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Hey guys!!,
Yet another of my noob questions BUT, this time I think I'm going to take the plunge and root my Gnex!!! *scared* haha
I'm just having to many frustrating things happening on my stock Gnex, low responsiveness to the touch, slow-ish and well, isnt this what its all about!! =)
So a quick one, if anyone can point me in the most normal, simple and customizable direction, what do I do? I have searched for a while now so I have an idea where i want to go, either, Cynagon or AOKP...I'm hearing great things about AOKP...there from the same devs yeah?? (a guess)
So, I have a Samsung updated Gnex, in Aus and with optus. I'm technical so I'm getting a grasp on whats what but still not to clear on Kernels and radios....bit worried about that. Clockwork I'm guessing is like a boot manager?? Just asking that while I was here...
So Odin? Wug? CF-Root? I'm just not sure...
Thanks soooo much in advance guys.... I already appreciate your help. =)=)
*Excited!!!*
Cheers!!
P.S. I'd also very much like to return to stock form later on if I want...like locked oem and restored stock rom... =)
Helmet321 said:
Hey guys!!,
Yet another of my noob questions BUT, this time I think I'm going to take the plunge and root my Gnex!!! *scared* haha
I'm just having to many frustrating things happening on my stock Gnex, low responsiveness to the touch, slow-ish and well, isnt this what its all about!! =)
So a quick one, if anyone can point me in the most normal, simple and customizable direction, what do I do? I have searched for a while now so I have an idea where i want to go, either, Cynagon or AOKP...I'm hearing great things about AOKP...there from the same devs yeah?? (a guess)
So, I have a Samsung updated Gnex, in Aus and with optus. I'm technical so I'm getting a grasp on whats what but still not to clear on Kernels and radios....bit worried about that. Clockwork I'm guessing is like a boot manager?? Just asking that while I was here...
So Odin? Wug? CF-Root? I'm just not sure...
Thanks soooo much in advance guys.... I already appreciate your help. =)=)
*Excited!!!*
Cheers!!
P.S. I'd also very much like to return to stock form later on if I want...like locked oem and restored stock rom... =)
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Try my ToolKit in the dev forum. Its simple, straightforward, easy to understand, there is a 1-click option which will do everything and every step is explained in detail.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
You can also use my ToolKit to flash a Stock Google Rom if you ever want to in the future.
With regards to Roms there are lots available to try by very experienced developers that will make your phone better and plenty of kernels to make it run ALOT faster. I use bigxie's Rom and franco's kernel.
Mark.
Hi!!,
Thanks so much for your reply!
Funny as, I was JUST reading your guide. Awesome work man, very informative.=)=) and it would of taken some time to compile!. =/
Arm, I'm just wondering what file I need to backup to got back to the rom I'm on now? I want to be able to go back, if needed.
I don’t know what kernels are all about, and what do I need to do about Radios?? If I have the wrong one or something, does that mean I wont have signal?? Or bad call/signal reliability?
I'm looking at the build 23 of AOKP...I'm hearing its the go...and if i have a wrong kernal rom radio combo, what’s that going to do??, that’s if they correlate?? haha
Is security as issue?? Since these are built "freely" is there any exposure of private info?
I'm sorry for smashing you with all this, I'm just trying to get all the info before I do anything and to have a failsafe if I need to return for warranty.... =/
Thank you in advance!!! =)
Cheers.
P.S. Is Bigxie Apex?? I hear good things about that too!! haha. Its so hard, theres so many out there... Apex, Gummy, AOKP look great. I also really want a responsive, battery lasting, fast and importantly "stable" phone. So, not sure what you recommend. =)
Thanks already!! =)=)
Helmet321 said:
Hi!!,
Thanks so much for your reply!
Funny as, I was JUST reading your guide. Awesome work man, very informative.=)=) and it would of taken some time to compile!. =/
Arm, I'm just wondering what file I need to backup to got back to the rom I'm on now? I want to be able to go back, if needed.
I don’t know what kernels are all about, and what do I need to do about Radios?? If I have the wrong one or something, does that mean I wont have signal?? Or bad call/signal reliability?
I'm looking at the build 23 of AOKP...I'm hearing its the go...and if i have a wrong kernal rom radio combo, what’s that going to do??, that’s if they correlate?? haha
Is security as issue?? Since these are built "freely" is there any exposure of private info?
I'm sorry for smashing you with all this, I'm just trying to get all the info before I do anything and to have a failsafe if I need to return for warranty.... =/
Thank you in advance!!! =)
Cheers.
P.S. Is Bigxie Apex?? I hear good things about that too!! haha. Its so hard, theres so many out there... Apex, Gummy, AOKP look great. I also really want a responsive, battery lasting, fast and importantly "stable" phone. So, not sure what you recommend. =)
Thanks already!! =)=)
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If you goto settings, about phone then it will tell you all about your current rom build. If its a yakju build then its a stock google rom and can easily be found and reflashed via my ToolKit. If its been put on by your operator then you wont be able to obtain it online and you are best backing it up (unless you dont mind putting the google stock rom back on).
To do that you will need to set your drivers up first. This is important as nothing else can be done without this step. If you have Windows xp or 7 then its pretty easy, you can install the drivers automatically via the GNex ToolKit, then reboot your pc. Goto settings, developer options on your phone and tick 'usb debugging' then connect the usb cable to your phone (with it booted into Android). This should install adb drivers which are needed for communication when your phone is booted into Android. Start the ToolKit and select your current build version (which can be found in settings, about phone). At the top of the Main Menu you should see a serial number under adb mode which means your device is recognised in this mode. Select reboot options (19) in the ToolKit and Reboot phone to Fastboot (3). This is a bootloader mode for the phone outside of Android where you can flash and manipulate certain parts of your phone. As this mode is at a much lower level then the operating system it can be your saviour if your phone locks or wont start and you need to flash back to stock.
Once the phone has rebooted to fastboot mode the fastboot drivers should be installed on your pc. If nothing happens try unplugging and replugging the usb cable to initiate the drivers. If the drivers have installed before the ToolKit refreshes then you should now see the serial number at the top under fastboot mode this time. You NEED both fastboot and adb drivers installed on your pc for everything to work.
After the drivers have been set up you will need to Unlock the Bootloader to be able to have access to system areas on your phone. BE AWARE that unlocking the bootloader will erase EVERYTHING all data on your phone including the Internal Storage (virtual SD Card) so copy anything you need to from your Internal Storage accross to your pc and use the Backup option in the ToolKit to save any installed apps and associated user data that you want to keep. This is done in adb mode so your phone will need to be in Android.
If you want to back up your current Rom then Unlock the Bootloader, reboot your phone into Android, go through the setup quickly (as the phone will have been wiped), then goto settings developer options and enable usb debugging. Start the ToolKit and in the Main Menu select 19, 3 to reboot back to fastboot mode. Then you can BOOT into CWM Recovery without flashing it (9) and select backup/restore to backup your Rom/user data/boot image to a datestamped folder inside a folder called Clockworkmod on your Internal Storage. The rebooting into Android step after unlocking the Bootloader is important as cwm will not work properly without doing that.
