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[MOD] Volume Wake for Bulletproof 1.4 Rom

 Hacks, Misc, Roms, Root, Sensation, T-mobile  No Responses »
Nov 072011
 

One of my favorite roms on the Sensation 4G is Bulletproof 1.4, based on Sense 3.0. It has the right mix of tweaks and mods to make it smooth and quick in the heavily populated world of S4G roms. However, one thing that was missing from the rom is the ability to wake the phone via the volume buttons. The version based on Sense 3.5 has it, but not on this Sense 3.0 version. So like any rom junkie, I ended up messing around with the android.policy.jar file and manage to smali/baksmali edit the file needed to make this happen.

For your enjoyment, download the zip below (log in first) and flash it via your recovery. Cache wipe isn’t necessary but it won’t hurt.

There is no guarantee that this will work with any other rom. It’s also highly suggested that you back up your /system/framework/android.policy.jar file or just run a nandroid on your existing rom. This was done entirely on a stock BP 1.4 environment and has been tested on this rom specifically.

  Volume Wake for Bulletproof 1.4 Rom (284.9 KiB, 3 hits)
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PS: If you have another rom you’d like this mod done on, I can run the edit for you. Just let me know what rom and what Sense version etc.

 

 Posted by at 11:23 pm  Tagged with: , , , , , ,

4EXT Recovery Themes

 4EXT, Apps, Kernels, Misc, Recovery, Roms, Root  No Responses »
Oct 252011
 

There is a new recovery available from madmaxx82 called 4Ext that incorporates many features and options that every crackflasher needs. Did you ever want to queue up .zip files for flashing with backup, cache wiping, and numerous other options? This recovery and it’s associated control app has it all.

My normal routine is usually wipe cache, wipe dalvick, flash rom, flash kernel (if available), fix permissions, and then reboot. You can imagine how many volume and power button presses it takes to accomplish all that. With the 4Ext Recovery app, I can queue all this up with a few taps and let it do it’s thing. There’s even md5 checking involved if you need to verify, super handy.

Since purchasing the app and using the recovery (free), I started diving into making themes for it. After a few hours of tinkering, I managed to make a couple for testing.

The images below are my Super Paper Mario and Honeycomb Blue theme. After downloading (click the screenshot), you can install it via the control app. Or you can boot into recovery and flash the .zip.

 Posted by at 5:25 am  Tagged with: , ,

Cheap 32MB MicroSDHC

 Hardware, Misc  No Responses »
Oct 112011
 

If you are in the market for a 32MB MicroSDHC, then you are in luck with these two sales happening right now. Over at Newegg, you can grab a class 10 PNY for $55 shipped by using the coupon EMCJKJJ45.

Or you can grab the slower speed class 4 Sandisk  32MB variety at DailySteals for $35 shipped.

You better hurry, these deals won’t last long.

 

 Posted by at 11:28 am  Tagged with: , , , ,

[Radio] Sensation 4G/XE from 1.72.401.1 RUU

 Misc, Sensation  No Responses »
Sep 142011
 


There’s a new radio just ripped from the RUU of the new Sensation XE. What’s great is that this radio works perfectly fine on the regular TMOUS Sensation 4G. Whether or not it has any added benefit has yet to be seen since it is so new. However, from initial speed tests it seems it’s slightly better or on par with previous releases.

The radio should show as 10.58.9035.00P_10.15.9035.02_2 under your phone settings on your S4G. Please head over to this XDA thread to download the latest release. Please confirm the md5sum before flashing! If it does not match, please re-download again or else you risk bricking your phone. You can check md5 via the adb shell or any free md5sum checker program.

To flash, all you need to do is place the downloaded PG58IMG.zip file at the root of your sdcard. Then reboot into your bootloader and it will prompt you to update it.

After the radio is done flashing, proceed to reboot the phone. You will most likely get stuck at the white HTC screen. Don’t worry, it’s easily fixable.

With adb, issue the command adb reboot recovery while on that white HTC screen. This is assuming you have adb tools installed and your phone is connected to your computer. If you do not have adb install, download the attached zip below that contains all you need for adb.

Once you are in recovery (Clockworkmod in my case), wipe cache, then go to advanced and wipe dalvik. Now reboot your phone and you should get past the white HTC screen now. You can also delete the zip file that you placed on your sdcard earlier or move it for safe storage somewhere else. It is best not to leave it sitting on your sdcard.

  Android ADB and Fastboot tools (13.2 MiB, 64 hits)
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 Posted by at 10:34 pm  Tagged with: , , , , ,

[FIX] HTC Sensation 4G screen of death

 Fixes, Roms, Sensation  2 Responses »
Aug 252011
 

A lot of custom rom users on the Sensation 4G have noticed screen of death occurrences and reboots/lockups. A developer on XDA has dug deep and found that the HTC RUU (Rom Upgrade Utility) and OTA (Over The Air) updates differ in that a rpm image located on the RUU is not present on the OTA release. By not flashing this rpm image to the correct partition, the odd problems people have been facing with custom roms have been creeping up. From initial reports, it seems this is working for the people who have flashed the rpm.img file correctly.

