My Successful Adventure in Rooting, Flashing, and Customizing the Optmus V - Optimus V Android Development

This is my first post on this forum so if I step on any ones I apologize greatly and I also apoogize if I use terms correctly feel free to correct me I am still learning a great deal.​I recently bought the Optimus V from Virgin Mobile, I really liked the price and all its features, but I slowly began to grow tired of its simplicity and also of the general look of Froyo. I tried different Launcher replacement and themes but they seemed to after a day or so hinder the OV's performance.​
I started exploring rooting and downloaded Z4root. I tried repeated times and it just force closed. So I read on XDA of the differrent ways to root via USB connection though your CMD and Super One Click but I began to get confused and very frusterated. So I ended up trying Gingerbreak on a last minute attempt.It worked on the first try with in 5 minutes! Then I decided to flash a ROM on it. I tried ROM Manager for about 3 hours unsuccessfully tho only ROM I actually flashed was the Stock Optimized ROM. So If your thinking about flashing with ROM Manager dont!! Flash the Thunderc Recovery its quick and painless just make sure when you use the following code make sure the flash image and the recovery name in your code corresponds with the file you placed in your SD card root! Mine did not and it took me awhle to figure out why it kept failing.
In an ADB shell:
> mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
> cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
> chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
> mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
> mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
> flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
> reboot recovery​
Place the rom you wish to flash in its zipped folder on your SD card. I placed alll my ROMs in one folder for orginization I called it AAROM so it is the first folder in the flash from zip menu. Before ou proceed be sure and backup your current System. Now you navigate to the flash from zip menu in your recovery and selet the ROM you want. It will begin to install when its done reboot and your new ROM will boot up. To access recovery again simply press power volume and home key simultaneously.​
I have been running Reborn ROM for 3 weeks and love it I have ajusted it to fit me andmy needs. My Optimus is overclocked to 825 MHz and runs everything I need it to. I am capable of playing games such as NOVA and NFS.​
Does anyone know how or if there is a ROM or someway to allow the Optimus V to use Flash? If its overclocked high enough it could techincally handle it right?​
**UPDATE**
I am now running CM7 with REMIX RED add-ons. Best Rom I have ever used CPU is overlocked to 825! EVERYTHING is perfect I love it!

Thanks for sharing.

Nicely worded thanks. This was my first time as well. I read and read for weeks then I did mines nervous as a kid in a stadium for the first time.
sent from 6 shot Evo 3D

websterzx10r1 said:
Nicely worded thanks. This was my first time as well. I read and read for weeks then I did mines nervous as a kid in a stadium for the first time.
sent from 6 shot Evo 3D
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Exactly! Thank you! Its such a relief when you finish
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Flash wont work on it well since its an ARMv6 processor no matter how high u overclock it will play laggy with distorted colors or just crash trust me i have tried it

raikoujin said:
Flash wont work on it well since its an ARMv6 processor no matter how high u overclock it will play laggy with distorted colors or just crash trust me i have tried it
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Ok thank you. I guess the optimus can't do everything haha no matter how hard we try
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raikoujin said:
Flash wont work on it well since its an ARMv6 processor no matter how high u overclock it will play laggy with distorted colors or just crash trust me i have tried it
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while there are some sites and files it won't work on, the chinese-maipad-modded flash 10 runs just fine on my V as long as I have a good 3g connection or run files from the SD card.
not everything is compatible, but sites like jibjab.com work just fine for me.

Will the gingerbreak method work on the optimus S for sprint?
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Bryan583 said:
Will the gingerbreak method work on the optimus S for sprint?
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I would assume it does since the phones are pretty much the same. Give it a try it doesn't hurt to find out! Please let us know what you find.
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bigsupersquid said:
while there are some sites and files it won't work on, the chinese-maipad-modded flash 10 runs just fine on my V as long as I have a good 3g connection or run files from the SD card.
not everything is compatible, but sites like jibjab.com work just fine for me.
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Oh please post a link to the apk! I'd love to try it
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Hyeagley said:
Oh please post a link to the apk! I'd love to try it
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147092

bigsupersquid said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147092
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Yes!! It works!
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Hyeagley said:
Oh please post a link to the apk! I'd love to try it
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Sorry for the inconvenience, as I cannot post links yet.
Google "flash maipad f10b" and click on the second result "Android Program/Software Download"
Scroll down near the bottom of the page, under "MaiPad Other Software" and download "Flash Player 10.1 for Maipad F10B.rar"
Extract the RAR with AndroZip (ASTRO and ES failed to for some reason)

