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I flashed back to stock this morning to test something and noticed there was a 19Mb update. After updating I rebooted the phone and checked a few more times to make sure there were no more updates. When I went into 'Download' to flash a new rom this is the screen I was presented with. After I chose to enter to Download mode that was the 2nd screen I had. Just thought it was funny and would share.
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Wulfegang said:
I flashed back to stock this morning to test something and noticed there was a 19Mb update. After updating I rebooted the phone and checked a few more times to make sure there were no more updates. When I went into 'Download' to flash a new rom this is the screen I was presented with. After I chose to enter to Download mode that was the 2nd screen I had. Just thought it was funny and would share.
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Was that the whole point of the update lol?
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theROMinator said:
Was that the whole point of the update lol?
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Looks like it loads new bootloaders on our phone.... Making it easier to go from this update to GB soon I would think...
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SSJ_Gomike said:
Looks like it loads new bootloaders on our phone.... Making it easier to go from this update to GB soon I would think...
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We could only imagine...
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We could only imagine...
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Samsung is warning us of the power of the devs!
Successful XDA devs are successful... xP
Could someone please upload this bootloader zip ? I would like to try them with this GB leak to see if it gets rid of rainbows.
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Removing the download for the bootloaders so people won't try flashing them and brick devices left and right. They were only intended for serious devs who know what they are doing. Sorry.
Could you also upload the whole update package? Thanks for the bootloaders.
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Considering that we haven't ever been able to flash dumped BLs from the Rogers ROM, having the update package to look at would be highly beneficial to figure out how to flash the bootloaders.
This is a similar download mode screen to the SGSII - keeping count of how many custom ROMS you run/flash. Keeping in mind if you phone needs to go some where to be serviced there maybe a document of how they can check this counter. A USB JIG cleared this on the SGSII & my jig works fine on my Infuse so I can imagine it will still clear it.
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This is a similar download mode screen to the SGSII - keeping count of how many custom ROMS you run/flash. Keeping in mind if you phone needs to go some where to be serviced there maybe a document of how they can check this counter. A USB JIG cleared this on the SGSII & my jig works fine on my Infuse so I can imagine it will still clear it.
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If that's the reason, then that's a REALLY smart way to track if you flash a custom "OS", as Samsung would say.
If it's as simple as using a USB JIG to clear it, then we should be in the clear.
Well i guess this finally gives me a reason to pick one up......
Entropy512 said:
Considering that we haven't ever been able to flash dumped BLs from the Rogers ROM, having the update package to look at would be highly beneficial to figure out how to flash the bootloaders.
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It may be a bit before i could actually get a dump of the update package (considering i have n idea how to even begin to do that). i just had hernia surgery this morning and not really feeling up to doing much in the way of dev work lol. i will let everyone know when i am feeling better and maybe someone could walk me through it on IRC.
+1 got the upload prompt and uploaded something
Boot loaders flashed fine, now have the new download screen with warning. Still had rainbows and cannot access recovery when used with leaked GB. Otherwise no issues.
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Wulfegang said:
It may be a bit before i could actually get a dump of the update package (considering i have n idea how to even begin to do that). i just had hernia surgery this morning and not really feeling up to doing much in the way of dev work lol. i will let everyone know when i am feeling better and maybe someone could walk me through it on IRC.
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No problem - honestly someone like gtg might be better as far as finding that update, I'm not sure where to look myself!
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Boot loaders flashed fine, now have the new download screen with warning. Still had rainbows and cannot access recovery when used with leaked GB. Otherwise no issues.
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I was curious about this, thanks for the info!
Also in case anyone wants to know, after flashing the leaked GB with this BL the download screen still reports official Samsung Binary as the current.
This is just a short term observation: when I flashed the leaked GB with the old BL I got hard reboots when apps accessed GPS (speed test, maps, co pilot) 1 out of 10 times. With these BL's I am at 18 hours using all of those apps without any reboots. Though it could have just been reflashing that fixed it. I did not use TB or anything to restore app data usher time, both times I went back to stock first.
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I just downloaded the BLs. Do I convert file (with both BLs) to .tar to odin flash?
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Not having issue other than rainbows ... May keep current BLs
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I'd like to get custom rom's on my phone, but one thing scares me. Since im from a canadian carrier, i don't really have the flexibility of finding my rom as U.S citizens have. I've heard that nandroid backs up the rom effectively, but on the contary, i also heard it keeps bits of rooted elements. Any insight at all?
Thanks in advance.
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I'd like to get custom rom's on my phone, but one thing scares me. Since im from a canadian carrier, i don't really have the flexibility of finding my rom as U.S citizens have. I've heard that nandroid backs up the rom effectively, but on the contary, i also heard it keeps bits of rooted elements. Any insight at all?
