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Ok here I go ....I'm ready to stick my toe in the custom rom pool and I thought I had read everything I need to know. Reading the installation instructions and the first thing it says is to "wipe data/factory reset" that scared the @#$% outa me. Will I be able to go back to my stock rom and everything still be the way I left it?
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Backup before you wipe data!
There is an option to create a backup in both sprecovery and clockwork.
You will be able to revert back using this backup if anything goes wrong.
Cool thanks that's what I thought just wanted to make sure....sorry I have one other question: Once I install the new ROM will I have to set it up and get all my apps and widgets all over again or will they be there
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You gotta do that backup. Have to download ROM Manager and install Clockwork Mod Recovery. Don't you dare do anything until you do that. Good luck.
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Cool thanks that's what I thought just wanted to make sure....sorry I have one other question: Once I install the new ROM will I have to set it up and get all my apps and widgets all over again or will they be there
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After wiping everything, it will all be gone. Apps and widgets won't go with you but if you get Titanium Backup, you can backup each app and widget and then restore it once you flash the new custom rom and it'll be just like it was before!
Ok I'm running Liberty feels good nice and smooth....got all my apps back but only 6 of about 100 contacts synced. Also I see they didn't bring along the 3G hot spot. I don't wanna give up yet...need a lil help
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Ok I'm running Liberty feels good nice and smooth....got all my apps back but only 6 of about 100 contacts synced. Also I see they didn't bring along the 3G hot spot. I don't wanna give up yet...need a lil help
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I just flashed my first ROM last night and lost my contacts too. Luckily I had them all saved on my wife's phone. I don't know about your droid but my captivate asks where I wold like to save a contact when I add a new one. I saved all of them to my gmail account just incase this happens again. There may be an easier way to do it. But this seems to work for me.
Any idea about the 3G Hot spot for Liberty
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Now that I am a pro, lol. I flashed cognition 4.3 and it's for sure way faster. Looks like stock rom, but is definitely way faster. Is there not much customization to be done on this rom? But imma start to read up on more roms. Thanks for teaching me how to flash!!
Edit: I know that froyo didn't require task killer, some people said that it even made their phone run bad. How about on cognition 4.3, does that need a task killer our does it run fine without one?
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You can switch between 5 lockscreens
There are a couple of themes around for Cog 4.x if you're keen on customizing, just make double sure it's compatible with your ROM......and do a nandroid backup in case it goes pear shaped.
Forget task killers unless you have a really specific need.
I flash my first ROM couple weeks back. Was really happy it went with no glitches or problems, but all thanks to the help from here!
Used the samsung's Task Manager to kill active Apps on FF 2.7
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The built in task killer works just fine.
Where do I find the lockscreens or themes at?
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Where do I find the lockscreens or themes at?
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The lock screens should already be there. Take a look at Settings> Display> Unlock Screen.
For themes go to Captivate Themes and Apps and look for themes that say "Compatible with (or tested on) Cog 4.x".
This should get you started- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921920
Welcome to the addiction.
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Used the samsung's Task Manager to kill active Apps on FF 2.7
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I strictly use SystemPanel Lite. Haven't used anything else since going to 2.2(LONG time ago)
Welcome to this group of flashers
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The lock screens should already be there. Take a look at Settings> Display> Unlock Screen.
For themes go to Captivate Themes and Apps and look for themes that say "Compatible with (or tested on) Cog 4.x".
This should get you started- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921920
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Ah sweet thanks. When everything looks the same as before sometimes its hard to picks out what settings they added
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cog 4.3 is a great rom to start, its not far off of stock. 4.3 seems to be running great for me too compared to earlier versions.
Well nice to see my help and recommendation of rom worked out for you. Now just read, read, read, and when you think you've got a question, read some more. I started flashing my phone day 2 of having it this is my first smartphone, didn't post until 3 months later and that was to start helping other people. Have fun and be careful font do anything unless you know what it is, and make sure you know how to recover from a blunder.
Ha, congrats, I too flashed Serendipity, my first, a week ago and since have flashed a nice juicy paragon kernel. It's amazing the speed! I've tried a few launchers but none did I like as much as the stock one. Until I found W7 launcher on the market. But I cross back and forth btw the stock and W7, thats what I like about it is it's easy to get rid of if I like. Great work on the flash, great people here, helped me out immensely too.
I do have one question tho, that hasn't been explained to me and may help you also. Harveythedog mentioned a nandroid back up and I've searched but cant find out what this means and how to do it? Can someone explain this?
I've backed up with titbu, and backed up my apn's, and my efs folder to ext sd, but I'm not positive I've done a nandroid backup.
