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What is all this?!?! HELP PLEASE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GKW212 said:
+1... I would have just told him to spend some time reading on the site rather than asking someone to play tutor. You are clearly more patient than I am.
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Well seeing as im a poor fella(as in not much money) this is how im trying to pay back the community for the great roms, mods and themes I use. Plus at one point we were all like wtf how do we do that? But its cool this is the only forum I visit or post on. Well this and rootzwiki. All you guys have helped me tremendously and I want to pass that help onto others. Happy modding sgs4g community.
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Help Needed! Possibly hard bricked Sgs4G

So I had GB bootloaders and 2.3.4 installed on it. I was browsing through the forum and really liked Raver's Redux rom, but totally blacked out i have to change bootloaders back to Froyo ( still no idea how to ). So my phone got into a bootloop. The problem is, i tried to flash the phone back to GB rom, and was doing it using ODIN, and brother plucked the usb cable off during the flashing process. Now everytime i try to turn it on, it has a yellow triangle that says" Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. PLease select recovery mode in KIes and try again. " Tried Kies, no use. The same screen appears when i try to get into a download mode, tried usb jig . same screen. WHat should i do from here? i am out of ideas.

OK, i flashed Stock GB rom with Odin, even the dwld mode didn't appear on phone screen, but ODIN read it and i got a connection in with it. Now its on a bootloop again. It goes into the recovery menu (3e). Says E:Failed to mount /data (INvalid Argument). What should i do from here??? THanks

NVM , I got it working now But i still want that Redux rom My question is : how do i get back to Froyo Bootloaders? A specific instruction would be really helpful, what to tick and not on ODIN , etc... Thanks

Flash kd1 or Odin ravers kc1 with all 4 files. You'll have the froyo bootloaders. There at guides out there if you search. I'm in my phone, so I can't link then. Sorry.if you have trouble, let me know and I'll walk you through it
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Here's the Bible... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
Jager... You may want to make sure you have the most up-to-date XDA app, they've update it to allow copying url's
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yea, i got it, but searching is a pain and its still to early for me to do anything productive.

i just flashed the kc1. it works great. thanks for the suggestion

jager555 said:
yea, i got it, but searching is a pain and its still to early for me to do anything productive.
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Lol
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How do i check if Froyo bootloaders are installed?

Good question... But from my understanding if you flash all of the kc1 files it includes the frayo bootloaders
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Not being rude, but why do people say "frayo', it is froyo.

When in doubt, think of Frozen Yogurt

Theres a thread in dev call GB ext4 starter pack use this guide it works great
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Raber is also making a gb rom...still in beta don't recommend atleast for newbs but I'm one n I did it but now I can flash or odin anything even got voodoo to work... don't mind me I know i'm off topic just need 7 more post ao I can post in dev section
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Yeah, i tried that rom already. I felt like the battery life on it was not that good so I decided to go back to Froyo's since it was there a long time and has *Solid* roms than GB right now... ( from my understanding and im a newb too lol)

Thank you all for the help! now it runs Redux rom flawlessly !

Zer0b1ade said:
Raber is also making a gb rom...still in beta don't recommend atleast for newbs but I'm one n I did it but now I can flash or odin anything even got voodoo to work... don't mind me I know i'm off topic just need 7 more post ao I can post in dev section
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whos raber?

airfluip1 said:
Not being rude, but why do people say "frayo', it is froyo.
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because i called it that...

Ya know, I had no idea what FroYo meant until now... Interesting, but why is all of andriod os named from a desert?

[Q] Rooting problems, please help!

Hi everyone. I am trying to root my wife's galaxy s 4g (I have a vibrant). I am using a mac with parallels and windows xp. I have tried all of the instructions. I have the drivers installed, net 2.0 framework, mono for xp installed usb debugging turned on...yada yada. Every time I try to open superoneclick it fails to run...it gives me an error message that the application had to close and then offers me the option to send error report. I've tried downloading superoneclick versions 1.7 through 2.1 and none of them will run. What am I missing? Why is this so hard?
Thanks

jstein222 said:
Why is this so hard?
Thanks
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maybe its the mac and the way it handles usb input through parallels.. do you know anyone with a windows PC that you could use for 5 mins?

