I've got a phone that may or may not be totally frakked due to careless build.prop modding and have been asked to try and recover it without wiping, OS flashing, or any other methods that could potentially lead to a wipe. ADB is a no-go, but I've got CWM access. I've never needed to make a CWM-flashable *.zip before, so I never learned how. I'm crunched for time and could really just use a break. Could somebody please put this build.prop into a CWM-flashable *.zip for me?
i new user, how i can upload my build prop
I would be extremely grateful!
Thanks in advance!
i must get 10 post.. jeez..
Hi, try to use Aroma File Manager. With it you can copy your new build.prop to the appropriate location.
To use the file manager, simply download it to your computer, copy it onto your phone through recovery and then when you are in recovery go for flash zip and choose the file you downloaded.
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Hey all, I'm currently in RA after flashing the recovery image , and I'm trying to install the FRESH rom on there but for some reason when I try to "Flash zip from sdcard" it's telling me "No zip files found." Why is that? I have the whole zip folder placed in the main SD card, so why is it telling me it's not found?
BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
Hey all, I'm currently in RA after flashing the recovery image , and I'm trying to install the FRESH rom on there but for some reason when I try to "Flash zip from sdcard" it's telling me "No zip files found." Why is that? I have the whole zip folder placed in the main SD card, so why is it telling me it's not found?
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I responded to you on http://GeekFor.Me, but the reason is because RA looks in the root of sdcard, the zips can't be inside of any folders.
So does that mean I have to take out all the individual files and place them directly into the root of the sdcard? Because I just basically copied the download folder and dropped it into the root. Thanks for the reply
BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
So does that mean I have to take out all the individual files and place them directly into the root of the sdcard? Because I just basically copied the download folder and dropped it into the root. Thanks for the reply
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You need to leave the files in a .zip, but yea that zip needs to be on the root of the sdcard.
The only file you need to install the rom is fresh-cdma-hero-20d.zip (for fresh rom 2.0d). Any other zips are just addons or tweaks or whatever they may be.
flipzmode said:
You need to leave the files in a .zip, but yea that zip needs to be on the root of the sdcard.
The only file you need to install the rom is fresh-cdma-hero-20d.zip (for fresh rom 2.0d). Any other zips are just addons or tweaks or whatever they may be.
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Hmm, I'm on a Mac and maybe it's me but the link I download from gives me an actual folder rather than a zip. And when I rename the folder to a zip, it gives an error. Is there a mirror link to download an actual zip folder?
Boogie when you download it dont opening after it finishes downloading .. just use the finder to navigate to where its at and then copy that to your sd .. when you open it on a mac it will automatically create the extracted folder .. hope this helps ...
Sounds like your using Safari to download it. To make this easier in the future go to Safari > Preferences > General and make sure that "Open safe files after downloading" is NOT check-marked.
Safari is unpacking the zip file for you. The file you want is in your trash bin, drag it to the root of your SD card and that's it..
Ok I'm gonna give it another go. Since I made it all the way through to the RA stage, there's no reason I shouldn't be able to flash the rom is there?
Thanks for all the help everyone I finally got it to flash the FRESH rom, but once I rebooted it, it's still in the "HTC" branded screen. Is it loading? It's not going anywhere but this screen, although I know it's doing something because the animation shine is moving.
BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
Thanks for all the help everyone I finally got it to flash the FRESH rom, but once I rebooted it, it's still in the "HTC" branded screen. Is it loading? It's not going anywhere but this screen, although I know it's doing something because the animation shine is moving.
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After flashing a new ROM, it can take up to 10 minutes or so to load.
Nice Everything is all good! Now my last question is how do I get the removed apps from the ROM back onto here? I actually prefer to have some of those programs back onto the phone.
BOOGIE_BOTZ said:
Nice Everything is all good! Now my last question is how do I get the removed apps from the ROM back onto here? I actually prefer to have some of those programs back onto the phone.
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There is a link in the release notes to download all the removed apk's from Fresh Rom. You will then need to use adb push to push them back to /system/app. Search for how to setup adb on a mac as I honestly don't know.
Hi,
I have searched the forum and couldn't find a solution for this one.
It seems easy (or at least, doable) to go from Samsung glass lockscreen to android stock. But how about the other way around?
I am using Darky's ROM which has a custom lockscreen, could anyone advise where I could get the standard Samsung lockscreen from as I kind of preferred the fact that I could swipe in any direction!
Thanks!
This is probably the file you need. It's from JPM, deodexed.
Installing it is up to you. Root Explorer is probably going to be the easiest way.
I highly advise making backups before doing anything.
widgetlocker.v1.2.4 its OK
Lalaca said:
This is probably the file you need. It's from JPM, deodexed.
Installing it is up to you. Root Explorer is probably going to be the easiest way.
I highly advise making backups before doing anything.
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Any advice as to how I go about using it? I already have Root Explorer. Thanks!
Easy, copy a stock android.policy.jar to /system/framework/ folder (replace it using roote explorer or similar).
Here is mine.
I will upload an update.zip later.
Copy, paste and reboot, then wait, first boot will be a little slower than usual.
### Update ###
Download Old lockscreen.zip, rename to update.zip, copy to internal sd, reboot into recovery and apply update or use CW to apply zip from sd.
Tested and working on JPM / JP6 (not tested on not deoxed rom...)
Work with CW or 2nd recovery (need to be renamed to update.zip)
First boot will be slow.
franklin01 said:
Easy, copy a stock android.policy.jar to /system/framework/ folder (replace it using roote explorer or similar).
