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Root [ROM] CTMod 3.80 (04/06/13)

Ok been awhile since ive been on here lifes crazy right.... so I just destroyed my zte warp and im trying to reactivate my rooted prevail that i retired to an mp3 player now i cant get my msl and the msl from the boost website i tried to use to do the ##78268# or whatever that number is isnt working i have no wifi and no service to the previal to dl any apps wondering if anyone can give me the .apk for get my msl or terminal emulator PLEASE!! thanks a bunch. I bought a hydro but i really want to return that effing thing and just use my prevail any help appreciated x10
 
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Ok been awhile since ive been on here lifes crazy right.... so I just destroyed my zte warp and im trying to reactivate my rooted prevail that i retired to an mp3 player now i cant get my msl and the msl from the boost website i tried to use to do the ##78268# or whatever that number is isnt working i have no wifi and no service to the previal to dl any apps wondering if anyone can give me the .apk for get my msl or terminal emulator PLEASE!! thanks a bunch. I bought a hydro but i really want to return that effing thing and just use my prevail any help appreciated x10

Here's a link to terminal emulator.

http://www.mediafire.com/?55clk217914774p
 
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Much Love now if i can only get my computer to connect seems it wont recognize my prevail at all now!!!

Bluetooth ....

Wifi folder app...creates a FTP server thus allowing anything to connect to it

You can always call boost...regardless of service.
Just say u want your msl number ....or tell them you have a data connection error 128. they'll give you instructions to rest your phone and give you your msl number...just tell them its your only phone so you'll have to write down the steps.



You could also just use a card reader and your sd card to transfer stuff
 
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I just installed this, and I created a 1gig partition on my sd card. I follow the steps to set it up through the kernel (set it as data, reboot) and it gets stuck at the koumakernel screen. I've followed this thread's ( http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...od-rooting-prevail-dummies-written-dummy.html ) advice to format sd-ext but it still gets stuck. any advice? should I try to make my partition smaller?

Was the partition you created ext4 format? How did you create it?
 
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I used clockworkmod to format it the way the guide told me to. I am unsure if it was in ext4 format. how do I check that?

If you could do the following, I can tell you:

1. Download this and unzip it.

2. Open a command prompt (Windows key + r, type "cmd" (minus quotes) and press enter) and cd to the directory you unzipped the file to.

3. Connect the device via USB and ensure USB debugging is on.

EDIT: Also, welcome to AF!! :)

4. Type the following: [HIGH]adb shell mount[/HIGH]

5. Copy and paste the output into code tags here.
 
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If you could do the following, I can tell you:

1. Download this and unzip it.

2. Open a command prompt (Windows key + r, type "cmd" (minus quotes) and press enter) and cd to the directory you unzipped the file to.

3. Connect the device via USB and ensure USB debugging is on.

EDIT: Also, welcome to AF!! :)

4. Type the following: [HIGH]adb shell mount[/HIGH]

5. Copy and paste the output into code tags here.

hope I didn't have to mount it as well as be in debugging mode but this is what came up. Apologize if it's the wrong thing that you need

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
none on /acct type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuacct)
tmpfs on /mnt/asec type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)
tmpfs on /mnt/obb type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)
/dev/stl14 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,dat
a=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)
/dev/stl12 on /system type ext4 (ro,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,no
auto_da_alloc)
none on /dev/cpuctl type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpu)
/dev/stl13 on /data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data
=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)
/dev/block/vold/179:1 on /mnt/sdcard type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,n
oatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codep
age=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/vold/179:1 on /mnt/secure/asec type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noe
xec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,
codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure type tmpfs (ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000)

this is what happens when you have to go back to your old phone bc your current one bricks and you can't buy a new one for a month ><

also thank you for the welcome!
 
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Your cache, data, and system partitions are all ext4 according to the output you posted

For a sanity check, I'm adding in my output:

[HIGH]rootfs on / type rootfs (ro,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime,nodiratime)
none on /acct type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuacct)
tmpfs on /mnt/asec type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)
tmpfs on /mnt/obb type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755,gid=1000)
/dev/stl14 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)
/dev/stl12 on /system type ext4 (ro,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)
none on /dev/cpuctl type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpu)
/dev/stl13 on /data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)
/dev/block/vold/179:1 on /mnt/sdcard type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/vold/179:1 on /mnt/secure/asec type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask=0002,dmask=0002,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure type tmpfs (ro,relatime,size=0k,mode=000)
/dev/block/dm-0 on /mnt/asec/com.estrongs.android.pop-2 type vfat (ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
[/HIGH]
 
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well awesome! lol

so yes LordVincent it is in ext4

According to your output, the phone is using dev/block/stl13 (the actual internal data partition of the phone) as /data not the sdext you created.

However, if you created the partition in cwm then it is indeed ext4, and should work. The only thing i can think of is that the card you are using isn't working with the prevail. Some cards just don't play well with this phone. You may need a different sdcard to use data mode
 
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According to your output, the phone is using dev/block/stl13 (the actual internal data partition of the phone) as /data not the sdext you created.