Once that is all done you are ready to reboot into Android from cwm, get back to fastboot mode as before and select 1-click option (7). You will get a message on the unlock stage saying that your device is already unlocked but then it will just skip to the next stage. Be aware that when the device boots into Android the first time this is to let the user enable usb debugging for adb operations and if you have already done this then the ToolKit will wait for about 3 minutes before carrying on. Be patient as the ToolKit hasnt frozen, its just set to pause before carrying on.
Ok now thats all over with, on to your other questions lol. I would advise trying either romanbb's AOKP (build 24 should be up today) or bigxie's Apex 1.02 to start. Personally I use Apex as it has loads of customisation and runs very well but saying that I will be trying romanbb's new build when it is out.
Kernels are like the drivers of your phone. They set up how it works and what it can do. Custom Kernels can give better battery life and more power, performance, stability so its well worth trying them once you are rooted. They will tell you what builds they are compatable with but if you are thinking about the above Roms then you will be on Android build 4.0.3 and most new kernels work with that. I use franco's kernel but there are ALOT of established kernel developers working with the Nexus so you could try fugumod by nikademus or trinity by morfic. These are all flashed via cwm (download file, copy to Internal Memory, reboot to recovery mode once you have cwm flashed). You can enter cwm by rebooting to fastboot and using the volume buttons to select recovery, then press power to select, or from the reboot phone options in the ToolKit (19,4 in adb mode).
Bootloaders and Baseband/Radio updates are something to think about but not really needed if your phone is running fine. You wont notice any change if you update the bootloader as its just like updating your bios on a pc. Just gives some extra functionality or updates some deep down settings. Radios control the communication part of your phone and updating to a new one may improve battery, signal, wifi, gps lock. You can update them by either grabbing a premade zip and flashing via cwm or download the .img file and flash that via the ToolKit.
Dont worry about malware included in custom roms as long as its by an established developer. They would never put anything dangerous to the end user in one of their roms as it would harm their reputation and if anything was found by a user the rom would be taken down imediately by us mods to keep you safe.
I think thats everything you will ever need to know lol. Sorry theres alot I wanted to make sure you had all the ammunition you needed to continue and it took soo long to write I had lunch half way through
good luck.
Mark.
Ohhh man, thank you sooo much. That’s a lot of info and I really appreciate you taking the time to explain that to me Mark. Thank you!!!!
Ok, I’ve been watching some videos, one off of GalaxyNexusRoot.com. I think its his YouTube chan… He's seems pretty cool. Shows you what to do. I sort of want to do it manually so I'm understanding it all?, if that makes sense? I like to know exactly what my device is doing, why and how? haha. I'm a bit pedantic like that.
Arm, only a couple of things....I'm draining your life here...haha
I have a Samsung updated Gnex, throwing that in FYI. =) Not sure if the warranty centre would realise, probably so I should back it up as it is...on this note quickly, I do want to have a yakju (Google) updated phone though...hehe.
When I back up, does it flash everything? the rom, kernels and radios? (Mostly for my Stock setup for reversion, and understanding...)
With roms, where can I get the G'apps from? (If needed) And or the SupUser/Root files? (Separately I mean, so I can do this manually...if I'm understanding it properly... =/ )
Also, do these apps and others update as normal? Or di i have to update the whole ROM to update them? Like Maps (Navigation more importantly), GTalk, MarketPlace etc...?
And finally....phew...haha arm, sorry....
I'm looking at doing this because currently my device just seems a little non-responsive, laggy-ish and its turned off once.. =/ Is this all normal?? I thought for a minute my screen was faulty, like touches don’t always respond...I mean 90% of the time they do...I know, I'm nuts but it just ruins it for me... I uninstalled Beautiful Widgets and it’s sort of been better…maybe some apps aren’t configured with ICS yet also…I'm thinking it just could be the build? What do you think??
It's kind of weird to think that an individual dev has made. and is making more progress than the developers of the phone/software?? hahah...Anyway, I hope I've made some sense and I really, really, really appreciate all this Mark, all your time and patience with me. =)
Thanks again!!!!
P.S.... This should be it I SWEAR!! haha....
Just wanted to put these here...these are "some" of the problems I've been having... =/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500545
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490335
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500236
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487946
Thank you...again!!!
I just want to thank the OP for asking the right questions and taking the time to figure out how "hack" his/her phone correctly instead of jumping in blind.
I hope other beginners follow the OP's lead.
That is all.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
Helmet321 said:
Ohhh man, thank you sooo much. That’s a lot of info and I really appreciate you taking the time to explain that to me Mark. Thank you!!!!
Ok, I’ve been watching some videos, one off of GalaxyNexusRoot.com. I think its his YouTube chan… He's seems pretty cool. Shows you what to do. I sort of want to do it manually so I'm understanding it all?, if that makes sense? I like to know exactly what my device is doing, why and how? haha. I'm a bit pedantic like that.
Arm, only a couple of things....I'm draining your life here...haha
I have a Samsung updated Gnex, throwing that in FYI. =) Not sure if the warranty centre would realise, probably so I should back it up as it is...on this note quickly, I do want to have a yakju (Google) updated phone though...hehe.
When I back up, does it flash everything? the rom, kernels and radios? (Mostly for my Stock setup for reversion, and understanding...)
With roms, where can I get the G'apps from? (If needed) And or the SupUser/Root files? (Separately I mean, so I can do this manually...if I'm understanding it properly... =/ )
Also, do these apps and others update as normal? Or di i have to update the whole ROM to update them? Like Maps (Navigation more importantly), GTalk, MarketPlace etc...?
And finally....phew...haha arm, sorry....
I'm looking at doing this because currently my device just seems a little non-responsive, laggy-ish and its turned off once.. =/ Is this all normal?? I thought for a minute my screen was faulty, like touches don’t always respond...I mean 90% of the time they do...I know, I'm nuts but it just ruins it for me... I uninstalled Beautiful Widgets and it’s sort of been better…maybe some apps aren’t configured with ICS yet also…I'm thinking it just could be the build? What do you think??
It's kind of weird to think that an individual dev has made. and is making more progress than the developers of the phone/software?? hahah...Anyway, I hope I've made some sense and I really, really, really appreciate all this Mark, all your time and patience with me. =)
Thanks again!!!!
P.S.... This should be it I SWEAR!! haha....
Just wanted to put these here...these are "some" of the problems I've been having... =/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500545
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490335
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500236
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487946
Thank you...again!!!
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A cwm backup will back up system, data, boot, recovery and cache but it will not back up your radio image so check your version in the about phone screen first so you know what you need.
The latest gapps flashable zip can be found in the development forum. Did the youtube channel not give a link to the root files? If not then I have attached the 2 files you need to push. Make sure to set their permissions too after pushing.
