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HOWTO - remount /data and /cache with discard and (optionally) noauto_da_alloc

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Im using this tweak on my nexus7 and works ok on Cherry Mobile flare too.  Requirements - rooted, working busybox (see howto regarding busybox), init.d support (see tutorial regarding init.d support) on your PC create a file called 85SecretSauce (or anyfilename that suits your taste, must contain two digit numbers first as it is used by the init.d) contents of the file should be this - #!/system/bin/sh #re-mount /data and /cache with discard and (optionally) noauto_da_alloc #(does give a slight performance increase , especially when working with #databases.. mount -o remount,discard,noauto_da_alloc /data /data mount -o remount,discard,noauto_da_alloc /cache /cache transfer it to /system/etc/init.d and with permissions 755, reboot and enjoy! how to check if it works - C:\\Users\\ryanrudolf\\ Downloads >adb shellshell@android:/ $ mount | grep discard mount | grep discard /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 on /data type ext4 (rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data...

Tips on how to check and remove duplicate entries in build.prop

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To check duplicate values 1. open build.prop 2. copy all contents 3. open MS Excel 2007 4. paste in cel A1 all copied contents from build.prop 5. highlight all contents6 . select Home from Menu Toolbar 7. select/click Conditional Formatting 8. select Highlight Cell Rules 9. select Duplicate Values 10. click OK. 11. duplicate values are highlighted with red. To remove duplicate values 1. open build.prop 2. copy all contents 3. open MS Excel 2007 4. paste in cel A1 all copied contents from build.prop 5. highlight all contents 6. Select Data from Menu Toolbar 7. Select/click Remove Duplicates 8. copy all values and paste back to build.prop 9. copy it to your /system/ 10. set permission to rw- r-\-\ r-\-\ 11. Reboot You're done!

HOW TO FIX ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD - CHERRY MOBILE FLARE / Karbonn A9+

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Credit goes to   Ryan Rudolf Oba  in  Cherry Mobile Flare   FB group CWM for CM Flare / Karbonn A9+ reformats boot partition, but instead of reformatting boot partition 8, it reformats boot partition 3. When this happens, phone will not boot, even fastboot mode. Upon powering the phone, you will get the message ENTRY QPST DOWNLOAD. To fix this, we need to restore a working backup of partition3. Partition3 is FAT16 partition and contains AMSS.MBN and AMSSHD.MBN. It does not contain IMEI info. Your IMEI will be preserved if you will follow this guide accordingly. Requirements – 1. Acronis True Image – The backup partition3 I will provide is created using Acronis. You will also need Acronis to restore this backup partition to your phone. I used Acronis True Image 2013. Don’t ask me where to get Acronis. 2. Backup partition3 – make sure that the file you have is Partition3sector_full_b1_s1_v1. If the filename does not match, it means I did not provide that...