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

I keep getting stuck at the Samsung screen after flashing the rom. I've tried multiple downloads and I've wiped the cache/devcache. what are some other issues it could be.
 
jamessword123 said:
I keep getting stuck at the Samsung screen after flashing the rom. I've tried multiple downloads and I've wiped the cache/devcache. what are some other issues it could be.
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Where you on stock before you flashed, or a previous version of Victorious?
What recovery are you using, CWM or TWRP?
Have you checked the MD5 of any of your download attempts just to be sure?
 
JerryScript said:
Where you on stock before you flashed, or a previous version of Victorious?
What recovery are you using, CWM or TWRP?
Have you checked the MD5 of any of your download attempts just to be sure?
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first try was from a previous version, second was stock. I'm using TWRP. and the MD5 of at the file I have been using is good.
 
OK, just flashed the latest build. I now have 2 Super Users. One has the Yellow Superman (called SuperSU) Shield with the Red Hashtag and the other has a blue square with a White Hashtag (called Superuser). I was not having the issues that others were so I never changed it after the last update. Neither have an uninstall option, so how do I uninstall it and which one do I uninstall?
 
okay ive gotten 0.1.4 to work but I cant get any of the 0.2.x to work they all have valid MD5 values. and I've tried every way to install them im just stumped on why I cant get it to work.
 
buzzcon said:
OK, just flashed the latest build. I now have 2 Super Users. One has the Yellow Superman (called SuperSU) Shield with the Red Hashtag and the other has a blue square with a White Hashtag (called Superuser). I was not having the issues that others were so I never changed it after the last update. Neither have an uninstall option, so how do I uninstall it and which one do I uninstall?
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When you flashed the latest build, was the file 0.2.2 or 0.2.2-r1?

0.2.2-r1 should have removed the superman superuser app (ChainFire's), unless you had it linked to sd via Links2Sd (you should never have superuser moved from normal storage).
 
JerryScript said:
When you flashed the latest build, was the file 0.2.2 or 0.2.2-r1?

0.2.2-r1 should have removed the superman superuser app (ChainFire's), unless you had it linked to sd via Links2Sd (you should never have superuser moved from normal storage).
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No, after the issue I had with No Frills, I never link utilities like SU and No Frills.

What I did was use Root Uninstaller and removed the un-needed SU app. Then I kept getting a message from the new SU app that said something needed to be installed. I would try and install but it would not work. I just flashed 0.2.2-r1 again and all seems to be OK. Thanks for the heads up about linking though.
 
JerryScript said:
That output shows that the 2nd partition on your sdcard is not being mounted properly, now to see if the phone even recognizes it. Using terminal, type in the following
PHP: 
su
ls /dev/block
You are looking for mmcblk1p2, if it is not there, then the phone cannot recognize the partition. If you do not see mmcblk1p2, then there is a small chance there is something wrong with your phone or the software on the phone, but it is most likely an error with the partition. Try running fdsk with your ubuntu stick, and see if it can repair the partition.
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Well over the last few days I have formated reformated ran fsck a number of time... it says it fixes all the issues but I still am unable to mount the SD card weather in linux or on my phone... I am starting to chalk this one up to cheap SD card.... =(

The only other thing I could think is maybe I am trying to make the ext4 partition to big @ 12GB but that seems far fetched.

So I guess I am going to restore back to stock and install the newest update of victorious and wait until I can get a better sd card.
 
JonathanWhitey said:
So why was link2sd taken out? Also how do I oc gpu?
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Its alread overclocked from 200mhz to 400mhz. You can download kernal tuner from play store to check it. You cant change the clock speed of gpu right now but its set to 400mhz. Sweeeet. Kernal tuner also lets u over or underclock cpu cores seperately!
 
JonathanWhitey said:
So why was link2sd taken out? Also how do I oc gpu?
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Links2Sd was not removed, the app was never included, you have to download it from the Play Store. What was included was my script that combines the extsd2intsd script with the links2sd script into a single script that does it all.

