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UTB or SRE?

im debating between the two tools to use when i get my captivate on thursday... i know compared with the two, there is some that has features than the other.... what would u recommend and what did u use?

Sre. It has OC and a better tether option. Even better would be to use the new hybrid Rom with unhelpfuls kernel. No need to lagfix
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Smallsmx3 said:
Sre. It has OC and a better tether option. Even better would be to use the new hybrid Rom with unhelpfuls kernel. No need to lagfix
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thanks! i was kinda leaning toward sre! is it really easy to install? i mean ive read the directions and all and looks and sounds easy... i have mac would that make it an issue? it says to use titanium backup before... sorry for the noob question but where can i get the titanium backup?
edit: so i need to root first then do the sre?

toawkanavngthded said:
thanks! i was kinda leaning toward sre! is it really easy to install? i mean ive read the directions and all and looks and sounds easy... i have mac would that make it an issue? it says to use titanium backup before... sorry for the noob question but where can i get the titanium backup?
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Once you get your Captivate get Ryan's One Click lag fix and use it only to root your phone. Then you will have Super user permissions, next step would be Titanium Backup available on the market which you need root to get. Next step get ROM Manager donated version off the market and use Clockwork mod recovery through ROM manager to always perform backups before flashing new ROMs or Kernals. Yes, SRE is easy to install. The only trouble you will run into is Odin one click is for windows systems not Mac so you will probably need to have acccess to a windows based pc if you ever eff your phone and need to flash back to stock.

edit: so i need to root first then do the sre?
You should root first so that you have ROM manager and Titanium to back up before flashing SRE. One Click lag fix on the market will do this for you, but only use it for rooting not the lagfix. Tatuyama's ext4 lagfix is better imo.
Unhelpful's Kernal is included in SRE, fyi.
The new hybrid ROM still has some bugs and SRE is as good, imo.

Rhiannon224 said:
Once you get your Captivate get Ryan's One Click lag fix and use it only to root your phone. Then you will have Super user permissions, next step would be Titanium Backup available on the market which you need root to get. Next step get ROM Manager donated version off the market and use Clockwork mod recovery through ROM manager to always perform backups before flashing new ROMs or Kernals. Yes, SRE is easy to install. The only trouble you will run into is Odin one click is for windows systems not Mac so you will probably need to have acccess to a windows based pc if you ever eff your phone and need to flash back to stock.
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thank you for ur response! it was very helpful! what if i use parallels and run win 7 and use SRE? if not then i guess i have to use UTB??

Nope, just an update.zip check the developers section. Super easy and no more odin needed unless you need to revert to stock first
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i'm running the non overclock version of sre and the tatayuma ext4 lag fix. so far has been very stable. i'm very happy with the combo.

Dani897 said:
Nope, just an update.zip check the developers section. Super easy and no more odin needed unless you need to revert to stock first
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so odin is basically a "factory restore?" and can odin be used only on windows based computers? so once i get my captivate i can go straight into SRE?

odin is a program that will apply factory firmwares to your phone. so whether you want to restore to stock or try some of the newer leaked firmwares available, odin is the tool to use. and as far as i know it is for pc only.

novajustin said:
odin is a program that will apply factory firmwares to your phone. so whether you want to restore to stock or try some of the newer leaked firmwares available, odin is the tool to use. and as far as i know it is for pc only.
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thank you for clarifying. so it is only windows based? parallel's might not work? well i hope when i do run SRE, i will be good! im not really into modifying the phone heavily. just wanna run SRE cuz it sounds very promising and helps make the device run smoother.

i am currently using the non OC version of sre along with the tatayuma ext4 lagfix and i am very happy with it. everything has been very stable thus far.

novajustin said:
i am currently using the non OC version of sre along with the tatayuma ext4 lagfix and i am very happy with it. everything has been very stable thus far.
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can u provide me to the right place for the tatayuma ext lag fix? so why aren't u using the OC version of sre? so u applyed the tatayuma then sre and ur good?
edit: nvm i found the tatayuma... just dont know what to use!!! theres quite a few to choose from!!! how did u all manage to choose the right one???

the tatayuma works very well with sre. the order i went in was flashed to stock rom->flashed sre->installed lagfix. i didnt want to go with the oc version because i think the phone is fast enough as it is and really what is another 200mhz going to do to this phone? as for the lagfix, i went with the ext4 as it has been proven to be more stable than the ext2. for me i am more concerned with reliability over power/speed. overclocking means more heat and more power being sucked out of the battery and we all know this battery is quick to die.

