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Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?
I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both
Krician said:
Hello, I would like to move my ringtones to the internal memory because I've noticed that since I started using Swap, It delays the ringtone from starting. This is what I observed, Randomly the ringtone starts after 2 or 3 vibrates, other times its not at all and uses the stock beeping ringtone (I guess since the SD is being used, it cant go in it and get the ringtone) So bottom line, My ringtones take a few seconds to ring after a few vibrates. I already know that I have to convert them to .ogg, but does anyone know another way to make the system pull up the ringtone faster?
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traumatism said:
I would like to know that myself. Im sick of having my default ringtone going when i selected a custom one for one of my contacts. whats the best settings for the ogg files too as this may be helpful to us both
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Alright... So you wanna do this, here is what you will need:
*ADB Installed and working
*Root Manager of some sort
*Format Factory -This is freeware, so it's not warez.
1st, Download and install Format Factory. This is the program I use for everything. If you have one of your own preference, it can be substituded.
**Do a custom install, as this will try to install adbars otherwise. (You have been warned.)
2nd, Open Format Factory and click "All to OGG".
3rd, Select your ringtones and click "ok". On the next screen, click "Start"
4th, Open your Root Explorer program, I use Android Commander
5th, With your Root Explorer program, navigate to your newly created OGG files (normally found in Documents/FFOutput on your PC) in the Root Explorer.
6th, Move these files to /system/media/*** on your phone. And you are done.
Please note: ""***" represents the respective folders. i.e. "ringtones", "notifications", etc.
Hope this helped you. Click "thanks" if it did. - Any questions, ask.
EDIT: DO NOT change the OGG settings in Format Factory. They work fine at default. Once you get used to, and comfortable with doing this, then play with the settings to get your desired file size and quality.
I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu
SleeperService said:
I tried doing what you said, but although I successfully managed to push the files, they still don't appear in the ringtone/notifications menu
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did you make sure the phone looked for new media, or restart ya phone? i had to do it with mine
I was going to say that I had checked the phone after restart and they still weren't showing up - but I double checked again and now they are. Thanks! I'm not sure how to check for new media, though - is there a procedure for this?
Been trying this using ES File Explorer but keeping getting a message that paste failed. Any ideas where i'm going wrong.
I have S-Off and root
you can try this, it a little easier if you have the tools but yoo have to reflash the rom so be sure to backup your apps, contacts blah blah blah...
1. unzip the 'rom.zip' file, open the folder and look for the system/media/audio folder
2. now you can add & remove ringtones, notifications, alarm sounds that you want or dont want...
3. zip the rom file back up
4. sign it with an auto sign program... (very simple to use)
5. flash rom and enjoy your customizations
6. restore your backed up contacts and apps...
(you can also remove some unwanted stock apps to save space, be sure not too remove system required apps though lol)
Cheers Idrifta, ended up getting it to work using Root Explorer.
o nice!!! haha good to know... better than my method lol
The following worked for me.. Check this
I followed a link and it worked for me on jfltetmo running on cm11-m9 and having twrp v2.8.4.0. I explained the steps in my answer here: How to install a ringtone into internal memory?. All the credit for the steps go to villo-2.
My Droid 3 is rooted and I received the OTA notification. It downloads fine, reboots the phone, and begins to update. About 1/3 the way to update, the Android turns into an Exclamation point and reboots. Once back to home screen I get an Update Failed error.
Here is what I did so far:
-Defrosted all apps then rebooted
-Restored all system apps with Pete's One Click Root
-Pulled Battery for 5 min
-Factory Reset Phone
After each of these steps I tried to install the update and same thing. Will not get past 1/3. Any suggestions?
u need to rsd the swu.zip in order to get the update
OK, where can I get the swu.zip?
lacesout said:
OK, where can I get the swu.zip?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
here u will find it along with rsdlite n adb fastboot. (make sure U read all that b4 U do it)
mrcastillo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
here u will find it along with rsdlite n adb fastboot. (make sure U read all that b4 U do it)
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Thank you, this work!
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My Droid 3 is rooted and I received the OTA notification. It downloads fine, reboots the phone, and begins to update. About 1/3 the way to update, the Android turns into an Exclamation point and reboots. Once back to home screen I get an Update Failed error.
