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Left Vibrant, New to G2X

He all! I just my G2X today and was wondering. Is it worth rooting yet with no cusom roms available? And if so, can someone point me in the right direction to accomplish this?
I came from the Vibrant and dont know where to start.
Any help, input and direction is greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to the club I was also a Vibrant owner before this.. So here is some quick info that may help save you some time searching.
If you plan on keeping the phone I would root it to get rid of unwanted apps but that is each users own opinion. If you do want to root it I would read this thread to make it easy. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039985
Also if you want to add ClockworkMod Recovery all you need to do is get the newest version of rom manager off the market and select flash ClockworkMod Recovery and the G2X will be the third device down.
After that set back and wait for the custom roms to show up and you will be ready to have all kinds of fun
Hope that helps *some*

uhm. I thought clockwork wasn't ready for us thru rom manager yet?
has it been updated?
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rich2thad said:
uhm. I thought clockwork wasn't ready for us thru rom manager yet?
has it been updated?
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Yes I already have it installed and it works fine
Edit: I am using the one off rom manager though*

tweezit said:
Yes I already have it installed and it works fine
Edit: I am using the one off rom manager though*
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So that means that we can create a Nandroid Backup? or the mounted internal memory as sd card will be a problem?

I knew to just wait and it would be a easier way to get clockwork recovery on my g2x using one click root v1.7 because the latest version 1.8 didn't work.plus I heard cyanogen mod 7 is only a couple weeks away
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Nevermind....found it

Well I just double checked and it still does not detect internal sd card.. Wanted to post this as soon as double checked as I was using my external. let me look through it more and I will keep you updated

Thanks for the friendly welcome and replies. Im gonna check out that link.
edit:
i downloaded all requested files. when i plug in my phone it starts to read it correctly but then i get a window saying it did not install properly. i clicked root anyway and it wont get past "waiting for phone". did i do something wrong?
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Market CWM doesn't seem to work.
Works after second application/reboot.
Great news!
-bZj

It appears that maybe, the drivers are for 64bit. And my windows is 32. Possibility?
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Looks like the pda link did the trick. Awesomeness! I have achieved ROOT! Thank you!
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Rom manager

I have ths samsung galaxy 4g and I brought the rom manager but it doesnt allow me to download roms. I cant even do a backup. My phone is rooted because I have a few rooted apps on my phone. Can anyone help me with this problem
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Please read before posting. Theres a topic for beta testing cwm. Krylon is still working on the project.
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wellingtonarmelin said:
I have ths samsung galaxy 4g and I brought the rom manager but it doesnt allow me to download roms. I cant even do a backup. My phone is rooted because I have a few rooted apps on my phone. Can anyone help me with this problem
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1st- We try to keep these kind of questions in the general section. The "Development" section is for actual roms, hacks, and mods. It gets kinda confusing, I know.
2nd- Rom Manager needs clockworkmod to work. As of right now It is not working for the sgs4g. As previously stated they are working on it.
3rd- There are no real "rom's" to speak of yet ported to our device. There are a couple in this section that are basically stock rom updates.
I would read ALLOT before starting to mod your phone. This will get you started, and you can read how to use odin in the vibrant section, just remember do not flash anything from that section.

Thank you and will do
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Thread closed, since there is already a topic opened.

Need a little help.

Not sure if this is the correct fourm but since i didnt see a tech support forum figured this might be the most logical spot to put it.
My current device is a Samsung galaxy s 4g
Carrier T mobile
Rom
[ROM][CWM] T959VUVKD1 - Deodexed FIXED
Flashed with Odin3 v1.7
The issue i had is i wanted to install the bali kernel onto the phone i downloaded the 2.1 kernel from the forums non UV version but i don't know how to flash it. I tried to find it in the forums but i don't really see any clear directions how to flash it some say clockwork don't have it don't know how to install it. Sorry for my nubness. Then i did try to flash it using odin3 which soft bricked the phone phone computer with a little line going though it. Fixed that without much issue.
Id like Try out non stock kernels and i love what u guys do with the roms but i guess im a little stumped cause i don't know how to eather a find the missing apps i needed or how to flash it properly though odin3. If im totally off the mark im sorry and please forgive me again for my noobness.

