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[VZW][CDMA] Gingerbread 2.3.4 Deodexed, [Update 7-15-11]!!

Better Than LIfe
Future Echoes
7-15-11
Update #2 fr the day
Ok, stumbled across something today while trying to work some bugs.....
I managed to "inject" a recovery into the rom, and while it actually booted into recovery, and did recovery things, it even went so far as to boot the tab.
But that was it, didnt get a full boot.
So, I stumbled upon a Clockwork Recovery buy doing the right tricks i suppose, however alot needs to be ironed out. and this gets top priority this weekend, why? well ****, think about it, CWM for the CDMA Tabs for Gingerbread, and before Verizon releases GB, so this.......is great news.
Hope to have this done by end of weekend, and in doing so it might iron out the zip flash issue which means I can pump out those 2 roms.
Just wanted to share.
First, I'm removing the download link.
Second, yes I do get your PM's, and yes I do read them, and Yes, I agree....I am bad at getting back to people sometimes. Very busy trying to get GB out for the CDMA Tabs in a working fashion. I am sorry. Those of you who know me, just call, it does hurt my hands to type.
The Update.
I am yanking the download link as it is apparent that the release was/is a failure, how I managed to get it on my tab, no clue, however I cant duplicate it again.
I am working on the build, 1 for Sprint, 1 for VZW. I am trying to get it deodexed 100%, and at the same time get a VZW 3G build working.
However what is very important, that will take less time for me to flash a build to test.....is a recovery. We need a Gingerbread recovery. We do.
So I am doing a few things.....
1. doing my research on compiling a new kernal, and CWM for our tabs
2. asked for an recieved help in a new kernal and recovery
3. changing how i build these roms, no more "kitchens" or stupid "gui" based apps on Linux or Windslows that foul up the permissions, I am going 100% command line for a more effective result, and less need for revisions.
4. Working non stop through the weekend once my wife comes home from work today, so from noon today, to 3am sunday/monday I will be hard at work on all Better Than Life Releases.
I appreciate your patience in this botched release, next time, ill release a test build to a few people for a backup verification it will go without problem.
Until then, i gotta get to work.
Jim
Update..........7-12 6am
I just spent 5 hours trying every trick in the book... from extracting factory.rfs and trying to rebuild it to forcing a fake recovery... I got nothing. The problem is that ALL of the kernels that exist with CWM are ext4 froyo kernels, but the new kernel source for GB doesn't contain ext4 code... therefore, no flashy (unless by a fluke) because on reboot it tries to mount everything as rfs but it's in ext4 after you flash in an ext4 conversion kernel. I would have to design a new GB kernel with CWM and EXT4 modules in the source or revert a froyo kernel to pre-ext4 and put in a new cwm... either would take a couple of days... but I'm swamped right now. The only choice is for you to set it back up on your device like you had it and then pull a roto. Did what I could, sorry.
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So, we tried (spacemoose and I) to get the extracted rom from my device to install on several others and ran across the same problems everyone else was having. however, the extracted rom being deodexed and zipalilgned, my device not.
So today I am going to try to get the 3G working, make the mods to the rom, and extract it, then try to inject the deodexed system and framework back in (which is always a ***** on a live device) and ill have no choice for now but to release a Heimdall flashable version of the rom.
I am waiting for that VZW release because with the sprint in my hands, and with a VZW version, all thats lacking is a Sprint tab to start making GB roms for both devices, however today will be a different story.
Oh, I did get TW4.0 to slightly work on the tab, itll either be released later, or maybe in an alpha build. I found it....well interesting. I tried it on the Psirens Rom (I have a TouchWiz4 version of Psirens) but it was way to damn buggy to release.
Ill keep yall posted today. Painpill time
Verizon wants to take their time, fine, screw them.
Gingerbread 2.3.4
Based on the Sprint update
Deodexed
Zipaligned
a little de-bloating
added CDMA/3G Verizon (3G with Verizon right now is a 50/50 shot
Kernal included in flashable zip
Just drop on SD Card, wipe everything
flash
enjoy
I am running this on my daily driver Verizon, to test and work bugs out and get 3G fully working, so expect alot...ALOT of updates and new versions of Gingerbread for Verizon.
This will be a constant updating project. So please expect bugs, and this is a last minute slap together thing tonight.
Enjoy.
More to come
Link
PULLED LINK FOR NOW 7-15-11​

