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Kaoscinate on mesmerize

I don't know if anyone has tried this but I've been running kasoinate on my mesmerize since his v0 release. If you want to try it make sure you were already on a voodoo kernal. Download kaos's kernal and Tom from the fascinate forum. Boot into cwm and wipe,than run the rom zip first than the kernal zip. Make sure you install gapps also. Reboot and you should be in froyo heaven.
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This works but do it at your own risk. Im working on a mesmerize build so if you can wait a few hours I may have something up for you all that is a little safer.
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Awesome I can't wait to try it. Its not that dangerous if your comfortable with cwm and you can always revert back to your mesmerize voodoo kernal and nandroid backup. And of course we have Odin. But I can't wait to try your rom..keep up the great work!!
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Are you referring to the [ALPHA] rom located in the Fascinate forum?
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palisoulja1 said:
Awesome I can't wait to try it. Its not that dangerous if your comfortable with cwm and you can always revert back to your mesmerize voodoo kernal and nandroid backup. And of course we have Odin. But I can't wait to try your rom..keep up the great work!!
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There have been issues even with people on the fascinate getting boot-loops after messing with that ROM. It's only a soft brick, but, you must remember, there are a lot of people who would piss their pants at the sight of a frozen Samsung logo.. We don't really want to encourage flashing things labeled for another device onto a different device. If the other ROM say had a Verizon radio in it.. well, it wouldn't turn out well. In this case, that is not a problem, but that's not always the case.

If Koasinate works, what about jt's stableish froyo build he released a couple of weeks ago?
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Any aosp rom for the fascinate should work, they just need to be compiled using files pulled from a mesmerize.
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where can i find TOM and what is it? lol

Lol I don't think you'll find Tom, he's extremely elusive!
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now how do I go back lol?
I have a nandroid backup but it didn't work

Boot into CWM, wipe your device, install the vodoo kernal for your mesmerize than install your nandroid back up by goint to backup and restore and hitting restore and picking the most recent nandroid backup. In my case if I wasnt able to wipe or install I would have to do a battery pull and boot into CWM once or twice. Hope that helps.

palisoulja1 said:
Boot into CWM, wipe your device, install the vodoo kernal for your mesmerize than install your nandroid back up by goint to backup and restore and hitting restore and picking the most recent nandroid backup. In my case if I wasnt able to wipe or install I would have to do a battery pull and boot into CWM once or twice. Hope that helps.
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go through the whole voodoo install process again or just go into cwm and install voodoo again?

go into cwm and install vodoo again than do a nandroid restore, if you try to stay on kasocinates kernal youll get an md5 mismatch when trying to do a nandroid restore

palisoulja1 said:
go into cwm and install vodoo again than do a nandroid backup, if you try to stay on kasocinates kernal youll get an md5 mismatch when trying to do a nandroid restore
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it just freezes at samsung now

after you do the vodoo kernal install the nandroid backup in cwm, this should go through the whole process of restoring your nandroid backup and than reboot through CWM and it should get you past the samsung screen.

palisoulja1 said:
after you do the vodoo kernal install the nandroid backup in cwm, this should go through the whole process of restoring your nandroid backup and than reboot through CWM and it should get you past the samsung screen.
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I did a complete wipe then install zip from sdcard select 1221 test voodoo then blue letters come up then samsung comes up and phone freezes.

Ok now do the nandroid restore.
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palisoulja1 said:
Ok now do the nandroid restore.
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i have to pull the battery again to get back into recovery. is that right? thanks for your help im freakin

says mismatch
also it says cant mount no such file or directory, when I try to wipe

try pulling the battery and redoing the wipe again....if this is not working for you I suggest just resetting your phone back to stock with odin, the instructions are in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881064 dont freak out too much, your phone is still recoverable. just read everything in the link and you should be back to stock in a matter of 10 minutes. hope this helps

Need a little help doing a nandroid backup.

I'm currently rooted with everything else stock. I've decided I want to try the Bali Kernel, so I thought the first thing I should do before anything else is a backup. So I downloaded Rom Manager and followed the steps from here.
so when I ran Back Up Current Rom, I got the following. See screen shot. Is there something in that guide that is missing?

