Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
Yikes!. I hate to be the first to try it. I'll install CWM first and back up.
Yikes!. I hate to be the first to try it. I'll install CWM first and back up.
[ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & EXT Data
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Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have 2 sprint replenish phones that were both on FA19 and I successfully flashed directly to Phoenix 0.2 by following the directions in the first post. Just make sure to clear the cache and data. The phone will not boot unless you do that.
I also installed the custom kernel by DMRLOOK and have to say this combination rocks the replenish! After the last sprint update both phones would randomly lose 3g and/or shut off completely. It was very frustrating to say the least. I have only been running the custom ROM for a bit over 24 hours, but it has been very stable so far. Battery life seems better then stock ROM with juice defender. I am a very happy person right now!!!
Cheers,
Brent
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have 2 sprint replenish phones that were both on FA19 and I successfully flashed directly to Phoenix 0.2 by following the directions in the first post. Just make sure to clear the cache and data. The phone will not boot unless you do that.
I also installed the custom kernel by DMRLOOK and have to say this combination rocks the replenish! After the last sprint update both phones would randomly lose 3g and/or shut off completely. It was very frustrating to say the least. I have only been running the custom ROM for a bit over 24 hours, but it has been very stable so far. Battery life seems better then stock ROM with juice defender. I am a very happy person right now!!!
Cheers,
Brent
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
Brent: Thanks so much for your timely post. I'll be picking up a Replenish tomorrow morning.
Brent: Thanks so much for your timely post. I'll be picking up a Replenish tomorrow morning.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I'm stuck in cwm i did modem update then .3 rc zip for boost now i reboot into cwm what to do?
I'm stuck in cwm i did modem update then .3 rc zip for boost now i reboot into cwm what to do?
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I provided a fix a few posts back to get out of the modem boot loop, however it is based on Sprint phones. I do not know if it will work on the boost version. There is a decent chance it will, but no guarantees. At this point, I'm not sure you have any options other than to try my fix a few posts back. It is a file you need to flash to your phone with odin. If it works, great, if not, then you need to find someone with a boost replenish so you can lift their odin images and reflash with that. All you will need is the MIBIB file.
Good luck.
I provided a fix a few posts back to get out of the modem boot loop, however it is based on Sprint phones. I do not know if it will work on the boost version. There is a decent chance it will, but no guarantees. At this point, I'm not sure you have any options other than to try my fix a few posts back. It is a file you need to flash to your phone with odin. If it works, great, if not, then you need to find someone with a boost replenish so you can lift their odin images and reflash with that. All you will need is the MIBIB file.
Good luck.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
firehak, if you have 0.3 running on your phone would you be able to put up a CWM backup of your phone please?
firehak, if you have 0.3 running on your phone would you be able to put up a CWM backup of your phone please?
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I do, and can't. I have personal data just like most people, and then I also have work email on my phone which forces me to encrypt part of my data, so that would be a huge violation of the NDA I signed when hired. If I could have, I'd have done it a long time ago. I just have to take 0.2 and modify it into 0.3 from scratch again when I get the time.
I do, and can't. I have personal data just like most people, and then I also have work email on my phone which forces me to encrypt part of my data, so that would be a huge violation of the NDA I signed when hired. If I could have, I'd have done it a long time ago. I just have to take 0.2 and modify it into 0.3 from scratch again when I get the time.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
Firehak-
Do you think it. would be possible to release data to ext support as an add-on for 0.2? Between dmrlook's kernel, the FA19 modem, and Phoenix 0.2, we already have very good performance and battery life. The lack of memory is the only thing I really see as lacking.
Firehak-
Do you think it. would be possible to release data to ext support as an add-on for 0.2? Between dmrlook's kernel, the FA19 modem, and Phoenix 0.2, we already have very good performance and battery life. The lack of memory is the only thing I really see as lacking.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
a way around your nda would be to do a nandroid of your 0.3, factory reset, nandroid that and share this, then re-nandroid back to your original 0.3 and voila! you keep your nda, everyone has a fixed 0.3 (and will give me a change to compare the two and see what is borked possibly) and you have protected your nda.'
case closed lol.