whizkid515 said:
Sorry for the inconvenience, as I cannot post links yet.
Google "flash maipad f10b" and click on the second result "Android Program/Software Download"
Scroll down near the bottom of the page, under "MaiPad Other Software" and download "Flash Player 10.1 for Maipad F10B.rar"
Extract the RAR with AndroZip (ASTRO and ES failed to for some reason)
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Thank you so much! Works like a charm
Sent from my LG Optimus V running CM7 REMIX RED

Hyeagley said:
Thank you so much! Works like a charm
Sent from my LG Optimus V running CM7 REMIX RED
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No problem. It doesn't work well streaming videos on my phone (crashes the browser), but it works great for TinyShark.

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[RECOVERY] CWM 5.5.0.4 For Acer A100

DISCLAIMER
Thank you to all the DEV'S who have made this possible.
waydownsouth,
gh123man,
hbwelch,
randomblame,
shchers,
Koush
I am in no way responsible for any damage done to your tablet. Follow the instructions!
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Here it is guys, Stock CWM Recovery for the ACER A100.
Before anything make sure you have the latest ICS leak C/O Vache, Root, and Unlocked Bootloader.
Official ICS Leak c/o Vache:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510706
Root Instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531646
Unlock your bootloader for fastboot, follow here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557445
once you have done all of the above, you should be ready to flash this recovery. Make sure you have ADB up and working properly. And place the recovery.img in your working folder (see below)
1- Open a command prompt in your working folder (usually in your platform tools, mine is C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) make sure you are administrator.
2- Connect Tablet to pc and get excited.
3- Type: adb devices (verify your Tab is connected and listed)
4- Type: adb reboot bootloader
5- Once bootloader is in fastboot type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
You will see writing recovery, flashing recovery, etc.
6- Once flashed Type: fastboot reboot
7- Profit
This recovery has been tested by myself, and is the first in a series of goodies coming please be patient, dont ask for ETA's as the DEV's are EXTREMELY hard at work and don't even have this device themselves. Big THANKS to all of them!
Now keep in mind most mistakes are made in the location of where you opened the command prompt, just be sure the recovery.img is in the folder you are working in with the command prompt. If it isn't, well, it wont flash anything.
Download CWM Recovery 5.5.0.4 for A100: http://www.mediafire.com/?sgkiz31lg2jd19v
Download A100 ICS Gapps: http://www.mediafire.com/?db2rl0z6v8xc2a8
Follow A100 CM9 progress...Original thread here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597102
Please Hit thanks button of everyone involved, this couldn't be possible without this great community.
First . Testing right now.
Edit: Looking good . One thing... I messed up step 2. I got excited before connecting the device .
Theonew said:
First . Testing right now.
Edit: Looking good . One thing... I messed up step 2. I got excited before connecting the device .
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lol :-D haha right on man glad my instructions are good. always hard to do a step by step of something you do daily lol. thanks for the feedback! be sure to thank our devs as well.
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Well couldn't test much, but everything seems honky dory
One question, should we expect the recovery to be touch enabled later on? .. yeah I know we have buttons, but the touch enabled recoveries are simply cooler anyways, thanks a bunch guys.
ptesmoke said:
thanks for the feedback!
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The backup is far larger than the ones of the first recovery provided.
Theonew said:
The backup is far larger than the ones of the first recovery provided.
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could be backing up more data. I think the old Thor recovery had some partitions missing. I will look into it though. pretty sure the old one didn't backup /flexrom which I think the new one does..but I'm not using a flexrom ATM.