What is REALLY needed is a sticky here with a step by step on what to do once you've flashed a rom. There's plenty on HOW to do it and what steps to take prior, but I haven't found anything on exactly what should be done after. I think it would be really useful for noobs like me.
great work
Stop encouraging him "haha" just kidding welcome to the party.
A nandroid back up is done in clockwork recovery under backup and restore, it makes a back up of your system so if you were to do something that breaks the os you can restore a working rom from the backup.
Good job on the flash no matter how many roms.i.try i keep going back to cog its the best one out there lovin the.battery life and speed
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A nandroid back up is done in clockwork recovery under backup and restore, it makes a back up of your system so if you were to do something that breaks the os you can restore a working rom from the backup.
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Ok, so I've done that. Good news. Does it get backed up on the internal sd or ext sd? If int, should I move it to ext? And home comp? Thanks Studacris.
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Ok, so I've done that. Good news. Does it get backed up on the internal sd or ext sd? If int, should I move it to ext? And home comp? Thanks Studacris.
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It puts it on the internal sdcard. /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup to be more precise. Flashing doesn't wipe the sdcard partition only master clear does that, but you should be backing up the entire sdcard on your computer before flashing anyway, so that will be in there, but a good rule of thumb in computers in general: if its important to you back it up, and back up the backup. Data redundancy is an amazing thing
make sure you dont rename it ever clockwork has an issue with restoring if you do, even if you change it back to what it was, so just dont rename. the nandroid itself is just named by the date you created it I believe.
serendipity forevaaaaa
3 days into my first Rom flash as well - Serendipity (literally spent weeks researching, reading and understanding everything).
Gotta say no matter how much i messed with lagfixes... Kernels... Modems..... I could never get the cappy as smooth as this Rom. Kudos to the creators. And grats on your first (and in all likelihood by no means your last)
I KNOW THIS HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE WITH OTHER METHODS BUT I AM MAKING A NEW THREAD WITH A NEW & EASY METHOD:
TESTED TO WORK ON MY ROOTED ""Cricket Incredible SENSE Rom Release Candidate 3""
I take it it works for any stock or sense roms since other custom roms might have their own custom splash screens.
I MIGHT WORK FOR YOU ALSO.
(WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSABILITY IF SOMETHING HAPPES TO YOUR INCREDIBLE)
LIKE I SAID IT WORKED FOR MINES.
FOR THE FIRST SPLASH SCREEN GO HERE AND DOWNLOAD THE PB31IMG.zip TO YOUR ALREADY FORMATTED TO FAT32 SDCARD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753938
just remember your sd card needs to be formattaed to FAT32 in order for HBOOT to read the PB31IMG.zip file.
FOR THE 2ND SCREEN:
I used root explorer, (google it) and then install, click on mount R/W , MAKE SURE IT SAYS mount R/O, go to sdcard then long press my ZIP file you downloaded from me click MOVE, then back arrow then scroll down to system/customize/resource then PASTE and it should overwrite the file. Leave the MP3 droid sound untouched. now reboot and enjoy.
again dont forget to click on the ''THANKS'' button if i helped you out!!!
will this replace my nexus bootloader ? sent from my ****!
So what's the new method? This is how its always been done, right?
Here is my old thread with the same method.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805692
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will this replace my nexus bootloader ? sent from my ****!
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If you replace the splash screen then it will not, if you replace the boot splash it will but since you are running a nexus boot animation you shouldn't have it in the first place, unless you want to add it back.
is this the splash screen or boot animation ?
I want to flash this, but I'm scared to do this with any PB31IMG files. Any reports on others trying this?
I felt he was yelling throughout the whole post...
Yeah, and yelling something that has been known for an eternity. Like Stoney said, what exactly is this NEW method?
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Lol who cares if you know another nethod or not, dont look at this thread if your only going to hate on it f**** it
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Lol who cares if you know another nethod or not, dont look at this thread if your only going to hate on it f**** it
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Look peanut, no one is hating. Shouting in caps "I HAVE A NEW METHOD" which is no different than the "old" method is very misleading. Just stating fact, not hating. And then asking for thanks.
Hey, I have a new method to power down the phone. You push the power button. DON'T FORGET TO HIT THANKS!!!!
http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEyOTE1MzA3OQ
Alright alright rude boy , stop this nonsense , maybe i did help someone with this thread , just because you just dont have anything else to do doesnt mean you can mess this thread up and be unhelpful, so do your self a favor dont comment this and let the newbies follow the above intructions , thanks.
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Or posting the 2.3.6 market which everyone has silently updated and asking for thanks. Your threads should be in general if at all.