Im craving froyo

can anyone direct me to the easiest and safest way to get froyo... I have been reading but i can't seem to find anything that isnt super complicated. all i have done to my phone is root and lagfix. just need an arrow to point me in the right direction. thanks

http://www.techpetals.com/how-to-in...d-2.2-froyo-for-samsung-captivate-leaked-2295

JagoRacing said:
can anyone direct me to the easiest and safest way to get froyo... I have been reading but i can't seem to find anything that isnt super complicated. all i have done to my phone is root and lagfix. just need an arrow to point me in the right direction. thanks
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STEP 1: Make sure you are on 2.1 Eclair
STEP 2: Make sure you are rooted
STEP 3: Install ClockWork Recovery
STEP 4: Download either Assonance or Cognition
STEP 5: Put the ".zip" file on the root directory of your phone
STEP 6: Boot into ClockWork Recovery and flash the ROM

Check out Doc CE in the development section
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STEP 1: Make sure you are on 2.1 Eclair
STEP 2: Make sure you are rooted
STEP 3: Install ClockWork Recovery
STEP 4: Download either Assonance or Cognition
STEP 5: Put the ".zip" file on the root directory of your phone
STEP 6: Boot into ClockWork Recovery and flash the ROM
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And what is wrong with Axura?

adamholden85 said:
And what is wrong with Axura?
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From a phone

adamholden85 said:
And what is wrong with Axura?
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Nothing...I just didn't want to offer a 20 page list of equally good ROMs so I used the ones I have tried.

After months of waiting and finally getting over my fears of flashing, I rooted and flashed the stock 2.2 rom to my captivate today!
my opinion, just use the stock 2.2. it's frickin amazing. I'm thrilled and can't believe it took this long for me to build up the courage to flash. from the gps working to the beautiful text to speech ( which I'm using to write this even as we speak..lol); I can't get over how much I love this.
So, use the odin flasher and have fun!
Many thanks to all the developers on XDA who worked so hard to get 2.2 out all of us!
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How do i use odin? Do you have a link?

I can't speak in regard to other ROMs as I have only tried working with Cognition.
The thing is, if you can handle the complexities of Lagfix, installing Cognition is a piece of cake. The instructions that nbs11 posted are pretty much it, except that you should disable whatever lagfix you used before you do it, and use Android ID changer to back up your Android ID. As far as Odin goes, you only need it if:
1. You really like your phone to be clean before you upgrade
2. Something goes wrong.
I panicked the first time something went wrong. I should tell you my story. I forgot to use Android ID changer, and also forgot to copy the data from a few other things from my original Eclair build. So, I went back to one of my backups. I didn't realize that the backup didn;t include the kernel, so the rolled-back phone no longer booted. Odin to the rescue. It flashed an idiot-proof stock version, then I used ROM manager to get to my backed-up data, re-flashed with Odin, and ran the Cognition backup. It all worked fine.
TL;DR. You just need ROM Manager and a little planning, and Odin will bail you out in the off chance you screw something up.
Someone who likes setting up a phone less than I do should make a back-up checklist.
Oh, and here's a link to everything you need to know about Odin:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Odin+downloader+Captivate&l=1

