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Is it possible to switch from CyanogenMOD 4.0.4 to a JACxHeroROM without a computer because my laptop isnt working and I can't download the ROM's.

G1BRICKED said:
Is it possible to switch from CyanogenMOD 4.0.4 to a JACxHeroROM without a computer because my laptop isnt working and I can't download the ROM's.
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Download Linda File manager (which allows you to download any file) and download which ever ROM you want. (For hero roms make sure you have the lastest Radio & SPL) Then copy and paste that rom to the root of your SD card and then boot into recovery and flash away!

nolimit78 said:
Download Linda File manager (which allows you to download any file) and download which ever ROM you want. (For hero roms make sure you have the lastest Radio & SPL) Then copy and paste that rom to the root of your SD card and then boot into recovery and flash away!
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I got Linda File Manager and I'm about to download the ROM. How do I get it on to the SDCard? And I have another file named Update, do I delete that one?

G1BRICKED said:
I got Linda File Manager and I'm about to download the ROM. How do I get it on to the SDCard? And I have another file named Update, do I delete that one?
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When you download the rom it automatically goes to /sdcard/download
Yeah if you're not using Cyan1.4 recovery. Cyan1.4 can update from any zip.

nolimit78 said:
When you download the rom it automatically goes to /sdcard/download
Yeah if you're not using Cyan1.4 recovery. Cyan1.4 can update from any zip.
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Oh well I'm on Cyanogen Recovery Image 1.3.1 so what do I name it to? And also, what's the difference between JACxHero and JACHeroSki and JACHeroSkiLite and everything? Its confusing! And I'm thinking about getting the MiniHeroROM, do I just download the file to the SDCard and Wipe and Flash and that's all or do I have to type stuff into the Console?

Might want to make sure you have your sdcard partitioned for Hero.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
I havent used any Hero builds, and I doubt I will. A bird told me that Flash 10 is coming next month to android.
All of the commands should be in the above link.
I would go the CM 1.4 Recovery, so everything in the future is easier to update with the "Any Zip" feature. Just helps to make sure your updating the right file. great for themes etc... no more hassles with renaming stuff.
Astro you can select a file>edit>move then use the up arrow to go back to the root of your sdcard, then menu>edit>paste ... something like that.
Hope this helps.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
This link will help answer all of your questions.

i flash this way about 90% make sure u do back up before u flash. case u get get stuck in loop pretty easy flashing to hero. and if don't have radio and spl it maks things harder but u can partition easily from the phone search and u will find it.

nolimit78 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
This link will help answer all of your questions.
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Ha! Beat you to the punch lol jk
If you want you can check out the MicroHero build. One of the builds doesnt require the SPL update, just a partitioned sdcard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561179
From what I read they are pretty fast roms. Theres also the Tiny builds, idk the requirements for those yet.

Android help request..:)

Hi everyone.
Just migrated over to andriod from the windows mobile forums, and I have a new white simfree hero with the new firmware 2.73.405.5.146733 just flashed.
1-Is it possible to instal my apps to the sd card, instead of the default phone memory? (what app, and how to for a android novice, I guess I am not rooted?)
2-Is there anyway to use the barcode scanner without logging in google services to download stuff?
Thanks in advance, I just wish I had migrated from windows mobile ages ago, as the hero and android operating system rocks...

gadjet said:
Hi everyone.
Just migrated over to andriod from the windows mobile forums, and I have a new white simfree hero with the new firmware 2.73.405.5.146733 just flashed.
1-Is it possible to instal my apps to the sd card, instead of the default phone memory? (what app, and how to for a android novice, I guess I am not rooted?)
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it is possible, called a2sd or apps2sd, and is default in some custom roms, e.g. modaco. check out the dev section of the forum.
gadjet said:
2-Is there anyway to use the barcode scanner without logging in google services to download stuff?
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do you need to install it or use? afaik it is independent from google when using, it just uses the google websearch for found products.
gadjet said:
Thanks in advance, I just wish I had migrated from windows mobile ages ago, as the hero and android operating system rocks...
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well, ages ago there was no android and the htc hero is the first device that really rocks, not only IMHO. so you're right on time, we just got the kernel sources, so the hacking has begun

