[WALKTHROUGHS 3/9/11] Rooting, Clockwork, Voodoo, Froyo and Custom ROMs, Battery, etc

[DeezNotes]

I have a question about the puzzle, power and battery mod. Can anyone explain exactly what is changed?

Thanks!

The battery icon in the notification bar now shows the percentage. The image is slightly different as well - I like it. When holding the power button, you now get more options. With this mod, the puzzle lock is used. There is a similar mod which will change the lock screen to the stock android slider.

The update modifies a few files in the /system directory. If you really want to know which files, unzip the .zip file and look in the /system folder path within the zip.

 

[NKT]

The battery icon in the notification bar now shows the percentage. The image is slightly different as well - I like it. When holding the power button, you now get more options. With this mod, the puzzle lock is used. There is a similar mod which will change the lock screen to the stock android slider.

The update modifies a few files in the /system directory. If you really want to know which files, unzip the .zip file and look in the /system folder path within the zip.

Excellent, thank you! Flashing now.

Great thread OP.

 

[jt1134]

Please remove the link to the voodoo kernel. It was only shared in irc for a reason, and may still have unknown issues. When it is clearly ready, it will go into its own thread here.

Also please credit original authors in your posts. Kinda lame to kang for a howto thread :/

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[Domush]

Once I'm back at my PC I'll remove the voodoo kernel link and mark it as a future addition.

As for credit, I linked to the threads I found and the authors I knew were the authors (eg: I have no idea where the battery mods came from). Some people are pissy no matter what you do. This is a HELP thread, for crying out loud. One of which I wrote until 4am. How about letting a dude get some sleep before you haul out the pitchforks and torches?

UPDATE: I removed the link to VooDoo, instead pointing them to the IRC channel. Sorry for jumping the gun on releasing it.

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[jt1134]

Once I'm back at my PC I'll remove the voodoo kernel link and mark it as a future addition.

As for credit, I linked to the threads I found and the authors I knew were the authors (eg: I have no idea where the battery mods came from). Some people are pissy no matter what you do. This is a HELP thread, for crying out loud.

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Sigh. Its a barely tested hack, that can easily soft brick if not used correctly, there is no thread to point back to for information, because it hasn't even been released yet.

That has no place in a newbie help thread.

Pissy? How many noobs do you feel like hearing whine because they broke their phone? When the hack comes with noob instructions, no background information and no author listed, who do you think gets blamed?

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[justinc101011]

Why does it say to unzip the ROM .zip? I never unzipped them to flash them before

 

[Domush]

Why does it say to unzip the ROM .zip? I never unzipped them to flash them before

Good eye. I'll edit that to read "Do not unzip".

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[justinc101011]

Good eye. I'll edit that to read "Do not unzip".

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It also says to unzip the modem

 

[J Shed]

Sigh. Its a barely tested hack, that can easily soft brick if not used correctly, there is no thread to point back to for information, because it hasn't even been released yet.

That has no place in a newbie help thread.

Pissy? How many noobs do you feel like hearing whine because they broke their phone? When the hack comes with noob instructions, no background information and no author listed, who do you think gets blamed?

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Glad I passed on that one. I'm patiently waiting for BLN + Voodoo/Voodoo sound... I forgot how crappy the stock sound configuration is on this thing.

 

[exzacklyright]

TMI

odin modem, odin cwm, put update.zip/busybox/superuser on sdcard, flash rom = done

 

[AuroEdge]

Does the Voodoo kernel support BLN?

 

[Daswolven]

Good Job. Many will find this thread very useful, myself included.

Many, Many more will ignore your disclaimers and brick, spawning innumerable "How do I fix this" posts and threads.

 

[Domush]

Good Job. Many will find this thread very useful, myself included.

Many, Many more will ignore your disclaimers and brick, spawning innumerable "How do I fix this" posts and threads.

Thanks. I made this in the hopes people will at least have a fighting chance for things to go right. Plenty of people are skipping steps or flashing wrong versions simply out of lack of information. Some will brick no matter how much hand holding they have; It's the Darwin of things.

 

[Daswolven]

Thanks. I made this in the hopes people will at least have a fighting chance for things to go right. Plenty of people are skipping steps or flashing wrong versions simply out of lack of information. Some will brick no matter how much hand holding they have; It's the Darwin of things.

Lol. Very true. You should have one post with a link to a kernel for the Vibrant titled "Dont Flash This".

 

[DeezNotes]

UPDATE: I removed the link to VooDoo, instead pointing them to the IRC channel. Sorry for jumping the gun on releasing it.

I'm glad I got it when I did. The Voodoo kernel I got from IRC didn't even have a Voodoo compatible CWM recovery.

 

[stayin100]

I grabbed the Voodoo kernel and flashed it, not knowing it was a leak.. Seems to be running great quadrant scores in the 1600's, not that that matters. Um, what should I not do with this thing? I haven't messed with any settings in the clockwork recovery yet.

 

[wideopn11]

Thanks. I made this in the hopes people will at least have a fighting chance for things to go right. Plenty of people are skipping steps or flashing wrong versions simply out of lack of information. Some will brick no matter how much hand holding they have; It's the Darwin of things.

Love the Darwin reference, and thanks for the how-to. Too many people getting ID 10 T errors on their phones.

 

[DarthCivicus]

Awesome froyo, with voodoo....the circle is now complete!

Posted from Super Clean, DL09 Fascinate with Voodoo 5 kernel.

 

[draco259]

Ok so I installed eb01 and superclean 2.0 and my phone is telling me I have no network coverage. Interesting thing is that when I did the wipe after I installed eb01 it didnt bring me to the setup wiz. Does that mean something didnt wipe correctly and thats why I have no network?

 

[john122675]

Thanks for the post all worked good for me and running the voodoo kernel with no issues as of yet. Nice work so far jt and i totally understand your concernes nothing worse then trying to get work done while having to hear about crying done by people using something they should have never had in the first place i am familiar with fixing this phone having soft-bricked it oh say 293 times and counting.. lol going to head over to irc and keep up with the kernel and maybe offer some testing. thanks to all the hard working devs you guys are so fast every time i reboot my computer i am way behind y'all must never sleep... awesome work as always..