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Im kinda a noob. I have flashed to several roms (currently on serendipity and loving it.) Everytime to change roms I flash back to stock with ODIN. Is there a faster/easier way to flash? Cuz right now it takes me like twenty mins to completely change roms (not counting reloading apps and system data.) Thanks in advance
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Not sure if there are faster ways, but when I flash roms I usually never flash back to stock.
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If you don't flash back to stock...what do u do?
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Flash the new rom over my current rom.
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U still need to clear data/ factory reset and clear cache right?
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normally u can just flash over previous ROMs w/o goin to stock when dealing with froyo ROMs sometimes u need to disable voodoo lagfix depending if the included kernel doesnt support it. but if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
if its a full wipe ROM then no need to wipe as the ROM install will do that itself

But I couldn't figure out how to make Captivate Recovery 3e work....so just use Eclair to flash to roms...
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CappyMan said:
But I couldn't figure out how to make Captivate Recovery 3e work....so just use Eclair to flash to roms...
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Have you checked the extended power button menu? Recovery might be right there then that's all you would do to get into clockworkmod recovery- which is what you want for flashing ROMs over one another. And like you said, wipe your caches and stuff. But this goes for 2.2, or 2.2.1, not to be done between froyo and gingerbread ROMs. There might be a way to do that, but for the now the safest way is to not do that. Stick to one firmware at a time.. that's the easiest safest way for a noob to get around and try different ROMs.

any self-respecting rom chef will make the update script wipe cache, system, data, and dalvik cache.....

pirateghost said:
any self-respecting rom chef will make the update script wipe cache, system, data, and dalvik cache.....
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10 char

Thanks
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CremeFraiche said:
if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
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cognition is the only rom with a bootloader in it (perhaps the froyo perception) ... All other froyo roms are fine.

CremeFraiche said:
if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
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studacris said:
cognition is the only rom with a bootloader in it (perhaps the froyo perception) ... All other froyo roms are fine.
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Just to clarify, if flashing to froyo from gingerbread, make sure the froyo package you are flashing doesn't contain any bootloaders. You do not need to go to stock jf6.
Froyo ROMs can run on gingerbread bootloaders, but if you mix a gingerbread bootloader with a froyo bootloader, you will brick your phone.
studacris said:
To check the rom for a secondary bootloader, open up the zip look in the updates folder if you see "sbl.bin" that would be the secondary bootloader. Don't flash that rom.
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twvance said:
Just to clarify, if flashing to froyo from gingerbread, make sure the froyo package you are flashing doesn't contain any bootloaders. You do not need to go to stock jf6.
Froyo ROMs can run on gingerbread bootloaders, but if you mix a gingerbread bootloader with a froyo bootloader, you will brick your phone.
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It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.

rubenoso said:
It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.
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As studacris said, cognition flashes a bootloader (i assume sbl.bin). So it seems that odin is not the only way to flash a bootloader.
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rubenoso said:
It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.
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You're incorrect on several points: 1.Cognition has a bootloader in a cwm zip, you can flash a bootloader without odin.
2.you can flash a rom with odin, going to stock is still a rom.
3. It can't have 3e AT ALL or you will get a signature error and the flash will fail.
4. You don't have both 2e/3e and cwm st the same time. cwm replaces stock recovery.
5. Like I mentioned before cognition has a froyo bootloader so you can't flash that with gingerbread ones or it is guaranteed to brick, you can all other roms though just not cog.

studacris said:
You're incorrect on several points: 1.Cognition has a bootloader in a cwm zip, you can flash a bootloader without odin.
2.you can flash a rom with odin, going to stock is still a rom.
3. It can't have 3e AT ALL or you will get a signature error and the flash will fail.
4. You don't have both 2e/3e and cwm st the same time. cwm replaces stock recovery.
5. Like I mentioned before cognition has a froyo bootloader so you can't flash that with gingerbread ones or it is guaranteed to brick, you can all other roms though just not cog.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the info. Its helpful to reduce the noobishness.

