100th POST .Bells and whistles
I was gonna release the Arkas 1.6 but stalled it for a reason.
Arkas 1.6 was going to be Perseus X on JFS .
There is a reason behind it .
Recently Odin Bricks and Failures are on a rise .
I did isolate the stock ROM without the bootloader last week to minimise the Bootloader related errors .
Now Enigma takes a step further to more freedom from Odin .
Ordinarily A regular Odin flash takes 3 minutes ,thats 180 seconds of nervous 216 Heartbeats .
The major chunk of Odin Flash is the system.rfs flash .
Now we have eliminated the requirement for system.rfs Flash
That leaves us with 10-12 second Odin Flash which is much much more safer
Perseus X doesnt use the Normal Flash Method .
PERSEUS X IS A GINGERBREAD ROM >YOU WILL REQUIRE THE GB BOOTLOADER PREINSTALLED WHICH MEANS I5510XWKP5
STOCK ROM SHOULD BE PREINSTALLED .PERSEUS 2 AND ARKAS 1.2GANYMEDE 3 USERS NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT REINSTALLING STOCK ROM AGAIN
IF YOU PLAN ON SPEED READING THIS POST THEN PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER ERRORS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER.
Installing Perseus X is way different .
I am counting on guys like Aelton Lagao(Brazil-orkut ) and didy (Indonesia ) to help your fellow users translate this method .
THIS ROM CAN BE ONLY INSTALLED IF YOU CAN GO TO RECOVERY MODE WITH T + Power
The contents of the file
1.)PerseusX1.tar : (Kernel and Recovery )To be installed with Odin
2.)GearlooseFL.7z : Gearloose File system manager
3.)PerseusX.zip : System to be installed with recovery
Step A .Kernel and the Recovery
Flash PerseusX.tar with One Package Odin Flash.It has the kernel
AND OUR VERY OWN TRISKELLION MOD RECOVERY .
It’s the work of kraka23 and pinkflozd .It’s a full rooted bash recovery with busybox 19.2 with multi FS support .It’s kickass if you know how to use it .
Very powerful .
Kernel is a unique kind .
Very Unique
Theoretically It supports 8 types of File systems ,6 types of /system ,6 types of /data ,6 types of /cache ,8 types of second SD card partition
vfat
ext2/3/4
ReiserFS
JFS
XFS
BTRFS
XFS and BTRFS are not supported for anything below 256 MB so it only works on Second SD card partition .
Usually any kernel can support at most 2 FS .
Pinkflozd’s State of art optimization makes the kernel support almost every FS.rfs may or may not work
More about File system and their effects later .
Step B : Recovery and Gearloose File System manager .
You will need to change the File system partition
Go to recovery .
Connect the phone with USB cable .
Unzip GearlooseFL.7z and run backup.bat.
Yes it is modified Gearloose Backup manager
Press Option 3 which is the Backup Manager
And the required number ahead to change the File system
Format /system to JFS ,ext2 or ReiserFS to be safe
Format /data to ext2 to be on safer side .
Format /cache to ext2 to be on a safer side
Step C : SD card Copy
Copy PerseusX.zip to SD card .
Use the update from SD card option and select PerseusX.zip
Wait
And reboot system .
There PerseusX installed .
The method looks simple but is supremely confusing
The File Systems
Bloat File Systems
Vfat :- It’s slow dated and I never checked it’s working
rfs :- same with this one
ext4 :It’s a jounalled FS and has marginal improvement over rfs .Battery Thirsty
ext3 :Pretty much dated and useless
Fast Action File Systems
ext2 :Non journalled ,Very Fast and responsive .Perseus X works like a charm on ext2
reiserfs : Journalled FS ,this FS is faster than ext2 and the fastest system OS . It’s very fast ,very responsive and smooth.
JFS : It is a bit faster than ext2 . But It has the least cpu foot print in all FS evah. JFS system is 25 p.c more battery efficient than ext4
Power FS
btrfs :It’s fast Second SD card partition FS .Very fast ,a tad battery hog
XFS :It is almost equivalent or faster to btrfs .It consumes a little less CPU than btrfs .
The kernel
Perseus X is powered by the Vigor Kernel 2.0(1.0 was in Perseus 7).It is stable at 806 Mhz . Upto 844 Mhz is unlocked but 806 is max stable for folks .
Below the 600 Mhz the Ram is underclocked for battery safe purposes .
