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Safestrap Questions

I haven't had Safestrap since they switched to TWRP, I haven't had a rooted Bionic with a custom ROM in months due to some issues I won't get into. Now I'm lost. I don't know how to activate safe system. And the recovery won't let me Install anything, I'm guessing because I'm not in Safe System. I went through all the Recovery Menus but can't figure out how to actually activate Safe System. I have a ROM that I really want to install and can't. Can anyone point me in the right direction and give me any tips on Safestrap with the TWRP interface?

lemonoid said:
I haven't had Safestrap since they switched to TWRP, I haven't had a rooted Bionic with a custom ROM in months due to some issues I won't get into. Now I'm lost. I don't know how to activate safe system. And the recovery won't let me Install anything, I'm guessing because I'm not in Safe System. I went through all the Recovery Menus but can't figure out how to actually activate Safe System. I have a ROM that I really want to install and can't. Can anyone point me in the right direction and give me any tips on Safestrap with the TWRP interface?
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To get into the safestrap system you have to do the folllow steps.
1. Create a rom slot
2. Activate rom slot
3. Install custom rom
4. Then boot into the rom slot that you created.
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Is this slot created on the sdcard instead of sdcard-ext? because I went to make a rom slot and I didn't have enough free space. It said I was wanting to use 1924 mb and only had 1724 available, I went and deleted a bunch of stuff from sdcard-ext, and moved some stuff to sdcard, went back to safestrap to make the ROM slot, and now its saying I have 995mb instead of the previous 1724mb

I don't think its setup for SD storage yet just device storage. I thought I heard hash was working on it though. Also all I use is 1 gb per slot and that seems to be sufficient.
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lemonoid said:
Is this slot created on the sdcard instead of sdcard-ext? because I went to make a rom slot and I didn't have enough free space. It said I was wanting to use 1924 mb and only had 1724 available, I went and deleted a bunch of stuff from sdcard-ext, and moved some stuff to sdcard, went back to safestrap to make the ROM slot, and now its saying I have 995mb instead of the previous 1724mb
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The rom slot is created on the internal sd card. You need to move all apps, videos, pics and music to your ext SD and also delete "lost.dir"
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got it working. thanks.Try Wizzed ROM, it is sick. And works as a daily driver. I been using it since last night and I absolutely love it. The only problem I have had was a little data issue earlier today where I could only get 1x in a 4G area

[Q] SafeStrap 3.0.x, multiple ROMs, and installing to SD card

Hello,
I've been patiently following this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804665 for the past several months. Thanks to the selfless, hard work of Hashcode, dhacker, and also sylentprofet and jarveson (and apologies to anyone I haven't credited), the recent builds seem to have arrived at a level of functionality and stability that I'm thinking of trying to install my first custom ROM (I've already had SafeStrap 3.0.x installed for months).
My question is the following: I understand from the above thread and from Hashcode's blog that now the external SD card will be used as the default storage location. I was wondering what happens when an app is "installed to SD". From my previous experience on an original Motorola Droid, I know that "installing to SD" would move some files to a special directory on the SD card. I was wondering if this would cause collisions if the same app was installed under multiple ROM slots using SafeStrap.
Thank you for entertaining this newbie's question.

Actually the way I understand it is there is still the internal storage and external SD which are the same, but the internal storage gets partitioned separate from the rest of the storage so if you install an app to the SD card, I think it just goes in a regular folder. The system thinks the /system partition is in the regular storage for it but it actually is tricked to the internal storage.
I hope that makes sense.

MrObvious said:
... so if you install an app to the SD card, I think it just goes in a regular folder ...
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Thank you very much for your response.
Is this regular folder on the external SD card? If so, does it mean that this regular folder will be shared by the ROMs in multiple slots if I have the same app installed under the ROM in multiple slots?
Thank you again.

alvin_a_garcia said:
Thank you very much for your response.
Is this regular folder on the external SD card? If so, does it mean that this regular folder will be shared by the ROMs in multiple slots if I have the same app installed under the ROM in multiple slots?
Thank you again.
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If it's on the external SD then yes it is.

