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Is the gb rom worth it??

im starting this thread so that everyone can discuss the GB rom that was released to us.
just so everyone knows if you didnt already, the GB rom we were given is not a real release by samsung and has many errors with it.
samfirmware devs made the GB rom compatible with our phone so its a dev build
as of right now we cant us CWM nor can we customize the rom at all
so in personal opinion maybe everyone should stick to froyo with all its mods and tweaks
also flashing the GB rom causes the GB bootloaders which are really i9000 bootloaders to stick even after flashing back to froyo :/ so maybe the noobs should stay away from the rom until the devs finish building it correctly

So if i flashed this am i screwed with the bootloaders even if i oden back to froyo?
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DirtyPISTOLA said:
So if i flashed this am i screwed with the bootloaders even if i oden back to froyo?
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your not screwed its just gonna be a pain in the ass SOMEWHAT to get you back the right bootloaders

You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.

Beefvvl said:
You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.
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thanks beef!
however i did try that before my brick and it said the md5 sum was incorrect??

Beefvvl said:
You can get the bootloaders back once you flash KC1. Not the deodexed rooted version but the stock one that is with the md5 files.
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Cool is that in the development section?
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dsexton702 said:
your not screwed its just gonna be a pain in the ass SOMEWHAT to get you back the right bootloaders
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Without a computer I feel trapped because of no recovery, I can't flash any new roms even though I am rooted.
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cnote74 said:
Without a computer I feel trapped because of no recovery, I can't flash any new roms even though I am rooted.
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yea your definitely going to need a computer to get your bootloaders back but if you dont have a computer how did you do anything to your phone ;D

dsexton702 said:
yea your definitely going to need a computer to get your bootloaders back but if you dont have a computer how did you do anything to your phone ;D
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Borrowed my neighbors and uncle's computer. My uncles rooted my phone, while my neighbors unbricked it.
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cnote74 said:
Borrowed my neighbors and uncle's computer. My uncles rooted my phone, while my neighbors unbricked it.
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Edit wouldn't mind gingerbread do much if I could have the touchwiz 4 launcher
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dsexton702 said:
thanks beef!
however i did try that before my brick and it said the md5 sum was incorrect??
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I used heimdall to get back without it saying md5 error. But is there a write up on how to get back to original bootloaders?
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is this the right FW to flash to get my bootloaders straight? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038344

DirtyPISTOLA said:
is this the right FW to flash to get my bootloaders straight? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038344
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Nope, Krylon removed sbl.bin and boot.bin from that.
Use the full kc1 in gb recooked thread by Raver
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Be careful everyone. I just want you all to be aware. There have been 3 or 4 hardbricks already. They all came to be because of flashing sbl. Chadster went down last night, so before everyone gets flash happy, please know what you are doing. Just putting it out there.
Oh ya.....and no, gb was not worth it, at least not this build.
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dsexton702 said:
im starting this thread so that everyone can discuss the GB rom that was released to us.
just so everyone knows if you didnt already, the GB rom we were given is not a real release by samsung and has many errors with it.
samfirmware devs made the GB rom compatible with our phone so its a dev build
as of right now we cant us CWM nor can we customize the rom at all
so in personal opinion maybe everyone should stick to froyo with all its mods and tweaks
also flashing the GB rom causes the GB bootloaders which are really i9000 bootloaders to stick even after flashing back to froyo :/ so maybe the noobs should stay away from the rom until the devs finish building it correctly
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Totally worth it now you gotta decide if u want a sense base GB or ASOP...I'm currently running Kings Alliance GB and it fresh to death
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alright.. unfortunately all of us who flashed the leak GB ROM will not be able to enjoy what is coming out.. and made it worst I have a nice paper weight sitting on my desk right now.

