Is there anyway to deodex the Infuse yet?
probably the same as a galaxy s. gtg465x posted one but we are haveing trouble getting a successful odin package to fix the phone when things go wrong so people were not willing to try it.
Thank you for the fast respond, are we gonna lose the phone if something goes wrong. or if something goes wrong is there a way to fix it.
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Thank you for the fast respond, are we gonna lose the phone if something goes wrong. or if something goes wrong is there a way to fix it.
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well with samsung we are lucky enough to have odin which is a factory flash tool. unfortunately it is not working on the infuse 100%, there may be a new build of it just for the infuse but it hasnt been leaked yet as far as we know. there is also an opensource application called heimdall that works in place of odin. there has been some success with heimdall but the one user that restored with it is having random vibrate issues.
there are still things to figure out, but there is no reason you cant flash with cwm, there are just no proven roms or reliable methods to restore if it goes wrong.
Thanks again. I'll just wait since I'm not good in doing these kind of things.
Just to chime in, you can definitely softbrick the phone if you try to deodex the rom and something goes wrong. I know from experience (happened to me yesterday ) As far as I know, I'm the only one who has successfully flashed back to stock using h8rift's original test tar but now there's confusion about whether it's reliable or not due to other testers' experiences. We're gonna get there just hang tight.
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Just to chime in, you can definitely softbrick the phone if you try to deodex the rom and something goes wrong. I know from experience (happened to me yesterday ) As far as I know, I'm the only one who has successfully flashed back to stock using h8rift's original test tar but now there's confusion about whether it's reliable or not due to other testers' experiences. We're gonna get there just hang tight.
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So there are already some people brick their devices and good to know that you have successfully flashed it back.
I just have no idea how to do these kind of things this is my first Android device. I had HD2 and was so easy to do anything. I'm just afraid to brick my infuse, so I'll just wait
I just need to deodex it so I can be able to read and write in Arabic.
Thanks
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So I have been reading over in the development forums and it seems like a lot of users are having issues restoring backups with jt's recovery.
Most of them have ended up with bricked phones and no way to fix it cuz we are still lacking a full odin package for the charge.
Has anyone had success doing a restore in CWM?
Anyone? Please
This is something I'm going to get with imnuts on to fix. Just waiting for my charge to come in.
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This is something I'm going to get with imnuts on to fix. Just waiting for my charge to come in.
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Ok I figured someone would be working on it I just didnt know if everyone was affected by it or just a few people because i havent seen much talk about it. Also I figured maybe we should put a warning up so more people dont attempt to restore just to end up with a bricked phone.
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Ok I figured someone would be working on it I just didnt know if everyone was affected by it or just a few people because i havent seen much talk about it. Also I figured maybe we should put a warning up so more people dont attempt to restore just to end up with a bricked phone.
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I made a post similar to this in the cwm thread. Thanks for posting it up here too. I have a feeling it's more then just user error, which is the first thing everyone wants to blame something on, and typically the case. Just not feeling like this is the same situation. Good lookin out for everybody!
It sucks for them but we really do need the odin package just in case for future bricks lol
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Based on the one post I saw, it seems like it has to do with restoring /data with the error message that popped up. I'd guess that this is an issue with CWM, but it is hard to say for certain. For now though, I'd just avoid restoring anything, and it's this reason I'd rather use Titanium backup to back up stuff than CWM.
I have read in the past that part of the agreement the mfg's have is they need to release source code, does that actually get us a Stock Odin image or not?
I am used to getting the sbf for Moto or the RUU for HTC, but not familiar with Samsung's willingness and position on this.
Mine bricked from attempting a restore with CWM
But the file that imnuts made fixed it.
Sent from my Droid Supercharge.
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I have read in the past that part of the agreement the mfg's have is they need to release source code, does that actually get us a Stock Odin image or not?
I am used to getting the sbf for Moto or the RUU for HTC, but not familiar with Samsung's willingness and position on this.
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Not sure where the stock ODIN images have come from, but tech support @ verizon should have access to them, should only be a matter of time b4 one gets leaked
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I have read in the past that part of the agreement the mfg's have is they need to release source code, does that actually get us a Stock Odin image or not?
I am used to getting the sbf for Moto or the RUU for HTC, but not familiar with Samsung's willingness and position on this.