I had the same doubt when I recently started using ROMs on my Droid3. This thread helped me a lot.
I have lots of apps in my stock ROM that I've installed before rooting it. Do I have to install it all again on external SD? If yes, do I have to use a new flashed ROM or the stock ROM?

Thiago AmP said:
I had the same doubt when I recently started using ROMs on my Droid3. This thread helped me a lot.
I have lots of apps in my stock ROM that I've installed before rooting it. Do I have to install it all again on external SD? If yes, do I have to use a new flashed ROM or the stock ROM?
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On minimoto I noticed it was using the exact same sd configuration as stock, perhaps because its stock based. On CM10 the external SD card is the default /sd card but you can still access the internal sd.
Regardless of how the sd card is configured you'd still have to reinstall apps when going to another ROM. I recommend using Titanium Backup then its quite simple to restore apps on another ROM. For SD data you could just manually copy and paste the folders from the internal to external SD.

spunker88 said:
On minimoto I noticed it was using the exact same sd configuration as stock, perhaps because its stock based. On CM10 the external SD card is the default /sd card but you can still access the internal sd.
Regardless of how the sd card is configured you'd still have to reinstall apps when going to another ROM. I recommend using Titanium Backup then its quite simple to restore apps on another ROM. For SD data you could just manually copy and paste the folders from the internal to external SD.
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Thanks! So, a separate partition on SD Card would be a waste of "space", since the ROM's doesn't share acess to this partition. I've only tried with CM10, I'm going to try with MavROM and Minimoto, but i'm almost sure that I'll end backing all up with Titanium.

Thiago AmP said:
Thanks! So, a separate partition on SD Card would be a waste of "space", since the ROM's doesn't share acess to this partition. I've only tried with CM10, I'm going to try with MavROM and Minimoto, but i'm almost sure that I'll end backing all up with Titanium.
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Sort of kind of. Basically this would be useful if you want to share apps and their settings between the custom and Stock ROMs installed on your phone [may be odd on an app by app basis depending on a few things but a good number *should* work [I dont use external SD as it eats the battery and is MUCH slower than using the /data partition so haven't tested this], so following should be close if not 100% correct
You would in stock ROM set your apps2SD app up [I DO NOT advise you to use the sdcard function found in manage apps>app area instead you should be using an app like Link2SD that actually creates a partition on your external SD and formats it to EXT3 or EXT4 [suggest using EXT4]. This way things like widgets still work whereas they don't when using the built-in android function [this happens as android uses a folder on the SDCard [which is FAT32 by default] and file permissions needed to run Widgets and some code can't be copied as needed on to a FAT32 partition so by using an app that partitions [or the recovery can do this but you would still need an app to manage which apps are in this partion] the SDCard app instead actually formats part of the card to the EXT 3 or 4 File system so it is the same as the /data partion so Android can copy EVERYTHING and nothing is affected and broken.
So you open your SDCard app manager in Stock ROM and format the External SD [THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING RUN APPROPRIATE BACKUPS BEFORE PARTIONING [move them to a computer and back if you dont have enough internal storage to absorb your data]]
When that completes open the app again [usually needs a restart first to mount the new partition before continuing].
Once you get that done open the Manager app and select the apps to move to this new partition.
CUSTOM ROM: Now once that is done boot in to safestrap and either setup a Custom ROM or change to it's boot slot. Next boot in to Custom ROM and install the same SD Card App Manager you used in Stock.
Next, once you open it it should say it found a partition and ask if you want to use it if it doesn't and just lists the app view the settings in the Manager app and HAVE IT SETUP AN EXISTING PARTITION. DONT PARTITION YOUR SDCard AGAIN [or all your newly moved data will bite it].
Now restart and allow it to boot back in to the Custom ROM again. Once this happens all the apps you moved to the SDCard partition should magically appear and be usable.
SO LONG AS YOUR STOCK AND CUSTOM ROMs ARE THE SAME VERSIONS DONT DO THIS IF YOU HAVE ICS ON THE SAFE SIDE AND JELLYBEAN AS A CUSTOM ROM IT WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS

