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Hello, boy do I have a mishap. Well, anyway to begin I will say that I decided I wanted to root my phone to debloat it. So what I did, is downloaded the EE4 update and did the VooDoo V4 Kernel that flashes CWM and EXT4 and other junk. Well that all went great. I got it rooted and such but then just tinkering around I went into Rom Manager and told it to back up. WELL, when I did this the phone got locked on the SAMSUNG boot screen for hours and continued to refuse to boot. SO, I attempted to fix it by installing altered beast just to get the os running again and went into clockwork and backed it up. Then I went to the rooted ed1 to bring it back up to EE4 rooted and with the voodoo kernel and such but it refuses to open clockwork! The voodoo kernel changes filesystems and roots it and such but clockwork wont load. When I try to flash it in rom manager it says its succesful and then i go to reboot in recovery. It takes me to the Samsung Recovery 3e, I try to the update.zip, (yes i took the cwm recovery-update.zip and renamed it and through it in the sd card root) but all that happens is that a progress bar shows up for a split second then the android guy with the triangle and ! shows up and it does nothing. Help? I really need to back it up, preferably in the rooted ed1 but in ee4 will work to. Any ideas would be appreciated. I used odin v1.3 by the way. Im willing to try anything to get clockwork to boot so i can back it up. What do I do?
EDIT: Also, now when I go into 3e recovery, it complains saying " cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 " or something like that.
Did you read anything on this forum beforehand? Or just go link by link downloading files and deciding what to try on your phone?
Just saying..
Yeah, I did. Ive searched everywhere. I cant find anything about my problem. Ive looked at things that are close, hoping a solution can be found but nothing and no I wasnt just downloading files and spoon feeding them to my phone.. I just wanted to be able to debloat it.
Go search about Rom Manager and let us know what you find out...
I dont see how thats going to get me one step closer to solving my problem. Ive done the searching, now im asking.
Start w/ this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100384
I can't tell where you are currently on your phone from reading that as it's to much text in one paragraph and it isn't put together in a logical sense and seems to jump around. I would look at the instructions for going to rooted EE4 in the Dev forum as that should get you to where you want to be with voodoo/cwm/rom
Instead of being a Forum Snob. If you know the answer, why don't you just help him out?
There's an abundance of confusing information on here and everyone uses acronyms. I too searched for hours on how to solve a similar problem and ended up having it taken care of for me. People join communities like this one for help. Not to get flamed for asking a question. It may be elementary to YOU but not everyone.
Thanks, for the care. Sorry about that if its jumbled, im frustrated with this because ive flashed the rooted ed1 about a billion times now, trying everything to get it functioning. Id be glad to try to explain again if that could help? Ah, yes. Well, I returned to the forum about installing the voodoo kernel. I followed the process word for word. But it just doesnt seem to want to work. Right now I just flashed it again back to the rooted ed1. Would I be able to put CWM on there at that point?
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Thanks, for the care. Sorry about that if its jumbled, im frustrated with this because ive flashed the rooted ed1 about a billion times now, trying everything to get it functioning. Id be glad to try to explain again if that could help? Ah, yes. Well, I returned to the forum about installing the voodoo kernel. I followed the process word for word. But it just doesnt seem to want to work. Right now I just flashed it again back to the rooted ed1. Would I be able to put CWM on there at that point?
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Yes. But don't use rom manager. Use imnuts cwm recovery.
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Alright, thanks. Ill try and use imnuts's cwm recovery. But if someone may answer a question, is the samsung bootloader unlocked?? My brother said thats something to know.
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Alright, thanks. Ill try and use imnuts's cwm recovery. But if someone may answer a question, is the samsung bootloader unlocked?? My brother said thats something to know.
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so it is unlocked?? What does the exclamation triangle mean, when i try to do the update.zip from the samsung bootloader?
Oh and sorry if Im not getting this. Are you saying use a application that imnuts made? If so, could you be so nice to link it? Or a method he used? I looked for stuff but I didnt find anything other then what looks like a stock rom/kernel ed1 from him
I know how it is to be frustrated, but like they all said all of your questions have already been answered.
Here's my attempt to help:
Your problem lies in trying to flash CWR through ROM Manager, it currently doesn't play well with our phones. Word is that Koush (the creator) needs to update something for it to work with our phones. The bootloader is unlocked.
To flash imnuts' version of CWR, you'll need to use Samsung's leaked software called Odin - it's PC only. The alternative is Heimdall which is supposed to be cross-platform compatible, but the latest version is command-line only.