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Odin images are not source code, they are binary files. The Odin images come from Samsung, but there are people that have access to them at VZW. Getting a full stock Odin would have to come from one of the two places.
i tried doing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127249
and i failed, i got the first part down and i saw the red fish which is the devs logo. then the second part with the kernelKF1.tar file i guess i screwed up, because on reboot it would loop, it would go to at&t screen then it would show my screen really screwed up, with a whole bunch of colors and what not like as if it was tripping on acid haha. anyways now when i turn on my phone it shows a logo of a phone, a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark next to a computer. I do not want to lose all my apps and what not, i mean i doooo have 27 hours on my final fantasy 7 lol. so please guys what do i do to bring my phone back to life so i can try to root and flash a ROM correctly this time.
Does it say something about firmware upgrade failure, use recovery mode?
Yep. It's a soft brick so you can recovery it!
First: You must flash AT&T Gingerbread Bootloader from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821. (You must go to download mode by Vol Up + Vol Down + USB Plug or use a jig (google: Jig Captivate)
Then: Flash your kernelKF1.tar again (Download Mode) or Another kernel you like for KF1! (I prefer you flash this kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127322)
That's all!
-how do i access recovery mode? says nothing about an update failure.
-that's great news! does it matter that i was on 2.1 eclair first? back in the day i rooted my phone on the stock eclair and i beliiiiiieve did a lagfix as well, but no custom ROMS or anything like that.
-I use odin to flash both the bootloader/kernel correct? on odin i just have to wait for it to says "connected" in that little chatbox right? one of the box's all the way to the top isn't supposed to say anything until its passes right?
sorry for all the real dumb and seemingly obvious questions. But i want to make sure i know what i am doing so i can always do it correctly. thanks for all your help and quick replys guys i really appreciate it!
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-how do i access recovery mode? says nothing about an update failure.
-that's great news! does it matter that i was on 2.1 eclair first? back in the day i rooted my phone on the stock eclair and i beliiiiiieve did a lagfix as well, but no custom ROMS or anything like that.
-I use odin to flash both the bootloader/kernel correct? on odin i just have to wait for it to says "connected" in that little chatbox right? one of the box's all the way to the top isn't supposed to say anything until its passes right?
sorry for all the real dumb and seemingly obvious questions. But i want to make sure i know what i am doing so i can always do it correctly. thanks for all your help and quick replys guys i really appreciate it!
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1. Use combo keys: Vol Up + Vol Down + Power to access Recovery. If you are on AT&T Gingerbread Bootloader, you are good to go!.
2. You must disable lagfix before flash any rom. You can go stock and reflash it but i think you must get KF1 work to backup your game process!
3. If you flash KF1 with bootloader, you needn't to reflash it again. Just reflash kernel and you are unbrick. (If you are on AT&T Gingerbread Bootloader, on screen PC -- /!\ -- Phone, you can run ODIN and reflash kernel KF1. No need to go to Download Mode to flash kernel. If you can't flash from ODIN (try some time, change USB port, change PC, and reinstall Windows), you must reflash AT&T bootloader.
Good luck!
at&T gingerbread bootloader is a program like odin? or does it literally mean the booting of a gingerbread device? im so confuuuuused.
So i have to flash a stock 2.1 eclair? then do the kf1 file to get to 2.3.3 gb?
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at&T gingerbread bootloader is a program like odin? or does it literally mean the booting of a gingerbread device? im so confuuuuused.
So i have to flash a stock 2.1 eclair? then do the kf1 file to get to 2.3.3 gb?
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its questions like these that make people say 'read, read, read, read, then read some more'
the answer is literally everywhere in these forums......
i just made it so much worse, i used the gb bootloaders as well as used that ROM by using the kernel and a previous file in odin. i can still go to download/recovery, and if i just power on the phone it will loop at the at&t screen
when i get to recovery, the vol bottoms dont let me select anything. so my only option is to keep rebooting. i cant apply update from sd; even though im sure its because im doing it wrong!! someone please help i need this phone for the upcoming work week didnt think it would take 4 days to figure out.