RaverX3X said:
Not sure if this is the correct fourm but since i didnt see a tech support forum figured this might be the most logical spot to put it.
My current device is a Samsung galaxy s 4g
Carrier T mobile
Rom
[ROM][CWM] T959VUVKD1 - Deodexed FIXED
Flashed with Odin3 v1.7
The issue i had is i wanted to install the bali kernel onto the phone i downloaded the 2.1 kernel from the forums non UV version but i don't know how to flash it. I tried to find it in the forums but i don't really see any clear directions how to flash it some say clockwork don't have it don't know how to install it. Sorry for my nubness. Then i did try to flash it using odin3 which soft bricked the phone phone computer with a little line going though it. Fixed that without much issue.
Id like Try out non stock kernels and i love what u guys do with the roms but i guess im a little stumped cause i don't know how to eather a find the missing apps i needed or how to flash it properly though odin3. If im totally off the mark im sorry and please forgive me again for my noobness.
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OK your probably gonna here some $h1t for not searching but I'll Hook you up. OK you need to go to the cwm final post by krylon360. That will get you cwm. Once u have cwm setup you will boot into recovery and select reinstall packages, this puts you into cwm.
Know to flash the kernel go to "install zip from sdcard" and locate the zip( Bali kernel ) and confirm installation. Let it do its thing and BAM you have Bali kernel. HOPE THIS HELPS YA.
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To navigate in recovery and cwm use the volume keys to go up and down and power to select.
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Hee hee hee............I'll be the first: **me giving you $hit for not reading**
Sorry, had to

mad_fitter said:
Hee hee hee............I'll be the first: **me giving you $hit for not reading**
Sorry, had to
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Can't say I didn't tell him so. Lol
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hey i did look but i guess i was looking for the wrong thing cause everything i came up seemed to be for different devices. Guess im a little more stumped cause the first file i downloaded off the fourm post i found seemed to be a html file? IF that is correct then ok ill go from there and i assume once i stick the zip file on the root of the sd card reboot to recovery mode and install it? This is what i was more confused about then anything.

RaverX3X said:
hey i did look but i guess i was looking for the wrong thing cause everything i came up seemed to be for different devices. Guess im a little more stumped cause the first file i downloaded off the fourm post i found seemed to be a html file? IF that is correct then ok ill go from there and i assume once i stick the zip file on the root of the sd card reboot to recovery mode and install it? This is what i was more confused about then anything.
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Here is what you want follow the post to the letter and you'll be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
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RaverX3X said:
hey i did look but i guess i was looking for the wrong thing cause everything i came up seemed to be for different devices. Guess im a little more stumped cause the first file i downloaded off the fourm post i found seemed to be a html file? IF that is correct then ok ill go from there and i assume once i stick the zip file on the root of the sd card reboot to recovery mode and install it? This is what i was more confused about then anything.
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After you get cwm taken care of check out this link and don't forget to hit the thanks button for krylon360, drhonk, luckyduck69, golmar88 and anyone else whose knowledge you partake in. and I would like to say " How are you, Rush Chairman, Damn glad to meet ya".............
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
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thanks i think ill work on this tomorrow tho thank u for the help i gotta get some type of sleep before work lol.. N kinda do need my phone for that ) Oh question does flashing the kernel make me have to re install everything again? i know flashing roms does wasn't so sure about changing out kernels.

RaverX3X said:
thanks i think ill work on this tomorrow tho thank u for the help i gotta get some type of sleep before work lol.. N kinda do need my phone for that ) Oh question does flashing the kernel make me have to re install everything again? i know flashing roms does wasn't so sure about changing out kernels.
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No, flashing a kernel will not make you have to reinstall anything.
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thanks for all your help now that i slept i got it lol phone running like a beast now

and that my friends is how this awesome dev got started. wow, he was more noob than i was. lol just messing with you bro. guess we all gotta start some where, huh?