And also try to inplement a2sd better than link2sd
a way around your nda would be to do a nandroid of your 0.3, factory reset, nandroid that and share this, then re-nandroid back to your original 0.3 and voila! you keep your nda, everyone has a fixed 0.3 (and will give me a change to compare the two and see what is borked possibly) and you have protected your nda.'
case closed lol.
And also try to inplement a2sd better than link2sd
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Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I think rodya234's idea may be best for now seeing as how I haven't had any time since I got my job. In 0.2, everything worked, we have a kernel, etc. I believe I'll just try that and look for a way to permanently block update messages. Maybe I'll have time over the weekend to get it done, though I'm in the process of changing web hosts. My download link won't point to my website for a while.
I think rodya234's idea may be best for now seeing as how I haven't had any time since I got my job. In 0.2, everything worked, we have a kernel, etc. I believe I'll just try that and look for a way to permanently block update messages. Maybe I'll have time over the weekend to get it done, though I'm in the process of changing web hosts. My download link won't point to my website for a while.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
As it seems people are having a hell of a time figuring out a permanent ota block (with the exception of the nook which seems to have one) how about a script that checks then updates the build.prop to match current otas code?
I can't say that I have any clue what's involved in doing this but I imagine it would be effective and at the very least you'd only get one prompt every time a new ota goes out?
If you did make such a scprit/program you could sell that sucker haha everyone with root hates that annoying popup.
As it seems people are having a hell of a time figuring out a permanent ota block (with the exception of the nook which seems to have one) how about a script that checks then updates the build.prop to match current otas code?
I can't say that I have any clue what's involved in doing this but I imagine it would be effective and at the very least you'd only get one prompt every time a new ota goes out?
If you did make such a scprit/program you could sell that sucker haha everyone with root hates that annoying popup.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I just got a new Replenish for my mom. (Added her to my family plan.) The baseband is S:M580.06x.ED15. Android 2.2.2. Build #: FROYO.ED15. HW version: M580.06. Should I update this to EK18 or FA19 before trying to root or install Phoenix 0.2?
I just got a new Replenish for my mom. (Added her to my family plan.) The baseband is S:M580.06x.ED15. Android 2.2.2. Build #: FROYO.ED15. HW version: M580.06. Should I update this to EK18 or FA19 before trying to root or install Phoenix 0.2?
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
^ Don't worry about updating, Installing Phoenix 0.2 will update the phone to EK18. The phone will get an update notification unless you edit build.prop and change all references of EK18 to FA19.
^ Don't worry about updating, Installing Phoenix 0.2 will update the phone to EK18. The phone will get an update notification unless you edit build.prop and change all references of EK18 to FA19.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
FYI, in case it helps others...
I bought a new Replenish for my mom. It came from the store with ED15, so:
1) I installed the rooted EK18 from Firehak's website so that I could install & run Titanium Backup in order to get the SprintTV app backed up before installing PhoeniX 0.2. If you don't want any of Sprint's apps, like SprintTV, NASCAR, NFL, etc, then you wouldn't need to back them up with Titanium Backup.
2) I then installed PhoeniX 0.2 using the perfect instructions on Firehak's website.
3) I installed DRMLook's kernel, downloaded/set-up an overclocking app.
4) Then, to eliminate any nagging FA19-update messages from Sprint, I downloaded ES File Explorer, gave it root access, and used it to text-edit the build.prop file based on the video instructions at THIS YouTube link, changing any instances of "EK18" to "FA19". I think there were 3-4 instances that I edited. It was easy, and I haven't been asked to update to FA19.
It's been working perfectly for a few days, overclocked to 748MHz. Big thanks to Firehak & DRMlook!
The installation process would have been really easy to do except that the Odin program kept failing when communicating with the phone, even though I had installed the drivers (without errors), both from Windows update, and then later from Samsung's website on my modern, Windows 7 desktop PC. Oddly, I could access the USB storage and Odin reported that it could see the phone on the COM port (or something) but then Odin always failed after I clicked "Start". I tried a couple different USB ports on my desktop PC, but I kept getting the following error message once I started running Odin. "Cannot open the usb serial port. code: 32". Eventually I gave up, ran Odin from my laptop PC, and everything went perfectly smoothly.