Here is what I did so far:
-Defrosted all apps then rebooted
-Restored all system apps with Pete's One Click Root
-Pulled Battery for 5 min
-Factory Reset Phone
After each of these steps I tried to install the update and same thing. Will not get past 1/3. Any suggestions?
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lacesout, had the same experience. Used one-click method to root, then used psouza4's bloat script to remove, then restore apps when the update became available. These were my only mods. Went to /system/app and all app's are back with the proper apk extension. Update downloads fine, then hangs at 1/4 to 1/3 of install. Anyone else with similar experience or thoughts as to what's hanging the OTA install?
If you used the script to re-bloat the system, use root explorer and double check all the ".bak"s were removed. I don't remember which one, but I remember there was a file or two the script skipped over.
Also, if you did a nandroid before debloating, you can restore it, then go get the update. (The second option is what worked for me).
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nu2droid said:
If you used the script to re-bloat the system, use root explorer and double check all the ".bak"s were removed. I don't remember which one, but I remember there was a file or two the script skipped over.
Also, if you did a nandroid before debloating, you can restore it, then go get the update. (The second option is what worked for me).
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Thanks for the reply and the tip on root explorer, it's an elegant tool, more intuitive to use than the freeware apps.
All the file extensions in /system/app are either .apk or .odex with the exception of Fota.apk.bak, and Fota.odex.bak. As the first time I heard of nandroid was your post, I unfortunately didn't use it, so I don't know if these were the extensions before I used psouza's bloat removal script. Fota was not on the list of scripts to remove/rename in his original post.
As Fota is the "firmware over the air" app, it is suspicious that it's the only one with a .bak ext. I am using root explorer to rename both, removing the .bak, and then will attempt another update.
Success! "Your phone has been upgraded to 5.6.890.en US version". Have lost root, at least for the moment. Will deal with that tomorrow. Last thing to do before going to bed is find the "Thanks" button. Thanks for setting me on the right path. P.
Unable to root after OTA to .890
One click root not longer works. After clicking "run_to_root_your_droid3.sh" on PC (Ubuntu 10.04) I get no prompts on screen, but phone does reboot twice. No su privileges after boot. Busybox is installed in /system/xbin and there is nothing I can do about it as I can't mount r/w. Using Root Explorer and Script Manager as tools.
I realize I'm going to have to increase my learning curve here. Would appreciate any links to relative threads on this topic, or suggestions on what to try next (I have searched, but need some direction).
Hi there,
last night I unlocked my bootloader and installed the ROM given at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174731&page=350&nocache=1
So far, so good.
Only thing I just found is: Device is playing no sound anymore whatsoever, no video sound, no mp3 sound, no system sounds....
Wanted to post in the above, but my priviliges don'T allow that
Anybody got a hint on how to proceed?
Thx in advance!
Make sure you delete /data/alsa folder and reboot. Use Root Explorer
thiagomtl said:
Make sure you delete /data/alsa folder and reboot. Use Root Explorer
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Alright, thanks. In a way.
That did bring back my sound, but it also fu**ed up my SD-Card with 64GB on it. WHat a mess.... :crying:
Just got my Verizon MotoMaker Moto X in, rooted it, and am trying to remove the ****-ton of horrible, bloated system apps.
Unfortunately, it seems like every time I delete the .apk's from /system/app (using root adb or TitatiumBackup) the damn things come right back after reboot.
Is there some backup directory copies of the .apk's are stored in to get restored?
I seriously need to figure out how to zap these apps, or I am just going to send this phone right back - I'm not paying $400 for a device that is completely compromised right from the start.
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Just got my Verizon MotoMaker Moto X in, rooted it, and am trying to remove the ****-ton of horrible, bloated system apps.
Unfortunately, it seems like every time I delete the .apk's from /system/app (using root adb or TitatiumBackup) the damn things come right back after reboot.
Is there some backup directory copies of the .apk's are stored in to get restored?
I seriously need to figure out how to zap these apps, or I am just going to send this phone right back - I'm not paying $400 for a device that is completely compromised right from the start.