Also, someone in a similar thread said to choose Reinstall Packages. I tried that and got this. See screen shot.

you have to press reinstall packages then go to backup and restore and make a backup... and if you get that error you could try replacing the recovery file in system and then trying it again

First thing is to ditch rom manager. It has issues with the sgs4g and will give you a headache and little else. Second go to the development section and find krylons cwm final thread and follow it to the letter.
It looks like you don't have clockworkmod installed and you need this to do what you are trying.
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Exodian said:
First thing is to ditch rom manager. It has issues with the sgs4g and will give you a headache and little else. Second go to the development section and find krylons cwm final thread and follow it to the letter.
It looks like you don't have clockworkmod installed and you need this to do what you are trying.
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Ok, so I followed the instructions. Replaced the Recovery file and put update.zip on the root of the sdcard. But I still needed Rom Manager to run the back up. Then did the reinstall packages again and this time it went in recovery to do the back up, and it worked.
If I didn't reinstall Rom Manager, how else would I have run a back up. I followed this guide that worked for the sidekick 4g.

you do not need rom manager at all.
do the update and recovery file go to recovery screen reinstall packages then you can goto backup and restore and either back up a rom or restore one

jdubb1106 said:
you do not need rom manager at all.
do the update and recovery file go to recovery screen reinstall packages then you can goto backup and restore and either back up a rom or restore one
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Got it thanks. I noticed the Galaxy S 4G is one of the phones in the Flash recovery list in Rom Manager. So would it be correct to say that the update to Rom Manager to support the SGS4G did not work? Hence, needing to manually install the recovery and update.zip files.

How do I get all my apps after flashing CM7

Hi,
Soooo.. I flashed CM7 for the first time ever..... woo hoo. but now all my apps, and everything from the stock are gone. Is there a way to load everything from stock onto the CM7? I tried doing a restore from NVFLASH but that just brought back the stock so how do I just keep everything the same but running the CM7.
Thanks guys

johnnyp500 said:
Hi,
Soooo.. I flashed CM7 for the first time ever..... woo hoo. but now all my apps, and everything from the stock are gone. Is there a way to load everything from stock onto the CM7? I tried doing a restore from NVFLASH but that just brought back the stock so how do I just keep everything the same but running the CM7.
Thanks guys
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Well, if you had made a nandroid before you flashed, and could restore it (not sure when you did with NVflash), you would have everything back on your last ROM (you did not specify what ROM you were on).
You could then try just wiping dalvek and cache and formatting /system and flashing the ROM over it. That works OK most of the time. as you are clearing out the System partition but retaining your date (make sure you flash gapps also).
Another option is to wipe everything, and then flash the ROM, gapps, and then date only with advanced recovery.
Depending on what ROM you are coming from, that could carryover some issues - but most of the time it works OK.
If you did not have a backup of your data, then you will have to rebuild it from scratch in any case, so you might just as well do it on a clean install of CM7.

Well I did make a backup but when I restore its not cm 7 anymore so using nv flash how can I restore all the apps and messages, etc onto the cm7?
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johnnyp500 said:
Well I did make a backup but when I restore its not cm 7 anymore so using nv flash how can I restore all the apps and messages, etc onto the cm7?
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Have you tried titanium backup? Restore your old Rom with the apps. Back them up using TI to the external sd card. Do the usual stuff to load a new rom and restore your apps using TI. That's how I do it.
Some also like google restore, but I like having a hard copy for myself.

jcbofkc said:
Have you tried titanium backup? Restore your old Rom with the apps. Back them up using TI to the external sd card. Do the usual stuff to load a new rom and restore your apps using TI. That's how I do it.
Some also like google restore, but I like having a hard copy for myself.
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I downloaded titanium backup but it says the device is not rooted. I have the nvflash CWM on there but I assume its still not rooted. Now that I have the NVFLASH CWM and i can boot into recovery how do I root the G2X with the latest gingerbread update?

johnnyp500 said:
I downloaded titanium backup but it says the device is not rooted. I have the nvflash CWM on there but I assume its still not rooted. Now that I have the NVFLASH CWM and i can boot into recovery how do I root the G2X with the latest gingerbread update?
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Restore your original stock rom with all the apps. Root using the one-click-method. Install TI. Backup your apps to the sd card. Now flash your favorite rom. Install TI on the new rom. Restore your apps from the TI backup you made on your sd card.
It should work.
Although on CM7 I had a couple of issues restoring certain apps. I think it has something to do with how CM7 names different partitions.

jcbofkc said:
Restore your original stock rom with all the apps. Root using the one-click-method. Install TI. Backup your apps to the sd card. Now flash your favorite rom. Install TI on the new rom. Restore your apps from the TI backup you made on your sd card.
It should work.
Although on CM7 I had a couple of issues restoring certain apps. I think it has something to do with how CM7 names different partitions.
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The problem is one-click method doesnt work on 2.3.3.

johnnyp500 said:
The problem is one-click method doesnt work on 2.3.3.
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Install a rooted version of 2.3.3 from the dev section.

jcbofkc said:
Install a rooted version of 2.3.3 from the dev section.
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Yea but then I have to wipe the device before I install it which brings me back to how not having all my apps backed up on titanium

Sounds like your options are wipe or stay stock.
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I might have an idea but you'll have to do the research.
Boot into CWM and connect USB to your computer. You may be able to copy your /data/app folder to your computer using ADB commands, then restore them the same way. Might work, might not. Never done it that way. And this will probably only backup the apps, not the data (savegames, etc.).

