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Hi, I had a bunch of problems with gingerbread crashing my phone so I decided to wipe the phone and reinstall. After selecting "clear storage", my phone won't boot pass the cross whether into recovery or normal.
I unlocked using fastboot and flashed the recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1.img
I still can't get into recovery. Is there anything else I can try?
Thanks! I'm losing my mind.
Try posting in the Q&A section
You're good now though, right? xD
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Its been weeks in the making (and weeks in the learning as well)and we've finally got a release to put out.
Much props go out to Sorry_8D (for compiling .9 images), sinisin, mattix7242, echobinary and beata|coyote (for testing this theme for stability).
Last but not least: RedmanX, and Crawling @ irc.freenode.net for some help in sticky situations.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION!!!!!
Please.... Please.... PLEASE!!! Follow directions! If you don't know how to use recovery, STOP... DONT INSTALL THE THEME -- Go read up on clockworkmod recovery, get familiar, then come back and give it a shot!!!
1) First, you need to go HERE to learn how to use clockworkmod recovery with our devices. If you already know this, goto step 2.
2) Download zip and push it to the root of your SDCard.
3) Fastboot boot into clockworkmod Recovery.
4) BACKUP YOUR ROM!
5) Once backed up, clear cache and dalvik cache using clockwork recovery ("wipe cache partition" and "advanced setting -> Wipe Dalvik Cache")
6) Install zip from SDCard
7) Marvel at new Shiny.
Download link at the bottom of this thread.
Features include:
Custom Black Status Bar.
Dark Gray / Black Notification area (statusbar expanded).
All Status Bar text changed to white.
Changed all statusbar icons to high res. color icons.
Changed battery meter to read out percentage level (every 5%).
Got rid of "Roaming Indicator Off" msg on notification bar and replaced with "Kyocera ZIO".
Removed "Roaming Indicator Off" msg from Lockscreen.
Added a Custom Boot Animation (replacing cricket AND android logo)
Changed colors of all yellow/orange pngs to cyan/green.
Changed Font.
Added "Reboot" option to Power Menu.
Things/issues we know about:
Homescreen focus background is still orange -- working on a fix
Not all apps will conform to "white text" in the expanded status bar. Some will remain black. This is something that is hard to change because it is app specific in most cases. I've made the expandedview a gray color in the meantime so you can still read black text on it -- working on a fix
With the Custom reboot power menu, and battery polling readout, thats just 2 more widgets you can take off your homescreen!
Lets have a moment of Silence for the Roaming Indicator......
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Screenshots below.
>>>DOWNLOAD THEME HERE<<<
Enjoy all.
~Spz0
Good job m8.
Pat urself on the back m8. You did a great job helping.
Thanks spz0. I hope to be of a little more help in further openZIO projects, other than just being the guinea pig lol.
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lol. you guys = big help. Thanks again.
We will have many more projects to come.
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Thanks for all the hard work guys!!!! it works great and looks good, I even retained my kyocera splash screen. I guess with this, people like me can start making custom themes. Yay!!! couple of questions:
1. after compiling the .zip did you have to sign the package?
2. If yes to #1 what did you use to sign it?
3. What are you using to make the boot animation?
4. In theory - with clockwork working we should be able to flash other roms as well, right?
Fate... did you do a nandroid backup?
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In theory yes we could start to use other roms but its risky. Do a nandroid backup first, although others lost the Kyocera splash after using nandroid.
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Mattix724 said:
Fate... did you do a nandroid backup?
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I did in fact do a nandroid back up. I was really surprised to see the "kyocera" splash screen when I rebooted after pushing the open Zio theme.
You only lose the kyocera logo if you "recover" from a backup. Just pushing framework doesn't effect the kyocera logo.
So I can backup with no worries?
I've been avoiding nandroid to preserve the splash for extraction.
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Yes, the Kyocera Logo will stay until you run a Nand restore. After that it turns to the lovely white bar.
Awesome
Thanks much for the the theme. It looks AMAZING compared to stock! Im surprised such an inexpensive phone can do so much! This is the closest thing to a custom ROM we have and so far im loving the changes youve made. Ill continue to test and will report back.
PS
If anyone else has a Win 7 X64 system and is having trouble getting everything up and running, drop me a PM
Hi, does anyone know if this theme can also be applied to the Sprint Sanyo Zio?
As long as your on 2.2 framework. From what I've heard sprint stopped the 2.2 update. You are welcome to be the first sprint tester for openzio themes. Check to see if your on 2.2 or 2.1 before trying... be cautious because I can't help you if you brick it.
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I actually updated to 2.2 the first day it was pushed out - but wasn't aware that they stopped it...