Over 600 Mhz Ram speed is overclocked to give a significant Boost .
It has hundred of patches .BFQ works like a charm for higher CPU range while sio works cool for the lower end of spectrum.
The system :
It’s a regular system with init.d scripts making your life easier and some very cool stuff under the hood with SU 3.0 and busybox 1.19.2 .
It is a Zip file so you can manipulate which system app can be installed .
Currently 10MB is remaining in /system minimum
File System Mismash
It was practically impossible to test every combination o even rationalize every File system combination .The two beta tester did give some results but still it was not enough .
Of all the working combinations in system/data/cache/Sd
ext2/ext2/ext2/ext2 is the most stable one
reiserfs/reiserfs/reiserfs/xfs is the most speedy ROM
JFS/JFS/JFS/XFS is speed + a whooping 25 p.c increase in battery (lagfree-bfq-691)
Reiser/ext2/ext2/ext2 is a relatively safe combnation plus a hevay bump in speed
Problematic FS :ext3 and ext4 act up and 90 p.c of times wont work
JFS is moody FS .6 out of 10 times it will install perfectly .Sometime /data will give you a nightmare ,sometimes the /system wont persist .
Prerequisites : adb logcat knowledge to know .You are screwed .
The Enigma File Systems
Mine is Dual JFS with ext2 cache on XFS SD card second partition
Flozd has Tri JFS on btrfs SD card second partition
Also he has Tri Reiser fs and Tri NonJournalled ext4 btrfs for performance
Tiago has all quad ext2
kraka 23 has tri reisrfs with ext3 and tri rfs ext3 sometimes
File system commands in case of utmost emergency in recovery shell .
/dev/stl12 :- for system
/dev/stl13:for data
/dev/stl14:for cache
System commands have been listed the data and cache are similar
mkfs.jfs /dev/stl12 :for JFS
mkfs.ext2 -b 4096 /dev/stl12 : for ext2
mkfs.ext3 /dev/stl12: for ext3
mkfs.ext4 /dev/stl12: for ext4
mkfs.reiserfs /dev/stl12:for reiserfs
mkfs.xfs /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 :for XFS (sd card second partition only)
mkfs.btrfs /dev/block/mmcblk0p2:for btrfs (SD card second partition only)
Yep ,it’s confusing to install and a bit complicated .You will soft brick it many time and will require assistance from adb logcat .
Arkas 1.6
So it is upto you to decide whether you want a simple Odin ROM for the newer Arkas or should we move forward with the system zip installation .,
Your choice .
Troubleshooting Guide :
- If phone doesnt go beyond the log
- reboot to recovery and format /data
- If phone doesnt boot even after 5 minutes
- reboot to recovery and format /data
- APPs crashing .Reinstall app .If that doesnt help
- reboot to recovery and format /data with another FS
- Multiple APK crash
- reboot to recovery and format /data and /system to another FS
- blocked /data
- reboot to recovery and format /data with other FS
- I am scared to hell ,WTF is this all mumbo jumbo .
- Install Stock ROM .
- By Format I mean use mkfs not “Wipe Data and Cache” Partition
I am pickled at the moment .So Long folks .This is a very short tutorial actually.Ask Didy about the problems encountered with Perseus 7 🙂 .
Man………loooonnng storyline…..!!!!!…..specs seem awesome….definitely will give it a try wid help frm my folks……n btw…….by any chance ….will it hav the same graphic bug????I am asking coz this one’s kernel is different…..thumbs up dude..!
It’s the longest ROM post . But the tutorial is more a trial and error sort .I dont know abut the graphics bug since I didnt have it .I cant cross test it. It is a heavily patched kernel but I cant promise anything .
I heard some dude flashed KD4–>DDJK4–>KP1 and the graphic bug vainished . 🙂 .
Will surely try that sequence shortly…….but I am getting d feeling this rom is gonna b worth all d effort……
N….since so many formats may b required…..can I use a spare sd card…..n den transfer d files wen everything is sorted out…???or maybe on a new sd card…which doesn’t hav any app files, songs n all…….gonna do dat….coz me goin to buy a 16 gb card. Shortly…..hurray!!!!
Sd card has very less relation .you have to format thrice.people rarely format the second partition.mostly it is ext2. Xfs is for the extra nerdy folks
Format is related to the nand inside your phone,I.e place where you flash rom using odin.