[Q] Best 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.2 Ice Cream Sandwich / Jellybean ROM Nexus One

I'm just wondering what everyone thinks about the Nexus One ROMs out there. I've been doing some research and I've discovered a few projects for the Nexus One, here's what I found.
Texasice has Evervolv projects for:
Android 4.0, Android 4.1, and Android 4.2
vijendrahs has Cyanogenmod projects for:
10.0 and 10.1
I don't know too much about each ROM as I'm still deciding (and learning) on which ROM to use since I don't want to keep flashing new ones.
Texasice's projects seem to have a lot of backing but I've read that they have some bugs with core functionality of the phone such as the camera and even videos of the ROM seem a bit laggy.
vijendrahs Cyanogenmod projects seem interesting to me because videos show them to be very smooth with the UI but, I've only discovered these ROMs as of recently and don't know too much about them.
I'm still on stock Gingerbread (2.3.6) on my Nexus One and I'm looking to flash one of these custom ROMs in the near future. I really just need one that's fairly stable and has most if not all core features as I'm not too crazy about specialized features like wifi tethering and such. Just let me know which you think is best and why and I'll be thankful for your insight.

I haven't flashed TexasIce's Roms but I understand there are a lot of shared code from Evervolv (Kernel,etc) which were ported alongwith CM 10 by vijendrahs.
Evervolv takes the stock AOSP flavors of JB and gives users the vanilla JB interface whereas VJ's Roms offer that little extra in customization from the CM end. I had initially flashed CM 10 ( 4.1.2 VJ) which I felt was slightly buggy as I got some FCs and such. I recently flashed CM 10.1 (4.2.1) and I've gotta say, its much smoother than any ROM i've used so far (even GB).
However, the only flaw here w.r.t core working of the phone is the video recording feature. Its choppy and not slick as in a GB ROM. Photos are still good, but Video recording is a big nono. I for one, can live with that as I rarely record videos and it's a small sacrifice to pay for JB to run on my N1
Hope this gives you a fair idea.

vijendrahs 4.2.2 is functioning well too.
sphinxcs898 said:
I haven't flashed TexasIce's Roms but I understand there are a lot of shared code from Evervolv (Kernel,etc) which were ported alongwith CM 10 by vijendrahs.
Evervolv takes the stock AOSP flavors of JB and gives users the vanilla JB interface whereas VJ's Roms offer that little extra in customization from the CM end. I had initially flashed CM 10 ( 4.1.2 VJ) which I felt was slightly buggy as I got some FCs and such. I recently flashed CM 10.1 (4.2.1) and I've gotta say, its much smoother than any ROM i've used so far (even GB).
However, the only flaw here w.r.t core working of the phone is the video recording feature. Its choppy and not slick as in a GB ROM. Photos are still good, but Video recording is a big nono. I for one, can live with that as I rarely record videos and it's a small sacrifice to pay for JB to run on my N1
Hope this gives you a fair idea.
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modestos said:
vijendrahs 4.2.2 is functioning well too.
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yea,so I've heard. I gotta flash that on soon.

Low Internal Storage space on Nexus one
Hi,
I have flashed my Nexus One with new VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v5.0 it's working very smooth. Thanks to Vijendrahs.
Only problem is my device is saying Low internal memory even after doing A2sd install. The apps are getting installed in phone memory whereas i have a ext2 partition for apps in sd card. I'm using 8gb class 4 card.
How to set the default memory in use to sd card? I checked all settings didn't find it. Please help.

Ravidsi said:
Hi,
I have flashed my Nexus One with new VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v5.0 it's working very smooth. Thanks to Vijendrahs.
Only problem is my device is saying Low internal memory even after doing A2sd install. The apps are getting installed in phone memory whereas i have a ext2 partition for apps in sd card. I'm using 8gb class 4 card.
How to set the default memory in use to sd card? I checked all settings didn't find it. Please help.
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'a2sd install' should be the first thing you run when you boot the phone after flashing the ROM. Don't go through the initial setup of setting up your Google accounts and wifi. You can do all that later. It would be good if you do this without a SIM card (or while data is turned off). Running 'a2sd install' works but it doesn't really allow you to install many apps. A better solution would be to run 'a2sd xdata'. This will move all your app data to the sd-ext partition you create before flashing the ROM. This however requires you to have a faster memory card (a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 for example).
Hope it helps.