You have to find out if you've converted your system to EXT4 or if it's still RFS. That depends on if you have the Voodoo lagfix enabled or not. Check out the dev section and look for the titles that say [RECOVERY], [ODIN], [ROM], and/or something like "Get yourself to EE4 successfully".
A few links:
[HOW-TO] Get a rooted version of EE4
[RECOVERY][6-11-11]Clockwork Mod Recovery
[KERNEL][06-02-11] PeanutButta Jelly Time
Well, currently right now its rfs. Its the stock file system. What I was going to do, or did before, was to put it in download mode and flash the VoodooV4 Kernel. It roots the phone, and all that good stuff and is suppose to put the Voodoo recovery/cwm on there.
EDIT: Heres the proccess I followed before.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...and-clockworkmod-recovery-installation-guide/
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Well, currently right now its rfs. Its the stock file system. What I was going to do, or did before, was to put it in download mode and flash the VoodooV4 Kernel. It roots the phone, and all that good stuff and is suppose to put the Voodoo recovery/cwm on there.
EDIT: Heres the proccess I followed before.
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/how-t...and-clockworkmod-recovery-installation-guide/
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The recovery is a separate flash, both in odin. First the kernel, then Recovery.
Just follow here from the beginning, it should work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
Well I have good news. I would like to announce that I have successfully installed CWM. I guess my phone just didnt like the other one or something. But following this link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I was able to get it installed. Now my only question is, I want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114 for my phone. But its not in a zip. Am I out of luck? Or do I not have to use CWM to install the kernel? Can I use odin and still be okay?
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Well I have good news. I would like to announce that I have successfully installed CWM. I guess my phone just didnt like the other one or something. But following this link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
I was able to get it installed. Now my only question is, I want this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092114 for my phone. But its not in a zip. Am I out of luck? Or do I not have to use CWM to install the kernel? Can I use odin and still be okay?
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You do need Odin to load that, but i'm wondering why you want to? Did you install the PBJ kernel following the instructions from the other link?
If you want to go down this route, be sure to apply the SD Card fix as well - you'll find posts about it.
After a lot of frustration and just a bit of sheer luck, Im 100% positive I've found a way for people to root their sk4g as well as modify the recovery so that they dont have to do adb (im pretty adb retarded). I came up with this method after i had soft bricked my phone and couldnt figure out how to put CWM on the phone after i Odin'd back to stock. All i did was take the correct recovery from the cwm, replace both recoveries in the 1clickrootexploit and run, reboot phone, install Rom Manager from marketplace.
Credit goes to Noobn1 and the guys for creating the 1clickrootexploit, and Krylon360 for the CWM.
Download Link:
https://rapidshare.com/files/630401335/Sk4g_root_with_good_recovery.zip
I hope this saves some people a lot of headaches.
I could have used something like this about 15 times. Well, maybe I'll need it sometime soon.
You do realize I've had this for like 2 months posted around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
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You do realize I've had this for like 2 months posted around here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
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I actually didnt. I hunted around on the forums for, I guess i just overlooked it.
Haha it's all good, I never actually released it, just kept posting it for everyone who was having issues. Good work, glad to see more people releasing stuff :]
Thanks man. I was hoping that Revolution would stick this thread in his bible so that way people know right off the bat that as soon as they are rooted they have the binary files for the recovery all set and just need to download Rom Manager from the market
Actually, you don't need (and I don't recommend) Rom manager at all, it just ends up having issues with our CWM versus the build in Rom manager that has issues.
I have been searching through the forums and have been able to find answers to a few of my questions. However I have been away so long and previous phone MT3G was so much easier to work with than the SGS4G I'm a little lost on some of the jargon.
I managed to get the amazing Bionix frost rom installed and working. Here is my question.
I was able to get CWM on my phone to flash the rom, now when I boot to recovery I am getting the stock recovery screen but if I select reinstall packages I get the CWM Recovery v3.0.2.8. On my MT3G when I booted into recovery the CWM screen was the first thing I saw, I just want to confirm that this is the normal and or correct method to access CWM on my SG4G.
thanks in advance for your responses.
flash dr honks kernel. that will make sure everything is correct with CWM. that should fix any issues you are having. If you have any questions let me know. Its not too bad. I think its easier using ODIN but you can do it either way.
That is the normal process for bionix. It uses an older cwm stock. Search for the Bali 3.3UV kernel. Once you flash that, you will go straight to cwm. plus other stuff. Read his op. Once you undervolt on frost...omg. That battery life is out of control
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Click on the Bali + CWM link in my signature. You might as well start learning how to use Odin.
Glad to know you started some reading on your own! FBis251's Odin Bali 3.3 makes flashing Froyo so much easier.
