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[Q] Help me please!

The other day I updated my phone to 2.3.4 using odin. after that I had a horrible wifi signal and i kept losing my data connection all together. So I flashed back to Froyo 2.2.1. I am so confused because my phone kept force closing, I did a factory reset and it stopped but it says my kernal version is 2.6.32.9...is that normal? Also how do I go about flashing a good rom to my phone? The way it is now it is soooo slow which is why i updated to the 2.3.4...any information would be helpful as I am ready to throw my phone out the window.

pammiecaykz said:
The other day I updated my phone to 2.3.4 using odin. after that I had a horrible wifi signal and i kept losing my data connection all together. So I flashed back to Froyo 2.2.1. I am so confused because my phone kept force closing, I did a factory reset and it stopped but it says my kernal version is 2.6.32.9...is that normal? Also how do I go about flashing a good rom to my phone? The way it is now it is soooo slow which is why i updated to the 2.3.4...any information would be helpful as I am ready to throw my phone out the window.
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Which 2.3.4 ROM did you flash via ODIN? KG4/KG6 both show less wifi signal but I actually haven't seen a difference in speed. I'm on this one right now:
[ROM] Stock Deodexed T959VUVKG4 with Root [Gingerbread 2.3.4][7.26.2011]--Whitehawkx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187293
The way to properly get to that is by doing the following:
1. ODIN
[ROM-Leak][ODIN] Gingerbread 2.3.4 T959VUVKG4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183413
2. Then boot up like normal and wait for it to load up into the system.
3. Turn off your phone again (shutdown) and put it back into download mode.
4. ODIN this to get CWM+Root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032 (use the ODIN version)
5. Keep lagfix disabled via the voodoo menu in recovery after you flash the CWM+root+Voodoo EXT4 package in the link in step 4.
6. Boot into the system. It's up to you, I flashed this
[ROM] Stock Deodexed T959VUVKG4 with Root [Gingerbread 2.3.4][7.26.2011]--Whitehawkx
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1187293
Which is a deodexed build which allows you to theme etc.
Some people have had issues getting onto EXT4 partitions while on a gingerbread ROM. I had a few issues myself. Needless to say there are several places to read about how to get EXT4 working on all partitions if you want to.
Best of luck, hope this helps.

Well to be completely honest, I don't know anything about partitions. All I know is that I updated my phone and then all of a sudden I had a horrible wifi connection and my data connection would just drop out all together and say "searching". I would have to reboot my phone 2 or 3 times to get it working again. What is a good rom to update to? Is have the kernal build that I do going to be an issue?

pammiecaykz said:
Well to be completely honest, I don't know anything about partitions. All I know is that I updated my phone and then all of a sudden I had a horrible wifi connection and my data connection would just drop out all together and say "searching". I would have to reboot my phone 2 or 3 times to get it working again. What is a good rom to update to? Is have the kernal build that I do going to be an issue?
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Please read the post above and follow the steps and links and you will be fine

[Q] EP1W

I am running de-bloated EP1W on droid charge, and i was wondering if i can install CWM recovery onto the phone with this 2.3.4
cause i tried earlier today, and i thought i bricked my phone, but after 1 hour of trying, i was able to install fresh copy of ep1w.
i tried to install CWM with odin 1.82
any suggestions how to make this happen?

[email protected] said:
I am running de-bloated EP1W on droid charge, and i was wondering if i can install CWM recovery onto the phone with this 2.3.4
cause i tried earlier today, and i thought i bricked my phone, but after 1 hour of trying, i was able to install fresh copy of ep1w.
i tried to install CWM with odin 1.82
any suggestions how to make this happen?
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there shouldn't be a problem with that... put the CWM file in PDA, keep battery in and uncheck the 'auto reboot' and flash away but keep in mind it'll be one time use since there's no custom kernel
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

ep1w
ya when i finished the flash, i got into a bootloop on the SAMSUNG logo.

anoninja118 said:
there shouldn't be a problem with that... put the CWM file in PDA, keep battery in and uncheck the 'auto reboot' and flash away but keep in mind it'll be one time use since there's no custom kernel
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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imoseyon has a custom kernel with ext4 autoconversion and init.d scripting support posted over at rootzwiki. It doesn't have a lot of tweaking since we still don't have source, but I can verify that those two things definitely work.

