🔥 READ ME FIRST [FAQ][HTC][PICO/EXPLORER][a310e]🔥

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

"Those, who fail to read history are bound to repeat its mistakes"

People here have and did and will fail to read the things here and many did and many probably will have to lose their devices. You don't have to lose a device to get knowledge inbetween your ears.You don't have to be stupid. You surely can learn from your mistakes. But There's a better way. You can learn from others mistakes. This thread is a compilation of such mistakes ,that I personally have done and many others ,who did and their solutions aka The easy ways.
So, officially I congratulate you for finding this thread and reading Upto here. So, even if you don't read the whole thread, these are the main stuff you must know is
1. Rooting is a dangerous process -done by developers only. If you did root your device, you assume full responsibility for your device. So, if you can't think like one of the developers at least partly, I suggest you don't root your device ,coz when you mess up, the one who deviced the procedure or Rom will not help you. And everything you find here is in "AS IS " tag.
2.If you have rooted, next thing you must do is backup-
Go to recovery,
go to backup and restore
click backup.
I find it strange that this is not included in the root procedure. This surely would've helped a lot of Picos out there.
3.NEVER DO A RUU
-It unanimously holds the number ONE title for the major causes of bricking of Picos.
Trust me -Surely you can save your device, without the ruu. And with ruu, you're bound to fail without proper knowledge and research.
The only time you are suggested by experts to do a ruu is when you have already done a ruu "and" bricked it.
4. Overclocking here may cause burnt nand. -know what Rom you're using-it may have built in-overclock .
However, overclocking doesn't necessarily produce burnt-nand for all devices.
5.Finally, Not all answers you receive in the question and answer thread are good. Some answers will kill your device. So please judge the credibility of the answerer before you follow the answers. Generally, you could track back their previous answers and their working. Thanks meter is a good source of credibility -but not always -Not all who have big thanks record are helpful neither are they knowledgeable-There are spammers, who trick people into giving thanks.Do your home work before you trust a stranger. Recognized developer title is a good source of credibility.

The above five should save you a lot of trouble.

Ever in trouble? Drop by and read.
Do your googling,if you don't understand anything here.Have a great time !

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

��To start, this thread is only for newBies,who have rooted thier Rom and have a custom recovery. If you haven't, click here

Alright, this thread aims to answer all the frequently asked questions by newBies. The section this thread aims to answer will consist mostly of custom Roms especially cyanogen.
To start, we'll start with basics
Our phone consists of the following five partitions
1.Boot/kernel

2.Recovery

3. System/Rom

3.1What's not working

3.2 Latest links

4. /cache- error /last log

5.Data

5.1Scripts

6.Common issues after flashing Rom, scripts/GAPPS/PLAY STORE /
Ram

7. USB and CPU ,screen and power button-2/7/13

8. About developers and members

9. ��Burnt nand*recovrecovery 25/6/13 *��

10. STILL CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER ��

10.1LOGCAT

10.2ADB

11.MINI TIPS AND TRICKS

11.1CM9/10 themes

11.2.FONT CHANGING AND language तदधा ಥಮು support adding

11.3.DID YOU KNOW?

12. Recommended apps

13. BATTERY LIFE AND PERFORMANCE

14 .http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
BUILD. PROP TWEAKS
We'll discuss the faq in each.
All links are here
Index:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1754876
This is the best link you'll ever have
Thanks hrkh83
Guides
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36057579
Guides for everything
Thanks hpsgill
Make yourself useful by akshat
Seen it before,
Just read this now
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37805872
Stock Roms instead of bricking ruu
tk immortal yash
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39101954

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

/BOOT(4 MB Max )

1.what does this partition contain?
It contains your kernel

2.what is kernel?
It's a in betweener between ROM (/system ) and your hardware.
Basically, a software, which connects the main software (your Rom gui) and the hardware

3 .what is the stock kernel version?
2.6

4. Is there a update available?
Yes. You can update it to 3
3.4 is currently being worked on

5.what are advantages of kernel 3 ?
Nothing much that you can feel
Basically related to stability, security, and future Android Os updates can easily be done for a310e

5.where are the links to kernel 3 ?
Look down

6.what's not working in kernel 3 ?

1.Ext4+kernel 3+mount2SD/s2e/link2SD doesn't work.
2. CPU states file reading ~fixed in overclocked kernel ~fixes yet to be fully implemented across RomS [overclock may cause burnt nand/recovery ]

With cm9
1.Firewall
2.USB tethering
3. Wi-Fi hotspots
4.Vpn
Anything related to iptables

With cm10
Known issues
Ext4 cannot be mounted?
Temple run 2 and subway surfers reboots*fixed in overclocked kernel *burnt nand *
7. What's not working in kernel 2 ?
garuda v5
Data usage option in settings in jelly bean.

8.what's not working in kernel 2.6 sakindias cranium kernel?
Build #2
Lag
Build #3
No support for Android native a2SD
Build #4
Same as build #3,but advertised as faster
9. I wanna make my own kernel?
Special thanks to bhargz16
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2114594
10.Is there a overclocked kernel?
Yes
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
11. How to Flash kernel? Do I need to clean install?
No need to clean install
Copy zip to root of /SD card
Go to recovery
Install zip from SDcard
Choose the correct zip
Install
Reboot

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

/Recovery(5 MB Max )

First thing to do after root is to make a nandroid backup.
Go to backup and restore and select backup

1.what is this partition?
It contains your recovery

2.what is recovery?
It's a specialized partition for Android, which is used when something goes wrong.
We use it to change (flash) Roms, change kernels and mostly everything in xda. Make nandroid before you mess up

3. What are the recoveries available for a310e ?
1 .yannou90 (cwm5) recovery
2.Twrp 2 .3 by cute prince
3. twrp 2.2 by oblikas
4.cwm6 by sakindia
5.*OFFICIAL *The latest TWRP by bhargz16( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2123503 )
6.cwm6 by nihar.g
Links .check index link in top post