K, I was dumb the first time around.....
RepublicanDaddy said:
After months of waiting and finally getting over my fears of flashing, I rooted and flashed the stock 2.2 rom to my captivate today!
my opinion, just use the stock 2.2. it's frickin amazing. I'm thrilled and can't believe it took this long for me to build up the courage to flash. from the gps working to the beautiful text to speech ( which I'm using to write this even as we speak..lol); I can't get over how much I love this.
So, use the odin flasher and have fun!
Many thanks to all the developers on XDA who worked so hard to get 2.2 out all of us!
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I'm officially changing my mind. I've been using Cognition 3.04 now for about a week. I've not run into ANY issues. In the first week of using the leaked "official" 2.2 release, I'd already run into a few minor bugs, then over the course of a month, ended up with a fun that was stuck in a reboot loop...totally random issue, nothing had changed on the phone, it just went nutz on me.
I flashed to Cognition and am absolutely LOVING it!!! If you're going to flash a ROM, skip the "official" leaked 2.2 and go for Cognition. It's great! Smooth, fast, and without bloatware.
I do have to admit, yes I know I'll catch some flak for it, but I do miss the Samsung Media Hub (Cognition has it removed as Bloatware). Other than that....no issues at all!

Has anyone used these methods on a Rogers Captivate (I897)?

RepublicanDaddy said:
I flashed to Cognition and am absolutely LOVING it!!!
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Don't try Andromeda 1.0. You would probably be so overcome with joy as to poop yourself.

opcow said:
Don't try Andromeda 1.0. You would probably be so overcome with joy as to poop yourself.
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Does a squirt count? Cause I did that.

boborone said:
Does a squirt count? Cause I did that.
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Lol! Well, I did pee a little...lol
Btw - I know I'll catch flak for this, but Cognition doesn't have media hub...any idea how I can install it?
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Coming from Captivate, flashing questions

Sorry if this should be in a different thread. Not trying to get flamed. So I am coming from a captivate and am just wondering how is flashing stuff on the inspire different from the captivate? Typically most of my flashing was just done thru CWM on the captivate itself or thru ODIN. I know ODIN doesnt exist for the inspire, but what differences can I expect coming into? how do I get to recovery or download? Any answers on how the flashing experience is different would be much appreciated

Once you've rooted it's pretty much the same as captivate install rom manager and install Rom with cwm recovery. There isn't a need to flash back to stock. Just clear data and cache.
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yup, clockwork mod makes life a hell of a lot easier.

And this restore a heck of a lot better than the captivate did. I don't even use titanium backup anymore. All my txt messages and apps automatically restores including wallpaper
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Thanks guys, my only question is how to get CWM on this phone after root. Im assuming its thru a kernel?

same way you do it on the captivate get rom manager from the market. Install CWM Recovery.
There's no need for special recoveries like on the captivate as there's no lagfix craziness to deal with. HTC uses Android/Linux standard file systems

gunnyman said:
same way you do it on the captivate get rom manager from the market. Install CWM Recovery.
There's no need for special recoveries like on the captivate as there's no lagfix craziness to deal with. HTC uses Android/Linux standard file systems
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Lol, kinda forgot thats all that needed to be done to get CWM. Too much stress with the captivate.

Yeah I had to retrain my brain as well.

p4ranoid4ndroid said:
Lol, kinda forgot thats all that needed to be done to get CWM. Too much stress with the captivate.
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Totally agree, ill never get samsung again. I would probably flash a different rom on my captivate every other day to find out which one had what bugs and what didnt work correctly, lol. The Inspire is a lot harder to root then the captivate, but is well worth it when you do, for one roms are higher quality and all 100% working, even cm7 rc1. There is no download mode for inspire, you can manually boot into bootloader mode and from there you can enter CWM Recovery.