[ROM][CWM] KG4+Root 7/25/11 Airfluip1 Odexed

This is the Gingerbread KG4 leak + root.
This is completely stock and contains all bloat.
Instructions:
1. Odin Kd1 and KG4 Bootloaders(for Modded Recovery)
2. Boot into CWM recovery
3. Make sure mounts are correct
4. Flash via CWM
Let me know if any bugs are found.
Here is the Download
LINK

which odin file has the KG4 Bootloaders?

Infact,
Download and flash the leaked KG4.
It has the boot loaders.
Then flash Whitehawkx deodexed KD1.
You will now have the KG4 Bootloaders and the KD1 modded recovery.
Boot into recovery, load up CWM and flash. Let me know if you have any problems.

nice job flip ill have to tear it apart and lol do my majik
oh and if ur host gives issues let me know ill put it up on sourceforge for ya

Awesome! Is this the fixed root which does not break audio?
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Hey,
Thanks guys.
I haven't tested it myself.
I hope its root works
it may not even have a working root.
For best results, I know ChainsDD has a flash able super user.
Use that after flashing.
For the audio, this should have working audio.
It will reinstall all the root stuff without causing kernel issues.

VICosPhi said:
Awesome! Is this the fixed root which does not break audio?
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+1 on this too

I have working audio with the original root for gb not sure why you'res breaks
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airfluip1 said:
This is the Gingerbread KG4 leak + root.
This is completely stock and contains all bloat.
Instructions:
1. Odin Kd1 and KG4 Bootloaders(for Modded Recovery)
2. Boot into CWM recovery
3. Make sure mounts are correct
4. Flash via CWM
Let me know if any bugs are found.
Here is the Download
LINK
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Nice! good job!!!

dsexton702 said:
I have working audio with the original root for gb not sure why you'res breaks
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+1 no audio problems here with original root method. Flashed both zimages using heimdall.

airfluip1 said:
Infact,
Download and flash the leaked KG4.
It has the boot loaders.
Then flash Whitehawkx deodexed KD1.
You will now have the KG4 Bootloaders and the KD1 modded recovery.
Boot into recovery, load up CWM and flash. Let me know if you have any problems.
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I followed these steps but after i flashed it it got a boot loop... any idea?
It vibrates during the boot loops
I now pulled the battery and went to recovery but when it doesnt give me the option to reinstall packages and when i go to apply update from sdcard it says installation aborted

I will take a look tomorrow.
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brandond15 said:
I followed these steps but after i flashed it it got a boot loop... any idea?
It vibrates during the boot loops
I now pulled the battery and went to recovery but when it doesnt give me the option to reinstall packages and when i go to apply update from sdcard it says installation aborted
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+1 on this.. I get the exact same thing after flashing.

Ill just odin back to the leaked 2.3.4 until its working...if you need to test an updated one ill test it

kkoshko1 said:
+1 no audio problems here with original root method. Flashed both zimages using heimdall.
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Audio works fine for me except during startup boot animation and also during wifi calling. Turning volume to 100% only gives you an effect of 15% volume for wifi calling and no audio for startup animation.

I don't think Whitehawkx ODIN KD1 has the modified recovery.. I flashed that rom a few times, and always had to push the modded recovery file into system\bin to get CWM.
I think that's why you guys are boot looping.

well one of his KD1's has it, I always flash it when need to go from GB to a CWM rom. It always works.
The file name is called PDA_KD1.tar

ah, maybe I'm thinking of KC1 then. Whitehawkx KD1 was stated to sometimes cause a bad file system though, which can affect future ROM flashes.

help
after flashing this ROM, my hpoone gt at blurred sbootanimation and it keeps on rebooting. it seems that it ruined my ROM, help me please.

hey airfluip1 thank you very much for making this but i as well get a boot loop do you think you could make a odin flashable version of this please that would help me out alot thanks again for everything.