Ravidsi said:
Hi,
I have flashed my Nexus One with new VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v5.0 it's working very smooth. Thanks to Vijendrahs.
Only problem is my device is saying Low internal memory even after doing A2sd install. The apps are getting installed in phone memory whereas i have a ext2 partition for apps in sd card. I'm using 8gb class 4 card.
How to set the default memory in use to sd card? I checked all settings didn't find it. Please help.
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The problem is that your apps are getting synced even when you install a2sd. This is the reason why you run out of space. Turn off your data, install a2sd , then sync apps. You should be good to go
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Low Internal Storage space on Nexus one
bharath144 said:
'a2sd install' should be the first thing you run when you boot the phone after flashing the ROM. Don't go through the initial setup of setting up your Google accounts and wifi. You can do all that later. It would be good if you do this without a SIM card (or while data is turned off). Running 'a2sd install' works but it doesn't really allow you to install many apps. A better solution would be to run 'a2sd xdata'. This will move all your app data to the sd-ext partition you create before flashing the ROM. This however requires you to have a faster memory card (a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 for example).
Hope it helps.
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Hi,
Thank you for the response, I followed your instructions and didn't go through initial setup after flashing the ROM and did a2sd install and rebooted phone. Still the Apps data is in internal memory only. And i cannot see my sd card partition of 1 gb in storage space. I'm able to install only around 6-8 apps, it says insufficient memory space after that. What to do now?
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sphinxcs898 said:
The problem is that your apps are getting synced even when you install a2sd. This is the reason why you run out of space. Turn off your data, install a2sd , then sync apps. You should be good to go
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Hi,
Thank you for the response, I turned off the data and did as u said, but still it's the same. I'm not able to install more than 6-8 apps. internal memory is running out and i'm not able to see the ext2 partition of sd card i had done. What's the solution for this?

Ravidsi said:
Hi,
Thank you for the response, I followed your instructions and didn't go through initial setup after flashing the ROM and did a2sd install and rebooted phone. Still the Apps data is in internal memory only. And i cannot see my sd card partition of 1 gb in storage space. I'm able to install only around 6-8 apps, it says insufficient memory space after that. What to do now?
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Hi,
Thank you for the response, I turned off the data and did as u said, but still it's the same. I'm not able to install more than 6-8 apps. internal memory is running out and i'm not able to see the ext2 partition of sd card i had done. What's the solution for this?
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Should'nt you be having an ext-4 partition? Try using 4EXT Recovery to format and partition your SD card (create an ext-4 partition)

I would suggest using mounts2sd in reverse mode over a2sd if you're going to be installing more than a few apps anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342387

Low Internal Storage space on Nexus one
metheos said:
I would suggest using mounts2sd in reverse mode over a2sd if you're going to be installing more than a few apps anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342387
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sphinxcs898 said:
Should'nt you be having an ext-4 partition? Try using 4EXT Recovery to format and partition your SD card (create an ext-4 partition)
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Hi, Thank you for your responses. I finally started from scratch and used mounts2sd and it worked well for me. Now i have extra 1GB internal memory to store apps data. Vijendrahs new 4.2.2 is working great.

Version 6.0
Hi,
Has anyone tried the new V6.0 rom?? Please tell me the experience.

Ravidsi said:
Hi,
Has anyone tried the new V6.0 rom?? Please tell me the experience.
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smooth and snappy. Its better than 5.0 which was a bit slower.

sphinxcs898 said:
smooth and snappy. Its better than 5.0 which was a bit slower.
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Cool, will try it out. Thanks sphinx.

Fastest rom with no bugs so for is Slim VJ Jelly Bean 4.1.2 v1.0. Trust me, I've tried like thousands of them.

