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can I just rooted w/o using custom ROM?

Which one is the official Desire ROM?

The statement makes no sense. Yes you can root but stay with your original ROM

EddyOS said:
The statement makes no sense. Yes you can root but stay with your original ROM
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It is becoz I have previous experience on N1, when I unlock and root my N1, the original ROM can't run properly which force me to d/l a custom rom in rush.
This time i need to help my frd to root his Desire and he want to have App2ext and remove some unnecessary bundle its the official ROM, making system backup using Titianium etc. Sorry for making the question unclear.

When rooting with Unrevoked you will keep the rom you had.
If you want A2SD+ you need a custom rom.

TheGhost1233 said:
When rooting with Unrevoked you will keep the rom you had.
If you want A2SD+ you need a custom rom.
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ic. if i keep using the official ROM of Desire, can i removed those Unused bundle apps such as twitter, plurk etc.?
Thanks

Yes but it wont free up space on /data if you remove them from /system so you end up with no extra space for apps

_Dennis_ said:
Yes but it wont free up space on /data if you remove them from /system so you end up with no extra space for apps
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Unless, I think, he does the Nandroid backup first of the rooted Stock ROM, do an S-OFF, then apply MTD partition hack/adjustment, and then restore the Nandroid..That should take care of the space problem, without even a need for A2SD+. Shouldnt it?

He would get some extra. But still deleting apks from system would not do anything unless he deletes the apks, nandroids, sizes /system, adjusts the partitions, then restores nandroid.

_Dennis_ said:
He would get some extra. But still deleting apks from system would not do anything unless he deletes the apks, nandroids, sizes /system, adjusts the partitions, then restores nandroid.
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Exactly..That was my point..If he does that he neednt even install a custom ROM, I've seen people spare around 300mb (I think) for their app folder in Internal..Does away with need for A2SD+.. I envy those people with devices with 2 Gb internal..

[Q] Installing other ROM's than CM7

Hey Guys!!
So I have some question to flashing new ROM's and I would greatly appreciate your answers.So first off I'm going to tell you what I already did do.
Permrooted my HTC DESIRE Z
Flashed CM7
So, now I see plenty of roms here in the android development section and here is are my questions:
1.If I want to flash these roms, do I just have to put them into the root of my SD cart and flash them per clockword recovery?
2.I know that I have to wipe data and cache before flashing, but is there a way to backup my current ROM(So my current homescreen, installed apps,saved messages) in case I don't like the new ROM?
Thanks very very much for your answers!

whitis said:
Hey Guys!!
So I have some question to flashing new ROM's and I would greatly appreciate your answers.So first off I'm going to tell you what I already did do.
Permrooted my HTC DESIRE Z
Flashed CM7
So, now I see plenty of roms here in the android development section and here is are my questions:
1.If I want to flash these roms, do I just have to put them into the root of my SD cart and flash them per clockword recovery?
2.I know that I have to wipe data and cache before flashing, but is there a way to backup my current ROM(So my current homescreen, installed apps,saved messages) in case I don't like the new ROM?
Thanks very very much for your answers!
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Flash any ROM just as you did CM7; as for backing up, which you should always do just incase the flash fails, there's an option to backup your current ROM in CWM. Sadly, it gives the backup a generic date/time name so I'd recommend backing up via RM which allows you to name the backup.
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use this app titanium backup (pro is preferred)https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result
then redownload it in your new rom and everything should be good....
oh and since your new instead of manually wiping flash superwipe for cleaner installs then install your new rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992

master.peterm said:
use this app titanium backup (pro is preferred)https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result
then redownload it in your new rom and everything should be good....
oh and since your new instead of manually wiping flash superwipe for cleaner installs then install your new rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044992
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I would also recommend getting titanium backup Pro, its only a few $$ and it batch restores your apps. its a time saver if you flash ROMs often.

