Modded Stock Rom DRoidMaxxV2 -2.2.1 for Micromax A70

Another modded stock Rom has appeared on Android Forums for A70.

• Author: samrox144
• Current Version: 1.0

Features:

• Rooted (can be done using z4root. Refer How to root?)
• Deodexed (there is nothing to deodex on A70)
• APK’s Zipaligned (better RAM utilization)
• Darktremor Apps2SD v2.7.5.2 + fix. (SD card needs to be partitioned. Refer How to partition my Sd card?)
• Nano added
• Bash added
• Custom bootanimation (can be done even without rooting Refer here)
• No Ads Host file
• Zeam launcher (Android Market Launcher)
• dalvik to sd
• vm 48
• Tweaks like internet speed
• 3G turbo
• V6 supercharger Script (Tutorial)
• Removed Stock Apps (Tutorial)

How to install ClockworkMod Recovery (CWM) on Micromax A70 without ROM Manager

You can manually install a custom recovery such as CWM Recovery using the fastboot or flash_image method if you don’t have a mobile internet connection.

With Fastboot:

For this method to work, you must have ADB and fastboot installed on your computer. Refer Get ADB working with A70

1. Copy the recovery image from here to C:\
   Note: The recovery image should have .img extension. If it is in a zip file, extract the .img file from it.
2. Power your device off. Hold the camera key.
3. While holding the camera key, connect your device to your computer via USB and wait till you see ‘fastboot USB’ on the screen.
4. Launch Command Prompt and type the following command:

   fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img

5. Wait for the process to finish and reboot your device once it’s done. You can reboot using fastboot:

   fastboot-windows reboot

With flash_image:

‘flash_image’ is a tool for Android devices that lets you rewrite your phone’s system partitions with partition image files and installing it to your device requires ADB.

1. Download flash_image and extract it from the zip file to a location on your computer. We extracted it to the main C drive (not in any folder) and will use that in the next steps.
2. Download the recovery from here (A70) & copy it to C:\
3. Enable USB debugging mode on your device from Menu > Settings > Applications > Development.
4. Connect your device to your computer via USB.
5. Open a Command Prompt window on your computer and enter the following commands:

   adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/
   adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/
   adb shell
   su
   mount -o remount, rw /system
   cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
   cd /system/bin
   chmod 777 flash_image
   flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

   This will first transfer flash_image and recovery.img to your phone. Then it will copy flash_image to the /system/bin folder of your Android device and make it executable. Finally, it will flash the custom recovery image to your device using flash_image.
   If you extracted the files elsewhere, use the appropriate paths and if your recovery image has a different name, use the appropriate name in the first two lines.

6. Reboot your device once the process is finished and you’re done. You may exit adb and the Command Prompt window on your computer by entering ‘exit’ thrice.

The above methods appeared on addictivetips.com

Note if you have been able to do it successfully or know anymore about this, please leave a comment.

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How to get ADB working with Micromax A70 [Windows]

There were some problems in getting ADB to work with Micromax A70. Not any more..

Requirements (for method 1):

1. 91 PC suite (Download)
2. Micromax A70 USB drivers (Download) | Alternate Link (MF)
3. Install the android SDK using this article

Method 1:

1. Extract the USB drivers for Micromax A70. Connect the phone to the computer, point the found new hardware wizard to search for the drivers in the folder in which the drivers were extracted (Also check ‘Include Sub Folders’).
2. Install 91 PC Suite. The Interface might be in Chinese. To change it to English click on the white android phone on the upper left corner of the 91 PC Suite Windows, point to the 3rd option in the list and click on English.
   Restart 91 PC Suite and let it detect the phone. Leave it open in the background.
3. Now, type  adb devices in command prompt. (you will notice that it will not try to start the daemon server as it will use the daemon server provided by 91 PC Suite)

How to Force install apps to SD card on Micromax A70

Using this method you can transfer most of the apps to SD card (partially) without rooting your phone.

You might want to  see this thread before continuing-
>> How to get ADB working with Micromax A70

Getting Ready:

1.   First you have to enable USB debugging on your Android device from Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.
2. You need to download and install the latest Android SDK on your computer from http://developer.android.com/sdk/.
3. Install the latest java SDk if you don’t already have one.

Tutorial:

1. Extract the package to the folder of your choice [Let's say- C:/android-sdk-windows/], run SDK Manager.exe
2. Close the command / windows command prompt window that opens.
3. In the new window, click on Available Packages to the left. Untick all options you are prompted to download except the USB driver option(if it is there) & android sdk platform-tools revision x(7 as of now)
   (Note-If you get an error message at this point, enable “Force https://… in the Settings.) click on the Install Selected button in the bottom right corner and follow the prompts.
4. Connect your phone to your computer with a USB-cable. Your OS will prompt you to install new drivers. Choose to install them from the android-sdk-windows/extras/google/usb_driver folder. Do not mount your device; you only need to plug-in the cable.
   (If you don’t see this prompt, OR having trouble with ADB, see this article)
5. Run command prompt in administrator.
   Type in the following after the “>” at each step (without quotations,and including spaces and capital letters)

   cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
   adb devices

   A list of devices attached should come with your phone listed.

   adb shell

   A $ sign should pop up

   pm setInstallLocation 2

   Another $ should pop up

And you’re done!! Close everything, disconnect phone, turn off phone and then turn it back on again

Note: Now the phone will be set to install all apps you install onto the SD card. However, current apps on phone will mostly still be stored on the internal memory. This process doesn’t move these apps for you, it adds the ability. So you must now manually move those already installed on the phone. Install some apps like app2sd etc.