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Has nothing to do with the phone , its an issue with your root method slapmymoto, you need to have the system set as r/w AFAIK
Sent on my Moto X
flashallthetime said:
Has nothing to do with the phone , its an issue with your root method slapmymoto, you need to have the system set as r/w AFAIK
Sent on my Moto X
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I've been lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking the same thing. Gave up on sleeping, so now I'll have another run at this.
Figure I'll flash back to 4.2.2 and follow the steps to upgrade to 4.4 and then root. Hopefully I will have better luck.
PityOnU said:
Just got my Verizon MotoMaker Moto X in, rooted it, and am trying to remove the ****-ton of horrible, bloated system apps.
Unfortunately, it seems like every time I delete the .apk's from /system/app (using root adb or TitatiumBackup) the damn things come right back after reboot.
Is there some backup directory copies of the .apk's are stored in to get restored?
I seriously need to figure out how to zap these apps, or I am just going to send this phone right back - I'm not paying $400 for a device that is completely compromised right from the start.
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You need to make sure you are in r/w mode. Reboot to recovery first.
mjphillips1981 said:
You need to make sure you are in r/w mode. Reboot to recovery first.
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This was the issue. This is my first experience with a firmware lock on a file system. Now I know!
Thanks for the help all!
Heya guys. I couldn't find much info on this for the X, and certainly not anything about this particular update.
I'm not too fond of jumping on board a new ship before I get a good look at it.
Has anyone before successfully blocked an incoming OTA update? I'm particularly interested in VZW moto Xs, though any info is helpful.
In a nutshell, I'm aiming to block the 4.4.4 OTA on a non-dev, non-rooted VZW moto X.
I'm sure it may not be possible without root, but I'm interested in opinions.
Just hit no when it tells you havê a new update
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Heya guys. I couldn't find much info on this for the X, and certainly not anything about this particular update.
I'm not too fond of jumping on board a new ship before I get a good look at it.
Has anyone before successfully blocked an incoming OTA update? I'm particularly interested in VZW moto Xs, though any info is helpful.
In a nutshell, I'm aiming to block the 4.4.4 OTA on a non-dev, non-rooted VZW moto X.
I'm sure it may not be possible without root, but I'm interested in opinions.
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using titanium backup or some program like it just freeze Motorola ota that should stop all ota notifications
kelvinmorcillo said:
Just hit no when it tells you havê a new update
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Ah, I wasn't aware OTAs on this phone were optional. Some devices force them ASAP on a boot-up if available. Good to hear, and I hope it stays true.
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using titanium backup or some program like it just freeze Motorola ota that should stop all ota notifications
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I'm not able to do this. Otherwise, I would. Root free, dev free, that's the life for me... for the time being at least...
chrisp6825 said:
Ah, I wasn't aware OTAs on this phone were optional. Some devices force them ASAP on a boot-up if available. Good to hear, and I hope it stays true.
I'm not able to do this. Otherwise, I would. Root free, dev free, that's the life for me... for the time being at least...
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To stop the updates, this will do it but you will have to redo this everytime you reboot until you are rooted in stone not temp like Pie.. but this will stop any updates from coming to the phone and stop you from forcing an update. the two files Ive changed the name of the first two in the pic, it's the root / system / pri apps folder, I added .bak to the name, you have to do both of them.
If you don't rename them after every boot when you lose Pie they revert back to original and you will get the notice again and you might accidentally hit install when the notice pops up.. so just re Pie and change them.. I use FX explorer with root addon. It's a great app and free and takes less than a minute to rename the files.
Looks like the OTA reached me. It creates a permanent notification from the MotoOTA app.
Without write-protection enabled, you can't disable this app permanently. Most likely in a temp-root instance, freezing it in titanium backup may not take effect on the app til reboot, or possibly a hot-reboot.
I just un-enabled notifications for the app, though I'm hoping it won't auto download during idle.
And apparently (I'm) not able to freeze it. See screen shots.
tapa'd on my moto x
chrisp6825 said:
Looks like the OTA reached me. It creates a permanent notification from the MotoOTA app.
Without write-protection enabled, you can't disable this app permanently. Most likely in a temp-root instance, freezing it in titanium backup may not take effect on the app til reboot, or possibly a hot-reboot.