go to rom manager and click back up rom and name it the name of the rom and the date you backed it up
download titanium backup then open that and click batch then backup all apps and system data
then make a folder and call it ROMS and keep all your roms in there so its nice and organized
wipe and all that good stuff
then go back and flash the new rom the same way you did cm7
then install titanium again then click batch then restore all apps system data
if you dont like it just go back to rom manager and click manage backups and click on it and click restore and itll go back to your cm7

rickyiswhite said:
go to rom manager and click back up rom and name it the name of the rom and the date you backed it up
download titanium backup then open that and click batch then backup all apps and system data
then make a folder and call it ROMS and keep all your roms in there so its nice and organized
wipe and all that good stuff
then go back and flash the new rom the same way you did cm7
then install titanium again then click batch then restore all apps system data
if you dont like it just go back to rom manager and click manage backups and click on it and click restore and itll go back to your cm7
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No, no, no ... Never restore system data unless flashing between like ROMs. You want to backup/restore apps and data (not system data).
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OriginalGabriel said:
No, no, no ... Never restore system data unless flashing between like ROMs. You want to backup/restore apps and data (not system data).
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THIS. Do not restore system data. The only reason to backup and restore system data is if you're planning on doing a complete wipe then re-installing CM7 (for example if you're trying to fix an issue) and want your settings back. Otherwise, don't backup system data!
Also, there's no need to make a new folder called "ROM's" or whatever. All of your backups will be organized (by date by default, but you can rename them) in the Clockwork Recovery folder on your SD card. Its best not to mess with these files (you can remove them and put onto your desktop if you need SD card space, but just leave them if you're worried). These backups don't necessarily have to be initiated by ROM manger either, they can be made while you're in recovery also, which saves you the trouble of having to wait for a reboot before wiping to flash the new ROM

martonikaj said:
THIS. Do not restore system data. The only reason to backup and restore system data is if you're planning on doing a complete wipe then re-installing CM7 (for example if you're trying to fix an issue) and want your settings back. Otherwise, don't backup system data!
Also, there's no need to make a new folder called "ROM's" or whatever. All of your backups will be organized (by date by default, but you can rename them) in the Clockwork Recovery folder on your SD card. Its best not to mess with these files (you can remove them and put onto your desktop if you need SD card space, but just leave them if you're worried). These backups don't necessarily have to be initiated by ROM manger either, they can be made while you're in recovery also, which saves you the trouble of having to wait for a reboot before wiping to flash the new ROM
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Good tip! But I don't see an option to backup apps and data. Just batch app buckup or batch app buckup + system data.
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Murrzeak said:
Good tip! But I don't see an option to backup apps and data. Just batch app buckup or batch app buckup + system data.
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just hit menu > batch. Then hit "Backup all user apps". That'll back up the apps with the data. Titanium Backup inherently includes the app data with the app backup, it doesn't just backup the plain .apk's.
Also remember that you need to re-backup all the apps before you flash a new ROM, that way the backups are up-to-date with the latest changes you've made to them.

Wow thanks for all your replies, you guys really helped me out!!
So, If I', allowed to, I'd like to ask if there is a way to get my original ROM back(The one what came with the original phone) on my phone.
And also I want you to ask if CM7 slows my Wifi down, because it feels kind of slower.
Thanks again, you guys are awesome

whitis said:
Wow thanks for all your replies, you guys really helped me out!!
So, If I', allowed to, I'd like to ask if there is a way to get my original ROM back(The one what came with the original phone) on my phone.
And also I want you to ask if CM7 slows my Wifi down, because it feels kind of slower.
Thanks again, you guys are awesome
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If you backed up your stock ROM just restore it, otherwise check the sticky in the dev forum or the wiki to download the stock ROM
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whitis said:
So, If I', allowed to, I'd like to ask if there is a way to get my original ROM back(The one what came with the original phone) on my phone.
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If you've made a backup with ROM manger (nandroid backup) then you can simply restore this. I'm assuming you didn't if you're asking though. Check the wiki or dev section to find a stock rooted ROM. Make sure you get the stock rooted version, otherwise you're going to unroot yourself.
whitis said:
And also I want you to ask if CM7 slows my Wifi down, because it feels kind of slower.
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Have you done speedtests to confirm? This could be any number of issues, and I'm sure you're not the only one who has experienced WiFi slowdowns, but there's no known issue in CM7 that affects WiFi speeds.

martonikaj said:
Have you done speedtests to confirm? This could be any number of issues, and I'm sure you're not the only one who has experienced WiFi slowdowns, but there's no known issue in CM7 that affects WiFi speeds.
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No I didn't, but i saw The wifi Symbol in The notificationbar showing less bars than IT showed me on my stock ROM.
But i assume it's a Kind of Placebo effect because The wofür symbol in cm7 has Overall less Bars to fill then the stock one
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whitis said:
No I didn't, but i saw The wifi Symbol in The notificationbar showing less bars than IT showed me on my stock ROM.
But i assume it's a Kind of Placebo effect because The wofür symbol in cm7 has Overall less Bars to fill then the stock one
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Yea, less bars doesn't mean worse signal necessarily. CM7 reports signal with bars pretty accurately, moreso than the stock ROM for sure. If you want to know for sure, run comparative speed tests, or go to settings > about phone > status and see your WiFi signal strength.