Unfortunately I don't. the phone gets recognized by windows just fine when I plug it in. I just can't get the superoneclick app to open
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All you need is Odin, there are numeral roms available that are already rooted.
There's really no need super one click.
Just keep in mind that your phone is completely different, in other words only use files meant for sgs4g
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QUIETLYloud said:
All you need is Odin, there are numeral roms available that are already rooted.
There's really no need super one click.
Just keep in mind that your phone is completely different, in other words only use files meant for sgs4g
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Thanks, however I don't necessarily want to flash a rom. She is very happy with touchwiz, I just want to be able to delete bloatware, make backups, etc....basically I just want her to have root access. If she wants to flash a rom she can do that later, it's her first smartphone and she's not that adventurous.

There's stock roms rooted as well such as kd1(last official rom released for sgs4g) and most of the roms still use touch wiz. They can be found in the sgs bible. As long as they have the word "stock" in them they are just that... Stock with every piece of bloatware included.
Hope this helps
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063696
Like this one.
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oh, that's good to know, thanks. Do you know if those roms will wipe? Would she need to back up all of her data and apps first? Also, if she did need to back everything up, how is that done when not rooted....i've always done nandroid and/or titanium backups on my phone.

Defiantly backup first... Titanium should do.
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IMO, you should flash KH2 and drhonk's kh2 kernel. It adds ext4 support, auto-roots and adds red cwm, but leaves things stock from there on. There's a raw odexed leak available on these forums, as well as a stock but deodexed (well, the crt on/off effect is added), as well as whitehawk's Valhalla, which is stock (and deodexed), except it has the power menu mod and custom lockscreens (9 of them, zOMG).
My personal recommendation is the odexed leak and drhonk's kh2 kernel. I'm not big on deodexed roms, myself, but it's more a personal choice than anything. Also, if you go this route, all you need is Odin
Moving to Gingerbread is the best thing I ever did on this phone. I strongly urge you to dump froyo straight away, and make the move to gb!
Hope this helps you decide what to do
[Odin]What Time is it? It's Leak Time T959VUVKH2 Build Date 08/11
[Kernel][GB][KG4/KG6/KH2] Stock Kernel + CWM + Voodoo EXT4 Lagfix
[ROM-Leak][CWM] Gingerbread 2.3.4 T959VUVKH2 Deodexed + CRT On and Off Enabled!
[ROM] Valhalla v1.1 [KH2][9 Lockscreens!][9.15.2011]
Oh, and, if you're like me, you HATE the T-Mobile jingle/animation.
Here's a little package I cooked up for CWM to replace the T-Mobile boot/shutdown animations and sounds with those from the Galaxy S II (GB only):
[MOD][CWM][GB] Galaxy S II Boot/Shutdown Animations w/Sound

I would love to backup first, but I don't know how if I'm not already rooted. Titanium only works with root.
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There are other apps in the market that can backup your apps that don't require root.
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Why don't you just use Odin to flash Bali on froyo. Backup. Flash gb. Restore data. Not sure if that will work. I remember there being froyo to GB issues. just list your apps and start from scratch. It's worth it, as jay says.
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If you want to restore your froyo apps on GB, you can either use Titanium Backup, or these steps in the advanced restore option in CWM, as tested by another member here:
Flash whichever GB ROM you want according to instructions, but don't boot the rom when complete (do a battery pull if you have to).
Flash Bali Kernel on top of your GB rom, DO NOT BOOT THE ROM
Use CWM, go to restore, then advanced restore your data, DO NOT BOOT THE ROM
Reboot recovery, and flash one of DrHonks GB kernel
That *should* restore your data. I personally haven't tried this, but a few members reported that it works.

Valhalla rom and how to start?

