Guest newuser1234567 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Posted October 18, 2012 Has anybody seen significant improvements to battery life after rooting it? I'm only interested in improving that, and am wary of rooting. Think it's worth it?
Guest jaapstreepjan Posted October 20, 2012 Report Posted October 20, 2012 Has anybody seen significant improvements to battery life after rooting it? I'm only interested in improving that, and am wary of rooting. Think it's worth it? yes it's worth it, if you uninstall the hogging system apps
Guest jaapstreepjan Posted October 20, 2012 Report Posted October 20, 2012 could anybody help me creating a working recovery.fstab? I need it for compiling Clockworkmod Recovery. it should be something like this: /boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p4 /dev/block/mmcblk4 /system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 maybe Paul could help ?
Guest hapx Posted October 21, 2012 Report Posted October 21, 2012 @jaapstreepjan I am glad you are working on CWM for the Liquid Gallant. It is important to have this tool for nandroid backup and it is the base for future custom ROM, if any. Apparently the first thing is to get the partition mapping and mainly the /boot and /recovery in the phone. As a simple user, I gathered some information below. There are some interesting script/applicatoins for online nandroid backup: Online Nandroid backup script : http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1620255 Currently for the Liquid Gallant, the right command line script is: onandroid --phone --old --storage /mnt/sdcard2 but of course it cannot find /boot and /recovery. Online Nandroid backup Android application using the above script : https://play.google....r3t1c.onnandbup The Android app is interesting since it updates automatically the script, and optionally installs utility like makeyaffs if missing on the running phone. Currently it uses /mnt/sdcard per default as storage and hence fails since there is not sufficient disk space. And since there is no patch file yet for the phone, it cannot find /boot and /recovery for backup. For nandroid backup for Liquid Gallant, there are particularities to be considered: - /mnt/sdcard2 is the external SD card where nandroid backup should be stored. - /mnt/sdcard is to be backuped - /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure is empty, maybe sec_ro to be backuped ? From the scatter file (number of sectors for each partition), from the size of partitions dump using 'dd' command, from the size of each file from Acer_AV041_E350_1.000.08_EMEA_FR.zip, one probably could deduces a right mapping. So if /boot is mapped to emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p1, there is probably a problem since this partition has only 1 KB (result of dd command), and boot.img size is 3660KB. In Acer_AV041_E350_1.000.08_EMEA_FR.zip: http://vache-android.com/?dir=Smartphones/Liquid%20Gallant http://vache-android.com/Smartphones/Liquid%20Gallant/OS%20Images/Dual%20SIM/EMEA_FR/Acer_AV041_E350_1.000.08_EMEA_FR.zip system.img 452MB 474 229 044 bytes logo.bin 25.2KB 25 840 bytes MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc.txt 448 448 bytes preloader_simcom75_cu_ics.bin 102.1 KB 104 588 bytes uboot_simcom75_cu_ics.bin 166.5KB 170 480 bytes boot.img 3660KB 3 747 840 bytes recovery.img 4178KB 4 278 272 bytes secro.img 4252KB 4 354 232 adb shell shell@android:/ # ls -l ls -l drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-11 22:30 acct -rw-r--r-- root root 1203 1970-01-01 01:00 advanced_meta_init.project.rc -rw-r--r-- root root 31594 1970-01-01 01:00 advanced_meta_init.rc drwxrwx--- system cache 2012-10-12 17:02 cache dr-x------ root root 2012-10-11 22:30 config lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-10-11 22:30 d -> /sys/kernel/debug drwxrwx--x system system 2012-10-11 22:31 data -rw-r--r-- root root 168 1970-01-01 01:00 default.prop drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-11 22:31 dev lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@android -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@ebr1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@fat -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@sec_ro -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 emmc@usrdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-10-11 22:30 etc -> /system/etc -rwxr-x--- root root 106928 1970-01-01 01:00 init -rwxr-x--- root root 149 1970-01-01 01:00 init.aee.customer.rc -rwxr-x--- root root 12600 1970-01-01 01:00 init.factory.rc -rwxr-x--- root root 2344 1970-01-01 01:00 init.goldfish.rc -rwxr-x--- root root 3511 1970-01-01 01:00 init.project.rc -rwxr-x--- root root 26841 1970-01-01 01:00 init.rc -rwxr-x--- root root 12063 1970-01-01 01:00 init.usb.rc -rw-r--r-- root root 9609 1970-01-01 01:00 meta_init.rc drwxrwxr-x root system 2012-10-11 22:30 mnt dr-xr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 01:00 proc lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 01:00 res -> /system/res drwx------ root root 2012-07-30 11:58 root drwxr-x--- root root 1970-01-01 01:00 sbin lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-10-11 22:30 sdcard -> /mnt/sdcard lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-10-11 22:30 sdcard2 -> /mnt/sdcard2 drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-11 22:30 sys drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-04 12:57 system -rw-r--r-- root root 272 1970-01-01 01:00 ueventd.goldfish.rc -rw-r--r-- root root 4388 1970-01-01 01:00 ueventd.rc lrwxrwxrwx root root 2012-10-11 22:30 vendor -> /system/vendor shell@android:/ # partno: start_sect nr_sects partition_name emmc_p1: 00000020 00000002 "ebr1" emmc_p2: 0010f720 00100000 "cache" emmc_p3: 0020ff20 00200000 "usrdata" emmc_p4: 00410720 003328e0 "fat" emmc_p5: 00009f00 00002800 "sec_ro" emmc_p6: 