martonikaj said:
THIS. Do not restore system data. The only reason to backup and restore system data is if you're planning on doing a complete wipe then re-installing CM7 (for example if you're trying to fix an issue) and want your settings back. Otherwise, don't backup system data!
Also, there's no need to make a new folder called "ROM's" or whatever. All of your backups will be organized (by date by default, but you can rename them) in the Clockwork Recovery folder on your SD card. Its best not to mess with these files (you can remove them and put onto your desktop if you need SD card space, but just leave them if you're worried). These backups don't necessarily have to be initiated by ROM manger either, they can be made while you're in recovery also, which saves you the trouble of having to wait for a reboot before wiping to flash the new ROM
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Did I say backups? No, I said roms. When you download roms and put them into a folder called ROMS instead of having them scattered around your SD card. He's asking for suggestions. Not someones opinion on someones suggestion. I'm telling him what I would do. Sorry I don't do everything the way you do it.
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rickyiswhite said:
Did I say backups? No, I said roms. When you download roms and put them into a folder called ROMS instead of having them scattered around your SD card. He's asking for suggestions. Not someones opinion on someones suggestion. I'm telling him what I would do. Sorry I don't do everything the way you do it.
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Settle down. Seriously. Either way there is no need to create a folder for them. I'd be surprised if he had so many ROMs on his SDcard that he couldn't distinguish between them. They're all named appropriately or you can rename them. Also, there's no need to keep the .zip's on the SDcard after you've flashed anyways.

martonikaj said:
Settle down. Seriously. Either way there is no need to create a folder for them. I'd be surprised if he had so many ROMs on his SDcard that he couldn't distinguish between them. They're all named appropriately or you can rename them. Also, there's no need to keep the .zip's on the SDcard after you've flashed anyways.
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So say somehow you lose your rm backups and something goes wrong, then you have re download the rom and if you don't have a pc near by, you have to download it from your phone and all of us tmobile users know that downloading a rom uses a good amount of data, so if you wanna download a new one on your phone if you have to, have fun being throttled quicker. A friend of mine had that happen to him, he was ****ed so I let him use my sd card to flash the rom. And I only have glite and the rom I'm running now, I don't have every single rom on xda
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rickyiswhite said:
So say somehow you lose your rm backups and something goes wrong, then you have re download the rom and if you don't have a pc near by, you have to download it from your phone and all of us tmobile users know that downloading a rom uses a good amount of data, so if you wanna download a new one on your phone if you have to, have fun being throttled quicker. A friend of mine had that happen to him, he was ****ed so I let him use my sd card to flash the rom. And I only have glite and the rom I'm running now, I don't have every single rom on xda.
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If you lose your ROM manager backups, chances are you lost your SDcard, which also contained your initial ROM .zip's (aka lose one, you lose the other). Just keep the .zip's on your computer, its wasted space to have the originals and the backups on the same SDcard. Storage space ain't free.
I don't understand why you would download ROMs continuously over 3G when you can simply wait and download on a computer. Who needs to download a ROM that bad that they would be willing to go over their data cap for it? Seems to be a weird use-case, you clearly wouldn't download a ROM on 3G if you were close to your data throttle. I'm sure at that point your current ROM can last you the rest of the day till you get to a computer.
If you're "somehow losing" your ROM manager backups you might have other issues to deal with first.

[Q] Pre-rroted Kernel (px 3.0) in 2.3.6 stock-rom (XXKTF )

Hello,
I installed phiexz's 3.0 kernel for stock-rom on a plain 2.3.6 (XXKTF) GIO. After the reboot everything worked wonderful and smooth. Problems began, when I tried to prepare the phone for the installation of the necessary additional apps by installing link2sd. I thought, the kernel ist pre-rooted, but link2sd complained that it couldn't obtain root privileges. As phiexz isn't longer available in this forum and doesn't answer messages sent via his homepage (phiexz.com) maybe someone else can give me a hint what to do? I do have some linux expereinces and do knbow hoiw to use a shell, if thta helps to find a solution.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Madelgijs

Link2sd is for cm7 roms only
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voetbalremco said:
Link2sd is for cm7 roms only
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I'm sorry, but I doubt that. I'm succesfully using it with Particle ROM which is based on stock 2.3.5 and the page for the app on Google Play doesn't state that either: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5idWFrLkxpbmsyU0QiXQ..
Regards, madelgijs

You need to root manually before flash is kernel.
And for me link2sd works perfectly on 2.3.6.