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Works great thank you very much
ptesmoke said:
could be backing up more data. I think the old Thor recovery had some partitions missing. I will look into it though. pretty sure the old one didn't backup /flexrom which I think the new one does..but I'm not using a flexrom ATM.
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That must be why. The previous recovery made backup sizes of approx. 1.1Gb; This makes backups of well over 2Gb (Bar didn't even reach half way as yet when it hit the 2Gb mark ).
Working great.
Just in case anyone is wondering, flashed fine running flex-100-reaper and crossix SD swap mod.
illego said:
Working great.
Just in case anyone is wondering, flashed fine running flex-100-reaper and crossix SD swap mod.
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yes i forgot to add. if you are on flexreaper it will work..as you should already have root and unlocked bootloader to get there :-D thanks for verifying though!
i don't want anyone to think they need to reflash the leak and root and unlock again to do this. as long as your on the ics bootloaders and unlocked then your good...no matter what rom you have loaded.
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Theonew said:
That must be why. The previous recovery made backup sizes of approx. 1.1Gb; This makes backups of well over 2Gb (Bar didn't even reach half way as yet when it hit the 2Gb mark ).
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Just ran the whole backup.
Old backup: 1.4Gb
New backup: 4.0Gb
illego said:
Just ran the whole backup.
Old backup: 1.4Gb
New backup: 4.0Gb
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looking into it..may not be .tar
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ptesmoke said:
looking into it..may not be .tar
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It is ".tar".
Theonew said:
It is ".tar".
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k so my backup is 300mb...
but I'm not on a flex rom. do me a favour do a backup and once done do an " adb logcat > logcat.txt " and pm me the txt file..plz
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ptesmoke said:
k so my backup is 300mb...
but I'm not on a flex rom. do me a favour do a backup and once done do an " adb logcat > logcat.txt " and pm me the txt file..plz
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A full backup or just /data?
Theonew said:
A full backup or just /data?
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My guess would be repeat the process that netted you a 4 gb backup
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jamminjon82 said:
My guess would be repeat the process that netted you a 4 gb backup
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Wasn't me. Anyways, that would be a full backup.
anyone on a flex rom. so anyone :-D and yes full backup plz.
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edit: nvm dont need log. looks like its backing up the /data/media partition
stay tuned.....workin on it. I didnt notice as i wiped all my partitions...hence my low backup size.
ptesmoke said:
anyone on a flex rom. so anyone :-D and yes full backup plz.
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edit: nvm dont need log. looks like its backing up the /data/media partition
stay tuned.....workin on it. I didnt notice as i wiped all my partitions...hence my low backup size.
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I was going to say my backup was the right size on Flexrom A100, but it would make sense because I use the Micro SD card swap mod. So my /data/media is empty while in CWM.
Gibson.Dubs said:
I was going to say my backup was the right size on Flexrom A100, but it would make sense because I use the Micro SD card swap mod. So my /data/media is empty while in CWM.
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your 100% correct :-D . working on a fix right now. any other bugs? can everyone mount USB in recovery? mine doesn't work but I'm having mtp driver issues last few days
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[Q] New to the Inc2

