[Q] Backed up ROM on Vibrant 3G installed on Vibrant 4G? - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

My husband has a Samsung Vibrant 3G, I rooted it and installed MIUI-NB_1.12.2_signed a few days ago and he really likes it. He just bought a used Samsung Vibrant 4G with the FFC on Craigslist today. Our question is if I make a ROM Manager backup of the current ROM on the 3G, can I install it on the 4G or is the hardware so different that it is impossible? Thanks for any feedback !!

Vibrant ain't sgs4g. Vibrant roms (nitpickers) brick sgs4g, ROM manager shouldn't allow flash work on sgs4g... ROM manager issue with sgs4g too.
Treat both phones/roms separately...
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Thanks !!
ok, off I go to root and install a fresh copy THANKS !!

Good luck with that no miui here...
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You did the right thing by asking first. If you need more help just go ahead and ask in this thread, plenty of people willing to help others who ask the right questions.

OK, we have decided to leave the OS virgin for now, no root and no custom ROM Maybe later we'll root at least. Thanks for the feedback and keep up the GREAT WORK !!
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So I know for future reference, what is the easiest and best application to root the 4G? I have quite a few downloaded when I rooted my husband's Vibrant 3G, such as SuperOneClick and Galaxy S One Click Root All Models. Which one do you recommend?

Depends if your on froyo or GB
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It's Froyo 2.2.1 It's probably a much better thing than being on Gingerbread to root, right? It's a PAIN in the badonkadonk to downgrade via ADB, been there done that twice with the MyTouch 4G's Successfully too, it was a huge learning curve though LOL

Eh it's the same really.just the method differ. For froyo you can find super one click 1.9 and use the PS nueter (sp?) Option just like you did with the vibrant.
are you planning on cwm recovery?
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yes, I know CWM pretty well since I started rooting MyTouch 4G's a couple of months ago, I find it easy to use and never had any problems on those particular phones. But then, the MyTouch 4G's are HTC phones, this is a Samsung and a completely different kind of breed If you have anything better and safer for rooting the Samsung Galaxy S 4G's, I'm all ears

You could hit the GB upgrade, root, and cwm all in one flash with my one click guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
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Tell him it's ok that his phone isn't as good as yours/ours. Just once for me
If you decide on updating, 2.3.6 version is really smooth. There's a few ROMs around, just read up and follow any/all directions.
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development
this link is just what you need...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213713

Why is this thread on development? Move it immediately.
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Chill out
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airfluip1 said:
Why is this thread on development? Move it immediately.
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Seriously dude you need to chill, or you can politely ask a mod to move it to q&a. This rudeness is not constructive nor is it helpful to anyone.
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Flashing my phone

Does anyone has a video tutorial on how to flash roms on the infuse yet because I"m new to the android scene so I dont know what eles to do after I rooted my phone.
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No the rom is on its way, we just need some more donation/chip in for the dev team, check the infuse development page channel, you can chip in so we don't need to wait more time. Welcome on the android community. If you have question just ask they are willing to help. Jeep checking the site everyday. So you can learn more thing about android, I learned so much thing here I'm also new to android.
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I already flashed a new Rom check the Dev section.
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eroracing said:
I already flashed a new Rom check the Dev section.
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i have been looking but i'm alil lost at where to start 1st and which rom did u install and how is it?
follow the directions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1105413

Hi fellow sgs users

I just wanted to say that I jumped from my old epic 4g to this phone and I don't regret it. Will be in here lurking in the shadows.
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Welcome!!!
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Hope you enjoy your badass new phone
sent from MT. OLYMPUS using my kickass sgs4g.
THE GODS ENVY US!!!!!!!!!
Woot! This phone is awesome and we will have much more soon to turn it into a super beast!
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TX2000 said:
I just wanted to say that I jumped from my old epic 4g to this phone and I don't regret it. Will be in here lurking in the shadows.
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I'm going to say Welcome SGS user. But I think your in the wrong section. You have a Nexus S 4G that is with Sprint and this is the SGS 4G from Tmobile section.
Hope you enjoy your phone either way. Lucky you get Gingerbread on your phone.
Please don't try flashing any of the stock ROM's, Theme's or the CWM in this section because the phones are different and you may brick your phone. Plus you'd be downgrading the firmware if it happen to go through which I think would be impossible since the wireless radio's are different.
Beefvvl said:
I'm going to say Welcome SGS user. But I think your in the wrong section. You have a Nexus S 4G that is with Sprint and this is the SGS 4G from Tmobile section.
Hope you enjoy your phone either way. Lucky you get Gingerbread on your phone.
Please don't try flashing any of the stock ROM's, Theme's or the CWM in this section because the phones are different and you may brick your phone. Plus you'd be downgrading the firmware if it happen to go through which I think would be impossible since the wireless radio's are different.
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Thanks for the info. I'll be careful of what I flash on the phone.
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New phone and New to xda developers!!

