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Root [MetroPCS] How to Install SDhack on 12b update

Hugo_Stiglitz said:
What does this actually do?

Does this let you trick android and google play into thinking your micro SD is your internal storage so you can download larger games?

I'm trying to find out how to do that because the F6's storage is so tiny I can't download GTA San Andreas and many other games.

My phones already rooted 12b though.
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what trevor said is true the ext 4 partition will act as your internal sd card.if you want this you will have to downgrade to 10i and follow the steps.reason being something in the 12b breaks aparted app whitch is why i wrote the steps specific to this problem.you need aparted to make the partitions in order to proceed,unless you want to try to find a windows mac or whatever program that makes ext4 partitions.the partitions on a computer will be more tricky though as youd need an sd card adapter and a card slot on your computer just for it to read.
 
camera doesnt work using this hack

I've been trying to isolate the issue, and running things over, and over.

I've managed to get to 12b with working camera (front & back) as well as working main menu button, but after that when I use the SD hack from PressYforPie the Camera no longer works (only shows face cam all the time).

I'm thinking maybe I can make a backup of the working camera while on 12b rooted, then install pressys sd hack, then reinstall working camera?
 
Someone please help me! I was able to get the sdhack to work but my phone has become unbearably slooooooow. I can think of 2 possible reasons. 1 My 32gb class10 sdcard is an off brand (Lexar I think), or 2 I only left 4gb as fat32 and made the other 28gb ext4. It took me over 30 minutes to get to this page after rebooting my phone! Also I keep getting a message saying "Unfortunately google play services has stopped." Do I need to use a better sdcard, or is 28gb of internal storage just too much for this phone to handle? Either way, how can I fix this problem?
 
Many thanks to 13onk for sharing the info in the May 7 entry. After all the prep work went exactly as indicated, I could not figure out why the SD Card Hack function kept failing. I could see there was a message quickly flashing but didn't even know what it said. Based on the info you shared, I got it working. Strangely, there were some slight differences from your experience. In my case, there was a folder named F6Utilities2 and the fix was to create a recovery subfolder there and unzip the files to that subfolder (creating and using F6Utilties1/recovery didn't work). By the way, I flashed to 10i per the instructions but still had the similar problem.

Many thanks also to Frosthax1 for these instructions that (for me) had just the right level of detail. I don't think I could have successfully implemented it without the extra guidance found in these instructions.
 
sfgjm said:
Many thanks to 13onk for sharing the info in the May 7 entry. After all the prep work went exactly as indicated, I could not figure out why the SD Card Hack function kept failing. I could see there was a message quickly flashing but didn't even know what it said. Based on the info you shared, I got it working. Strangely, there were some slight differences from your experience. In my case, there was a folder named F6Utilities2 and the fix was to create a recovery subfolder there and unzip the files to that subfolder (creating and using F6Utilties1/recovery didn't work). By the way, I flashed to 10i per the instructions but still had the similar problem.

Many thanks also to Frosthax1 for these instructions that (for me) had just the right level of detail. I don't think I could have successfully implemented it without the extra guidance found in these instructions.
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Have you noticed things running any slower on your phone. I had to do the exact same thing as you to get it working but everything became very slow
 
Masterchief said:
Have you noticed things running any slower on your phone. I had to do the exact same thing as you to get it working but everything became very slow
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If you mean slowed down so significantly that it's immediately noticeable, no-that hasn't happened in the few hours that I've been running the sd hack. It might be significant that I'm using a class 10 memory card.
 
sfgjm said:
If you mean slowed down so significantly that it's immediately noticeable, no-that hasn't happened in the few hours that I've been running the sd hack. It might be significant that I'm using a class 10 memory card.
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Mine says it's class 10 but it's an off brand so I'm thinking that it might be a class 2 or a class 4 with class 10 printed on it. May I ask what brand of SD card you are using?
 
Masterchief said:
Mine says it's class 10 but it's an off brand so I'm thinking that it might be a class 2 or a class 4 with class 10 printed on it. May I ask what brand of SD card you are using?
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"Class" is going to be irrelevant because it is used to signify throughput speed. What you are looking for in a microSD card is random read & write.