4. Are all of them stable?
The 1 and 5 are pretty stable.

What's not working:
cwm6 by sak let me down big time .
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38734554
Except 1,all other recoveries will not show charging animation, when you are charging your phone after switching it off ~instead of charging animation ~you'll be going to recovery
twrp official - some problems with ext4 partition has been reported and also reported to have been fixed. -I never had the problem before and after and I recommend this one 2.5 present here in xda.
twrp cute prince has issues restoring backups (problem with symlink )

5.what's the difference between them?
cwm5 - complete backups of all partitions
twrp - support compressed backups /file manager and other great things
cwm6 - your SD ext partitions will not be fully backed up during subsequent backups,but only the changed files greatly reducing the size of subsequent backups

6. Can you explain more about cwm ?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38100620

7. Recommended apps.?
Recovery file manager aroma 1.8

8. How to flash a recovery?
Two methods described in detail in link above by bhargz16 ~ fast boot
Flash from phone:
Required:
Flash_image binary
You can flash any recovery
From terminal using

Code:

su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

You need recovery.img (renamed like that ) present in /sdcard itself

9. Error while restoring .Androidsecure /sdext ?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39874898

10. Cannot go to recovery /burnt recovery /unable to flash recovery?
Use

Code:

fastboot boot recovery /sdcard/twrp5.img

or

Code:

fastboot boot recovery.img

or

Code:

fastboot boot  /sdcard/twrp5.img

You need twrp5.img or recovery.img present in /SDcard and renamed like that itself.
After booting into recovery, you can do everything you please. ~flash erase format and install new Rom and boot the device
After booting up the device, flash erase mtd1 through terminal emulator.and then flash a suitable small recovery. And then pledge here that you'll never overclock ever again.

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

/SYSTEM (235 MB Max )

1.what is it?
Here's where your Rom resides
Any cyanogen /ever/miui roms all go here

2. What are system apps
Any app in /system /app is system app and they have special permissions
2.1 how to make a app system app?
Uninstall the app with titanium backup and copy it's apk to system/app(normal delete apk will not delete. Dex and lib files ) ~reboot ~
Some apkS need it's library file also in /system /Lib (copy from /data /Lib to /system /lib )

3.what is binary?
These are executable ~very important files in /system /bin. (or /xbin in recovery)
Your root su is here

4. What are the roms available?
Many roms are available in xda
Main line ones are
CYANOGEN 7
CYANOGEN 9
CYANOGEN 10
Cyanogen 10.1
Miui

5.What is cyanogen 7 ?
It's a cyanogen version of gingerbread
9 is ics
10 is jelly 4.1
10.1 is jelly 4.2

5.1 what's the development going on?
cm7 *camera was unable to be fixed *development stopped
cm 10*active development now *
cm 10.1 *thread closed *

6. How to install a new Rom? Cyanogen for example?
Download the latest build. Zip and put in the root of /sdcard.
Go to recovery
Factory reset data
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Wipe SD ext
Choose install zip from /sdcard and choose the build. Zip
Wait
Reboot

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

The nothing really bugs list

Welcome to THE "NOTHING REALLY" BUGS™

This is the official nothing really bugs Pico web post at xda. Its name implies that the bugs present are really nothing to some people. But to the rest, it may bother a lot. So, this post.
Here you'll find most of the nothing really bugs. All statements having "Nothing really " in bugs list directs here. This is to inform new flashers of what they'll get and what they won't. To make the facts clear,so that you won't have to flash every Rom to find out all the nothing really™ bugs. After all, this is a newbie friendly thread.

Please note that though every effort has been taken to ensure an exhaustive list of all the bugs .Some may not have been stated here .If you do find a bug, which isn't stated here, please feel free to mention it here and I'll add it after being personally confirmation by me or two to three renowned senior member witnesses. Further more, some bugs here may have been fixed. You can take a look at the last edited day of this post to make sure this post is up to date. And you can mention it here,if any of the information found here is wrong.

1.What doesn't work in cm10 4.1 Jelly beans ?:
1video (video recording with some third party apps~Skype video messaging, zoom camera ,camera magix and a lot more)(S. ucam works fully)
2Bluetooth headphones can't be used during call(try using sound about )✘
2.1 Bluetooth stereo headphones ✘
3vsync
4.stock camera force close often and unstable (S. Camera 360/ucam)
5.Wi-Fi unable to turn on ~from settings /notification bar. (s:Flash kernel 2.6)
6.burnt nand
7. Wi-Fi direct (native )causes reboot. (S. 3Rd party app ~fast file transfer)
8.some VOIP~{ex:gtalk(even after normal gapps),and many more}
9.Most streaming video{not flash, but those, which open in mx} doesn't work. Most TV apps don't work (not flash using tv apps)
10. mobile data may fluctuate for some(timedo app to turn on and off airplane mode for every hour)
11. calls robotic call for some
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32997468
12. Unofficial adobe flash is flickering too too much. (Only Firefox actually works with flash..which flickers unbearably ~the rest don't even work )
13. Headphones volume control during in call✘
14.USB tethering (native)✘
15. Wi-Fi hotspots work only as open source ✘
16.Bluetooth A2dp streaming ✘
17.Firewall rules don't stick, when put in init.d. Somehow the Rom process overtakes the firewall rules during boot and during some process. My intuition directs the blame at bandwidth controller| throttle service~|Data usage settings|which wasn't implemented properly, but using dirty hacks
18. USB mtp and ptp not working at all. USB mass storage not working for certain devices ~double mounting. (s.flash kernel 2.6 with USb mass storage fix here. )
19. Multi mount SD app doesn't work [s.flash kernel 2.6]
OTHERS
1. Battery drain
2.Phone heating
3.WiFi toggle
Total :22[Because, I used this Rom for a long time,so the large number]
✘- Unconfirmed by me .The rest are personally tested and confirmed "not working " and again confirmed to be a problem of Rom itself.