Anyway this is a very unique rom in the android ecosystem .I have never even hear of a kernel supporting more than 3 file system/data/cache mounts.
Kp1???…its d csc right…..kp5 is the firmware…..?????
Just install the stock gingerbread firmware.
Hi skilled,
Does this require Stock gingerbread to be installed? im still leviathon 😐
I am thinking of trying this on sunday if i get time.
Yep
Stock Gingerbread is a Pre requisite
I forgot to mention that 🙂
Editing Now
Arkas 0.6 ‘s almost GB successor .
I may upload the 0.6 since many Froyo users are here .
The beauty of this ROM is ,if some how you mess it the system up
with recovery you get Stock PerseusX installed in a jiffy 🙂 .
This is a long read .
Thanks for the reply 😀
And infact this is a great leap forward 😀
Actually , Im still not over with enjoying Leviathon. Everyday atleast once i feel proud that i made the right choce buying galaxy551…(and also the fact that u too bought it 😀 )
hey can u give us the simple odin one?this maynot work in mine because t+power willnot work for me
I think Power+T for entering recovery mode didn’t work only for some froyo stock like DXJK5 (South East Asia) and it will work after upgrading to XWKP5 gingerbread stock.
Yeah.ok.one vote for normal odin arkas check..
I need a second sdcard partition for this? BTW, i unbricked my phone doing nothing more then removing sdcard. Weird world….
No.no second sd card partition needed.it will work normally without one,maybe faster
my phone stucks at the log, and i already did the /data reset.. what should i do?
No.data format is mkfs format.like
mkfs.ext2 /dev/stl13
In recovery shell.
it’s working now, i just flashed the cache in step B and its working fine now… very great rom, stable and fast !
hey, 1 question.. is there any way to disable the log boot?
Ahh yes ,We will soon patch the log boot . ;).
can i just flash this kernel in odin and keep using ur previous GB rom????
No .rfs is probably incompatible.there is a 20 p.c chance it may work or it may not.
if was built for jfs or reiserfs in mind .rfs is just too slow.
i ll go for the ODIN flash ROM coz the only way i can enter recovery is through Widgetsoid Restart widget… and not through T+power thing…
would anybody give a screenshoot or preview perseus x
i want to see that
perseus X the best, thanks
It looks like perseus 2 or arkas.no visual change
didn’t work 😦 (551 india running gany3)
flashed perseusX over gany3 it gave me a std. linux like booting with all those text running
tried manually putting the FS with bb commands & mkfs. 😦
couldnt get into using the zip file as kbd arrows not working in recovery mode
back in stock gb
PS: if I get into recovery shell an ls returns some gibberish characters instead of / (slash)
Hope this helps someone
had a bootloop. wiped all from recovery
I could scroll down with ALT key
rooted.
Now I’m ready to try this again could someone shed some light on what went wrong?
logcat is here http://pastebin.com/80ZdJXbQ
its long thru many reboots. will check myself later but I’m a beginr with droids
Good Boy .
Format /data with ext2 .By Format I mean use cmd or gearloose FS manager.
My device have a problem at boot log. It … calculate_batt_votage … repeatly
What should I do?
thanks
File system used ?
Most errors are due to FS mismatches .
format the /data using Gearloose FS manager .
It don’t have lock screen function, Power menu have only Power off function
Finish install first. Accept the google terms .when you see the launcher you will get all functions including lockscreen and power menu
hey i am getting this message at the start.UID’s on the system are inconsistent,you need to wipe your data partition or your system will be unstable.and my phone is booting into stock GB even though i installed all the files properly!!!
Please mention the file system you are using on /system,/data and /cache. Differnt combinations have different errors.
UID errors is probably related to reiser system and JFS /data .format /data to ext2 and try again.
I don’t have time to perform cosmetic changes to Perseus so check the build version and tell me what is it .
Paste the result of command in root in terminal or adb
#mount
i am using ext2 partition……i formatted it using adb then updated via recovery using perseus.zip……and it restarts to the stock GB firmware!!!
when i restart the kernel version shows 2.6.35.14-perf-CL506009 root@server #1
Build version?
please release the one package odin flash with system.rfs in it!!