However, if you created the partition in cwm then it is indeed ext4, and should work. The only thing i can think of is that the card you are using isn't working with the prevail. Some cards just don't play well with this phone. You may need a different sdcard to use data mode

well shucks, I'll try another card and see if i have this issue.
 
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You'll know you've got it right when you see a data line in your output that looks something like this:

[HIGH]/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc)[/HIGH]

Also, just a warning that switching data to sd-ext wipes data (duh). Luckily I had my needed apps backed up
 
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So, my Prevail crashed recently. It froze one day, so I took out the battery and restarted it. Unfortunately, when I rebooted, it was consistently stuck on the KoumaKernel picture.

So, I finally restored from an old back-up (CT Mod 3.75). I flashed up to 3.80. I haven't wiped my sd card in a while, so I backed it up and did so.

I decided at this point that I wanted to try Kouma's SSM setting. I couldn't get it to work. I've been up and down the forums looking for a step-by-step method for getting it done, but to no avail.

Can someone direct me to the procedure for implementing SSM on my phone? If I'm understanding SSM correctly, I'd like to have a partition for apps (replacing internal memory), a partition for the davlik cache* (replacing internal memory), and a partition for swap (should this be on the internal or sd memory).

Thoughts and advice? I just want my Prevail to be as capable and lag-free as possible.

Currently, I'm running a Class 4 SanDisk card with 32 GB with a 4096 MB partition in Data mode. My intention is to overclock (200 min, 900 max) like I did before with the performance CPU control and an appropriate I/O scheduler (I forget which one I was using last time).

Thanks in advance!

*BTW, what is the Davlik cache anyway? I read that it takes away from
internal memory, so I wanted to eliminate that and free up the internal
for swap or whatever.
 
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So, my Prevail crashed recently. It froze one day, so I took out the battery and restarted it. Unfortunately, when I rebooted, it was consistently stuck on the KoumaKernel picture.

So, I finally restored from an old back-up (CT Mod 3.75). I flashed up to 3.80. I haven't wiped my sd card in a while, so I backed it up and did so.

I decided at this point that I wanted to try Kouma's SSM setting. I couldn't get it to work. I've been up and down the forums looking for a step-by-step method for getting it done, but to no avail.

Can someone direct me to the procedure for implementing SSM on my phone? If I'm understanding SSM correctly, I'd like to have a partition for apps (replacing internal memory), a partition for the davlik cache* (replacing internal memory), and a partition for swap (should this be on the internal or sd memory).

Thoughts and advice? I just want my Prevail to be as capable and lag-free as possible.

Currently, I'm running a Class 4 SanDisk card with 32 GB with a 4096 MB partition in Data mode. My intention is to overclock (200 min, 900 max) like I did before with the performance CPU control and an appropriate I/O scheduler (I forget which one I was using last time).

Thanks in advance!

*BTW, what is the Davlik cache anyway? I read that it takes away from
internal memory, so I wanted to eliminate that and free up the internal
for swap or whatever.


What is the Dalvik Cache? This info was obtained from :
DD Systems & Dbase Developments

It's a good source of information/ definitions regarding a lot of things having to do with Android. Most are brief definitions but you can get the gist of it. As always, Google is your friend when it comes to looking up info for just about ANYTHING> lol :D



Dalvik-cache
When your phone starts up, the Dalvik Virtual Machine looks at all your apps and frameworks, and creates a tree of dependencies which is stored in the dalvik-cache. This allows applications to run in an optimised state (and explains why your phone takes longer to boot up after applying a new rom, it
 
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I am also having trouble with my GPS since upgrading to CTMod 3.80.

The problem SEEMS to be only with GPS satellites.

I select "Use GPS satellites". I deselect "Use wireless networks".

I go to the "Maps" application (or the "Local" application, or the "Navigation" applicatoin). I receive the message "Waiting for location" and then, after a few minutes "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". I have tried it in several locations around town.

If I select "Use wireless networks", I do not get the message that my location is unavailable. However, the location it guesses is not very accurate.

I tried downloading the "GPS Status & Toolbox" app, then "Tools", then "Manage A-GPS state", then "Download", but it does not fix the problem.

Any ideas? Thanks!
 
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I am also having trouble with my GPS since upgrading to CTMod 3.80.

The problem SEEMS to be only with GPS satellites.

I select "Use GPS satellites". I deselect "Use wireless networks".

I go to the "Maps" application (or the "Local" application, or the "Navigation" applicatoin). I receive the message "Waiting for location" and then, after a few minutes "Your current location is temporarily unavailable". I have tried it in several locations around town.

If I select "Use wireless networks", I do not get the message that my location is unavailable. However, the location it guesses is not very accurate.

I tried downloading the "GPS Status & Toolbox" app, then "Tools", then "Manage A-GPS state", then "Download", but it does not fix the problem.

Any ideas? Thanks!

This was working in my previous version of CTMod. I did a backup and restore rather than a clean install.
 
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