2.What doesn't work in cm9 ?
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35756952#post35756952
2VIDEO PLAYBACK doesn't work as well as stock
3 Wi-Fi toggle in latest RomS
4 Bluetooth stereo headphones ✘
Experienced by some:
A. Encryption doesn't work (crypt)✘
B.robot call http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32997468
C.mobile data flickering
Note: video playback is much better in cm10.
Language rendering is also much better in cm10.

3.what doesn't work in Original HTC STOCK ROM?
A. if you ever click "reset to default" in the Camcorder settings..,all future video recordings will overwrite already taken videos and all previous videos will be lost(use ucam)
B. sending a more than 150MB file on Bluetooth file manager app through Bluetooth will reboot your device.
(use stock transfer)
3.1 what's not working in a rooted stock Rom?
(make a nandroid backup first to protect you)
Optimize storage in storage settings
Factory reset will put you in bootstruck.
4.What doesn't work in cm10.1 ?
Camera and lot more minor/major
Too long list
Will update when usable

5.what doesn't work in cm7 ?
Camera

6.what's not working in kernel 3 ?
1.Ext4+kernel 3+mount2SD/s2e/link2SD doesn't work.
2. CPU states file reading ~fixed in overclocked kernel ~fixes yet to be fully implemented across RomS [overclock may cause burnt nand/recovery ]
3.Wi-Fi toggle from notification bar /from settings
4. USB mtp and ptp not working at all. USB mass storage not working for certain devices ~double mounting.
5. Multi mount SD app not working.

With cm9
1.Firewall
2.USB tethering ✘
3. Wi-Fi hotspots ✘
4.Vpn ✘
Anything related to iptables

With cm10
Known issues
Some partitions [?Ext4] cannot be mounted
*burnt nand *

With latest cute prince kernel [power management fix ]:
Mounting of SDcard on some devices
Multimount SD app

7. What's not working in kernel 2 ?
garuda v5
Data usage option in settings in jelly bean.

8.what's not working in kernel 2.6 sakindias cranium kernel?
Build #2
Lag
Build #3
No support for Android native a2SD
Build #4
Same as build #3,but advertised as faster

9. Sense4 Roms
1.Burnt nand ~most common ✘
2.Random reboots ✘
3. WiFi direct. ✘
4.Bluetooth headphones ✘

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✘- Unconfirmed by me .The rest are personally tested and confirmed "not working " and again confirmed to be a problem of Rom itself.
S - probable third party solutions
Solutions for burnt nand -Please go to burnt nand section.

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

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Welcome to ▶LâTêS†↭ⓛⓘⓝⓚⓢ™◀

Not sure whether it'll be updated,but galaxyfreak released a app on latest Roms ~ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38913186
Why this post ?
Because index has only thread links and sakindia123 never updates op
If he does, then this post will not be updated anymore. Other than that, here are some kernel links as well. Other than the main line ones, the others are not updated. Sense4 links are already present in op and here as well http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40111838 . Any link that's not present in op will only be updated.
1.what's the latest build on cyanogen 9?
Build 13
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36626369
#14*beware of burnt nand *
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38770875
2.what's the latest build on cyanogen 10 ?
Build 3.2.2.use with kernel 2.6
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38183817
Liverpool fan latest 3.2
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38447868
Beta 5~beware of burnt nand ~
Video fix by bhargz*liverpl 4 beta5*
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39124906
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39090779
Beta6~beware of burnt nand ~
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39166124
+
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39804373
(Flash this to prevent overclock)
Lock screen fix for both beta 5 and 6 .
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39043840
2.1 Aokp build link
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2208242
3.what is the latest build on cyanogen 10.1 ?
Alpha 3
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38094629
Alpha 4
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38325531
4.what's the latest build on kernel?
Old Kernel 3
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36572115
Kernel 3 v2 only for sense
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38466559
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39730163
Kernel 3 v2 for cm10
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39737920
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39804373
5. Is there a overclocked kernel?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098604
kernel 2.6=garudav5kernel
6. Kernel 2.6 for JB ?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37649737
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36303556
7. Kernel 2.6 for ics?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35797210
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36526379
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37550173
8. Side effects and solution of using kernel 2.6 on a kernel 3 based Rom:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39452607
Basically, USB storage may not work.
To, make it work, Flash the fix attached with this post(don't remove battery @ any stage:sly

-tested on my twrp 2.4.4 with cm10beta5.May not work with ics.
Alternatively, you can use multi mount SD app /root tool box lite app.
Attached zip md5: 8216eaf4a357b9cddc5cfd29b8d05a50
Attached zip sha-1: 408a075479745fe1713f8c55a968801f7f6160dd

Some more links :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40964578
Super wipe zip
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38338418

Nand recovery procedure:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098622
tk to akshatshenoy.

Flashing an older ruu:
Not recommended @ any stage
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38694608
Even if it works,you might have problems data, battery drain etc.. if you Flash a wrong radio

KERNEL RAMDISK exchange on Android itself:wip
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40035607

How to install kernel? Clean?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098513
QUESTION NUMBER 11 ABOVE

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

/DATA (150 MB )

1.WHat's this?
It is the internal memory

2.Why is it important?
Because this is the place where all the apps go
No /data = no more apps

3.what's our available internal memory?
150 MB
User available 90 MB

4. Any way to increase internal memory?
By scripts

5 .Recommended apps to diagnose application not installed
Diskusage app
Log cat

6. What does a app contain?
App when installed splits into apk dex,and data(lib+data) files

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

SCRIPTS

Before we start, a app when installed takes space as three parts.
They are apk,dex and data (lib+app data)

All scripts work by symlinking
1. What are the scripts available for our explorer?
Partial scripts

A.Link2SD app
Moves apk,dex,lib~doesn't move app data
B.Root data2SD app
Need ext partitions
Moves application data2 ext

Full scripts--Need init.d support able to move fully /partially as per requirements
Links available in index

1.Mount2SD
Download from play store or from here check index
Famous for it's stability and frequent updates
Issues +
2. Int2ext
As per script, moves partially /fully .
Has a large user base
issues ++
3.s2e
Moves fully.
Issues +++
NO official version for jelly beans.
4.a2sd darktremor
Issues ++++
However works pretty well with stock Rom and jaggy Rom
Discontinued
5.ungaze script
Issues +++++
I don't recommend it.
Why not?
Because
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33750812
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=31915607

1.1 mount2SD doesn't work? Script not executed fully @ boot?
Flash kernel 2.6 from above and you should be good to go.

