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[Q&A] [ROM][PORT]Sensation_ROM_Infuse_v1.0[XXJVQ]A rom from another galaxy!

This thread is for Q&A on the Sensation rom for the Infuse 4G.....

Hi. I downloaded your ROM today. I restored my missing apps via Titanium. All the apps are haphazardly placed on the phone, i.e., not in alphabetical order, app pages with blank spaces. Is there any way to fix this? Thanks.

When I try out this ROM, everything looked great. Does anyone have PIN or password lock working with this ROM??? When I tried it, it didn't (as with any other custom ROMs).
Thanks,

I haven't tested the backup w TB since I use cwm to back up so I will have to check on your issue with that this afternoon...thanks foe the info.. and the pin should work...working fine on mine...what lockscreen settings areyou using?
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Anyway to get kies
First off great rom dude, really one of the best ive seen and used so far. But i have a question and it might be dumb to you but im considered a noob so please bare with me.
Is kies just an app in the market or is there a way i can flash it on the sensation rom?

dman3285 said:
I haven't tested the backup w TB since I use cwm to back up so I will have to check on your issue with that this afternoon...thanks foe the info.. and the pin should work...working fine on mine...what lockscreen settings areyou using?
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I tried several different ones. The pattern lock always works, but PIN or password doesn't.
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suicidalintentions said:
First off great rom dude, really one of the best ive seen and used so far. But i have a question and it might be dumb to you but im considered a noob so please bare with me.
Is kies just an app in the market or is there a way i can flash it on the sensation rom?
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Are you talking about Kies Air? That's available from "Samsung App" in Rogers Infuse. APK can be extracted using TB.

Try reflashing because I just checked pin and password on mine...working
Sent from my SENSATIONAL INFUSE !!!

dman3285 said:
Try reflashing because I just checked pin and password on mine...working
Sent from my SENSATIONAL INFUSE !!!
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Thanks for the confirmation. I will give it another try soon (hopefully before the weekend ).

My Installed Apps cannot be found
Hi,
I have installed your ROM and it went smooth enough, so i installed root explorer and opera mini as my first apps, after that, I powered the phone off and then to my surprise, my new APPS + Market are grayed out and cannot be found.
Does anyone experienced this? Hoping for a reply. Thanks!
Update: I tried to re-flash everything again and it worked. The only thing now is the cam with SGS2 mod, it gets like stripes of cream at the viewfinder. I don't think that's normal.

ndy4eva said:
I tried several different ones. The pattern lock always works, but PIN or password doesn't.
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Are you talking about Kies Air? That's available from "Samsung App" in Rogers Infuse. APK can be extracted using TB.
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Yes Kies Air and thank you for the reply. Im learning to check TB for any missing apps once i flash a new rom.

can i use [FROYO-Kernel-OC/UV-BLN] Infusion Kernel 2.0] with this rom? thx

ndy4eva said:
Thanks for the confirmation. I will give it another try soon (hopefully before the weekend ).
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I tried again with Sensation v2 and DlevROM. I still don't get the PIN/password lock to work.

Just installed this ROM, apparently Market will only find cached pages, if I look for something new I get the 'no connection error'. Am I doing something wrong?

No..that is a froyo kernel. You have to use a GB kernel with this rom....this is a GB rom
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when is the next update pack of your rom I decide to try yours on next update
anyway I have few questions and hope that u will reply soon
1. Does HDMI output and bluetooth work properly?
2. Is there any fluctuate situation of wifi connect and mobile network?
3. Can you port the reading usb device from i9100 or Note?
I don't have any experience of cooking rom but I really wanna join your work can I?

Swype keyboard?

Does anyone know how to get the Swype keyboard to work on any touchwiz ROM? I've tried the usual method of pushing to system/app and fixing perms. All it does is fc and won't popup. Am I missing something? Thanks n advance.
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Have you tried clearing app data? What about just installing it like a normal app. Since swype came stock don't see why there would be a problem.
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jdub251 said:
Does anyone know how to get the Swype keyboard to work on any touchwiz ROM? I've tried the usual method of pushing to system/app and fixing perms. All it does is fc and won't popup. Am I missing something? Thanks n advance.
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YES! you go to http://www.swype.com/category/get-swype/ ... register... then follow the instructions. :victory: done :highfive:
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kintwofan said:
Have you tried clearing app data? What about just installing it like a normal app. Since swype came stock don't see why there would be a problem.
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Imho swype works better then what comes with the phone pre-installed. You should try and see the difference yourself. I don't know if it's the themeing or what but it's a hell of a difference.