Hey everyone, just got a Inc2 as a replacement for a Droid X2, could someone point me in the right direction to get me started? I would like to eventually be on an ICS build if there is a semi-stable version out there. Thanks alot!
Welcome to the Dinc 2! Well first of all if you want to root and all that jazz you should follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134 if you're on the new 6.01.605.05 software. As far as ICS roms go, I would personally recommend Nitsuj's UKB V rom, it's ICS with sense 4a and it is probably one o the most popular if not the most popular rom for the Dinc 2 right now. If you want AOSP ICS I recommend Aeroevan's CM9, it is fairly stable. Another recent rom that I recommend is Paranoid Android, the tweaks for it are amazing and almost everything is working fairly well! I hope you enjoy your Dinc 2!
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Awesome, thanks!
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Also there are lots of super stable gingerbread ROMs. Plenty of options to over clock and under volt.
Have fun with the phone!
-CM7 on DInc2
phonetool said:
Also there are lots of super stable gingerbread ROMs. Plenty of options to over clock and under volt.
Have fun with the phone!
-CM7 on DInc2
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Ok so just making sure the process goes: Downgrade for S-OFF, root, install cwm, and flash custom rom?
Coming from a locked device to this is a whole new world haha
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Triscuit said:
Ok so just making sure the process goes: Downgrade for S-OFF, root, install cwm, and flash custom rom?
Coming from a locked device to this is a whole new world haha
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After you gain S-OFF you can flash CWM and then flash the superuser zip to gain root. It should all be together in the s-off thread. You can also use 4 ext recovery, it's a touch recovery and it's been working great for me. Oh, and before you install a rom make sure YOU MAKE A NANDROID. If something goes wrong you can go back to a working phone. Feel free to PM me if you have anymore questions or just post them here. Good luck and enjoy!
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AJGO23 said:
After you gain S-OFF you can flash CWM and then flash the superuser zip to gain root. It should all be together in the s-off thread. You can also use 4 ext recovery, it's a touch recovery and it's been working great for me. Oh, and before you install a rom make sure YOU MAKE A NANDROID. If something goes wrong you can go back to a working phone. Feel free to PM me if you have anymore questions or just post them here. Good luck and enjoy!
Sent from my vivow
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Thank you, yea I know all about nandroid, its saved my ass a few times on my X2. So I'm on 601.605.5 does mean I go through that wonderful lengthy process to downgrade it first lol
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Read as much as possible on your new firmware and s-off. A lot of people are having issues with bootloops with sense roms after s off with the new firmware.
Travisdroidx2 said:
Read as much as possible on your new firmware and s-off. A lot of people are having issues with bootloops with sense roms after s off with the new firmware.
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THIS. Make sure you read the entire OP at least twice, and if you have any questions make sure you ask, we don't want to have see a "HELPZ ME PLZ I BRICKED MY PHONE!!!!!!!!! I NEED PHONE NOW WORKING THANK YOU" thread. Not that you would start one or anything..
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THIS. Make sure you read the entire OP at least twice, and if you have any questions make sure you ask, we don't want to have see a "HELPZ ME PLZ I BRICKED MY PHONE!!!!!!!!! I NEED PHONE NOW WORKING THANK YOU" thread. Not that you would start one or anything..
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Lol yea im going through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134 with a fine toothed comb, Ive never really worked with command prompt much so im taking it slow.
Triscuit said:
Lol yea im going through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726134 with a fine toothed comb, Ive never really worked with command prompt much so im taking it slow.
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Ok already running into a problem
f. Place the misc_version and tacoroot.sh into your /Android/android-sdk/Platform-tools folder. (platform-tools may also just be named platform, depends on which sdk version you have)
g. Place the RUU_Vivo.....zip folder in the /Android/android-sdk/tools folder. (Leave it as a .zip file, do NOT extract the contents to the tools folder)
For the life of me, i cant find this folder...
I did not have to use the taco part. But youtube has good videos on the revolutionary part that helped me allot with the adb commands.
Have you achieved S-OFF?
sjpritch25 said:
Have you achieved S-OFF?
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No, I gave up for now. I still need to figure out why the folders in my above post are not there when I try to find them.
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Triscuit said:
Ok already running into a problem
f. Place the misc_version and tacoroot.sh into your /Android/android-sdk/Platform-tools folder. (platform-tools may also just be named platform, depends on which sdk version you have)
g. Place the RUU_Vivo.....zip folder in the /Android/android-sdk/tools folder. (Leave it as a .zip file, do NOT extract the contents to the tools folder)
For the life of me, i cant find this folder...
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Actually, you are supposed to create that folder as a space to work from on your pc. That's where you unzip all the scripts to that you call from cmd.
Well, that's what it looks like to me, anyway. I didn't have to downgrade from the most recent version.
-CM7 on DInc2
phonetool said:
Actually, you are supposed to create that folder as a space to work from on your pc. That's where you unzip all the scripts to that you call from cmd.
Well, that's what it looks like to me, anyway. I didn't have to downgrade from the most recent version.
-CM7 on DInc2
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Wow...didn't think of that lol thanks
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Achieved S-OFF a couple days ago, running CM9 but thinking of going to a GB from for performance reasons lol
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I would recommend this Rom as far as gb goes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471
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mysterysauce said:
I would recommend this Rom as far as gb goes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219471
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Thanks! But I'm really really liking AOKP ICS
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Triscuit said:
Hey everyone, just got a Inc2 as a replacement for a Droid X2, could someone point me in the right direction to get me started? I would like to eventually be on an ICS build if there is a semi-stable version out there. Thanks alot!
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I like this guy already, posted in the right section automatically.