And how di I root manually. That's probably exactly what I need ...

madelgijs said:
I'm sorry, but I doubt that. I'm succesfully using it with Particle ROM which is based on stock 2.3.5 and the page for the app on Google Play doesn't state that either: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5idWFrLkxpbmsyU0QiXQ..
Regards, madelgijs
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It was before, maybe it got updated
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see this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633888

S2E is currently only reserved to CM7, but there are works going on to port it to CM9.
Link2SD works perfectly on stock with custom kernel that support ext4. I use it all the time after all the disappointments with CM.
There are different methods, too, but Link2SD seems the easiest and most reliable.
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madelgijs, maybe you didn't mount /system before flashing the kernel? I forgot this plenty of times and it was the cause of no root nor superuser.apk.

madelgijs said:
Hello,
I installed phiexz's 3.0 kernel for stock-rom on a plain 2.3.6 (XXKTF) GIO. After the reboot everything worked wonderful and smooth. Problems began, when I tried to prepare the phone for the installation of the necessary additional apps by installing link2sd. I thought, the kernel ist pre-rooted, but link2sd complained that it couldn't obtain root privileges. As phiexz isn't longer available in this forum and doesn't answer messages sent via his homepage (phiexz.com) maybe someone else can give me a hint what to do? I do have some linux expereinces and do knbow hoiw to use a shell, if thta helps to find a solution.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Madelgijs
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Unmodded stock rom (before deodex and/or bloatware removal) has system partition almost full, so there's no more space left for su and superuser binaries (I ran into this issue several times). You can check free space even on unrooted devices using Android Commander (PC app).
TIP: also, CWM recovery has adb root enabled and you can use Android commander for root operations while in recovery mode (don't forget to mount /system first!).

Ah, right! I totally forgot about that. For me it was natural to purge crapware from stock . About 50MBs free more.

Thanks for all the hints and tips. I was succesful by rooting the ROM first and installing the kernel afterwards. Everything works fine - but I should clean out some crapware, too, good idea ;-)

[Q] Galaxy Note II (SGH-T889V) rooting problems

Hello to everyone.
I am really ready to give up trying to fix the issues that happened after I rooted my Galaxy Note II (SGH-T889V).
Rooted my phone successfully through the procedure described by Chainfire, worked flawlessly, got SU installed. The purpose of the rooting was to get rid of bloatware that took a lot of memory, battery and space. Deleted all prescribed programs, restarted my note and that is where problems started. Obviously, I accidentally deleted something that is related to contacts, messaging and keypad to dial phone numbers. Tried to manually dial the number on the keypad, I got it frozen after inputting 3 numbers (area code) and then black screen appears with the error *Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped* and it goes to home screen. Same happening with messaging. Basically, I lost 2 of the most abilities of the phone to call out/in and send texts in/out. As recommended on some forums here, I cleaned data in Contacts and Contact storage,but it did not help.
I am brand new to this rooting stuff, but it went OK, I screwed somewhere on the step of deleting bloatware from the phone. Lost any idea and hope what to do...My phone is pretty useless now...
Phone data (if it is needed to get an idea what happened and how to fix it) :
Samsung Galaxy Note II SGH-T889VVLBMA3
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
Kernel 3.031-861899
Stock ROM
Device status - modified
Please, please, please HELP!!!
THANK You and Grateful!

