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Root [ROM] PACE 4.3: Pure Android, CAF/CM Enhanced

I'm getting the error msg in CWM, something about not recognizing the device type, thought I had seen a discussion about it somewhere but can't find it now... Using Nephs Assert-fixed zip

Looking back thru the posts about the CWM, looks like the assert file changes which device type it looks for? So for this we would need the regular new CWM?
 
Looking back thru the posts about the CWM, looks like the assert file changes which device type it looks for? So for this we would need the regular new CWM?

I have been remiss in getting the new recovery sorted out. But perhaps whoever got it installed can share...
 
Looking back thru the posts about the CWM, looks like the assert file changes which device type it looks for? So for this we would need the regular new CWM?

Nah... for some reason the default build trees from CM... for whatever reason still build the recoveries (last I tried) as i_vzw for the product/device type. However, the roms all look for vs920 as the product type.

It's easily fixed in the source tree by putting in the correct build.prop overrides. Just for whatever reason, they're always wrong in the CM repos. I've had to do this everytime I've resynced and build TWRP.


If you don't mind the risk, you can just as easily open the rom's zip and remove the asserts manually and accomplish the same thing.
 
Nah... for some reason the default build trees from CM... for whatever reason still build the recoveries (last I tried) as i_vzw for the product/device type. However, the roms all look for vs920 as the product type.

It's easily fixed in the source tree by putting in the correct build.prop overrides. Just for whatever reason, they're always wrong in the CM repos. I've had to do this everytime I've resynced and build TWRP.


If you don't mind the risk, you can just as easily open the rom's zip and remove the asserts manually and accomplish the same thing.

The root of the problem is that the old recovery was built from a special branch named clockworkmod long before I started work on official cm, and since the old recovery always worked, there was no motivation to sync the names between branches. Indeed nobody even knew they were different until this issue popped up.

That said I'll make it my mission next week to get a fully functional cwmt posted, either officially via rommanager or by posting my own.
 
Yup, that was it. Got it installed, had to flash the new CWM WITHOUT the assert fix. 4G came on first thing, root is fine (flashed the SU zip, it updated fine). Looks like SD card isn't mounted, still looking into that.
 
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Yup, that was it. Got it installed, had to flash the new CWM WITHOUT the assert fix. 4G came on first thing, root is fine (flashed the SU zip, it updated fine). Looks like SD card isn't mounted, still looking into that.

Yeah, it starts to mount, then goes straight to "SD card safe to remove"

On PacePlus
 
Yeah, it starts to mount, then goes straight to "SD card safe to remove"

On PacePlus

Hummm that's weird. I had it working on pace on the p930. Maybe the fix didn't get built into pace plus or something.

Thanks for testing. :)
 
The root of the problem is that the old recovery was built from a special branch named clockworkmod long before I started work on official cm, and since the old recovery always worked, there was no motivation to sync the names between branches. Indeed nobody even knew they were different until this issue popped up.

That said I'll make it my mission next week to get a fully functional cwmt posted, either officially via rommanager or by posting my own.

If you get it posted, I'm assuming you'll have it building from source. If that's the case, I'd be interested to know once you've worked that out so that I can rebuild a TWRP that would work with 4.4
 
If you get it posted, I'm assuming you'll have it building from source. If that's the case, I'd be interested to know once you've worked that out so that I can rebuild a TWRP that would work with 4.4

I don't think touch source is available is it?

I was just going to repack the current one with the fixes.
 
Looks like I forgot to update my manifest with the sdcard fix for both versions. I'll post a new set of ROMs soon.
 
Yeah, it's not. Sorry I thought you were talking about the non-touch source. I can't seem to get that to build correctly lately either. Might be on my end though.

You may be able to just get in touch with Koush, and let him know what should be fixed... since VS920 is listed as an existing device at Recovery Builder there's something saved somewhere to rebuild for it, and the issues in those files should be corrected to make it easier
 
Yeah, it's not. Sorry I thought you were talking about the non-touch source. I can't seem to get that to build correctly lately either. Might be on my end though.