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The text on the screen is SUPER SMALL in CWM!!!
Anyone know how to increase the text size?
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Will this work with the official ATT V20C ICS release?
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wayneneely said:
Will this work with the official ATT V20C ICS release?
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Yes you can but your phone must be cwm flashable to start using the unbricking guide in this forum.
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slg1119 said:
Hi Guys~
This CWM is No Touch and
Mass stotage Fix
Download and drop at sdcard
And
Turn on Android Terminal
For SU640
su
cd /sdcard
cat Cwm_6.0.1.2_for_su640.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
For P93X
su
cd /sdcard
cat Cwm_6.0.1.2_for_P930.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
Download For SU640
http://db.tt/lPJmW43T
Download For P93x
http://db.tt/2d0XVIdt
Sorry I am not good English ;-(
Thank You~
Sent from my LG-SU640 using XDA
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BTW I couldn't get this to work using the CAT command in terminal but this worked:
dd if=/sdcard/Cwm_6.0.1.2_for_P930.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
Then reboot
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Anybody have any comments on the performance of this CWM? I'm hesitant to load up anything other than the official which has been working just fine for me for months.
Malnilion said:
Anybody have any comments on the performance of this CWM? I'm hesitant to load up anything other than the official which has been working just fine for me for months.
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The only thing I can say is it performs the same but it is just gorgeous on the lg display, beautiful background with text that just pops off the screen. But like the poster said above text is a bit small but I think more readable than the old version of cwm.
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Just tried, looks very good on P930, however, it seems to NOT WORK properly.
I flashed this CWM using the command posted by Swetnes (post #6).
After which, I then tried flashing the latest CM10 nightly using it, flashed failed with build.prop error. (MD5 of my nightly download checks out.)
Tried the 25th nightly, same error.
Rebooted, re-flashed CWM 5.8.2.0 using ROM Manager, then attempted to flash the lastest nightly again (same file on the SD, I did not re-copy or re-download), succeeded the first try.
Anyone on 6.0.1.2 encountered the same errors as above?
potatohead said:
Just tried, looks very good on P930, however, it seems to NOT WORK properly.
I flashed this CWM using the command posted by Swetnes (post #6).
After which, I then tried flashing the latest CM10 nightly using it, flashed failed with build.prop error. (MD5 of my nightly download checks out.)
Tried the 25th nightly, same error.
Rebooted, re-flashed CWM 5.8.2.0 using ROM Manager, then attempted to flash the lastest nightly again (same file on the SD, I did not re-copy or re-download), succeeded the first try.
Anyone on 6.0.1.2 encountered the same errors as above?
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I screwwed up my device with chainfire3d and tried flashin something in cwm and it returned a build.prop error. That could have prevented me from unbricking.
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rani9990 said:
I screwwed up my device with chainfire3d and tried flashin something in cwm and it returned a build.prop error. That could have prevented me from unbricking.
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I have only ever used to switch between cm9 and official now with the last two posts it seems there may be a problem I may switch back to the stable version.
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So I just found out you could do this today, but if you go to builder.clockworkmod.com, you can tell it to build a CWM image for a bunch of devices. I went ahead and had it build 6.0.1.3 for our P930. It could be fun playing with the update.zip exporting feature in this CWM. At the same time, the barrier for entry just got lowered substantially for rom "developers".
Note: I have not tested any of the functions of this CWM, so don't blame me if it jacks your phone up. I didn't even build it myself, Jenkins did
Edit, I tried to do the same for the SU640, but no joy there. The build failed.
Edit #2, Okay, so this autobuilt CWM won't flash roms for me. It is hamstrung on the asserts for ro.product.device and ro.build.product. Ah well, it was worth a shot
Edit #3, You really don't wanna use this, it will screw things up for you.
thank u~
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slg1119 said:
Hi Guys~
This CWM is No Touch and
Mass stotage Fix
Download and drop at sdcard
And
Turn on Android Terminal
For SU640
su
cd /sdcard
cat Cwm_6.0.1.2_for_su640.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
For P93X
su
cd /sdcard
cat Cwm_6.0.1.2_for_P930.img > /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
Download For SU640
http://db.tt/lPJmW43T
Download For P93x
http://db.tt/2d0XVIdt
Sorry I am not good English ;-(
Thank You~
Sent from my LG-SU640 using XDA
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Hi, the link for SU640 is dead. Could anyone give me a new link? Thank!
flashing recovery image downloaded from clockworkmod.com for LG Optimus LTE (SU640) using the procedure mentioned in this post leads me to
Secure booting Error !
cause: Boot certification verify
Enter the fastboot
Long time no see
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any help ?
salimbaba said:
flashing recovery image downloaded from clockworkmod.com for LG Optimus LTE (SU640) using the procedure mentioned in this post leads me to
Secure booting Error !
cause: Boot certification verify
Enter the fastboot
Long time no see
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Usually see that when trying to flash over Official ICS. If that's the case, you'll have to follow one of the unbrick guides in the "General" section.