I need help flashing Valhalla on my device!
Right now I? Running Gingerbread 2.3.3 build VUVKFI
What is the best way?
I'm new in all this, so any advice is appreciated!
Thank you all!
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Do you have CWM recovery installed?

Hi
If you're already on GB, then you probably have the right bootloaders. Are you rooted? If so, then you have little to do. Just follow the SGS 4G bible and the opening post of the thread related to the ROM you want to go to.
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It makes me feel stupid! Can someone guide me to the post! How to flash the valhalla rom on my device?
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klauspabst said:
It makes me feel stupid! Can someone guide me to the post! How to flash the valhalla rom on my device?
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HEY I TRIED THIS IT HELPED ME HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP U http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
EDIT: WHEN U FORMAT YOUR SD CARD EVERYTHINHG WILL BE DELETED SO MAKE SURE U BACK ALL OF YOUR FILES.
BUT LIKE ITZIK2SH SAID IF U ALREADY HAVE THE GB BOOTLOADERS JUST FOLLOW WHITEHAWKZ INSTRUCTIONS THIS IS THE VALHALLA POST BUT NEXT TIME JUST USE SEARCH IF U CANT FIND WHAT U ARE LOOKING FOR THEN ASK FOR HELP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243826

itzik2sh said:
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If you're already on GB, then you probably have the right bootloaders. Are you rooted? If so, then you have little to do. Just follow the SGS 4G bible and the opening post of the thread related to the ROM you want to go to.
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careful, KF roms had jacked bootloaders that can cause problems. You want to start with a later rom build, like a KG or KH rom. Follow the guide HolyGhostBoy posted above with FB's Ext4 starter pack, and you'll be good to go.

Yeah FB GB starter pack if your coming from either kf build. Good luck with download mode though, you will probably need adb to get there.
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Is it possible to make internet snappier?

I just rooted my phone yesterday and removed all the bloatware (big thanx to Lumin30)
Now I'm wondering if I can make it even snappier without flashing too much stuff on it.. since I'm too new to this business and would prefer having my phone mostly stock
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Boat browser is the fastest I've used. DL from market.

If you have cwm installed. I'm assuming you do since you're rooted. Dsexten's adrenalin shot and the scroll mod can work wonders for making things snappy while maintaining a stock phone.
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For actual data speed, you can probably make it faster by leaving your phone on CDMA mode only (keeps you locked in 3G/4G). If left in Auto mode, it will revert to EDGE when you aren't using data.
I feel like it makes a noticeable difference, since your phone won't need to switch back and forth.
As for the actual speed of a browser, I've been using Dolphin since I got my phone. It's very snappy.

AlexSochi8 said:
I just rooted my phone yesterday and removed all the bloatware (big thanx to Lumin30)
Now I'm wondering if I can make it even snappier without flashing too much stuff on it.. since I'm too new to this business and would prefer having my phone mostly stock
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Flash ICBINB 2.3.7 from dsex its stock with all the tweaks included trust me its fast
and its WCDMA to the post above
Thank's aren't asked for but appreciated

Thanx.. can u please tell me a way to flash that... I'm new to this. My phone is rooted thru superoneclick.
I'm on stock gingerbread. I would love to be able to run that rom since it will free up a lot of system storage... is it glitchy at all?
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AlexSochi8 said:
Thanx.. can u please tell me a way to flash that... I'm new to this. My phone is rooted thru superoneclick.
I'm on stock gingerbread. I would love to be able to run that rom since it will free up a lot of system storage... is it glitchy at all?
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It will be easy for you. First download SGS Kernel Flasher from the market.

Thanx again Lumin... I downloaded the kernel flasher, what do I do now
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Read the first link in my signature where it talks about SGS Kernel Flasher.
ADD:Alex - Let me know if the directions were clear or if you need any additional help.