Omg thanks

Is this any faster/snappier than the stock SprintGB? I just finished getting it working on my vzw tab and it took me a while to get set up. Is it worth switching?
And btw thank you for all the work you do for the CDMA community, we greatly appreciate it!!

juanv145 said:
Is this any faster/snappier than the stock SprintGB? I just finished getting it working on my vzw tab and it took me a while to get set up. Is it worth switching?
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Nandroid and try it out. That's what I'll be doing in a few minutes. Thanks Oldmacnut!

dammit. i just got Psirens 2.5 the way i like it. and now i wanna try this. i'm torn with overwhelmingly indecisive ennui now.

when u say 50/50 chance do u mean it may/may not work or itll only work sometimes?

damn seriously lol im trying to check the latest siren and i see this y bother with sirens lol

Macnut, this isent working at all for me. im flashing from your original psyrens mod and it wont flash at all. it said opening package....... cannot open sip,(bad) installation aborted.

wolfie083188 said:
Macnut, this isent working at all for me. im flashing from your original psyrens mod and it wont flash at all. it said opening package....... cannot open sip,(bad) installation aborted.
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the link just updated. try re-download

indeed I'm lookin for the phone*.apk of VZW GB. is there an update of VZW?

Awesome, am giving this a try now.
Couple of questions:
1. Is this ext4?
2. Can we overclock with this kernel?
Thanks, this is huge for us suffering VZW tab owners!

When trying to install I got an error...something along the lines of, "error at line 11, can't symlink"

djf8 said:
When trying to install I got an error...something along the lines of, "error at line 11, can't symlink"
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got the same error, it wont install for me

any solution to this? im tired of trying to get it to work. im now back to psyrens rc1 untill any update on this.

wolfie083188 said:
any solution to this? im tired of trying to get it to work. im now back to psyrens rc1 untill any update on this.
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My "solution" was to just flash the Sprint rooted rom, which works with the VZW tab (not sure about 3g, though, I just use wifi anyway).
Would love it if we could get an ext4 and overclockable kernel working w/ GB for the VZW folks.

Going to download this today. This is almost more exciting than hcomb . I am glad someone is working on a vzm gbread rom.
Thanks Oldmacnut
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Same here...
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wolfie083188 said:
got the same error, it wont install for me
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Same here...
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Yeah, I'm sure something was just missed when oldmacnut compiled the zip for us. He'll get it worked out soon enough just hold off for now until there is word from him.

Getting the error as well. I am using the Sprint GB ROM in the meantime...
Oldmacnut can you give us more info on your custom ROM? I am assuming you have it rooted but the Sprint ROM is 190M while yours is 360M. Just wondering what kind of bloatware you removed and what if anything has been added to account for almost 2x the file size. Thanks

[ROM][STOCK][FROYO] EC03 Froyo Update

Here is the update that everyone has been waiting for At the moment, I'm only providing the modem, and rooted, stock, deodexed version of the ROM. There will be a cleaned up version to go along with all of this in due time, but we're currently working out some problems with it. I would like to note that despite this being the Froyo update, it is not without its own set of problems, and odds are you may never see another update outside of this from anywhere. However, the benefits of getting Froyo will outweigh the problems with it for most people, so have at it.
You will need a few things to get this, first, the downloads list here will be needed (obviously). You'll also need to have CWM setup and know how to use Odin. Heimdall will also work for those of you not on Windows, but I'm not providing any instructions for flashing using Heimdall. Also note that you will want to wipe data or perform a factory reset before booting into Froyo to avoid any problems. While you may get away with not doing it, you could end up with several problems, so my recommendation is to wipe data. Also, you can flash the ROM first, or flash the modem first, which ever you want to do. There isn't really a required order for it, as long as you do both parts.
[size=+1]Instructions[/size]
Download everything you need.
Odin
Froyo Radio
ROM+Kernel
CWM Kernel
CWM update.zip
Put the ROM zip and CWM update.zip on your SD Card
Flash the Radio via Odin in the PDA box
Enter CWM and flash the ROM+Kernel
Wipe Data in CWM before restarting your phone
Restart and enjoy Froyo
[size=+1]Downloads[/size]
Modem
ROM+Kernel