So i looked at the HTC hack kit, are there any better instructions for rooting? just didnt see anything laid out in that thread.
Another question for yall: On the captivate when wifi was active the 3g symbol would disappear. This doesnt happen on my inspire. Does that mean hspa is still running while im connected to wifi? Battery drain is my issue with this

there's a readme in the hack kit. Very easy to follow

There is youtube two part video walkthrough, thats what i used. I learn easier if i can see it happening.
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On the vibrant (captivate) a bad kernel or Rom could mean boot loop and no hope of getting into clockwork and we would have to use odin. This doesn't happen on the inspire?
Sent from my Inspire '4g'.

ive had boot loop happen twice so far and both times i manually went into boot loader and went to CWM recovery and wiped data and reflashed then everything was fine. The one time i reflashed and still got boot loop i just restored back up and then flashed and was good to go. I made a backup right after i rooted so i wouldnt have to do it again, i suggest you do the same just to be safe.

bkeaver said:
And this restore a heck of a lot better than the captivate did. I don't even use titanium backup anymore. All my txt messages and apps automatically restores including wallpaper
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Not to hijack, but what do you mean? How do you restore all your apps etc without titanium?

Corriewf said:
Not to hijack, but what do you mean? How do you restore all your apps etc without titanium?
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lol dont mind the hijacking. the more questions asked the better.

the market auto restores your apps when you sign in with your google account, i cant really explain how it does this, but it sure is nice.

when you check back up my settings when you sign into google for teh first time, it starts keeping a list of market apps you've installed and restores them if you do a factory reset. doesn't seem to catch all of mine all the time though.

still have some questions regarding Flash
I read the rooting thread as well as saw the video, what I could understand is that in captivate we were rooting and then upgrading the ROM.
But here we are rooting and the downgrading.. Are we loosing any functionality? Its little difficult to understand..
can someone pls help?

You are actually downgrading the ROM then rooting THAT. After you have root, and have clockwork mod recovery installed you can install any rooted rom you like. There are a few to choose from in the Dev section.
The current Android release on the Inspire hasn't been "cracked" yet so you need to downgrade to get root.

[Q] Just purchased used & rooted/modded phone, what do I do first

Hello,
First time poster in this section. I just purchased a SGS4G on Swappa. It's coming rooted with Valhalla Final.
I am planning to get the Walmart/TMob $30 per month plan. I've rooted and flashed my Asus Transformer, but this is my first time with a phone.
So kind of wanted to know my best course of action? I was kind of leaning towards reset to factory, then go ahead and go through the steps to get Valhalla Black. But the rooting/flashing methods are a bit more complicated than what I was doing with my Transformer.
Thank you,
Anton

if it's already running Valhalla, there is no need to go back to factory. You can just flash the new rom through CWM.

mike-y said:
if it's already running Valhalla, there is no need to go back to factory. You can just flash the new rom through CWM.
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Ok, wasn't sure if it was better to clean things up. I will do it that way then. Thank you.

i would recommend flashing to stock first, formatting everything and then moving forward from their. yea, its harder, but it would give you a nice fresh install and can prevent problems in the future

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i would recommend flashing to stock first, formatting everything and then moving forward from their. yea, its harder, but it would give you a nice fresh install and can prevent problems in the future
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Now can I do that without breaking the root I currently have?
I was kind of thinking of doing that, just since I don't have any clue what the guy did before I had it.

gorillaz1 said:
Now can I do that without breaking the root I currently have?
I was kind of thinking of doing that, just since I don't have any clue what the guy did before I had it.
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If you go back to true stock then you will lose root. However, there are plenty of modified kernels and ROMs that come with root.
Check out bhundven's One-Click collection. Super easy way to flash the phone. The first one click is straight stock. The 3rd is stock with his beta 2d kernel which also has CWM, root, and voodoo lagfix. I'd suggest snagging the 3rd one, do a factory reset on the phone, flash the 3rd one, then you should be able to throw Valhalla back on it the way you want

what i did... Just me but i would always have that one click flash back to stock always available on your pc Its just me dude you never know what can go wrong.. always keep that back door available.. odin was like my best buddy "ugh" when i first started out..

stephen_w said:
If you go back to true stock then you will lose root. However, there are plenty of modified kernels and ROMs that come with root.
Check out bhundven's One-Click collection. Super easy way to flash the phone. The first one click is straight stock. The 3rd is stock with his beta 2d kernel which also has CWM, root, and voodoo lagfix. I'd suggest snagging the 3rd one, do a factory reset on the phone, flash the 3rd one, then you should be able to throw Valhalla back on it the way you want
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Sounds good. I will fiddle when I get home and post any followups. Appreciate the help here. XDA is great.