I shouldn't have any issues with the Clockwork recovery install - should i?
Thanks!
Do not install rom manager from the market. Use the openzio recovery and do not flash it. fastboot boot openzio-clocworkmod-recovery.img something like that.
You can do a nandroid backup but I strongly reccomend extracting your stock boot.img recovery.img and system.img using adb.
phazei said:
I dumped the boot.img using:
Code:
cat /dev/mtd/mtd1 > /sdcard/cat-boot.img
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If you nandroid restore the stock boot splash image gets nerfed. Please research first, don't go crazy cause you want a theme.
Make sure you backup those 3 image files and remember do not flash the clockwork recovery, boot openzio's recovery.img
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Yes. See the clockwork thread also for instructions to booting clockwork with fastboot. If you flash with rom manager you Bork the phone and being on Sprint we may not be able to do anything for you at that point. See the clockwork thread in the dev section.
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Backup the boot.img then power down to fastboot. Boot openzio recovery, do a backup! And if you don't have a SD adapter like myself, Don't theme yet. Reboot.
Boot normally and enable USB storage, find clockworkmod in your SD and copy to your computer! You might need this.
Reboot to fastboot and boot recovery, now install from zip... not update.zip
If you don't do this exactly as I say I cannot help if you brick your phone.
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We Have Rooted And Unlocked MB886.
Want To Install Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 But
Can Not Find Custom Recovery... Neither Twrp Nor Cwm Has It......And I read That Safestrap Is Only Good For Locked Devices....Is That True?
Which Custom Recovery I Should Install And Where Can I Download?
Also Gapps For 10.1.3 Cyanogen is Version 20130812 Correct?
If you search in here you'll find it very quickly man.
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So how did you install c custom ROM
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Through cwm.
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Look for the developers forum in Atrix hd and you will find CWM touch gew threads down
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But when I go to ROM manager Web site I don't find recovery for Mb886....may be you took risk and used some other phone"s recovery from their site..may I know which one you used? Or if you can upload file to this topic...I see recovery for Atrix 4g and RAZR etc. but not for attic HD....so..please advise
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Hmmmmm
We have 3 working recoveries for Atrix hd. Start by Looking here instead of other websites. Only 8 threads down you find the best recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421418
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Am sorry am still confused....I could not find ....is it recover.img? Or if you can tell me what is the post number on that thread?...that thread has about 96 posts
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The original post (first post) of the thread SVLAN posted contains the download. Flash the .IMG in fastboot and voila.
Edit: Realized that thread has a flashable zip. You need a .img to flash to your recovery partition THEN you can flash the zip in SVLAN's thread to upgrade to CWM touch (recommended).
Flash the .IMG found here first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41908134
Make sure you unlocked your bootloader first! If you aren't unlocked, search for Myth Tools. It has a bootloader unlock and its a program made for our devices only.
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Ok should use cwm.img you suggested in your response or I should use recovery.img uploaded in by m0ndul in thread slvan started?..they both are different size files
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You could the myth tools to flash cwm and then user cwm to flash touch recovery.
Do we have to change recovery file
On the mythtool page of xda..it says...in red color warning that
For the option of installing CWM: plz rename the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak before installing. Sr all users who got trouble with this. I forgot this step =.= Will add in next version.
For the latest vesion 1.2 do we have to do that?
I am making sure..
also...I am still waiting for reliable answer on which .img file to use with fastboot command...
the one named cwm.img found on on this thread started by mattlgroff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41908134
Or I should use recovery.img file posted on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2421418
which is started by m0ndul??????????????????
Both files are different sizes so confused...and worried...
Bootloader can not be unlocked????
evanvikas said:
On the mythtool page of xda..it says...in red color warning that
For the option of installing CWM: plz rename the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak before installing. Sr all users who got trouble with this. I forgot this step =.= Will add in next version.
For the latest vesion 1.2 do we have to do that?
Also...I checked my bootloader on motorola site ...it says your device does not qualify for bootloader unlock..
is this a mistake...or I cant do anything about it??
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Download Myth Tools: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2262726
Run myth tools, connect phone, choose option to unlock bootloader (motopocalypse). Voila. Unlocked.
Then download and flash the CWM img I attached (By Mattlgroff)
Thanks...I did exactly same as per your instruction yesterday and it worked...thanks...
How to flash a 4.4 rom without the use of rooting and only using unlocked boot loader. I don't want to downgrade my device and I don't want root at this stage just want to run a 4.4 rom that is very similar to the current sony stuff, I am happy to do a clean install if necessary. I am sorry if this has been asked before, I could not find this doing a search before posting.
Please don't spam this posts about what is best and worst only want something very simple and easy to install and not something in development as when kk is available for my device I will be flashing that.