FAQ
How can I donate to you for this?
You can either click the "Donate to me" button above my avatar, or go through this link. Don't feel obligated to donate though, as Verizon should have given this to you (the users) long ago.
Can I still receive updates after flashing this?
You cannot receive updates after flashing this unless you revert back to DL17, which is the latest official software released by Verizon and Samsung.
If I can receive updates on this, how can I restore back to DL17?
I've been sending this to several people already that have had problems with their phones. If you need to revert back to DL17 for any reason, download this. You will need 7-zip or similar to extract it. Once you have the .tar.md5 file, flash it in Odin via PDA like you did for flashing the modem to get Froyo.
Can I return my phone to Verizon for warranty repair/service with this on my phone?
No. If you need any sort of help with your phone from Verizon, you will need to have the stock DL17 ROM on your phone. Anything else and you have voided your warranty and Verizon and/or Samsung will not have to do anything to help you. See the above question for a package to restore your phone to the latest stock software.
Are there any bugs in this release?
Yes there are, just as there is with any software. I do not know what the bugs are though off hand though as I have not been using this update. I also cannot say whether any of the problems you may have will ever get fixed, seeing as you can't even get a straight answer on why the update has been taking so long.
Is xxx modification/theme compatible with this?
Odds are that it isn't. All of the current themes and modifications for DL17 will not work on this package. They will all need to be updated to be able to work. Given that this is a relatively new release, this could take some time, especially given that it is the summer and people are on vacation (I'm looking at you trailblazer ). We will work though to try and get all of the mods ported from DL17 to EC03 so that you don't have to give up anything to upgrade.
Will you release a "clean ROM" based on this?
Yes, and it is already in progress. I have sent it out to a couple people already to ask for feedback and any issues. Once they say it is ok, I'll create a new thread with the cleaned up version. There is currently no ETA on when it will be released though.
Are there any other kernels I can use with this besides the one that comes with it?
At the moment, there isn't. I'm trying to get a custom kernel to work, but it has some problems. At the very least, we can customize the stock kernel some, but I do not know if a full source built kernel will ever be available.
Can I flash this if I am on the voodoo kernel?
No, if you are running the voodoo lagfix kernel, you will want to disable voodoo prior to doing anything. If you don't, you'll be in for some fun times with Odin getting your phone back in a usable state.
Can I get something included in the FAQ?
Yes you can. Just create a post with the following template, and I'll try to keep the FAQ updated. If I don't see it or add it right away, don't worry, I'll try and update it. If it has been a week or two and I still haven't responded, just send me a message with a link to what you want included. Here is the format to use:
Code:
[PLAIN][b]Question goes here?[/b][/PLAIN]
Answer goes here.

I'm getting ready to download it

When I go to flash the radio, Odin says it's an invalid image type

circa881 said:
When I go to flash the radio, Odin says it's an invalid image type
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It should work You aren't extracting or renaming it at all are you?

Nope, not at all. I even downloaded it again just to make sure the first file wasn't corrupt

circa881 said:
Nope, not at all. I even downloaded it again just to make sure the first file wasn't corrupt
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Your phone is in download mode when you're attempting to flash via Odin?

XD Now I feel like a ruh-tard. I forgot about that part

Wait, it's still saying invalid image type

I'm in shock... I'm on this forum every day and I missed this?! I'm going to install this and mess around with it. Ill post any bugs I find later this evening..
Kudos @imnuts for the effort!

Took about 7 minutes from download to phone setup. There was a short hang at the Samsung screen (approx. 15 seconds) but other than that it looks like it should. All startup animations are in tact..
I just gotta ask, its killing me... Where did this come from?

jaizero said:
I just gotta ask, its killing me... Where did this come from?
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Does it really matter?

