Installing Custom Recovery On Official GingerBread Update

My previous post showed hot to root the official gingerbread update, hopr you people got it right. This post of mine will highlight the next process i.e. Installing custom recovery on the official ginerbread update. For this we'll be using Belfish's Recovery (ClockWorkMod v5.5.0.4) which is updated and better from the recovery we used in stock rom. We'll also be using two apps Remount and ES File Explorer to install custom recovery.


Steps to install Custom Recovery:

1. Under settings in your device, goto Applications and UNTICK fast boot option (if ticked).
2. Install Remount and ES File Explorer.
3. Download the Belfish's ClockWorkMod and copy it to your Sd card (The Downloaded file will be recovery.img).
4. Using Remount, navigate and mount ".cust_backup/image" folder as RW.
5. Once done use the ES File Explorer to Copy the downloaded recovery.img to the mounted ".cust_backup/image" folder (There will already be a recovery.img file present so replace it with the downloaded recovery.img).
6. After copying exit the application and ClockWorkMod would be installed on your device.
7. Turn on your phone while holding (Volume up + Power) button until your device boots into ClockWorkMod. The controls and method of operation would be same as the previous recovery.

Feel free to post any Queries or Suggestions.

Rooting Official Gingerbread

Its been a while that Huawei has launched the official update and for few the earlier rooting methods don't work as there is no access to the pink screen. This post of mine has been in a while and will show how to root the official gingerbread update. In this method we will be using a software known as "SuperOneClick". All the suggestions and precautions remain the samem like my previous rooting post.

The following are the steps to root the official gingerbread update:

1. Dail "*#*#2846579#*#* " on your phone.
2. Once done, you'll see a list of options, under which you need to select "projectmenu".
3. In this option select, "background settings", then "log settings", then "log switch".
4. Set the Log to "On" under "log switch".
5. Reboot your phone now.
6. Turn on the "USB Debugging Mode".
7. Download the SuperOneClick to your computer.
8. Now, plug in your phone to your computer but make sure you DON'T mount the sd card.
9. Run SuperOneClick now and press the root button.
10. It'll start rooting the phone and select yes if prompted for installing any drivers.
11. Your phone will be rooted now with the superuser app in the drawer.
12. Set the Log to "Off" under "log switch the same way you turned it on".

Fell free to post any queries or suggestion.

How to remove FPS Limit

The FPS (frame per second) reads 45fps approx. on stock or any rom. There is a way to remove the fps limit on the ideos x5 to give a score of around 55fps approx. (neocore). It can be done easily by using a script and I am able to get this work on .32 kernel too. This makes the rom work smoother and there are less lags.


Removing FPS limit:

1. Download the script here and paste it onto your sd card.
2. Install Script Manager from android market.
3. Open Script Manager and navigate to the downloaded file and open it.
4. Check Run as Root and run on Boot on the icon strip below the Run command (refer the image).
5. Once Checked, Run it and the close.
6. Reboot after running the script for the first time.
7. Run the Neocore benchmark to check if it is really working.

Feel Free to post any Suggestions or Queries.

Kernels

The another best advantage of android is that you can install a custom kernel onto it. Kernel is main component of any os. It basically an interface between application and the actual data processing done at hardware level, it manages system resources. Like custom roms there are custom kernels too. Os tasks are handled differently by different kernels depending upon their design and implementation. Custom roms do come with custom kernels which are better than stock kernels and give a better performance with the rom. However if you at any time aren't happy with the performance of custom kernel, included in your custom rom you can always go ahead and flash a custom kernel but only if you need to.
I use franco kernel instead of MIUI rom kernel. Francisco Franco has developed this kernel and is a very popular kernel. Although it lowers my quadrant score but it definitely increases the smoothness and performance of my device (i get a a great antutu score though). I'm also able to achieve a maximum overclock of 1.8 ghz which when tried in miui kernel restarts the phone. There are other kernels available for you to explore too but if you wanna give franco.kernel a try then you can download it here.




Steps to install a custom kernel:

1. Download the kernel and place it in your sd card, preferably in a new folder so that it is easily accessible.
2. Boot into clockworkmod. (Volume up + Power).
3. Select and Wipe Cache Partition and wait for the process to finish.
4. Select Wipe Dalvik Cache in advanced option and wait it to be done (you should NOT wipe data or restore factory settings for insstalling a kernel).
5. Choose Install zip from sd card and then choose zip from sd card.
6. Browse cwm to the location on your sd card where you have placed the downloaded kernel zip and allow it to install.
7. Once installed return to the mail menu and choose Reboot System Now.
8. The first boot should fairly take a bit longer than usual boot.
9. You have yourself a custom kernel installed. If you have done this correctly then Settings<  About should show the kernel name you opted for. 