Without knowing exactly what you have put on your phone its hard to comment about responsiveness but as stock roms dont have all the optimisations that custom roms have they are definitely slower. A custom rom and kernel will surely sort out your problems
Mark.
What does stock stand for?
udmbrian said:
What does stock stand for?
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It means the version that the manufacturer put on the phone before it was shipped or a version that is supplied by the manufacturer. Unaltered by developers.
Mark.
mskip said:
A cwm backup will back up system, data, boot, recovery and cache but it will not back up your radio image so check your version in the about phone screen first so you know what you need.
The latest gapps flashable zip can be found in the development forum. Did the youtube channel not give a link to the root files? If not then I have attached the 2 files you need to push. Make sure to set their permissions too after pushing.
Without knowing exactly what you have put on your phone its hard to comment about responsiveness but as stock roms dont have all the optimisations that custom roms have they are definitely slower. A custom rom and kernel will surely sort out your problems
Mark.
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Thanks again!!!!
Ok cool. So when new versions of the apps come out on the market, I wont be able to update them normally will I? Which is ok but just wondering how that is going to go down. Haha.
Lastly, sorry man, I'm almost there. Haha. CWM doesn't backup kernel? Like my stock one?
So it basically makes a "phone" image, ExtPartition and all? Or can you choose these options?
Right, I'm so close now I reckon, today will be the day... I can feel it!!! Haha.
Thank you again!!!!!!!!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Helmet321 said:
Thanks again!!!!
Ok cool. So when new versions of the apps come out on the market, I wont be able to update them normally will I? Which is ok but just wondering how that is going to go down. Haha.
Lastly, sorry man, I'm almost there. Haha. CWM doesn't backup kernel? Like my stock one?
So it basically makes a "phone" image, ExtPartition and all? Or can you choose these options?
Right, I'm so close now I reckon, today will be the day... I can feel it!!! Haha.
Thank you again!!!!!!!!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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Yes of course you can update google apps via the market as normal.
Cwm will back up your boot image which contains the kernel. So yes it does back up the kernel.
You can not choose which options to back up but you can choose which parts you want to restore via the advanced restore option in cwm.
Let me know how it all goes
Mark.
El Daddy said:
I just want to thank the OP for asking the right questions and taking the time to figure out how "hack" his/her phone correctly instead of jumping in blind.
I hope other beginners follow the OP's lead.
That is all.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Hey El Daddy,
Thanks man. I try to reframe from being a pain in butt.... not sure how I've gone with that but, Haha. I appreciate what your saying. I just want to be sure what I'm doing and to have, as Mark said, all the "ammo" I need.
Cheers.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Great questions and answers from both of you. Just got this phone and trying to figure out where to start. Briefly read the toolkit instructions. Just haven't had the time to sit down and plow through it. Thanks both of you.
mskip said:
A cwm backup will back up system, data, boot, recovery and cache but it will not back up your radio image so check your version in the about phone screen first so you know what you need.
The latest gapps flashable zip can be found in the development forum. Did the youtube channel not give a link to the root files? If not then I have attached the 2 files you need to push. Make sure to set their permissions too after pushing.
Without knowing exactly what you have put on your phone its hard to comment about responsiveness but as stock roms dont have all the optimisations that custom roms have they are definitely slower. A custom rom and kernel will surely sort out your problems
Mark.
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Thanks so much again Mark...This is Great!!
Ok, just before I do this...I'm like right here at the PC...ready! haha...
I understand all of it now, well. in theory...
Thank you for the DL link to the root.zip...
I DL'd the android SDK Kit zip also, but there’s no fastboot.exe??? Or anything like what I need?? haha, I may just be missing something here...
One of you links on you manual guide is broken...I think, that’s where you had it...I didnt want to harass you again but just some final things. =)
I'm really after all of what I need to this manually...for knowledge etc?? Hope you understand... You made this wicked awesome Kit, and I'm stupid and not using it...hahah...
So as far as I can see, I need:
- Samsung Drivers - which I have and that bits done... =)
- fasboot.exe etc (Android SDK Gear)
- Latest CWM.zip
- **Rom of my choice, which I'm going to take your advice and go with Apex. =) Latest 1.02 yeah??
- Franco Kernel, I'll try stock, but my feeling on it is that that’s probably been my major issue, or the cause of most of them... =)
Phew....I think that’s it...am I on the right track??
I cant thank you enough with all this Mark....seriously...your a very patience man. haha
Cheers. =)
**Update**
P.S. I have attached a file. Mark can you check it out and see if that what I need in regards to Android SDK stuff? I just got this now after I posted the above....
Thanks again... =)
***Update...again....haha***
Arm, just looking at these files, whats the boot.img? does that get copied over to the phone? Or is it just a command? The su & Superuser files in this zip are like a different size and modified later than your ones (newer??? =/)....I'm not sure what that would really mean...probably has nothing to do with anything but just thought I'd check with you....
Helmet321 said:
Thanks so much again Mark...This is Great!!
Ok, just before I do this...I'm like right here at the PC...ready! haha...
I understand all of it now, well. in theory...
Thank you for the DL link to the root.zip...
I DL'd the android SDK Kit zip also, but there’s no fastboot.exe??? Or anything like what I need?? haha, I may just be missing something here...
One of you links on you manual guide is broken...I think, that’s where you had it...I didnt want to harass you again but just some final things. =)
I'm really after all of what I need to this manually...for knowledge etc?? Hope you understand... You made this wicked awesome Kit, and I'm stupid and not using it...hahah...
So as far as I can see, I need:
- Samsung Drivers - which I have and that bits done... =)
- fasboot.exe etc (Android SDK Gear)
- Latest CWM.zip
- **Rom of my choice, which I'm going to take your advice and go with Apex. =) Latest 1.02 yeah??
- Franco Kernel, I'll try stock, but my feeling on it is that that’s probably been my major issue, or the cause of most of them... =)
Phew....I think that’s it...am I on the right track??
I cant thank you enough with all this Mark....seriously...your a very patience man. haha
Cheers. =)
**Update**
P.S. I have attached a file. Mark can you check it out and see if that what I need in regards to Android SDK stuff? I just got this now after I posted the above....
Thanks again... =)
***Update...again....haha***
Arm, just looking at these files, whats the boot.img? does that get copied over to the phone? Or is it just a command? The su & Superuser files in this zip are like a different size and modified later than your ones (newer??? =/)....I'm not sure what that would really mean...probably has nothing to do with anything but just thought I'd check with you....
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Looks like everything in that zip is ok for what you want to do. The superuser.apk is a different size but im sure it doesnt matter.
In order to push the 2 files across to your phone you need to have booted into Android using an insecure boot image. This is a stock boot.img that has has some simple text changes to allow temporary root access (otherwise the files wouldnt copy across) Using fastboot you boot the boot.img file and then once you are in Android you push the files across and set their permissions. When you reboot your phone your original boot image will be used and you should have permanent root via the files.