Here's five of the most valuable things I've learned so far:
1) Odin is your friend.
2) Losing your soft brick virginity isn't a bad thing. QQ if it's a hard brick though. Nothing in this forum would really give you a hard brick though.
3) The Bible is quite holy. Don't read it and you'll get some sort of punishment from the community.
4) Reading is fundamental.
5) The developers are awesome!
Not in any specific order. XD
You should try out the GB ROMs here once you get more comfortable flashing on this phone. They're crazy smooth.
Thanks all.
I have been going through the "Bible" each visit to the site. That's where I was able to figure out how to get the Bionix Frost rom working on my phone. And because I missed a few steps like making sure the permissions were correct before flashing I experienced my first soft brick. Which took another 3hrs of reading and playing with Odin to get fixed. But that's what I love about this site. Everyone is so knowledgeable and willing to help. It was't to hard to find out where I messed up and how to fix it. I appreciate all the help, I will start with FB's Bali+CWM upgrade and then I'm hoping to flash Valhalla. The rom looks amazing.
FBis251 said:
Click on the Bali + CWM link in my signature. You might as well start learning how to use Odin.
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Thanks again FB, just followed your guide and now am enjoying the red CWM. Quick question, with this setup I can now flash any FROYO roms directly from CWM correct? The GB roms however like Valhalla will require the GB bootloaders.
Locobato said:
Thanks again FB, just followed your guide and now am enjoying the red CWM. Quick question, with this setup I can now flash any FROYO roms directly from CWM correct? The GB roms however like Valhalla will require the GB bootloaders.
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That's correct.
Hey everyone.
Im generally pretty savvy with androids. I rooted and S-offed my HTC Desire, I had a nexus S for a bit until it got ran over... Now im stuck with this Galaxy S 4G, which has been nothing but headaches because for some reason... this thing is impossible to root to me. Ive tried Hemidall, Super1clicks, Odin etc..
Can someone please just point me in the direction of rooting this POS? Im hoping that once its rooted and running stock, I wont hate this thing as much... because so far, Its a horrible purchase.
I just need someone to post a link to where I need to be. Ive searched.. and im absolutely lost. Even the Rootz wiki was useless to me.
Thanks.
Model Number - SGH-T959W
Android Version 2.3.6
You might not have any luck this is the T-959V and your phone might not be supported
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
eollie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
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I have no idea what youre talking about. Sorry
I used the Hemidall, and only got an unrooted Tmobile rom.. Im not sure where exactly i get root from this
Meh, forget it... im selling this phone. There is no convincing me to ever buy anything from Sammy again unless its a Nexus line.
HTC or Nexus forever.
Thanks guys
Reading is hard
"Can I get step by step directions please?"
Sure, here you are!
"What?! Your not going to remotely root my phone for me? F this place"
Good luck sir, you have the patience of a saint and the drive of a tiger!
OK let's be honest you gave up kinda quick.......
The forum that eollie linked you to was a forum talking about the phone that you bought, which is an apparent offshoot of the t-959v and according to what Masonite found out, "our" roms work on the t-959w but you cannot flash the bootloaders.
Here is the one click link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 just boot into download mode and use this but absolutely don't flash bootloaders and it should be OK, no promises.
Eollie was right for linking you there, all the info you needed about your model phone was on that forum, that one click is in the dev sticky which everybody should read.
There has been a flood of people not researching a little bit first before posting and that's why people flamed you but you should not give up, its a good phone and our devs are dedicated and have put in a lot of time on this model, you should be happy your phone can even support all the great roms that are available.
I'm not being mean but seriously, come on, all the info is there, no need to get mad.
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Edit: or Google search how to use heimdall if your confused, I learn off a damn YouTube video..........
Our devs didn't create heimdall and don't support it but it is a great program and the dev has to build the individual one click for the phone, we should be happy to have it that easily available.
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
FBis251 said:
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
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Hahaha I know but but I believe in you lmao
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You'll need to flash one of the back to stock files that you got linked to in that thread which will put you on stock GB with no root. DO NOT FLASH THE BOOTLOADERS. You'll very likely brick if you do.
After this download the AntonX kernel from bhundven's one click thread and flash that. That will give you a custom kernel with CWM built in and root.
Needless to say, this is all for the SGH-T959V which theoretically should work on the SGH-T959W. As you'll read any disclaimer on this forum, you're resposible for anything you flash and the damage that may occur to your device.
Thanks for that fb I forgot a few steps if he wants to be on mtd roms, I assumed he could read from that point............ but your right for knowing better
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Thank you very much, and I'm sorry for getting angry. I've had this phone for almost 4 months now, and haven't been able to do anything with it. Quite frustrating.