0000ef20 00100000 "android" From the Liquid Gallant : emmc@android -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 emmc@cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 emmc@ebr1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 emmc@fat -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 emmc@sec_ro -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 emmc@usrdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 ls -l /dev/block brw------- root root 254, 0 2012-10-11 22:32 dm-0 brw------- root root 254, 1 2012-10-11 22:32 dm-1 brw------- root root 254, 2 2012-10-11 22:32 dm-2 brw------- root root 254, 3 2012-10-11 22:32 dm-3 brw------- root root 254, 4 2012-10-11 22:32 dm-4 brw------- root root 254, 5 2012-10-11 22:33 dm-5 brw------- root root 254, 6 2012-10-11 22:33 dm-6 brw------- root root 254, 7 2012-10-11 22:33 dm-7 brw------- root root 254, 8 2012-10-11 22:33 dm-8 brw------- root root 254, 9 2012-10-11 22:33 dm-9 brw------- root root 7, 0 2012-10-11 22:30 loop0 brw------- root root 7, 1 2012-10-11 22:30 loop1 brw------- root root 7, 2 2012-10-11 22:30 loop2 brw------- root root 7, 3 2012-10-11 22:30 loop3 brw------- root root 7, 4 2012-10-11 22:30 loop4 brw------- root root 7, 5 2012-10-11 22:30 loop5 brw------- root root 7, 6 2012-10-11 22:30 loop6 brw------- root root 7, 7 2012-10-11 22:30 loop7 brw-rw---- root root 7, 8 2012-10-11 22:33 loop8 brw-rw---- root root 7, 9 2012-10-11 22:33 loop9 brw------- root root 179, 0 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0 brw------- root root 179, 8 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0boot0 brw------- root root 179, 16 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0boot1 brw------- root root 179, 1 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p1 brw------- root root 179, 2 2012-10-11 22:31 mmcblk0p2 brw------- root root 179, 3 2012-10-11 22:31 mmcblk0p3 brw------- root root 179, 4 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p4 brw------- root root 179, 5 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p5 brw------- root root 179, 6 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p6 brw------- root root 179, 24 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk1 brw------- root root 179, 25 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk1p1 drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-11 22:30 platform drwxr-xr-x root root 2012-10-11 22:31 vold --- brw------- root root 179, 8 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0boot0 boot ? brw------- root root 179, 16 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0boot1 ? brw------- root root 179, 1 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p1 ebr1 brw------- root root 179, 2 2012-10-11 22:31 mmcblk0p2 cache brw------- root root 179, 3 2012-10-11 22:31 mmcblk0p3 usrdata = data ? brw------- root root 179, 4 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p4 fat brw------- root root 179, 5 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p5 sec_ro brw------- root root 179, 6 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk0p6 android = system ? brw------- root root 179, 24 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk1 brw------- root root 179, 25 2012-10-11 22:30 mmcblk1p1 sdcard ? # 'dd' execution time, size of file produced # < 1s 1MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/boot0.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # < 1s 1MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/boot1.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # 115 s 512 MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/system.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # 37s 512 MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/cache.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # < 1s 1KB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ebr1.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # < 1s 5MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/sec_ro.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # 104s 1.5 GB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/fat.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # 62s 1022.3 MB dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/data.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/ # seems to be the /sdcard2, size > 3GB at least! operation interrupted dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 of=/sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/sdcard.dsk bs=8192 ls -l /sdcard2/clockworkmod/backup/
Guest Benoit31 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 Hi, we had an upgrade yesterday on the acer gallant, and of course the superuser have been deleted. Do u think we can retry Paul's rooting method ?
Guest Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 We have ClockWork Recovery or other recovery mod? I have this devices and is very good. Bye all.
Guest albe.minimal Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 We have ClockWork Recovery or other recovery mod? I have this devices and is very good. Bye all. no nothing yet
Guest hapx Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 Hi, we had an upgrade yesterday on the acer gallant, and of course the superuser have been deleted. Do u think we can retry Paul's rooting method ? I used bin4ry method, it works well. I did not try Paul's method this time.
Guest Benoit31 Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 Ok thanks. Done with Paul's method, ... and it rocks twice, ;)
Guest sethgreen Posted October 23, 2012 Report Posted October 23, 2012 I used bin4ry method, it works well. I did not try Paul's method this time. have you re-root with bin4ry method after software upgrade?
Guest hapx Posted October 24, 2012 Report Posted October 24, 2012 have you re-root with bin4ry method after software upgrade? Yes I did.