Maraxer said:
Fastest rom with no bugs so for is Slim VJ Jelly Bean 4.1.2 v1.0. Trust me, I've tried like thousands of them.
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True. Waiting for the next version too.
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bharath144 said:
'a2sd install' should be the first thing you run when you boot the phone after flashing the ROM. Don't go through the initial setup of setting up your Google accounts and wifi. You can do all that later. It would be good if you do this without a SIM card (or while data is turned off). Running 'a2sd install' works but it doesn't really allow you to install many apps. A better solution would be to run 'a2sd xdata'. This will move all your app data to the sd-ext partition you create before flashing the ROM. This however requires you to have a faster memory card (a Sandisk Ultra Class 10 for example).
Hope it helps.
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Hi bharath144.
I just installed the VJ CM10.1 - Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v6.0 ROM on my Nexus One but when I try to execute a2sd script, the result is:
Code:
# a2sd install
found block device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
I've ignored this and I went on with the execution (with a Y-Y-Y).
At the reboot I tried to execute
Code:
# a2sd xdata
but nothing to do, always the warning
Code:
found block device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Any ideas to resolve this issue?

kristal00 said:
Hi bharath144.
I just installed the VJ CM10.1 - Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v6.0 ROM on my Nexus One but when I try to execute a2sd script, the result is:
Code:
# a2sd install
found block device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
I've ignored this and I went on with the execution (with a Y-Y-Y).
At the reboot I tried to execute
Code:
# a2sd xdata
but nothing to do, always the warning
Code:
found block device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Any ideas to resolve this issue?
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Hi,
Same problem with me too.
I was using version5.0 and mounts2sd was working well.
Now that i flashed v6.0 i'm getting this error "The sd-ext device /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 is already in use by another script!".
Does this mean that i have to start all the way from scratch to flash the new rom? like from partitioning internal memory and stuff.
Plz help.

S2E
Ravidsi said:
Hi,
Same problem with me too.
I was using version5.0 and mounts2sd was working well.
Now that i flashed v6.0 i'm getting this error "The sd-ext device /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 is already in use by another script!".
Does this mean that i have to start all the way from scratch to flash the new rom? like from partitioning internal memory and stuff.
Plz help.
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Try using S2E. That's what i used when I was using using CM10.1.

ICS
If anyone wants a relatively stable and fast ICS rom on their Nexus One, try Spaze Dog CM10.

[Q] CyanogenMod 10.1, SafeStrap, and my Droid Bionic

I've been looking all morning, but nobody can seem to answer my questions. I apologize if this has already been covered, or if this is the wrong location.
I've got a Motorola Droid Bionic & I was able to get CyanogenMod 10.1 installed by following their instructions:
http : // wiki. cyanogenmod. org/w/Install_CM_for_targa[/url]
I am BLOWN AWAY by the speed and polish of this ROM and am looking to make it permanent. However, I have some questions:
1. I'm currently using it SafeStrapp'ed (custom rom slot 1). When I create the ROM area, it takes away the space from the internal SD card. What is that space used for? App installs? (Currently its only 1,2, or 3GB choices)
2. If I use SafeStrap to replace the stock ROM, will the SafeStrap restore be able to put everything back? My phone is running the 4.1.2 build.
3. Will I be able to use TitaniumBackup to restore the older Camera app to see if that will make it work?

Steve.Cena said:
I've been looking all morning, but nobody can seem to answer my questions. I apologize if this has already been covered, or if this is the wrong location.
I've got a Motorola Droid Bionic & I was able to get CyanogenMod 10.1 installed by following their instructions:
http : // wiki. cyanogenmod. org/w/Install_CM_for_targa[/url]
I am BLOWN AWAY by the speed and polish of this ROM and am looking to make it permanent. However, I have some questions:
1. I'm currently using it SafeStrapp'ed (custom rom slot 1). When I create the ROM area, it takes away the space from the internal SD card. What is that space used for? App installs? (Currently its only 1,2, or 3GB choices)
2. If I use SafeStrap to replace the stock ROM, will the SafeStrap restore be able to put everything back? My phone is running the 4.1.2 build.
3. Will I be able to use TitaniumBackup to restore the older Camera app to see if that will make it work?
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1. Motorola had the great idea of taking the 16g of internal storage and dividing it in two; half for the opertating system, the other half formatted as a permanent SD card, and it functions as such. SafeStrap creates its slots in this internal SD card. When you connect your phone to the computer, you may have noticed that two drives/volumes are mounted. One is your external, one your internal SD card.
2. Not sure what you're asking. When you activate a different slot and flash a new rom to it, the phone is running off of that partition of the internal SD card. The stock rom is untouched. If you have different roms in different slots, the roms don't have anything to do with each other. If you're asking about wiping the stock rom, then you're looking for trouble.
3. I'm not sure if you can restore the old camera, but the new camera works wayyy better than the old one imho.