It’s preferable to install certain apps to the main memory, since it will take a while before the SD card becomes available when you start your phone. Applications installed on the memory card will also be unavailable to the system each time you mount your phone as a disk drive.

In general, apps that integrate with the Android OS and that often run in the background is better to install on the internal storage, while games and most other applications will have no problem chilling outside on your SD.

Widgets should essentially be installed on phone memory.

Darktremor’s a2sd scripts deodex the apps and COMPLETELY move the apps and cache to SD card but you will need to root and run the scripts.

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How to remove pre-installed stock Android Apps

Pre-installed stock apps aka crap gives users a lot of headache especially to those who have little internal storage like Ace, A70 & Optimus etc.

• They take up a lot of internal memory.
• They clutter the app drawer.
• They might take a lot of system resources with background services.

These apps can’t be removed. And as a result ‘Out of memory’ issue is the first problem a user runs into.

Previously we have covered a way to force install apps to SD card. But what of those unuseful apps who just sit in the app drawer and clutter it. This is the first & foremost reason an average user roots his phone.

So if you are rooted and want to remove system/stock apps, you are at the right place.

Requirements:

• Titanium backup app from android market or free trial (direct link)
• Your phone to be rooted.

Instructions:

1. Launch “Titanium Backup” app in your phone.
2. Select “backup/restore” tab on the home screen.
3. You will be presented with a list of apps that also includes the pre-installed apps.
4. Choose whatever apps you want to uninstall and you will see screen like this
   
5. Select  “uninstall” and the app will be removed from your system.

And you’re done!

An alternate way will be to freeze the app with “App Quarantine“. Check our in-depth review of the app.

Know a better way, let us know in the comments.

How to install ClockworkMod Recovery 4 (CWM) on Micromax A70

Previously we showed you how to root A70. Now its time for ClockworkMod Recovery.

ClockworkMod Recovery is great functionality to be added to an android phone. It can make your phone virtually brick-proof. Installing custom Roms & taking backups becomes a matter of clicks. But that’s not all. There is vista of different things you can do with it like partitioning your sd card, flashing a zip file etc. So without further ado, here we go.

Requirements:

1. Rooted Micromax A70
2. Battery charged at 50-60% (A full charge will be better).
3. ROM Manager app
4. An active internet connection

Instructions:

1. Open ROM Manager. Tap on Flash ClockWorkModRecovery.
   
2. Select “A70″ from the list of devices that pop up. Wait for the download  to complete and flash the recovery Image.
   
3. It will take some time to download & install the files. Once Done, tap on Reboot Into Recovery.
4. Your Phone will be reboot into ClockWorkModRecovery.

In CWM recovery, use volume rocker to move up & down. Power key will act as select button.

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How to apply a custom bootanimation on Micromax A70 (with/without root)

Installing custom boot animations on A70 is very easy.

Requirements:
1. Rooted Micromax A70
2. Root Explorer
3. Any HVGA boot animation

Toshow you what we are talking about, here is an example of a custom bootanimation:
Android Particle Ring by Dysgenic (Modified by aph):

Download (XDA-Developers)

Download more @xda-developers.com. Make sure it is in HVGA format.

Method 1 (Requires Root):

1. Connect your phone to your computer via USB and mount the storage card for file transfer.
2. Copy the bootanimation.zip file that you want to install, to your SD card.
3. Unmount USB storage and launch the file browser of your choice on your phone.
4. Browse to /system/media, copy the existing bootanimation.zip file from there and paste it somewhere safe on your SD card.
5. Browse to the location on the SD card where you copied the new bootanimation.zip and copy it.
6. Browse to /data/local and paste the bootanimation.zip file there to override the default system boot animation without replacing it.
   OR
   Browse to /system/media and paste the bootanimation.zip file there.
   If you are using Super Manager, you will have to enable its root function first from the settings. Furthermore, you may need to mount the /system partition as read-write first too upon entering it.
   Note: If you had earlier on copied a custom bootanimation.zip file into /data/local, you will also need to delete it or else the new one from /system/media will not be loaded.

Method 2: Via ADB (Works on both rooted & unrooted):

1. Enable USB debugging on your device in Settings > Applications > Development.
2. Connect your device to the computer via USB.
3. Launch a command prompt/terminal window on your computer.
4. Navigate to the location where you have the bootanimation.zip file saved.
5. Rooted/Unrooted devices: Enter these commands:

   adb pull /data/local/bootanimation.zip c:\
   adb push bootanimation.zip /data/local/

   OR
   Rooted devices only: Enter these commands:

   adb pull /system/media/bootanimation.zip c:\
   adb remount
   adb push bootanimation.zip /system/media/

Whichever method you used, you should now have the new boot animation successfully installed on your device. Simply restart it and you should see it running upon boot.

Voila, you’re done. Flaunt your new boot animation in the comments below.

How to root Micromax A70

We previously discussed about what advantages and disadvantages of rooting were.

Rooting & Unrooting on A70 is very very easy compared to many other phones. It is done using the z4root app.

Instructions:

1. Download Z4Root v1.3 from here.
2. Install it using any other file manager.
3. On your A70 goto settings>applications>development and enable usb debugging.
4. Now start Z4Root and click on root.

Note: You can choose between complete  root or soft root. A soft root is undone on reboot. A hard boot can be undone using the same app anytime.

You might want to install a custom bootanimation next.

Though the big step up in the evolution cycle will be to install ClockworkMod Recovery.