[email protected] said:
ya when i finished the flash, i got into a bootloop on the SAMSUNG logo.
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it bootloops right after you unplug it? flashing CWM shouldn't affect anything with how the phone boots
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

anoninja118 said:
it bootloops right after you unplug it? flashing CWM shouldn't affect anything with how the phone boots
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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yes, it bootlooped right after flashing CWM onto EP1W. and after it bootlooped, i tried flashing a fresh EP1W with Odin 1.82, and it didnt want to do it. I was finally able to flash EP1W with Odin 1.85.
2 questions,
1. is there a stock recovery available to flash if i run into this problem again?
2. off topic- is there a Samsung Media Hub APK available for the de-bloated version of EP1W.

LINK
shrike1978 said:
imoseyon has a custom kernel with ext4 autoconversion and init.d scripting support posted over at rootzwiki. It doesn't have a lot of tweaking since we still don't have source, but I can verify that those two things definitely work.
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do you have a link?
Thanks.

[email protected] said:
do you have a link?
Thanks.
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http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php...rnel-(leaked-stock-repacked-v1.0.5ext4-9-6-11)

[email protected] said:
2. off topic- is there a Samsung Media Hub APK available for the de-bloated version of EP1W.
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Media Hub for Fascinate from the Market has always worked in the past. I can't verify it for sure on EP1W and imoseyon 1.0.5 since my phone isn't on me, but it definitely worked on EP1Q.

Personally, I used Odin v1.83 to load EP1W and then I flashed the imunts CWM 08-17-11 version after that with no problems at all.
However, here is what I did:
After entering Download Mode on the phone, and before starting the flash, I put the battery back into the phone!
Also, I unchecked those two options (auto reboot and reset time)
When both Odin and the phone showed that flashing was completed, I removed the USB and then removed the battery.
I fully loaded EP1W using this method, then I booted up the phone and let it fully boot.
I shutdown the phone and put it back into Download Mode and did the CWM separately. I did not try to flash the EP1W and CWM at the same time.

ya, i didnt try flashing at the same time either, it was days apart, first EP1W, then CWM.
i already had EP1Q, but apparently when i flashed over from EP1Q to EP1W, my CMW was gone, thats why i wanted to flash it onto my phone again.

shrike1978 said:
Media Hub for Fascinate from the Market has always worked in the past. I can't verify it for sure on EP1W and imoseyon 1.0.5 since my phone isn't on me, but it definitely worked on EP1Q.
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find Nitros Eclipse GB thread in development he has a download link in the OP
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

Accessing Toolbox via Term? And GB 2.3 Q's

Okay ... Don't laugh at me !! Have had the Charge since release date. This whole time I have been running stock rooted EE4 with CWM Voodoo Lagfix. I had to have a replacement phone sent to me as my CDMA radio died. Phone still worked on LTE radio. CDMA would be intermittent at best.
On to my question. I am planning to give GB a try and I am reading in threads about the toolbox and to access it via Term? I am assuming term is terminal function. This part is entirely new to me. Could someone point me to some term primers so I can research this?
Also, I have downloaded and extracted my Bloated_EG2__Gingerbread_ ODIN. Then I have
GummyCharged_GBE_2.0
GummyChargedGBE2.1
CWM_Recovery4008
I am assuming the EG2 includes CWM. If not, which will be easy enough to find out when I go to enter recovery, I will install the CWM I have downloaded. From what it appears to me, GBE_2.1 is an update to GBE_2.0 .... Thus I assume I need to install 2.0 followed by 2.1
Does this include voodoo lagfix? Or is that not needed when I up the phone to GB 2.3?
Just trying to sort this out and be informed before I start flashing this thing. The phone is stock out of the box EE4 as of right now.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanx In Advance,
Steve

