so i just got my evo and i would like to put themes and make some changes to it but im coming from windows mobile and its really different do i need to root my phone to install themes and taskbar and stuff like that and exactly what is rooting ur phone
so if some1 could please explain i would be very grateful and promise i wont ask a million questions after u have told me
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so i just got my evo and i would like to put themes and make some changes to it but im coming from windows mobile and its really different do i need to root my phone to install themes and taskbar and stuff like that and exactly what is rooting ur phone
so if some1 could please explain i would be very grateful and promise i wont ask a million questions after u have told me
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First lets go over rooting: Rooting is a technique that lets you get past all the security locking down your phone (more or less). It allows you to put in your own recoveries and read/write portions of the phone that could not have been done before. Basically when it comes down to it to unlock "full nand" there are usually 2 steps to do it manually one gets you a basic root which allows you some level of access and the second step gives you full nand which replaces your "hboot" with the engineering version allowing you complete control.
ok now on to themes - for the most part yes you need to root to change themes. These are flashed just like custom roms. which you do by powering down the phone holding the vol down button and the power button till your hboot comes up and select recovery. this should take you to what ever recovery you have installed (normally clockwork for newer people) and yuoc an select flash zip from sd.
As for making changes or making your own themes i am not very familiar with it so i will leave that to another to go over. hopefully that answered some of your questions if not feel free to ask.
yes that does help a lot how do i know what kind of recovery i want all i really want to do themes and takbar and icons
the recovery is basically just the interface you use to flash/backup, I would just stick with clockwork unless you find a theme/rom instructing you otherwise. Most methods of rooting have you put it on through the steps and no reason to change it unless you have to if not using it much.
as for changing JUST app icons you can actually do that without root but you need an app. I havent used it but i believe bettercut works to do this. you can make folders with appOrganizer or folder organizer, and you can change your "dock" and icons on the dock using a new launcher (LauncherPro /ADW are poular) all without rooting.
Changing menu icons and notification/taskbar colors etc though does require rooting.
thanks for ur help really do appericate it im going to atemp to root it now is it hard to do and do i have to worry about bricking or any bad **** happening
it isnt to hard to do just take it one step at a time. There is always some risk of something going wrong but following the direction I feel it is very slim that you brick your phone. I think using simpleroot is probably the easiest if you have the 1.47 ota already (menu >settings >about phone> software information >software number), I haven't used it but have heard good things. Just remember to tell it to update your recovery.
Currently I have my device running on Android 2.1
I want to upgrade it to either Android 2.2 or Android 2.3.
I tried the steps described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906231
but nothing worked even to root my device.
Any pointers to upgrading OS will be very helpful.
Thanks
I want to upgrade it to either Android 2.2 or Android 2.3.
I tried the steps described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906231
but nothing worked even to root my device.
Any pointers to upgrading OS will be very helpful.
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What i did last night to upgrade from 2.1 to 2.3 was....
1. root my cell with superoneclick...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
2. install busybox from market
3. install root explorer (download the .apk and then install on your cel)
4. then install the xRecovery ...
http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=162475
(Necessary files to install xRecovery ... http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8E6V1ZQG )
Now with root explorer put this 3 files on .. /system/bin/busybox.../system/bin/chargemon.../system/bin/xrecovery.tar
Then reboot your cell and when the withe letters of sony ericsson appear pres the back buton and then release and it shoul go to the xRecovery mode
5. Then download the SO version that you want in my case i used 2.3 and put it on your SD card and with xRecovery install it and enjoy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041099
Greetings
my phone is rooted using SuperOneClick v1.9.1.0 w/c is great. now, can i ask link where i can read steps on how to install application to SD card on my make my x10 mini pro. lots of thanks in advance...
HELP PLEASE! I've installed it, but when turn it on my X10mini pro it shows Cyanogen 7mod logo and frezzes. What to do!?!?!?? ((
Does it work now ??
tHIS IS COOL ... thx!!!! :I try this for my first time and it works! But, first time my x10 came just to loading scren and it frozen, but i installed it second time and it works. But i have some problem...
My x10mini pro can't take a phots! When i clik to take a picture it just start black screen and naothin els.... What to do??? Please help.