As I said earlier, you can restore data only with recovery/advanced restore.
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gaww said:
As I said earlier, you can restore data only with recovery/advanced restore.
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Yes, restoring /data only from the advanced restore menu in CWM may work. But I think that will restore all system data as well which may cause FC frenzy. Definitely worth a shot!

r4d14n7 said:
I might have an idea but you'll have to do the research.
Boot into CWM and connect USB to your computer. You may be able to copy your /data/app folder to your computer using ADB commands, then restore them the same way. Might work, might not. Never done it that way. And this will probably only backup the apps, not the data (savegames, etc.).
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I think ill just wait until gingerbreak or superoneclick are available on the update then I'll root it, back up with titanium, and restore after i flash cm7.
btw. If I do a wipe, and then go d/l the apps i paid for again will it recognize that ive already paid for em or would i have to pay again?

r4d14n7 said:
Yes, restoring /data only from the advanced restore menu in CWM may work. But I think that will restore all system data as well which may cause FC frenzy. Definitely worth a shot!
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So far only issue is turning it off. Everything else works.
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johnnyp500 said:
I think ill just wait until gingerbreak or superoneclick are available on the update then I'll root it, back up with titanium, and restore after i flash cm7.
btw. If I do a wipe, and then go d/l the apps i paid for again will it recognize that ive already paid for em or would i have to pay again?
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All of your purchases are remembered. As long as you sign in with the same google account you bought them with you can download them again for free.
G2X CM7

Well so I took screen shots of all my screens and app drawer and just downloaded all my apps again. Then I restored the SMS from the SMS Backup and now everything is the same just running CM7. First time Ive flashed a rom woo hoo.

us my backup from the market. back up everything, then wipe, flash new rom, then download my backup from market, then restore your stuff.

Unable to Restore CWM backups?

I can't restore my CWM backups. I get an error saying unable to mount system.
I'm not using ROM Manager and I even tried reinstalling the same ROM that I made the backup from and then restoring the backup, but it still doesn't work. I'm using Octane 2.x with DrHonk's KJ1 Kernel and my CWM version is 3.0.2.8x
I've seen several posts on this issue, but haven't seen a clear answer. Some people say it doesn't work and others have said it does. If anyone can provide some help, I'd appreciate it. I like to try out different ROMS and with other phones such as the Vibrant (yes I know this phone is different) I have always made a backup with CWM and if I didn't like the ROM I could go right back to my previous one with very little work. I know I can use Titanium and I do that, but you can't restore everything so I end up having to redo a lot of stuff.
If anyone can provide some help with this, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,

From what I understand, you'll get that error when you restore a GB backup. Froyo works fine.
As a work around, you can boot into CWM, flash Dr Honks Bali kernel, then goto advanced>reboot recovery. When CWM boots again, you can restore your backup.
Another work around that I've seen mentioned is to boot into CWM, reflash the ROM of the backup you want to restore. Once the ROM flashes, goto backup/restore>advanced restore and backup the data only. That way you get the system partition from flashing the ROM, and your old data partition from your backup.
I haven't tried either of these methods. Guess I probably should have disclosed that first, but this is what I have gathered by reading some of these threads.
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From what I understand, you'll get that error when you restore a GB backup. Froyo works fine.
As a work around, you can boot into CWM, flash Dr Honks Bali kernel, then goto advanced>reboot recovery. When CWM boots again, you can restore your backup.
Another work around that I've seen mentioned is to boot into CWM, reflash the ROM of the backup you want to restore. Once the ROM flashes, goto backup/restore>advanced restore and backup the data only. That way you get the system partition from flashing the ROM, and your old data partition from your backup.
I haven't tried either of these methods. Guess I probably should have disclosed that first, but this is what I have gathered by reading some of these threads.
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This is mostly correct. Just left one thing out. Make sure after you flash Bali and restore your nandroid that you also reflash cwm/voodoo kernel.
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dbldown7 said:
From what I understand, you'll get that error when you restore a GB backup. Froyo works fine.
As a work around, you can boot into CWM, flash Dr Honks Bali kernel, then goto advanced>reboot recovery. When CWM boots again, you can restore your backup.
Another work around that I've seen mentioned is to boot into CWM, reflash the ROM of the backup you want to restore. Once the ROM flashes, goto backup/restore>advanced restore and backup the data only. That way you get the system partition from flashing the ROM, and your old data partition from your backup.
I haven't tried either of these methods. Guess I probably should have disclosed that first, but this is what I have gathered by reading some of these threads.
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Thanks for the response. I guess I'll try to doing an advanced restore of the data the next time since that sounds like the least painful method. If that doesn't work I'll try the bali kernel.