Haha .I had a feeling something like this will happen.
what is the advantage over odin? i dont see any plus aside from individuel filesystem?
keep up the good work
A.)you can choose what file system you want .the ext2 based rom is what known as god mode.jfs and reiser are above the god mode.file systems play major role in the speed of rom.willing magics cm is ext2 rom and its very fast as you know
B.)if you are a rooted user and you somehow mess up system ,you have to use odin to restore the system.here you can just use update.zip option which acts as true system restore (think nandroid) quite unlike the pathetic factory reset which just formats data and cache.
C.)instead of being dependant on integrity of usb cable and usb port,this method depends on integrity of your sd card .the cable an usb port is major source of odin bricks or failures.odin is only used for kernel and recovery flash .
D.) It’s a brilliant rom
I can go on and on but by the looks of it I will just create a system.rfs based rom for arkas 1.6 .
This method is too much of a hassle .
hm yeah i see….one vote for gearloose =)
Mmmmmm…..much like clockwork wid cm…..just update.zip…..n u hav new firmware….!!!!
the build version is the same as in the stock GB rom…..i forgot it anyways ill stick to perseus 2 for now until you release the system.rfs…
Build no should be Perseus X .you should see the battery mod and repaired lock screen.
found one error…internet tethering ends in error for wlan and usb
that error comes in perseus 2 as well!!
may it helps u…i not even see the error
http://pastebin.com/v7cbDTBe
Hmmm .Will have to check the USB driver and WiFI ones .Looks sketchy 😦 .
i might have found a potential workaround for wifi tether in infrastructure mode.
you will need
android-wifi-tether 3.1b6
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wifi_tether_v3_1-beta6.apk
wireless tether for root users
https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether
1. install both apps
2. open android-wifi-tether (yellow icon)
3. go to Settings and change the values of
a. Change Device-Profile “auto”
b. Change Setup-Method “WEXT (adhoc)”
c. back to Change Device-Profile “HTC Hero (GSM)”
d. Encryption setup method “Auto”
e. check “Enable WiFi-Encryption”
leave the rest of the settings alone
4. close settings and activate tether
note: tethering will activate but will report errors, this is part of the process
5. after activating, turn off tether and close app
6. open Wireless Tether for Root Users (green icon)
7. activate tethering
note: this will also again give an error, this is normal.
8. do not turn off tether yet. go to Settings and toggle “Enable WiFi-Encryption”
9. tethering will restart and now works as infrastructure mode.
to see if this has been done correctly, check its log, you should see an entry with
loading ar6000.ko module…
if you see this, this is correct and tethering will now not crash even with mobile data on. unfortunately, this procedure does not last across reboots. the good thing is that you do not have to redo all the steps. you will only need to start from step 4.
long and winding but i think it works when infrastructure mode is necessary
i tested this now for a little
-installtion is a little bit spongy. i got some problems with other filesystems than jfs however i got it wotking after a while
-it seems there are some wlan problems…i had to reboot sometime after wlan socket crashed (same as in persus before for me)
-quadrant get me a score of 1451…pretty well
-the hole rom dont work total stable with jfs filesystems…will try others
-apps and boot up are very fast and all work with charm…
-a swap partition gives me a great boost. more than i ever had in these roms
-battery drain like all persus but i think all these features get battery a lot to do…logcat allways shows huge number of actions every second
result: everybody who like persus before will love this one.
For wlan do
#rmmod ar6000.ko
#insmod ar6000.ko
It is equivalent to rebooting WiFi .
Sorry for spam, but i can’t see lockscreen and power menu
I flash the stock ROM, then I have done the step A: Flash PerseusX.tar with One Package Odin Flash
Then I reboot my device, It have no lockscreen and power menu
And
It don’t have “lockscreen and power menu” too when I do step C complete
I think that’s a problem with the boot.img and recovery.img
Please help me skilledchaos
Then you reboot to recovery with T+ Power ?
Format the system partition with gearloose file manager
apply
Why will there be a problem with boot.img when the lockscreen lies in the /system i.e PerseusX.zip
Try to format /system to ext2 and data to ext2 ,update the system with PerseusX.zip and try again .Use gearloose file manager to format .
There have been many failed installs but there are also clear installs .
I always check my ROM thrice before uploading it .But I am one human .
I will just create a Odin only ROM for Arkas .
Perseus X has Ridiculous performance btw .It runs smoothly on 245-480 Mhz lagfree which is less than Froyo 245-667 Mhz . It very fast.