galchristian said:
YES! you go to http://www.swype.com/category/get-swype/ ... register... then follow the instructions. :victory: done :highfive:
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Imho swype works better then what comes with the phone pre-installed. You should try and see the difference yourself. I don't know if it's the themeing or what but it's a hell of a difference.
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The phone came with Samsung keyboard and swype keyboard. That's what I was saying so it sought be a problem to use di the newer version (I assume that's what you're doing). I would uninstall the old version, reboot, then install the new one like a regular app.
And I agree it's better. But I've been using the 4.2 keyboard lately and really liking it.
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I'm still somewhat a noob when it comes to what's touchwiz and what isn't but I have used Swype on cleanRom and Jelly beans build 5. It's the only keyboard I use, it's the first app I restore.

I'm running beans ROM and it doesn't give u the option and been using the 4.2 keyboard and I like it OK. Just been trying to get swype to work because the prediction seems a lil better. I went to the site and used the beta installer and all I'm getting is fcs. Really don't understand as I've been able to get this phone to do a lot that it shouldn't. Lol. Thanks for responses though. Just like options.
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Sorry should've provided more info n first post. I also deleted all data and rebooted.
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galchristian said:
Imho swype works better then what comes with the phone pre-installed. You should try and see the difference yourself. I don't know if it's the themeing or what but it's a hell of a difference.
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Agreed. The Swype beta from their site is much better than the other versions. YMMV

CleanRom 6 Add-ons Compilation

I have collected many zips over time to change CleanRom to work the way i wanted it to. I get a lot of requests in the CleanRom forum to send people these zips because their deep somewhere in the 2,000 pages of CleanRom. I see there are other mods pages but not ones that have all of the information in one place.
I do believe that these files will work on other 4.1.2 touchwiz roms but can't guarantee that it will. I have used everyone of these zips and currently use them all except the multi-view.
Bla Bla, WARNING I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your phone. Flash at your own risk!
I don't take donations. Please direct them to Scott over HERE for all of the work he does on this phone.
Ok now for the good stuff
BUBBLE NOTIFICATIONS
To get back your bubble notifications there is a way to delete the customer.csc file but I don't like that! It has adverse effects.
Another way- I only use root explorer. Navigate to system folder and long hold build.prop and chose to open in text editor. ADD THESE LINES TO THE END:
ril.sales_code=LOL
ro.csc.sales_code=LOL
click menu then save. I know root explorer will save a backup of the original and name it build.prop.bak so if it causes any problems you can go back. Here is the build.prop already modified. This is CleanRom 6 only. I wouldnt use this build.prop on other roms. But you can change yours and it should work.
FIX GPS
After having my phone for a while I couldn't get a lock on gps. I thought it was the rom. IT WASN'T!!!!!!!!!! I read this over and over. Finally I tried it. Take off your battery cover and tighten the screws. No crap! Now I get a lock in my house again. Call me dumb but I tried everything. This fixed mine.
STOCK KERNEL WITH BOOT ANIMATIONS ENABLED
I use this kernel to activate boot sounds and get better battery life HERE. Just flash it. Wipe cache and dalvik after. Then boot before you do anything else
BOOT ANIMATION SOUNDS
Just like it says. The power on and off sounds will work. Just flash this. DOWNLAOD HERE. Your boot animation won't change. I use CleanRom official boot animation with ACDC as the sound. After you flash the boot animation.zip To get ACDC as the sound just use this file and replace the PowerOn.ogg in system/media/audio/ui.
OR you can just flash THIS instead of flashing anything else and it will be acdc instead
REMOVE BRIGHTNESS SLIDER
santas16 already posted this HERE. I would flash this before anything else or it may undo any other system ui changes you already made.
REMOVE BACKUP ASSISTANT FROM SETTINGS
Thanks to rwc95 you can remove the back up assistant in the settings menu. you can get it HERE
REMOVE LOCK ICON ON LOCK SCREEN
Thanks to rwc95 you can remove the lock on the lock screen icon by going HERE but i wouldnt use the second zip it about the full battery notification. use the one i posted below
REMOVE FULL BATTERY NOTIFICATION
Thanks to rwc95 you can get the remove full battery icon HERE
rwc95 has posted all of his mods HERE. Thanks man. Some are linked here already but you should check out his page. GOOD STUFF!
MULTIVIEW FOR MB1
Thanks to gruesomewolf there is a working multiview which makes it so you can use two windows at the same time! Downlaod HERE. Some are reporting this breaking mms. If it does i will dig into this and find a fix for us verizon peeps.
FIX TETHERING
I wasn't able to tether. I downloaded Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Free from the play store and bam it worked.
I have tried to embed these files but i keep getting errors during upload about a security token. Right now we will have to rely on dropbox

The multiview mod is for splint and causing problems.

generalmilk said:
The multiview mod is for splint and causing problems.
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this one didnt cause problems on mine. i just didnt use it ever so i got rid of it

he didn't create or Kang anyone's work. he's providing links to things people have been asking about. i'm 99% sure none of the devs would mind, but maybe some thank yous to the devs in the OP would calm everything down. to me he's just helping those that don't know how to use google or the search feature here on XDA.