Note- If you install Links2Sd after flashing Victorious, you will either need to fix the scripts manually, or re-flash Victorious to fix them. There are only two script files:

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/etc/init.d/11internalsd2externalsd

edit: I'll post an easy fix for those who install Links2Sd out of order, look for it in the OP or second post soon.

The first one make sure the second one gets run at boot.
The second one works the magic remounting, swapping, and setting up the 2nd partition on your sdcard (if present).

I also recommend either No-frills CPU Control, or Kernel Tuner from the Play Store. I have tested and used both, and either one will work for adjusting your overclock settings. The GPU overclock is automatic and cannot be adjusted atm, but we may expose controls for it later.
 
So if I flash the newest version over the previous version will all my links be screwed up? I have the partition on my SD card with link2sd installed and several apps linked currently, just don't really want to flash the new ROM if it's going to mess up my progress of freeing up all this space.
 
TriumphLance said:
So if I flash the newest version over the previous version will all my links be screwed up? I have the partition on my SD card with link2sd installed and several apps linked currently, just don't really want to flash the new ROM if it's going to mess up my progress of freeing up all this space.
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No, you will be fine. The only issues are those who have not followed the instructions to get things set up (the instructions are in the first and second posts of this thread).

If you already have Links2Sd working and recognizing your sdcard's 2nd partition, flashing Victorious will be as easy as flashing it, wiping caches, and rebooting. ;)

BTW- if you don't use Links2Sd, you don't have anything to worry about either, just flash/wipe/reboot.
(note- that sounds like some strange form of military instructions for using the latrine: "You heard me soldier, flush, wipe, and pull up your boots!" All military instructions have at least one step out of order! :))
 
Is there a way to get it back to the way is just was before the update with all the other changes still working? Because I don't want to partition my card, and mainly because link2sd confuses the hell outta me. :D
 
JonathanWhitey said:
Is there a way to get it back to the way is just was before the update with all the other changes still working? Because I don't want to partition my card, and mainly because link2sd confuses the hell outta me. :D
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If you don't want to use Links2Sd on a 2nd partition, you should be fine. If you don't have a second partition, and you don't have Links2Sd installed, the script shouldn't cause you any issues.

If you do think it is causing you any problems, just replace /system/etc/init.d/11extsd2internalsd with this file:
Note- this is just the ext2internal swap script: View attachment 11extsd2internalsd.txt

  1. rename it to remove the ".txt" so it should just be named 11extsd2internalsd, not 11extsd2internalsd.txt, no period, no txt, just the name
  2. then set it's permissions to 655
  3. then reboot

If you want the full script for ext2internal and links2sd 2nd partition, use this script and follow the directions above:
Note- this is ext2internal combined with links2sd 2nd partition:View attachment 12extsd2internalsd.txt

Note to intrepid scripters: If you just want to use the links2sd portion without ext2internal, or any other scripts that accesses the sdcards, wrap it in the for/do/done loop, and edit the conditional to check for the mount you need. This will ensure that the mount you need is available before running the script, otherwise it would of course fail (or even cause a bootloop). In the case of links2sd 2nd partition, you would need to use the mount command itself (or the results thereof) in the conditional. I've waited till both the sdcards are mounted, at which point it's safe to say the 2nd partition is also mounted, before my script runs links2sd 2nd partition mount (which was the key to getting it to work properly). ;)
 
Edited: Who wants a toolbox for the Victory?

What mods, scripts, tweaks, etc, would you like it to have?

Example 1: There are currently more than 2 dozen modifications on Victorious that can be made via terminal commands, but they are confusing to many, and some could cause problems if typos were to occur.

Example 2: There are at least a half dozen ways to set up your sdcards using various scripts, but most people do not understand scripting, setting permissions, the order of init.d, etc, and some mistakes could cause bootloops or worse.

Example 3: There are more than a dozen tweaks that can be made to the kernel, and no single app covers them all, and using multiple kernel tweaking apps simultaneously could give you serious issues (crashes, fc's, bootloops)

A simple toolbox with a basic toggle on/off gui, wrapped in an app for easy installation, that was made specifically for the Victory, what do you think?
 
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