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Root [Virgin Mobile] [VMOBI][ROM][KERNEL] Victorious ROM + VaeVictus OC kernel (Updated 7-30-13)

crshortt said:
OK. I flashed Victorious, and I have problems/questions:confused:

First of all, does this look right? I don't see where my former internal sd is now external. I don't see it at all. Not sure why it is calling the second partition Ext2 either, because I told the MiniTool Partition Wizard to make it Ext4, and I thought it worked. It had been Ext2 before today though.
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Also, Evernote is unable to open its database now. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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Please help!
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The easiest way to fix this is by uninstalling then restoring with TitaniumBackup (hopefully you did a backup first). Any apps that used the external storage will need to be re-initialized in order to look in the right place for their files.

Sorry about the confusing name for the 2nd partition's mount point. That's how Links2Sd likes to name it, so to prevent issues, I kept the same naming convention.

If you are concerned with your sdcard's current state, you can open Terminal Emulator (from the Play Store), and type in the word mount and press enter. It will show you all the current mount points, and what format they are. You should see a line with the following showing the 2nd partition on your sdcard:
PHP: 
/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /data/sdext2 ext4 rw,relatime, user_xattr, barrier=1 0 0
 
Oh, I never noticed that the post was on a thread for the HTC Wildfire because I believe I got to that link from an Android Forums post for the Victory. I never caught that. It did seem to be working just fine though after I originally used those directions.

Nevertheless, do you think I should reformat the entire card with twrp and use your instructions to the letter for ext4?

If so, how would I proceed? Would I first uninstall Link2SD (I haven't re-linked anything yet and go back to my stock backup and start over, reflashing Victorious? Or would I just end up making a big mess now?
 
crshortt said:
OK, I guess I understand that about it not being ext2 format.

I was able to open Evernote and let it sync, and all my notes showed up - though I suspect i may have a 200-300 MB database sitting somewhere taking up space for nothing now, because I think that is how much total space Evernote was using before under settings/storage. But now I can't check it. That settings/storage was working to show the 28.7 GB at first, but now it only shows sd. See the screenshots below. It won't let me expand the Device memory info now.
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Finally, while charging, a popup said the battery had paused charging because it was too hot. Never seen that before and the phone is definitely warmer than usual. Should I be concerned about that?!
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Look in /system/etc/init.d and be sure there is only one file there named 11exsd2internalsd, if there are other files there let us know, and don't delete them till we tell you to. Also, open /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and be sure it has just the following code:
PHP: 
#!/system/bin/sh
export PATH=/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
/system/bin/logwrapper /system/xbin/run-parts /system/etc/init.d
If you see different code, let us know, but don't delete anything till told to. ;)

Not sure what happened with your battery temp, no one has reported anything like this before, did you change the governor settings?
 
crshortt said:
Oh, I never noticed that the post was on a thread for the HTC Wildfire because I believe I got to that link from an Android Forums post for the Victory. I never caught that. It did seem to be working just fine though after I originally used those directions.

Nevertheless, do you think I should reformat the entire card with twrp and use your instructions to the letter for ext4?

If so, how would I proceed? Would I first uninstall Link2SD (I haven't re-linked anything yet and go back to my stock backup and start over, reflashing Victorious? Or would I just end up making a big mess now?
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You should be fine partitioning in Linux and going from there. You will need to run Links2Sd once after partitioning the sdcard, then re-flash Victorious to get the proper set of mount scripts (or just copy /system/ect/init.d and /system/ect/install-recovery.sh from the Victorious zip file to those locations on your phone).
 
crshortt said:
I did back up ALL user apps with Titanium before doing anything, and also made a twrp backup.
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Good, you are a smart person! ;)

Uninstall Evernote, then restore with TitaniumBackup and you should be fine. To get rid of the old big database, search through the Android and .android folders on your sdcard.
 
crshortt said:
I did not change the governor settings until AFTER the battery got hot. That's when I lowered the upper slider to 1512.
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Interesting, this is the first report of any heat related issues. Please let us know if it happens again. I have been running for several days now with max set to 1.8, and have had no problems with heat during charging nor during normal operations, and no one else has posted similar issues. So please keep us up to date with your situation! ;)
 
Partition in Linux? I don't use Linux - unless you are meaning to use TWRP to do it. I will also download terminal Emulator and look at the other stuff you mentioned first, as soon as I get a bite to eat. Looks like I've got a lot more work to do tonight and tomorrow!
 
Epixtruth said:
I have a question here guys.... I am having a lot of issues with my phone lagging and getting the link2sd to work out.... I think I have a lot of stuff conflicting

Can i do the factory reset and get back to bone stock or what route would be best to get back to that point and start all over...

I basically want to get to out of the box stock and then I will take my SD card and format it using linux into the 2 partitions i need for link2sd and start all over.

Thanks again everyone for all your help, this is my first android phone (I have had a few cheap android tablets) and everyone here is just awesome.
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Did you update your phone's firmware before flashing Victorious? You need to be updated to 4.1.2 in order to have all the necessary files before flashing Victorious.

If not, you will need to use TWRP to restore the stock backup posted by g60madman (there's a thread about it in this forum). Once restored, check your phone is activated (try a phone call), and go into settings and do the updates for PRL, Profile, and Samsung. Then you can flash Victorious. ;)
 
crshortt said:
Partition in Linux? I don't use Linux - unless you are meaning to use TWRP to do it. I will also download terminal Emulator and look at the other stuff you mentioned first, as soon as I get a bite to eat. Looks like I've got a lot more work to do tonight and tomorrow!
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Sorry, I thought I saw you mention you had Linux. Since you already have a 2nd partition on your sdcard, you probably cannot use TWRP to fix it because TWRP doesn't know how to mount the 2nd partition (at this point anyway).