And always when i go on WIFI and connect on, after several minutes my fone restart. What to do?
sorry for my bad eng
probably due to bad OS u were installing... i have floro 0.15 and camera is very bad made...cant take videos either
androidx10 said:
tHIS IS COOL ... thx!!!! :I try this for my first time and it works! But, first time my x10 came just to loading scren and it frozen, but i installed it second time and it works. But i have some problem...
My x10mini pro can't take a phots! When i clik to take a picture it just start black screen and naothin els.... What to do??? Please help.
And always when i go on WIFI and connect on, after several minutes my fone restart. What to do?
sorry for my bad eng
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Reagrding the camera on the Mini Pro: I run CM/ v15 on my Mini Pro and I selected VGS as quality and it worked. The camera froze before I did the change.
I have another problem with my X10 Mini Pro and CM7 v15 (2.3.3)
The WiFi wont work. When you activate WiFi it scans for networks.
It finds some networks but they come and go, including my own.
You can't connect to any of the WiFi networks.
Can't make it work
Hello all, well... I tried to make it work but when I install the custom ROM it freezes at the start up... I followed all the tutorial but couldn't make it work, I tried like five times with no luck.
Please, I can use some advice.
Thank y'all!
Hello, I am new here and I tried to post in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573 but I have not made the 10 required posts.
I am only looking to root my phone so that I can make it a little faster. The LauncherPro app did a lot already but I failed on findind a decent typing keyboard
Also, would like to run VM Heap manager and look in to a bit of overclocking the CPU
However, after passing the masochistic Captcha on this forum , I can post here. The above thread I posted the link of speaks about a Startools.zip which is not to be found it also has some other attachements I feel are not useful to me.
However, I did install z4root (just downloaded somewhere, not sure if that is a problem) and tried *temporary* root. Which does not work, it says it works, but it doesn't according to several rooted apps.
I am not in to changing ROMS or such, not sure about Clockwork mod or restoring factory settings either, I would like to delete the stupid Imo beta software for example and other ones who seem to start and login unasked and I can kill them it starts itself up again and that is annoying because it is my phone!
Now I did not dare to try to root my device with z4root by hitting the root permanently button as adviced in that topic.
However, what should I do? It is just so I require the extra speed and I am happy with this phone which with added speed like LauncherPro already is doing a decent job I feel with a good price/ performance
Please help me a bit, I searched, oh yes, I searched.
regards,
Richard
p.s. It is running Android 2.3.6 I am happy with, I don't feel the need to upgrade this thing, want to make it faster only, not brick it or take unneccasry risk it is a phone ffs
you can try this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573
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you can try this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285573
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Hi, that is exactly where I looked, see my first post.
The issue I have is that I was unable to find a good way of rooting, one that is safe.
Now people say that rooting can be unsafe but there is not explained how.
Assuming the rooting software is properly programmed, I fail to find if an unsuccesful rooting attempt will leave the phone's software unchanged.
Also there is no confirmation on this Star A2000 if it is rootable or not. There is a manual saying use z4root but this didn't seem to work, atleast the temporary root did not work at all, and this manual did just say permanent root it, not permanent root it because temporary root won't work.
I can't tell if there is a difference in a temporary root and a permanent root with z4root, I don't know what it is doing there.
I mean that I am not worried about the change's I am able to make to my phone, after it is succesfully rooted. I know Linux.
I also won't try changing ROM's, all I want is to change the memory heap to speed it up a little bit and disable the start up scripts of unwanted software that is booted all the time, advanced task killer, the Android way of managing applications is able to kill them and the system just starts them again. That is annoying.
I am after only this, I won't deinstall programs, I just would disable some of them because I might later find I need them again.
I also won't disable or remove vital software for the phone booting.
But how hard can it be for rooting software publisher, to tell to their users it is safe to attempt rooting, even if it can't be rooted, or in other words, will it leave the telephone software untouched with an unseccesful attempt and will a succesful root also ensure a succesful reboot of the phone?
IMHO, that is all I need to know about rooting and I can't find anything about that anywhere.
I came upon this device on Christmas (a gift from my girlfriend to her father) and wanted to root it and also install clockworkmod recovery, so I could mess with it a bit without bricking it. Since I found a lack of tailored guides for it, I decided to write this one, although I really did no actual development whatsoever. Normally I would be posting this on general, but given the spirit of this forum, I guess I'll just leave it here. Also, keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and am writing this from memory. If I missed anything or you have any doubts, please let me know (for example, I can't recall specifically the drivers I installed to make it work properly).