Here is mine.
I will upload an update.zip later.
Copy, paste and reboot, then wait, first boot will be a little slower than usual.
### Update ###
Download Old lockscreen.zip, rename to update.zip, copy to internal sd, reboot into recovery and apply update or use CW to apply zip from sd.
Tested and working on JPM / JP6 (not tested on not deoxed rom...)
Work with CW or 2nd recovery (need to be renamed to update.zip)
First boot will be slow.
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I saw this post of yours before you uploaded it as a zip and just copied into the right folder through Root Explorer, has worked a treat! Big thanks to you!
Hi,
i want to have the stock bootanimation on my N1 which is running CM7 #96
I have this attached bootanimation and want to sign it, so that i can flash it.
I dont want to push it to system/app via rootexplorer and change permission and reboot anymore.
How do i do that? Or can somebody get it done for me?
It's a little more complicated than just signing it - in fact, you don't need to sign it, you need to create a flashable zip which will install the file.
I find the easiest way is to add the file to a gapps package in the right directory structure, so that everything gets flashed in a single zip. You would need to look at the install script in the gapps package, and make sure it first removes the existing animation, and then check to see if it installs the whole /system structure, or individual files. If it installs individual files, you will need to list your animation...
Sry for my poor English. This is for ppl who flash RUU-AU-OPTUS rom mainly to get S-OFF, then wanna flash back the rom they were using before they patching the AlphaRevX.
Here are the simple steps:
1, get the rom.zip from another RUU*.exe, i mean the one you want.
2, unzip the rom.zip into many img files
3, delete the hbootXXXX file. and if you want keep clockworkmod, delete recovery file as well.
4, use 7-zip to add all those files into a new .zip file (no winrar, 7-zip only)
5, rename the new .zip into the PG32IMG.zip , copy into sdcard, reboot into hboot and flash.
6, remember do a factory reset, cuz the AU_OPTUS rom will leave some funny area settings and data in the phone.
edit: sry i missed, goldcard is a must!!! make your sdcard a gold card b4 doing all these. thx 007!
Hi, tried this method just now but nothing happened.
Tried flashing it like you described as PG32IMG.zip it looks like it is running the flash but no change after reboot.
Tried also with recovery (install from zip) but unfortunately doesn't work also.
Am i forgetting something in the process?
Your missing goldcard...
This is also explained in the downgrade guide in this forum
Always something missing . Thanks.
didnt you just forgot to make changes to some specific text file as well?
like erhm, removing last line of it?
like erhm...
hbootpreupdate o.0?
just a wild guess
Some simple (I hope) questions. Let's say I do a full CWM backup and copy the complete backup directory to my desktop. If I now want to change something inside this backup can I simply change the relevant .tar.a file(s), write their new checksums into nandroid.md5, copy everything back to the sd card and expect the whole thing to work?
No 2: I have just let the HD+ update itself to cm-10.1.3-ovation (final) and all went swimmingly. However, I saw that the update is not done incrementally, instead the whole zip is downloaded and the /system tree simply overwritten with its contents. I had put some bits and pieces into /system/app and /system/bin and modified a few files inside of /system, all of which changes were of course gone. So a better update strategy might be to download any new version from the CM website to a desktop machine, patch the .zip file there and then have CWM install it. Can CWM install such an update file like any other .zip or is the update.zip route the correct way?
Or perhaps the best way to update in such a scenario is to download the .zip, sync it with an existing CWM backup (as in the first question) and restore the backup?!
If you get the md5 sum right editing the tar should work.
You can edit the downloaded zip before you flash it and it will still install. But editing after install is about the same amount of work.
What I used to do on the Nook Color was to modify the gapps zip to add the /system changes I wanted and then reflashed the gapps every time I flashed a new ROM. That way gapps were refreshed and the new changes were inserted in /system. Or, you could make your own zip to flash only your changes. The easiest way to make one is to edit the gapps zip to put your changes in and then delete the gapps files from the zip.
Do these zip changes with archive software without totally unzipping and rezipping.
Edit: Since some of my changes were modifications to build.prop, I developed a script to edit the new ROM's build.prop on the fly as part of the zip. That way build date, etc stayed right. If you want, I can use PM to send you a copy of my old edited gapps for you to study. However, since you are on CM10.1 stable, you will probably not be updating again.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
> If you get the md5 sum right editing the tar should work.
Okay, thanks for the confirmation.
> You can edit the downloaded zip before you flash it and it will still install.
But how do I trigger that install, once in CWM? That was my 2nd question.
> But editing after install is about the same amount of work.
Not in my case as I have a) no MTP and b) can easily auto-sync huge directory trees with a powerful command line tool.
I think the best way forward is to ignore the installing of new install .zips via CWM, however this is done. Instead I'll produce a nandroid-compatible backup directory and "restore" that.
Thanks again for your help.
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> If you get the md5 sum right editing the tar should work.
Okay, thanks for the confirmation.
> You can edit the downloaded zip before you flash it and it will still install.
But how do I trigger that install, once in CWM? That was my 2nd question.
> But editing after install is about the same amount of work.
Not in my case as I have a) no MTP and b) can easily auto-sync huge directory trees with a powerful command line tool.
I think the best way forward is to ignore the installing of new install .zips via CWM, however this is done. Instead I'll produce a nandroid-compatible backup directory and "restore" that.
Thanks again for your help.
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You don't trigger it, you manually boot to CWM and manually install it. Go to install zip from SD and choose where you put it.
And by editing after install, I meant editing /system once it is installed on the Nook.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.