I waited for device had boot completed, I see the launcher but I didn’t see the lockedscreen and power menu
please help me
thanks for reading and reply
I was wondering if there’s a free way to network unlock my phone. (sorry if this is not the right place for the question)
I have no idea .The last one who tried a free way ,destroyed the IMEI and the phone was shut off all the SIM card connection .
I just know someone who can do this, he has some kind of software, I don’t know, never told me how is he doin’ that (secret)…….. while using the gearloose phone must be in dowload mode or recovery? Thanks….great job you’re doing…:P
Recovery Mode .It’s a custom recovery . with busybox 1.19.2 and very powerful options .
Yes ,trade secrets are hard to crack .lol . No one is gonna tell you that unless it’s open source .
HIC
SORRY FOR ALL
I have done 3 step, exactly done
and…
This ROM not work for me :((
My phone is germany phone, I5510-CSC: DBT
and this is what happen:
Boot log….very long..30sec…the screen off (not off, it black but still shine)
And it stop at that black screen
I’d tried format system with JFS ,ext2 or ReiserFS and data with ext2
I’d tried wipe data at recovery mode
But it not work at all
So…Skilledchaos…This Rom is not compatible with my phone, is it???
Mine did the same…but i forgot to format /data and i had to reflash to stock gingerbread and start over…try waiting longer. 😛 nice ROM…great job (there is /system and /data that’s what I didn’t saw:P)
So, What format you did with /system and /data?
how long did u wait the black screen?
please let me know!!!
Thanks for reply
Well, I don’t rember exactly… any way no longer than 10 mins! …i was scared :))…try a clean flash gingerbread and start over again :)…mine 551 is from austria…so i don’t think the region is the problem…good luck!
Take a chill dude.
No problem .
I think krabbs is from germany too .it worked for him .
I am currently out of home.will reply in peace once I reach home .
i confirm
try a clean gingerbread rom…and after that do it step by step using jfs for data and system
good luck
This Gallery also hangs.
plz plz i want a good gallery
gallery of 2.2 will be gr8…
plz
Can anyone tell me a good combination for CPU speed(governor and i/o sch…)? I tried 800mhz but phone it’s restarting. Plz…Thanks
lagfree-bfq–245-800 .
Dont use SetCPU .Use NoFrillsCPU .One version of SetCPU is buggy
thank you very much! 🙂
Hic
I do it step by step using JFS for data and system. But I wait for 30 min and nothing happen, It stop at black screen
What should I do
Please help!
Very strange .
I will up the normal odin build as soon as I get time .
gearloose showing … cant mount.. many times… drive not ready or something..
but when i check file system .. it shows whatever i format with eg. ext 2 or riesfs..
is this normal?
i seem to be have same “stuck at batt stat” in log boot…
cant proceed forth
yes
because the filesystem check mount the fs
ext2 /data should do the trick or reiser /data .
Also flash /cache to ext2 to be safe
all right done now..
will check and comment.
looks superb for now..
thanks man
See if this steps are right, okay?
First: Use Odin to install PerseusX1.tar with One Package.
Second: Use T+Power, connect usb cable and use backup.bat to format /data with ext2 and /system with RaiserFS ( my choice).
Third: With the PerseusX.zip in sd card, use T+Power to “update from sd card”.
Say if it works, and sure, sorry by my bad and terrible english.
Step 2 :Format /data with reiserfs or ext2
Format /system with reiserfs or ext2
Fomat /cache with reiserfs or ext2
very cool custom rom but some details:
– adobe flash is not working
– very slow to turn on
– UMTS network is not working, so I will revert to 0.564
please check line 32 of backup.bat (adb shell dd if=/dev/stl13 of=/sdcard/data.rfs bs=4096) I was getting a permission denied, I believe there should be a su -c?
Yes my phone is rooted
Round 2 with Perseus
hey
everyting is fine
but usb mode does not work..
HHHHHHEEEEEEELLLPP!!
i readed the guide,downloaded perseusX,installed it with odin,entered in recovery,used gearloose and formatted everything to ext2,reboot my phone,again recovery mode,installed the update.zip,then restarted,he sad a thing with battery,i flashed to 2.3.4 again but it dont started.now i reflashed again to 2.3.4 and the same thing.he starts,is loading,he restarts,is loading etc
i reflash it to 2.2 and will retry everything
Install Perseus X JFS . It’s the Odin image you can use directly .No need for all that stuff .
ok but now 2.2 works. now i will reflash to 2.3.4 and install perseus x.
Ps:Whats the difference between Arkas and perseus??