No... No it doesnt.. Its working perfectly by the way.. But Im sure you already knew that lol..

If jaizero got it to work, why couldn't I?
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jaizero said:
Took about 7 minutes from download to phone setup. There was a short hang at the Samsung screen (approx. 15 seconds) but other than that it looks like it should. All startup animations are in tact..
I just gotta ask, its killing me... Where did this come from?
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It came from heaven!!!
Sent from my Mind

^ lolololol
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FROYO
i think i love you (no homo)

I successfully loaded the ROM.
It hang a bit longer than usual on the verizon logo but after that no issues.
Thanks imnuts and anyone else that worked to make this possible.

Kay, how are people getting this to work when I couldn't get the radio flashed
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Ok I dl'd both files, I have Odin1.3 both blue n yellow CWM update.zip but what is CWM kernal?
P.S. I totally love you guys and many thanks to nuts for confirming my faith in opensource and saving my phone
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[RECOVERY] TWRP-2.7.0.0-moto_msm8960-hdpi.img YOUR, pre Nov 8, TWRP IS BAD!

Update twrp 2.7, see Dhackers link for the img. Use Recovery Tools from Play to flash from home.
Seems that only Dhackers latest TWRP is the one to use.
Thanks to cyanidium for making it evident to me anyway.
Dhackers msm8960 goodies: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
BTW Does anyone know what "twrp263-M44.img" is?
Attachments: the ...M44 is 1 day newer & works.
Just extract these to get the fastboot img.
More details
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2612883
More conformation http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49978993&postcount=79
This one is not Dhacker latest anyway :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45688558&postcount=1
Md5 starts with 791.
Want to try Philz.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545120
Want The latest 2631? w/ SDext usb mount. What is the rub?
This Photon Q TWRP, with full SD mount & more, works on the M! See attachments for the flash-able ver. Now for the rub: screen input requires the mirror of the buttons. I am uploading the very zip from the twrp mounted SD while the phone is in recovery. BE CAREFULL.... It is really not that hard to use. Think of it as a game also.
Md5 : 7630baf88ec9d6c2a144a2ee86ec9bb7

I also had issues flashing some roms with 791.
e33 I was able to flash my brains out with 8 different roms with in 2 hours time span.
791 I had to resort back to Flashing Stock Rom via RSD and start over few times after softbrick.
So not sure what it is maybe slight tweaks in the settings ?

Germanese said:
I also had issues flashing some roms with 791.
e33 I was able to flash my brains out with 8 different roms with in 2 hours time span.
791 I had to resort back to Flashing Stock Rom via RSD and start over few times after softbrick.
So not sure what it is maybe slight tweaks in the settings ?
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No settings, just bad! Thanks for the conformation Watson! We on a train with a new engine!!!

Germanese said:
I also had issues flashing some roms with 791.
e33 I was able to flash my brains out with 8 different roms with in 2 hours time span.
791 I had to resort back to Flashing Stock Rom via RSD and start over few times after softbrick.
So not sure what it is maybe slight tweaks in the settings ?
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How long have you known about it?

aviwdoowks said:
How long have you known about it?
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I came across this issues first time trying to flash Paranoid and Pacman.
Which left me soft Bricked or in Bootloops. At the time i was just too fed up and went back to stock
second time i encountered that, was with the first stable KitKat by Dhacker.
That's when i decided to start clean and deleted all my Pre downloaded files and I was forced to download the new E33 from Dhacker.
And along with that all my other Roms and Files. I kind of figured something was bad with my TWRP file. But never thought of it since 791 wasnt found by my search engine.
And this December when I was flashing my GFs phone that's when I confirmed that the 791 didn't work for any of my roms.
Because I couldn't find Dhackers E33 through Google.De search (Some odd way searches come up differently if you search from different country)
And it did the same issues I had the First time around. That's when i dug around more and found Dhackers TWRP.
After using that I was able to flash Roms like a mad man until I found a Rom that my GF was comfortable using and liked.