Can Someone Please Please tell me step by step what i should do, i understand how to work the programs i just dont know the order in which to do them in. what am i to do? remember i was initially on 2.1 eclair with a voodoo lagfix, yet, i dont know what i am on know, i tried flashing ROMS as well as gb bootloaders.
so your volume buttons are broken?
just boot into download mode, flash back to stock with ODIN or Heimdall, whichever is easier for you to use, then leave your phone the fk alone, because you are compounding the problems by panicking.
its obvious that you havent truly understood what you have been flashing on your phone, and you are about to wind up with a pretty brick that will need to get sent to jtag/unbrickable mod.....
until you understand and comprehend what you are doing, leave it the hell alone, this isnt childs play here
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so your volume buttons are broken?
just boot into download mode, flash back to stock with ODIN or Heimdall, whichever is easier for you to use, then leave your phone the fk alone, because you are compounding the problems by panicking.
its obvious that you havent truly understood what you have been flashing on your phone, and you are about to wind up with a pretty brick that will need to get sent to jtag/unbrickable mod.....
until you understand and comprehend what you are doing, leave it the hell alone, this isnt childs play here
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well said..
so have I lost all my apps? even flashing back to stock?.....and no, volume buttons are not broken.
i have the "firmware upgrade fail" and cant get into recovery...
OK! So i finally got the phone up and running late late last night. its on firmware 2.3.3 on build: cognition v2
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKF1-CL273832
its definitely GB; thats something obvious. yet, i cant shake the feeling that it still feels slow. i ran quandrant and its a shy 1040. I know, I know, quadrant scores dont mean anything, but still.... i would think it would be in atleast the 1300+ especially with the lagfix from cognition5.
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OK! So i finally got the phone up and running late late last night. its on firmware 2.3.3 on build: cognition v2
kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKF1-CL273832
its definitely GB; thats something obvious. yet, i cant shake the feeling that it still feels slow. i ran quandrant and its a shy 1040. I know, I know, quadrant scores dont mean anything, but still.... i would think it would be in atleast the 1300+ especially with the lagfix from cognition5.
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If you know quadrants mean nothing then why are you looking to get a higher score?
But in all seriousness, I think were all a little surprised to see that you have a working phone and even more so one with a custom rom. You need to read up on here before you start messing with things again or your going wind up with a brick.
let me quote Mr. Haley here
its obvious that you havent truly understood what you have been flashing on your phone, and you are about to wind up with a pretty brick that will need to get sent to jtag/unbrickable mod.....
until you understand and comprehend what you are doing, leave it the hell alone, this isnt childs play here
well said..
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Basically, nobody on here is going to offer you help until you attempt to help yourself. This isnt a support forum. None of it is. We are just kind enough to help you out. But its super annoying to see you put yourself in situations that we warned about then come back on here with OMG I THINK I BRICKED! So spend time reading and please realize we have 0 obligation to help if you brick.
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If you know quadrants mean nothing then why are you looking to get a higher score?
But in all seriousness, I think were all a little surprised to see that you have a working phone and even more so one with a custom rom. You need to read up on here before you start messing with things again or your going wind up with a brick.
let me quote Mr. Haley here
Basically, nobody on here is going to offer you help until you attempt to help yourself. This isnt a support forum. None of it is. We are just kind enough to help you out. But its super annoying to see you put yourself in situations that we warned about then come back on here with OMG I THINK I BRICKED! So spend time reading and please realize we have 0 obligation to help if you brick.
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Actually, it was me that said it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777
And I just agreed with him.
thaaaanks for the life lesson; but I wouldnt be able to sit here and tell you im Running a custom ROM unless i did do my research. The time differences between my posts was me literally finding and reading countless articles. I'm asking questions not figuring out fallacys..
Don't be so defensive, they weren't talking down to you and belittling, just making sure you don't end up in a worse situation. Looking out for your best interest.
I know that....If my posts were that bad at least show me the simple corrections.I know the value of my phone, ill deal with it if it comes to that and even then nothing has happened since. Regardless, I got out of the soft brick and now I'm on DG's 2.3.3.
Hey guys, THIS IS URGENT!
Ok, here's my problem. Over the past week i have been forced to reinstall my ROM/ROM'S several times. My Infuse will at times shut itself down and i will have to restart my phone. after i restart my phone i notice that all of the apps that i have on the phone that i have gotten from the marketplace will be grayed out and really not on my phone at all. this is getting really frustrating and if i had the money i would be visiting my AT&T store to get a windows phone. I love android and want to stay with it but i am getting pissed.