You may be able to just get in touch with Koush, and let him know what should be fixed... since VS920 is listed as an existing device at Recovery Builder there's something saved somewhere to rebuild for it, and the issues in those files should be corrected to make it easier

Yes I need to get in touch with either rmcc or koush for that.
 
Alright let's try this again...

Here is a working CWMT 6.0.4.5 recovery. It has these fixes:
* Has the postrecovery.sh script
* Mounts sdcard0 properly
* Presents itself as vs920

cwmt-vs920-6.0.4.5.img
md5=8df9f506874acb21a1f12c83ae8e4464

Here is a pair of ROMs that should flash with the above recovery and sdcard should mount:

pace44-vs920-1.0.rc1.zip
md5=334725b4d619792e557dc307a6255e8d

paceplus44-vs920-1.0.rc1.zip
md5=b919c0f02d6f795fb91c3c52e10712d5

Note you need 4.4 gapps for these. dhacker has posted several iterations. Here is a mirror for one of them (one of the earlier ones, and not ART compatible):

gapps-kk-20131031.zip
md5=2574c09191c29a47224223acfb24d7b8
 
Alright let's try this again...

Here is a working CWMT 6.0.4.5 recovery. It has these fixes:
* Has the postrecovery.sh script
* Mounts sdcard0 properly
* Presents itself as vs920

cwmt-vs920-6.0.4.5.img
md5=8df9f506874acb21a1f12c83ae8e4464

Here is a pair of ROMs that should flash with the above recovery and sdcard should mount:

pace44-vs920-1.0.rc1.zip
md5=334725b4d619792e557dc307a6255e8d

paceplus44-vs920-1.0.rc1.zip
md5=b919c0f02d6f795fb91c3c52e10712d5

Note you need 4.4 gapps for these. dhacker has posted several iterations. Here is a mirror for one of them (one of the earlier ones, and not ART compatible):

gapps-kk-20131031.zip
md5=2574c09191c29a47224223acfb24d7b8
I'm going in! PacePlus flashed ok with Neph's 6.0.4.5-fixed-assert. I already had that recovery installed, so I thought I'd give it a try. Installed pa_gapps-full-4.4-20131126-signed.zip. /sdcard automounted just fine. Bluetooth paired with my Jawbone for both Phone audio and Media audio profiles. 4g mobile data and wifi both good-to-go on first boot. So far, so good...

Anything in particular need testing?
 
I'm going in! PacePlus flashed ok with Neph's 6.0.4.5-fixed-assert. I already had that recovery installed, so I thought I'd give it a try. Installed pa_gapps-full-4.4-20131126-signed.zip. /sdcard automounted just fine. Bluetooth paired with my Jawbone for both Phone audio and Media audio profiles. 4g mobile data and wifi both good-to-go on first boot. So far, so good...

Anything in particular need testing?

Just let me know if anything is broken (I know the baseband shows unknown).

I don't get a chance to test very well on iproj anymore... if I had a reliable p930 I might use it but the one I have is very unstable. And this gpro is sooo hard to put down lol.
 
For anyone else interested, the baseband shows up fine after installing busybox (via BusyBox Free) and rebooting.

Oh, and FYI... Lock screen carrier label correctly shows Verizon Wireless
 
Flashed fine, 4g came right on, SD card mounted, GPS is very fast, restored apps with TB, running very smooth! On PacePlus.
 
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Flashed Paceplus . This Spectrum is on Pageplus with latest VZ9 from LG .First I installed the new CW recovery 6.0.4.5 the one that Neph81 fixed with Spec-assert fix ,reboot at 1st try into ICS with VZ9 update . Then went into Recovery , the new one 6.0.4.5 (looks almost the same but more polished I guess) did the 3 wipes , then flashed the PacePlus rom the latest from TDM ( thanks) , then flash the latest Gapps Kitkat 2013.11.18 , reboot into Paceplus rom , signed into Google account and it restored all my apps from the server . tried lots of apps such as maps,gtalk,gmail,google voice,google music,file mgr,phone info,youtube,super mgr,browser,gallery, they all worked with no problem . Camera app worked ok , took pics, video also good , the flashlight app (brightest ..) would FC, the barcode scanner app would freeze Spectrum . The phone app has anew look , I like it. I have the status , quick panel working with no problems. I pressed 5 times into build # to activate developers option. This Rom (Paceplus) has a green Kitkat Android in booting screen ( like it).
 
