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Root [Public Mobile] [MOD] Unification Portal! Boost ROM on Public phone!

smartmanvartan

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Sep 28, 2012
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I got something very nice for you folks :)

This needs to be tested by others to confirm it is working well for everyone. These flashable zips will convert any B10 based rom for boost mobile into a rom for public mobile! I tested it with Droidsmith, Noob, Warp OEM, Warp160d, Halo Rom V1 and Alienwarp with no issues! :D.. what you wanna test once its flashed: picture messaging, roaming, and cpu scaling. the scaling is easy to test just make sure the speed is always fluctuating and not always at max... Check it with voltage control...

Steps:

1- Wipe data factory reset (data/dalvik/cache)

2- pick a rom:

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...-rom-alienwarp-v2-0-2-released-5-16-13-a.html

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...i-hot-spot-enabled-updated-v-1-5-toggles.html

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...0-based-viii-ii-full-install-1-23-2013-a.html

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...-available-now-integrated-wifi-tethering.html

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobile-warp-all-things-root/628982-rom-ctmod-3-80-04-11-13-a.html (Partial port. Use specific Unification Portal for CTmod...)

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...ased-ics-themed-160dpi-updated-2-12-13-a.html

http://androidforums.com/boost-mobi...t/721855-rom-halo-rom-v-1-rc1-b10g-based.html

3- flash one of these zips immediately after the ROM without any reboot in between:

This one is the basic portal only(recomended for Alienwarp and Droidsmith):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/69wjqs3g62mmy65/Unification_Portal.zip

This one has the Wi-Fi hotspot fix but no tether option in the settings menu (recomended For Warp160d):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5uroxmd44dceo3s/Unification_Portal_Wi-Fi_WOsettings_CRT%20.zip

This one has the Wi-Fi fix and the modified settings menu from Alienwarp(recommended for noob, Halo Rom v1 and warp oem):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1hrvs3esn22ytg/Unification_Portal_Wi-Fi_Wsettings_CRT.zip

This one is for CTmod. It doesn't have roaming but I'm working on it... mms, apns, cpu scalling and Wi-Fi hotspot works tho but not in the settings menu...:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g82jyax37icvw8k/Unification_Portal _CTmod_Wi-Fi.zip

Enjoy!

**If for some reason you flash a theme for a rom(which is fine), Flash the Unification Portal over again...

**If you are aware of the jb development for boost and want to help with testing, this is the custom BSTB10G/PMIB08 firmware needed to put us on the same platform:

boost_b10g_firmware _m - Download - 4shared

** If you wanna revert back, flash the PMI B08 firmware before you flash Voltron or stock:

pmi_b08_firmware - Download - 4shared


Special Thanks to MrBobo for starting this project almost a year ago as well as to mercury0x00d for his help on the N860 partitions as well as to jimsmith80 for the Wi-Fi hotspot fix on boost mobile roms and last but not least to Tigatron for his work on he Alienwarp Rom! My new fav..:).
 
Could you provide more information what exactly it does?
Are these images from an original public mobile firmware
adsp.mbn
amss.mbn
dbl.mbn
EMMCBOOT.MBN
osbl.mbn ?
How can they be the same for B08 and B10G firmware?

I'm asking because I've installed CT3.80_N860 firmware (boost mobile) on my public mobile Warp and everything is working well. I just removed proxy servers to improve 3G speed.
 
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Could you provide more information what exactly it does?
Are these images from an original public mobile firmware
adsp.mbn
amss.mbn
dbl.mbn
EMMCBOOT.MBN
osbl.mbn ?
How can they be the same for B08 and B10G firmware?

I'm asking because I've installed CT3.80_N860 firmware (boost mobile) on my public mobile Warp and everything is working well. I just removed proxy servers to improve 3G speed.

The adsp.mbn, dbl.mbn EMMCBOOT.MBN and osbl.mbn are from the B10G but the amss.mbn are from PMI-B08. Basically it is the Public mobile n860 B08 radio(amss.mbn) and the Boost Mobile n860 B10G Bootloader and firmware. and the apks needed for roaming as well as our apns configuration...
 
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One more question, are the apk files from the Public Mobile firmware? Do I really need them?

I like the settings, phone and contacts apks in CT3.80 firmware. They are light-weight, and for instance in the settings I have an access to RTSP/HTTPPD/DSS proxies, so I can change them without any problem.

I'm sorry for noob questions!
 
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the apks are from the public mobile rom and yes you need them to roam and for picture messages.. the firmware is not from ct3.80... and there is no settings apk in the base unification portal which is the one i recomend for CTmod 3.80 :)

edit the second one that has the Wi-Fi hospot fix is also fine as it doesn't have a settings apk either... but the one with the settings apk is not compatible with ctmod**
 
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I'm using to Boost Mobile Warp, but I downloaded the Portal anyways to check it out. If I remember correctly, I saw an mms.apk among others?

Anyways, maybe I can implement one of my themes into a portal zip for CTmod 3.80 on Public Mobile, since flashing the rom then portal then theme and portal again would probably remove some of the themed apks, correct smartmanvartan?
 
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I'm using to Boost Mobile Warp, but I downloaded the Portal anyways to check it out. If I remember correctly, I saw an mms.apk among others?

Anyways, maybe I can implement one of my themes into a portal zip for CTmod 3.80 on Public Mobile, since flashing the rom then portal then theme and portal again would probably remove some of the themed apks, correct smartmanvartan?


correct, that is why i wrote in the op that flashing a theme means flashing the portal again and yes you do loose the theme in the dialer and mms but you do retain theme work in systemUI and framwork-res as well as any other themed apks... but yes a theme with the unification portal would be awesome! :)
 
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I've flashed CT3.80 ROM with Unification_Portal_Wi-Fi_WOsettings and now I don't have phone and contacts on my home screen and in app list. (But I have them in /system/app folder) :(

the instruction are explicit about it needing to be flashed immediately after the rom with no boot in between... you cannot patch a already installed version of ctmod... you have to flash from scratch!
 
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the instruction are explicit about it needing to be flashed immediately after the rom with no boot in between... you cannot patch a already installed version of ctmod... you have to flash from scratch!

I did it according the instruction. I flashed Unification_Portal_Wi-Fi_WOsettings immediatly after the CT3.80 ROM (with no reboots) And I have no dialer and contacts ...
 
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