2. How do I increase internal memory (literally ) from 150 MB to 2GB(for example SD ext )?
Use mount2SD reverse mount
Use int2ext
Side effects:
As per Android rules, 10% of internal memory will be unavailable
So, 200 MB out of 2GB SD ext will be unavailable

Mount2SD also has normal moving methods ,which will make Android think you'll have 150MB but you can fill up 2GB inside of 150 MB (Here 10% would mean 15 MB)

3. I installed d2ext/similar ,I'm not able to install more apps ,even though I have more SD ext space?.
A. First make sure you don't hit 10% data limit described above
B. Use diskusage app to determine,which partitions are full
For example- some scripts don't move dalvik and so dalvik will fully accumulate in /data creating no space.
C. Fix permissions from recovery, wipe cache and dalvik and reboot.

4. My Rom doesn't have init.d support /I'm using stock Rom?
Check index
You can add init.d support by
Flashing custom kernel (cranium)
Flashing scripts to make init.d support (or pimp my Rom app[not tested])

5. Where to add scripts before flashing Rom?
Add it in /system/etc/init.d (permissions are rwx rwx rwx ,if you're adding this in recovery after flashing )
For mount2SD add configurations folder in /data/m2sd.

6. How to migrate from link2SD to mount2SD?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38840247

7. Is there a full script so that I can use both my internal memory and SD ext?
A bit complicated, but this what I use...
Configure mount2SD
To move both apk and dalvik
Don't move data.
Then open titanium backup to move app data
@First move one app data to create data2SD directory.. then you can batch move whatever apps you think fit.
But please make sure you have at least 10 to 30 MB in /data and in/SD ext (SD ext not necessarily ) before a nandroid backup. Otherwise restoreS will not work.

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

Common issues with scripts:

0. Device stuck @ HTC logo with 4 error icons on all four corners
Since you flashed an ruu and failed user data fail etc.
Unlock bootloader if possible
Flash twrp recovery again

Code:

fastboot flash recovery.img

Then go to recovery with this command

Code:

fastboot boot recovery

Now that you're in recovery wipe everything, format everything .
If flashing failed /you can't enter recovery, do this keeping twrp recovery.img in /SDcard

Code:

fastboot boot /sdcard/recovery.img

Do cute prince recovery procedure shown in burnt nand section
Flash erase mtd3 as well
Now Flash your Rom and boot
If it doesn't boot, repeat the whole procedure above and now
Do ruu.
If all the above failed,
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39181288
Read the above thread fully. That's the last resort.
Moral : Don't ever Flash an RUU (if you haven't already )
You can Flash stock Rom ~safer

1. Device struck in HTC logo
Wait for 15 minutes
Try pulling out battery and reboot
Update busybox and try installing scripts again
Convert your partition to ext3
Change your kernel to 2.6

2. Mount2SD ~apps update after every boot?
Turn cache off in app
Turn safe mode off
Clear cache and dalvik ~fix permissions ~reboot
Common issues after flashing:

1. I get status 7 error?
Open archive with Bluetooth file manager and check archive integrity
Try different compression method(thanks hpsgill)
Delete system apps

2. I get status 0 error?
Update binary used is different
Exchanged update binary from a working zip to this one
Other errors can be cured by changing recovery .
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38469360
Common issues after flashing Rom:

1. Always do a clean install
To wipe everything except /sdcard.
Even in /sdcard delete Android /data after backup

2. No I won't listen. I want to do you a dirty install. Show me how?
Your choice
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35903694

3. I get force closes of all apps?
Dalvik problem.
Clear cache and dalvik cache and reboot

4.I get force close of a specific app?
If it's a paid app, then you need to change your Android id to your original Id with Android id changer /titanium backup

Not a paid app?
Clear cache and data of that app and reboot
Fix permissions

5.reboot after reboot?
Thanks bhargz16
Kernel problem. Change kernel

GAPPS:

1. This gapp always force closes?
A. If it's a gapp found on play, just uninstall that gapp from system using titanium backup and then reboot and install from play store.

B.if not found on play, then try flashing a different gapps version from goo.im .
Make sure you have enough space on /system and on /cache before flashing and then flash. If not delete unused apps like stock keyboard ,etc

2. RPS5~AEC0/927/any other error while downloading apps from play?
A. Clear data cache of play store app
Reboot
B. Clear data of google services framework
Reboot
C. Remove your google account and re add it. Reboot.- this worked for me.

3. All my apps are missing from installed apps in play?
Wait for some time,if you've flashed a new Rom
Clear data and cache of play store
Reboot
Download app eric market fix *use @ your own risk *
Repeat the solution of questions 2.

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Part 2 on next page :thumbup:

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

CPU:

1.Can you overclock?
IMO,
All overclocking burns nand.
It's just a matter of sooner /later.
Read this post before attempting anything
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38445346

Burnt nand recovery procedures here ~~the third post below this post
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098622

The links below are old. All latest Roms come with overclocked burning kernels.
cm10:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38189883
cm10.1:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38336080
gpu oc
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38331698
cpu oc

2. Governors ~what are they?
As the name says they govern when the cpu should go to higher speed and when they should sleep
Performance governor always keep your phone at Max
Powersave keeps your cpu always at low

USB :
1. Flashed kernel 3 and USB doesn't work.?
Flash kernel 2 back.