The easiest way to fix it is still with Linux.

  1. Download the Ubuntu disk image to your computer, and burn it to a disc.
  2. Once burnt, keep the disc in your disc drive and restart your computer (be sure your computer is set to boot from CD before booting from hddisk).
  3. Once Linux boots up, choose to try it, not to install it.
  4. Follow this tutorial to partition your sdcard https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowtoPartition
IMHO, it's always a good idea to have a live cd with Linux on it, you can fix so many things even in Windows this way, and you are never actually installing Linux unless you want to. ;)
 
JerryScript said:
Did you update your phone's firmware before flashing Victorious? You need to be updated to 4.1.2 in order to have all the necessary files before flashing Victorious.

If not, you will need to use TWRP to restore the stock backup posted by g60madman (there's a thread about it in this forum). Once restored, check your phone is activated (try a phone call), and go into settings and do the updates for PRL, Profile, and Samsung. Then you can flash Victorious. ;)
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Yea I have flashed the 0.2.1 update it just seems like I have a lot of small issues and link2sd doesnt seem to be responding the way it should... I basically just want to go back to square one and start all over to try and get this right...

are talking about the thread titled "So long... Virgin Mobile"
 
I don't see a link for the tutorial. FWIW, I do have a flash drive with Puppy Linux on it that I played around with for a while some time ago. Would that work, or should I definitely do Ubuntu?
 
Epixtruth said:
Yea I have flashed the 0.2.1 update it just seems like I have a lot of small issues and link2sd doesnt seem to be responding the way it should... I basically just want to go back to square one and start all over to try and get this right...

are talking about the thread titled "So long... Virgin Mobile"
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Here's the link, be sure to thank g60madman (and donate if you can to help cut his hosting costs for all of us ;)).
Team Vmobi
You want the TWRP.zip file
 
"Did you update your phone's firmware before flashing Victorious? You need to be updated to 4.1.2 in order to have all the necessary files before flashing Victorious.

If not, you will need to use TWRP to restore the stock backup posted by g60madman (there's a thread about it in this forum). Once restored, check your phone is activated (try a phone call), and go into settings and do the updates for PRL, Profile, and Samsung. Then you can flash Victorious."

I was already running 4.1.2 and did all the other updates before flashing Victorious - but I assume I should do them again? And see if I can make a call. One more big question - when I restore my previous backup, do I just wipe cache and dalvik cache but nothing else? Then restore?
 
crshortt said:
"Did you update your phone's firmware before flashing Victorious? You need to be updated to 4.1.2 in order to have all the necessary files before flashing Victorious.

If not, you will need to use TWRP to restore the stock backup posted by g60madman (there's a thread about it in this forum). Once restored, check your phone is activated (try a phone call), and go into settings and do the updates for PRL, Profile, and Samsung. Then you can flash Victorious."

I was already running 4.1.2 and did all the other updates before flashing Victorious - but I assume I should do them again? And see if I can make a call. One more big question - when I restore my previous backup, do I just wipe cache and dalvik cache but nothing else? Then restore?
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Just to be certain here (sorry, the thread is a bit confusing atm):
  1. You had already activated and were able to make calls before flashing Victorious?
  2. And you did not flash anything else?
  3. And you only wiped cache and dalvik before (or after) flashing Victorious?
  4. And you did not do a factory reset?
  5. And you are using a Virgin Mobile Samsung Galaxy Victory (not Sprint)?
If yes to all the above, then I would just backup everything with TitaniumBackup, restore the stock backup, attempt to fix your phone call issue (updates in system settings, activation attempt, calling customer service to reprovision), then you should be able to flash Victorious (check your download MD5), and restore apps with TitaniumBackup (do not restore any system apps or system data!).
 
1) yes, had been using the phone for a couple months and rooted it nearly a month ago.
2) No, no other ROMs have been flashed, only TWRP, Busybox, and SuperSu to root
3) yes, wiped cache and dalvik cache only, before installing Victorious
4) No, have done no factory resets
5) yes, Virgin Mobile, not Sprint

Do I wipe caches again before I install my backup? Or is that just something that is always good to do when doing these sorts of things?
 
"If you are concerned with your sdcard's current state, you can open Terminal Emulator (from the Play Store), and type in the word mount and press enter. It will show you all the current mount points, and what format they are. You should see a line with the following showing the 2nd partition on your sdcard:"
"/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /data/sdext2 ext4 rw,relatime, user_xattr, barrier=1 0 0 "

Is this what I should be seeing? It is identical except for the additional data=ordered after barrier=1 and before the two zeros at the end. If so, then I guess it is right and I don't need to reformat and repartition the card?

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Look in /system/etc/init.d and be sure there is only one file there named 11exsd2internalsd, if there are other files there let us know, and don't delete them till we tell you to. Also, open /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and be sure it has just the following code:
#!/system/bin/sh
export PATH=/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin
/system/bin/logwrapper /system/xbin/run-parts /system/etc/init.d

I have a second file in the init.d folder but install-recovery.sh is correct:

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It also seems like my battery is draining much faster than normal now.
 
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