Looks like you are all set
MArk.
Oh ok. So it doesn't stay on the phone?, its temporary??
So if this file say, is corrupted or malicious, (not really possible probably byt...) I'm in trouble? haha
Sorry, I have everything I think now, I grabbed the SDK of the Android website and I'm comfortable with that cause its "legit" I suppose. It doesn't have a boot.img file though. Can I make one myself so I know where its coming from? And where does this normally come from?
Silly stuff I know but, I told you, I'm CRAZY!! haha....
One very last thing...the permissions, whats that part all about...
Other than that, I'm pretty sure I'm sweet now...I also grabbed the latest CWM zip off the website too...so I'm cool with that.
......geez.... I'm killing you aren't I....I think you deserve (need) at LEAST 1 beer after all this....haha...
Thanks x 1,000,000...seriously.... =)
Helmet321 said:
Oh ok. So it doesn't stay on the phone?, its temporary??
So if this file say, is corrupted or malicious, (not really possible probably byt...) I'm in trouble? haha
Sorry, I have everything I think now, I grabbed the SDK of the Android website and I'm comfortable with that cause its "legit" I suppose. It doesn't have a boot.img file though. Can I make one myself so I know where its coming from? And where does this normally come from?
Silly stuff I know but, I told you, I'm CRAZY!! haha....
One very last thing...the permissions, whats that part all about...
Other than that, I'm pretty sure I'm sweet now...I also grabbed the latest CWM zip off the website too...so I'm cool with that.
......geez.... I'm killing you aren't I....I think you deserve (need) at LEAST 1 beer after all this....haha...
Thanks x 1,000,000...seriously.... =)
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Its perfectly possible to make your own boot image but to be honest you might take another day or 2 to get all the required components and research what you need to do lol
If you go to your settings, about phone screen and tell me the build version (4.0.1, 4.0.2) and whether its a gsm or lte device (im assuming gsm as lte is america/canada) then I will attach the boot image I made for that device so it will definitely be right and safe. You can also use the su and superuser.apk files I attached earlier if you are unsure about them.
I dont mind all the questions as long as you end up feeling confident enough to get your phone rooted mate I would rather people ask too many (but the right) questions than just go blindly into something have no understanding about and end up in trouble.
Mark.
Your a legend Mark, I swear!!....haha
Ok, well, its a GSM, 4.0.2 Samsung updated Nexus....I think... I can attach some images. =)
The end of the line here...haha, arm, I just watched a video that completely skipped the boot.img part...weird...anyway, with the "su" part, I have 2 files there, as you've kindly provided, but in that step doesnt it need to be a su.zip sort of configuration? Just running it by you before I do this...
P.S....again....haha, arm, if I'm thinking about this right, does the step with "fastboot boot boot.img" will that affect the stock image?? As I think, if I'm right you have to do that "before" you flash your recovery?? In my mind would it be right in assuming....
-Unlock bootloader
-Flash recovery
-Make a Back up (so to get all the rom, including the auto restore recovery??)
-Set SU perms...with su.zip or su+superuser.apk... (if I'm right also, this step only if you want root perms on stock?, not sure what you would do with it though, only if you want to remain this way I suppose... =/ )
Is this right??
I was reading your "manual" post and I'm a little confused...as in, you cant reboot into Android after flashing recovery (to back up) as it will delete it, but to do so, you need to reboot into Android to delete the auto recovery flash file?? And you need su perms yeah?? Am I right here, I'm probably going crazy-ier...haha cause I've been at this for 2 days...haha...
Seems the boot.img step is the same as if you would flash a su.zip...(which I dont have, only the su file (no extension) and the su.apk...) not sure if thats the same...just getting my head around it here.... =)
Maybe I'm thinking CWM will "back up" the su perms etc and affect the "stock rom"...if you back it up with the perms, wouldnt that be included?? Maybe thats were I'm getting it wrong...haha.
Finally...........serious.....
If and when you delete the auto recovery file (if that really does delete it completly, I'm probably wrong about that too...) how does it restore??
Thanks mate. =)=)
I think thats it...when I have my head around these final things...and the last couple of files...Its time.... =)=)
Helmet321 said:
Your a legend Mark, I swear!!....haha
Ok, well, its a GSM, 4.0.2 Samsung updated Nexus....I think... I can attach some images. =)
The end of the line here...haha, arm, I just watched a video that completely skipped the boot.img part...weird...anyway, with the "su" part, I have 2 files there, as you've kindly provided, but in that step doesnt it need to be a su.zip sort of configuration? Just running it by you before I do this...
P.S....again....haha, arm, if I'm thinking about this right, does the step with "fastboot boot boot.img" will that affect the stock image?? As I think, if I'm right you have to do that "before" you flash your recovery?? In my mind would it be right in assuming....
-Unlock bootloader
-Flash recovery
-Make a Back up
-Set SU perms...with su.zip or su+superuser.apk...
Is this right??
I was reading your "manual" post and I'm a little confused...as in, you cant reboot into Android after flashing recovery (to back up) as it will delete it, but to do so, you need to reboot into Android to delete the auto recovery flash file?? And you need su perms yeah?? Am I right here, I'm probably going crazy-ier...haha cause I've been at this for 2 days...haha...
Seems the boot.img step is the same as if you would flash a su.zip...(which I dont have, only the su file (no extension) and the su.apk...) not sure if thats the same...just getting my head around it here.... =)
Maybe I'm thinking CWM will "back up" the su perms etc and affect the "stock rom"...if you back it up with the perms, wouldnt that be included?? Maybe thats were I'm getting it wrong...haha.
Finally...........serious.....
If and when you delete the auto recovery file (if that really does delete it completly, I'm probably wrong about that too...) how does it restore??
Thanks mate. =)=)
I think thats it...when I have my head around these final things...and the last couple of files...Its time.... =)=)
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There are 2 ways of rooting your phone. The easier (and non learning way) is to flash cwm recovery and flash the superuser.zip straight to the phone. If this is what you watched then tbh you might as well be using my ToolKit as you wont learn anything from the experience. The other way is the method my ToolKit uses which is to boot the phone with the insecure boot image to gain temporary root, then using adb to push the 2 files that I sent to your phone and set their permissions, then rebooting to complete the root procedure. The 2nd method is the one I thought you was gearing up towards and the best way if you want to actually learn something, otherwise as I said you may as well use the ToolKit.
I have attached every file you will need for the 2nd method and if yo uread below these are the instructions you will need to follow to root your phone. Extract the attached files to a folder on your pc, browse to this folder then HOLD the Shift button on your pc while right clicking on a blank area of the Windows Explorer. Select 'Open command window here' which will open a command prompt in the correct folder where your adb and fastboot files are.
These instructions are for after you have installed drivers:
fastboot-toolkit devices
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this will return a serial number if your drivers are installed.
fastboot-toolkit oem unlock
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and follow the instructions on the phone to unlock your bootloader.
