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    Post [GUIDE] How to make a device-tree for your phone

    related to this: I can see using PRODUCT_COPY_FILES to stage files to the root directory. but where is the directory structure created? Such as /firmware ... etc? I am trying to add a directory to the root fs. When I just create a new directory such as /foo the build fails. I want the new...
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    Post [Q] aosp initramfs/ramdisk source

    related to this: I can see using PRODUCT_COPY_FILES to stage files to the root directory. but where is the directory structure created? Such as /firmware ... etc? I am trying to add a directory to the root fs. When I just create a new directory such as /foo the build fails. I want the new...
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    Post [Q&A] Noob -Friendly Q&A Help Thread - Ask Your Questions Here!

    are there any description of all the different partitions on the pixel? what its use is? the format if any? for example I'm aware that: misc -> /dev/block/sdd1 is used for communicating to the bootloader from recovery but it apparently has no FS format/ just bytes lseeked into the device. but...
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    Post [2014.01.15][ROOT] TriangleAway v3.26

    would this work on the att sgh-i497 (galaxy tab 2 10.1)??
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    Post [HOWTO] Get CM 10.x and CM 11 working on I9505G (Google Play edition)

    you don't have to pull battery if you have an sdcard in slot. eject the sdcard and pop it back in. it will immediately continue booting.
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    Post [HOWTO] Get CM 10.x and CM 11 working on I9505G (Google Play edition)

    reboot stuck on google screen/ power up works fine just as an update of info on reboot problem. When the phone is stuck on reboot it will boot fully eventually. I accidentally witnessed this when leaving the phone in this state while doing something and 6 minutes later it booted up. Another...
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    Post [HOWTO] Get CM 10.x and CM 11 working on I9505G (Google Play edition)

    T-Mobile and ATT cm10.1 build works with this method also just as a test I tried the updater-script on T-mobile (jfltetmo) and att (jflteatt) variants of cm10.1 nightly and they boot just fine. I haven't tried all the hardware (bluetooth, camera, wifi) tho.
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    Post [HOWTO] Get CM 10.x and CM 11 working on I9505G (Google Play edition)

    I just unzipped the file, replaced the file then zipped it back up on linux. ---------- Post added at 01:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:33 PM ---------- Your OP said the build.prop was optional so I left it out. Lately the phone seems to be rebooting fine now. I hope its not some...
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    Post [HOWTO] Get CM 10.x and CM 11 working on I9505G (Google Play edition)

    reboot stuck on google screen/ power up works fine I used your method on cm10.1 source code build and it works. However if I reboot the device is stuck on google splash page with no adb or usb responce on computer. If I yank battery then put it back in and power up it boots fine. Is there...
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    Thread [Q] Simple Service Force Stopping Package

    OS: Ice Cream Sandwich Device: Motorola Xoom I am having issues with a simple service not running correctly. The logcat shows some force stopping on the installed apk. Also the broadcast receiver should listen to android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED but it is not. Any insight? This...
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    Thread [Q] connect to bluetooth keyboard from android application problems

    I wrote a simple application to connect to a bluetooth mini keyboard but am having trouble with the BluetoothDevice.connect() call. it gives discovery service failed. I have no problem using the bluetooth pairing and connect from the bluetooth settings menu. The same code works with a bluesnap...
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    Post execute reboot command from application

    This requires a rooted phone. How does adbd reboot on a non rooted phone?
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    Post execute reboot command from application

    how does adbd do it without root permission? the adb daemon on the device has to be able to do it to be able to respond to 'adb reboot' on a non-rooted phone. Anybody know how it is able to perform the reboot?
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    Thread [Q] what shell is /system/bin/sh

    Anybody know what the default shell "/system/bin/sh" is? is it csh,ksh,ash.... I'm trying to write some scripts to execute with /system/bin/sh and need to know the syntax. Thanks #!/system/bin/sh if -e /data/special; then <do something> fi complains about -e not found. if ( -e...