That's scary to hear! Well I like gb but with the stuff I've been reading, so far to me its not worth dipping your feet in the deep end until a more solid GB is released. I'm always happy to test but the leak GB hasn't been worth it. Just my opinion.
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chadster214 said:
alright.. unfortunately all of us who flashed the leak GB ROM will not be able to enjoy what is coming out.. and made it worst I have a nice paper weight sitting on my desk right now.
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Wow. That's pretty discouraging.
So let me get this straight...
If you flashed the leaked GB Rom at any time you will not be able to enjoy anything else coming out, say, via CWM Recovery?
There's a lot of confusion IMO about this release of GB. I know you'll say, "READ!" Because of how fragmented the information is, do you think it would be helpful to have a compilation of all the known pros and cons, risks and rewards, broken and working components in one stickied post? I would do it, but I'm not sure about everything that is working and not working (and my job could consume any time available to update the post at any moment). I'm using the deodexed version, but I'm walking as if on eggshells with my app usage so as to not break anything (I use it for half personal and half production... I know, illadvised, but could not resist GB).
EDIT: Sorry if there is such a post that I'm suggesting. I just have not seen one. I'm trying to piece together myself what works and what doesn't and the hows.

When I saw how you all were having problems at the very beginning I stayed away and just watched. I'm glad I did. I'm noob.
THANK YOU All for testing people. You saved some of us. Remember that.
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Do we have a Odin flashable STOCK KB5 FW somewhere that contains the original boot.bin and sbl.bin files? that really would be the better FW to go with as it was the original that came with the device. Anyone wanna chime in on this theory?

Samsung Galaxy S 4g GB kernel source published

The Samsung Galaxy S 4g Kernel source has been published on samsung's opensource page as SGH-T959V-TMB_GB_Opensource.zip i read on the forum earlier that we could use it to compile a working gingerbread build for our phone, hoping this will help!

I was just about to post this...=)
Anywho it'll be awhile before things get rolling, but I really, really hope I get a true GB ROM out of this!

Pm sduvick about he will know what to do
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I pmed sduvick about it, hope he can do something good with it...ill tinker with it for a bit myself...don't think ill get very far...but who knows, eh?
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Just started the download, but it's gonna take forever, downloading at 50kb :[

Better than not having it at all. XD

this should really go into the sk4g dev section. is it bad to crosspost?

wuziq said:
this should really go into the sk4g dev section. is it bad to crosspost?
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Please don't, our devs know about it and if they get a working build they will put it there for people who may need to use it in the future

Only releases belong in the dev section, this thread was correctly posted in the General section. Please keep our dev section clean.

Just a question....not trying to rush anyone, but has there been any progress?
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Haven't touched it, busy weekend, will try compiling soon. Even if this works, the amount of time to port a GB rom would be substantial.

So is there a stock rom my girl dont need much
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craven667 said:
So is there a stock rom my girl dont need much
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Are you coming from a phone out of the box? Upgrade to the KJ2 version using Kies and root the phone if you want. The KJ2 firmware runs rather nicely and since you don't need anything flashy a simple root should suffice.
As for a stock GB rom, no there's not one considering it hasn't been released on the SK yet. This thread is about the Galaxy S 4G Gingerbread update, as some of our devs may take it and try to port it to our phone.

i spy stuff and things beginning to happen here..
https://github.com/SunRain

Everything I saw on here was original launch stuff nothing new looking :-/
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i spy stuff and things beginning to happen here..
https://github.com/SunRain
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it appears to be just a clone of another git D:

yeah not much going on, just a branch for gb. might end up being nothing.

I have the strangest feeling that tmo and samsung are about to give up on this phone. If we do get gb, its going to have a couple of bugs but by then they'll wash their hands of us.
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HeavyYeti said:
I have the strangest feeling that tmo and samsung are about to give up on this phone. If we do get gb, its going to have a couple of bugs but by then they'll wash their hands of us.
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Hell if we get gb Ill be happy, if there are bugs the devs should be able to handle it.
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Use Project Nocturnal™ : Here , it's a stock heavily modified ROM
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So is there a stock rom my girl dont need much
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Rogers s2 LTE?

Sorry to bother anyone, hate asking questions cause I always get people making me feel stupid for asking.
Anyways, I am on rogers with a Samsung s2 lte. I some how made did a root and flash, I'm running space pirate.
Was just wondering if I can choose any rom for an s2 or does it have to be rogers s2?
Any help well be greatly appreciated
Thanks
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I think u can choose any rom from this section( skyrocket) since they are exactly same phone. Also you can flash the T-Mobile version too by using conversion pack
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All the roms made for the skyrocket will work on the rogers one, but you should be flashing a rom built using the rogers rom. I've been using TPC V3 Rogers based and its been working quite well.