Now if you boot into Android RIGHT after unlocking the bootloader it will restart the boot half way through so you want to do this normally BEFORE using your insecure boot or the reboot half way through will lose your insecure access (if you get me)
fastboot-toolkit reboot
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to get your first boot in. Once the phone has booted up and you have gone through the setup wizard, go to settings, developer tools and select 'usb debugging' to enable adb control.
adb-toolkit devices
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should return a serial number if your adb drivers are installed.
adb-toolkit reboot bootloader
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to get back into fastboot so you can boot from the insecure boot image
fastboot-toolkit boot boot_gsm_ICL53F_insecure.img
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to boot your phone into Android from the insecrure boot image. Once your phone has booted into the lockscreen you can carry on with
adb-toolkit root
adb-toolkit remount
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to mount your /system folder for root access.
adb-toolkit push su /system/bin
adb-toolkit push Superuser.apk /system/app
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pushes the 2 files across to the correct folders on your phone.
adb-toolkit shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
adb-toolkit shell chmod 06755 /system/app/Superuser.apk
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sets their correct permissions.
Lastly if you are flashing cwm then you will need to rename the recovery restore file if you are on a samsung rom. If this file is present on your phone and cwm is flashed, then on the next reboot the stock recovery will be restored and you will lose cwm. To get back to stock recovery in the future you just flash a stock recovery image.
adb-toolkit shell mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.p-old
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will rename the file is it is present.
Thats it! Reboot your phone and you should have root You can check this by downloading root checker from the market or just download a root app such as adfree or setcpu.
Mark.
I see you are replying to my thread already as I was making some changes so re-read the instructions as I rearranged them a bit to make more sense lol.
MArk.
There are some .zip files that I will install in recovery mode and will confirm installation. When I reboot the phone, the apps or mods that I install will not have installed. I am stock rooted on Galaxy Note 2 on JB. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
Need more info.. and re word it a lil..and what mods are u flashing in what sequence?
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Ok. Example: Say I take a .zip file that you have made for me and I download it. I boot into recovery mode and find the file and flash it, gives me the message that it has completed but when the phone reboots it's no where to be found. Did it not install or is there a place I need to look on my phone that it might be hidden?
just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
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just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
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Ok. The files that I've tried would be mods for toggles, keyboards, and different add ons. For the most part, all of the files that I've flashed have worked. The ones that didn't work I'm not disappointed that they didn't, I was just wondering if possibly there was something or somewhere that I needed to look to see if they actually did but needed to activate per say. Could you explain what you mean by "install routine baked in" please. I'm a noob and learning everyday.
Thank you
some of those zip files, were probably just a bunch of individual files, zipped up to save room, and make them just 1 file insted of many..
a "flashable" zip file will have a few folders, one being meta.inf, another being system, along with some others...
post one of those zips that you are having a problem with here, and we will take a look at it..
what ^^^^^^^^^^ Said....g
Wase, let me see if I still have them on my phone. I know a couple that I tried were rom specific but one worked and one didn't. Those are the ones I expected not to work. Give me a minute to see what I still have.
http://db.tt/kXFyYyIJ
This is one that didn't work that is for ROM XXDLL4. Another file that I downloaded is the glass dialer did work. What I guess I'm asking is, why would one work but not the other. I know these were fir that specific rom, I'm just confused on why one would work and not the other.
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Sorry, I did not answer that part.
Boot into recovery>Find location where file was downloaded>Click to install>Confirm install>Install confirmed>Reboot.
I have tried wiping cache and not wiping cache.
Open up these "zips" and look inside..
yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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Exactly... use caution flashing "flashable" zips unless you know for a fact it accomodates your specific device. You need to look in the META-INF folder and review the updater-script. In there you will see specific BLKs (partitions) which are mounted/extracted/written/unmounted. Devices don't all use the exact same "/dev/block/mmcblk0xx" for /system or /data partitions. Some of these scripts are fairly universal but I've seen others which call specific devblock partitions.
Thank you everyone for the help on this. I finally got brave enough about a hour ago and flashed a custom rom fir the first time.
Thanks again for all the help and info.
OpTimuS DE Bootanimation!!!
WARNING
This is a disclaimer: While this has been tested I am not responsible for ANY damage done to your device. I take no responsibility for bootloops, soft bricks, hard bricks, living brick monsters, your phone proving an omnipotent being fallible(thus negating all existence), your great aunt smoking bath salts, flying monkeys, hot pockets, obamacare, dingleberries, carnivorous dingleberries or Sundays. Use at your own risk!!
Secondary disclaimer: If you have carnivorous dingleberries then you have bigger problems to worry about - but for any phone related questions feel free to message me on here either privately or in the thread.
Here is a bootanimation for the stock ZVC optimized rom OpTimuS DE(If you have an lgog and haven't tried it, you are missing out - just click the name!). The original Optimus Prime™ Flash animation used in this bootanimation is not my work. Optimus Prime™ is a registered trademark of Hasbro. THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP! You have to manually put it into your system/media folder and change permissions(-rw-r--r-- aka 644). Also, you will want to delete your old boot animation(make a backup!) and may need to rename this one bootanimation_sprint.zip(If you are using stock ls970). Feel free to use this(and any of my bootanimations) in any way you like! I never ask for donations but if you like/use it, you could always hit that thank button!
Screenshots:
Download:
bootanimation.zip
I'd like to thank Lrod0175 for a great rom and his ongoing optimizations, everyone on xda, the #lg-optimus-g irc channel, Optimus Prime and Megatron(because what would Prime be without him?) and anyone else I may have forgot!
Feel free to leave feedback and suggestions!!!
Dude! That is too cool!
Yo, I just tried it and its awesome, dude I know u put a lot of work into that one, great job buddy, make me a shutdown animation with the second part, then make it fade into the screen lie the transition u have. Try to keep it as small as u can, I wanna have in the rom.
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Yo, I just tried it and its awesome, dude I know u put a lot of work into that one, great job buddy, make me a shutdown animation with the second part, then make it fade into the screen lie the transition u have. Try to keep it as small as u can, I wanna have in the rom.
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That shouldn't take me long. The bootanimation was over 100mb before I converted the .pngs to .jpgs and ran jpegoptimizer, lol. But like I said that shouldn't take me long and should be relatively small. I'm currently having issues with TWRP 2.5.0.0 restoring the data portion of my backup. Started happening ever since I installed Xposed but I can't seem to figure it out, backups fine, fails on restore. Hopefully I can figure this out but regardless I will take a break to do the shutdown animation.
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That shouldn't take me long. The bootanimation was over 100mb before I converted the .pngs to .jpgs and ran jpegoptimizer, lol. But like I said that shouldn't take me long and should be relatively small. I'm currently having issues with TWRP 2.5.0.0 restoring the data portion of my backup. Started happening ever since I installed Xposed but I can't seem to figure it out, backups fine, fails on restore. Hopefully I can figure this out but regardless I will take a break to do the shutdown animation.