Do you happen to know what apps you deleted? Actually it would be easier if you just get a log cat of the fc. An app like cat log will do the trick
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You most likely deleted one of the contact system apps. It's usually better to freeze an app first (I use titanium backup) to see if there are any problems. If you have a custom recovery twrp or cwm you can flash a custom stock based rom that are usually already debloated. If not use odin and go back to stock and start over. Make sure to backup your essential files/pics first. If you odin back to stock everything on your internal storage will be lost.
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kintwofan said:
Do you happen to know what apps you deleted? Actually it would be easier if you just get a log cat of the fc. An app like cat log will do the trick
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I recall majority of Google apps like maps, search,earth, learning hub, movie, music, google+, chrome, news, yahoo news, chokoEURoe, magazines etc. I will try to run catlog and post the results here.
Thank You very much for replying to me!

sabresfan said:
You most likely deleted one of the contact system apps. It's usually better to freeze an app first (I use titanium backup) to see if there are any problems. If you have a custom recovery twrp or cwm you can flash a custom stock based rom that are usually already debloated. If not use odin and go back to stock and start over. Make sure to backup your essential files/pics first. If you odin back to stock everything on your internal storage will be lost.
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I backed up everything to google servers through my gmail account, but it did not work, tried to restore it from there but it showed nothing was backed...I do not have custom recovery, so I am going with odin option then? Do I need something else in addition to odin, like original rom T889VVLBMA3? I backed up all my files to the computer HD, hopefully this time I will find files.
In odin does it matter what signature is showing in the top left corner of the screen - I saw T889V, Galaxy SIII , I3171. Do they indicate to which version of Galaxy this odin version was developed? My sorry for these obvious questions, but its better be safe than sorry (for me now). Also, I read on this forum that in addition to restore to stock rom it needs to be cache and factory reset done to get the phone back to *normal* mode and *official*. Do I need to do these as well?
Thank You a lot for providing guidance to me! Very much grateful!

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Do you happen to know what apps you deleted? Actually it would be easier if you just get a log cat of the fc. An app like cat log will do the trick
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Update 1.
Tried to download and install Catlog from google play, the download stuck at running line for about 10 minutes and then showed *Cannot download due to an error (927)* I guess need to go for a complete restore. What is your opinion?

THANK YOU!
Update 2. So I decided to go for a full recovery to original stock ROM T889_MTC_VVLBMA3 through Odin option v.3.07 It took about 8 minutes, but, Thanks God, it worked flawlessly and now I back to my factory shipped condition Note II
Thank You very much for participation and your advises, much appreciated!
Now I am debating with myself one question - do I need to go for another try of rooting? Major concern is that phone has too many stock applications that I do not like and will never use in m life. What would be your opinion on that matter?
Also, can you point me in right direction how to do it right way? Previously, I used Chainfire method and it worked nicely, should I go with it or there are another ways to do it (I just looking for rooting)?
And one more : there is a description how to root phone by technique from Mr. Robinson and there are links to files to be used with Odin (root66...), but any link that I used for downloading provided me me corrupted 7z archive. Do you know any other rights links to these files?
Thank you aain and best of luck to everyone!
Cheers!

I would recommend a custom rom. Jedimaster and tweaked are very popular here. Both are based off of the stock rom and are debloated. I would download goo manager and use the option to install custom recovery. This will install twrp recovery. Read up on how to use twrp. Its easy once you get familiar with it. In twrp you can make nandroids (backups) of your current rom and install others. Now that you know how to use odin and go back stock everything else should come easy. As far as root I always use odin. Checkout galaxynote2root.com there are great tutorials there and links needed for root and just about everything else.
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INSTALL CUSTOM RECOVERY after you root the phone. Then - reboot and you'll see how it works. You should read upon the very basics of rooting/installing custom roms. Fundamental stuff. Jedi are good custorm roms, I prefer AOSP but you have to use gapps for those.
Download Jedi .zip file and put it on the external card (over 1G) navigate through custome rec, wipe cache/dalvik cashe /system; go back to main menu/install click on .zip file wherever you put it on your external card (preferred to internal) and you're done. I used exynos exploit one click root, and TWRP recovery. It's actually quite simple once go over this first time.

Stock NE2 [ROOTED][DEKNOXED][09-01-2014][Odex & Deodex]