HELP
— cannot open the usb serial port. code: 32
this is my problem
Perseus ROMs are always a bit different and tad experimental stuff .
Arkas are usually stable .
Both come with equal share of bugs and stuff
I need to check that out .
Code 32 you say .
When does it give error
Odin or USB tethering
Install the Perseus X JFS if you are having problems with gearloose .
USB tethering has problems .
This thing was written in Odin
Try changing to another USB port .Tread with caution . You definitely dont want a brick . Odin and USB errors is the reason for creating Perseus X originally .Still kernel needs to flashed with Odin .No Alternative as of now .
Hi skilledchaos I’ve been successfull installed perseusX but after that the maps has gone, I tried donlod the apk but after finish installing its always say app was not installed,any suggestion??
Yes .Maps was removed since some times the system get overloaded .
I would suggest ,formatting cache and try again .
mkfs.ext2 /dev/block/stl14in recovery .reboot and try installing again .
This Gallery also hangs.
plz plz i want a good gallery
gallery of 2.2 will be gr8…
plz
A.)Check your SD card
B.)DO a surface SD test
C.)Check the SD card for errors
I have 1500 icons and about 700 pics in Gallery and it doesnt hang .
fix for missing google apps:
if you have a previous backup (from Titanium) of google apps, you can use that. tested this on google maps. as for updates, don’t know yet. i’ll upload one if anyone’s asking for a copy.
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this one’s great! seems to have solved one of the music playback issues i encountered. guess it really was the kernel. though some seem to be unsolvable as samsung themselves have screwed up some aspects of the music player (broken tags and he-aac v2 playback are some).
stable so far. as for battery life, can’t comment on it so far since i left my data on for some time.
system: ext2
cache: ext2
data: ext2
sdpart2: ext2
going to try ext4 with journaling disabled when i find out how.
camera has a little problem though. when in preview mode in camera, there seems to be flickers where there is a section of the screen that is brighter than the rest. also shows up in video mode (and the subsequent video file).
though a boot animation is nice, i love this (does it count as one?) bootscreen! is there a way to enable this even after you get the bootanimation working?
still testing out some aspects of the firmware. aside from the camera problem, so far so good! mine overclocks up to 825 before rebooting. will see if 825 is max (though at this performance, 806 might be more than enough)
Try JFS or reiserFS .They are journaled and much faster than ext2
but journaling is bad for flash
True .non-journelling is bad for a operating system and applications .
Technically ext2 and non journelled ext4 will bring almost equal results .
on /system ,it doesnt matter .
on /data it matters heavily .
the point is using Dual partition SD cards is the best thing reducing the /data usage minimally .SD cards are replaceable .
I am using XFS on the second partition and it is quite fast .
Anyway ,nands should last for almost 5 years ,do whatever you want .and you are not going to keep a phone for five years .
So I will rather go for the fastest (reiserfs/)(xfs/btrfs on SD card) or the CPU light (JFS) and be journelled to protect the integrity than go for ext2 which i had troubles in past (Perseus 1.1 ) .
It’s a choice alright . Anybody can do whatever he wants .
down to experimentation then ^_^
though there is that notion of economizing whatever thing we have at the moment hehe
I can’t use the factory reset function nor wipe data in recovery mode, my user apps are not dissapear.
Although, I flash my phone back to froyo (all user apps are cleaned) then flash to stock GB rom (no user apps). After that, i flash the perseus X Rom, I see my user apps that I installed before, I don’t understand
Please help
If you have a second sd card partition .then user apps are directly stored there by Perseus 2 and X
even if you flash anything all apps are safe in second sd card partition
After reinstalling Perseus X the apps in second sd card partition are relinked .
The problem however is lib files are not linked so you need to reinstall problematic apps .
seems that there is a correlation with tethering errors and mobile data. wifi tether works fine WHEN mobile data is off. when mobile data is on mobile ap throws and error. to confirm that mobile data iis causing, i first turned off mobile data and turned on mobile ap and left it to run for a few seconds. all good. while mobile ap is on, turn on mobile data. mobile ap mode immediately throws an error. it does both ways using the switch from settings and apndroid.
will get a logcat later as i’m not home.
addendum:
logcat: http://pastebay.com/142335
wifi tether works using barnacle and android-wifi-tether in ad-hoc mode. but this is useless as most androids cannot see ad-hoc networks for some reason.