Germanese said:
I came across this ....GF was comfortable using and liked.
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It's news to me. Did you post about it? Jbaumert has a 1000 + DL of a bad recovery! Your GF distracted you? Lol.
Ohh well now we all know!
Thanks again for the history.
This screwed up my data partition & I could not determine if it was philz or this. Then I decided the stop one, as I would go to the other & then data restore failure, so I used just philz & the problem went away!

aviwdoowks said:
It's news to me. Did you post about it? Jbaumert has a 1000 + DL of a bad recovery! Your GF distracted you? Lol.
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Nah i didn't post about it back then and recent we were side tracked ahahaha.
And I actually just got back couple days ago ... work ugh hate it already ...
There maybe a post few months back, me asking somewhere about which TWRP people are using,
because I had my doubt on which one to use; but no one really bothered to respond.
Then i just decided to flash away with what ever, since most errors resulted in an Harmless SoftBrick.
Since i figured a way around to that soft-brick, my thought was, what worse could happen, I did worse before LOL
I won't take credit, just stumbled upon it... That's all you. Just here to Confirm that i did have issues with that version.
Since then I been trying to see CWM for KitKat LOL

Hmm...
So I should be using this (xt907- twrp263-M44 -flashable.zip) instead of the TWRP here?

Twilla said:
So I should be using this (xt907- twrp263-M44 -flashable.zip) instead of the TWRP here?
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Yes or the e33.
Not sure which is better. Philz is newest & I have an ini file to help you set it up see #2 post.

Update.
Haha. But not a joke. PHOTON Q twrp 2631 up.

twrp 2631 maybe provided by arrrghhh!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49857073&postcount=176
If you want to be synched to his Q versions, go thank him!
That means a good screen version for our m.

Installed the m33 in TWRP and every backup I have made thus far has been corrupt. Back to the old one!

Coronado is dead said:
Installed the m33 in TWRP and every backup I have made thus far has been corrupt. Back to the old one!
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I do wonder, if perhaps, the trouble you had with Bones & this could be related?
Just a thought.

aviwdoowks said:
I do wonder, if perhaps, the trouble you had with Bones & this could be related?
Just a thought.
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Very possible. I am trying to flash back to another Twrp2630 and I am getting an error I have never seen "Variable not supported." Very strange.

Coronado is dead said:
Very possible. I am trying to flash back to another Twrp2630 and I am getting an error I have never seen "Variable not supported." Very strange.
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May I suggest philz new version just out.
Allows you to format many /'s now.
I use only it now.
Not pocket proof like twrp. Beware

New 2632 twrp, see the op for Dhackers link to his img.
Here is mhous33's flashable version.
http://batakang.com/ftp/?dir=devs/mhous33/xt907

aviwdoowks said:
New 2632 twrp, see the op for Dhackers link to his img.
Here is mhous33's flashable version.
http://batakang.com/ftp/?dir=devs/mhous33/xt907
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It works fine (I have flashed Dhackers *img) but if we want to flash any ROM we must change updater.script and add moto_msm8960 to device list on it.
I have success flashed BeanStalk after I add moto_msm8960 to updater.script
P.S. Also unified ROMs flashed great!
P.P.S. Gummy is most stable for me from unified ones

Flash TWRP-2.7.0.0-moto_msm8960-hdpi.img with Recovery Tools. See OP.

Would anyone know if Dhacker's TWRP works on the XT905 model as well?

Yes. But that is just good advice. I do not have one.

[Solved] Files needed to fix phone (looking for "bootanimation" and others)

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SOLUTION FOUND, much thanks to @DocHoliday77
See here for "bootanimation", "bootsamsung", and "bootsamsungloop" files or bottom of this post.
I unziped and I copied "bootanimation" to /system/bin and changed the permissions, I only needed the "bootanimation" file, I had to change permissions to rwe-re-re, other combinations might work/be better. If someone needs to use the other two files, they go in /system/media
Again, credit to @DocHoliday77 for the files!
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Hey everyone,
So, I tried changing my boot animation, and now I don't have any (it's just a black screen with the original sound)
(I'm on Candian Telus, with 4.4.2)
Basically what I'm asking/looking for is someone to attach a couple files off there phone so I can replace the ones that were altered through this tutorial, and hopefully get a boot animation back.
I'm not 100% sure if I need all of these, or if I may need more, but I have a pretty good idea of what was likely altered:
/system/bin/bootanimation (the extension-less file, this is one that I'm positive that got altered)
/system/bin/samsungani (possibly just and additon fr tutorial, unsure if needed. Information on if others have it would be awesome)
Any information on my situation would be amazing!