Tpc v3? I stumbled around and got space pirate on my rogers. It doesn't have the r at the end anymore, so far its been running fine
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Blindeye, you should be able to flash any rom in the DEV section. Although I will just give you a heads up that there will from time to time be AT&T items loaded into your phone. So far Ive had a small handful of AT&T contact numbers added into my contacts. BUT so far I have only flashed a single rom that has faux kernel built into it. (Sky Ice Cream Sandwich) by Seanzscreams.
~PsyCl0ne

Are all of you guys from Rogers?? I think it might be your network or phone because none of us att ppl have this issue. At least i never heard of it yet.

I'm actually getting replies, last time I just got guys giving me **** for posting.... ha.
Nice to see, and thanks
Am new to the flashing world, I've done it twice with cyanogenmod on captivate and space pirate on s2 rogers. Worked fine but still get nervous when doing it... ha.
Am now attempting a dell streak which has like a 20 different ways to get a custom, trying not to pull my hair out and going cross eyed from reading so much forums... ha.
Thanks for the responses, I wanna try another one, was thinking tpc or an ics one.
No problems yet on the space pirate. Just now my cell reads sghi727 instead of sghi727r, only thing I've noticed.
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You know we appreciate you hitting that thnx button if you really wanted to thnx us.
blind1eye said:
I'm actually getting replies, last time I just got guys giving me **** for posting.... ha.
Nice to see, and thanks
Am new to the flashing world, I've done it twice with cyanogenmod on captivate and space pirate on s2 rogers. Worked fine but still get nervous when doing it... ha.
Am now attempting a dell streak which has like a 20 different ways to get a custom, trying not to pull my hair out and going cross eyed from reading so much forums... ha.
Thanks for the responses, I wanna try another one, was thinking tpc or an ics one.
No problems yet on the space pirate. Just now my cell reads sghi727 instead of sghi727r, only thing I've noticed.
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Wow, there is a lot to read! What are u running on ur s2? Was thinking about trying another but I dunno, this space pirate is running pretty good.
Was gonna try and play with the dell streak, but the instructions are a nightmare. They say to use fastboot then they say not to use fastboot... ha.
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blind1eye said:
Wow, there is a lot to read! What are u running on ur s2? Was thinking about trying another but I dunno, this space pirate is running pretty good.
Was gonna try and play with the dell streak, but the instructions are a nightmare. They say to use fastboot then they say not to use fastboot... ha.
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You can just try to flash all kind of roms from the development section. I am currently using ics rom but mixing different theme for myself. You can't really say which rom is better, it is all depend your taste.
I also have the dell streak 7 too. Actually it wasn't really that hard to flash rom. It is just a bit more work than samsung(you know...all samsung phones are like flashing machine XD)

Just a suggestion faux123 kernel runs best with really good battery life and it will go with any rom except cm7 or MIUI they have their own kernel and da_g has the kernel.
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Wow, there is a lot to read! What are u running on ur s2? Was thinking about trying another but I dunno, this space pirate is running pretty good.
Was gonna try and play with the dell streak, but the instructions are a nightmare. They say to use fastboot then they say not to use fastboot... ha.
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Flashing just the kernel? Was thinking about trying out the tpc for rogers, downloaded it and its like 400 MB, that's big isn't it? Isn't really any instructions so I assume I just do it through clockwork mod, dunno if I have to wipe anything, didn't see any exact instructions.
As well is there a place I can find a rogers stock rom to put back the way it was? Also can I just use clockwork?
Any help well be greatly appreciated, as I'm still Leary of flashing and stuff... ha
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Yes flash tpcV3 and don't flash faux123's kernel because the combo that tpc has for you guys is best with amazing battery life. And when you are noob that's when my guide comes handy so here it is on how to flash rom.
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Flashing just the kernel? Was thinking about trying out the tpc for rogers, downloaded it and its like 400 MB, that's big isn't it? Isn't really any instructions so I assume I just do it through clockwork mod, dunno if I have to wipe anything, didn't see any exact instructions.
As well is there a place I can find a rogers stock rom to put back the way it was? Also can I just use clockwork?
Any help well be greatly appreciated, as I'm still Leary of flashing and stuff... ha
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Thanks for the info, I think it well be awhile b4 I can get use to flashing. I flashed the crap out of my dell streak, but the 4 roms I tried all had troubles with creating a hotspot to share my data. I just put it back to stock. Yet when it comes to my s2 I get really nervous... ha
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Oh yeah, I forgot to ask about radios and do I need to worry about that? Again thanks, also I found the Thanks button.... ha

