so we all have a backup here? So in the event others run into the same problem I am having we're all covered. =]
http://www.multiup.eu is good
I will try and download soon as I just got back around to this phone again and give it a try and let you know what I think. Right now I have TWRP ver 2.7.1.0 for Galaxy Light T399 ? which appears to be custom and themed? I just now noticed it when rebooting into Recovery from ROMs restart options. It is white, brown and orange with a list menu. I haven't seen this before though again I haven't flashed any other versions of TWRP besides the touch so maybe it's the standard? I did have TWRP ver 2.8.4.0 for this phone which was the grey, black and blue big button themed touch interface I loved so much.
Aside TWRP matters im also toying around with Lightwave-V3 Rom by user @root@ which I switched to from TigerLillly by user DJBoxer. Both seem to be pretty good although Lightwave was suppose to have came preconfigured with a bunch of useful utilities / mods and it appears they weren't configured in the Rom's configuration. I'll have to take a look and see what needs to be modified if they exist within the build seems same with TigerLilly also. I'd suggest these 2 ROMs to anyone with this phone. Smooth, no bloat and no problems so far. However I am always up for trying any others if anyone has some to suggest. Post and let me know.
First post back here in some months. Now back into androids more and attempting root on a few unknowns so hopefully I will have some good material to contribute in the near future. Still hitting that learning curve hard trying to get with the future. I'm still oldschool @ heart stuck with knowledge of the past flip / feature phones, java, crackberries, outdated unlocking boxes and about 100 pre android phones lol. Have the parts to the first android still but unfortunately incomplete. Some interesting times I tell ya. Thanks to XDA and HOFO I'm picking up where I left off quite quickly.
Lightwave - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light/development/rom-lightwave-v1-t2825253
TigerLilly - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light/development/rom-tigerlilly-v2-1-4-4-2-t3400659
I will post a TON of information on this phone, recovery, rooting, stock/custom rom links and much more in the appropriate thread when I get time free from work. Have done a lot of researching since this post. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light - seems to have most of my work done lol. I keep forgetting how old this phone is and that it's been ran through by quite a few dev's already.

Upload it
I upload both themed 2.7 and 2.8 to your favorite site I am giving the link down you can download from it I upload zip file you can flash using costom recovery that you have right now if you want img file you can extract zip file you find Img file and if you want to flash through odin than use zarchiver on your Android phone and compress img file to tar and rename it tar.md5!?
Themed 2.7 link
http://www.multiup.eu/bd3fdc8bee0f678b90df62a1376ed1e6
TWRP 2.8.4 link
http://www.multiup.eu/en/download/9...14bc32/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-gardalte.zip
phonecapone said:
Hey A140 thanks a million! Hopefully I wont have any issues downloading it. For some reason I have had a lot of corrupt downloads from androidfilehost. I know they said they are in the process of moving servers? So perhaps that's why. Can you upload to one more place so we all have a backup here? So in the event others run into the same problem I am having we're all covered. =]
http://www.multiup.eu is good
I will try and download soon as I just got back around to this phone again and give it a try and let you know what I think. Right now I have TWRP ver 2.7.1.0 for Galaxy Light T399 ? which appears to be custom and themed? I just now noticed it when rebooting into Recovery from ROMs restart options. It is white, brown and orange with a list menu. I haven't seen this before though again I haven't flashed any other versions of TWRP besides the touch so maybe it's the standard? I did have TWRP ver 2.8.4.0 for this phone which was the grey, black and blue big button themed touch interface I loved so much.
Aside TWRP matters im also toying around with Lightwave-V3 Rom by user @root@ which I switched to from TigerLillly by user DJBoxer. Both seem to be pretty good although Lightwave was suppose to have came preconfigured with a bunch of useful utilities / mods and it appears they weren't configured in the Rom's configuration. I'll have to take a look and see what needs to be modified if they exist within the build seems same with TigerLilly also. I'd suggest these 2 ROMs to anyone with this phone. Smooth, no bloat and no problems so far. However I am always up for trying any others if anyone has some to suggest. Post and let me know.
First post back here in some months. Now back into androids more and attempting root on a few unknowns so hopefully I will have some good material to contribute in the near future. Still hitting that learning curve hard trying to get with the future. I'm still oldschool @ heart stuck with knowledge of the past flip / feature phones, java, crackberries, outdated unlocking boxes and about 100 pre android phones lol. Have the parts to the first android still but unfortunately incomplete. Some interesting times I tell ya. Thanks to XDA and HOFO I'm picking up where I left off quite quickly.
Lightwave - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light/development/rom-lightwave-v1-t2825253
TigerLilly - https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light/development/rom-tigerlilly-v2-1-4-4-2-t3400659
I will post a TON of information on this phone, recovery, rooting, stock/custom rom links and much more in the appropriate thread when I get time free from work. Have done a lot of researching since this post. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-light - seems to have most of my work done lol. I keep forgetting how old this phone is and that it's been ran through by quite a few dev's already.
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Thanks again! For conversions and archiving I have been using 7zip and a few simple batch files to convert .tar + calculate sum to .tar.md5 and and .img to .tar then .tar to .tar.md5 calculating sum.