Please, please read the whole guide before trying anything, and if you are a novice user, just leave this be, I don't want you to turn your tablet into a paperweight because of my shoddy instructions written from memory and you probably don't need any of this anyway as there are no custom roms yet.
!!!DISCLAIMER!!!: As stated above, anything you do is at your own risk. I provided the procedures that worked for me on a Qilive 97r tablet, which is an Auchan branded ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD, so my step by step should work for all of you. There are probably easier ways to do this, and I hint at them in the guide, but beware I have not tried them and cannot vouch for them. In fact, I cannot and will not take any responsability if you brick your device following these instructions, correctly or otherwise. You do this at YOUR OWN RISK. You have been warned!
Rooting:
I followed this guide on Windows 7 x64 and it worked perfectly.
So thanks to dhigby for that. I would just like to make a couple of remarks:
When you get to step 7 (Installing Superuser by ChainDD), don't. Install SuperSU by Chainfire instead, Use it to update the superuser binary (I think a prompt shows up) and when asked, let it delete the "other" superuser applications, that is, the chinese one. Clean and easy, you don't need to follow any more steps.
Congratulations, you now have (english language) root!
Clockworkmod Recovery:
There is no specific recovery for this device. Fortunately, thanks to AndroTab.info, there's a generic version for 3188 devices that you'll see should work quite nicely, albeight with some caveats.
What works:
Nandroid backup to/from external SDCard (won't recognize internal)
Installing zip files should also work, although I didn't try it at the time, as the device wasn't mine and I can't since I don't have it anymore, but since it mounts system partitions perfectly well I wouldn't think there would be a problem. Try it at your own risk though.
Other things probably work, give it a try.
What doesn't work:
Internal SDCard access
Probably other things
Installation:
Now that you have a rooted tablet, installing clockworkmod recovery is easy-peasy. Go to developer options and enable USB Debugging, then make sure you have a working adb daemon (look it up) that recognizes your tablet.
NOTE: I'm not sure if I had to install any specific drivers for this to work, I think if so they were installed while rooting by the chinese app. Anyhow, here's the Rockchip drivers, you might want to try to install them if you can't get a connection: http://www.rockchip.nl/downloads/
Download the file RK30GENERIC_CWM.zip from here - that's the recovery.
Now extract flash_image and recovery.img from the downloaded file above to the folder where you have your adb and follow the following commands.
Push the files to /dev partition on the device:
Code:
adb push flash_image /dev/
adb push recovery.img /dev/
Then enter root shell, like so:
Code:
adb shell
su
Now flash recovery.img into recovery partition with flash_image:
Code:
chmod 755 /dev/flash_image
/dev/flash_image recovery /dev/recovery.img
Now power off your device. To enter recovery press volume down then the power button and keep them pressed until CWM boots. Voilá!
NOTE: The instructions above were adapted from here and all credit goes to AndroTab.info ; I posted these particular instructions because they are the ones I used and worked for me; there are other methods listed on that page which might or might not work, TRY THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Backing up your original recovery (for warranty, if anything goes wrong, etc.)
To obtain a backup image of your recovery \ restore it back afterwards, follow this guide here. All credit goes to Originalas.
Don't follow it to the letter though: first and foremost, you need a working linux installation. If you don't have one, I recommend Wubi.
Then:
Follow step 1;
Ignore step 2 (it's outdated);
Follow 3;
Follow 4 - but don't expect the screen to turn on, it won't, just hold the volume down button for 10 seconds or so after plugging it in, don't press the power button!
Ignore 5, 6 and 7
Follow 8, but don't use the last command to flash the CWM recovery onto the device. This is because since it is a generic version, it relies on the original recovery kernel. Flashing the image like stated in step 8 would probably overwrite the kernel and result in no recovery at all (I might be wrong about this).
Do follow the last command to restore your own backup if you ever need to.
I am unsure if recovery dumps obtained in this way are device specific; I don't see a reason why they should be, so I'll provide you with my own backup:
ORIGINAL RECOVERY
Flash through any method of your choice, but keep in mind I haven't tried this on other devices, so, as you know by now DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Closing remarks:
There you have it. Sorry for not holding your hand through every step, but this is meant for people who know a bit of what they're doing, making it faster than having to look up and figure out all these things and quirks on their own. If you have any doubts don't hesitate to ask, but keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and don't know much more than what I have written here. I do appreciate feedback and corrections, and will gladly change the guide giving you full credit - if it's really urgent just PM me, I might not check this thread often.