I just un-enabled notifications for the app, though I'm hoping it won't auto download during idle.
And apparently (I'm) not able to freeze it. See screen shots.
tapa'd on my moto x
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It won't install automatically...almost guaranteed.
But why can't you freeze it? You should be able to click it, opening up a menu with a freeze option. My guess is that it will revert back to 'unfrozen' after the next reboot, but I HAVE seen a post or two that suggests otherwise (not sure how reputable, if at all).
I have several system apps frozen (mostly the google play music/movies/games/etc. bloat, along with a couple others). The fact that it is red just indicates it is a system app. You might have to mount /system r/w in order to be able to freeze it, but once again, I've read some posts suggesting that mounting r/w was tricky with the temp-root (and of course, will revert all changes upon reboot).
I would give you more definitive answers, but since I'm unlocked, its difficult for me to test...
Good Luck! If you can just put up with the nag, you'll be fine. As you well know, once you accept it, it's game-over for root.
Chris forget about that freeze crap do what I said to do and you won't have any issues I did it yesterday.. rebooted the phone lost towelpie got the 4.4.4 notice started downloading because wanted to know what it was.. than ran towelpie, went to a root/system/priv-apps and deleted the 3c ota files and it stopped that download as it was downloading. i wanted to download it to see what it was so i had to reboot the phone to get rid of towelpie and that got the 3c ota files back and then it rebegan the download I don't use Titanium Backup I just manually delete. I did it Verizon 4.4.2 non dev locked boot
now after I downloaded 4.4.4 and rooted with towelPie.. it did cause the root to act kind of funny I went into FX root explorer tried to rename the 3c ota files after mounting Fx Explorer in write mode it still told me the files were not writable that must have had something to do with the new download.. so my corrective action was to go into fx root explorer cashe folder send that new update into outerfreakin space then reboot the phone retowelpie and then mount fx Explorer in write mode again and deleted 3c ota files and had no problem after rebooting.. but once you download that file it permanently does something to your phone until you delete it from the cashe folder and reboot.
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It won't install automatically...almost guaranteed.
But why can't you freeze it?
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In that screen shot, I had just attempted to freeze it 3 times. It's as if I haven't even tried though.
As long as it won't auto download, I'm cool with it. Kit Kat or jelly bean introduced the option to disable notifications from apps, so that gets it out of my way.
tapa'd on my moto x
Once you delete the 3c_ota.apk and 3c_ota.odex files your phone is NOT capable of checking for or downloading an OTA.
And towelPie root allows you to delete these files if you use FX explorer with root add-on, its available in playstore, and explains how to mount in write mode allowing you to rename or delete any file, it takes all of 10 seconds.
FX file explorer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx&hl=en
Root add-on for for FX explorer to access root files
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.fx.rr&hl=en
Right, but this is something that obviously has to be done every boot, and I imagine may need to be soft-rebooted after to take effect, so the app won't load during boot.
I may do that our write a quick script to take care of it each rooted boot for me in a while. Thanks for the info
tapa'd on my moto x
So I just renamed the system files... So much for not trying to auto update. Then next screen after I hit later asked me to select a time of day for the next reminder.
Silly.
I'll see if I still get this after the files are renamed.
tapa'd on my moto x
Renamed my files. So far, no notification. Thx.
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So I just renamed the system files... So much for not trying to auto update. Then next screen after I hit later asked me to select a time of day for the next reminder.
Silly.
I'll see if I still get this after the files are renamed.
tapa'd on my moto x
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you have to go into system root cashe folder and send the downloaded file to kingdome come than you wont get the install prompt. the phone is not capable of downloading the update if you rename the files
the file in cashe is that the Verizon ghost zip?delete then re name the other ota in priv folder?
Thanks
gmmurphy said:
the file in cashe is that the Verizon ghost zip?delete then re name the other ota in priv folder?
Thanks
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that is it. either delete it, rename it, or move someplace else (like /sdcard)
I froze MotorolaOTA 1.0 in Titanium Backup using Towel Root. (Also works using Pie Root). Blocks of obedience obnoxious update requests.
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