Since most F6 users are value-oriented buyers, would strongly recommend the Samsung PLUS, EVO and PRO lines. They typically are among the fastest in random read & write speed

The Samsung EVO 32GB for $19.99:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IVPU786

The Samsung PRO 16GB microSD for $9.99 (This is what I use):
Samsung 16GB Pro Micro SDHC with Adapter UHS 1 Class 10 Memory Card | eBay
 
frosthax1 said:
im going to take excerpts from other devs and give credits mixed with my solution for getting sdhacks installed properly and rooted on 12b update

Notice:THIS IS ASSUMING YOU HAVE FIRMWARE 10I!if you have 12b already downgrade to 10i yoll find another guide on this forum for that.

Step One:Factory Reset

Step Two:Fill out your google info but uncheck all boxes!

Step Three:
Make sure you go to settings security and click unknown sources and click usb debugging in developer options before you continue

Step Four:
All In One Root & Recovery
For Firmware 10i:
Root and 2nd-init CWM Recovery - Android Creations (only use the instructions for 10i please)

Step Five:Go to settings storage and unmount sd card then Download Aparted From the google play store open it and give it supersu permission

once open press the add button twice,1st partition should be fat32 of your desired size and the 2nd one should be ext4 your desired size(data goes in ext4 so make the size count) hit menu button and select apply changes to format and wait till completed.

Step Six:
Grab ota rootkeeper from the google store ,open it and grant it super access then press temp unroot create backup option and then find the update install on your phone and update

Step Seven: once on 12b open ota rootkeeper again, and select restore root,then go and find supersu in your apps and open it.it may ask to install binaries.if it does allow it on normal mode.itll fail the first time,reopen and repeat process,it should say successful the second time,check to make sure ota rootkeeper says all checks at this point,if so congrats you have root.
Reboot to be safe for Step Eight!

Step Eight:
once all this is done download this
http://oudhitsquad.com/pressy4pie/F6/F6Utilities2.apk

once this app is installed open it and only select the option sd card hack let it install grant it superuser rights and once it dissappears reboot.

once it reboots it should have fixed itself but it erases everything else so put in your google info and get ota rootkeeper from the store again to be safe,open it and make sure it still says your rooted and everything,and check storage to see if your card partitions showing in internal as it should.if all of this is working then redo the f6 root recovery tool and go thru its instructions again to make sure you have supersu and all the fixings again.it should have no problems reinstalling.

Thanks to pressy4pie and gametheory for their suggestions and wonderful apps along with me determined to get this working on 12b without failing :) please thank this as it works,as it took me days to figure out the right process

id also recommend after this to use game theories debloater for the f6
http://androidforums.com/metropcs-o...456-ms500-f6-flashable-bloatware-remover.html
(caution be careful of flashing other stuff like the freedom kernal.it will break the sdhack and possibly trigger more errors than you want)-ƒR()
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13onk said:
Well I got it working but it took a couple extra steps. This might have been because I had 12B already rooted with SuperSU from trevers thread.

So I installed F6Utilities2.apk. When I ran it it hung up. I let it sit for a while then finally backed out of it. Opened it again and it asked for super user permission and I granted it. I tried running SD Card Hacks and it opened a dialog then closed it real quick, restart and nothing changed. I checked SU log and it told me it was a pro feature, so I paid the 2.50 for pro. I tried it again and had the same results but this time the log read "Can't open '/storage/sdcard0/f6Utilities1/recovery/pressy4pie-cwm-data.lok': no such file or directory".

I used ES file explorer and found that there was no /recovery directory in the /f6Utilities1 folder so I created it. I then unzipped the contents of SDHACKS.ZIP I found in the /F6Utilities1 folder to the /recovery folder. Ran it again and it took.

Working great, except I have an OOOLD SD card (Probably class 2 or 4) so it's a bit slow. I've got a new 32G class 10 card on the way though so that should make this phone great. Wonder if I can just copy the contents of my old cards partition to the new cards partition I make. We'll see.

Thanks for the writeup Frost, it was helpful. Not sure why I'm the only one who seemed to have this problem. I had the same results just now when I tried it again to see what SU was reporting so it's repeatable on my device. I'd guess it's how I rooted.
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Using this metbod it worked for me. Xperion rom. I had manually reboot tho. Ni biggie. Now im going to work on trying to mount the real internal storage as sd card and use it for ram!
 
Overclocked won't work for the hack as it uses a different kernal. You'll mess up your phone if you try this. I mostly use the external 2 sd script and link 2 sd now. It's safer and does the trick well. If you look on the net for lucky patcher it will patch link2sd to use pro features
 
Would I still have to downgrade to 10i even if my sd card is already partitioned correctly? I wouldn't have to use AParted if that's the case right?
 
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