After screwing up previous phone and now correctly pulling off the Hero imaging I'm almost giddy about running this on my phone - except no bluetooth is the back breaker which'll have me go back to a ROM that supports it.
Thus me considering going towards CyanogenMod - I'm guessing I'll have to wipe of course, anything else? How will the whole apps2sd thing work - will it notice the apps that's in there and relink or what? And lastly the radio & SPL is good with it right? So in essence this'll be just a wipe & update.zip process or will things be alittle more complicated like formatting one of my 3 partitions on SD card?
Thanks!
Just to make sure you don't have any issues you should reformat your card into the partitions, wipe, and flash. As long as you have your partitions set up then apps2sd will be automatic.
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Ok Guys.
I created this thread cause in the JACHero thread on at least every page everyone asks how to install it, what am I doing wrong, and why is it broken.
So let me give you step by steps of what exactly I have done for me and others to run Hero with out a problem. I will also create a thread with step by step on how to use Ubuntu Linux Live distro to partition your card.
Things you will need to make this work.
Your Brain
G1 Phone
SD Card reader
And the files I included in this thread.
My phone right now is running.
JACHero 2.3
NEW SPL
cyanogens recovery 1.2
8gb class 6sd with Swapper(Swap file on ext2 sd)
setCPU slightly overclock.
Results.
Ever since I did my new Buttons, and the SPL I included in this write up, I have not had one problem flashing any hero rom at all on my phone, nor did I ever have problem actually running hero roms.
So here goes.
First before you partition your card or do anything make sure your card is at least portioned to fat32, don't worry about any other partitions yet.
OK once you do that go ahead and take the radio zip file I am including in this thread and flash it on your phone.
But first make sure you don't already have new radio installed which is 2.22.19.26I THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. To check what radio you have, power off your phone, and power it on while holding the camera button.
If you do have new radio you can continue on to flashing the new SPL.
Flashing your SPL. (PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE NEW BUTTONS INSTALLED)
Ok this is where it might get a little tricky, and you might require a SD card reader I know I did and frankly I think this is the best way to do it and I recommend every time you do put a new update on your sd card to update your phone do it through a card reader.
Now after you flash your SPL you might or I should say more then likely will get stuck at the T-Mobile G1 screen, this also might happen after new radio flash in the previous step. If this is the case do not freak out it's normal and your phone is not bricked, but this is why having a sd card reader is important.
Ok so Here is what you do after you have flashed new Radio and SPL(Note:The steps on running Linux live distro and using it to partition your card is coming up). Boot up Live distro of Ubuntu, when its done booting, go ahead and go into the partitioning program while your sd card is hooked up in the computer.
Go ahead and set up two partitions at this time. One EXT3, and of course the other one Fat32. Your ext3 partition doesn't have to be all that big. I actually have mine set up to 512.
Once you are done creating partitions, go ahead and put the latest JACHero on the FAT32 portion and flash away (don't forget to rename to update.zip).
At this point if you follow all of these steps there is no way possible that your phone should not boot right into the system to run the initial setup.
These steps pretty much walk you through steps as if you were starting with a phone that has completly nothing on it.
Also the first boot up after flashing the new ROM, might take a few mins at the HTC screen.
Once your phone loads up and you go through the setup process go ahead and run swapper, it should be an APP that's already pre-installed.
Once you run swapper go into the setting and change the location of your swap file from /sdcard/swapfile.swp to /system/sd/swap.swp
Here is the reason why. The default location is your FAT32 partition. If you all of a sudden mount your phone to the computer with the swap file running on FAT32 you will corrupt your sd card, and then you will have to wipe and reinstall everything.
If you set the location of your swap file on /system/sd/ that's actually your ext2/3 partition and never gets mounted and you never have to turn swapper off.
Well I hope this helps some of you out. I will be writing the walk through on loading up live distro of Linux and partitioning your card sometime today.
I have used this method on a couple different phones and it has worked each time. Also I really recommend installing cyanogens recovery 1.2, as its an excellent way of making a back up of your phone and doing future flashing.
If there is anything anyone thinks that could be done better feel free to post in here.
Remember different people have different ways. I have posted this way cause it has worked for me on my phone and two other phones I setup, and each time there was no hicups.
FILES:
Radio 2_22_19_26I
NEW SPL
CM-Recovery-1.2
Ubuntu Linux Download
DISCLAIMER:
I am not responsible for anything that you might have done to your phone by following these directions. Like I mentioned before so far every time I have used this method, I have had nothing but success.
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XDA Users, KEEP THIS THREAD ON TOPIC OR IT TOO WILL GOTO THE TRASH!!!
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Hey everyone,
I was trying to follow the guide posted after the OP (quoted above), and had a few questions that didn't seem all that clear to me. I've searched all of last night looking for answers.
-What does he mean by "PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE NEW BUTTONS INSTALLED", and how do I install them if I must?
-The cyanogen recovery image, is that installed just as any other rom, via update.zip, ALT+S, etc.?
-Lastly, is it really that much better if I get a Class 6 card? I currently have a regular microSD, but am willing to stick with it if the build runs fine, any other reports on this?
I'm currently at a very basic build, JFv1.51 with no other mods. Thanks in advance!
Buttons in the post refers to the Radio. Yes the CM recovery image is installed just like a ROM, alt+s. Yes it is worth it to get a class 6 sd card. I myself don't have one but I know it's worth it. Got to newegg I think you can get one there for under 20$ Hope i helped you!