Cheers!
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
Newbleeto said:
I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
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hi and thanx for the answer
yes i saw that it's almost stock but crappy optimized...in the very first start of the tablet i had 1.8gb occupied by nothing and clean master always notifies me that 90% of the ram is busy...meh
maybe just a kernel will fix like you say but you know, android 4.4 will be a must (rockchip already released sdk for 3188). I am not a coder (totally zero) but i will try your suggestion...just a question about the performance governor, does it drain more battery?
i am trying to backup my rom but cwm is so buggy...first was impossible, now i'm stuck on backing up boot image
there is a twrp available for this tablet?
solved
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
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Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
Redinpais said:
Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
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Here he are...
https://www.wetransfer.com/download...556a9cf8fdbc6ddd7ab35ab820141126224717/09298e
Is only available until Decenber, 3 ,so Download it now.
Jammed_Death said:
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
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I've been watching but I can not understand. Is confused. There are many files and do not know what to do to "fix".
If you are Portuguese, I would like to talk to you on Skype.
Can be?
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about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
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I don´t know how I can answer that. I'm new in android, so I sorry.
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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Try this. Sooooooooo beautiful.:good:
(Because this - "To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!" i can not put link now. So ask me by Skype) SORRY
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Follow the instrutions ther and enjoy KK 4.4.2 Oma ROM Iron KK v1.2 - 24-05-2013 (My QiLive say now - Nexus 7 :angel:
Regards
Qilive 97r
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
Denysorlyk said:
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
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I'm interested
please ROM stock
Hello, i need help , if somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
Problems after installing XPOSED
I believe it is because of XPOSED, because it was after its installation.
It plays me playstore, it must have been temporary error or go to know why
Basically, I can't start with root. Nor, pressing volume up and power.
Yes, I try to start with root, the samsung letters are always fixed and the phone does nothing (I waited until 15 min.)
I put tp you, the messaget that i was put in Magisk post, another night¡
Hello, good to everyone
I'm Sergio from Zaragoza, happy to talk with you!
Although, rather, it is asking for some help or a tutorial to see if I can avoid having to wait and restart the entire root process, although I don't think I can help it
My current situation is as follows; my computer died 2 weeks ago and until Friday the new one does not arrive because it was much better to wait for black friday, so now I only have my Android device, which is a Samsung A50 - FN
During these weeks, I survived thanks to him but now I have one more problem! Haha!
I am not a programmer, at the moment and pulling high I am an amateur, so my lack of knowledge is high. However, at the end of October and thanks to a forum partner who explained how the S A50-FN could be rooted, I got the root, sorry but I put the referral of the partner in question as I navigate in this wonderful forum without the app and with the mobile browser is very difficult, since I use an instant translator to understand you well and the truth is very frustrating to navigate (very, very slow) to that you add that due to the problem I write to you (I think that's why, more than anything to find an explanation) I can not install applications, but that is what I think least should matter right now!
Forgive the long text, I just want to explain my best in my current curious circumstances xD¡¡
Basically, before installing two modules of Xposed with all my joy and completely ignorant! Or rather, I could not imagine, that I could leave the phone on the screen of the letters of Samsung! Suddenly my cell phone was not going! I had no means of contacting human haha or anything at all.
So, try with very little hope (I did not remember exactly how it was done) enter the recovery mode and from there, try to find a solution!
Fortunately, on the second attempt I managed to restart the phone and it started! Since if I turned it off, it automatically restarted and stopped working, again the letters of SAMNSUNG, but when I restarted it started and I could use the phone!
Of course, at the cost of right now I have no root and I can not for example install Apps or God knows how many more things will fail on the device!
I could read something and I think if I had TWRP I could uninstall Magisk by flashing the Magisk uninstaller or God knows, if only the two modules at best!
But I don't have TWRP or any custom recovery since I did it with Magisk and ODIN and I didn't need it .....
So, do you think I can do something to fix it or will I be forced to have a computer and do a hard reset and have to do the process again?
Thank you very much for all your unstoppable work! Hopefully you can help me!