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Thats dope, looks better than the one I made lol. The one thats currently included in the rom was done by me, it was the 2nd boot screen I ever made. Do you use any specific tools when you make yours? It took me forever to build the one I had. I did all of my work in photoshop.
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Thats dope, looks better than the one I made lol. The one thats currently included in the rom was done by me, it was the 2nd boot screen I ever made. Do you use any specific tools when you make yours? It took me forever to build the one I had. I did all of my work in photoshop.
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Not really, it depends on what Im doing. I only use linux so this was mostly made in GIMP. I found the original animation on youtube and downloaded the video with youtube-dl via the linux terminal. I then edited the video in kdenlive and broke it into separate frames with ffmpeg again via the linux terminal. From there I did all major editing/resizing in GIMP which can be time consuming but thank god for shortcut keys. After I was done with that I used imagemagick from the terminal to convert all the pngs to jpgs. In the terminal again I ran jpegoptimizer to shrink the byte size of the images. Finally(and yet again from the linux terminal, lol) I typed in zip -r -0 bootanimation.zip part0/* part1/* desc.txt to make an uncompressed zip file. Inkscape can come in handy and Im slowly learning to use Blender but this is my overall method of making a bootanimation.
@HPTesla concerning the TWRP restore. Did you happen to encrypt it? If so, it might not restore. I know a few of the TWRP versions had that issue. Nice work BTW!! :good:
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@HPTesla concerning the TWRP restore. Did you happen to encrypt it? If so, it might not restore. I know a few of the TWRP versions had that issue. Nice work BTW!! :good:
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Thanks! And nope, I never enable encryption or compression. Have tried making a backup several times. All is well until I try to restore them, then it fails at data. :-/ Maybe if I update to a TWRP newer than 2.5.0.0? The 2.6.3.0 version to flash 4.4 roms didn't have an EFS section in the backup so I went back to 2.5.
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Thanks! And nope, I never enable encryption or compression. Have tried making a backup several times. All is well until I try to restore them, then it fails at data. :-/ Maybe if I update to a TWRP newer than 2.5.0.0? The 2.6.3.0 version to flash 4.4 roms didn't have an EFS section in the backup so I went back to 2.5.
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I'd recommend staying with the 2.5.0.0. The 2.6.x.x series has had some issues for us. Including sleef's brick!
The modded 2.6.3.0.works as far as backing up and restoring 4.4 roms. But I haven't tried it with anything below 4.4. I usually flash back to 2.5.0.0 when I downgrade to 4.3, 4.2, 4.1. Just my 2cents.:silly:
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I'd recommend staying with the 2.5.0.0. The 2.6.x.x series has had some issues for us. Including sleef's brick!
The modded 2.6.3.0.works as far as backing up and restoring 4.4 roms. But I haven't tried it with anything below 4.4. I usually flash back to 2.5.0.0 when I downgrade to 4.3, 4.2, 4.1. Just my 2cents.:silly:
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That's exactly what I've been doing but all of a sudden it started doing this. In 2.5 where is the encryption options/settings? I cant even seem to find em. Im on 2.5.0.0 but there isnt an option in backup or in settings.....
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That's exactly what I've been doing but all of a sudden it started doing this. In 2.5 where is the encryption options/settings? I cant even seem to find em. Im on 2.5.0.0 but there isnt an option in backup or in settings.....
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My bad and my confusion again. Compression is what I meant. Encryption I think happened with the 2.6.x.x series
So.. I meant... did you enable commpression?
I'm so tired of having braincramps. lol
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My bad and my confusion again. Compression is what I meant. Encryption I think happened with the 2.6.x.x series
So.. I meant... did you enable commpression?
I'm so tired of having braincramps. lol
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Ok, in that case, no. I tried that a little while ago and while it cut my backup in half, it wouldn't restore. So I've backed up a few times since without compression and have remembered to make sure it wasnt checked when making a backup. I've also noticed that making the backup takes almost twice as long now, clearly it's having some kind of issue but who knows with what. The only other thing I've noticed is that the backup from my 11/26 is just under 4000mb and now it's just over 4100mb. I'm stumped, lol and this is probably not the place for this discussion but Im a bit sleep deprived as well.
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Not really, it depends on what Im doing. I only use linux so this was mostly made in GIMP. I found the original animation on youtube and downloaded the video with youtube-dl via the linux terminal. I then edited the video in kdenlive and broke it into separate frames with ffmpeg again via the linux terminal. From there I did all major editing/resizing in GIMP which can be time consuming but thank god for shortcut keys. After I was done with that I used imagemagick from the terminal to convert all the pngs to jpgs. In the terminal again I ran jpegoptimizer to shrink the byte size of the images. Finally(and yet again from the linux terminal, lol) I typed in zip -r -0 bootanimation.zip part0/* part1/* desc.txt to make an uncompressed zip file. Inkscape can come in handy and Im slowly learning to use Blender but this is my overall method of making a bootanimation.
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Ah ok cool, yea I played around with the video's. I used to do animated signatures back in the day on a video game forum and I used clips from trailers.
This looks awsome! Nice!!
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nice job
1st let me just say I'm not a developer at all just someone who enjoys custom roms as much as everyone else here! I'm not very good at explaining things so please try to bear with me and try to understand this the best you can! If any real developers read this please help us by adding support for our device and if any developers can explain this better please do so! For anyone with the d2lterefreshspr (SPH-L710T Tri-Band) wanting to flash almost any Lollipop Roms made for the d2spr you can flash them! You might 1st have to unzip the rom and go to the updater-script and delete the 1st part where it checks the recoveries build to see if your device is the d2spr or the d2lte and so on. Then repack the rom back into a zip file the flash it in recovery as you normally would. Then once the Rom boots you won't have a baseband or service or anything but I will tell you why and how to fix this. The d2spr's modem-image file are labeled different from our modem! At the bottom of this I will show you the list of each modems links so you can see which 1s are different and what you have to delete and resymlink to get the Rom to reconize your baseband and get your service working! But using a file manager with root access navigate to the files in "/system/etc/firmware/ " and delete the wrongly symlinked modem-images! Once you have done that navigate to "/firmware-mdm/images/" folder and start symlinking the correct files to "/system/etc/firmware/" folder. After this you might want to modify the buid.prop and change all parts that say d2spr to d2lterefreshspr but only if you want. Once you have done this reboot to recovery and flash the Lte apn fix zip then reboot. Now everything should work with service and everything! I have tried this on the latest SlimLP 5.1.1. Beta and A..I.C.P. Lollipop and a few other Lollipop Roms for the d2spr. If you would like to download some of the Roms I have modified the updater-scripts so they will flash on our device and the APN zip I flash with a flashable build.prop I have already modified just send me a message and I will send you a link to my drive account. I'm trying to create a zip we can flash in recovery that will delete the wrong symilinked files and symlink the correct files to help save us the trouble of this process and for people that don't know how to create a symlink file! But as I stated I'm not a developer so I might be able to but if any developers that could help us by creating 1 for us please please feel free to do so and let us know! But take a look at the 2 lists of symlinked files and delete the necessary files and create the new symlinks that our device needs! If the files show the correct symlinks on 1st boot but you still don't have service click on the symlinks and view its details and you will see it'ssymlinked to the wrong files. Just delete all symlinks and create the correct new 1s.