[Help] HTC Desire Z downgrade

Hello there iam new here ,and i need some help
I Have a HTC Desire z with firmware 2.3.3 and i want to downgrade to make root
I try to follow this tutorial .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I follow the entire tutorial but I'm stuck at the very end
I Take a foto its the some problem:
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i dont know what i doing wrong ,
i thing it was the Stock Rom for my device i select the :
Vision_DZ_1.34.405.5_PC10IMG.zip (its that for me or not and i must put in scard like this PC10IMG.zip or like this PC10IMG )
but i dont know if was that the problem
Any solution
Thank you
Make sure sd is formatted to fat32, file is on root of sdcard (not in any folder) if windows is set. To hide file extention just name it PC10IMG and windows will add the .zip
Personally I say the fastboot method is better in a lot of ways but may be tricky if your unfimiliar
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Hey thanks for the help i just edit the PC10IMG.ZIP to PC10IMG and it works
Now i have firmware 2.2
With this firmware can i Root my phone
Were can i get the most simple tutorial to root my HTC Desire Z
Thankxx
Use either the xda wiki or strawmetals pdf guide, a quick google search will turn up bith
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can you give me the link that you mean
i found some confsue tutorial
thankx
.....XDA WIKI STRAWMETALS PDF CM WIKI
all of these are essentially the same guide just written differently, read through them, find the one that seems best for you, then follow it exactly and dont skip any steps
and next please use the search button or at least google for this, not trying to be a d*ck here just it makes life easier for everyone
Ok .thanks for the link
i just follow the tutorial and i downgrade to 2.2 now i want to root
I in this part:
PERMANENT ROOT
Theres a line that says :
There is a Readme.txt file in the platform-tools folder. Follow that and then enter the following commands taking care that you have typed correctly
But in the platform-tools folder i just have a NOTICE file, its that can i proced the rest of tutorial
thankx
Yeah the read me isn't needed, just follow steps
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Yeah the read me isn't needed, just follow steps
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>adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
>adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
>adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/
>adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/
>adb push su /sdcard/
>adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
when i put the last line >adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/* showme:
C:\Users\Fabolous>adb shell chmod 755 / C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\pla
tform-tools*
Unable to chmod /: Read-only file system
what its wrong .
Right before the last command try adding this command
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/sh
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Right before the last command try adding this command
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/sh
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What last command that you say i stuck in here
After you push the superuser but before chmod add the line
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After you push the superuser but before chmod add the line
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I already able to make the whole process Superuser show me in the menu
Now what can I do from here
I can not update my mobile phone?
My version of Android its 2.2,what can i do to put a best firmware or custom firmware without losing root?
PS: MARKET dont work
Thankx for the help
You have to finish the rooting process
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You have to finish the rooting process
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But i finish the root process,i install the emulator Tiger Arcade and work
but i in 2.2 android firmware can i install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on my HTC Desire Z or i lose the ROOT
What i do next?
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Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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i see the tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874787.
Comparate to ROOT i think its more easy,then i go to see the rooms in here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=758
But i dont know what its best for me (Noob)
can you tell me one great that everythings works (camera,bluethoot,etc)
PS: the room comes with language Portuguese iam from Portugal
Thanks again
Yep that's the right thread, be sure to thank rizzoizzo
There are many many roms that everything works so its hard to pick one for you, it all depends on you. If you like sense they tend to be slower than cm and other aosp roms but may be prettier
If you need 100% no issues the closest would be something with a gingerbread base but newer roms work damn near perfect too. Try some out and see where it gets you
Happy flashing
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demkantor said:
Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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demkantor said:
Yep that's the right thread, be sure to thank rizzoizzo
There are many many roms that everything works so its hard to pick one for you, it all depends on you. If you like sense they tend to be slower than cm and other aosp roms but may be prettier
If you need 100% no issues the closest would be something with a gingerbread base but newer roms work damn near perfect too. Try some out and see where it gets you
Happy flashing
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O thankx
I installed this Room:
CyanogenMod 7 with success
If i want to change to another the process its the same
Yep, do a complete wipe then flash anew. Also I suggest doing a nandroid backup before each wipe/flash so you can easily go back to if you so desire
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[GUIDE] Rooting your phone...from your phone [ALL US SGS3]