Please keep in mind that you CANNOT perform an advanced data restore from Froyo to GB. It will cause issues, such as incoming calls going directly to voice mail.
If you are moving from Froyo to GB, be sure to create a backup of your apps and data using Titanium Backup. Restore everything once you're on GB and it'll work fine.

bkoon1218 said:
Please keep in mind that you CANNOT perform an advanced data restore from Froyo to GB. It will cause issues, such as incoming calls going directly to voice mail.
If you are moving from Froyo to GB, be sure to create a backup of your apps and data using Titanium Backup. Restore everything once you're on GB and it'll work fine.
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I'm doing GB to GB.

dbldown7 said:
From what I understand, you'll get that error when you restore a GB backup. Froyo works fine.
As a work around, you can boot into CWM, flash Dr Honks Bali kernel, then goto advanced>reboot recovery. When CWM boots again, you can restore your backup.
Another work around that I've seen mentioned is to boot into CWM, reflash the ROM of the backup you want to restore. Once the ROM flashes, goto backup/restore>advanced restore and backup the data only. That way you get the system partition from flashing the ROM, and your old data partition from your backup.
I haven't tried either of these methods. Guess I probably should have disclosed that first, but this is what I have gathered by reading some of these threads.
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I followed the first suggestion, flashing Dr Honks Bali 3.3 Kernel and it worked great. Just make sure you re-flash your old kernel before you reboot and you'll be fine. Thanks for this.

[Q] Fail to update 2.3.6 after stock flash Skyrocket i727

Can any one tell me what i did wrong?
I used a I727UCALC4_OneClick package to flash my at&t i727 to android 4.0.3. For some reason my home button and search button did not work so i said to return back to stock.
I flashed the phone with SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane thru ODIN to return to stock 2.3.5 . I then tried to do a OTA update to 2.3.6. The update downloads and starts installing , reboots the phone and fails to finish.
Any help please ? Thanks

I tried doing this myself last night. Remember you will lose your root once taking it to 2.3.5, so re root using Odin, then, reboot. Then follow the root instructions as outlined by user k0nane here at xda. Then get into clockwork mod recovery mode and restore to the backup version you did of 2.3.6...much easier process than trying to flash stock. Hope that helps.
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i have the original backup done with rom manager but when i go in cwm and try to restore the backup gives me dm5 mismatch. I dont know why

dexter4000 said:
i have the original backup done with rom manager but when i go in cwm and try to restore the backup gives me dm5 mismatch. I dont know why
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You might have renamed the backup, the backup might be corrupt, or you did the backup with a different version of cwm than you are trying to restore it with.

If this helps I got here a copy of my mhx lite 2.3.6 I made before going to 4.0.3
http://www.mediafire.com/?ese068jm6139l

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You might have renamed the backup, the backup might be corrupt, or you did the backup with a different version of cwm than you are trying to restore it with.
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so cwm doesnt restore a backup if it was not made with the same cwm version ?

i was able to fix the md5 mismatch and it restored successfully, however it does not boot now. It stalls and the samsung logo.

Try using the restore I linked, something just seems wrong with yours

dexter4000 said:
so cwm doesnt restore a backup if it was not made with the same cwm version ?
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Sometimes it does and sometimes it has problems

Also did you flash the right modem as well?
Correct me if I'm wrong but cwm doesn't backup the modem as I recall

kishke said:
Try using the restore I linked, something just seems wrong with yours
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is that one att original or is custom? my backup was made from original 2.3.6 only rooted.
Can in install stock 2.3.6 rom/kernel and restore only the data from the backup ?
Thanks

kishke said:
Also did you flash the right modem as well?
Correct me if I'm wrong but cwm doesn't backup the modem as I recall
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i installed the ucla3 stock modem from here http://www.mediafire.com/?h7bnu7kvpw7dqtg

dexter4000 said:
is that one att original or is custom? my backup was made from original 2.3.6 only rooted.
Can in install stock 2.3.6 rom/kernel and restore only the data from the backup ?
Thanks
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Its mhx superlite 3.1 but if the rom will work you can later on flash whatever you want. Atm you seem to be stuck with an unusable phone so anything is better.

Go to sammobile.com
make an account
go to firmware section
type i727 in the box
scroll down and download the tar
extract with 7zip
Flash in odin
Then drink beer and such

i was able to flash tru cwm a att rom that worked. Everything works ok now.
It is possible to transfer my data from the backup into this working rom ?

Just flash modem. To match firmware....
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UCLA3 modem, firmware and rom were flashed and everything works great. I only need to transfer my user data from the backup. Can i flash only the user data to the phone from that original backup?
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dexter4000 said:
UCLA3 modem, firmware and rom were flashed and everything works great. I only need to transfer my user data from the backup. Can i flash only the user data to the phone from that original backup?
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pretty risky if the backups corrupt anyway... but you can try (i would make a back up first)