Aww how cute lol noobish raver
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Haha. Good bump
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Lol he's came along way.
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lenny hodapp said:
Lol he's came along way.
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An inspiration to us all... And all the noobs out there, we all started somewhere, but with a lot of searching, reading, and doing **** yourself, anyone can do this stuff...lol

lol RaverX3X was a newbie back then ;-)
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Haha
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I remember those days.
You've come a long way in a short time raver!
Thank You for all you do!

LOL no doubt !
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<3 this bump.
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**NEW**ROOT|ROM|TUTORIALS sK4G bIBLE THREAD [6-18-11]

Since we are **FINALLY** starting to get some development. Id thought it would be a good ides to start a bible thread. Ill keep it updated as often as possible.
START HERE
To unlock the full potential of your new sidekick. Its best to ROOT with superoneclick, go into the market and install ROM Manager and then flash the recovery.​
----GUIDES----
ROOT w/ SuperOneClick This will allow you to gain SUPERUSER privlidges of your phone and do cool things like install custom roms
SIM-UNLOCKING THE SIDEKICK 4G This will allow you to use your sidekick with other network providers
Clockwork Mod Recovery(CWM) for the SIDEKICK 4G Since CWM is now added to ROM manager, you no longer need to follow this procedure
------ROMS------
[FROYO-THEMED]SmoothMaximus RC1
[FROYO-STOCK-TOUCHWIZ]STOCK Odexed T839UVKD1
[FROYO-STOCK-TOUCHWIZ-DEODEXED] STOCK DeOdexed KD1
[FROYO-STOCK-TOUCHWIZ-DEODEXED-NOCWM] Stock Rooted KD1
---KERNELS---
[EXT4-VOODOOSOUND-FROYO]Bali 1.0

sticky this please mods

No , it isn't worth a sticky tbh.

Fawk.. why you just jump off a bridge? Your a ****in troll.
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Im not trolling , look at this thread . It's very unorganized & all over the place , compare this and mine & who's trolling .

I think its worth a sticky in my opionion
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Look at mine then you would think not .

fawkReviewz said:
Look at mine then you would think not .
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Try again lol.....and use spellcheck next time lol

Oh my , he edited his thread . haha .

the line about CWM is inaccurate.. afaik the general consensus on CWM for now is it is best to install manually

What is all this?!?! HELP PLEASE

Hi,
This is my first ever Samsung phone, and let me just say. It very different from HTC.
-infact this isnt even my phone, its my mom's. And its laggy like crazy.
Could you guys explain some things to me,
- voodoo
- "red" cwm
- modems (im guessing radios)
- ODIN
Or even better if you guys can just walk me through on how to flash this one certain rom link
I know i sound like a noob, and i agree that i am in terms of Samsung phones.
THe phone is already rooted, and its running Stock + Root
So could you guys please help me, T_Mobile wont, but i know the helpful XDA community will.
Thanks Sooo Much in Advance!!!

Alankrut said:
Hi,
This is my first ever Samsung phone, and let me just say. It very different from HTC.
-infact this isnt even my phone, its my mom's. And its laggy like crazy.
Could you guys explain some things to me,
- voodoo
- "red" cwm
- modems (im guessing radios)
- ODIN
Or even better if you guys can just walk me through on how to flash this one certain rom link
I know i sound like a noob, and i agree that i am in terms of Samsung phones.
THe phone is already rooted, and its running Stock + Root
So could you guys please help me, T_Mobile wont, but i know the helpful XDA community will.
Thanks Sooo Much in Advance!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
Follow the link above to get cwm final. Make sure you push the files to the correct spot as mentioned in the post. After that just download icbinb and flash through cwm. Before your flash make sure your mounts are like so
Unmount cache
Mount data
Mount sdcard
Unmount system
This is how the mounts should look before you flash and before rebooting after the flash. Hope this helps ya and good luck
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GDofWR420 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374
Follow the link above to get cwm final. Make sure you push the files to the correct spot as mentioned in the post. After that just download icbinb and flash through cwm. Before your flash make sure your mounts are like so
Unmount cache
Mount data
Mount sdcard
Unmount system
This is how the mounts should look before you flash and before rebooting after the flash. Hope this helps ya and good luck
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Thanks, will try this when the phone is home
one more question, what is meant when they say disable voodoo? Is that part of clockworkmod?