Rooting your phone...from your phone (what?!)
DISCLAIMER: I do not expect anything to go wrong as I have personally tested this. However, YOU are choosing to make these modifications to your phone so I DO NOT take responsibility for any damage that may come as a result of using this. If you come back and point the finger at me, I will laugh at you.
If your phone is not an SGS3, this MAY still work for you. I take absolutely NO responsibility either way.
Prerequisites
The following files are attached to this post for convenience. Download and install the apps, download and extract the zip file somewhere convenient.
Superuser by Koush(MUST be this one. You can change it later if you so desire.)
Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich ( MUST be this one)
Zip file, extracted somewhere convenient
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THE GOODS
These generic names will be used:
/path/to/motochopperDir - This is the full path to the extracted motochopper-mobile DIRECTORY or FOLDER. Example: /sdcard/motochopper-mobile (will vary depending on where you extracted the files).
NOTE: After running the script, Motochopper may or may not print "Failed", but the exploit DOES indeed work regardless of this. Make sure you reboot for changes to take effect.
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Download the attached zip file AND both apps.
Install Terminal Emulator and Superuser (use a file manager, navigate to the downloaded .apk files and click on each file to install them).
Open up Terminal Emulator and type the following commands. Press the ENTER key after each command.
Code:
cd /path/to/motochopperDir
cat setup.sh > /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/setup.sh
cd /data/data/jackpal.androidterm
chmod 755 setup.sh
./setup.sh /path/to/motochopperDir
From there, my setup.sh script will handle the rest of the process. If you are still unsure, see my sample run below.
Sample run (files were extracted to /sdcard/moto)
Code:
cd /sdcard/moto
cat setup.sh > /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/setup.sh
cd /data/data/jackpal.androidterm
chmod 755 setup.sh
./setup.sh /sdcard/moto
Credits
Motochopper exploit by djrbliss (Dan Rosenburg). Original thread here.
Jack Palevich and Koush for their apps, especially Jack Palevich. This would not be possible without the shared permissions on his app's data directory.
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Links
Download the attachments!
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Just in case its true...
I heard that they've patched against the Motochopper exploit either in later 4.1.2 builds like MD5 or starting in 4.2.2.
I haven't been able to confirm either way but in case it does affect MD5, I thought I'd go ahead an mention it.
If so, downgrading would solve it of course.
I kinda doubt itll be necessary since we were able to use this to root the T999L. (Its a 4.1.2 build, but is about 4 months older than MD5 from what I can tell)
Anyway, thanks man! Always cool to see new ways of doing something!
Can anyone say if any of that is true for certain?
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Just in case its true...
I heard that they've patched against the Motochopper exploit either in later 4.1.2 builds like MD5 or starting in 4.2.2.
I haven't been able to confirm either way but in case it does affect MD5, I thought I'd go ahead an mention it.
If so, downgrading would solve it of course.
I kinda doubt itll be necessary since we were able to use this to root the T999L. (Its a 4.1.2 build, but is about 4 months older than MD5 from what I can tell)
Anyway, thanks man! Always cool to see new ways of doing something!
Can anyone say if any of that is true for certain?
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OTAs always have a potential to break exploits like motochopper. Even more so since this device was not "officially" supported to begin and it was only discovered as a side-effect.
If you are on an MD5 based rom, you can easily test it. Go into recovery, make a backup real quick. Then, using a root browser, delete the /system/xbin/su file. Follow the instructions in the OP as if you were rooting for the first time. You can always restore your backup/reflash your rom if it does not work.
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
Yeah, I know, and ill be happy to try it. Itll just be later tonight or tomorrow night before I can get to it though.
So if no one knows for sure ill post and make it known once I give it a whirl.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Yeah, I know, and ill be happy to try it. Itll just be later tonight or tomorrow night before I can get to it though.
So if no one knows for sure ill post and make it known once I give it a whirl.
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Awesome :thumbup:
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
Files are now attached to the OP.
I haven't forgotten just so you know. Just been too busy. Ill try to do this in an hour or two. :thumbup:
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Notworking for me
CNexus said:
Rooting your phone...from your phone (what?!)
DISCLAIMER: I do not expect anything to go wrong as I have personally tested this. However, YOU are choosing to make these modifications to your phone so I DO NOT take responsibility for any damage that may come as a result of using this. If you come back and point the finger at me, I will laugh at you.
If your phone is not an SGS3, this MAY still work for you. I take absolutely NO responsibility either way.
Download the attached zip file AND both apps.