So, I currently have the Tmobile ROM on my phone, so I'm halfway there it appears!
I'm going to download the other ROM as soon as I get home.
Thanks so much! Next up.. Learning to flash with Odin, and not ROM manager.
It seemed like everything I tried wasn't working with 2.3.6. Superoneclick etc.
I was waiting for a new exploit, but it never came. I tried YouTube tutorials, text directions.. Everything would fail, or give me "read only" errors. I feared bricking, so I stopped.. But I searched the forum and came across the thread he linked me to, but it said no bootloaders, and all the ones I saw had bootloaders. Wasn't until tonight that I noticed it's a 2 part flash process, with the second being the bootloaders.
I think I started this thread at 3am.
Lesson learned.
In heimdall, you can click a little box that says "flash bootloaders" to toggle flashing them on and off! .... or maybe it was odin? I can't remember... been a while since I used them!
After being away for the weekend, I came home, and BAM... fully rooted. Amazing! and FINALLY!!!
Thanks everyone for your help...
I just have another issue.
I wanna flash this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
It says its CWM.. but there is a huge disclaimer that we shouldn't use ROM Manager on the development page, which is a bit confusing. Since this ROM isnt Odin flashable... what do i do?
Thanks again.
So I was confused about this when I first started. I'm not at my computer but I can help. In order to flash Roms via cmw you have to turn off your phone hold both volume rockers on the phone then hold the power button and hold till you get into cwm recovery. That will get you into cmw recovery mode. Then wipe data factory rest, from there go back to the main menu and select the install zip from sd card and find the zip file you want to flash and select it and install. Should be good to go.
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Nevermind... im a complete goon. I got it, lol.
Thanks
I was wondering if someone could detail to me a sure-fire way to make the jump from GB to ICS. I've tried twice now and both times I got stuck booting into a blue CWM without being able to load a ROM at that point. I was able to boot Aroma but after trying to recover from there I got stuck at the Galaxy S screen. Yes I followed the instructions very carefully. Is there a way to do this via Odin or Heimdall?
Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
Stock GB with CWM > CM 9 flash twice first from red recovery and then again from blue > then JB.
Do a full wipe before and after all the flash.
I know u said u tried this way buy it did not worked for u just give it a try from scratch one more time.
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rkkaranrk said:
Stock GB with CWM > CM 9 flash twice first from red recovery and then again from blue > then JB.
Do a full wipe before and after all the flash.
I know u said u tried this way buy it did not worked for u just give it a try from scratch one more time.
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Thanks rkkaranrk. The one thing I didn't do in your instructions was a wipe before and after each flash. Instead I wiped once before I began. Could this be the problem? Is this a common problem? I've seen some mention the same issue in the Dark Knight ROM thread that said they have the same issue but wasn't sure this has to do with the ROM or the migration from GB to ICS in general.
It could be any thing which cause bootloop so its always better to wipe, I always do anand never faced any bootloops Just give it try.
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I'm going to give it a go today too. I've had a hard time convincing myself to leave Aeon though. It's been a rock solid / stable ROM..............
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I was wondering if someone could detail to me a sure-fire way to make the jump from GB to ICS. I've tried twice now and both times I got stuck booting into a blue CWM without being able to load a ROM at that point. I was able to boot Aroma but after trying to recover from there I got stuck at the Galaxy S screen. Yes I followed the instructions very carefully. Is there a way to do this via Odin or Heimdall?
Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
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it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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Thanks for all the replies so far.
@captemo: I followed the instructions in the Dark Knight thread exactly but maybe those instructions need to be updated because they never mentioned multiple wipes. There is no mention of getting stuck @ Galaxy S screen either but that isn't what happened at first. It kept bootlooping into blue CWM. It was only after that I tried to recover with Aroma that I got stuck, probably not the the wisest move on my part however.
I will try the Paranoid ICS build next since it sounds like you have had success with it and it looks like a good one. Just so I am clear on doing this can you list the steps you took to load this ROM? I noticed there are two variants, one with and one without the Aroma installer.
Thanks in advance!
The Aroma installer is nice but in my opinion, based on my experience and reports from others it is too problematic on the Infuse. Would really suggest not using versions with it, at least not on your first flash.
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The Aroma installer is nice but in my opinion, based on my experience and reports from others it is too problematic on the Infuse. Would really suggest not using versions with it, at least not on your first flash.
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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+ 10.
I had another thought, could Voodoo lagfix be the source of my issues? At the time I had the /Voodoo/disable-lagfix folder on my SDCard
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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WOW, somebody waiting for MY advice??? are you sure you havent been sipping on grandpa's cough syrup?
