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  • darthLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member

    • Post #460
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    darth Version 2.0 beta
    [Login to see the link]
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    I would like if people tested this version for me to make sure it works properly and there are no loopholes.

    This for Roms with Apps.
    Special thanks to [Login to see the link] for all his work!
    Thank you again to [Login to see the link] and [Login to see the link] .
    I included [Login to see the link] apps: Hebkey, App Launcher, and his fixed Calendar.
    [Login to see the link] Shortcut to home screen app. Dial: *#*#123#*#* to get to home screen
    Includes: Siddursfard, AndDaaven, SmartZmanim, Smartlist, and Tehilim.
    Also updated Waze, more zoomed out and shows full addresses when searching.
    Added more backend changes and updates.

        darth thanks when are you doing this also for the other roms? thanks

          Cseal89 I'm not too familiar with macs, but I'd say look up all the prerequisites
          darth listed, and look them all up for mac. In theory, it should work with some research.
          *Brains are also required on a mac.

                Cseal89 You can use a mac.

                Just get fastboot on your mac, and make sure you have python. Then, to boot to fastboot, you can use [Login to see the link]. But it's harder to use because you must manually declare a port number. Example:

                python mtk-bootseq.py FASTBOOT COM4

                But because MAC is based off linux, the ports wont be COMPorts, it will probably be something like this: /dev/tty.usbmodem14200. But I have no clue because I never used Mac. Anything I know about linux is from using android.


                And [Login to see the link] made a version of the python script that checks the ports automatically and boots to fastboot, but I think it only works on windows. (link: [Login to see the link])



                I can't say for sure, but I think Mac's might come preinstalled with MTK Drivers or at least enough drivers to access the preloader, so I don't think you'll need to worry

                    • darthLevel 6 - Platinum Elite Member

                      • Post #468

                      a-one Same names as the ones in original post. darth

                      • NEC replied to this.

                            • NNECLevel 1 - Junior Member

                              • Post #469

                              darth so you mean option 3 has no text?

                                • a-oneLevel 3 - Gold Member

                                  • Post #470
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                                  darth With Apps Option 3 v2.0beta

                                  Removes: Browser, Video, Email, and Hotspot. Includes: [Login to see the link] apps: Hebkey, App Launcher, and his fixed Calendar.
                                  [Login to see the link] Shortcut to home screen app. Dial: ##123## to get to home screen
                                  Includes: Siddursfard, AndDaaven, SmartZmanim, Smartlist, and Tehilim.
                                  Also updated Waze, more zoomed out and shows full addresses when searching.
                                  Added more backend changes and updates.

                                  ❓

                                    darth
                                    Last time I updated the rom, all the info on my phone(calls, texts) were erased. any way to make sure it keeps all my info when I update again? Thanks again!

                                      Can anyone with the prerequisites “brains” create a video tutorial from beginning to end to install a kosher rom, as well as to just do an upgrade? I managed to kosher my phone using darth rom, but now when I’m trying to update… complete no go… seems my brains may have been koshered along the way…. I believe I’m following all the steps, installing all the prerequisites…. But nothing.

                                        when i update a rom, do i have to do steps 1-8 or i can just download the rom i want and flash the super.bin?

                                          Updating Roms

                                          Here is a guide for updating Roms. This means you already installed one of darth Kosher Roms, and want to switch to a different one. If you follow these steps you shouldn't lose your data. This guide assumes you already did all the steps to install a kosher Rom, and you are working on the same computer (so you already installed mtk drivers, flashed vbmeta, unlocked bootloader, etc)


                                          Step By Step Instructions:

                                          First, Download the rom of your choice from the top post on this thread (darth ). (make sure its named super.bin - I didint check all them). In these instructions there are 3 options.

                                          • Slow Method - This is the easiest way to update a Rom but takes up to an hour for the process to be completed
                                          • Fast Method (already done) - This is a faster way to update your Rom, but has a few more steps. If you have already used the fast method from the top post on this thread (darth ) , these instructions are for you.
                                          • Fast Method (First Time) - These instructions are for someone who installed his rom using the slow method, but would like to use the more challenging, but faster method this time.

                                          Slow Method:

                                          1. Run [Login to see the link]
                                          2. Plug in your phone into the computer while it is powered off
                                          3. Once your phone screen says: =>FASTBOOT mode... run fastboot flash super super.bin This step takes 35-45 minutes (If you see "Invalid sparse file format at header magic" you can ignore it safely.)
                                          4. You should probably download [Login to see the link] because you might have an old one.
                                          5. Run fastboot flash boot boot.bin to flash it.
                                          6. Once completed run fastboot reboot to reboot your device into your updated Kosher Rom.

                                          Fast Method (already done):

                                          1. On your powered off phone, hold vol up + power to boot into recovery. then Plug your phone into your PC.
                                          2. Run these commands 
                                            adb shell su -c chmod a+rw /dev/block/by-name/super
adb push super.bin /dev/block/by-name/super
                                          3. You should probably download [Login to see the link] because you might have an old one.
                                          4. Run these commands to flash boot.bin: 
                                            adb shell su -c chmod a+rw /dev/block/by-name/boot
adb push boot.bin /dev/block/by-name/boot
                                          5. Press reboot system now on your phone, or runadb reboot to boot into your updated Kosher Rom.

                                          Fast Method (first time):

                                          1. Run [Login to see the link]
                                          2. Plug in your phone into the computer while it is powered off
                                          3. Download [Login to see the link] [Login to see the link]
                                          4. run these commands to flash and enter recovery: 
                                            fastboot flash recovery recovery2.img
fastboot reboot recovery
                                          5. Once in Recovery run the following commands to flash super: 
                                            adb shell su -c chmod a+rw /dev/block/by-name/super
adb push super.bin /dev/block/by-name/super

                                                  Anyone in the lakewood Area that would be willing to help me update my ROM? im at a total loss.... ( mods, am I allowed to post this?)

                                                    i"m trying to install a ROM, at step 7 i enter "fastboot flashing unlock" in to adb and i get a message 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                                                    operable program or batch file. what do i do? please help thanks

                                                    Cseal89 were you able to get the phone into fastboot mode? if not maybe you have a bad usb cable (this happened to me until i realized the issue)