Re: CleanRom 6 Add-ons
Wow after all the other threads that get locked after a couple of post when asking legitimate questions and this ones still going wow. Hello moderators.
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Thread cleaned
Did you all confuse this with an OFF-TOPIC thread?
Most in here can be infracted for personal attacks
Now...let's try this again!
You want to throw sand at each other do it in PMs
Thank you for your cooperation
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so the multiwindow mod on verizon breaks mms? darn!

rockingrubberducky said:
so the multiwindow mod on verizon breaks mms? darn!
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im not sure. just heard it. its fixable. i just need conformation.

I know for a fact wifi-direct does not work after flashing multi-view not sure about mms

So run the boot animations stuff by me. I already have a custom animation, all I want is to add sound and I have a poweron.ogg file with the sound I want. Do I have to go through flashing all those files? I tried just copying my sound file toboth the system/etc and system/media/audio/ui folders with no luck.

Flash the stock kernel then boot. Then flash the boot animation signed.zip . Your animation won't change. Have your system ui volume turned up so you can hear the boot sounds.
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If I do that can I still flash and run leankernel after or am I stuck using the modified stock? I can live without boot sounds if it means not having to run stock.
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Must be lean kernel doesn't support sound or there's something else I need to do. Flashed the modified stock and on boot I had my flying TARDIS with sound. Flashed lk and sound went away.
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storm81456 said:
If I do that can I still flash and run leankernel after or am I stuck using the modified stock? I can live without boot sounds if it means not having to run stock.
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Must be lean kernel doesn't support sound or there's something else I need to do. Flashed the modified stock and on boot I had my flying TARDIS with sound. Flashed lk and sound went away.
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I would Google lean kernel and boot sounds
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A link would be more handy. Or even a lmgtfy link. Now you're making me do work...
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MMS breaks for sending images and files other than texts. D2vzw for me

zmedhaug said:
I would Google lean kernel and boot sounds
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I didn't find anything that was helpful/worked after doing the search...

No signal

I just flashed CleanROM on my S3, and now I have no signal, and when I do I cant make or receive calls or anything.
I flashed it on my brothers phone before doing it to mine a day before, and his works wonderfully. Should I just give the phone a day? If so, and it doesn't work by tomorrow should I simply flash a new radio or reflash CleanROM?

Check under settings> more settings> mobile networks. You should be set to global setting. If it already is set that way, switch to gsm of CDMA and the switch back to global. That should do it. And obviously make sure your not in airplane mode, sync is on, mobile data enabled, ect.
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Shaftamle said:
Check under settings> more settings> mobile networks. You should be set to global setting. If it already is set that way, switch to gsm of CDMA and the switch back to global. That should do it. And obviously make sure your not in airplane mode, sync is on, mobile data enabled, ect.
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Didn't work.

SystemsGO! said:
I just flashed CleanROM on my S3, and now I have no signal, and when I do I cant make or receive calls or anything.
I flashed it on my brothers phone before doing it to mine a day before, and his works wonderfully. Should I just give the phone a day? If so, and it doesn't work by tomorrow should I simply flash a new radio or reflash CleanROM?
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Is your imei gone?
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GoonAssJuan said:
Is your imei gone?
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Ha... Yes it is. Didn't do that with the other phone I did this to.
What should I do? I'll look in the meantime before you respond.

