How to manually partition your SD card for Android Apps2SD Update: You might also want to check out the Amon_RA recovery image which will automatically partition your SD card. This article is for people with rooted Android phones. Everyone else please ignore. There are dozens of ways to partition your SD card and I would like to share the one that has worked for me every time. I prefer to manually partition my SD card because it gives me complete control. Requirements before getting started: Cyanogen Recovery Image v1.4 or greater (Easy to install with the 1-click hack)SD Card (Class 6 suggested): A-DATA has good prices on Amazon (4GB, 8GB, 16GB)Android Device Bridge(ADB): Comes with the Android SDK.Android build that supports Apps2SD: I suggest Cyanogen's latest stable release (Does Apps2SD automatically) These instructions apply to both the Windows command prompt and the Mac terminal. All commands you need to type are in bold (my comments are in parenthesis). Step 1. Step 1: Connect your phone to your computer via USB. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4.
How to Get Your Android Device to Show up in File Explorer (If It Isn’t) We love using our Android phones and tablets to listen to tunes and watch videos, but in order to get those files on your device, sometimes you have to transfer them over from your laptop or desktop PC. When things work right, it’s great, but it can be frustrating if your device stops appearing in File Explorer. Normally, when you plug in your Android device, Windows will recognize it as an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device and quietly mount it. From there you can browse the device’s storage and easily add or delete files. Of course, you can do this from your phone or tablet, the Play Store is chock full of file system applications. But, using a traditional desktop computer can turn a potentially long, tedious operation, into a short, blissful one. However, if you’ve ever attempted to unlock your device such as to install a new ROM or root it, then you may have at one time or another installed the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) driver on your computer.
What Is ADB And How To Install It With Android SDK When it comes to Android modding, most novice users are confused or left wondering by reference over reference to a certain “adb”. This is specially true when you are looking up something on modding your device, or root it in particular. ADB is the wonder toy of Android and everyone seems to love it, so lets have a look at understanding what it is and why you need it, and how you can get it. What is ADB ADB stands for Android Debug Bridge. While these things can be done directly on the device itself using some terminal emulator, it will be rather difficult to execute complex commands on such a small screen. How To Install ADB Step 1: Installing the Android SDK Note: At the time of updating this guide, the latest version of the Android SDK available is r8 and we shall be using it throughout the rest of the guide. The first step is to download the SDK. Once you have downloaded the SDK, simply extract the compressed file to a location on your computer. Step 3: Setting the Path variable
[Android][Guide]Hacking And Bypassing Android Password/Pattern/Face/PIN Lock - App This post was edited by BalcanGSM 13:25,Oct-31-2013 This Is For Educational Purposes Only You Shall Not Use This On Other People Phones Without Permission Under Any CircumstancesI'm Not Responsible For Any Eventual Errors And Misbehaving Of Your Devices Files And Tutorials Are Used And Partially Created According My Expirience And Also Colected From Internet & XDA Forums All Regards Are Going To Their Authors If Just Google Ask you For Password (Credentials) - You Can Turn On WIFI Via ADB In Order To Google Accept Your Device Via this Command:adb shell svc wifi enableCopy the Code The Device Needs To Have Usb Debugging Enabled In Case Usb Debugging Isn't Enabled And You Have Recovery :You Can Run The Same Instructions From Recovery For Some Methods Root Is Not Required (Though It Will Be Better If Device Is Rooted) If None Of This Methods Works For You - Unfortunally You Probably Must Full Wipe Your Device (Thanks ToKilroy.)Solution For Everyone With Recovery (Cwm, Twrp, Xrec,Etc...) 1. 3.
