is the galaxy s ii skyrocket worth rooting? can someone tell me the benefits and disadvantage if rooted. Ive rooted my old phone before but dont really have a good understanding yet. i had a mytouch 4g rooted where i did the over clock and switch rom but if i do that doesnt that prevent u from doing updates. so what happens if icecream sandwitch comes out how will i be able to update to icecream?
Rooting by itself won't prevent your ability to take future OTA updates ; however, if you change your recovery partition (i.e., flash CWM) the OTA update will fail... you'll have to reflash stock 3e recovery first, then take OTA update. I rooted my 2.3.5 I727-SR but kept stock 3e recovery... and I was able to take the OTA 2.3.6 when it was available.
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say ice cream sandwitch comes out. and someone makes a rom with the icecream sandwitch update can i flash that rom if im still on 2.3.5
where can i download stock 3e recovery? do u have a link
urwifeismyslave said:
say ice cream sandwitch comes out. and someone makes a rom with the icecream sandwitch update can i flash that rom if im still on 2.3.5
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if someone makes a rom from ICS, you could flash it no matter what rom you are currently using......
i think you need to do a little bit of reading up on what it means to flash a rom
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I flashed ice cream sandwich and when it goes to boot it just keeps restarting help please
Flash a different ROM.
problem
I have tried almost everything I've tried changing partition from Mahler and wife data and all the new ics Rome I'm so lost and I never have problems like this.
when HD2O will release this 1.24 version for HD2?
Same question.
Youngmyster said:
I flashed ice cream sandwich and when it goes to boot it just keeps restarting help please
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Do you have system partition of above 200MB. I had also same issue but solved with this!
Can you successfully flash a gingerbread ROM still? I have gone back and forth (gingerbread to ice and back) with no issues. The partition size does seem like the most likely culprit.
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If you guys remember we got the sense 3 update leaked long before we expected it. I wonder if this will be the same for the ICS update. Anyone wonder if we will get a stable rom before the official release
It depends. We need people to leak the ruu
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I rooted my DS and am running Lowveld's excellent Reaper rom, when the HTC ICS update comes out, will I be able to get it over the air or will I need to wait for someone to upload it here........?
Andy3105 said:
I rooted my DS and am running Lowveld's excellent Reaper rom, when the HTC ICS update comes out, will I be able to get it over the air or will I need to wait for someone to upload it here........?
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You won't get an official HTC OTA update on a rooted phone with a Custom ROM... and if somehow you do manage to get one while on a Sense ROM, DO NOT flash it... you'll end up in a bootloop.
As far as getting to use it, you'll get it on XDA much before people on stock ROMs (if history is anything to go by...). Hell, I think you might be running Sense 4 before HTC decides to give you Sense 3.6 officially.
Google search for details.
enigmaamit said:
You won't get an official HTC OTA update on a rooted phone with a Custom ROM... and if somehow you do manage to get one while on a Sense ROM, DO NOT flash it... you'll end up in a bootloop.
As far as getting to use it, you'll get it on XDA much before people on stock ROMs (if history is anything to go by...). Hell, I think you might be running Sense 4 before HTC decides to give you Sense 3.6 officially.
Google search for details.
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Yeah I think we will get 4.0 before 3.6!
I'm sure the RUU for the One V will be out before our RUU for ICS.
Can't wait
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When the OTA update for ICS drops, will there be a way to root and S-OFF with Revolutionary like there is for Gingerbread? Or will flashing the currently available firmwares be necessary? I'm not sure how the update process will work, as far as these things. I guess my question is: How would I root and S-OFF when ICS drops for Sensation 4g users? Thanks in advance.
Prob not right away.
Remember if you do choose to recieve the stock ics ota that you need to flash the stock recovery or you will end with a brick. Someone please correct me if i am wrong.
But with upgraded FW 3.30 and roms such as virtuous and ARHD ICS theres really no need to update to the official ics. I do understand if you want the official ics though.
Hope this helps.
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Virtuous 3.0
vabeachfc3s said:
Prob not right away.
Remember if you do choose to recieve the stock ics ota that you need to flash the stock recovery or you will end with a brick. Someone please correct me if i am wrong.