I've been looking for a guide to help flashing with CWM as I've never used it to do so. Only Odin3 .. I want to try and flash KG6...

Alankrut said:
Thanks, will try this when the phone is home
one more question, what is meant when they say disable voodoo? Is that part of clockworkmod?
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With cwm final (orange cwm) there is no voodoo. But once you install the Bali kernel cwm will turn red and give you another option which is voodoo. Know to dissable voodoo you just need to navigate to voodoo once in cwm(red) and make sure it is dissabled. Youll see what everyone is talking about once you get a rom with Bali kernel or just flash Bali kernel with any froyo ROM.
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GDofWR420 said:
With cwm final (orange cwm) there is no voodoo. But once you install the Bali kernel cwm will turn red and give you another option which is voodoo. Know to dissable voodoo you just need to navigate to voodoo once in cwm(red) and make sure it is dissabled. Youll see what everyone is talking about once you get a rom with Bali kernel or just flash Bali kernel with any froyo ROM.
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Once again thanks my good man.
When i do install zip from sdcard it says "Can't mount /sdcard"
And i have the mounts all setup like u said, and the way the developer said...

Alankrut said:
Once again thanks my good man.
When i do install zip from sdcard it says "Can't mount /sdcard"
And i have the mounts all setup like u said, and the way the developer said...
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go to advanced.and reboot recovery and try once more.
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GDofWR420 said:
go to advanced.and reboot recovery and try once more.
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I appreciate all your help.
Ive tried this multiple times with multiple sd cards. Not making a difference. I will look into to this issue still.
Till then im just stuck on stock........
I dont really like Samsung anymore. This was soo much easier on HTC phones, no ODIN, no Voodoo, none of that stuff.......

im going to odin one more time, see if that helps
EDIT: Seems like it worked didnt give me any issues this time!!!!!
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH.
im going to hunt down all of your posts and "Thank" them all
But first let me let it reboot

Glad you got it. And just to give you the heads up it is rumored that kd1 has a bad system partition and has caused issues with other user myself included. I personally cant say that it is or if its just ghost in the machines but somtimes it ok and somtimes not. So I would recommend grabing the kc1 stock for Odin if you havent already.
Also if you plan on sticking with the sgs4g I would recommend checking out the sgs4g Bible in the developers section of our forum. I appreciate the thanks and happy modding
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GDofWR420 said:
Glad you got it. And just to give you the heads up it is rumored that kd1 has a bad system partition and has caused issues with other user myself included. I personally cant say that it is or if its just ghost in the machines but somtimes it ok and somtimes not. So I would recommend grabing the kc1 stock for Odin if you havent already.
Also if you plan on sticking with the sgs4g I would recommend checking out the sgs4g Bible in the developers section of our forum. I appreciate the thanks and happy modding
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+1... I would have just told him to spend some time reading on the site rather than asking someone to play tutor. You are clearly more patient than I am.

GKW212 said:
+1... I would have just told him to spend some time reading on the site rather than asking someone to play tutor. You are clearly more patient than I am.
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Well seeing as im a poor fella(as in not much money) this is how im trying to pay back the community for the great roms, mods and themes I use. Plus at one point we were all like wtf how do we do that? But its cool this is the only forum I visit or post on. Well this and rootzwiki. All you guys have helped me tremendously and I want to pass that help onto others. Happy modding sgs4g community.
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