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Or posting the 2.3.6 market which everyone has silently updated and asking for thanks. Your threads should be in general if at all.
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How RUDE. HAHAHA. So it's not just me huh? Weird.
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FOR THE 2ND SCREEN:
I used root explorer, (google it) and then install, click on mount R/W , MAKE SURE IT SAYS mount R/O, go to sdcard then long press my ZIP file you downloaded from me click MOVE, then back arrow then scroll down to system/customize/resource then PASTE and it should overwrite the file. Leave the MP3 droid sound untouched. now reboot and enjoy.
again dont forget to click on the ''THANKS'' button if i helped you out!!!
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Is there a way to do this with Astro File Manager?
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Hey, I have a new method to power down the phone. You push the power button. DON'T FORGET TO HIT THANKS!!!!
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Been looking for something like this for awhile. Finally, a new way to power down!
Realy good looking i will try
I obtained root via Odin as superoneclick didn't work. Then i flashed the latest version on MIUI and I lost root access. A couple of forums said superuser needs to be enabled in the settings. However when I opened superuser and looked under preferences there was no toggle to enable it.
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I hope all developers read this too... this just happened to me... no root and no recovery... please help!
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I obtained root via Odin as superoneclick didn't work. Then i flashed the latest version on MIUI and I lost root access. A couple of forums said superuser needs to be enabled in the settings. However when I opened superuser and looked under preferences there was no toggle to enable it.
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There is an app in tools called Superuser, not the one you download from market. It will have the enable toggle.
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dman3285 said:
I hope all developers read this too... this just happened to me... no root and no recovery... please help!
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Originally Posted by LG_iiNsTiiNcT View Post
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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And I even tried updating my su binary and it says "gaining root access-failed! "
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dman3285 said:
The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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Go here, there are some fixes posted for people with out root and recovery. go to last couple of pages
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294491
this thread should be moved to Q&A
There is no superuser in my tools folder
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Everybody needs to read we have answered this same question over 20 times in the last week lol.. Do not use the downloadable super user app. When you flash miui there's a tools folder in that there's a super user app, click on it got menu button on bottom of phone, click turn root on. NOW YOU HAVE ROOT. Second follow my instructions to get recovery back there on the first page of Jordan's post and also posted in this thread. If anyone who is having these problems is reading this please research and check threads before over posting questions. Thanks
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dpj13 said:
There is no superuser in my tools folder
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It looks like a note pad
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There is no superuser in my tools folder. I have calculator, voice dailer, update, monitor, clock, and backup
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dpj13 said:
There is no superuser in my tools folder. I have calculator, voice dailer, update, monitor, clock, and backup
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Did you just freshly flash the Tom and haven't moved anything around
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Any way back on topic have you tryed every way to get recovery there is a ffew ways if not and u absolutely lost your super user app then u might just go the Odin back to stock root aand start from scratch. Ill keep looking for you thougb
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And for recovery 3 finger your way in. Press them all at the same time hold the power button make sure it reboots the. The let go of the power button. But keep on holding the volume buttons. Recovery is there you just have to reach it.
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Oh with all due respect I have read all of it... and I know how to get recovery back, but it's kinda hard to flash recovery kernel when kernel flasher requires root! Trust me I tried everything I knew before I posted.... I did not download any superuser app from the market.... the superuser app in the tools folder does not have a toggle for root... and I know what it looks like been running miui since it came out for infuse... thanks... just want my root back..
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Tried that 3 [email protected] prime... no dice.... just stuck on sanding logo... lost recovery before and used lg s method to retrieve it but nothing works this time cause root is gone... may have to go back to stock..
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dman3285 said:
Tried that 3 [email protected] prime... no dice.... just stuck on sanding logo... lost recovery before and used lg s method to retrieve it but nothing works this time cause root is gone... may have to go back to stock..
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Then just Odin back to stock. Opimus most people like myself are flashing Jordan's MIUI just fine. I did lose recovery, but I got fixed with LGs fix. Dman I hope you get it fixed.
Again, this thread should be moved to Q&A. Or closed because there is a thread for MIUI in both Q&A and development.
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At least in my case, I agree something is not right with rooting after I updated to MIUI-Infuse-1.10.14. The superuser app is different then last week's (1.10.7) and no apps show up in the approved list.
I reloaded last week's MIUI-Infuse-1.10.7 and the apps show up in the MIUI list but some apps work ok...others don't. Went back to 1.10.14, same problem.
I think I'll wait till this week's update and then start trying some of the solutions already posted. yeha!!