Thanks in advance.
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Flash custom recovery without root via nvflash.
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tahahawa said:
Flash custom recovery without root via nvflash.
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I have no idea what that means. Time to do some research i guess.
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I have no idea what that means. Time to do some research i guess.
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Don't have the links handy but check the sticky in the dev forum.
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Nvflash one click app. Pretty simple process.
When your done and boot into ClockWorkMod custom recovery, you can backup your stock rom.
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Thank you for the replies. I've got three more questions. That is considered "rooting" correct? I'd be able to install a rom afterwards using clockworkmod right? I've used the clockwork on another device, so it isn't new to me at all.
My second is regarding the stock G2X recovery. Would it be the same for my Canadian version of the phone? I'm guessing yes since the hardware is the same
Finally, would this enable my FM radio? For some reason, it isn't enabled with my carrier.
Thanks in advance
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Thank you for the replies. I've got three more questions. That is considered "rooting" correct? I'd be able to install a rom afterwards using clockworkmod right? I've used the clockwork on another device, so it isn't new to me at all.
My second is regarding the stock G2X recovery. Would it be the same for my Canadian version of the phone? I'm guessing yes since the hardware is the same
Finally, would this enable my FM radio? For some reason, it isn't enabled with my carrier.
Thanks in advance
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1 no, 2 yes, 3 yes, 4 never worked never will, hardware isn't there.
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tahahawa said:
1 no, 2 yes, 3 yes, 4 never worked never will, hardware isn't there.
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Just to clarify again. It's not a full root, but would allow me to install roms with superuser capability? Secondly, If i ever need warrentee work, and i try to install the tmobile recovery, it'll be the same as my Canadian-ish recovery
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Just to clarify again. It's not a full root, but would allow me to install roms with superuser capability? Secondly, If i ever need warrentee work, and i try to install the tmobile recovery, it'll be the same as my Canadian-ish recovery
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yes and yes
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Ok, lets hope this works. BTW im with Videotron, not Wind.
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Ok, lets hope this works. BTW im with Videotron, not Wind.
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It will work regardless of carrier if it is a p999.
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tahahawa said:
It will work regardless of carrier if it is a p999.
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Nightly 201 was stuck in a boot loop until i wiped the caches again. It's working great now, thanks for all the help. Just gotta add gapps!
first off, first time poster long time reader so hello everyone!
my problem is this. i rooted my cell phone a few months back, my USB jack died a few days ago on my phone and cant be read. i have been charging the battery by putting the positive and negative wires in the prongs of the cellphone battery area.
My replacement from rogers came today and i need to flash it back to stock. i downloaded "mobile odin" to find out my cell isnt supported, what are the other ways i can flash my cell? i have clockwork installed and rom manager. for my rogers stock all i have is a ".tar" file. is this correct or do i need to extract it again or do i just need a whole new file?
You really need Odin to go back to stock completely and it needs a USB for that hmmmmm
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nrm5110 said:
You really need Odin to go back to stock completely and it needs a USB for that hmmmmm
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i tried using the teriminal method but every time i enter the /sdcard/recovery.img it says the file doesnt exist and i have checked it a few times. maybe my file is wrong?
I727RUXKJ7_I727RRWCKJ7_I727RUXKJ7_HOME
is what i have. inside that is the recovery.img file
As stated before.... you NEED to have the usb functional to use odin. There is no work around really. You're going to have to send it in as is.
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As stated before.... you NEED to have the usb functional to use odin. There is no work around really. You're going to have to send it in as is.
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alright, well i used a custom stock firmware i read someplace that it doesnt trip the odin counter?
charredfields said:
alright, well i used a custom stock firmware i read someplace that it doesnt trip the odin counter?
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It may or may not have, these devices are strange. No two things ever work the same
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xcrazydx said:
It may or may not have, these devices are strange. No two things ever work the same
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alright thanks a lot guys, guess i'll just cross my fingers got my replacement so its all i can do at this point
charredfields said:
alright thanks a lot guys, guess i'll just cross my fingers got my replacement so its all i can do at this point
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Yeah you can't really do anything about it. My bet is you'll be just fine, they don't even seem to care anymore
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Just came from a rezound. I wanna try out an aokp Rom or cm9 or something but the root process is messing with my mind. Last two phones were HTC so I'm very used to their root process. Had s off on both of them so I'm not a noob. Just wondering on how easy it is to do this on a Samsung device
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Just don't know where to start. Been reading a lot and feel moderately android handicapped. Just looking for friendly words of advice.