Feel Free to post any suggestions or queries :)

Re-Partitioning Ideos X5

As the title suggests this post will let you know how to re-partition the ideos x5. Thanks to Geno.Kolar to making this happen and allowing us to have extra space for our apps. After re-partitioning the split up will be, 1.2 gb data + 1.46 gb internal sd. You don't need to follow the process again once you have flashed a new rom, its permanent even with the official rom. After the partition there is no data loss and all is same as before with just the re-partition so its very easy and safe.


How to re-partition Ideos x5:

1. Download the partition upgrade package here.
2. Place it in your sd card and make sure your it has around 600 mb of free space.
3. Backup your internal 2G data as this will erase it.
4. Disable all the partitioning apps if you are using
5. Boot into recovery (volume up + power button).
6. You should not wipe/erase anything in this process unlike installing a custom rom, directly head to install zip from sd files.
7. Locate the downloaded partition.zip file on the sd card and install it.
8. Once installed, Choose reboot to recovery (Reboot system now is different to reboot to recovery, it reboots you to recovery again rather than to your phone).
9. Again don't wipe/erase anything and install the partition.zip file again like you did the last time.
10. Once installed the second time, choose reboot system now.
11. That's it you'll see all the data is there, just the partition has changed

If at any point of time you feel like returning to your original partition then repeat the same process with this file instead of the earlier mentioned file.

Feel free to post suggestions or queries.

Tweaking Build.prop

My previous two posts have been were how to edit build.prop and this post of mine will let you know about the tweaks to be done to the build.prop file. Most custom roms already have tweaked the most part of the  build.prop file but none tweak it to project your phone as another phone to android market or any other app (like i mentioned of projecting my Ideos x5 as Desire HD to be able to play most of the games). 






The values which need to changed in the build.prop file are:


ro.product.model=Desire HD
ro.product.brand=htc_wwe
ro.product.name=htc_ace
ro.product.board=ace
ro.product.manufacturer=HTC

once done with saving and adb reboot, you need to check whether it is actually working.
Settings < System < About Phone
Here you should see the Model tab saying Desire HD, if that is the case then the above tweak was successful.

Feel free to post any suggestions or queries.

How to Edit Build.prop for free

Rooted your phone, done with installing custom recovery and rom, so now its time to do some tweaking to it. 

I'v mentioned about build.prop in my previous posts and this particular post is for editing the file for free.

ADB will be used to carry out this procedure which also has been mentioned in  previous posts. Turn on USB Debugging mode from Settings< Applications< Development

Procedure:

1. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable.
2. Open command prompt and type "cd c://" (without quotes, use the initials of the local disk where you have installed ADB).
3. Once the directory is set, paste "adb devices" and press enter and you should see a message like this. If you dont get this message then it means that something has gone wrong with your ADB installation.The message also confirms that your phone is connected to your computer via ADB.          
4. Next step is to paste, "adb pull /system/build.prop d:\" and hit enter. This statement copies the file "build.prop" to your desired location, here it'll be copied to local disc d:/ as i'v mentioned it at the end. You can use the path which you desire to get "Build.prop" copied.                                                                      Here is the catch, use the initial of any local disk in My Computer except c:\, like mine has a d:\ and e:\ so i can use any of them or any path in these discs but not c:\. Similarly yours might be having f:/ or g:/ so use those at the end of the command instead of d:/.
5. You'll now see the file Build.prop has been copied to your mentioned location.
6. Open the file in notepad and make the changes you want to make in it, click save and then close it.
7. Once editing is done, paste "adb remount".
8. Paste "" adb push d:\build.prop /system/". This replaces the file which is present in your phone. Here, mention the path you have mentioned instead of d:/build.prop, like if you used say e:\ then it should be e:\build.prop at the beginning of the statement . In short it should be the same path at it was in point 4. I used d:\ there so itd d:\ here too.
9. Build.prop file in the phone has now been replaced by your changed build.prop file.
10. Paste, "adb reboot". this will reboot your phone.
11. That is it the reboot has made the changes you tweaked in build.prop file that too for free.

Feel Free to ask if facing any problem or queries.