Guest Neticus Posted October 24, 2012 Report Posted October 24, 2012 Happy to see that my FTP is used :) Greetings to the forum, and specially to Vache. I'm a reader of this forum more than one year ago and this is my first post. I've learned a lot here and wanna thank to Vache for all good things done whith my Liquid MT. I still use it on ROM Gingerounay 3.1 and works great, better nowadays just with a couple of tweaks more. This has been the reason to upgrade to Gallant Duo bought @ Expansys website, after being sure to reach root (thanks Paul) but now I would like to see something like Gingerounay on my new Gallant Duo. Of course we need CWM for it, and maybe anybody will go on as well...... I've tryed to download sdcard_update and the other file (i guess is the image of original OS) but got network failure at 10% When finnally downloaded (will try again later) how do we handle this files, with flashtool or from sdcard? I hope will finish both downloads... ACER_AV041_E350 is reaching 30% Regards, Neticus Gallant is great for 200€, and I think just few tweaks would make it even better.
Guest redviolin83 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Posted October 25, 2012 Any news about possible jelly bean for this device...? Help paul..Please...!!!
Guest hapx Posted October 26, 2012 Report Posted October 26, 2012 Hello, There is a difference in the scatter file from Acer and from Modaco. Is it important? From latest Acer's ROM (OS_Acer_E350.1.000.18.EMEA.FR_A40I_A.zip) : MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc.txt __NODL_BMTPOOL 0xFFFF0050 From Modaco: MT6575_android_scatter_emmc.duo.modaco.txt __NODL_BMTPOOL 0xE89E0000
Guest Abducted Posted October 29, 2012 Report Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the guide! I just flashed my phone with the ROM from vache's server. I already rooted my phone before but this time i want to try your method to keep the system update function. However i have a SOLO version not a DUO and the scatter file says it for DUO. Just want to make sure i can also use this scatter file to flash my SOLO gallant? Edited October 29, 2012 by Abducted
Guest Abducted Posted October 30, 2012 Report Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Oke, didn't want to gamble on trying the flashing root method, so i just rooted my device using the Bin4ry method. However ROM toolbox for some reason cant set my governor to on demand anymore like i used to :( (like with the previous rom). Could this be related to the new ROM? Edited October 30, 2012 by Abducted
Guest Abducted Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 with No-frills CPU no problem Nope tried that one too, just to see if it wasn't ROM Toolbox that was messing up. Are you using the French ROM too?
Guest hapx Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 You can try System Tuner, CPU Tweaks part. It works well for me.
Guest Abducted Posted October 31, 2012 Report Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Thanks i'll give it a try, but dont these tools all do the same thing in basicly the same way? ROM Toolbox did work for me before... EDIT: Just installed System Tuner, but also noticed there was an update for ROM Toolbox which i installed. Figured i'd give ROM toolbox another try first, and of course... now it work :D Weird stuff. Maybe it just needed a couple of reboots. Maybe it's the updated version. (didn't mention anything in the "what's new" section about something like this) Either way, it works. :) Me is happy again. Edited October 31, 2012 by Abducted
Guest redviolin83 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Posted November 2, 2012 I find a phone as gallant duo with cmw and working rom. Mtk 6575 dual SIM, ecc... Is this usefull..?? The cmw and Rom on support page. http://www.xtreamermobile.com/en/index.php
Guest Posted November 2, 2012 Report Posted November 2, 2012 (edited) I have made cwm 6.0.1.4/5 and twrp 2.2.2.1 Touch with porting from other device but need help for fstab in etc kernel. Problem on backup is boot.img and recovery. Boot emmc /dev/boot not ok.... same for recovery. I have try other but never backup boot and recovery. Is possible for this device mt6575 bakcup all? /boot emmc /boot ----> 0 byte /cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 ----> 14 Kb /data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 ----> 482 Mb /misc emmc /dev/misc /recovery emmc /recovery ----> 0 byte /system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 ----> 460 Mb /sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /dev/block/mmcblk1 /sd-ext auto /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 ----> ??? auto or vfat or ext4??? This is link of my porting of twrp 2.2.2.1 touch recovery ----> copy this file into Images directory and use flash tool. Look guide Using SuperRecovery - step by step of Paul Here the link of this recovery mod. I have porting this recovery from other chinese device with mt6577 ----> V1277. This recovery is only for testing. Tomorrow upload recovery CWM 6.0.1.5 touch and no touch. Your warranty is now void. I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards, thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed Edited November 3, 2012 by Guest
Guest adamenko Posted November 2, 2012 Report Posted November 2, 2012 Paul, I work in China and learn about "Acer Liquid Galant Duo" while being here. A bit more research - China's version is called AK330. Got one for myself and the problem I run into - I cannot install Google Play and add it to the list of my Android devices. Run into your topic, but cannot locate how to make a backup from my device. I do not need a brick in case I make a mistake - first time flashingexperiment for me. Can you help me and give a link on your site to making ROM Dump (if it is the correct term) (backup) or link to the manual for Flash Tool? Spent 3 hours looking for those. no luck yet... Thanks, Mike
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