Chopstix9 said:
Okay ... Don't laugh at me !! Have had the Charge since release date. This whole time I have been running stock rooted EE4 with CWM Voodoo Lagfix. I had to have a replacement phone sent to me as my CDMA radio died. Phone still worked on LTE radio. CDMA would be intermittent at best.
On to my question. I am planning to give GB a try and I am reading in threads about the toolbox and to access it via Term? I am assuming term is terminal function. This part is entirely new to me. Could someone point me to some term primers so I can research this?
Also, I have downloaded and extracted my Bloated_EG2__Gingerbread_ ODIN. Then I have
GummyCharged_GBE_2.0
GummyChargedGBE2.1
CWM_Recovery4008
I am assuming the EG2 includes CWM. If not, which will be easy enough to find out when I go to enter recovery, I will install the CWM I have downloaded. From what it appears to me, GBE_2.1 is an update to GBE_2.0 .... Thus I assume I need to install 2.0 followed by 2.1
Does this include voodoo lagfix? Or is that not needed when I up the phone to GB 2.3?
Just trying to sort this out and be informed before I start flashing this thing. The phone is stock out of the box EE4 as of right now.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanx In Advance,
Steve
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EG2 is really old, you may want to go with a more recent GB leak like EP1Q/EP1W/EP3H... second no rom packages include CWM but are for the most part all rooted, CWM you will have to install with Odin after the rom then flash Gummy 2.0 and the 2.1 patch with a bootup between each rom flash to make sure it worked properly
edit: probably should've answered more questions Gummy 2.0 has a kernel with voodoo lagfix so it will enable after flashing the rom on first bootup, also the command terminal is fairly straightforward to use, I think the Gummy rom threads have a how-to in the OP on basic terminal commands... also as for your radio not working, it was probably a 4G sim issue as the CDMA and LTE radios are both controlled by the sim so if one doesn't work the other won't either, there may just not be as strong a CDMA signal so it seemed like it wasn't working

Great info thanx .... now when I go to update to 2.0, from the reading and even watching the video, I am going to delete all caches prior to flashing the 2.0 ... with the 2.1 just being a patch, can I just install it after verifying 2.0 works? Or should I delete the big 3 again before that one?

Chopstix9 said:
Great info thanx .... now when I go to update to 2.0, from the reading and even watching the video, I am going to delete all caches prior to flashing the 2.0 ... with the 2.1 just being a patch, can I just install it after verifying 2.0 works? Or should I delete the big 3 again before that one?
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just cache and dalvik I think (might not even need that but I'd probably do it to be safe), don't delete data or it will wipe Gummy off and you'll have to reflash

Voodoo Lagfix and others after GB Update?

Okay ... So I am about to update to the latest pushed version. Am rolling back to EE4 now and have the update.zip on my card. What about CWM? Does my current version I've been using with my Gummy Charged 2.1 work with it? I have the Imosyn (sp) kernel on my card that I will apply after the update to 2.3.6 for root, as I understand it.
Are there any Gummy's or anything that are going to work after the 'official' update?

You don't use CWM with the update. You use stock recovery.
Gummy is EP1W. If you install it over the OTA, you'll bring yourself right back down to EP1, and the update will be pointless. You can get lagfix by running imoseyon kernel. It's EP4. It's slightly older EP4, but I haven't had any issues.

shrike1978 said:
You don't use CWM with the update. You use stock recovery.
Gummy is EP1W. If you install it over the OTA, you'll bring yourself right back down to EP1, and the update will be pointless. You can get lagfix by running imoseyon kernel. It's EP4. It's slightly older EP4, but I haven't had any issues.
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Thank you sir! Phone is updating now. I will apply the imoseyon kernel after it's done. Lagfix is the main thing anyhow, I can nuke the bloatness with my Titanium.

now I'm confused .... I no longer have CWM recovery. How am I to apply the imoseyon kernel via stock recovery? Can I just rename it as update.zip?

By taking it back to stock EE4 and installing the update, one of the things it did was restore the default recovery environment.
Go back into ODIN and install CWM, don't use Auto-Reboot. When it's done flashing, turn the phone off and hold the button combinations to start the phone into CWM. Flash iMoseyOn's kernel and you're done at that point.

trparky said:
By taking it back to stock EE4 and installing the update, one of the things it did was restore the default recovery environment.
Go back into ODIN and install CWM, don't use Auto-Reboot. When it's done flashing, turn the phone off and hold the button combinations to start the phone into CWM. Flash iMoseyOn's kernel and you're done at that point.
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Ahhhh.... it's @ the Sammy screen and she's talking to me! Looks like all is good while it re-writes the allocation tables. Thanx again, appreciate the heck out of the help.

hmmm .... I guess all is not well ... I installed the kernel but I don't have root. I installed superuser from the market and then Titanium and when opening Titanium I have no root .... what next?