I was a bit scared to try install a custom ROM (even though I've done so for my family's 4 Optimus S's) because I didn't realize that Odin is simply a program that lets you easily load ROMs onto the phone. ( I assume that I could just as easily flash the stock EK18 ROM on Firehak's website if I needed to return the phone to Sprint.) Anway, if there's anyone else out there thinking about installing a PhoeniX ROM, it's incredibly easy to do, if Odin can actually communicate with the phone. And if Odin can't communicate with the phone, then there's no harm. So either way, there's little to fear.
FYI: I really wanted my mom to have SprintTV which is why I first installed the rooted EK18 so that I could backup SprintTV. (I assumed that Phoenix 0.2 would strip out the Sprint bloatware, including Sprint ID, and I was right.) In my experience, for DRMed apps like SprintTV, you can't just grab an APK from the web or from somebody else's phone and then install it. But such DRMed apps can be reinstalled onto a custom ROM from a Titanium Backup. Not sure why. If somebody knows how to simply install such apps using another method, please let me know.
FYI, in case it helps others...
I bought a new Replenish for my mom. It came from the store with ED15, so:
1) I installed the rooted EK18 from Firehak's website so that I could install & run Titanium Backup in order to get the SprintTV app backed up before installing PhoeniX 0.2. If you don't want any of Sprint's apps, like SprintTV, NASCAR, NFL, etc, then you wouldn't need to back them up with Titanium Backup.
2) I then installed PhoeniX 0.2 using the perfect instructions on Firehak's website.
3) I installed DRMLook's kernel, downloaded/set-up an overclocking app.
4) Then, to eliminate any nagging FA19-update messages from Sprint, I downloaded ES File Explorer, gave it root access, and used it to text-edit the build.prop file based on the video instructions at THIS YouTube link, changing any instances of "EK18" to "FA19". I think there were 3-4 instances that I edited. It was easy, and I haven't been asked to update to FA19.
It's been working perfectly for a few days, overclocked to 748MHz. Big thanks to Firehak & DRMlook!
The installation process would have been really easy to do except that the Odin program kept failing when communicating with the phone, even though I had installed the drivers (without errors), both from Windows update, and then later from Samsung's website on my modern, Windows 7 desktop PC. Oddly, I could access the USB storage and Odin reported that it could see the phone on the COM port (or something) but then Odin always failed after I clicked "Start". I tried a couple different USB ports on my desktop PC, but I kept getting the following error message once I started running Odin. "Cannot open the usb serial port. code: 32". Eventually I gave up, ran Odin from my laptop PC, and everything went perfectly smoothly.
I was a bit scared to try install a custom ROM (even though I've done so for my family's 4 Optimus S's) because I didn't realize that Odin is simply a program that lets you easily load ROMs onto the phone. ( I assume that I could just as easily flash the stock EK18 ROM on Firehak's website if I needed to return the phone to Sprint.) Anway, if there's anyone else out there thinking about installing a PhoeniX ROM, it's incredibly easy to do, if Odin can actually communicate with the phone. And if Odin can't communicate with the phone, then there's no harm. So either way, there's little to fear.
FYI: I really wanted my mom to have SprintTV which is why I first installed the rooted EK18 so that I could backup SprintTV. (I assumed that Phoenix 0.2 would strip out the Sprint bloatware, including Sprint ID, and I was right.) In my experience, for DRMed apps like SprintTV, you can't just grab an APK from the web or from somebody else's phone and then install it. But such DRMed apps can be reinstalled onto a custom ROM from a Titanium Backup. Not sure why. If somebody knows how to simply install such apps using another method, please let me know.
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Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
I am unfortunatly stuck at the moment I updated using the instructions firehak provided but I am stuck in a CWM boot loop, I can put it into download mode but odin can't see it. And windows keeps telling me the device can't start. This all start after I used the modem update, is there anyway I can fix this from within cwm?