I’ve actually never had the screen of death issue, but I prefer to have the correct rpm flashed anyway.

The link to the XDA thread contains a bootloader zip that reflashes your recovery and bootloader as well as the rpm.img in question. I prefer to flash the rpm file via fastboot USB since I don’t need to update or fuss with my recovery and whatnot. I also find it safer to do it via fastboot instead of a bootloader flash file.

If you already have the Android SDK installed and working, the fastboot tool is located in the tools directory. If you don’t have the SDK installed, download the zip below which contains the drivers you will need as well as the adb and fastboot executables for Windows. There is no need to install the entire SDK if all you want to use are the adb and fastboot tools.

** Flashing anything is your responsibility. What works for others may not work for you. Although this has worked fine for me, I am not responsible for what you may possibly do to your device.

  1. Download the ADB/Fastboot zip located in this post. You will need to be a registered user to download any files from DH.
  2. Open a command prompt to where you unzip’d the adb/fastboot file you just downloaded.
  3. Install the HTC drivers if you do not have that already.
  4. Disable fastboot under Settings->Power and then power down.
  5. Hold down volume – and then hit the power button.
  6. You are now in the bootloader (white) screen. Select fastboot from the options and hit the power button.
  7. Connect your USB cable from your phone to your computer.
  8. The fastboot banner should change to fastboot usb. If you don’t see this, stop and check your driver install.
  9. Download the rpm.img zip attached to this post and place it in the same directory as where you unzip’d the adb/fastboot zip. The md5sum for this file when unzip’d is 59a52ec272c0dbdaf262f1f32e543b4c. If your md5 does not match, DO NOT FLASH. Please redownload and try again.
  10. Issue the command “fastboot devices” and make sure your device shows up.
  11. If it does, issue the command “fastboot flash rpm rpm.img“. This should take all of 5 seconds to flash over to your handset.
  12. Once it flashes and you get the OK, unplug the USB cable and reboot the device via the menu and your power button.
  13. Enjoy and be free of the screen of death.

  Android ADB and Fastboot tools (13.2 MiB, 64 hits)
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  Sensation 4G rpm.img file (57.5 KiB, 13 hits)
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[FIX] Sensation 4G creaking noise

 Fixes, Hardware, Sensation  No Responses »
Aug 122011
 


I just started developing this odd creaking noise near the bottom and sides of my S4G. Even with a Seidio Active case wrapped around it, the creaking can be felt and heard when hitting the bottom buttons.

The fix is pretty easy. You just need to decrease the amount of movement the back cover has.

I had some .010 mil fiber (fish) paper laying around so I cut a small square that covers the sim card and microsd card area. You can probably use something else, but hey, why not use some insulated paper if you have it.

Lay the paper on top of the area and then slowly place the back cover back on. No holes are in that area above the sim and microsd, so no worries there. You should see an immediate improvement.

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T-Mobile Sensation 4G S-Off and Perma-root

 Kernels, Roms, Sensation  No Responses »
Jul 312011
 

Over the weekend, the T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G was “cracked” and to everyone’s delight s-off (security off) was achieved. This basically allows for custom kernals and roms to be installed via, you guessed it, a custom recovery.

Here’s how to do it.

  1. Power off your phone and then press volume down and the power button. A white screen (bootloader) will appear. Please note down the h-boot version your Sensation is running. Also note that you have s-on listed at the top of this white screen.
  2. Reboot and let the OS load completely.
  3. Download the Revolutionary application from revolutionary.io. You will be prompted to enter some information including a serial key and the information from your bootloader screen in the earlier step. Keep this page open!
  4. Read the short description of what Revolutionary is on their wiki.
  5. Download and install the correct HTC drivers from their wiki.
  6. Extract and run the Revolutionary.exe file as administrator (assuming you are on Windows 7).
  7. Plug your phone into your computer. The Revolutionary application should now detect your phone and will provide you with a unique serial key. Copy this serial key down by right clicking, selecting mark, then right clicking again.
  8. Go back to the Revolutionary.io website and enter in your serial key. You will be provided with a unqiue beta key. Copy this beta key and enter/paste it into the Revolutionary application.
  9. Your phone will be temp rooted and it will reboot into another white screen, which will be the fastboot screen.
  10. Let the application perform some tasks and it will reboot the white screen at least once. On the second load, you should see Revolutionary on the first line and s-off will be shown on the second line.
  11. The application will now ask if you wish to flash a custom clockworkmod recovery. By all means select yes. If you do not get this option, do not worry and just follow the steps in the next section.
  12. Now if you were prompted for recovery flashing, let it finish and then load the root zip found on the Revolutionary wiki. This will perma-root your device if you are on the stock rom.
  13. The last step is to find a rom to try. At the moment, InsertCoin and Virtuous Sensation seem to have the most development. These roms work on T-Mobile US Sensation 4Gs, so wifi calling is included. The kernals have been OC’d as well, nice touch.