Thank you in advance
Easy, download latest Cyanogen Mod. Zip, extract the boot.img from the zip (this is the kernel) and pit zip on your phone/sd card
Open a Fastboot Cmd prompt on your pc, type "Fastboot flash boot boot.img" then after its that's done type "Fastboot reboot"
When the led turns on press vol up to enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset (you need to going from stock to Cm/AOSP, flash the Cyanogen mod zip, reboot and enjoy.
Find the all things you need to know thread from doomlord for more info on setting up and using fastboot
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Also rereading your thread, all the 4.4 roms are based on AOSP so your desire for them to be like current Sony offerings just isn't gonna happen. The closest thing to 4.4 Sony is eXistenZ v 6.6 in the android development section. It has alot of the features and apps from the Xperia Z2 4.4 ported over though it is actually a 4.3 rom. It's the closest you can get to Sony 4.4 until an official kitkat update drops
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macshanemike said:
How to flash a 4.4 rom without the use of rooting and only using unlocked boot loader. I don't want to downgrade my device and I don't want root at this stage just want to run a 4.4 rom that is very similar to the current sony stuff, I am happy to do a clean install if necessary. I am sorry if this has been asked before, I could not find this doing a search before posting.
Please don't spam this posts about what is best and worst only want something very simple and easy to install and not something in development as when kk is available for my device I will be flashing that.
Thank you in advance
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Actually you have an Q&A forum for this kinda threads :silly:
DreadPirateDan said:
Easy, download latest Cyanogen Mod. Zip, extract the boot.img from the zip (this is the kernel) and pit zip on your phone/sd card
Open a Fastboot Cmd prompt on your pc, type "Fastboot flash boot boot.img" then after its that's done type "Fastboot reboot"
When the led turns on press vol up to enter recovery and wipe data/factory reset (you need to going from stock to Cm/AOSP, flash the Cyanogen mod zip, reboot and enjoy.
Find the all things you need to know thread from doomlord for more info on setting up and using fastboot
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Also rereading your thread, all the 4.4 roms are based on AOSP so your desire for them to be like current Sony offerings just isn't gonna happen. The closest thing to 4.4 Sony is eXistenZ v 6.6 in the android development section. It has alot of the features and apps from the Xperia Z2 4.4 ported over though it is actually a 4.3 rom. It's the closest you can get to Sony 4.4 until an official kitkat update drops
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Is the second rom easy to flash or is root required?
since you have unlocked bootloader already, could you explain why you want to do it without root?
I am pretty sure your phone needs root access to be able to replace the system files.
The only 4.4 you can flash is cyanogenmod, which is different to sony one.
if you want something similar to sony 4.4, you can flash existenz rom, it is still based on 4.3, but functions very similarly to 4.4 from the Z2.
You cannot flash a 4.4 rom and not have root - the custom kernel required for the role s have root access inbuilt. So no, you don't need to root your phone yourself, flashing the kernel from the rom via your unlocked boatloader will automatically root it.
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DreadPirateDan said:
You cannot flash a 4.4 rom and not have root - the custom kernel required for the role s have root access inbuilt. So no, you don't need to root your phone yourself, flashing the kernel from the rom via your unlocked boatloader will automatically root it.
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No it wont root device even if kernel is insecure and all
We need su binary and app to administer it
And that can be done from recoveries
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I have tried to enter recovery mode in the past but have not managed to do so, with the z is there a particular way to do it? The phone just boots up as normal when I try
macshanemike said:
I have tried to enter recovery mode in the past but have not managed to do so, with the z is there a particular way to do it? The phone just boots up as normal when I try
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Have you actually flashed a custom recovery? If so, the thread for the recovery will tell you how to enter it. You usually press one of the volume keys when the phone is booting.
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kingvortex said:
Have you actually flashed a custom recovery? If so, the thread for the recovery will tell you how to enter it. You usually press one of the volume keys when the phone is booting.
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What I am referring to is the boot options menu, I know how to flash my phone if for eg I was to flash a standard ftf
macshanemike said:
What I am referring to is the boot options menu, I know how to flash my phone if for eg I was to flash a standard ftf
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I'm not sure you do know. I assume your previous device was a Motorola. Xperia devices don't have a boot options menu.
If you want to enter recovery mode, you need to actually flash a custom recovery first.
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i dont know whats going on.
i flashed twrp 0.3 and it flashed ok. and yes i did root my device. supersu is on it.
when i boot into recovery the samsung galaxy gear logo is taking 3/4 of the screen while the twrp is squashed at the top and its so difficult to see/do anything.
pls help
Simple. Read the twrp thread and start again
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Fixed. Null flash successful. Thanks.