[DO YOU HAVE FILES]I Need EVERYONE's HELP!!!

ATTN: I NEED EVERYONE'S HELP!!! PLEASE!!!​Here's what I need you to do!​Find and Search through your PC's and look for any complete or decently stable ROM's, RECOVERY's, KERNEL's and any possible missing links / files / documents for the LG Optimus V regardless of it's version or kernel and Send me WORKING links, files, of anything you got. All the links for this phone are dead... I've checked all over the web. This is still a great phone, and can still be used either with Boost Mobile or simply with a Credit or Debit card. A friend and I plan on revamping this phone to see if we can't bring it back to it's glory. But in order to do so.... Got to have the Archives! Every link is dead.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE search around for anything LG Optimus V, VM670, Thunderc Optimus S is also appreciated.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE
Send them to me, in a PM and or share them with me to my Google Drive via email.... PM for email... thanks
You may post links here only as long as the owner hasn't pulled the files for TOS Violations.
To be honest.... if your unsure, just PM the links.
I'm taking any and all files that are DEAD links
anything I can redownload as of today's date, will be unwanted.
But don't let that discourage you from SHARING THEM AWESOME FILES AND RE-UPLOADED LINKS!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
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I left a reply regarding KitKat and twrp in the hijacked mmarz thread.
as far as active links, here's one:
https://sites.google.com/site/bobzhomeroms/
also be aware when messing with recovery and roms on the Optimus V, you'll be fine if you have the original display (I think that's the Hitachi but may be the Novatek.)
it's been so long I forget which was which.
but during production, lg decided to add a different screen manufacturer, updated their kernel source with a driver to handle both.
older kernels than that will only drive the original screen.
I made a big stink about it for a while, while there was still development going on, and eventually people started patching their kernel configs to turn on the newer screens too, once everyone realized I knew what I was talking about.
so if you have the original screen model, you're golden. if you have a new screen and flash an older rom or recovery (like xionia, for example) you'll get a black screen with backlight instead of display output and be left with nothing but adb or poking around at the display blind.
fair warning.

Here's some Optimus S stuff I used to use,was able to download from here today, https://archive.midnightchannel.net/zefie/files/cell/LGLS670/

bigsupersquid said:
I left a reply regarding KitKat and twrp in the hijacked mmarz thread.
as far as active links, here's one:
https://sites.google.com/site/bobzhomeroms/
also be aware when messing with recovery and roms on the Optimus V, you'll be fine if you have the original display (I think that's the Hitachi but may be the Novatek.)
it's been so long I forget which was which.
but during production, lg decided to add a different screen manufacturer, updated their kernel source with a driver to handle both.
older kernels than that will only drive the original screen.
I made a big stink about it for a while, while there was still development going on, and eventually people started patching their kernel configs to turn on the newer screens too, once everyone realized I knew what I was talking about.
so if you have the original screen model, you're golden. if you have a new screen and flash an older rom or recovery (like xionia, for example) you'll get a black screen with backlight instead of display output and be left with nothing but adb or poking around at the display blind.
fair warning.
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So the JB rom boots okay,how do i setup Sprint apn/keylayout?

bigsupersquid said:
I left a reply regarding KitKat and twrp in the hijacked mmarz thread.
as far as active links, here's one:
https://sites.google.com/site/bobzhomeroms/
also be aware when messing with recovery and roms on the Optimus V, you'll be fine if you have the original display (I think that's the Hitachi but may be the Novatek.)
it's been so long I forget which was which.
but during production, lg decided to add a different screen manufacturer, updated their kernel source with a driver to handle both.
older kernels than that will only drive the original screen.
I made a big stink about it for a while, while there was still development going on, and eventually people started patching their kernel configs to turn on the newer screens too, once everyone realized I knew what I was talking about.
so if you have the original screen model, you're golden. if you have a new screen and flash an older rom or recovery (like xionia, for example) you'll get a black screen with backlight instead of display output and be left with nothing but adb or poking around at the display blind.
fair warning.
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I remember from back in the day we had the screen problem... You fixed and addressed it...
But some ROM I baked up didn't work even with the fix... I had the Kernel made with the ROM and the screen still didn't work... I'm working past that now as a matter of fact.
Wasen't it the Pickasticks Recovery... or a file... or something either way I found your old post...
Worked with LesileAnn with somethings too Haha Thank you again for the long lost files!!
timjames474 said:
So the JB rom boots okay,how do i setup Sprint apn/keylayout?
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I might be able to help you, Tell me what ROM exactly and what it says is WORKING and NOT WORKING on the main page of the post... or a link... It could be like you said a simple set up.
But I do remember having to change something to get other carriers to work. Because it was only a CDMA phone. No GSM. If I remember correctly