Edit: Fixed, odin randomly started working again?
I am unfortunatly stuck at the moment I updated using the instructions firehak provided but I am stuck in a CWM boot loop, I can put it into download mode but odin can't see it. And windows keeps telling me the device can't start. This all start after I used the modem update, is there anyway I can fix this from within cwm?
Edit: Fixed, odin randomly started working again?
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Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
Even though I don't think that I ever did anything to accept an OTA update from Sprint, before I flashed the phone to Phoenix 0.2, I remember seeing a message that said something to the effect that an update had been downloaded and is ready to install. I'm a bit worried that there's a stock FA19 ROM stored somewhere on the phone, wasting space, but I can't find it (to delete it). Does anybody know where that would be, and what it would be called?
Even though I don't think that I ever did anything to accept an OTA update from Sprint, before I flashed the phone to Phoenix 0.2, I remember seeing a message that said something to the effect that an update had been downloaded and is ready to install. I'm a bit worried that there's a stock FA19 ROM stored somewhere on the phone, wasting space, but I can't find it (to delete it). Does anybody know where that would be, and what it would be called?
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
With any kind of root file explorer, browse to /cache. It is an internal partition and your phone will automatically download this file whether you want it to or not when a new update is released and your phone has an older version listed in build.prop. It is a weird naming scheme, but it should be quite obvious to find. The zip file will not be large as it is not an entire OS upgrade. The update from Froyo to GB was probably 50mb or so I believe, and everything else never reaches more than 5mb if I remember correctly.
But, as we've explained before, separate partitions mean that these are NOT eating up space. Same as bloat sitting in /system/app not eating up space for installing your apps which go to /data. Deleting the update files will NOT give you any extra space for apps.
With any kind of root file explorer, browse to /cache. It is an internal partition and your phone will automatically download this file whether you want it to or not when a new update is released and your phone has an older version listed in build.prop. It is a weird naming scheme, but it should be quite obvious to find. The zip file will not be large as it is not an entire OS upgrade. The update from Froyo to GB was probably 50mb or so I believe, and everything else never reaches more than 5mb if I remember correctly.
But, as we've explained before, separate partitions mean that these are NOT eating up space. Same as bloat sitting in /system/app not eating up space for installing your apps which go to /data. Deleting the update files will NOT give you any extra space for apps.
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
Thanks Firehak.
I searched in /cache but couldn't find the update so I guess it didn't get downloaded.
I didn't realize that it would be kept in a separate partition and that deleting it wouldn't free up user-useable space.
I assumed that the apps (including the Sprint bloatware) reside in the internal flash ROM (not the micro-SD card), and that when you removed the Sprint bloatware for PhoeniX, you either downsized that partition accordingly, or obliterated the partition, thereby freeing up ROM space. It sounds like you're saying that's not the case.
I assume that apps are stored in the internal ROM but need RAM to run. Is that correct?
If so, and if you haven't resized the ROM partitions, then is it safe to say that the only benefit of removing the Sprint bloatware is that it doesn't use up RAM and CPU?
Thanks Firehak.
I searched in /cache but couldn't find the update so I guess it didn't get downloaded.
I didn't realize that it would be kept in a separate partition and that deleting it wouldn't free up user-useable space.
I assumed that the apps (including the Sprint bloatware) reside in the internal flash ROM (not the micro-SD card), and that when you removed the Sprint bloatware for PhoeniX, you either downsized that partition accordingly, or obliterated the partition, thereby freeing up ROM space. It sounds like you're saying that's not the case.
I assume that apps are stored in the internal ROM but need RAM to run. Is that correct?
If so, and if you haven't resized the ROM partitions, then is it safe to say that the only benefit of removing the Sprint bloatware is that it doesn't use up RAM and CPU?
Re: [ACS][ROM] Phoenix ROM 0.2 & 0.3 RC
firehak - Did you ever get a chance to look into getting data2ext for us? What all would be involved in getting it working?
firehak - Did you ever get a chance to look into getting data2ext for us? What all would be involved in getting it working?
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