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    Root [Merit] [INFO] Relocating

    For anyone who is concerned, I intend to move to Android Area 51. I will be posting there exclusively from now on. Due to stayboogy being banned from here for 7 days. I consider the administrators decision in this case to be a gross over reaction. Since they over reacted on such a minor issue, I...
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    Root [Merit] [INFORMATION] Further information on /dev

    Alright everyone here is a little bit more information for ya on /dev. I now know why everything gets cleared upon reboot and you start with a fresh /dev. It's actually very simple the /dev "partition" is actually not a partition at all. It's a tmpfs which means temporary filesystem. Basically...
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    Root [Merit] [INFORMATION] Why moving /data/data to /dev doesn't work.

    Ok for anyone trying to do this, I can tell you why it will not work. I finally had time to tinker with it and managed to figure out what is going on. Ok here goes when you create a folder on /dev let's say /data for instance once you reboot that folder will be deleted. Android deletes it so...
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    Root [Merit] [release] clear app cache

    I made a quick script that can be used with init.d to clear you app cache. No need for an app to do it for ya anymore. This script doesn't touch the app data so all your settings will remain. You can also just run it from scripter or terminal, instead of installing to init.d. Make sure it's...
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    Root [Merit] Is there a way to make use of /dev

    I was looking at sd maid today and noticed that in its advanced view it shows a /dev partition on my merit that is about 200mb. Does anyone know if there is a way to make use of this wasted space? Or if it is harmful to do so?
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    (GUIDE) How to convert any app to system properly

    I just want to repost a thread I found on smart4u its very interesting, I can verify this method works for most apps although I did have trouble with a few. Original posters English isn't great and he is a bit cocky about his knowledge but overall he is pretty nice and knows what he is talking...
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    Root [Merit] ZTE MERIT Z990G net10 slimmed stock rom

    Ok here it is my net10 merit rom its almost stock but has been modified slightly I have removed certain system apps that I didn't want so you will gain a little space if you install it. Thanks to motorhead1991 and stayboogy for helping me with this. http://www.sendspace.com/file/9gx2ta The...
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    Root [Avail] Is it safe to remove Orkut?

    On my zte merit z990g net10 it came stock with orkut in the /system/app and it runs when the phone boots and uses about 20k ram I can't kill it because it says it's a system process. I can freeze it with titanium backup but after freezing when I reboot its still in the running process list. So...