SystemsGO! said:
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Ha... Yes it is. Didn't do that with the other phone I did this to.
What should I do? I'll look in the meantime before you respond.
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Well did you backup your imei before flashing ROMs, as it was a thing to do in the guides of rooting your phone to begin with?
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Well first your going to have to Odin back to the 4.0.4 stock G1 http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/C...w_ship.tar.zip
Then follow this following guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
Or also try this if the above gives you no help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29462348
You do have to re provision on the G1 4.0.5 as it this one only has the menu.
After all is good please you back up your imei just in case something goes wrong again a d to your friend to whoever you flashed the cleanrom for, back theirs up as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30682712
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GoonAssJuan said:
Well did you backup your imei before flashing ROMs, as it was a thing to do in the guides of rooting your phone to begin with?
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Well first your going to have to Odin back to the 4.0.4 stock G1 http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/C...w_ship.tar.zip
Then follow this following guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31051731
Or also try this if the above gives you no help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29462348
You do have to re provision on the G1 4.0.5 as it this one only has the menu.
After all is good please you back up your imei just in case something goes wrong again a d to your friend to whoever you flashed the cleanrom for, back theirs up as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30682712
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Of course not. Go figure. I backed up the phone I did it on originally, and didn't need to. Decided the process went so smoothly I wouldn't worry about backing this other phone up, and what do you know I should have. Just my luck. Anyway, I'll try to follow the directions IMEI repair tool. Hopefully this will go smoothly.

SystemsGO! said:
Of course not. Go figure. I backed up the phone I did it on originally, and didn't need to. Decided the process went so smoothly I wouldn't worry about backing this other phone up, and what do you know I should have. Just my luck. Anyway, I'll try to follow the directions IMEI repair tool. Hopefully this will go smoothly.
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I got the IMEI back using the first link without reverting back to anything. However, so far I still have no signal. I guess I have to revert then? The reason I didn't convert is because I found the tool before reading your reply and it didn't mention anything about reverting.
http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/C...w_ship.tar.zip <<< File does not exist

SystemsGO! said:
I got the IMEI back using the first link without reverting back to anything. However, so far I still have no signal. I guess I have to revert then? The reason I didn't convert is because I found the tool before reading your reply and it didn't mention anything about reverting.
http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i535/C...w_ship.tar.zip <<< File does not exist
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Fixed it. Reverted back to stock 4.0.4, still had no signal, typed in the dialer *2767*3855# and this solved everything.

SystemsGO! said:
Fixed it. Reverted back to stock 4.0.4, still had no signal, typed in the dialer *2767*3855# and this solved everything.
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Glad to hear now backup your imei because it's bound to happen anytime not even I know when it'll happen to me. It's just some precautions unless you wanna go through this whole process again.
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GoonAssJuan said:
Glad to hear now backup your imei because it's bound to happen anytime not even I know when it'll happen to me. It's just some precautions unless you wanna go through this whole process again.
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Way ahead of you. Got it backed up with 4.0.4. Thanks for your help and patience man. You get a thanks from me.
Also, I think it should be noted for everyone else that after flashing back to stock 4.0.4, you can save yourself a lot of drama by using that code. Also, you do get stuck into a boot loop when reverting back(I and many others did that I read), simply boot into recovery(yes stock recovery) and do a full wipe. This is probably mentioned somewhere though.

SystemsGO! said:
Way ahead of you. Got it backed up with 4.0.4. Thanks for your help and patience man. You get a thanks from me.
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No problem man.
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I tried rooting.. and im scared I screwed up my phone?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825 I used this and now it boots up like Install, wipe, backup, restore, mount, settings, advanced and reboot. WHAT DO I DO?

You are in recovery. You probably want to make a backup. Then you flash a Rom if you want. Did you do any research on flashing before you did this.
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That's how I rooted. Either reboot to just be rooted on stock ROM or hit install to install a ROM that u downloaded
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If u want a good stock ROM. Try this one. I love it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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david7598 said:
That's how I rooted. Either reboot to just be rooted on stock ROM or hit install to install a ROM that u downloaded
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If u want a good stock ROM. Try this one. I love it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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Hey david you saved my life. How do I download a rom onto my phone? is cyanoegenmod able to be used on this?

Joelkat said:
Hey david you saved my life. How do I download a rom onto my phone? is cyanoegenmod able to be used on this?
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Just go into the Verizon galaxy s3 development area on this forum and find a ROM that u would like. It will explain everything that u need to do. Please read the entire post before doing anything though. And remember. NEVER FLASH AN INTERNATIONAL ROM. that's death for your phone. If its not meant for an sch-i535 (Verizon s3) then do not use it
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And always do a backup before u install any ROM.
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david7598 said:
Just go into the Verizon galaxy s3 development area on this forum and find a ROM that u would like. It will explain everything that u need to do. Please read the entire post before doing anything though. And remember. NEVER FLASH AN INTERNATIONAL ROM. that's death for your phone. If its not meant for an sch-i535 (Verizon s3) then do not use it
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And always do a backup before u install any ROM.
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Thanks again david. What rom are you using?