jethead102 said:
1. Motorola had the great idea of taking the 16g of internal storage and dividing it in two; half for the opertating syha, the other half formatted as a permanent SD card, and it functions as such. SafeStrap creates its slots in this internal SD card. When you connect your phone to the computer, you may have noticed that two drives/volumes are mounted. One is your external, one your internal SD card.
2. Not sure what you're asking. When you activate a different slot and flash a new rom to it, the phone is running off of that partition of the internal SD card. The stock rom is untouched. If you have different roms in different slots, the roms don't have anything to do with each other. If you're asking about wiping the stock rom, then you're looking for trouble.
3. I'm not sure if you can restore the old camera, but the new camera works wayyy better than the old one imho.
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The camera works smoothly. More attractive than the stock camera, but the pictures are very grainy. And I've heard there are issues with video. I'm looking for the same solution on the same phone. Its a very nice ROM, except for the camera. I also like how well gsm functionality has been entergrated into settings. Makes it finally feel like the world phone it was built (not hacked) to be.

Q: Good ROM for Che2-L11 ?

Which ROM would you recommend for Honor 4X - Che2-L11 ( cherryplus, Kirin 620)? I need to fix my girlfriend's phone
She needs stable ROM with working radio (so Nougat from here won't work), headphones, good battery life and enough internal storage (or possibility to move apps to SD or use adoptable storage with microSD) for apps.
Android 4.4.2 was relatively fine, but it is old. Then we upgraded to stock 6.0 (B570), however she had problems with lack of internal storage - it was not possible to move apps to SD card (4.4.2 was better in that) and adoptable storage didn't work properly (apps are crashing, reporting not enough space, new apps can't be installed etc). Then we tried RROS on Nougat from ksrt12, where adoptable storage seems to work fine, but radio and headphones don't work and there is quite high battery drain (15% per night with data disabled).
Which ROM would you recommend?

lapist said:
Which ROM would you recommend?
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If you are OK with Android 6, you can try Modaco. This was the rom I used before I switched to RROS recently.
You should get a Class 10 SD card (32 Gb if possible). Install Apps2SD from play store and partition the card. First partition FAT32, second partition Ext4, then you move apps to SD card's second partition. (If you wish, you can create three partitions, and use one of them as 'adoptable storage'. I did that.) Modaco rom has a lot of free space on the system partition, so you can move many apps there, which also saves space. But apps that have been moved to system partition will be moved back to internal storage when they are updated.
I had so much free space that I never came close to filling up the storage. But I think regular XDA users would get kinda bored using this rom, as it is basically EMUI with a little bit stock feel.
The only things not working were the default clock and the compass. Clock you can just install another clock app from play store. Compass. .. I never found how to fix. Detecting headphones works and all the other hardware things, as this is basically a modified EMUI 4. I should also add that I don't know if you can flash this from RROS, as that would be "downgrading" from Android 7 to Android 6.