2. I want to know how to fix USB +kernel 3?
Don't know

3. Can I have usb otg ?
No, not yet.

SCREEN AND POWER BUTTON and soft keys:

1.SCREEN turns on after turning off ?
A. Some apps are trying to make screen on. After screen turns on, go to settings immediately and open running applications, you may be able to find the culprit. It's probably the app, which is restarting. Some apps like lock any app screen etc. Logs could be helpful.
B. Some users reported it could be a hardware problem -look below for power button issues.
C. Some users reported it could be a script problem (rare )

2. My home screen button and /or search buttons doesn't work?
A. Did you do a dirty install of new Rom
Clear cache and dalvik and fix permissions and reboot
B. Copy com.Android.providers.settings /databases from your previous nandroid backups(use yaffs file manager /nandroid manager)and paste it in it's respective location now (paste it using file manager in recovery )
C. If that doesn't work, clean install again
Tech savvy? ~search for device provisioned 1 in cyanogen forums
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38633404

3. Power button doesn't work properly ?
A. If it's not a software problem(try the above solution first),then you broke it.
If you broke it, avoid using the power button anymore-use attached scripts indeed.
There are apps in market to simulate power keys.
Or
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38633404

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

Miscellaneous topics:
Subject to change without prior notification
Developers:

1. Who are the developers that make these roms?

1. Cute_prince
2.sakîndia123
3.derefas
4.lirokoa
5.liverpool fan
6.bhargz16
7.nihar.g
8.ngolralph
And many others. The above are the developers of the roms that I used and present in no order.

2. Why doesn't sakindia123 update the OP ?

You see.. He does nothing without reason. If he doesn't, then the last build present in op will be more /less equal to the latest build. There are other reasons ,which if I had to speak of them all, time wouldn't let me and I would have to deal with flaming members and mods and deleted posts and locked threads . Furthermore that question is well out of the scope of this thread. You are instructed not to ask this question any where.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

3. How can I contact these developers?
You can by studying Android development and codes, bccms,404s,tr2s and then talking to them. You'll have better luck talking with non recognized developers than the rds.
And try discussion threads .

4. Why doesn't a developer answer my question? (I'm being polite here)
Because the developer doesn't know the answer
w.r.f to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38095857
Or your question has already been answered. Try searching for your question at the least 10 pages back.
or your question is too silly to answer
Or your question is not seen ,because they don't have time .

5. Why do they do this ?
For passion of development, addicted, and for learning purposes.
So, that means they don't work for you. They don't help you. They do what they want.

6. I feel a emptiness around forum members. Was there a developer who worked here, yet left without goodbye?
Well not sure about goodbye, but yes his name is jaggyjags.
sakIndia123 came only late and his first work his cranium kernel, which he abandoned like it was nothing.. buried it along with jags. Cruel things did happen before you were here.

Go back to main ^|^

Members:

1. Why won't members answer my question?
Again, thanks to bhargz16
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38095857
Or question has already been answered over and over again. Try searching for your question and read at the least 10 pages back.
Or they don't want to help you
Or may be you aren't polite
Or they want thanks

2. Why do they want thanks?
You see.. you should hit thanks for them in order for them to reply

3. Why hit thanks?
Because they are thankaholics .
This addiction
Some call it want,
For some it's need
Some call it greed
And some call it hunger
And some childish foolishness
Never hit thanks, unless you mean it. Never sell yourself short. Mean it, then hit it.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32867800
My first thread closed by mods
:crying:
Having said that, please do be grateful for what you receive. Hitting thanks is like giving a eternal reputation mark on them rather than just saying it. Saying just makes a temporary mark. Get it.

4.what is spam?
Spam is going out of topic . It never should be done in dev threads unless thread is dead.
Some do the work of mods pretending to be mods.

5.who are mods?
They are moderators who have power to ban anyone at will (in short )
And they are losing patience
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37950595

6.Can I spam here?
Feel free to speak what you want..

7. If I feel something wrong is going on /flaming /threatening, who should I report to?
You can use the report system~that (!) mark over every post. Click it and your issue will be resolved within a hour(probably ).

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

[color="red"] [b]

0110…380“30…4010¨¨1WELCOME TO NAND/recovery BURNT ZONE 0110…380“30…4010¨¨1
0„30†2Moved by touch0160†640„30†3Inc.

0110…380“30…4010¨¨1DON'T FLASH AN RUU AT ANY STAGE 0110…380“30…4010¨¨1

0. What's burnt nand?
It's condition caused by overclocking(oc)[CPU oc ,to be specific. For gpu oc,go to the last part of this post question 10 ] resulting in bad blocks all over your system, data, cache and recovery.

Important: Use diskusage app to determine size. Don't go by phone's inbuilt settings
A case of burned /system partition in cm10 beta6 running overnight:

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A late case of burnt nand of /data :

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1 &2:Not applicable anymore. Peace!
3. No one has burnt thier nand*it's just some people think that thier nand is burnt * is this true?
Well, I'm sure, going through the forums and q &a ,I know that people have indeed burnt thier nands and some just by using the overclocked kernel without even overclocking.
Sources:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1847002&page=400
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2243719
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39985385
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39799173
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39439861
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39428922
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39402187
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38941663
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39216556
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38945489
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39197918
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39169697
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38657723
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40616272
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39331139
But below is a strong correlation with bad block proof between overclocking and burnt recovery. Yes it burns recovery too.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39196574
THE ABOVE LINKED POSTS ARE MOSTLY SOLVED BY ME OR SENIOR MEMBER S, BUT SOME HAVE LOST THEIR DEVICES. IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE ANSWER HERE, I SUGGEST YOU READ ALL THE LINKED POSTS-VARIOUS DIFFERENT METHODS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED.,WHICH ARE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN HERE. READ AND READ-YOU'LL FIND.
4. What are the symptoms of burnt nand?
Early symptoms:
You'll notice a strong drop in your free space in /data
Late symptoms:
/data free space is Nil /below 50%of what you saw before
Error in /cache /recovery/log.
Error in /cache/recovery/last log.Not readable.
No apps can be installed
Rom lags like hell
No Rom can be flashed /boots
Previous nandroids ,which are successfully restored before fails to restore now.
Really abrupt and fast restores with twrp
RUU cannot be done ~user data(mtd5) fail. System fail (mtd3)

5. How can I diagnose burnt nand early?
If you suspect burnt nand ,
1.Watch out for free space in /data and watch out for sharp reduction.
2.Download this app Disk Usage and watch out for increase in system data in /data
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39464989
3.Make a dmesg and look for these errors
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36834988
4.Definitive method is this :

shahrooz_ra said:
hello
is there any linux terminal command for check badblock on nand memory?