[Kernel][GB][KG4/KG6/KH2/KI1/KI3/KJ1] Stock Kernel + CWM + Voodoo EXT4 Lagfix

These are modded stock kernel from all gingerbread leak. I didn't change anything to these kernel, they are pure stock but did added few mods to it.
Things I added:
- CWM Recovery (Voodoo Red).
- Voodoo lagfix (it will convert /system, /data, and /cache partition to ext4 during first boot)
- Auto root (kernel will automatically root your GB ROM if its not rooted and install superuser.apk)
Installation procedure for RAW LEAK version:
- Install kernel using ODIN version, phone will reboot automatically.
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery).
- Disable voodoo
- Reboot
- Install busybox from market
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery)
- Enable voodoo
- Reboot
ODIN version:
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG6.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKH2.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI1.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI3.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1.tar
CWM Flashable:
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG6-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKH2-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI1-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI3-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1-unsigned-update.zip

Great work as usual dr. honk!
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ty honk as per usual
great work

Brilliant thank you dr honk and team whiskey!
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Thanks man for the hard work..
but have a problem do you flash this in phone,pda, or bootloader i tried all 4 option and it doesnt move what so ever

CozzaFrenzyy said:
Brilliant thank you dr honk and team whiskey!
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This is awesome drhonk is a genius.
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Oh man...!!!! Now I have to flash kg4 bootloaders
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Now im at a totally balnk screen still in download mode took the battery out put it back in and its a black screen still in DM..

Actually where can i find the bootloaders? I flashed hawks deodexed sans the bootloaders. will I have to extract from original leak? Or should I still be on froyo cause I can't get into recovery on this rom
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im flashing back to KD1 then ill flash the debloated version then ill odin this kernal see if that works

Damn! Now I have to switch to Gingerbread. Great work drhonk!
Thank You! You are the Man!

So... my kernel flash failed, and I got the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." message... Am I screwed? or should I still be able to enter download mode?
EDIT: Scratch that, it took a bit, but my phone appeared in Odin again. No worries
DOUBLE EDIT: This just flashes in the 'PDA' field right? I'm not doing anything wrong?

AThis sounds like good news, if only i understood what most of the stuff meant. Can someone give me accurate, precise directions on flashing this, it would be greatly appreciated. Current info: I'm on balil 3.3UV kernel, ICBINB, and kf2 modem. Thanks for all the help awesome community! Thanks to drhonk for making this kernel too!

mine still hangs wen i try to odin this file

richielasalsa said:
mine still hangs wen i try to odin this file
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That's what's happening to me. I wonder... if we replace the one in the leak and flash that, should it work?

Truly brilliant work drhonk. Thank you once again for your superior dev work on this phone.
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GDofWR420 said:
Truly brilliant work drhonk. Thank you once again for your superior dev work on this phone.
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I'm assuming that it worked perfectly for you?

which slot does this get flashed from bootloader, pda, phone, or csc
drhonk said:
This is a modded stock kernel from the latest gingerbread leak, UVKG4. I didn't change anything to the kernel, it's pure stock but did added few mods to it. In theory .. this kernel should work with any GB leak for SGS4G as long as you're still on Froyo bootloader or KG4 bootloader, otherwise you won't be able to get to recovery.
Things I added:
- CWM Recovery (Voodoo Red).
- Voodoo lagfix (it will convert /system, /data, and /cache partition to ext4 during first boot)
- Auto root (kernel will automatically root your GB ROM if its not rooted and install superuser.apk)
NOTE:
This is ODIN file, use ODIN to flash this kernel .. if you don't know how, google it.
T959VUVKG4_Kernel_CWM_Voodoo.tar
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Humans, (and some others),
To flash. Put it into PDA on ODIN, or extract it and put the zImage in Heimdall.