It was somewhat clear... I appreciate u making that thread and taking ur time to answer but I'm still somewhat clouded... I need to install a kernel with vodoo lag fix before I install a rom.. when I go to the link of vodoo lag fix it says attention its still buggy and vodoo sound maybe coming soon... all of that is making me somewhat worried... but the rom flashing steps are confusing to me since I'm like a blind baby to this flashing stuff.
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AlexSochi8 said:
It was somewhat clear... I appreciate u making that thread and taking ur time to answer but I'm still somewhat clouded... I need to install a kernel with vodoo lag fix before I install a rom.. when I go to the link of vodoo lag fix it says attention its still buggy and vodoo sound maybe coming soon... all of that is making me somewhat worried... but the rom flashing steps are confusing to me since I'm like a blind baby to this flashing stuff.
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If you don't want to use the kernel then you can use KJ1. I haven't had a problem with the kernel. And when you flash the custom ROM it will have that same kernel -- just updated. You only flash that kernel to get CWM to flash the ROM. When you flash the ROM it comes with a kernel that will overwrite the kernel you flash with SGS.
And Voodoo sound is not the same as Voodoo lagfix.
You just need to follow the direction to get where you want. If you think some of the directions are clear... then tell me which one's and how. I will take a look at and see if I can make them clearer.

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If you don't want to use the kernel then you can use KJ1. I haven't had a problem with the kernel. And when you flash the custom ROM it will have an that same kernel -- just updated. You only flash that kernel to get CWM to flash the ROM. When you flash the ROM it comes with a kernel that will overwrite the kernel you flash with SGS.
And Voodoo sound is not the same as Voodoo lagfix.
You just need to follow the direction to get where you want. If you think some of the directions are clear... then tell me which one's and how. I will take a look at and see if I can make them clearer.
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Check your mounts in mounts and storage and read the OP of ROM for correct mounts – U=Unmount / M=Mount. I had to change some coming fresh out of the box.
o Then choose 'install zip from sdcard', then 'choose zip from scard', then go to bottom, find ROM you copied over, select install and wait.
thats a lil confusing...
and to double check the first step:
all i have to do is download Subtly Modified Stock for T959V KJ6 v0.1.1-rc1 and flash that kernel with kernel flasher from the market? simple as that?

Yes on the kernel.
Don't worry about the mounts. I need to change that. The aroma installer will handle that for you now. What ROM are you going to flash?

ICBINB 2.3.7 since I read its mostly stock with no theming and is super fast and only uses 46mb internal space since it heavily debloated... would u recommend it?
BTW thanx again man!
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Yes.
Go reread the guide. Take notes when you go through. PM me anything you think needs to change or be added. If you have flashed the kernel - just flash it - follow the directions to flash the ROM and you are good to go. Take note of the steps in the Aroma Installer you do and PM those also and I will add them to the guide. Aroma Installer is what you will see after you select install for the ROM.

lumin30 said:
Yes.
Go reread the guide. Take notes when you go through. PM me anything you think needs to change or be added. If you have flashed the kernel - just flash it - follow the directions to flash the ROM and you are good to go. Take note of the steps in the Aroma Installer you do and PM those also and I will add them to the guide. Aroma Installer is what you will see after you select install for the ROM.
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OK I'm going to flash it this Tuesday night after work... ill let u know how it goes
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AlexSochi8 said:
OK I'm going to flash it this Tuesday night after work... ill let u know how it goes
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Hopefully you noticed when I said reread the guide it is because I updated it. I am asking for your input as somebody fresh using the guide. I know what I am doing and it is easy to leave out the little steps when writing the guide that noobs may need. Hopefully you can help make it a better guide!
Good luck!

Ye I understood u brother... ill let u know if there are steps to add for other newbs
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Hey Lumin.. so I did like u asked I believe u did miss a step.. I just installed quick boot.. did a back up... but from cwm recovery I don't know where to navigate to install the icbinb rom... it has a list.. back up.. reboot.. update zip file or something like that... etc which one do I chose? And do u need to extract the icbinb rom zip file? Or just put it like that in the root of my sd? Before that do I need to wipe anything? Thanx a lot again
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