Example of the d2spr modem symlinked images are:
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b08", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b08");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b13", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b13");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b14", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b14");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b21", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b21");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b22", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b22");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b23", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b23");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b25", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b25");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b26", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b26");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.b29", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b29");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_f2.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.mdt");
The correct modem images you need to symlink for the d2lterefreshspr are:
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/dsps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/dsps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b07", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b07");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b08", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b08");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b09", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b09");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b10", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b10");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b11", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b11");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b12", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b12");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b13", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b13");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b15", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b15");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b16", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b16");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b17", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b17");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b18", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b18");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b23", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b23");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b24", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b24");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b25", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b25");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b27", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b27");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b28", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b28");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.b31", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.b31");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.fli", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.fli");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/modem_fw.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/modem_fw.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b05", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b05");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.b06", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.b06");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/q6.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/q6.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_key.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_key.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_lkm.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_lkm.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tima_pkm.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tima_pkm.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/tzapps.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/tzapps.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.b03", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.b03");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/vidc.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/vidc.mdt");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b00", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b00");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b01", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b01");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b02", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b02");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.b04", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.b04");
symlink("/firmware-mdm/image/wcnss.mdt", "/system/etc/firmware/wcnss.mdt");
For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api
Hey man this is great! This opens up a whole new world of wonders for this device. You have any idea how I can fix having to manually select apn after each reboot?
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RootSuperSU said:
For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api
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now that i found it, are you going to be around for me to throw questions at. i know what to do but the problems ive had made me leery of flashing.
pgellen said:
now that i found it, are you going to be around for me to throw questions at. i know what to do but the problems ive had made me leery of flashing.
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Yea man i work til 4-5pm but after that i can try to help ya! My S3 bricked on me and i dont have a 16gb sd to flash the unbrick image to but im always willing to try and help if i can
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RootSuperSU said:
Yea man i work til 4-5pm but after that i can try to help ya! My S3 bricked on me and i dont have a 16gb sd to flash the unbrick image to but im always willing to try and help if i can
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well, come to find out flashing octos, made for triband,,,,who knew, not me until today, anyway, its very easy. haha probably easier than ANYTHING i've done up to this point. i dont remember how much i've told you but the triband that i was fighting with so much may have had a problem from the very beginning. getting into recovery continually got harder and harder until it just wouldn't go. i tried about 8 times and it completely died. i mean its dead.im sad for that. that drops me to one sph-l710 with a crumpled usb and so i have to charge it wirelessly which is cool but its fragile. so ive got another refurb triband which im about to flash. WHY? ill be damned if i know why. this phone is rooted and cleaned out and runs beautifully. but, i want more. i guess or im just stupid which by reading this i may be. ill let you know.
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pgellen said:
well, come to find out flashing octos, made for triband,,,,who knew, not me until today, anyway, its very easy. haha probably easier than ANYTHING i've done up to this point. i dont remember how much i've told you but the triband that i was fighting with so much may have had a problem from the very beginning. getting into recovery continually got harder and harder until it just wouldn't go. i tried about 8 times and it completely died. i mean its dead.im sad for that. that drops me to one sph-l710 with a crumpled usb and so i have to charge it wirelessly which is cool but its fragile. so ive got another refurb triband which im about to flash. WHY? ill be damned if i know why. this phone is rooted and cleaned out and runs beautifully. but, i want more. i guess or im just stupid which by reading this i may be. ill let you know.
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tonight if your not busy with other people ill have some questions for you. im looking forward to it. i loaded the rom, gapps and now theupdate has been in a holding cycle for half an hour. it vibrates a little every so often. so i guess ill let it go. i want in so i can finish setting it up. ive got a lot of work to do. i know you must.
Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.
octos
yakob97 said:
Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.
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hey, supersu, help me fix this s3 triband when you get home and you feel like it. i can wait if you need. don't you come from work? let me know however, the biggest problem im having is my bluetooth doesnt work for music. works for everything else,that's a strange one. i'll wait for a reply.
yakob97 said:
Will this zip work for KK roms too? Or is it only Lollipop? I'm willing to test it out but I just want to be sure that I won't brick my S3 since I can't afford a new phone right now.
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Yes it should work and no flashing it wont brick ur device at all! Nothing is flashed or installed it only deletes the wrong symlinks and creates the correct ones!
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs
pgellen said:
hey, supersu, help me fix this s3 triband when you get home and you feel like it. i can wait if you need. don't you come from work? let me know however, the biggest problem im having is my bluetooth doesnt work for music. works for everything else,that's a strange one. i'll wait for a reply.
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Idk how to fix the bluetooth problem! Im not a developer or programmer i just google search alot and read very thoroughly and spend alot of time using FX File Explorer to study my system files! But whats the problem ur having other then bluetooth
Sent from my LGLS885 using XDA Labs
octos
RootSuperSU said:
Idk how to fix the bluetooth problem! Im not a developer or programmer i just google search alot and read very thoroughly and spend alot of time using FX File Explorer to study my system files! But whats the problem ur having other then bluetooth
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its about time you showed up again. i thought like these other senior members that once you dealt with the senior citizen with debatable alzheimer's you had fled the country also. hehe man i don't know. on my other triband i had no music at well, no sound at all, none. and i had no cell service. now everything works except the bluetooth on the music. as soon as i boot it up the music locks up. its weird. i was just prepping my phone to go back to stock. i think these tribands are better stock with the bloatware removed and not too much of that. ya, i spend alot of time with my file manager. have you tried total commander? its great. you get it from gizmos freeware. im just getting to know it but i have it on the computer and its pretty good.
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its about time you showed up again. i thought like these other senior members that once you dealt with the senior citizen with debatable alzheimer's you had fled the country also. hehe man i don't know. on my other triband i had no music at well, no sound at all, none. and i had no cell service. now everything works except the bluetooth on the music. as soon as i boot it up the music locks up. its weird. i was just prepping my phone to go back to stock. i think these tribands are better stock with the bloatware removed and not too much of that. ya, i spend alot of time with my file manager. have you tried total commander? its great. you get it from gizmos freeware. im just getting to know it but i have it on the computer and its pretty good.
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Idk wat to say about that never had that problem! What room are u running? If oct os then ask them about it! I like the Slim Roms and S.O.K.P. the best but thats just me!