By the way ...the CWrecovery link cwmt-vs920-6.0.4.5.img
md5=8df9f506874acb21a1f12c83ae8e4464 from TDM , when trying to download would bring a HTML page with encrypted numbers and letters. I downloaded instaed the CW Recovery with the fix from Neph81 ( thanks).
 
Found 4.4 gapps that art compatible from dhacker 11.10.13. Rebooting now, will do fresh installs of normal apps and run tomorrow through normal daily use (NFL mobile, SMS/MMS, chrome, chive, yahoo email, calls) both on 4g and WiFi. Will report on any random reboots ( I've gotten them on every ROM, stock included)/ other issues and test out GPS and WiFi. Rebooting phone to run ART and see how this goes. I'm excited and thankful for the work pit in to keep the spectrum going.
 
GPS worked , baseband version is not showing,will try to install busybox and see. data works , but I use 1xtRR . sdcard shows with no problems or issues. Calls are ok too. Installed busybox from Market , rebbot but it did not showed baseband. Then I uninstalled busybox , reinstalled it and went into Recovery. I wiped cache and dalvik , reboot and CW recovery prompted me to ...fix root because it was gone...I did so and reboot into Rom , Voila...Baseband VZ9 shows in settings. Thanks Nathanhaywood.
 
Stock browser is very buggy , destabilizing the system ,making it slow and prone to freeze ; is missing history, saved offline , and it displays black squares when surfing . Not as fast . Like the bigger Icons in Rom , 4.4 its going to be awesome. Also , I tried installing adobe flash player 11.1 and didn't work ...I'm so used to flash player . And the usb mass storage function seems gone , the Device Mgr in PC detects the android device . Overall I would say very stable since I had no reboots since flashing Pacerplus 4.4 . The freezing and FC's mainly come from the apps and the stock browser , mini opera browser was solid , fast and didn't freeze the phone.
 
Found 4.4 gapps that art compatible from dhacker 11.10.13. Rebooting now, will do fresh installs of normal apps and run tomorrow through normal daily use (NFL mobile, SMS/MMS, chrome, chive, yahoo email, calls) both on 4g and WiFi. Will report on any random reboots ( I've gotten them on every ROM, stock included)/ other issues and test out GPS and WiFi. Rebooting phone to run ART and see how this goes. I'm excited and thankful for the work pit in to keep the spectrum going.

Ran ROM for the day, has been extremely smooth, especially for base build. Ran with both launcher3 and nova launcher (for more customizations). Also had issue with calendar not displaying appointments, I downloaded Google calendar from play story and all is well. Did have 2 freeze situations (battery pull required) 1st one was when I tried to swipe messaging from recent apps immediately after closing it and the other was when I selected text from status bar to open. Too early to report battery life but I feel just as comfortable rocking this as as my DD as I did with CM 10.1 stable and 10.2 nighlies. ART seems to have made a slight difference as well. Great job and am looking forward to 4.4 getting better and better as it seems it will work with spectrum far better than jellybean!!
 
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Ran ROM for the day, has been extremely smooth, especially for base build. Ran with both launcher3 and nova launcher (for more customizations). Also had issue with calendar not displaying appointments, I downloaded Google calendar from play story and all is well. Did have 2 freeze situations (battery pull required) 1st one was when I tried to swipe messaging from recent apps immediately after closing it and the other was when I selected text from status bar to open. Too early to report battery life but I feel just as comfortable rocking this as as my DD as I did with CM 10.1 stable and 10.2 nighlies. ART seems to have made a slight difference as well. Great job and am looking forward to 4.4 getting better and better as it seems it will work with spectrum far better than jellybean!!

Forgot to add that I could not get Bluetooth headset to pair and then could not get Bluetooth to turn off. It would come on by itself. I had to force stop in app settings.
 
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