Thanks
airfluip1 said:
Humans, (and some others),
To flash. Put it into PDA on ODIN, or extract it and put the zImage in Heimdall.
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[ROM]SGH_I997 UCKL2(Rooted, Deodexed, and Busybox)(CRT off)

Heres the rooted version....
Rooted
Deodexed
Busybox installed
Crt off animation(cause stock is boring.. )
Installation:
1 Download zip
2 Boot into CWM
3 Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache
4 Choose zip from sd card
5 flash zip
6 reboot and let media scanner run and sit for a few and let it settlle and sync accounts.
7 Enjoy
To get video back flash stock kernel with sgs kernel flasher here:http://www.multiupload.com/PP69TXBEA5
UNPACK RAR AND FLASH ZIMAGE ONLY!
OKAY....I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY HAD THIS ISSUE, BUT TO BE SAFE, BEFORE FLASHING STOCK KERNEL , BOOT INTO CWM, SCROLL DOWN TO VOODOO AND DISABLE VOODOO LAGFIX. WHEN IT BOOTS YOU WILL HERE THE SEXY LADY DISABLING VOODOO. WHEN IT FULLY BOOTS BACK UP YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLASH STOCK KERNEL WITHOUT ISSUES.
ONCE AGAIN, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR PHONE SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS...
Download Rom Here

Thanks going to try it out
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Man you're fast. I just got the leak, didn't even have time to uncompress it.

Excellent. So if we flash the stock kernel and get video working again, what are we losing in the process? Sorry if this is a noobish question, I'm just now switching from galnet MIUI.

Shouldnt lose anything...and you will keep root also...
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You gain video and hdmi back. You may have to make a slight change to one of the void files if you lose access to your CD card.

I see. Thank you for the help! I was told about this file before, but when I tried editing it last time I messed it up... don't you edit the last value to a different number or something? Do you know what number that is? Thank you guys for the help, I really do appreciate it, what with all these awesome leaks. :]

Truckerglenn said:
You gain video and hdmi back. You may have to make a slight change to one of the void files if you lose access to your CD card.
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You will also lose your voodoo filesystem optimizations, init scripting support and the charginghacks/undervolt capabilities (if you like Entropy's kernel).

Well I enjoyed it for 5 minutes before going back to cm7 with thunder script but I still appericate the upload as something different always looking for my next rom fix.
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You either change a 3 to a 2 or a 2 to a 1 forget which right now.
Go here for the correct fix for the SD Card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19908483&postcount=24

Truckerglenn said:
You either change a 3 to a 2 or a 2 to a 1 forget which right now.
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If you have flashed the stock kernel and want external SD: In vold.fstab, in the line that starts with dev_mount sdcard1, change from mmc2 to mmc1

I feel pretty dumb right now. I flashed the leak and then uses sgs kernel flasher to flash the stock kernel and my phone is now stuck at the Samsung splash screen upon reboot. I let it sit there for about 10 minutes. Now, I can't even get back to recovery mode. Could someone provide some advice?

Did u pull the zimage out of the rar fike? or did you flash the rar file?? i posted in op to unpack the zimage from the rar file...i know it works becaise i flashed the stock kernel and am runni.g it now....running great actually
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devilock138 said:
I feel pretty dumb right now. I flashed the leak and then uses sgs kernel flasher to flash the stock kernel and my phone is now stuck at the Samsung splash screen upon reboot. I let it sit there for about 10 minutes. Now, I can't even get back to recovery mode. Could someone provide some advice?
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Don't you have to convert you file system back before flashing the stock rom?

Yes, I unpacked the zimage file from the .rar and sgs kernel flasher rebooted the phone automatically after applying it.
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rxnelson said:
Don't you have to convert you file system back before flashing the stock rom?
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I didn't realize that this used a different filesystem

No you dont...i didnt..runs great
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devilock138 said:
I didn't realize that this used a different filesystem
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Did you disable voodoo lagfix in recovery before flashing the stock kernel? Not doing that can cause issues, if I'm understanding this correctly.