Thanks for your time kendong2...
I have tried the APP2CD application cheers, but I can't get it to work?, i.e. I open the program and it says the SD card is not formatted correctly, and gives you a slide bar for the fat32 and ext2 partion size, I move the bar click apply then it goes to a screen that gives you a reboot buttton, but when i press the button nothing happen? (I tried to manaully shut down and restart my hero, but no change made?) I don't know wheather flashing the new rom has changed anything in android http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559613
The barcode scanner issue is when i use it to scan a barcode of my pc monitor, it asks me to log into googlemail, or won't let you use it? i will try to use the barcode scanner from within the hero (navigate through hero's browser to download page) and see if it asks the same from googlemail?
Thanks again for your help.

i think you need a rooted device for apps2sd. have you considered installing modacos custom rom? apps2sd works automatically there...
as for partitioning: there are tutorials on how to partition the sdcard manually, i would suggest you to install amon-ras recovery image, as it brings the feature of automatically partitioning your sdcard.

kendong2 said:
i think you need a rooted device for apps2sd. have you considered installing modacos custom rom? apps2sd works automatically there...
as for partitioning: there are tutorials on how to partition the sdcard manually, i would suggest you to install amon-ras recovery image, as it brings the feature of automatically partitioning your sdcard.
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Just a little addition to this -i'm pretty sure that Apps2sd only works on the Modaco rom - i couldnt get it to work on the stock rom. The second i updated to Modaco it worked a treat.

Disable A2sd from source (ROM zip file)

Hello XDA team
First of all, I think that this is the appropiate forum for this question, but if it doesn´t, please feel free to move to the correct thread.
I have a spanish Vodafone HTC Magic (32B) and after several combinations I have found that the most suitable partition system for my SD card is Fat32 + 128 MG of Swap. I really hate a2sd and Ext partitions because my device doesn´t really need them, and it only mess my apps.
I´m searching a way to disable a2sd from the .zip files of ROMs in order to be able to install in my phone, but I´m not sure hot to made it
If I take, for example, MightyMax latest ROM (MghtyMax1.9.1) and extract the contents, I find "a2sd" under /system/bin, so, if I remove this app and zip again the ROM, will I be able to "Skip" this feature? should I edite the user.conf and or userinit.sh files?
Many thanks for your help
Rgds

If its a question it goes to Q&A no matter what type of question it is. Just an FYI ^_^

u can try it. I dont know if it will work or not. Just remove all traces of a2sd and resign the update.zip. The other thing is, u can just not have an ext2 partition. That will disable a2sd from the first boot...

nephron said:
u can try it. I dont know if it will work or not. Just remove all traces of a2sd and resign the update.zip. The other thing is, u can just not have an ext2 partition. That will disable a2sd from the first boot...
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The problem is that ROMs that require a2sd won´t boot (tried MLGIN, MightyMax, Sense Hero..) with my partition layout, they all keeps in the boot screen

thats because u they want ur layout to be like this
fat32,ext2,swap
the only thing u can do is
fat32,ext2,swap
then remove ext2 leaving a gap. After that, expand your fat32 to cover over the ext2.
so ur new layout would be fat32,swap but the swap partition would be on the third partition... (i think )

You could try using the script included in Wes Garner's update here to disable A2SD (should be able to replace the script in the update file of the ROM you are using).

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daveid said:
You could try using the script included in Wes Garner's update here to disable A2SD (should be able to replace the script in the update file of the ROM you are using).
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Many thanks Daveid, sound very interesting, I will give it a try later..
I tried re-build the MghtyMax ROM removing the a2sd bin file and adjusting the user.conf and userinit.sh files but after installing the "new" ROM (it installs just fine) the phone keeps forever in the "Vodafone" bootscreen... Any ideas??
Rgds

iamarock said:
Many thanks Daveid, sound very interesting, I will give it a try later..
I tried re-build the MghtyMax ROM removing the a2sd bin file and adjusting the user.conf and userinit.sh files but after installing the "new" ROM (it installs just fine) the phone keeps forever in the "Vodafone" bootscreen... Any ideas??
Rgds
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Your SD card has three partitions right? And, why remove the a2sd bin file? I would use the modified script I linked you to, make a very small ext2 partition - so you can put your user.conf & userinit.sh files on it, and see what that does.
What is the logcat (or ddms) output during boot up?