hello everyone! Well I dumped my iphone and moved on the the android world! I picked up a samsung galaxy s 4g and rooted it and in love already! I would like to get familiar on how to load new roms (Gingerbread) but don't know where to start! Where can i learn about roms, how they work, how to load them, and how to root them! Can someone point me to the information? I need to educate myself to the beastly phone of mine!! Any info will be great! I want to know the a-z on everything possible I'm totally confused! Thanks
Read the galaxy s 4g bible in the development section of this forum. Everything and I mean everything is there.
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Go on youtube.com/samsunggalaxys4gmods/ for tut on gingerbread
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try them all out... all the devs here are amazing! And this is coming from a noob too, being that this is the first time I flashed my sgs4g
Thanks guys for the info sucks being a noob! Anyways great forum, glad I dumped my iphone!
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[Q] use captivate or i9000 roms on infuse?

would i have to port? is that hard?
thank you in advance
Check the dev section there are a number of them there all ready or read up on hellraiser and port your own.
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Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230757
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Ooohhhh....looooord.....
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dman3285 said:
Ooohhhh....looooord.....
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sorry im a noob, im guessing its very hard
No...but I've already ported 5 i9000 Rome and captivate Roms...and bigfau has about the same if not more...look in the superthread...you will see them...and yes...porting is no picnic
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You can choose any of them besides cm7 or miui and flash hellraiser directly after if I'm not mistaken
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nothing hard about porting if you have the information but I'm sure it was no picnic for Linux bozo the first time. also if you want to run other roms not already ported then use the hellraiser mod and follow the flash instructions to the letter.
also why just i9000/ captivate roms. the vibrant has many good roms and I'm sure the sgs4g roms can also work considering we have even more in common with that phone than the regular galaxy s.
Actually it IS hard if you have never done it...that was my point.....it took me forever to get.my first port to boot...but when it does its like riding a bike after that....but anyway...just take your time and study....in non technical terms...open hellraiser and you'll see everything you need....SMDH!
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I didn't mean it as a rebuttal to your post. its all relative. hard/not hard its all a matter of opinion and yeah I've banged my head over stuff that should be stupid easy. and porting the rom is not stupid easy so yeah it can be a headache.
for me app modding is hard, driver writing issues impossible, for my brother its all easy as long as he has documentation. he could easily run with the best xda devs if he had the interest, but he doesn't care much for phones.
for me interpreting blueprints and machining and programming cnc machines and welding aren't hard but to someone else what I do can look intimidating yet I can train anyone with some sense how to do any of those things in a short time.
but back to the op, if you are interested in releasing a rom port break everything down, see what goes into a cwm update package, then break down hellraiser but realize some of the tricks in that update script aren't needed for a onetime flash, there is a shell script that mods the build.prop, you can more easily pre mod the build.prop according to what that script would do and build it into the rom. but if you are just interested in the a certain rom for yourself then you can flash any gb rom for a GSM galaxy s and flash hellraiser back to back. do not reboot before you flash hellraiser that would be bad!
dman3285 said:
No...but I've already ported 5 i9000 Rome and captivate Roms...and bigfau has about the same if not more...look in the superthread...you will see them...and yes...porting is no picnic
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Don't scare the noob. Its not that hard. U can start by port ics. :-/
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Ltilt2 said:
Don't scare the noob. Its not that hard. U can start by port ics. :-/
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LOL. I get the point.

Flash noob

Hey guys,
Im new at this and don't know much about flashing and stuff. I barely got my skyrocket coming from an iPhone 3gs that was jailbroken. Anywho, my friend had my friend had rooted my phone, but im not sure where and how to go from here. What's the best rom and kernels to use?
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Just check out the developement forum try em out and you decide that's the best way.
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Everyone has there own preference I prefer stock rooted it seems to be good enough for me. Although sky icecream is a great one
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Ok look into my signature where it says new to xda// noob?? click there you will find everything you need to know. OR Press here. Make sure to hit thnx.
niezek said:
Everyone has there own preference I prefer stock rooted it seems to be good enough for me. Although sky icecream is a great one
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Thanks for your guys feed back.
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I'd say use the Faux kernel with Sky Ice Cream
It gives me the best battery life... about 2 days with moderate use.
And NEVER use ROM Manager. It's BAD. VERY BAD!

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