But with upgraded FW 3.30 and roms such as virtuous and ARHD ICS theres really no need to update to the official ics. I do understand if you want the official ics though.
Hope this helps.
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Virtuous 3.0
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Yeah, I've been trying to decide whether to go back to full stock (S-ON, etc.) and go the OTA way or just do it with the user-friendly firmwares, but I'm pretty hesitant to do the latter because of the chance of bricking. How likely is the chance of a mistake somehow being made, even if the appropriate steps are taken? I mean, I've seen all these threads with people seemingly doing it right but still ending up with bootloops, so I'm quite apprehensive about the whole thing.
Edit: Also, is the final ICS firmware backwards compatible with Gingerbread ROMs, by any chance?
Na. Ics has to run on 3.24 fw and up
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vabeachfc3s said:
Prob not right away.
Remember if you do choose to recieve the stock ics ota that you need to flash the stock recovery or you will end with a brick. Someone please correct me if i am wrong.
But with upgraded FW 3.30 and roms such as virtuous and ARHD ICS theres really no need to update to the official ics. I do understand if you want the official ics though.
Hope this helps.
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Virtuous 3.0
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You shouldn't end up with a brick if you don't have the stock recovery. I had the real stock experience Rom android 2.3.3 and when I did the software search it found the android 2.3.4 update. I downloaded it but all it says is you have made modifications to your phone...the update won't work.
Also. There is currently NO information whatsoever if revolutionary will update, and if it will support the sensation at all. If it did though I could fix my phone. Personally I'd go for the newest arhd although I can't. It's better than the official will be, I'm guessing that after a week or two sense will start to crash again. No matter what HTC have said.
I did the same as Sensation Lover. Coming from a stock 2.3.4, S-OFF and rooted. After the update completed it just stuck at the HTC splash screen upon reboot.
I just ended up reflashing the 1.50 TMO RUU and then did the update. I was S-OFF before the update via HTC Dev and that stayed.
If you are soff dont go back to son for the update. Like others have already said. You can flash the stock recovery then just use ota with soff. If you decide you want to root it'll be pretty simple
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I'm a newbie to this stuff. And I really need some help on How to root my T-mobile samsung galaxy s sgh-t959v 2.3.6 firmware so I can have any ice cream sandwich rom, or anything better? I really need some help from you guys! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
First of all download super one click( I think that's what its called) . It will let you root your phone in one click. Then flash a kernel(do research on it). Finally flash a custom rom. I'm on ics right now. You could always stay on gingerbread until the Aries kernel is released, but it is your choice. Good luck
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hey guys.
i decided to wait a few weeks to update to the Android 4.0 Update (ruu). currently im using Gingerbread 2.3.5 (not root, no customrom) and i think its ok.
you people who have installed the Android 4.0 Ruu Update, if you got another chance to update from 2.3.5 to the Ruu 4.0 , would u do it or not?
after some weeks of testing and exp. 4.0 , u think its better than gingerbread?
thanks
Nachhaltige said:
hey guys.
i decided to wait a few weeks to update to the Android 4.0 Update (ruu). currently im using Gingerbread 2.3.5 (not root, no customrom) and i think its ok.
you people who have installed the Android 4.0 Ruu Update, if you got another chance to update from 2.3.5 to the Ruu 4.0 , would u do it or not?
after some weeks of testing and exp. 4.0 , u think its better than gingerbread?
thanks
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ICS is better than GB but it will be a bit slower. Try Reaper custom rom
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I updated to the 4.0.4 ruu and I wasn't too impressed by sense 3.6. I have been trying to find ways to get back to gingerbread but I can't find any.
why not go directly to jellybean?
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I updated to the 4.0.4 ruu and I wasn't too impressed by sense 3.6. I have been trying to find ways to get back to gingerbread but I can't find any.
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try this link below to downgrade from ics to gb
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876188&page=4
There isn't a huge amount of difference between the two os's but I found the new UI actually worse than before and a little bit slower. However you do get a bunch of new features like face unlock and more. It's a difficult one but I think ICS just about wins as it is a little nicer and more fun to use.