Lmao there is absolutely no reason to flash back to stock if you follow ravers instructions.....your in plenty good shape for flashing valhalla black
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So I downloaded ES File explorer, and it's a lot different than my tablet...i don't even seem to have a download folder. Just Android, DCIM, Voodoo and Lost.dir is that normal on phones? I am downloading valhalla black and not even sure where it's downloading too.

Make a "download" folder.....but as you dl something it will most likely create the folder anyhow
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ok and the other question would be, it came with a 16gb sd card, is that what I'm accessing? I've always been confused by the android file structure.
Thanks by the way, you live up to your name helping me.

Yes
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Lmao there is absolutely no reason to flash back to stock if you follow ravers instructions.....your in plenty good shape for flashing valhalla black
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Eh maybe? Do you know the true condition of the used device? Are you sure it has proper boot loaders? Better to ensure you wipe any possible gremlins.
jager555 said:
i would recommend flashing to stock first, formatting everything and then moving forward from their. yea, its harder, but it would give you a nice fresh install and can prevent problems in the future
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+1 Jager was here in the beginning, before cwm
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Check out bhundven's One-Click collection. Super easy way to flash the phone.
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+1 I'm a big supporter of this method
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ok and the other question would be, it came with a 16gb sd card, is that what I'm accessing? I've always been confused by the android file structure.
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There is a 1 gig internal storage space where the system (ROM, cache, etc) resides. You can install some apps on your sd card (16 gig separate removable space) to save space on the system storage. All of your files, pics, and music end up on the sd card.

He is running valhalla final....there is no reason for him to be concerned with bootloaders at this time when all he wants to do is flash valhalla black.....this doesnt need to be made more complicated than it is...specially for someone new.....this phone is alot more durable and hardy than alot of you guys give it credit for and are only scaring the new people
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Your right. It doesent need to be complicated. Nor is it.
One click back to "stock with beta2d", flash desired gb rom.
Not only does this ensure that he knows the true state of the entire device (not just what rom he is on) he also learns how to recover from a soft brick! <~~~ very important when flashing beta roms such as black edition
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^ Yea. Learning how to Odin/Heimdall will save a lot of heart ache with the inevitable soft brick haha
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Lol ok yea your right...ive always pushed the limits and learned the hard way.....ive found that to be the best way to learn...
and for someone new to any device....i wouldnt be flashing beta roms....valhalla final is a great stable rom....you should stick with it and just spend the next month reading up on your newly purchased phone first.
Dont worry the developement for this phone is slow compared to most so your not gonna miss much.
Only prob ive seen so far in this forrum is there is alot of clutter and to many different opinions on how and what to do and use to flash roms and and such...it is actually very easy...just pick a way and stick with it and learn the other ways slowly....but dont worry....the galaxy s series is virtually unbrickable
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[Q] Lose App Data When Upgrading With Heimdall?

This should be a fairly simple question. My wife & I have both decided to keep our Galaxy S4G's when our contract is up next month...we really like these phones and TMob will give us a substantial discount for renewing & keeping our phones.
I'm running CM9...probably as far as I'll go until our great developers get GPS working on CM10.
Wife is still on stock Froyo & is now interested in going to GB. If I remember correctly, since Heimdall doesn't require any wiping, I think all her contacts, photos, call logs, etc. won't be erased (not sure about this). Also she's concerned about losing data on her user apps. If nothing will be lost, I can use Heimdall to take her to GB and also to root with AntonX's kernel.
If data will be lost, I'll have to use Super One Click to root, install Titanium Backup, and then restore after the flash.
A third possibility...and I don't know if this exists...is to flash a Froyo kernel with SGS which will root her phone....don't even know if there is one.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks.