I updated to the 4.1.99
and it is running veryyyyyy slow... even after I upgraded to extension 3.
What can I do to speed it up? (I have already closed all running applications)
or will upgrading to 4.1.999 make it faster?
Help.. really, I feel like I have an 80 year old phone
that is the reason 4.1.999 was released, to fix bugs in 4.1.99. yes, it will be faster, also if you don't have a linux-swap partition, i recommend getting one.
Linux-swap makes just about everything faster.
Uhhmmmm I have linux swap, on my SD and CM 1.4.999 (3 nines) ROM ran so slow that I almost chucked my pone at the wall before NANDroiding. So does anyone have reports of there CM Rom being majorly increased inspeed after upgrading to 1.4.9999 (4 nines)?
999 ran great, and 9999 runs really good. did you ever wipe your rom and run a fix_permissions to clear everything up
I had that problem with 4.1.99 and 4.1.999 till i wiped/factory reset a few times for OCD satisfaction and reformatted (not just wiped) my sdcard. If you aren't super computer savvy, amon_RA's newest recovery image will give you a one click option for formatting and partitioning sd card without knowing or inputing script.
Ya I wiped but I never ran fix_permissions, ill try it.
it took me awhile to get 99999 working i lost root, so i have to start from scratch.
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it took me awhile to get 99999 working i lost root, so i have to start from scratch.
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wow 5 nines, what are you doing giving cy a little side funny biz
No funny business thats what i thought it was called
Wipe, wipe, wipe.
Run Swapper with the recommended settings.
Get a class 6 SD.
?????
Profit.
oh, and format your ext2 using Ra's recovery image every flash.
I'm using RAv1.2.0G and can format the ext2 w/o deleting data from my
FAT partition. It's nice and fixes most probs going from ROM to ROM.
Well usually I'm pretty well rounded out of getting myself out of holes I dig but this time, not so much.
I've been chilling on a 1.5 soullife build and I don't really care about Android 1.6 but I really liked the whole Tool Android Screencast and so I went ahead and attempted to flash 1.6
Failure at line 42, I figure I need a different spl so whatever I am constructive and wipe some extensions and such, same problem.
Alright whatever Nandroid back to my backup I made two seconds ago, boots up fine, problem loading widget. And all my apps are scripts and not working/found.
I've seen this before so ok, recovery fix permissions, fix everything whatever.
Doing this brough me back from only 7MB of internal space to 26
The only real kicker is I don't have a partition now I believe, but in my market downloads says all my apps are installed but none are in the app drawer, can't be found in manage applications, etc etc etc.
I'm in a real mess right now and I don't really know what to do, I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling some apps but I get an error over not having sufficient space.
It's getting late and I'm grumpy, hopefully I'll have some good replied and help when I check in the morning, thanks to everyone is anyone can help me out and goodnight.
Everything on my sd card got deleted too, this is absolutely terrible, especially because I was aiming to backup my sdcard yesterday and didn't. ahah ****!!!
What SPL were you on? Did you try downloading the update again? Which 1.6 ROM was it?
If you have Amon RA's recovery you could wipe, format your entire card and try installing a 1.6 ROM again.
You need to completely repartition your SD card.
I would like to do a wipe and do a fresh install of cyans latest and greatest. I've considered re-partitioning my SD card.
I am not sure I need to, but was curious if 750/500/32 is still the best way to be.
Also, I did a Nandroid + Ext backup.... isn't this stored on the SD? If I wipe everything, wouldn't this backup be lost? I have never restored a backup and this "+ Ext" is new.... if I restore it, am I basically just restoring everything I wiped.... not sure I see the point of wiping then.
O, by re-partitioning my card, am I shortening its life?
Do you guys use Cyans save home to memory?
Do you guys still have compcache enabled?
Really lost... want to do housekeeping and keep my phone in tiptop shape. Any help is appreciated.
You don't need to wipe Fat32 just your EXT and Dalvik-cache. If you really want to reformat the whole SD card then back up you FAT32 which is the heart of your sd card to your PC. You'll be ok re-partitioning your sd your not going to kill it, but over time you might then you'll just have to dish out another 15 20 bucks for a new 8gig class 6 card.
Do you guys use Cyans save home to memory? I do now on 4.2.8.1 because all my apps kept vanishing from my desktop.
Do you guys still have compcache enabled? Ive always done this it makes the phone run faster
sorry I took so long to get back to you, anyone else got any help tips or something?
Im thinking about rerooting my g1 from scratch but wad wondering once thats done if I transfer my ext backup from bart and to a restore that all my ext info would be there.....I'm trying to avoid downloading all my apps again
I've never done this, but I'd say, most likely, yes. You don't even have to go through the trouble with BART, really. Just backup everything from your ext partition to a computer or something, and re-root. You probably won't even have to restore--if you're using a stable build like cyanogen, and you don't wipe your ext, it should still all be there the first time you boot to cyanogen and tap the green Android to begin setup.
I would still do a backup first, though, in case you have fc's and have to wipe ext. If that's the case, then after setup and all, just drop the files you backed up back onto your ext partition, reboot, and voila, your apps are back. Oh, how I love A2SD!
Or you can BART. Especially if you're on Windows, which doesn't recognize ext. Whatever floats your boat, though.