Bob1900 said:
If you are OK with Android 6, you can try Modaco. This was the rom I used before I switched to RROS recently.
You should get a Class 10 SD card (32 Gb if possible). Install Apps2SD from play store and partition the card. First partition FAT32, second partition Ext4, then you move apps to SD card's second partition. (If you wish, you can create three partitions, and use one of them as 'adoptable storage'. I did that.) Modaco rom has a lot of free space on the system partition, so you can move many apps there, which also saves space. But apps that have been moved to system partition will be moved back to internal storage when they are updated.
I had so much free space that I never came close to filling up the storage. But I think regular XDA users would get kinda bored using this rom, as it is basically EMUI with a little bit stock feel.
The only things not working were the default clock and the compass. Clock you can just install another clock app from play store. Compass. .. I never found how to fix. Detecting headphones works and all the other hardware things, as this is basically a modified EMUI 4. I should also add that I don't know if you can flash this from RROS, as that would be "downgrading" from Android 7 to Android 6.
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Thank you for the advice. I see Modaco has 2 ROMs - EMUI style and Stock style beta. Which one did you use?
With use of Apps2SD, does it move all apps to Ext4 partition on the card, or just selected ones? Or is it basically just remapping internal storage to Ext4 partition on the card?
If I have just 16 GB card for this phone, how do you suggest to repartition it?
If there is so much free space on the system partition, isn't it possible to decrease size of system partition somehow and enlarge internal storage instead?

lapist said:
Thank you for the advice. I see Modaco has 2 ROMs - EMUI style and Stock style beta. Which one did you use?
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It must have been the Stock style beta. I didn't know there was another version.
lapist said:
With use of Apps2SD, does it move all apps to Ext4 partition on the card, or just selected ones? Or is it basically just remapping internal storage to Ext4 partition on the card?
If there is so much free space on the system partition, isn't it possible to decrease size of system partition somehow and enlarge internal storage instead?
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Apps2SD moves the files of apps to the SD card and creates symbolic links, so the system "thinks" the apps are still on the internal storage. In Apps2SD this process is called to link apps. Just so you know the terminology. It is very configurable, so you can choose which apps to move/link to the SD card.
What you describe, to repartition /system, sounds like a good idea, but I don't know enough about Android to say if it is possible. You would probably need some recovery program that can repartition the internal storage. Can TWRP do that? I don't know. This is above my league, sorry.
UPDATE: I found this guide for how to repartition the internal storage. But I haven't tried it.

I installed that MoDaCo EMUI style ROM, partitioned my SD card and made Apps2SD working. So far it looks fine.
However, does it still make sense to use MoDaCo EMUI ROM, which is based on B506 firmware, when there is B580 stock available? Yes MoDaCo has more internal memory free (3.28 GB vs 2.50 GB), but it has security patches only from March 2016, while B580 has July 2017 and who knows how good tweaks Huawei added since B506...

lapist said:
who knows how good tweaks Huawei added since B506...
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I have two Che2-L11 phones, and one of them was running B580 until a few weeks ago. The few small improvements Huawei added are not even worth the upgrade. However, if security concerns you, I would give RROS another try. About your headphones problem, I don't see why it should not work. It works on my phone. (Note three-conductor is detected and switched on, but not four-conductor.)

Bob1900 said:
I have two Che2-L11 phones, and one of them was running B580 until a few weeks ago. The few small improvements Huawei added are not even worth the upgrade. However, if security concerns you, I would give RROS another try. About your headphones problem, I don't see why it should not work. It works on my phone. (Note three-conductor is detected and switched on, but not four-conductor.)
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I also don't know why headphones without microphone didn't work with RROS for us, but it can be also related to parts of firmware that are not flashed together with RROS and they remain from previous full firmware (like modem firmware, hifi.img, dsp.img etc). Also before we flashed RROS, we had Marshmallow B570 showing Balong firmware (in the past, we upgraded from 4.4.2 to B570, but it seems she had Malaysian region set in the phone for some reason - I fixed it now) in the phone.
Unfortunatelly my girlfriend (she has this phone) wants to have headphones and radio fully working (RROS doesn't have radio as far as I know), so it seems as no go for RROS...

Can you help me to find a valid link to download modoco r7 EMUI style plz.

Taito2020 said:
Can you help me to find a valid link to download modoco r7 EMUI style plz.
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Did you try this download link? (Please read the instructions carefully. )

Yes , but unfortunately I got connection refused ... did you try to open the link cause I got error "connection refused" ? just to check the link.