Thank you cajun that's what I thought I would have to do, just thought someone would have an easier solution before I went thru the pain of reverting back to stock... the thing is everything was great with all the other updates until I updated to 1.10. 14. Then everything went bye bye.. lol.. thanks for the help everyone you guys are really great and helpful.
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The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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have you tried hitting menu and hitting the root permissions toggle ?
edit see you got it working ... good work
That's what I'm saying cheezy... no toggle when I hit menu anywhere
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220088
i did this on my infuse gingerbread (rooted) and once downloaded i cannot finish the setup process because email process force close's as soon as its time to use my email. what should i do?
Be sure that you follow the 4 main steps before you flash any ROM or PORT for a good flash:
On CWM (Recovery Mode screen blue or red)
1. Wipe data/factory reset
2. Wipe Cache partition
3. Advanced>Clean dalvik cache
After this steps flash your rom then:
4. Advanced/Fix Permisions.
It works for me all times.
Regards,
How will I flash then if I remove all my data including root. Everything I wipe to factory it goes back to froyo non root. Do I keep recovery for the flashing somehow? And during the whole setup like connecting to Wi-Fi it's clean works goods no lag then email force closes there has to be a reason other than me not wiping to factory.. isn't that the point of these kind of apps.. why download it if I'm gonna spend the next 4hrs trying figure out.... I'm just gonna stop here with root. The rest of it is way!!!!!!! To much lol. You guys have at it tho!!
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OP why are you opening more than one thread on the same subject...go back the your other thread...you are making it harder on yourself...
are you there....? ok stay in this thread we will address you issues...ok
ask your questions in this thread...you other thread you started is going be lock and closed down...ok
lets stay in here and find out what the issues are so we can help you, ok...
yes i know im sorry. i tried to change the title and this is what happened. lol i should of known.
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yes i know im sorry. i tried to change the title and this is what happened. lol i should of known.
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ok, stay in this thread I already request to close your other one ok, now lets start over what are doing and what have you done, and what rom are you on or trying to go to...?
just take it easy it is prob an easy, quick fix...ok
OK but I bet u get confused and quit lol. OK I'm on gingerbread. 2.3.6 rooted blah blah blah. Lol OK now once I do the infused download threw rom manager I get to the point were it's time to put in my email and it pops up email.process failed to start force close or something to that nature. Anyway after trying this one and Ics I now have a new bootanimation which was the point of the whole deal. Lol it's a suck one but hey!!
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Why are you using Rom manager? I've only heard of bricks and problems from people using it...just download a Rom you want from xda, then boot into cwm and flash from cwm recovery by following instructions from the roms thread on xda
You may also just wanna try going back to stock through Odin/heimdal to fix your email problems if you don't wanna flash a Rom
Also what is the ics download your referring to? There are multiple ice roms/ports...you need to be as specific as possible on anything and everything...I always say better more than not enough
Also...just to clarify when you are in cwm and you wipe data/factory resetit only wipes your apps and system data...recovery is in the kernel which is not wiped...so if you follow the instructions of the roms op and do all the wipes then you can still flash
Good luck hope you get it all fixed
PS...bigjoe knows what he's doing as do a lot of us here...I don't think most of us,are gonna get confused and quit...as for me I love solving problems and trouble shooting so I know I won't quit
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The other thread featuring this issue was made in error and deleted.
OK sounds easy enough Ics I don't know ..ice cream sandwich I thought ?.it in the rom list for none premium
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jlboy85er said:
OK sounds easy enough Ics I don't know ..ice cream sandwich I thought ?.it in the rom list for none premium
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Lol...ics/ice cream sandwhich is a version of android just like ginger bread is and froyo also is-just wanted to know the name of the Rom...like cm9 or uniporn or miui etc...
But yeah download a Rom from this site and assuming you have cwm recovery boot into it (hold power plus volume up+down, as soon as it turns off and the Samsung logo pops up release the buttons) then wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic cache, then install from sdcard, locate Rom and flash it.
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omg i should never have tried clockworkrecovery from rom manager once i downloaded from the site it was easy... i feel like an idiot. i am so sorry for wasting yall's time.
jlboy85er said:
omg i should never have tried clockworkrecovery from rom manager once i downloaded from the site it was easy... i feel like an idiot. i am so sorry for wasting yall's time.
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Haha don't worry about it...this forum was meant for learning and sharing knowledge...
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Everyone should be directed to do I via PC not rom manager that's where a big problem is.I'm running cyogen mod something like that it a bit laggy even set on 1600 over clock speed . But in able to use baclite to instantly change boot animations.love love love my phone!!!
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Haha don't worry about it...this forum was meant for learning and sharing knowledge...
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good job helping mg2195...thx buddy...