[WIP][CM7][UNOFFICIAL][MTD][SGH-T959V] 2.3.7 7.2.0-rc1 [04/21/2012]

• TeamAcid - For helping with early bml stuff!
• m4xm4n - For rild many other helpful fixes! (now a part of TeamAcid)
• hamsterblade - For incoming ringtone fix
• EpicCM - The boards on our phones are both different then aries, so it was helpful to understand your device repo layout.
• windxixi - For some of the fixes in his device tree for sk4g. Our phones are somewhat similar and somewhat different.
• Krylon360 - For the original device repo and help along the way.
• drhonk - Tiny Preempt RCU.
• noobnl and Kaik541 on #cmsgs for helping me out, even if they couldn't answer my questions. Helpful to bounce problems off others.
• People in #teamnerd for the support
• Those that donated so I can have coffee and beer!

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
* before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
* This mod is only for the Samsung Galaxy S 4G (SGH-T959V) or VibrantPlus.
* This mod will not work on Vibrant or any other phone that is not the SGS4G.
*/

• MTD and YAFFS2.
• reset-v0.4.1-mtd kernel. (newly reverted to stock and updated manually... see here)
• Tiny Preempt RCU in the kernel for lower memory allocation overhead.
• CWM 5.0.2.8 (stock).
• 2d and 3d Graphics. Seems smooth.
• Brightness control - thanks m4xm4n!
• USB Storage in recovery works... in android it is broken.
• Modem/RIL works. Get GSM/3g/4g! - I have some issues with rild. Mine seems to stay in "GSM" more then "HSPA"...
• SMS works (when rild works)
• Wifi now works! - Seems pretty stable for me.
• BLN! (Use the pro app!)
• Ringtones work!

• Bluetooth does not work.
• GPS does not work.
• Rebooting to recovery or download mode is broken. If you know how to fix it, pm me!
• hampsterblade has noticed some issues with call volume handling.
• Again... USB storage in android is broken. Someone told me that it was upstream, but I can't find a bug on it in gerrit. So it must be a local problem.
• If you find more issues, please check with CM7 gerrit before you think it's a problem with something I've done.

1. INSTALL THE LATEST VERSION OF HEIMDALL
2. Reboot to download mode.
3. Heimdall my sms-kj6-v0.1.x with CWM 5.0.2.7.
   
   Code:

   bryan@bh-t410:~$ heimdall flash --kernel zImage

4. Reboot to recovery.
5. Do a full Nandroid backup!
6. Go to 'mounts and storage'
7. format /cache, /data, and /system
8. Backup the /efs partition to the sdcard using 'adb shell' (you may or may not have to 'mkdir /efs' and 'mkdir /sdcard')
   
   Code:

   bryan@bh-t410:~$ adb shell
   * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
   * daemon started successfully *
   # mount -t vfat /dev/block/stl3 /efs
   # mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
   # cd /efs
   # tar cf /sdcard/efs-backup.tar *
   # md5sum /sdcard/efs-backup.tar > /sdcard/efs-backup.tar.md5

9. Copy the efs-backup.tar.gz and efs-backup.tar.gz.md5 to your computer!
10. Advanced -> reboot to download mode
11. Heimdall the boot.img from the out directory to the kernel partition.
    
    Code:

    bryan@bh-t410:~$ heimdall flash --kernel boot.img

12. Boot to recovery (hold vol+ and vol-. Hold power until you see the Galaxy S screen. Then let go of power but keep holding vol+&vol- till you see recovery.)
13. Use 'adb shell' to restore the /efs partition (again, you may or may not have to 'mkdir /efs' and/or 'mkdir /sdcard')
    
    Code:

    bryan@bh-t410:~$ adb shell
    erase_image efs
    mount /efs
    mount /sdcard
    cd /efs
    md5sum -c /sdcard/efs-backup.tar.md5 && tar xf /sdcard/efs-backup.tar

    Note: This does not erase the old bml efs partition. So when you go back to bml, you will be using the efs partition that you backed up from. The mtd partition you restored to will then be gone.
14. Go to 'mounts and storage'
15. 'mount USB storage', mount the device on your computer, copy over update.zip in the out directory, type 'sync' if you're on linux or mac (sync the filesystem buffers to disk) and unmount the storage on the computer. Then unmount the sdcard on the phone.
16. format /boot, /cache, /data, and /system
17. Go to the main menu: 'wipe data/factory reset'
18. 'install zip from sdcard' install update.zip
19. Optionally install the Google Apps (located at the bottom of the page).
20. Reboot

1. boot to recovery
2. copy the zip to your sdcard
3. install the new zip from sdcard
4. advanced -> fix permissions
5. Reboot

thomas.raines said:

With the efs issue, will this erase the current efs if someone were to flash it for testing purposes? And would one be able to restore their efs with a cwm backup?

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Gary S. said:

First of all, thank you very much for your work.

Also, I look through commits at GitHub sometimes, and while I'm no good in kernel programming, I guess this change in cyanogen_galaxys4gmtd_defconfig:

Code:

-CONFIG_TUN=m
+CONFIG_TUN=y

...means the TUN module is enabled by default. This is great for those who use a VPN, thank you once more for that.

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