Android: ROMs - Root - Utilities

ROMs
Samsung ROM naming convention

B5330XXAL4 :
B5330(=model)XX(=Region)A(=Year)L(=Month)4(=Revision)
XA Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XW France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
XX Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

ALI4=Android 4.0.4 ICS (2012/9)
BMC2 =Android 4.1.2 JellyBean (2013/3)
BMD2= Android 4.1.2 JellyBean (2013/4)


YEAR CODES
K 2011
L 2012
M 2013
...

MONTH CODES
A January
C March
E May
G July
I September
K November
L December

REVISION CODES
1 = 1
2 = 2
A = 10
B = 11
C = 12

Root your device

Requirements:
Settings, Developer options
ON
USB debugging(Checked)


App to verify:
root verifier (install from F-droid)

Check XDA developers for information and procedure
http://www.xda-developers.com/root/

Suggested Utilities:

Superuser
F-droid 0.76
OI Explorer 2.03   (Free File explorer, not root)
Ghost commander 1.52.2   (Free Advanced File explorer, apps,...)
All-In-One Toolbox 1.5  (processes, cleaner, app2sd, filemanager)
BusyBox Pro v19
APK extractor (free  - extract apps to apk)

Root verifier (free)(com.abcdjdj.rootverifier)
Root checker (burrows.apps.rootchecker)(with ads, required google services,  good info about system)
Super user (com.noshufou.android.su)
Disk Usage (com.google.android.diskusage)(free)

(Useful but not free as free beer or freedom)
System Tuner Pro  2.1.2 (tasks, root uninstall system apps, terminal, startups,)
Android tuner 0.12.9 (root, uninstall user apps, many tools, root explorer, terminal, firewall,startups,..)
Root Software

ROM Manager 5.5 (free includes ads)
 install ClockworkMod
 ROM download, backup, restore, fix permissions...

Blackberry OS 10.x - System + Android runtime

Blackberry OS 10 in Classic device
HW Model: Classic - SQC100-1 (Q20)
HW: MSM8960 v3.2.1.1 N rev.11

Original soft release v.10.3.1.1779
   Soft release updated to  v.10.3.3.2137
                                         v.10.3.2.2474
                                         v.10.3.2.2836 

Original OS10 ver.  v.10.3.1.2576

Updated OS10 ver.  v.10.3.3.3216
                                 v.10.3.2.2639
                                 v.10.3.2.2876 
                          

3.5" 720x720 - 290.6 ppi
CPU: Qualcomm dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960- 1.5 GHz Krait + Adreno 225 (GPU) (32bits core)
(Snapdragon S4/Krait is a ARMv7-A compatible CPU architecture,  armhf=ARMv7 )
RAM: 2GB of LPDDR2 SDRAM -16GB of built-in storage
MicroUSB - HDMI output (Slimport)
Nano-SIM
microSD up to 32GB

Battery 2515mAh 9,56Wh (SMD connector)

Android runtime. ver: 4.3



Unsupported APIs from JellyBean
https://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport/unsupportedapi_jellybean.html


Blackberry folders/paths

**Internal mem:**
/mnt/sdcard/ (Android runtime)
/sdcard (alias to /mnt/sdcard/)
/misc/android/
/accounts/1000/shared/misc/android (BB filesystem):

**Android folder  in internal mem**
/mnt/sdcard/Android  (Android runtime)
/misc/android/android (alias to /mnt/sdcard/misc/android/android)
/accounts/1000/shared/misc/android (BB filesystem):

**external/SD card memory:**
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/  (Android runtime)
/accounts/1000/removable/sdcard/ (BB filesystem):
 Specific examples of folders:

/mnt/sdcard/external_sd/camera (Y:\camera)
/misc/android/    (used by Adobe PDF)
/misc\android\com.fsck.k9 (k9 settings)
\misc\android\MapsWithMe\150805 (MapsWithMe maps)

* All Android apps, even those ported to BB10 save files to this path


Configuring a BB from the very beginning
(avoiding any cloud service)

0- (just if you are cleaning an used phone)

settings;security and privacy, security wipe
1-

Autoconfiguration for provider
Configure wifi, Bluetooth device name

Step create a Blackberry account for Blackberry world  
    Install ContactsIm Ex
      Play cloud (native file manager)
      BG-SSH


Install Google services (optional)