1.DOWNLOAD THE TERMINAL.ZIP ATTACHED BELOW
2.EXTRACT TERMINAL.ZIP INTO /SDCARD/lol [create a folder named lol[small letters ]in SDcard, if there already isn't one ]
3.Open terminal emulator on your phone
4.type or copy and paste this code and press enter

Code:

su
cp /sdcard/lol/runme.sh /r.sh
chmod 0755 /r.sh
/r.sh

5.if it doesn't work first time, paste twice.
6.If pasting twice doesn't work, type each code one by one -you'll surely get it. Come on-its just 4 lines -type it lazy!
And Now you'll see the number of bad blocks you've got.
You can also Flash the zip below[for which you have to go to recovery ]or execute the attached script badblocks.sh as root.
6. What are the parts affected by burning?
Proved to affect
/Data
/system
/cache
/recovery
Rest is unknown

7. Ok I managed to burn my nand

What are the recovery procedures available?
I SIMPLIFIED THINGS HERE BY MAKING A FLASHABLE FLASH_ERASE. ZIP[Code named FLASH_ERASEmadeflashablebyBANNED.zip ] it works with twrp2.5 to flash_erase needed partitions. However not tested fully. Problem? Post here.

Other long procedures:

Cute prince recovery procedure:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36868966
I think Cute prince missed this .Just add this at the end

Code:

./flash_erase -N /dev/mtd/mtd3 0 0

7.1 I GET FLASH ERASE NOT FOUND?
Flash the flash_erasemadeflashablebyBANNED.zip

Derefas recovery procedure:
derefas was the one who actually gave the idea of recovering nand
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36867557

Sachin Thomas recovery procedure
Developed lately *can be done on phone itself */if it didn't involve recovery /*
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38941897

Recovery recoveriNG procedure (bhargz16)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39198068

8. I can't find my answer here?
Go to official burnt nand discussion thread
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2183130
Or you can ask your questions here.

9.can I Flash any other kernel to prevent overclocking?
You can Flash garuda2.6
Link in latest links post page 1.
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38098567
Side effects:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39452607

10. Some more links:
Unknown recovery procedure
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36836090

MTD status report:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36837173

11. Cannot go to recovery /burnt recovery /unable to flash recovery?
Not sure of the exact command,but will work.
Use

Code:

fastboot boot recovery /sdcard/twrp5.img

or

Code:

fastboot boot recovery.img

or

Code:

fastboot boot  /sdcard/twrp5.img

You need twrp5.img or recovery.img present in /SDcard and renamed like that itself.
After booting into recovery, you can do everything you please. ~flash erase format and install new Rom and boot the device [do ruu here, if you haven't been able to enter hboot before]
After booting up the device, flash erase mtd1 through terminal emulator.and then flash a suitable small recovery. And then pledge here that you'll never overclock ever again.

12. GPU OC ?
gpu oc has been reverted along with CPU oc by sak for burnt nand. But may be added later. but not present in cm released on or two months before 9 may13.

12.1 is it safe?
I don't know. CPU oc did provide burnt nand and bad blocks. Gpu oc may also do some things, which may not be seen as of now. I've seen one case complaining that, after using Cyanogen and going back to stock - games started lagging, which did not lag, when he was in stock before. The reliability is doubtful. But not much people go back to stock either -so not much can be said.

12.2 do you recommend it?
"If any provider of any oc removes the "AS IS" tag and take responsibility,if something happens, then I'll probably may use that oc,otherwise count me out".

12.3 How to remove gpu oc ?
Its present in kernel. Flash another kernel. Or modify source and compile yourself.
Present at arch/arm/mach-msm/msm7x27a.c- kernel source.
Try here
Normal [bus, Gpu] is [0,133330000],[160000000,192000000],[200000000,245760000] I think.

13. Was there anyone unable to recover and lost thier device for ever?
AFAIK,
"The lost thier device for ever list RIP "
Ghostking
Hawk378
And May be many more

Legend *:
Attachment list:
***********************************************************VERY IMPORTANT : UNDER CLOCK BELOW 300MHZ ,IF YOU ARE USING ZIPS WHILE SYSTEM IS RUNNING.AFTER THE TESTS, YOU MAY OVER CLOCK AS YOU WISH. ********************************************************************************************
Provided "AS IS"
1- script to detect badblocks by banned.
2-flashable zip to detect badblocks by btfb0
3-Terminal method to detect bad blocks by banned .
4-flashable zip to detect bad blocks by banned.
5- Recovery procedure to delete bad blocks- Made flashable by BANNED.
All zips posted here has readme.txt files inside it-which are self explanatory to that particular zip.
*USE AT YOUR OWN RISK*

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

I have a question not answered here?
Post your question in the q&a section after making sure that your question hasn't already been asked.
Please use search button on the top right to make sure that your question hasn't already been asked. And it'll help you to find more answers.
Follow detailed instructions here
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33608527
And post with logcat increases your chances of resolving the problem

ADB

What is logcat and ADB?
Special thanks to akshat.shenoy
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37805872
He'll explain things better

Basics of ADB:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9936674

Partition and wipe SD ext with ADB:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38706881

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

reserved

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

MINI Tips and tricks:▶?