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This should be a fairly simple question. My wife & I have both decided to keep our Galaxy S4G's when our contract is up next month...we really like these phones and TMob will give us a substantial discount for renewing & keeping our phones.
I'm running CM9...probably as far as I'll go until our great developers get GPS working on CM10.
Wife is still on stock Froyo & is now interested in going to GB. If I remember correctly, since Heimdall doesn't require any wiping, I think all her contacts, photos, call logs, etc. won't be erased (not sure about this). Also she's concerned about losing data on her user apps. If nothing will be lost, I can use Heimdall to take her to GB and also to root with AntonX's kernel.
If data will be lost, I'll have to use Super One Click to root, install Titanium Backup, and then restore after the flash.
A third possibility...and I don't know if this exists...is to flash a Froyo kernel with SGS which will root her phone....don't even know if there is one.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks.
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I would think that Samsung kies would still upgrade her phone if you hadn't done anything to it yet. With the kies update, you shouldn't lose anything.
There were a couple kernels for froyo if you wanted to stay there (I don't think any heimdall one clicks though. "Bali" maybe?)

Do you lose data when updating day from gingerbread to 4.2?
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tazmaniondvl said:
Do you lose data when updating day from gingerbread to 4.2?
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Yeah....when flashing with CWM, I do all the wipes...but I can do a good restore with Titanium Backup. Since my wife's phone is not rooted yet, we can't use TB.

Good to know. I will make a backup right now
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Do you lose data when updating day from gingerbread to 4.2?
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I would think that Samsung kies would still upgrade her phone if you hadn't done anything to it yet. With the kies update, you shouldn't lose anything.
There were a couple kernels for froyo if you wanted to stay there (I don't think any heimdall one clicks though. "Bali" maybe?)
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I forgot about the Bali kernel...but I think you need to be rooted to flash it. I know very little about kies mini...need to read up on it & see if it upgrades without losing user app data. Would still like to know if using Heimdall causes data loss.

When I used kies mini to upgrade my t959v to gingerbread before I even knew about rooting it didn't delete anything.
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I used the odin version to flash bali. But, I'm odd. I like odin. It's not for the faint of heart. He could root with super one click root. Then flash bali with sgs kernel flasher (from play store).
Some people had a tough time rooting with SOC on gingerbread. That's were heimdall came in handy and cut that step.
Wasn't it drhonk that packaged kernels back in the day? He had an overclocked/undervolted that did good.

DickyG said:
I forgot about the Bali kernel...but I think you need to be rooted to flash it. I know very little about kies mini...need to read up on it & see if it upgrades without losing user app data. Would still like to know if using Heimdall causes data loss.
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Using kies is the safest route to get her on gingerbread. Heimdall will wipe the data partitions IIRC. I just used it yesterday to fix my kids phone. However I was going from a ics rom to gingerbread.
Once on gingerbread if you want to root her phone bhundven has a kernel one click in the development section.

limeaide said:
Using kies is the safest route to get her on gingerbread. Heimdall will wipe the data partitions IIRC. I just used it yesterday to fix my kids phone. However I was going from a ics rom to gingerbread.
Once on gingerbread if you want to root her phone bhundven has a kernel one click in the development section.
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Actually, I use Heimdall quite a bit, mainly to recover from my own stupid flashing mistakes. I got on Samsung chat yesterday and the rep said that upgrading with kies mini would delete data in user apps...this coming from the same rep who originally told me that I wouldn't lose anything because I could copy all apps and data onto my computer.
I'm guessing that both Heimdall and kies causes you to lose user app data.
So I'll probably: 1. Root the phone with SOC 2. Install Titanium Backup and do a full backup 3. Use Heimdall to upgrade to
GB, flash bootloaders, and flash AntonX's kernel to re-root the phone 4. Do a restore with Titanium.
....unless there are any other suggestions...thanks.

I upgraded with kies. It didn't wipe data. At least none that I could tell