Do I need to ODIN back to stock or what? The phone will run for about a day and then it will just do what i described above. If I have to ODIN to stock then could someone please tell me how to do it because i have not had to deal with that yet. I would like to be running Zeus on my phone but that is when this whole ordeal started.
If someone could please help me with this i would greatly appreciate it. I really hope that someone has had this same problem. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Bassman
running on Zeus?
no running on dlevrom now...was running zeus and caty
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no running on dlevrom now...was running zeus and caty
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how did you get to dlev from zeus or caty?
what app were u running when it rebooted or crashed?
well i have a feeling that the way you worded that last post that i may fave effed this up myself.....heres how it went....i was on dlev first, then i flashed zeus, zeus did the missing apps, then i said screw this and went to caty, caty did it, and now back on dlev and it is losing apps....i know it's a crazy vicious circle but please tell me that i didnt do this myself and that it is just a fluke...
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well i have a feeling that the way you worded that last post that i may fave effed this up myself.....heres how it went....i was on dlev first, then i flashed zeus, zeus did the missing apps, then i said screw this and went to caty, caty did it, and now back on dlev and it is losing apps....i know it's a crazy vicious circle but please tell me that i didnt do this myself and that it is just a fluke...
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I have notice that crash mostly on zeus. sometimes it is triggered by tibu backups or different launcher or different setting of TW launcher with special animations etc.
This effect probably carried over from flashing other roms over zeus without proper factory reset or wipes.
go to my post on the q/a rom; use jordan's method of flashing the rom you want.
edit: here ya go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318160
i looked at the post that you gave me. is the method done by ODIN or heimdall? i am getting ready to bootcamp my mac so that i can try his method. after i do that method will i be able to run zeus again?
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i looked at the post that you gave me. is the method done by ODIN or heimdall? i am getting ready to bootcamp my mac so that i can try his method. after i do that method will i be able to run zeus again?
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his method is with odin.
(if you are familiar with heimdall, you can take the package apart and use heimdall).
on the last part, flash Zeus ROM
OK, I will give that a shot. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been reading about ODIN and a lot of the stuff that I have seen says that it is not safe for your phone. Is that the case? i would rather just take it back to stock and leave it there if i have a high risk of bricking my phone. Also I would like to thank you for helping me with this issue.
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OK, I will give that a shot. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been reading about ODIN and a lot of the stuff that I have seen says that it is not safe for your phone. Is that the case? i would rather just take it back to stock and leave it there if i have a high risk of bricking my phone. Also I would like to thank you for helping me with this issue.
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you're welcome.
SOFT bricking the infuse is pretty common. Easy to restore. According to Adam Outler, a bad bootloader flash is possible to HARD brick it.
I think if you're interested in using ROMs other than stock (what comes with the phone), learning how to use odin or heimdall is a must.
These tools will be need to restore your phone to it's original state.
There are some risks, but if used correcly, most are minimal.
I would venture to guess the devs and flashaholics odin their device more times than you can imagine.
It's a matter of comfort level.
In reality, I think the stock froyo or one of the GB leak stock is just fine.
I had a "funny post" in the q/a section you should read.
again thanks for all of your help. you definitely gave me a lot of insight and knowledge that i needed to know that i probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. i managed to get caty running. i tried to flash zeus and it bootlooped the samsung screen. so i just decided to go with caty. dlev just wasnt cutting it for me. you have been a huge help and i will definitely recommend this thread to other people who have had this problem.
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again thanks for all of your help. you definitely gave me a lot of insight and knowledge that i needed to know that i probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. i managed to get caty running. i tried to flash zeus and it bootlooped the samsung screen. so i just decided to go with caty. dlev just wasnt cutting it for me. you have been a huge help and i will definitely recommend this thread to other people who have had this problem.
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If you did get caty running again,
Before you do a whole lot, boot into cwm recovery.
Factory reset. Then wipe cache. Then goto advance. Wipe dalvik. Fix permission. Then reboot.
This should give you a relative clean slate.
Caty is also a very nice infuse base ROM. You're not really missing out on much. Just enjoy the phone. Leave the frequent flash to the flashaholics.