redbaron2005 said:
I remember from back in the day we had the screen problem... You fixed and addressed it...
But some ROM I baked up didn't work even with the fix... I had the Kernel made with the ROM and the screen still didn't work... I'm working past that now as a matter of fact.
Wasen't it the Pickasticks Recovery... or a file... or something either way I found your old post...
Worked with LesileAnn with somethings too Haha Thank you again for the long lost files
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you have to crack open the boot.img and replace just the kernel with a working one. it's "fun."
and finding a working kernel for the newer screens now as a standalone download is really iffy. (actually, see next post. I found /one./)
if you have another jb rom with working screen you can split that boot.img and yoink its kernel for the one that doesn't have more than a backlight. you can also plop that picasticks kernel from below into any blackscreen recovery images too, they split and recombine just like a boot image.
a lot of people call the boot.img a kernel, but it's actually a combination of kernel and ramdisk.
you can use osm0sis AIK tools to disassemble and reassemble boot.img relatively painlessly.
I'm happy to promote osm0sis's work. he does great things. drop him a donation if you're so inclined, he certainly deserves it.
by the way, don't try to insert the 3.0 kitkat kernel into anything else... it probably won't boot. jb is the best bet to try it on though, thekraven nudged me into porting that kernel from the p500 for his jb roms. I'm glad he did, because the experience has been very useful on other devices.

ok, here's my gift to y'all.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=317344
archive of the primary goodies from my old failing NTFS external drive. We'll see how long it takes for androidfilehost to arbitrarily delete them like they did every other file I ever uploaded there for the optimus S/V with no warning or acknowledgment. they never even answered multiple support requests trying to find out why... I'm guessing they decided to clean their servers of things uploaded before a certain date, but no telling since they wouldn't answer.
in the kernels subfolder is a picasticks kernel i built for the old/new screens.
multiple recoveries. some are old and may blackscreen on newer devices, fair warning. some roms will be the same way. the twrp's may or may not have reversed system/userdata like my os2sd twrp, try and see. they should at least be good on any model optimus s/v screen.
several roms, including one harmonia, and PAC-rom from thekraven.
others folder has V drivers... and swype flashable zip, ripped probably from GB stock, maybe from froyo stock.
also multirom recoveries and installer if you like multiboot. thread here
have fun.

redbaron2005 said:
I remember from back in the day we had the screen problem... You fixed and addressed it...
But some ROM I baked up didn't work even with the fix... I had the Kernel made with the ROM and the screen still didn't work... I'm working past that now as a matter of fact.
Wasen't it the Pickasticks Recovery... or a file... or something either way I found your old post...
Worked with LesileAnn with somethings too Haha Thank you again for the long lost files!!
I might be able to help you, Tell me what ROM exactly and what it says is WORKING and NOT WORKING on the main page of the post... or a link... It could be like you said a simple set up.
But I do remember having to change something to get other carriers to work. Because it was only a CDMA phone. No GSM. If I remember correctly
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i got data fine it was more the keys that was bugging the **** outta me
this one here from another link posted here,i use Tello,which uses Sprints MMSC,and yes i figured out actvating data just last week! Downgrade to ZVD and let HFA run. Thats literally it
forgot the link https://sites.google.com/site/bobzhomeroms/vm670jb

timjames474 said:
i got data fine it was more the keys that was bugging the **** outta me
this one here from another link posted here,i use Tello,which uses Sprints MMSC,and yes i figured out actvating data just last week! Downgrade to ZVD and let HFA run. Thats literally it
forgot the link https://sites.google.com/site/bobzhomeroms/vm670jb
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you need the correct .kl file, I've probably got one stashed somewhere.
it switches the two keys in software.
it's funny, because both the virgin and sprint phones have the same board, but the firmware reverses which key is read as which.
I'll look around and try to find the .kl file for you. androidfilehost deleted my flashable zips with those along with everything else for the S/V a while back as I was complaining about above, or I'd just point you there.