CM7-APOCALYPSE-FINAL [09.07.12] [FireKernel OC] Changelog for APOCALYPSE FINAL - 09.07.2012 Download via Mediafire (.rar file includes rom and layouts - do a full wipe/format all, mount data and flash)Download via 4shared Rom still has 30volume steps with fixed ui volume, AE integrated, beats_alsa+audiofx widget, sansation normal and bold font characters fixed for all languages, status bar supports transparency Changelog for 17.06.2012 -- full version **NOT AN UPDATE** - APOCALYPSE IS CONSIDERED FINAL AT THIS STAGE! -- firekernel 12.06.12 -- base rom rolled back to VO-1's ROM -- Adrenaline Engine integrated! Changelog for 16.06.2012 -- full version NOT AN UPDATE -- firekernel 12.06.12 -- based on official and stable Cyanogenmod released 15.06.12 -- added/replaced hw libraries for bln to work/fast gps -- Adrenaline Engine integrated! ROM was buggy, so I removed completely link. Changelog for 12.06.2012 -- full version - not an update -- firekernel by dragonnn updated to latest 12.06.12 OC Unofficial -- droidsans.tts updated. 1.
SD card partitioning - XDA-Developers This page is meant to help you with easy partitioning the SD card to create: ext2 partition (for android app2sd and other tricks) swap partition (for android swap creation) ROM Manager and some recoveries, eg ClockworkMod_Recovery or 4EXT, can partition SD cards. using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition Simplest way is to use "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" from This tool is compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista & Windows 7 requirements: USB SD Card reader. pull SD card from phone, insert into USB SD Card reader. step 1: delete old partitions on SD card Note: this partition manager QUEUES the operations. Make sure you are deleting partition on SD card! This step deletes everything on SD card, so backup files first! Dont be afraid, just read everything and think twice before selecting correct drive. Do you see three gray icons on the bottom? step 2: create FAT or FAT32 partition select "Create As": PRIMARY step 4: finish
How to setup a2sd or apps2sd Since there isn’t a real nice easy to follow guide out there, this how to has been a long time coming. I’ve done a ton of research and this guide will help you get Darktremor a2sd set up properly and save you a ton of aggravation. A few disclaimers and warnings before we get started, we here at The Root of all EVO are not to be held responsible for any lost data or turning your phone into a brick. If you read nothing else in this post please take away this, partitioning your SD card will format it and you will lose all data on the card. Please do yourself a favor and backup all contents of your SD card to your PC! Darktremor a2sd has been baked into many different ROMs. Typically it’s best to have a2sd setup before you flash a ROM. There are a few things to note here depending on which recovery option you use. ? ? Back up all your data from the SD card to your PC. Boot into recovery. Now in the advanced menu scroll down to the Partition SD card option and press the power button.
Top Android Apps Every Rooted User Should Know About, Part 3: Apps 17-25 This is the third iteration in our 'Top Android Apps Every Rooted User Should Know About' series. Click here for part one or here for part two. It's that time again - we've spent the last few months scouring the Android Market, and now we're ready to report back with nine more great root apps. There are a lot of good ones in this edition - read on for some of the best reasons to root your Android handset! MarketEnabler One of the most frequent excuses for piracy has to be "The app isn't available in my country" or "Google doesn't allow paid apps where I live." MarketEnabler makes your Android phone believe it's on another carrier - perhaps even one in another country. Samba Filesharing Hate wires? Well if you answered the affirmative to that question, funkyFresh might just have the app for you: it's called "Samba Filesharing," and it allows users to access their Android device(s) over WiFi as a Windows shared folder. SD Maid AutoKiller Memory Optimizer zMooth root LCDDensity Keyboard Manager
How to Choose the Right Android ROM for You How To Backup and Restore Your Android Phone with Titanium Backup If you want to get serious about backing up your Android phone, including everything from system app data to saved Wi-Fi nodes, Titanium Backup can help. Read on to learn how to backup your Android phone from A to Z. Why Bother With a Third Party Backup Application? Android phones already come with some handy backup features; anyone who has purchased a new Android phone and plugged in the Google Account login they were using on their previous Android phone has surely been impressed with the ease in which their old contacts appeared. While that’s great and certainly eleventy-billion times better than dealing with transferring contacts from phone to phone in the age of “dumb phones” it’s not a perfect or complete solution. What You’ll Need For this tutorial you’ll only need two things Why a rooted phone? Phone-by-phone rooting instructions are beyond the scope of this tutorial but don’t worry. Finally, a word on Titanium Backup. Installing Titanium Backup Performing Your First Backup