Install Terminal Emulator and Superuser (use a file manager, navigate to the downloaded .apk files and click on each file to install them).
Open up Terminal Emulator and type the following commands. Press the ENTER key after each command.
Code:
cd /path/to/motochopperDir
cat setup.sh > /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/setup.sh
cd /data/data/jackpal.androidterm
chmod 755 setup.sh
./setup.sh /path/to/motochopperDir
From there, my setup.sh script will handle the rest of the process. If you are still unsure, see my sample run below.
Sample run (files were extracted to /sdcard/moto)
Code:
cd /sdcard/moto
cat setup.sh > /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/setup.sh
cd /data/data/jackpal.androidterm
chmod 755 setup.sh
./setup.sh /sdcard/moto
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Just tried this a couple of times and it didn't work for me. They must have closed it
I'm on up to date stock in the USA 4.1.2 build JZO54K.T999UVDMD5
Tommydelta said:
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Just tried this a couple of times and it didn't work for me. They must have closed it
I'm on up to date stock in the USA 4.1.2 build JZO54K.T999UVDMD5
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It's possible. Did you reboot after running it? This worked perfectly for me on the latest stock Sprint build.
Also, please DO NOT quote the OP.
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
No Luck
CNexus said:
It's possible. Did you reboot after running it? This worked perfectly for me on the latest stock Sprint build.
Also, please DO NOT quote the OP.
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
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I rebooted both times - I'm on Tmobile
I tried this in my Acer tablet and it didn't seem to work but then again it doesn't have a removable battery so maybe that's why? Can I owe of thru the power button or does the battery need to be removed? Thanks for this btw.
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aamir123 said:
I tried this in my Acer tablet and it didn't seem to work but then again it doesn't have a removable battery so maybe that's why? Can I owe of thru the power button or does the battery need to be removed? Thanks for this btw.
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Reboot however you can.
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
Most devices I've seen, with or without a removable battery can be reboited by holding oiwer for a few seconds. Once it goes off, release power, then immediately hold whatever combo is required to boot to recovery/download or whatever.
Cnexus, I'm sorry I didn't do this like I said last night. Bout to head home from taking my daughter to her moms, so I can't see any reason I can't try tonight. Will let you know!
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Most devices I've seen, with or without a removable battery can be reboited by holding oiwer for a few seconds. Once it goes off, release power, then immediately hold whatever combo is required to boot to recovery/download or whatever.
Cnexus, I'm sorry I didn't do this like I said last night. Bout to head home from taking my daughter to her moms, so I can't see any reason I can't try tonight. Will let you know!
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No problem man, take your time. Strange how the only other confirmation I've gotten has been for the Sprint S3
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
Yeah, I'd give it a lityle more time though. Things like this eill be slowing down I think since most who are already here are already rooted, and the flow of new s3 users is slowing due to new devices coming out.
I actually think if we can get someone with the T999L to try it it'll get more use. We already know the exploit you employ works for it and all new s3's will be the T999L. So most who may need it will likely have that model.
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So I did it again using the reset button but it didn't work when checking with root checker app. Do I have to boot into recovery once I follow all directions? What happens if I don't
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aamir123 said:
So I did it again using the reset button but it didn't work when checking with root checker app. Do I have to boot into recovery once I follow all directions? What happens if I don't
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After rebooting, go into a terminal and type "su"
If the prompt changes from "$" to "#", then you are golden (and rooted).
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
No I get su not found thanks anyways, really need a way to root with usb as my rooting the first time around messed up all connections to pc and then I tried flashing factory image going to restore function but that didn't work either.
So now I'm stuck with a tablet with no root or connection to pc via usb. I have to use micro sd cars to transfer.
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No love. Sorry, it didn't work. Will try a few things in a few hours.
aamir123 said:
No I get su not found thanks anyways, really need a way to root with usb as my rooting the first time around messed up all connections to pc and then I tried flashing factory image going to restore function but that didn't work either.
So now I'm stuck with a tablet with no root or connection to pc via usb. I have to use micro sd cars to transfer.
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Have you tried factory resetting?
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Please check pm I don't wanna hijack this thread.
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