bigsupersquid said:
you need the correct .kl file, I've probably got one stashed somewhere.
it switches the two keys in software.
it's funny, because both the virgin and sprint phones have the same board, but the firmware reverses which key is read as which.
I'll look around and try to find the .kl file for you. androidfilehost deleted my flashable zips with those along with everything else for the S/V a while back as I was complaining about above, or I'd just point you there.
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if you manage to find it,do let me know! TIA

timjames474 said:
if you manage to find it,do let me know! TIA
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I can pull the one from the rom on my V and switch the keys.
no flashable zip, you'll have to use adb to install it, I'll post the commands
it's home and menu that are swapped if I remember right, is that correct?
it's actually a .kcm file, I've messed with so many devices I mix things up sometimes.

Sorry for being gone so long,yes those are the keys,my Optimus S had been dropped one time too many but i finally replaced it and am still interested in getting those files and commands

alright, I'll pull the file and swap those two keys.
I don't remember any oddball locations for the file across different roms... but since it has been a while since I did anything much with this device, just to make sure, I'll add a test to the instructions to make sure it's going into the right location.

bigsupersquid said:
alright, I'll pull the file and swap those two keys.
I don't remember any oddball locations for the file across different roms... but since it has been a while since I did anything much with this device, just to make sure, I'll add a test to the instructions to make sure it's going into the right location.
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Seems that it always goes to /system/usr and the two folders are keylayout and key(something else idr) the one that i cannot remember the name for is where the .kcm files are at

since harmonia has two applicable .kl files, thunder.kl and thunder_keypad.kl I'm not sure which to mess with.
they're in /system/usr/keylayout/
the process is to adb pull the thunder*.kl file from your working ROM (whichever file it is, thunder.kl or thunder_keypad.kl,) back it up on computer with a copy in case you mess it up, then:
change all instances of HOME to MENU and MENU to HOME. I can't remember how much difference the WAKE and WAKE_DROPPED field makes, but you can switch those too, or leave that alone and try it.
if you're using M$ window$, don't push the enter/return key while editing unless you're editing with notepad++, the default editor screws up carriage return line feed character codes. mac or linux shouldn't dork up the CRLFs.
chmod 644 the file after pushing it back, and chown root:root
I'd have to grab it from one of the cm rom files I uploaded for a better reference, and I'd rather not re-download them or try to get my failing external drive they're on to mount at the moment.

bigsupersquid said:
since harmonia has two applicable .kl files, thunder.kl and thunder_keypad.kl I'm not sure which to mess with.
they're in /system/usr/keylayout/
the process is to adb pull the thunder*.kl file from your working ROM (whichever file it is, thunder.kl or thunder_keypad.kl,) back it up on computer with a copy in case you mess it up, then:
change all instances of HOME to MENU and MENU to HOME. I can't remember how much difference the WAKE and WAKE_DROPPED field makes, but you can switch those too, or leave that alone and try it.
if you're using M$ window$, don't push the enter/return key while editing unless you're editing with notepad++, the default editor screws up carriage return line feed character codes. mac or linux shouldn't dork up the CRLFs.
chmod 644 the file after pushing it back, and chown root:root
I'd have to grab it from one of the cm rom files I uploaded for a better reference, and I'd rather not re-download them or try to get my failing external drive they're on to mount at the moment.
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I was able to pull from CM7 for LS670 and swap,fix perms and voila! Also noticed getting gapps to work on BobzHomes jb is a PITA,as there appears to be no setupwizard so it thinks its in setup,but its not. i looked at build.prop and shut off the setupwizard bypass but nothin. Nearing the point where i say frick gapps at this point

timjames474 said:
I was able to pull from CM7 for LS670 and swap,fix perms and voila! Also noticed getting gapps to work on BobzHomes jb is a PITA,as there appears to be no setupwizard so it thinks its in setup,but its not. i looked at build.prop and shut off the setupwizard bypass but nothin. Nearing the point where i say frick gapps at this point
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yeah, gapps suck. and it's even worse dealing with them on a device which has such a small system and data partition.
you might look into microg. I prefer it anyway.
glad you got the keyswap to work.

bigsupersquid said:
yeah, gapps suck. and it's even worse dealing with them on a device which has such a small system and data partition.
you might look into microg. I prefer it anyway.
glad you got the keyswap to work.
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MicroG has a broken login,the login box is all the way off screen for me,but ive since gotten a modern phone at the gentle prodding at Tello anyway