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I just flashed the final d2lte CM11 snapshot and your zip file, and it worked! After flashing everything the ROM runs super fast and runs wonderfully! So far as I can tell everything works perfectly. Camera, SMS and MMS, GPS, Mobile Data, and Screen Rotation all work perfectly. My steps for flashing were:
Modify Updater-scripts file to remove device checking
Wipe system, dalvik and cache, and data.
Flash CM11 snapshot
Boot to system
Reboot into recovery and flash Gapps and APN fix (I'm on virgin mobile)
yakob97 said:
I just flashed the final d2lte CM11 snapshot and your zip file, and it worked! After flashing everything the ROM runs super fast and runs wonderfully! So far as I can tell everything works perfectly. Camera, SMS and MMS, GPS, Mobile Data, and Screen Rotation all work perfectly. My steps for flashing were:
Modify Updater-scripts file to remove device checking
Wipe system, dalvik and cache, and data.
Flash CM11 snapshot
Boot to system
Reboot into recovery and flash Gapps and APN fix (I'm on virgin mobile)
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I never liked CM myself! I prefer Slim or S.O.K.P. Roms more then any other! You can use alot of the non triband roms kernels and tweaks but just not the bootloaders or modems!
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RootSuperSU said:
I never liked CM myself! I prefer Slim or S.O.K.P. Roms more then any other! You can use alot of the non triband roms kernels and tweaks but just not the bootloaders or modems!
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guess what? my second triband died last night. just running, fine. so, went to turn it on and it wouldn't come back on. is there any kind of a reset for the samsungs thAT I DONT KNOW ABOUT? the exact same thing happened with the other triband i had. so i take the phone back to the store and they give me another triband, they said. so i get it home and looked at it and immediately knew that it wasn't a triband. it was the original sph-l710 that i bought", to begin with. these guys dont know what they are selling. id like to complain but to who? this is truly a beautiful phone wit the brushed blue metal look and its one of the "grade A" refurbished phone so i guess maybe i have faith that this one will work.however im a little short on faith right now.
Wow! Good luck man. Honestly, if I had to choose I'd want the original one over the tri-band.
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canodroid15 said:
Wow! Good luck man. Honestly, if I had to choose I'd want the original one over the tri-band.
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ill tell you what, when it ran it ran very well. so what i want to know is tell me what you would do with this phone rom wise and maybe point me where to go get it. also i need all the stock files in case i have to flash this. this phone is very easy to fix. way easier than the triband but those had the same problem and i didn't know it until they up and died. so, if you have a minute. i've got all rooted. i've got selinux fixed and so, ....what is the latest liquid out there? by the way i watch the tide religiously. have for years. i also just noticed your logo. are you part of octos? ah, i think i saw your name. so i had octos on my triband when it died but i didnt have bluetooth on music. it worked on phone. tell me how to set up octos. man i liked it but i have to have that bluetooth music. how do i fix that?
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RootSuperSU said:
For anyone unsure about creating the symlinks I have a very simple zip file to flash in recovery to delete the bad symlinks and make the right 1s! I have tested on SlimLP, A.I.C.P., Exodusand Pac-Man d2spr Roms. It will not mess up anything on your S3! It only does as stated. If you wanna check it its all in the script-updater. Just flash this after flashing a d2spr Lollipop rom and if you are also confused on modifying the script-updater for the rom so it will flash on the d2lterefreshspr then just flash the TWRP 2.8.7.0 recovery from TWRP's website and you wont have to worry about changing it!
Fixing Modem Symlinks For SPH-L710T.zip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Zg_yh4ytvLaS1xSzZ3bWhuTVk/view?usp=docslist_api
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are you active this night? im about to flash octos. first, i want to ask a couple questions,,,first, what about xposed, is that runnable on a sph-l710? what about dirty? i know it wouldn't run on a triband but this 710? ok enough. how about googles N? is it.
pgellen said:
are you active this night? im about to flash octos. first, i want to ask a couple questions,,,first, what about xposed, is that runnable on a sph-l710? what about dirty? i know it wouldn't run on a triband but this 710? ok enough. how about googles N? is it.
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Since you're not on a triband just flash the d2spr build, not the d2refresh build. You can run xposed on our ROM if you wish. We always recommend a clean flash, especially if coming from stock or any other ROM. Even if its Oct-L to Oct-M. ??
I figure others would enjoy this. Please make a backup with TWRP before flashing (I experience no issues but you never know)
This replaces the Sprint Startup/Shutdown animations with Samsung's. (Including sounds)
If this is the wrong section please move it. I was going to post in Android Development but was unsure. Thanks!
Is there anyway to make custom intro animations or are we stuck with official samsung/sprint ones? Either way thank you!
Worked great for me, thanks!
ivanthec said:
Is there anyway to make custom intro animations or are we stuck with official samsung/sprint ones? Either way thank you!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/themes-apps/custom-boot-animations-t3089208
Scroll down you should see 2 posts with some attachments.
Replace the files in system (the zip i uploaded) folder and flash them. (I haven't tested them but they should work. Make a backup just in case).
Quick Question
I am sorry, I am a noob, I downloaded this international s6 animation, how do i flash this, I know use twrp, but where am I supposed to place these and in which folder?
Lord Zaros said:
I figure others would enjoy this. Please make a backup with TWRP before flashing (I experience no issues but you never know)
This replaces the Sprint Startup/Shutdown animations with Samsung's. (Including sounds)
If this is the wrong section please move it. I was going to post in Android Development but was unsure. Thanks!
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michael.racelli said:
I am sorry, I am a noob, I downloaded this international s6 animation, how do i flash this, I know use twrp, but where am I supposed to place these and in which folder?
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We were all noobs once.
First off. I am not sure that these still work. Be careful and make a backup in TWRP. See https://android.gadgethacks.com/how...ck-up-restore-your-android-with-twrp-0175300/ for a guide.
Then plug your phone into your computer. You should be able to use Windows Explorer (or whatever you have) to explore your phone. You will see a whole bunch of file folders. Make a new one with a name that you can remember. I use "ROM" for mine, but you could call yours "Flash" or "Michael." Whatever you like. Put the zip file there.
Reboot to Recovery, which is TWRP. Select install and then navigate to the directory that you created, where you put the zip. Select it and flash.
You sir are awesome and a gentleman for responding, I watched some stupid video online where the guy had me extract the contrents manually change permissions, messed everything up. I am sort of Post Noob but still Noob with stupid questions like how to flash your zip, but not noob enough to not make recoveries, which i did. The only lingering issue I have is because I completely DeSprinted My Device to the point where nothing Sprint is Left anymore to send this phone to my cousin overseas, that the initial boot takes slightly longer. But it boots fine, the biggest bastard challenge was the sprint visual voicemail which i titanium froze and finally allowed me to enter a number....pheww. The dreaded sprint Boot Screen was all that was left and you sir helped me. Thank you very much. Thank you so so much. (I Swear Sprint is the Mobile Bloat Cancer of Modding)