Welcome to the first fully working almost stock NE2 rom. It has all of the stock apps (including dialer) working along with all the stock functions (spen clipping). I call it almost stock because there are some changes such as tweaks and root included. I have a modified android.permissions.jar to enable the reboot menu and added init.d support to the stock kernel. Talking about the stock kernel I have also modified the ram-disk to completely remove knox. Also added in a few tweaks while I was in there.
Right now the rom will be released as Deodexed but I am working on a special odexed version with every app odexed. The ota and tar have most things odexed but not everything. Even my addon apps will be odexed. Only deodexed will be the apps you install.
Links and change logs will be located in post #2 when they are ready for public use. Change logs may appear before the link. If there is a change log and no link then it is being tested and is not ready for public use yet.
If you have an issue please report which rom version you are using (this will be located in about device under settings) and if possible add a logcat. Logcats will give the information I need to help fix the issue. If your issue shows up after you restored with TB or any other such app then it is your issue and not mine. I will only support issues with the apps I included and only if you follow every single step in my install instructions. I have way too much to do as it is without trying to fix your mistakes or some other devs apps.
required recovery
Philz 6.07.9
https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/l900/
Flashing instructions
1. Download rom and place on on your external sdcard
2. Flash Philz (odin or recovery style flash will work fine)
3. Backup your current rom
4. Boot into philz and wipe everything
5. Under mounts wipe /data /data/media (this is a must)
6. Reboot recovery (this is a must)
7. Flash rom and reboot

Links and Change logs
Change Logs
Stock NE2 Deodexed/Rooted 1.0
Deodexed Official NE2 tar from samsung
Removed all knox from rom, kernel, and build.prop
Rooted
android.permissions.jar includes reboot options
init.d support added to kernel
init.d tweaks
modified platform.xml for external sdcard write permissions
/data/local for custom boot animations
es file explore included
moved massive amount of bloat and apps to /data/app
build.prop tweaks
busybox added
many settings that samsung/sprint disabled have been enabled again
Stock NE2 Deodexed/Rooted 1.1
Moved stock browser and sns to /system/app to fix them
Nothing much else changed or will be changed unless something is found broken
Stock NE2 Deodexed/Rooted 1.2
Found a few Knox files left that were causing issues with the new tw kernel and removed them
nothing new
Stock NE2 Odexed/Rooted 1.2
This is just an Odexed version of 1.2
all apps and framework Odexed even /data/app is odexed
only thing not Odexed are the apps you install
If you delete/uninstall any apps make sure you remove the .odex files afterwards
Links

Cricket MMS settings
This is the work of @mrwright83 and he has been nice enough to share so please remember to thank him.
1. go to your data settings by hitting ##3282# and select edit (depending on rom might have to enter msl)
2. go to mmsc and change it to this http://mms.mycricket.com/servlets/mms?x-cricket-mdn=999_999_9999 (9's are your phone number)
3. then go your mms proxy and change it to wap.mycricket.com
4. lastly go to mms port and change it to 8080
And that's it

For anyone wanting to use this as a base for your own custom rom feel free and remember to give credit and a link to this thread in your OP. There is no need to ask for my permission to use this since the main reason it is here is for a base for custom roms.

Link 2 rom
SGNote2

guycan said:
Link 2 rom
SGNote2
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It is in the OP now. I had to finish waiting on the upload first so I went ahead and created the OP while waiting.

Yea just seen thanks man 4 all the work waiting till I get home in like 2 hr then download and test thanks
SGNote2

Thanks for your work.
Btw with the 4.4.2 update, does that come with firmware?
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huytrang90 said:
Thanks for your work.
Btw with the 4.4.2 update, does that come with firmware?
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Read the super short FAQ section in post one.

Sweet. Thank you thank you thank you jlmancuso ur awesome XD

Very cool man thanks dude......:good:

puffyjello said:
Sweet. Thank you thank you thank you jlmancuso ur awesome XD
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No problem. I know how painful these factory releases can be so this should help.

Thank for all you have done for our community!!!
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Just flashed, so far so good! Not much different, other than the gps location is more complicated.

I've tried many times and can't flash this. keep getting error status 7...
keep getting unable to mount /preload

thanks, but did not work for me
stuck at the samsung logo after reboot.

Leoisright said:
I've tried many times and can't flash this. keep getting error status 7...
keep getting unable to mount /preload
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Try different versions of philz recovery or reflash the version you are using now should fix that error I would think.

Leoisright said:
I've tried many times and can't flash this. keep getting error status 7...
keep getting unable to mount /preload
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Use philz 6.07.9 and you won't have a problem.
johnnyPPK said:
thanks, but did not work for me
stuck at the samsung logo after reboot.
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Were you one of the few who got soft bricked? If not what rom did you come from?

Leoisright said:
I've tried many times and can't flash this. keep getting error status 7...
keep getting unable to mount /preload
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Here, odin this CWM and format preload, works for me every time
http://d-h.st/NuM
then switch to philz and flash

Can't wait to get home and try this.....
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