JF Updates Defined for the Average User

[Octoberriot]

So most of us are familiar with who JF is and what hes done for the android community. He's always pushing out new updates that give us the best features and allows us to have root. what many of us dont know, is what exactly all his updates really include, but more importantly, what his updates include for the average user.

What I'll be doing here is basically posting a change log in layman's terms for new users to see whats been happening, and help them decide which version is best for them. I'll be updating this as more things come to mind, or as JF releases more updates.

*Note: lite versions are only required if you're going to use a theme, on JF RC33 V1.41 and up

JFvMOD by LucidREM
-Seems to be the most popular version right now.
-Same as JF RC33 V1.42 except for a few added files to make APPS to SD really easy for everyone.
-Themes will not work on this unless you manually make it a "lite" version following the steps below

JF RC33 V1.42
-This version really only introduced a bug fix so Android Debug Bridge (adb) would work in recovery mode.
*A wipe shouldn't be necessary when updating to this version.*

• JF RC33 V1.42 (lite)
  Same as the JF RC33 v1.41 (lite) version but has the bug fix of rc1.42
  you can manually make your own lite version of the firmware by typing these commands
  in the terminal emulator.
  

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  su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -rf /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media


  
  what those commands do, in a simple explination, is copies all your ringtones and notifications to your sd card, removes those files from the original location, and the os it already set to understand when the ringtones are there, so it works out well.

JF RC33 V1.41
Just recently there was an update pushed out by T-mobile which enabled features such as latitude, saving mms, and Google voice search. Along with a few bug fixes.

RC33 also introduced a new radio that JF didn't include in his updates, but released it as a separate file as to keep everyone from reflashing it with every update.
*A wipe shouldn't be necessary when updating to this version.*

• JF RC33 v1.41 (lite)
  RC33 introduced a problem for all the themers out there. The /System partition of the devices only has a set amount of memory, and with more and more features and applications being included in updates, that space is becoming smaller and smaller. If you're familiar with themes at all, you know they are written to that partition and over write similar images and thats why we see the new image over the old. Often, complex themes like the More Vintage Less War, use files that take up much more room than the original that its overwriting. Causing the system partition to run out of space before you even finish flashing the theme, resulting in a failed flash, or causing the g1 to hang at boot. The Lite version of this update removes the ringtones and notification sounds which free up much much more space for themes to be applied.

JF RC30 V1.41
Probably one of the biggest break throughs for the G1, this update enabled multi-touch.
Only certain apps will support it, but we're all hoping for more to come.

-Built in browser now supports multi-touch zooming and has an auto rotate option in the options menu. (off by default)
-Added a console to recovery mode.
*A wipe shouldn't be necessary when updating to this version.*

[dom2684]

i was able to do this before....

i had to reoad rc33

now i cant do it
any suggestions?

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su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -rf /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media

[chrisrj28]

i was able to do this before....

i had to reoad rc33

now i cant do it
any suggestions?

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su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp -rf /system/media /sdcard
rm -rf /system/media

Which JFRC33 did you get, b/c a lot of the latest ones are the lite version already, that may be why your commands arent working, is it saying something like file not found?

[dom2684]

no its saying thats something about it being read only...

and i already remounted as read/write

[Octoberriot]

if its saying about being read only, you need to make 100% sure that you remounted it. make sure its typed just as it. the other option you have is use droidsans to remount before typing that stuff out.

[dom2684]

i did use droid sans


:edit: ok so i tried it again..

had to remount and unmount like 3 times before i got it back on

[Octoberriot]

you're good now though? its working for you?

[dom2684]

yup i gots it thanks

[shadowuser]

This is a great topic for me because I am defiantly one of those "average users". Before I root my phone I have one question. I want to install the JF1.42 RC33 (lite) update. My question is, do I have to install the JF1.42 RC33 update and then intsall the JF1.42 RC33 (lite) update? Or can I just install the JF1.42 RC33 (lite) update? For some reason I thought that the JF1.42 RC33 (lite) update is only a way of moving the ringtones and notificatiion to the SD card after the JF1.42 RC33 was already installed. I hope this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated.

[dom2684]

you need to have rc33 1.41 first

then just type those commands in the terminal emulator to move your ringtones to the sdcard

then you have the lite version