Skyrocket From EVO4G

Hi guys,
I recently made a switch from sprint to att. I picked the skyrocket.
I had the evo4g from the 3rd day it was released and tried nearly every
rom there was. I am flash junkie.
What can you tell me or recomend for this new phone of mine?
I have installed CWM recovery, superuser, and titanium so far.
Not sure what rom I should try first. Feel like I was fluent in evo forum and roms. Not liking being the new kid.
Thanks in advance

kawyboy said:
Hi guys,
I recently made a switch from sprint to att. I picked the skyrocket.
I had the evo4g from the 3rd day it was released and tried nearly every
rom there was. I am flash junkie.
What can you tell me or recomend for this new phone of mine?
I have installed CWM recovery, superuser, and titanium so far.
Not sure what rom I should try first. Feel like I was fluent in evo forum and roms. Not liking being the new kid.
Thanks in advance
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You are going to love the Skyrocket! Unfortunately the EVO being out as long as it has had a much more solid dev area.
The Skyrocket is still young but really doesn't take much to make it fly.
I currently use quickwiz along with faux's kernel.
I have mish mashed some themes from the tmobile t989 section and used some bits and pieces from our devs here to really make the phone mine.
Honestly there isn't a bad rom in the dev section, they are all great

Deffinately flash red sonja rom

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You are going to love the Skyrocket! Unfortunately the EVO being out as long as it has had a much more solid dev area.
The Skyrocket is still young but really doesn't take much to make it fly.
I currently use quickwiz along with faux's kernel.
I have mish mashed some themes from the tmobile t989 section and used some bits and pieces from our devs here to really make the phone mine.
Honestly there isn't a bad rom in the dev section, they are all great
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That has been my hesitation, very little to choose from compared to evo.
I have a friend trying to get me a beta version of vanilla 4.0 from his connects
at google.
I will be sharing if that comes through.
Thanks for the input

Flashing
While I am at it, Is it correct that flashing roms with CWM
will not trigger the counter?
And then to go back to stock just is odin to flash a stock rom?
Thanks

Correct
kawyboy said:
While I am at it, Is it correct that flashing roms with CWM
will not trigger the counter?
And then to go back to stock just is odin to flash a stock rom?
Thanks
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kawyboy said:
Hi guys,
I recently made a switch from sprint to att. I picked the skyrocket.
I had the evo4g from the 3rd day it was released and tried nearly every
rom there was. I am flash junkie.
What can you tell me or recomend for this new phone of mine?
I have installed CWM recovery, superuser, and titanium so far.
Not sure what rom I should try first. Feel like I was fluent in evo forum and roms. Not liking being the new kid.
Thanks in advance
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if you are a flash junkie I would flash all of them saving skyicecream for last because it is probably the best in my opinion and because as much as Sean(dev) releases updates, almost daily, it hard to find time to flash anything else because your curious to see what's new. any way welcome to the forum and happy flashing
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Update: sky ICS UCLD is pretty sweet. Fast. Fast Fast. Very nice. Good battery so far.
Thanks XDA and fellow skyrocketeers!!
:thumbup:
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Cm9 if you're reckless member of society
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NexusMod if you want slow updates
(lol jkay )

Welcome I'm also from the evo all roms here should be tried nexus mod is up there for me if you need help at all let me know
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Op resurrected his own 4 month thread.. nice

Oh..... oh noooooo I've been trolled
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Lol, I didn't get ya, but a new.user did . We'll not really, his account's older than mine

[Q] What ROM do you guys have?