1.How can I apply cm9/10 themes?
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35530897
Download the zip from here, read instructions there and flash it in recovery
Now you can use any HDPI themes on your Pico
Thanks ngoloralph

2. How do I change fonts?
Download Rom toolbox lite and go to font installer;
A. If you're on stock, the rest is automatic
B.if you're on cyanogen 9/10/11,if you change the droid sans /others as recommended by app, you'll end up in boot loop (possibly because of symlinking of robot sans & droid sans )
In such a case go to preferences and click to overwrite only roboto regular font and everything will be fine.
Take a look

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3. How do I add a new language support to my device?
Note: no new language gui can be added by this method. This only adds support. Instead of seeing boxes, you may see your language. If you want full language support, you can go to this abandoned thread.?? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40890599 ??
Language support can simply be added by adding a Android supported language font file in /system /fonts and give it permissions rw r. r.(font files can be found all over xda )
Step 2. Open system /etc /fallbackfonts.xml...
There should be a lot of font file names there.. just delete a font name that you don't want and add your font file name (the name of the file which you put in /system /fonts)
In there.
Practice makes perfect.
This method however doesn't work /only partly works for complex languages /script like Hindi Arabic etc.

DID YOU KNOW?

1. Long pressing reboot button (in the menu after pressing power key) will get you into safe mode

2. Long pressing power keys and volume keys + and- for more than 30 seconds will reboot your device (tk to hrkh83)

3. Repeatedly pressing certain options(like Android version) in the about menu in settings(on cyanogen ) will take you into different settings (tk liverpoolfan)

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BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Battery drain

BATTERY DRAIN
Of course, we're gonna talk about drain.
Before we start, I want to disprove some prevalent concepts

1. Battery calibration
It is supposed to increase Battery capacity and increase Battery life and it makes your phone to show the correct Battery on the notification bar.
FALSE
It doesn't do any of those. Calibration is just deleting Batterystats.bin file. That file holds info about how many seconds each apps were running for.typically it's blameometer. It shows the information you see in the battery chart in your settings. Nothing more.
Source: article

2. Cycling your battery life from 0 to 100 and 100 to 0 will typically increase Battery life. Further more you should make sure it comes to zero by turning on the phone,every time it got switched off on it's own.
FALSE AGAIN
Nothing could destroy your Li-On Battery than extreme low voltage. You can be sure that this will destroy your battery life more than anything. During storage it's recommended to keep the battery in cool place with 40%Battery.
So, don't use any battery draining app from market.

Ok, since we took out the false foundation, it's time to put some true working tips to save your battery during usage and it's overall life

1. It's recommended to charge as often as possible ~every time you get a socket. Though not to keep @100 all the time. Overcharging theoretically may damage your battery, but your phone comes with various safety mechanisms to prevent charging after that.
2. Limit the number of apps. Definitely would produce good Battery.
3. Limit the number of apps, that run in background all the time.
Typical example would be facebook.
PERFORMANCE:
4.Disable autostarts for all apps, that you don't use much~using autostart manager.
Disabling autostarts for the clock app will make you get up late. Use common sense.
This alone should drastically improve your performance
5.Use lightweight launchers ~Nova.
Go (any go products) is not advisable
6.Post ICS, Disable media scanner receiver.
You can use elixir app to disable media scanner receiver. This will scan your SDcard over and over again resulting in Battery drain,which is significant, if you use a bigger SD. Use media scanner root to enable and disable.
As far as the usual ones,
7. Disable autobrightness
8. Keep screen @ minimum brightness
9. Disable autorotation
10. Disable location services.
GAPPS:
11. Disable GSF (google services framework ) receivers ~the ones with gtalk on it.
12. Disable auto sync
You can use timedo /timer Android to turn on sync twice /thrice daily.
13. Reduce number of accounts. Better to keep single than three accounts.
14. Good internet connection. Amount of energy taken to re connect is supposed to be far more than amount needed to keep a connection.
15. Undervolt/with underclock

RECOMMENDED APPS:

1.BETTER BATTERY STATS ~free for xda.
2. Onepower guard
I haven't found satisfying results with this app, but still try it out
3.greenIFY
I haven't used this @ all.
4. Any app, that is used to reduce /increase heartbeat sent to google servers.

Well, that's all I've learnt as of now.

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

Recommended apps section (only free)
Top apps
0. Superuser by koush (Clockworkmod)
1. Titanium backup
2. Efficient backup
3. Floating logcat ~logcat extreme
4. Catlog
5. Aroma file manager (recovery use only)
6 .Es file explorer
6.1 es file explorer v2
7. Yaffs file manager
8. App extractor
8.1 nandroid manager
9. Loaderdroid
10. Xda app
11. Elixir (much useful to disable app components than it's actual use)
12. Android pro widgets(similar to HTC friendstream)
13. Nova launcher
14. Timedo
15. Live logcat lite
16. Rom toolbox lite
17. Screen stand by root(turn off screen without making phone to sleep)
18. Disk Usage

Launcher:
1. Nova
2. Apex

Downloaders:
Loaderdroid

Multimedia players:

Video
mx
bs
qq

Audio
Ttpod

Equalizers
NOOZOXIDE REWIRE PRO
Walkman sound enhancements
Awesome beats
Cyanogen Dsp(better than stock )
Equalizer from market.

Cam/corDer /video recorder:

Camera:
Camera 360
ucam
spycam

Video recorder
ucam
Zoom camera
Camera magix

Browsers:
Fast and server based
Uc browser mini
Opera mini
Opera mobile
uc browser
Puffin browser

Full fledged browsers
Firefox
Dolphin
Google chrome beta
Chrome

KEYBOARDS ?
Touchpal keyboard
mĺ has internet permisn wid emoji

Office apps:
Kingsoft office(better than paid apps)

Zip extractors:
Zarchiver(ant-one)

Screen off(w/wake lock):
Screen stand-by

File managers:
ES explorer
Fx file explorer

Call recorders:
No known call recorders are working.

