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Root Questions about rooting

chrisdorman1 said:
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Just plugged it in to charge a bit. So should I re-install the ROM?
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personally, with the issues we're having off and on....id let it charge a bit
pretty much we can get yo uout of anything; except a dead battery.
 
chrisdorman1 said:
Yeah I waited like 20 minutes. Before that I waited about 45.

I pulled the battery out. That took me back to the clockwork screen and I did a recovery.


I am back at the original Apex v1.4.1. Again, the ROM seems to work fine. I just can't figure out the themes :(
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So when you do a recovery, how does the phone act when booted? Is it from the backup you did after installing Apex?
Can you reboot it a few times to make sure everything is good?

faber78 said:
whats your battery at?
i usually mount sytem, but some dont.
wodnering possible other issue with rom install? doesnt seem like it would work without a theme if so....
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Yeah, it sounds like something is not right.
 
chrisdorman1 said:
Where does "mount" fall into that list of steps? I mount system and data right?
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data is usually already mounted.

so mount system and you should see;
data unmount
system unmount

then install without wiping anything.

could try again this way for fun....just need to get it on the charger after to much longer.
 
emaN resU said:
So when you do a recovery, how does the phone act when booted? Is it from the backup you did after installing Apex?
Can you reboot it a few times to make sure everything is good?



Yeah, it sounds like something is not right.
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After I recover the phone works fine. Yes it is the backup I made after I installed Apex.
 
faber78 said:
data is usually already mounted.

so mount system and you should see;
data unmount
system unmount

then install without wiping anything.

could try again this way for fun....just need to get it on the charger after to much longer.
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So I mount before I install?

I really need to work on multi-quoting lol
 
faber78 said:
data is usually already mounted.

so mount system and you should see;
data unmount
system unmount

then install without wiping anything.

could try again this way for fun....just need to get it on the charger after to much longer.
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Well, I'd like for him to reboot the phone at least 2 times before trying to install anything. See if maybe it's not the theme we are having trouble with.
 
chrisdorman1 said:
So I mount before I install?

I really need to work on multi-quoting lol
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Go to ClockworkMod recovery,

scroll down to mounts and storage click it

select mount /system.. then your done...

proceed with installing zipfile from sd card as usual.. It'll be fine this time. Any theme should work i"m almost 100 percent sure this is your issue. It's a newbie mistake.
 
Chris, You are ahead of me, I always forget to make backups and .sbfs. I think I'll have to go read! Just wanted to say, welcome to the BEST DX community around. These guys are great.
 
Steven58 said:
Go to ClockworkMod recovery,

scroll down to mounts and storage click it

select mount /system.. then your done...

proceed with installing zipfile from sd card as usual.. It'll be fine this time. Any theme should work i"m almost 100 percent sure this is your issue. It's a newbie mistake.
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Still stuck :(

I'm not sure what's going on. Must be something I did/didn't do. Think I might call it quits on the themes and just stick with the ROM lol.
 
Have you tried rebooting the phone a few times after restoring? I just wan to to be sure it's the theme that is messing it up.
 
Try it without using bootstrap. Just hold the power button and let it shut down. Then start it again. Don't give up we can get this.
 
chrisdorman1 said:
Will do.

I just feel bad for you guys, lol. Been at this for a few hours now.
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Believe me, you will want to quit before we do. :D


also, I mentioned this earlier, but in case you didn't see it, you only need to hit the reboot recovery button in bootstrap once it has been granted super user privilege.
 
I'm tempted to have you call me. This is crazy.. I can talk you through.. but I'm at work, now. I'm eastern. What zone are you in?
 
So I've been reading..all 147 posts. I think at this point if I were in his shoes I would do the following. I don't view SBF'ing a big hurdle so that's my say. It fixes problems quick style.

1. back up
2. SBF the phone or maderstock.zip
3. re-root using z4.
4. install bootstrapper and make backup of stock rom
5. install apex in clockwork mod.
6. reboot
7. make backup of stock apex
8. apply theme that is known to be successful like VoidedSaints
And here is how the whole mount /system business works: When installing a theme the recovery looks to updater-script file in the update.zip (/META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script) to handle the distribution of packages. This file can be edited in a text editor (I use gedit in linux).
In this file you commonly see:
  • ui_print(" text here ") //this prints text in quotes to the install screen.
  • mount("ext3", "/dev/block/mmcblk1p21", "/system"); //this mounts the system partition for the next step.
  • show_progress(0.500000, 10); //progress bar
  • package_extract_dir("system", "/system"); // this tells recovery to install the system directory in the update.zip to /system on the device.
  • unmount("/system"); unmount /system

So if the theme developer is doing it right then that would be included in the updater-script so you don't have to mount anything.
 
Aggie12 said:
So I've been reading..all 147 posts. I think at this point if I were in his shoes I would do the following. I don't view SBF'ing a big hurdle so that's my say. It fixes problems quick style.

1. back up
2. SBF the phone or maderstock.zip
3. re-root using z4.
4. install bootstrapper and make backup of stock rom
5. install apex in clockwork mod.
6. reboot
7. make backup of stock apex
8. apply theme that is known to be successful like VoidedSaints
And here is how the whole mount /system business works: When installing a theme the recovery looks to updater-script file in the update.zip (/META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script) to handle the distribution of packages. This file can be edited in a text editor (I use gedit in linux).
In this file you commonly see:
  • ui_print(" text here ") //this prints text in quotes to the install screen.
  • mount("ext3", "/dev/block/mmcblk1p21", "/system"); //this mounts the system partition for the next step.
  • show_progress(0.500000, 10); //progress bar
  • package_extract_dir("system", "/system"); // this tells recovery to install the system directory in the update.zip to /system on the device.
  • unmount("/system"); unmount /system

So if the theme developer is doing it right then that would be included in the updater-script so you don't have to mount anything.
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Eventhough in the zips I create I include mounting system or whatever it is that will be mounted, I still mount in bootstrap simply because it's an easy step and it doesn't hurt anything (though not necessary as you mentioned if done properly in the updater script) :D
 
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