Have you tried factory reset (you'll lose data this way)?
Can you flash your ROM again (data will be wiped though)?

OKAstro said:
Have you tried factory reset (you'll lose data this way)?
Can you flash your ROM again (data will be wiped though)?
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No, I haven't tried either. I'm trying to avoid losing any data, if possible.
Also, I'm not sure if it will fix the problem since the files have been altered directly. (I'm not sure if it will just reset with the file it has now or not)
Any thoughts?

Factory resetting won't help since boot animation is on /system.
If you can't find them here you can always copy them from a stock rom.
Make sure the binary file is from the same build as your current rom. It might not matter, but it just might.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Factory resetting won't help since boot animation is on /system.
If you can't find them here you can always copy them from a stock rom.
Make sure the binary file is from the same build as your current rom. It might not matter, but it just might.
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Yeah, I'm really hoping someone is nice enough to copy and paste their bootanimation file in here, but I doubt it'll happen...
Any tips/ideas on how to go about copying from a stock rom? (I'm new to a lot of this stuff, so I'm unsure of how to go about this)

you can search on google and download boot animations.
but like doc said , ' make sure is from same build cause it might just matter. i DL cm 10.1 from internet and works great .
just a thought.
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@mrrocketdog
It's not so much a boot animation itself that I'm having trouble with, but the actual system file called "bootanimation".
I believe when I tried to install a custom animation I/the files from a tutorial I was using altered it, and now it doesn't work whatsoever.
If you know of any boot animation tutorials/files that could fix this though that would be sick!
Either way thanks for the input!

You can try these if you like. I'm running Likewise rom right now, but they should work fine for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2969141&stc=1&d=1413149765

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DocHoliday77 said:
You can try these if you like. I'm running Likewise rom right now, but they should work fine for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2969141&stc=1&d=1413149765
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I love you. At first it didn't work but I changed some permission and now it's back to stock! Thank you sooo much!
Not to to add further trouble, but to prevent any future mishaps, could you point me in the right direction to getting a custom boot animation running?

maybe here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2843830
if you use search a whole lot pops up.
good luck. :thumbup:
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There should be a thread(s) in the Themes and Apps section. I wouldn't use any not confirmed or made for the S3 though. And I wouldn't mess with that binary file either. (Unless specifically told to do so in one of our threads.) Any we have here should work fine just using the actual animation files.
Some threads may also have a return to stock zip file you can flash in recovery.
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think thats o.k. doc ? so maybe be REAL FREAKIN CAREFUL.
err on the side of kindness

Alright guys, sounds like a plan. I'll make sure to be a whole lot more careful this time around! Thanks a bunch!

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think thats o.k. doc ? so maybe be REAL FREAKIN CAREFUL.
err on the side of kindness
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Are you referring to the one you linked to? To be perfectly honest I wouldn't try it. It was for the HTC One, right? I just don't know enough about HTC devices. It might be safe to use the animation, but it may just not work. (I doubt there'd be much danger of a hard brick though, but better safe....)
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yup, thats the one. i forget sometimes : READ READ READ. thanks for double checking behind me. will be more careful in future. dont want to cause xtra problems !!!!!!
err on the side of kindness

No problem. It could be perfectly ok to use, but since I don't know, I consider it a higher risk is all. Another thing to consider is if it's dpi is different the images probably wouldn't display correctly.
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@DocHoliday77
So after a while of researching I was thinking of downloading CyanogenMod, and the using that to do boot animation stuff, thoughts?