daveid said:
What is the logcat (or ddms) output during boot up?
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Sorry but I think that I'm a newbee with this kind of issues, how can I get the boot logs???
Many thanks

daveid said:
Your SD card has three partitions right? And, why remove the a2sd bin file? I would use the modified script I linked you to, make a very small ext2 partition - so you can put your user.conf & userinit.sh files on it, and see what that does.
What is the logcat (or ddms) output during boot up?
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Sorry guys but nothing seems to work for me...
-I have tried to disable a2sd editing the user.conf file and re-building the ROM. Nothing happens. The "new" ROMS installs just OK but it keeps forever in the Bootscreen logo
-The script mentioned by daveid in entry #5 neither seems to work for me, same bootloop
Any ideas??
Many thanks in advance, this is a very annoying issue for me

Anyone can help me with this issue?
Many thanks in advance
Rgds

iamarock said:
Sorry guys but nothing seems to work for me...
-I have tried to disable a2sd editing the user.conf file and re-building the ROM. Nothing happens. The "new" ROMS installs just OK but it keeps forever in the Bootscreen logo
-The script mentioned by daveid in entry #5 neither seems to work for me, same bootloop
Any ideas??
Many thanks in advance, this is a very annoying issue for me
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Please, please, anyone can help me with this request? I tried to install the amazing Kink's Droid Eris port without sucesss, i guess that again due the a2sd issue
Is there any way to remove a2sd or to skip ext2 requirements when installing a rom?
Many thanks in advance
Best regards

Need Help From The pros

So I'm fairly new to android about three months now, and need help.....
1) How do you modify system files and apk's? (tried Estrongs but it won't let me use root access even when i click the always allow prompt)
2) Can someone explain exactly how i partition for Apps2SD ( PM me if possible)
3) Can you change bootscreens with a .zip flash? if so does anyone have a link for the cynanogen mod nexus boot as used in Darchvanilla??
Thank you and any help is deeply appreciated.....

did you just make 2 threads of the exact same thing???

That search feature has been breaking all damn day!! I swear we need a HUGE Search icon in the middle of the freakin forum.

not purposely i'm on a slow connection and clicked it twice???

abov3dis said:
not purposely i'm on a slow connection and clicked it twice???
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Then why are some of the questions different on the two threads?

abov3dis said:
So I'm fairly new to android about three months now, and need help.....
1) How do you modify system files and apk's? (tried Estrongs but it won't let me use root access even when i click the always allow prompt)
2) Can someone explain exactly how i partition for Apps2SD ( PM me if possible)
3) Can you change bootscreens with a .zip flash? if so does anyone have a link for the cynanogen mod nexus boot as used in Darchvanilla??
Thank you and any help is deeply appreciated.....
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1) mount to your pc pull the apk you wish then use "7 zip" to extract it
2) boot into recovery(home + end call) go to partition...partition swap + file + ext
3) yes you can flash a boot screen using a zip file

For the bootscreens use Fresh's new kitchen. It has the nexus one bootscreen and a couple others. Then you just hit a couple of buttons and its on your phone without having to manually edit or even boot into recovery.

my d2 can't boot up android

i have boot android 2.2 yesterday and worked great
however,i dislike the 2.2 and i want to change to 2.1
so i delete all the android file on my SD card root
and then,i download the 2.1 one....put them all at the sd card root
and now,when i run the haret.exe,my d2 just reboot and return to normal window mobile,i don't even see any android interface......it just soft reset after ran the haret.exe
any idea what cased it? plz help thx~

Try this zImage and modules

Honzac353 said:
Try this zImage and modules
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The changes from that package have been included in the linux-msm kernel tree. No need for this package anymore. Try a recent build from the autobuild service:
http://glemsom.users.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/

ok,that worked,tthank a lot!
also,how do i totolly remove the android on my cell phone?is that just delete all the file i got on ROOT?

tommy1994 said:
ok,that worked,tthank a lot!
also,how do i totolly remove the android on my cell phone?is that just delete all the file i got on ROOT?
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maybe it is.