Flashing Clockworkmod recovery manually

In case the Revolutionary application did not prompt you for recovery flash, here’s how to do it manually. You must have adb installed and working.

Hold down volume – and power and boot into your bootlooader. Select fastboot and then plug your USB cable in. The screen should say fastboot USB now.

  1. Download this CWM 4.0.1.4 recovery image for the Sensation (Pyramid).
  2. Open up a command prompt to your tools directory of adb.
  3. Issue the command: fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-pyramid-fixed.img
  4. It should show two lines saying sending and successfully flashed.
  5. Power down and then hold volume – and power. Selection recovery from the menu and you should be greeted with a blue CWM menu.

*Update* – Clockworkmod recovery 4.0.1.5 is now available via Rom Manager. Download the app from the market and hit the recovery flash option and you are good to go!

 Posted by at 10:01 pm  Tagged with: , , , , , ,

T-Mobile G2x Official Gingerbread is out!

 Fixes, G2x, Kernels, Roms, Root, T-mobile  No Responses »
Jul 212011
 

The official LG Gingerbread update is finally out for the LG/T-Mobile G2x! You will need to grab the LG Mobile Software updater. Please note that this will break any root access you already have.

So in typical DroidHype fashion, here is a link to grab a ClockworkMod flashable pre-rooted zip of the new 2.3.3 update.

Good job LG and T-Mobile for finally pushing this out!

Via [XDA]

*Update* – this appears to be LG’s release and not an official T-Mobile release. Once T-Mobile finalizes their testing, this will get signed and the over-the-air (OTA) will be sent out. Either way, this is good in LG’s eyes which means it should be good for most!

*Update* – LG’s release is indeed the same as the T-Mobile release. Flash away folks!

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Seidio Surface case scratches LG G2x

 G2x, Hardware, Misc, News, T-mobile  No Responses »
Jun 202011
 

The Seidio guys have been making quality cases and accessories for many phones in recent years, but it seems something isn’t right with their current Surface case for the LG G2x.

As you can see from the above picture, that corner mark was made by the inner edge of the Seidio Surface case. The case either needs to have it’s inner edges shaved slightly to prevent this from happening. This is just one corner, the other three corners have similar cosmetic blemishes now.

Is this a repeat of what happened with Evo users from last year? For the time being, I’m back to using my softer TPU case. A note has been sent into Seidio technical support, I’ll see what they have to say about this.

 Posted by at 11:21 pm  Tagged with: , , , ,

Flash Xionia Recovery on the LG Optimus V

 Hacks, Kernels, Optimus V, Roms, Root, Virgin Mobile  6 Responses »
Jun 162011
 

The LG Optimus V on the Virgin Mobile network is by far one of the best values in Android smartphone computing. Not only is the Optimus V an excellent entry/intermediate device, it’s also on one of the nation’s cheapest smartphone plans starting at $25/month.

Like it’s siblings, the Optimus V is very welcoming to custom roms and kernels. To get started, you’ll need to load a custom recovery so you can flash your desired rom and/or kernel.

The Xionia recovery ported over to the Optimus V is probably the most accepted and supported recovery at the moment. Just about every rom can be flashed using this recovery. To get started on your Optimus V, follow these steps:

Note: You must be rooted first. If you aren’t, look up the Gingerbreak app. The following steps assume you have adb working correctly and you have the correct drivers loaded on your computer.

Download the recovery zip:

  Xionia Custom Recovery for LG Optimus V (3.9 MiB, 108 hits)
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  1. There should be two files in the .zip file, flash_image and xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img. Extract the contents to the root of your /sdcard.
  2. Open up a command prompt, we’ll be using adb to flash the recovery.
  3. Connect a micro usb cable from your Optimus V to your computer. Find the Superuser app in your app tray and open it. On your command prompt, Type “adb shell” and then type “su”. Immediately check your Superuser app, it should prompt you to allow access. Select remember and allow the access.
  4. Type “mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /system /system“
  5. Type “cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image“
  6. Type “chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image“
  7. Type “mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /system /system“
  8. Type “flash_image recovery /sdcard/xionia_cwma_12518.4_virgin.img“
  9. You can now issue the command “reboot recovery“, but I prefer to power down and manually enter recovery on the first try.
  10. Power down the device. Then press and hold volume down + home + power. You can let go once the LG boot image comes up.

If you see the blue lettered Xionia recovery, then you have installed your recovery correctly. First order of business is to make a nandroid backup under the backup and restore menu. Use the up/down buttons to navigate and the camera button to select. The back button will bring you back to the previous screen if you get lost.

Now go download a rom or kernel and try it out!

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