Chopstix9 said:
hmmm .... I guess all is not well ... I installed the kernel but I don't have root. I installed superuser from the market and then Titanium and when opening Titanium I have no root .... what next?
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You SHOULD have root since the kernel is your root method. Have you tried restarting?
Sent from my SCH-I510 using xda premium

Yeah I sure have. The kernel I used is imoseyon_kernel_charge_gb_4.0.0 ... not rooted .... guess I need to drop five yards and punt (do it all over)
Edit: The one thing I did not do prior to rolling back to EE4 was to do the big 3 wipe of data/cache/etc ..... maybe that's the problem?

Chopstix9 said:
Yeah I sure have. The kernel I used is imoseyon_kernel_charge_gb_4.0.0 ... not rooted .... guess I need to drop five yards and punt (do it all over)
Edit: The one thing I did not do prior to rolling back to EE4 was to do the big 3 wipe of data/cache/etc ..... maybe that's the problem?
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Try installing Superuser from the Market? imosyeon kernel should have installed binary and apk, but maybe it missed part of it. If all else fails, flash the superuser zip from CWM.
http://www.toms-world.org/android/download/http/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip

Yes, I had installed SU from the market and didn't have root. I had an SU zip saved on my desktop .... su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed .... I put that on the sd and installed it and I am rooted !!
Thanx Again

I love Lagfix and Voodoo Sound, but I'm currently running the stock kernel. I read in other forum discussion that Samsung designs their kernels to work with their OS revisions. People have said they're getting the best performance with the stock kernel.
Until IMoseyOn releases a new kernel based on the EP4D source that was released, I'm going to stick with stock.
Just some food for thought.

KarateExplosion6 said:
I love Lagfix and Voodoo Sound, but I'm currently running the stock kernel. I read in other forum discussion that Samsung designs their kernels to work with their OS revisions. People have said they're getting the best performance with the stock kernel.
Until IMoseyOn releases a new kernel based on the EP4D source that was released, I'm going to stick with stock.
Just some food for thought.
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My concern was updating to 2.3.6 and having root. (on the road all day and need wireless tethering so outlook is open on laptop) Using the tad older imoseyon kernel gave me that, plus lagfix, which I have liked since this phone hit the market. I'm good for now, I can always update when the latest and greatest comes out.

Chopstix9 said:
My concern was updating to 2.3.6 and having root. (on the road all day and need wireless tethering so outlook is open on laptop) Using the tad older imoseyon kernel gave me that, plus lagfix, which I have liked since this phone hit the market. I'm good for now, I can always update when the latest and greatest comes out.
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I have root on the stock kernel bro. Did a clean EE4 install, skipped as much set up as possible, ran update.zip in stock recovery, ODIN flashed imnuts' latest CWM recovery with auto-reboot disabled, booted directly into CWM recovery, flashed the latest SU zip, then ran setup as normal. Boom! Root.
Completely clean install, latest OS and kernel, root, plus tether works and everything.
Right now I'm just waiting on imnuts' TW4 theme to launch (he's estimating Sunday). Hopefully I can install that theme over a debloated and deodexed version of the latest OTA. It won't be long before IMoseyOn releases a kernel built from source that enables Lagfix. That's really all I'm missing, since Voodoo Control lets me load most of Voodoo Sound on top of the stock kernel.
What I'm REALLY looking forward to is an release of Liberty for the Charge or something AOSP if we ever get the 4G RIL sorted out... This things will take considerable time though.

It just doesn't matter ... In all honesty I liked the feel of the Gummy GBE 2.1 better than this stock ginger ... but again, it just doesn't matter to me. Functionality is all I care about, it's only a damn phone !!!

I loaded up the debloated/deodexed/rooted all-in one package danalo posted in development, flashed perfectly and after a wipe in CWM on first boot seems to be running fine except for the poop
sent from my Acer Iconia A500 beast of a tablet via XDA app