Pony i'm sure has more experience than myself and is merely expressing experiences that others and maybe he himself have had. truth is every phone is different and will react different.
i do like the Aroma myself. allows you to install some apps automatically.
i did nothing special than follow OP slowly and carefully to the T. doing this, i have never had problems flashing anything.
if i do anything special it is carefully choosing what i wish to flash. when lookin for new ROM, i go to the last page and start reading backwards. that shows me the most recent problems and issues people may be having. if its a problem i cant handle, i dont flash.
i am not taking away from developers here because they are ALL amazing and i wish i could do some of these things. as for the Dark Knight rom, i download, but never flashed. i just didnt think the development was progressing enough for me.
thats just me.
good luck hope you like Paranoid Android. i like the tablet mode, though print can be small for old eyes like mine just changed the font to something BOLD.
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WOW, somebody waiting for MY advice??? are you sure you havent been sipping on grandpa's cough syrup?
Pony i'm sure has more experience than myself and is merely expressing experiences that others and maybe he himself have had. truth is every phone is different and will react different.
i do like the Aroma myself. allows you to install some apps automatically.
i did nothing special than follow OP slowly and carefully to the T. doing this, i have never had problems flashing anything.
if i do anything special it is carefully choosing what i wish to flash. when lookin for new ROM, i go to the last page and start reading backwards. that shows me the most recent problems and issues people may be having. if its a problem i cant handle, i dont flash.
i am not taking away from developers here because they are ALL amazing and i wish i could do some of these things. as for the Dark Knight rom, i download, but never flashed. i just didnt think the development was progressing enough for me.
thats just me.
good luck hope you like Paranoid Android. i like the tablet mode, though print can be small for old eyes like mine just changed the font to something BOLD.
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The reason I wanted your advice was because you had successfully made the jump from GB to ICS. The Paranoid thread assumes you are starting from ICS so there are no instructions to go from GB to ICS even thought the ICS ROMs are still there.
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The reason I wanted your advice was because you had successfully made the jump from GB to ICS. The Paranoid thread assumes you are starting from ICS so there are no instructions to go from GB to ICS even thought the ICS ROMs are still there.
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anybody on ICS or JB as made that jump, obviously with sucess. since Paranoids development has jumped to JB there are a couple of small differences in install (GAPPS for ex.) the first 80 pages still deal with the ICS developments of the ROM.
even though the OP has changed to address install of JB, if you go past the first couple of pages and all the congrats of the new ROM, you will get to where any of your questions will be answered. Scott and team are very attentive and if you read read read, questions and concerns are all addressed.
if then you are happy with ROM and are dying to try JB, i think page 80 is where JB discussion begins.
The GB to ICS process should be the same for any rom. You can use cm9 or uniyumaporn to get to ics and then flash jb.
First, be aware once you are in ICS, your recovery will be filled with rainbows due to the lack of GB bootloaders (I'm assuming you don't have those).
1) wipe data, cache, dalvik (format /system is optional)
2) flash ics rom
3) reboot (Not "reboot into recovery")
4) you should hang at kernel splash (galaxy s screen).. remove battery and use 3 finger combo to boot into recovery.
5) wipe again and flash
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I did this process two days ago. I went from factory att GB to ICS following the instructions for uniporn. Once I had uniporn fully booted and running I then rebooted back into CWM and followed the instructions in the cm10 thread.
The only thing to watch for is in the uni instructions. It still says to flash gapps. You don't have to do that now because they are included in build 40.
How did you update to GB by the way? That will tell us if you have GB or froyo boot loaders
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Goneeuro said:
I did this process two days ago. I went from factory att GB to ICS following the instructions for uniporn. Once I had uniporn fully booted and running I then rebooted back into CWM and followed the instructions in the cm10 thread.
The only thing to watch for is in the uni instructions. It still says to flash gapps. You don't have to do that now because they are included in build 40.
How did you update to GB by the way? That will tell us if you have GB or froyo boot loaders
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Hi Goneeuro,
I just saw your post but I did exactly what you did. Basically I read the instructions of a bunch of ROMS and decided to follow uniporns steps and it worked just fine including the gapps installation. Seems to be working fine still but I wonder if its a matter of time if I see issues.
I don't recall how I went to GB, its been so long ago but I don't have the rainbow CWM. Probably because I loaded them during a recovery.
Anyway all is good now. Big THANKS to all of you.
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Dude thank you so much!
captemo said:
it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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Really awesome I've been working on this for like 4 hours and all it took was pulling the battery instead of rebooting to get out of the bootloop. really appreciate it.