Gl
I did do all of that and the ROM seems to be running flawlessly. Thanks for your help man.
So earlier today i Dl'ed the new radio and its been down here from there.
I was able to get to odin before and i installed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601483
And i now cant use odin. I found from this thread what to do if i could get into odin (also cant get cwm)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
What should i do?
Does your phone work at all? It sounds like you might have bricked it using ODIN incorrectly. Did you leave "repartition" checked? If so, you shouldn't have.
Can you get into download mode at all? Does your PC recognize your phone? If you don't know what I'm talking about, you need to go to the "DEV" section and read all of the sticky threads, which you hopefully already did before you tried to do anything with your phone. Asking a bunch of questions about things you haven't taken the time to read about isn't going to help you at all.
Have you tried the "Odin Oneclick" leak"s" that have been released? They include ODIN in the install package.
You claim the Note radio flash derped your phone? It has been known to mess with phones but I haven't known of it bricking any phones. If so, have you tried to flash a different radio? You need to provide as much info as you can about what you did and read all of the threads that pertain to what it is you think you wanted to do. If you provide more acurate info, maybe someone can help (if you didn't brick your phone with ODIN). Good luck.
actually my phones all fixed now i did alot of research and fixed it
Thanks anyways
Correction im trying to get the lock screen/ power off menu solution thats all i need atm
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actually my phones all fixed now i did alot of research and fixed it
Thanks anyways
Correction im trying to get the lock screen/ power off menu solution thats all i need atm
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I'm happy to hear you are back up and running. I think the best thing to do is just stay away from the "Note" radio...its just not worth the risk.
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I'm happy to hear you are back up and running. I think the best thing to do is just stay away from the "Note" radio...its just not worth the risk.
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Are you sure you didn't mean to say "it's just note worth the risk. " XDDDDDDD
~PsyCl0ne
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its really not...im still trying to fix my homescreen and shutdown
I'm learning a hard lesson about the Note radio, too.
i just need to find some one with a full efs folder so i cant replace mine and ill be fine
I've updated my method, try again. If ur having write issues with efs, no guarantee that simply dropping it I'm with fix it. I think this new method will allow it to stick
Hey everyone, I'm new to android and tried something just to install a custom ROM. I flashed the kernel and tried to install a new one and I thought it was going well when I heard the woman talking through the phone, but apparently not... Now when the logo shows as it starts but it never makes it pass there.
It shows something like TV static and then reboots again and again.
It hasnt stopped since... I really feel bad cause i feel like a failure and thats the only good phone i have ever gotten...
Ive also tried the recovery mode, that doesnt work. The logo at startup gets brighter then reboots agaain ans again... Please help me.. Please asap so i can use it finally... Thanks alot
Oh sorry i forgot to state the phone specs , im new here...
Samsung Galaxy S 4G
2.2
Couldnt get it updated to 2.3
Thanks again guys.
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It shows something like TV static and then reboots again and again.
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As the cobwebs clear, that sounds like problems with bootloaders going from Froyo to Gingerbread. I vaguely remember something about "rainbow" screens if you didn't follow the right steps in the transition.
I think your best bet is getting the Heimdall "one-click" approach to work for you. If you don't have a custom recovery running, there aren't a lot of choices.
@lumin30 wrote up a great set of instructions that I would follow carefully.
It's pretty hard to hard-brick an SGS4G, so breath easier...
I'll give it a try, thanks!
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As the cobwebs clear, that sounds like problems with bootloaders going from Froyo to Gingerbread. I vaguely remember something about "rainbow" screens if you didn't follow the right steps in the transition.
I think your best bet is getting the Heimdall "one-click" approach to work for you. If you don't have a custom recovery running, there aren't a lot of choices.
@lumin30 wrote up a great set of instructions that I would follow carefully.
It's pretty hard to hard-brick an SGS4G, so breath easier...
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Thanks for answering so quickly, I'll be sure to go and try it out right now and see what happens. I really hope th phone connects to the computer atleast cause it keeps restarting itself... as I said I'm really new to Android I was just trying to update the kernel toget the ROM able to update so I can put on a custom one and get the apps that I really need that wouldn't work on 2.2
But Thank you very much , I'll get right on it and see what happens and say whether it worked or not