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Just came from a rezound.2
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Me too, I loved the Rezound. I still have three of them.
I flashed the root 66 ROM on my first boot with the G3 and it works awesome.
I was familiar with Odin as my Wife has a Droid Charge (used to be mine), but it's very easy to use & almost foolproof.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788443 There's a link in the thread to root in the first post. Just follow those instructions and you should be good to go.
jmorton10 said:
Me too, I loved the Rezound. I still have three of them.
I flashed the root 66 ROM on my first boot with the G3 and it works awesome.
I was familiar with Odin as my Wife has a Droid Charge (used to be mine), but it's very easy to use & almost foolproof.
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In the dev section there is a guide for rooting without downloading massive odin packages.
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nosympathy said:
In the dev section there is a guide for rooting without downloading massive odin packages.
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Yea, that is another option although Odin is a lot easier.
Downloading a "massive Odin package" is no big deal (I think it took me 10 minutes IIRC) unless you don't own a PC.
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In the dev section there is a guide for rooting without downloading massive odin packages.
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Nice you got a gs3? I just got mine last night. Just scared by all the new terminology and his different Samsung phones are from HTC
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Samsungs are really flash friendly and it's not too difficult to de-brick with Odin.. Had two HTC phones and the entire process of rooting, unlocking the bootloader, s-off and carrier unlock seemed like more work than I ever done with a Samsung.
Root it, it's okay, really!
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Just came from a rezound. I wanna try out an aokp Rom or cm9 or something but the root process is messing with my mind. Last two phones were HTC so I'm very used to their root process. Had s off on both of them so I'm not a noob. Just wondering on how easy it is to do this on a Samsung device
Make sure after you root / odin flash a room let this be the first thing you do!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
Back up your MEID /EID info!!!!
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Thank you everyone. You're all so helpful!
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chmodbot said:
hopesrequiem said:
Just came from a rezound. I wanna try out an aokp Rom or cm9 or something but the root process is messing with my mind. Last two phones were HTC so I'm very used to their root process. Had s off on both of them so I'm not a noob. Just wondering on how easy it is to do this on a Samsung device
Make sure after you root / odin flash a room let this be the first thing you do!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
Back up your MEID /EID info!!!!
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Actually you should back that up before flashing anything!
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Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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hopesrequiem said:
Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/
nosympathy said:
you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/
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No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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CM10 is best for jellybean, i'd go with aokp for ics. Paranoid still has some major bugs to fix and i havent tried cm9 yet
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No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.
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it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.
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Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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hopesrequiem said:
Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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nah, not really. Just different. Just with samsung keep in mind that odin is king.
also being newer to samsung, just read before you flash stuff.
I am amazed at the amount of people here that do not read and do things willy nilly and next thing you know they are crying because they cannot figure out how to fix their phone.
In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.
I am running cm10 as my daily driver, but it's not without its frustrations. For me, 4G data has been flawless. It's when the phone kicks over to 3G that data problem occur. Specifically, 3G data has erratic signal, periodic loss of connection, and general instability. However, when I'm in a 4G area, data is rock solid.
MMS is still an issue, as well as Bluetooth audio. But all in all, it runs great for a preview build. There haven't been any breakthroughs recently, so who knows how long it'll be before 3G data is stable. I'm thinking about returning to a stock rom for now just because I really need BT audio and will be going on a trip where I only get 3G.
What is the general feeling about which stock rom is most stable?
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In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.
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ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
nosympathy said:
ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?
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I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?
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you can do it with windows, you can do it one of two ways
one is using the sdk toolkit and using adb.
the other way is copying your backup file to your phone and running the command through terminal emulator.
Yes wifi will still work with no IMEI allowing you to connect to the market and download a terminal emulator.
when he says linux, he means the command comes from the linux OS, but also because android of based off linux which is why it is used/works. He doesn't mean you have to run linux itself.
nosympathy said:
ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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hopesrequiem said:
I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.
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Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.
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I know. I'm reading all I can and learning so I don't f up lol. I just got this phone a day ago. I'm just used to HTC which Ian where my confusion comes from. Htc is simple I'm my opinion. This probably is too. Just gotta read a lot hehe
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Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.
Marcismo55 said:
Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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If you already had it setup for the Rezzy then you should be fine. Odin is needed if you ever want to return to stock..you know in case something goes wrong. You never know when you may need it.
There is no reason NOT to use Odin, it is simple to use, pretty much foolproof & you don't even need to install it.
All you do is DL the files to a folder in your PC & then click the .exe file.
You don't need the latest version either, I still had Odin from back when I was flashing a Droid Charge & that same version works perfectly for the G3.