Joelkat said:
Thanks again david. What rom are you using?
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I am using clean ROM 7. Its stock. But its tweaked for speed and battery savings. And while Installing its totally customizable. U choose what gets installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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david7598 said:
I am using clean ROM 7. Its stock. But its tweaked for speed and battery savings. And while Installing its totally customizable. U choose what gets installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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Okay I will try it out.. It told me to fix super user? so I pressed it and now it just says Downloading Do not turn off target.. but I cant tell if its making progress or not

Joelkat said:
Okay I will try it out.. It told me to fix super user? so I pressed it and now it just says Downloading Do not turn off target.. but I cant tell if its making progress or not
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You're in download mode. Pull the battery. Reboot the phone. Open super user. It should ask to update. Do that.
Go to this site and read this page. Click the download button.
http://www.scottsroms.com/content.p...;-Clean!-Smooth!-Stable!-No-Gimmicks!-★
Then click galaxy s3 (Verizon). Click clean ROM 7. Then towards the top right of the page click download.
DO ALL OF THAT FROM YOUR PHONE SO ITS EASIER
then turn ur phone off. Then hold down volume up+home button+ power button to reboot into recovery. Do a back up. Then wipe your phone. Then install your ROM. follow the on screen instructions and then you're good to go.
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bbqsfire said:
You are in recovery. You probably want to make a backup. Then you flash a Rom if you want. Did you do any research on flashing before you did this.
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THIS. please do plenty of reading before attempting to flash roms, or even root for that matter. why would you root, unlock, and install a custom recovery if you have no idea what the recovery screen looks like ?
SIR. there are plenty of videos on youtube, threads on this site, and information in other places on this subject. read up . that is the only reason any of us know how to answer your questions.
without reading, i am sure as soon as you flash whatever rom you decide on, you will be right back here with more questions. if not BEFORE you even accomplish it. search youtube, and find a video on "how to flash roms using TWRP" there are plenty of videos. watch a couple.
there are also videos on almost every ROM that we have available, so you could check it out before you flash it.
the biggest thing i and others will say is READ READ READ.
good luck!

david7598 said:
I am using clean ROM 7. Its stock. But its tweaked for speed and battery savings. And while Installing its totally customizable. U choose what gets installed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
THIS. please do plenty of reading before attempting to flash roms, or even root for that matter. why would you root, unlock, and install a custom recovery if you have no idea what the recovery screen looks like ?
SIR. there are plenty of videos on youtube, threads on this site, and information in other places on this subject. read up . that is the only reason any of us know how to answer your questions.
without reading, i am sure as soon as you flash whatever rom you decide on, you will be right back here with more questions. if not BEFORE you even accomplish it. search youtube, and find a video on "how to flash roms using TWRP" there are plenty of videos. watch a couple.
there are also videos on almost every ROM that we have available, so you could check it out before you flash it.
the biggest thing i and others will say is READ READ READ.
good luck!
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Thanks! I tried Cyanogenmod and It seems to be taking forever to get past the boot animation.. hoping I didnt screw up..

Joelkat said:
Thanks! I tried Cyanogenmod and It seems to be taking forever to get past the boot animation.. hoping I didnt screw up..
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initial boot will take about as long as it did when you first turned it on out of the box. 2-5 minutes tops. 5 would be strange though. end up getting this figured out?

I actually just wiped data and cache and it booted up within 3 minutes

Thank You
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
THIS. please do plenty of reading before attempting to flash roms, or even root for that matter. why would you root, unlock, and install a custom recovery if you have no idea what the recovery screen looks like ?
SIR. there are plenty of videos on youtube, threads on this site, and information in other places on this subject. read up . that is the only reason any of us know how to answer your questions.
without reading, i am sure as soon as you flash whatever rom you decide on, you will be right back here with more questions. if not BEFORE you even accomplish it. search youtube, and find a video on "how to flash roms using TWRP" there are plenty of videos. watch a couple.
there are also videos on almost every ROM that we have available, so you could check it out before you flash it.
the biggest thing i and others will say is READ READ READ.
good luck!
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I just want to say thank you for offering the best advice we can give to noobs( I am a noob and I'm not ashamed). I had never even heard of rooting before I got my galaxy s3 and I had no idea what I was doing when I rooted it. But, I got lucky. I found CASUAL and rooted my phone in literally 3 minutes. And the first time I saw the twrp screen I panicked, got lucky again when I chose reboot system, then I got sooooooo lucky when I accepted the OTA and lost my root but didn't have any serious problems. That was over a month ago and I have not rooted phone again because now, after all the reading I've done I can see very clearly how lucky I was. My point is, rooting and modifying our phones is serious business and we should understand what we're doing before we do it. And we should exercise some caution when offering advice.
Good luck to everyone in your endeavors and take care of your lovely little phones!
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