KarateExplosion6 said:
I have root on the stock kernel bro. Did a clean EE4 install, skipped as much set up as possible, ran update.zip in stock recovery, ODIN flashed imnuts' latest CWM recovery with auto-reboot disabled, booted directly into CWM recovery, flashed the latest SU zip, then ran setup as normal. Boom! Root.
Completely clean install, latest OS and kernel, root, plus tether works and everything.
Right now I'm just waiting on imnuts' TW4 theme to launch (he's estimating Sunday). Hopefully I can install that theme over a debloated and deodexed version of the latest OTA. It won't be long before IMoseyOn releases a kernel built from source that enables Lagfix. That's really all I'm missing, since Voodoo Control lets me load most of Voodoo Sound on top of the stock kernel.
What I'm REALLY looking forward to is an release of Liberty for the Charge or something AOSP if we ever get the 4G RIL sorted out... This things will take considerable time though.
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Care to make a thread of what you done? Files used? I want to re-root my Charge, but want to keep the latest ota update and radios. Main question is the "update.zip" file?

iMoseyOn has stated that he's not going to be developing kernels anymore due to him having to turn in all of his phones to his old employer. He's taken up a new job and because of that he has to return his phones, including the Droid Charge.

trparky said:
iMoseyOn has stated that he's not going to be developing kernels anymore due to him having to turn in all of his phones to his old employer. He's taken up a new job and because of that he has to return his phones, including the Droid Charge.
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Yeah, I read last night. Awful news. I hope someone can just get us full Voodoo and EXT4 support. I don't absolutely need OC/UV, but it'd be nice...
In other bad news, imnuts is getting a Galaxy Nexus and only pledging support for the Charge for "a few more months."
Let's hope JT and the gang can get this RIL figured out, so we can at least have Team Douche to continue development with CM 7.2 and CM 9...
Sent from my SCH-I510 using xda premium

Damn. And I thought it couldn't get any worse with iMoseyOn leaving. And now we have imnuts leaving too? It just went from bad to worse in a matter of 48 hours!
Guess I better get used to just using the stock kernel.

Upgrade to FP1 question (any issues with this method?)

Inherited a Droid Charge running GummyCharged 2.1 from my housemate.
I want to switch to Eclipse 2.0. I know in order to run FP1 builds, you need to run stock kernel if you want wifi. Except, I also noticed that the PBJ kernel recently fixed the wifi issue.
I'm under the impression you're told to revert to stock, run OTA update, then flash your FP1 ROM so you have the latest stock kernel.
Or is there more to it than the kernel?
I'd rather skip the revert/flash/etc/etc, I updated to the latest CWM, made a backup, factory restored, wiped cache/dalvik, flashed ROM, flashed kernel, rebooted, everything seems fine (wifi working no issues). But... that doesn't mean that it is.
EDIT: Yeah, my baseband in About Phone shows i510.06 V.EE4 SCH-I510.EE1, which is what it was before. Can I get just the baseband?
Thanks!
By the way, I don't care about carrier signal at all, this phone got wet and no longer accepts SIM cards. The other functions still work, so I'm using it on wifi and I'm trying to re-purpose the device to be a portable offline GPS for hiking. But I did read that FP1 gets better GPS locks, which is part of why I want to run it.

U cant get the fp1 upgrade on a cstom rom. U have to go back to stock n get the ota upgrade. I suggest usin titanium to back up ur stuff then flash what u want. Stock fp1 or pjb 5/24 r both good, but u gta get back to factory first.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA

Actually, I figured "what you do do well" and I decided to follow the suggested directions. I used ODIN, restored to stock EP4... and couldn't get past the main screen. Can't read SIM cards, so can't get past the activate screen. I then flashed back an FP1 rom, the latest PBJ kernel, and [attempted] to use the EP4 to FP1 patch, which hung and failed.
It looks like if I want to get my baseband to FP1, I'll have to jump through hoops (maybe flashing a stock EP4 pre-rooted ROM from ODIN? maybe?) Regardless, since the CDMA antenna in this thing is useless anyway, I'm just gonna skip it.
Thank you for your reply!

Well, now that you have borked your phone a bit, go and download the EP4 ODIN package and flash it (in ODIN or SamsungPST). Might not be a bad idea to flash the PIT while you're at it. You'll probably have to flash CWM, and then PBJ from within CWM (stock kernel overwrites it) Then go and try flashing your ROM of choice again (cough *tweaked* cough), either in ODIN (with the respective package) or CWM. (again with the proper package).
http://www.imnuts.org/odin-packages/
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thanks kvswim, that's pretty much exactly what I did yesterday. I'm even running Tweaked 2.1
It's too bad, I really prefer the theme of Eclipse, but I just couldn't handle the lack of TSM Parts.