Since there are 4 or 5 ROM's for our phones... what ROM are you guys running? Stock? Curious

There are that many? Lol I am on a rooted stock, but play with Erik's customized ROM.
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There are only two that actually run from what I understand. I am currently running erikmm's rom and it runs well so far.
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Im on Stock too. :silly:

Running stock and unrooted until T-mo/Samsung release ICS for this phone.
I rooted my previous phone (Exhibit 4G) and got rid of the T-mo bloat, can't wait to do the same for this phone. Only reason I haven't rooted is I worry something may interfere with the OTA update whenever it's released.

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Running stock and unrooted until T-mo/Samsung release ICS for this phone.
I rooted my previous phone (Exhibit 4G) and got rid of the T-mo bloat, can't wait to do the same for this phone. Only reason I haven't rooted is I worry something may interfere with the OTA update whenever it's released.
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HA! Me too! On both counts! Got rid of the exhibit and got the blaze instead. Never got voicemails on that undeveloped thing. It's too bad as besides the voicemail issue I had it was a solid phone.
You should be able to get an OTA update even rooted with CWM (it is still the stock rom after all) - but you may end up needing to download the zip and do it yourself. It shouldn't be too hard to find the zip here on XDA for the stock release once it's out. I actually prefer doing it that way- it's faster -as with other devices I've owned the OTA update wouldn't go through until 3-4 days after its release (sensation 4g, streak 7). I have rooted and got CWM on my phone and removed the bloat and LOVE IT.
Coming from a 1st gen Exhibit 4G makes me thankful that so many great devs are actively developing for our Blaze. Thank you!

I still come to wonder.. What happened to the guy who was building a ROM before the blaze even released.?
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anactoraaron said:
HA! Me too! On both counts! Got rid of the exhibit and got the blaze instead. Never got voicemails on that undeveloped thing. It's too bad as besides the voicemail issue I had it was a solid phone.
You should be able to get an OTA update even rooted with CWM (it is still the stock rom after all) - but you may end up needing to download the zip and do it yourself. It shouldn't be too hard to find the zip here on XDA for the stock release once it's out. I actually prefer doing it that way- it's faster -as with other devices I've owned the OTA update wouldn't go through until 3-4 days after its release (sensation 4g, streak 7). I have rooted and got CWM on my phone and removed the bloat and LOVE IT.
Coming from a 1st gen Exhibit 4G makes me thankful that so many great devs are actively developing for our Blaze. Thank you!
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Don't think it will be OTA anyway. Will probably be kies.
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Don't think it will be OTA anyway. Will probably be kies.
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Most likely..

running erik's dk. love it

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running erik's dk. love it
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awesome to hear
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How about with the new varieties.??!
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HTCLeoSence3.X said:
How about with the new varieties.??!
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I'm using cm7 lol between that and an pre-alpha version of cm9

I just got a boner.!! May test this cm9.??!
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HTCLeoSence3.X said:
I just got a boner.!! May test this cm9.??!
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It's a pre-alpha version it's buggy and unstable as hell that's why i haven't released or asked for testers let me get it to where it doesn't reboot every 5 mins and i'll hit ya up lol
also got LF4 update and i'm redoing everything i did with dark knight but with the latest firmware

Please, do.!! Can't wait.
Gonna update via Kids in the a.m.!
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HTCLeoSence3.X said:
Please, do.!! Can't wait.
Gonna update via Kids in the a.m.!
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lol awesome btw congrats on the new team newb
if you guys need any pointers ask in that thread and i'll hop on every so often

Lol thanks.. its a t.i.p. lol.
Thanks and most likely will do.! Lol.
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erikmm said:
I'm using cm7 lol between that and an pre-alpha version of cm9
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Nice to know a CM9 is being worked on! Stoked to hear. :good:

I tried flashing a new rom with rom manager but it screwed up my cwm recovery and now when I boot it to recovery it shows pixels and them the screen turns green. Anyway to fix this?
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