You dont have to disable voodoo....all i did was flash thru sgs and it booted up fine...if you are stuck however then disabling voodoo might fix your problem
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jscott30 said:
Did you disable voodoo lagfix in recovery before flashing the stock kernel? Not doing that can cause issues, if I'm understanding this correctly.
EDIT: Nevermind - I don't know what I'm talking about in this case. That's not it.
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No, I don't believe I had any lagfixes.
I was running stock froyo with only root and cwm installed
I downloaded the .zip for the leak
booted into recovery and wiped data/cache/dalvik
flashed the leak
phone booted up fine
installed sgs kernel flasher from the market
extracted zimage file from the .rar in the op
used sgs kernel flasher to flash the kernel
phone rebooted and now stuck at samsung screen
I've pulled the battery and then tried to reenter recovery mode, but no dice
I am going to try unbrick through download mode and heimdal

Ok..well i didnt know you were coming from froyo...i dont know how flashing this from froyo would work since i cant even remember when i ran froyo last. I came from my catyrom....might need to be on gingerbread with gingerbread bootloaders ...
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Bootloaders and flashing stock?

Alright so when I want to flash stock using gtg unbrick then master clear.
Then move the rom to the sd card, then flash community kernal
Then wipe x3 then flash rom.
From what I get this is the best way to install froma clean slate but will I be on gb bootloaders?
thanks
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-bump bump bump-

I think if you're able to flash the ROM and it runs fine, you don't need anything else.
If you really wanted to make sure you have gb boot loader s, check out Adam outler's post one click uckj4 with boot loader s. Dev section

Wtf... you forgot 3e recovery..
And just flash the community kernel. Gb loaders and red cwm. Done...
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I really don't know about the Boot loaders with Infuse coz i never flashed any BL on it the way we did/do on captivate.
From Gtg you can flash any rom from the DEV section.......I am saying this from my own experience, Even i jump ROm to ROM without going back to stock and till today have not faced any problem. Last I flashed ZEUS over MIUI without a problem and is working GREAT.

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Wtf... you forgot 3e recovery..
And just flash the community kernel. Gb loaders and red cwm. Done...
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community kernal gives me red recovery
and your saying that community kernal includes gb bootloaders?

Yes community ker gives u red recovey.

rkkaranrk said:
Yes community ker gives u red recovey.
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Isn't it fine to flash from red recovery?
basically is what I'm doing correct or am I missing something?
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Yes u are fine with it just go ahead.
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if you ever flashed gb bootloaders then you still have them, lost1 posted some untested froyo bootloaders but noone really knows if they work or has included then in an Odin package, the kh1 froyo update has sbl.bin but I don't think it had boot.bin. I wouldn't recommend ever flashing it because I don't know if the froyo sbl.bin is compatible and would assume not.
if you want gb bootloaders then flash a gb leak from prezkret then flash stock. if you are OK with heimdall then I have gb bootloaders in a package for it. once you are on gb bootloaders I suggest keeping them on there.

Dani897 said:
if you ever flashed gb bootloaders then you still have them, lost1 posted some untested froyo bootloaders but noone really knows if they work or has included then in an Odin package, the kh1 froyo update has sbl.bin but I don't think it had boot.bin. I wouldn't recommend ever flashing it because I don't know if the froyo sbl.bin is compatible and would assume not.
if you want gb bootloaders then flash a gb leak from prezkret then flash stock. if you are OK with heimdall then I have gb bootloaders in a package for it. once you are on gb bootloaders I suggest keeping them on there.
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thanks for the info
what do you mean by "once you are on gb bootloaders I suggest keeping them on there"
like what exactly would move me back to froyo bl ? would using gtg unbrick move me back to froyo bootloaders or you mean actually flashing another set of them?

The_Zodiac said:
thanks for the info
what do you mean by "once you are on gb bootloaders I suggest keeping them on there"
like what exactly would move me back to froyo bl ? would using gtg unbrick move me back to froyo bootloaders or you mean actually flashing another set of them?
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no only the kh1 leak and the dump from lost1 had any bootloaders. you would have to do it intentionally. just wasn't sure if you wanted information on returning everything to stock for warranty reasons.

Dani897 said:
no only the kh1 leak and the dump from lost1 had any bootloaders. you would have to do it intentionally. just wasn't sure if you wanted information on returning everything to stock for warranty reasons.
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thanks i was just trying to make sure