As long as it's from the S3 versions of cm, I believe it would be safe to try. Probably the worst that might occur would be no animation, like you already experienced. I don't use CM though, and don't really mess with the boot animation much to begin with, so it is possible it wouldn't work as expected, I'm just not sure on that. But it should be simple enough to get back to the stock animation with the files I posted before.
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Yeah, I guess that's really the worse that could happen, I've made a backup of my stock ROM so I should be able to go back if needed. Again, thanks for all the help!

Porting LineageOS 14 to the d710

Disclaimer: I am not a ROM developer. I am a developer and Linux user, but I know next to nothing about creating Android ROMs. Whole other world to me.
I'm wondering if all three of us Epic 4G Touch users left might be able to get a working port of LineageOS 14 on our aging handsets.
The good news:
I just loaded the Official LineageOS 14 for i9100 20170419 nightly on my d710, and IT WORKS
...almost.
The bad news:
The ROM boots up, everything works and looks normal except for:
Wi-Fi - Settings app spins with message "Turning Wi-Fi on..."
Menu Button
Home Button
Now, I'm wondering if there is a way to fix these problems. I prefer on-screen navigation anyway, so that's probably an easy "fix." But Wi-Fi will probably be trickier. I assume it's kernel related, but I can't find any Nougat kernels for this device, so that will likely be the most difficult part.
Thoughts? Anyone else out there have any input or want to give this a crack?
Links:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/i9100/build
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/i9100/install
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161224202958/https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Build_for_d710
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20161224192644/https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_samsung_d710/tree/cm-12.0
https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...4.1/arch/arm/configs/lineageos_d710_defconfig
https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
https://github.com/Lanchon/REPIT
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ep.../rom-cyanogenmod-11-official-nightly-t2852074

Can you pm me your rom you used, i may be able to figure out how to get wifi to work, i dont have access to a computer right now but i can take a look at the rom you used when i get to one

svaethier said:
Can you pm me your rom you used, i may be able to figure out how to get wifi to work, i dont have access to a computer right now but i can take a look at the rom you used when i get to one
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Link is in the OP. Here it is again: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/rom-t3555834
Direct link to the download page: https://download.lineageos.org/i9100

How did you get past the 07 error then? Ive tried clearing everything from system to dalvik cache and nothing gets me to install the rom to look into the wifi issue properly

svaethier said:
How did you get past the 07 error then? Ive tried clearing everything from system to dalvik cache and nothing gets me to install the rom to look into the wifi issue properly
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I don't know what you're talking about. I don't get an error.
The ROM flashes without modification. Make sure you have an up-to-date TWRP with the i9100 crossflash patch: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2

Ive tried flashing twrp onto my device using the guide that tells you how, even after editing the installer script to have the SPH-D710 line in it it aborts the installation

svaethier said:
Ive tried flashing twrp onto my device using the guide that tells you how, even after editing the installer script to have the SPH-D710 line in it it aborts the installation
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I followed lots of advice from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/epic-4g-touch/help/help-getting-stock-rooted-4-1-2-to-cm11-t3384832
I believe the method that finally worked for me was: Odin to EL29 rooted, Philz recovery, TWRP, CM11.
That's where I was before I tried the i9100 LOS 14.1 ROM.

I can get a twrp with a different rom then cm11 but that twrp doesnt have the img installation feature on it

svaethier said:
I can get a twrp with a different rom then cm11 but that twrp doesnt have the img installation feature on it
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If you have root in CM11, you can use Flashify to flash the new TWRP .img file.