Stocks:
Personal finance

Superuser:
Superuser by koush ~open source&free
Super su ~made pro free after the release of prior~closed source ~

⇧Go back to main ♠

THE END.
© All rights reserved 2013?

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Autoramdisk exchange alpha

MINI ADVANCED SECTION:
KERNEL RAMDISK exchange on Android itself:wip
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™
『Moved by touch™』Inc.
In association with
Google Nose beta™
Presents
AUTORAMDISK™ EXCHANGE PROJECT alpha™

Current version: 0.0.0.0.071 Alpha
Created with Es explorer 1.6
Created on HTC explorer Pico a310e
Update:
I have got it to work and complete
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40035607
Old post: too lazy to delete

Present condition:
Hi. I cannot get it to work on HTC Pico yet .It may work on other phones. If someone can, please feel free to complete it provided you give proper credits And you do not make money out of this.
What's this?
It's a procedure (wip) to Flash any kernel without the need to change ramdisk.
As new kernel gets released, you don't need to change ramdisk to suit your Rom.
Automated procedure:
Open any kernel.zip with any zip extractor on your phone
Copy the script below and paste it in updater-script present in meta~inf/com/google/Android
(delete any other things written there. )

Code:

package_extract_dir("bin","/tmp");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/busybox");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/unpack-bootimg");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/mkbootimg");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/tmp/dump_image");
run_program("/sbin/dump_image","boot","/tmp/oldboot.img");
run_program("/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "-i","/tmp/oldboot.img","-o","/tmp");
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "mkdir","/tmp/boot");
run_program("/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "-i","/tmp/boot.img","-o","/tmp/boot");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "rm","-r","/tmp/kernel");
run_program("/tmp/busybox", "mv","/tmp/boot/kernel","/tmp/kernel");
run_program("/tmp/mkbootimg", "--ramdisk","/tmp/ramdisk.cpio.gz","--kernel","/tmp/kernel","-o","/tmp/newboot.img");
write_raw_image("/tmp/newboot.img", "boot");
delete_recursive("/tmp/newboot.img", "/tmp/boot", "/tmp/oldboot.img", "/tmp/kernel", "/tmp/ramdisk.cpio.gz","/tmp/boot.img", "/tmp/busybox", "/tmp/unpack-bootimg", "/tmp/mkbootimg");
mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

Download zip files from the source link below
Extract it and copy the bin folder from there to your kernel folder directly.
There should be 3 folders in your kernel folder ~bin folder, meta inf folder, system folder and boot.img
Now compress it and Flash
Note that this is only applicable to change ramdisk. If the boot. Img needs more work than that, it won't work. Essentially, it won't work on sense4 compiled kernels and vice versa

Manual terminal emulator method:
Alright guys, one last tutorial from me making my last mark here .This tutorial is not tested fully and probably never will be due to lack of time. And it will work for sure ~but May have syntax errors.
Credits:
1.trevd for arm executable binaries.
2.Xda university.
Requirements:
1.Any Android 2.3+ rooted
2.Android terminal emulator
3.arm executable unpack-bootimg binary and mkbootimg binaries (find it below )

History:

Procedure:
1.Download the zip given in source below
2.Unpack it
3.Find these two binaries in /system/bin
Unpack-bootimg and mkbootimg
4.Copy them to /system/bin and give them full execute permissions in es explorer and read/write permission for user.
5.For easy remembrance,say, b1.img is your original boot image for your Rom(and Android,say cm10 ) and b2.img is the new kernel released for cm10.1
6.You want to change the ramdisk ofb2 cm10.1 to cm10 ,so that you can Flash the new kernelb2 for your cm10
7.Create new folder in SDcard named boot and put both b1.img and b2.img there
8.Open terminal.
9.type the following code one by one

Code:

su
cd /sdcard/boot
mkdir /sdcard/boot/b1
mkdir /sdcard/boot/b2
unpack-bootimg -i /sdcard/boot/b1.img -o /sdcard/boot/b1
unpack-bootimg -i /sdcard/boot/b2.img -o /sdcard/boot/b2
rm /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz
mv /sdcard/boot/b1/ramdisk.cpio.gz /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz
mkbootimg --kernel /sdcard/boot/b2/kernel.img --ramdisk /sdcard/boot/b2/ramdisk.cpio.gz --base 12C00000 -o /sdcard/b2new.img
rm -r /sdcard/boot

Note: the last rm command will delete all your old kernels ~don't execute it, if you don't want to have it deleted.
10.Now you have new kernel boot image with your ramdisk in /sdcard/b2new.img
11.Put it back in the zip with it's modules and
12. Flash
13.Hoping it'll work.
14.That's the end.
Source and binaries here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36931024
For dream and Sapphire models, you can use the binaries created by koush ~ which is found in his github ~any kernel project.

I'll probably be leaving soon
Kind of feel like working for xda. I guess sak and others would probably feel like it later. It's been great while it lasted. So this is probably my last project. If I did have some extra hardware during this period, things May have been different. It's good, while it lasted.
"The fantasy of a dream is that, it's still a dream, when it becomes reality, then it's no more a dream and the fantasy is lost. "
「Good bye xda」

So long:angel:

BleedingIris · Feb 17, 2013

Re: [faq][newbies only][mini edition]

one more
The Infamous BUILD.PROP Tweaks :
http://www.jeffmixon.com/examining-build-prop-tweaks-for-android-ics-a-comprehensive-guide-part-1/
from
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-4-roms/234899-examining-build-prop-tweaks.html
Guess that'll end this hoax for good.
One thing that was useful for me was this
http://www.modaco.com/topic/347274-guide-making-cm-utilise-both-cache-and-data-for-dalvik-cache/

🔥 READ ME FIRST [FAQ][HTC][PICO/EXPLORER][a310e]🔥

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