My E4GT still works, more than glad to throw my hand in the pot to make something happen. Haven't used the S2 in years so it's not updated, currently running an old build of CWM and a CM11 nightly with iso-rec support. If you could bring me up to speed on what I need to get from where I am to a newer recovery(TWRP preferred) and your ROM I'll start playing around with it. Last time I searched all of this to update left me more confused than anything with it being mixed up with the i9100 and i777 information as well.
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Droidriven said:
My E4GT still works, more than glad to throw my hand in the pot to make something happen. Haven't used the S2 in years so it's not updated, currently running an old build of CWM and a CM11 nightly with iso-rec support. If you could bring me up to speed on what I need to get from where I am to a newer recovery(TWRP preferred) and your ROM I'll start playing around with it. Last time I searched all of this to update left me more confused than anything with it being mixed up with the i9100 and i777 information as well.
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You should be able to flash the latest TWRP (for i9100) using Flashify. Beware that I have not been able to get TWRP to mount my external SD card, so any files you want to flash in TWRP need to be stored on internal memory. Everything else works perfectly. Mounting USB storage in TWRP works well, and that's how I've been able to get new files on the phone when I needed to.
After installing TWRP, make sure you run Lanchon's crossflash patch on it: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
I used
Code:
lanchon-twrp-patcher-20160417-crossflash-d710.zip
to enable flashing d710 and i9100 ROMs.

flamadiddle said:
You should be able to flash the latest TWRP (for i9100) using Flashify. Beware that I have not been able to get TWRP to mount my external SD card, so any files you want to flash in TWRP need to be stored on internal memory. Everything else works perfectly. Mounting USB storage in TWRP works well, and that's how I've been able to get new files on the phone when I needed to.
After installing TWRP, make sure you run Lanchon's crossflash patch on it: https://github.com/Lanchon/TWRP-Patcher-SGS2
I used
Code:
lanchon-twrp-patcher-20160417-crossflash-d710.zip
to enable flashing d710 and i9100 ROMs.
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Yeah, I took another look last night, the information available now clarifies things that seemed a mess back when I first looked into this.
Have you made any progress with your ROM? If the hardware keys are still not working it's because key mapping is different on i9100, also rotation is backwards or at least it was years back when I flashed a i9100 ROM on my D710. You can remap the hardware keys so that they function correctly. Other than that there should be no differences.
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Droidriven said:
Yeah, I took another look last night, the information available now clarifies things that seemed a mess back when I first looked into this.
Have you made any progress with your ROM? If the hardware keys are still not working it's because key mapping is different on i9100, also rotation is backwards or at least it was years back when I flashed a i9100 ROM on my D710. You can remap the hardware keys so that they function correctly. Other than that there should be no differences.
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I haven't done anything yet except try to load the unmodified i9100 ROM and report what works/doesn't. Really the only thing I need fixed is the Wifi, and I have no clue how to do that.

flamadiddle said:
I haven't done anything yet except try to load the unmodified i9100 ROM and report what works/doesn't. Really the only thing I need fixed is the Wifi, and I have no clue how to do that.
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I'll reach out to some developer associates and see what I can find out about the WiFi.
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I'm not a developer, but I have a D710 lying around and I am willing to do testing if you need me

I also have an Epic 4g touch that im willing to test stuff

So... I guess nothing ever happened with this ROM? I have a SCH - R760 from US Cellular that AFAIK is compatible with d710 roms. I would still be interested in running Nougat on my device - even though my eMMC seems to have issues at the moment.

chrismin13 said:
So... I guess nothing ever happened with this ROM? I have a SCH - R760 from US Cellular that AFAIK is compatible with d710 roms. I would still be interested in running Nougat on my device - even though my eMMC seems to have issues at the moment.
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Never had any real interest, and I don't know enough to do it myself.

flamadiddle said:
Never had any real interest, and I don't know enough to do it myself.
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Understood. So you said that the buttons didn't work and the wifi wasn't turning on. Were there any other major bugs that you noticed? I might try and make it work for our device, because why not!
Thanks for still responding after so many months!

chrismin13 said:
Understood. So you said that the buttons didn't work and the wifi wasn't turning on. Were there any other major bugs that you noticed? I might try and make a for for our device, because why not!
Thanks for still responding after so many months!
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Those were the only two things I noticed. Bluetooth worked. I didn't see any apps crash (but I couldn't load new ones because no wifi). I didn't try cell service because I don't even have Sprint anymore, but I suspect that probably didn't work for the same reason wifi was killed.
Thanks for looking into this! I'm still interested if we can find a way to make it work. I just don't know much about creating ROMs. I'm not an Android dev.