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It's kind of a funny story, actually..

So I bought a Captivate off of craigslist. first mistake, i know. but i inspected the phone meticulously and everything had checked out. That is...
Until I got home. I had seen that CM7 nightlies were posted and I use them on my Inspire so i didn't waste anytime rooting and installing CWM. I then downloaded 2 ROMs, one normal 2.2 ROM and CM nightly build 13. I read about cm7 and how it replaces the EFS file system, so the only way to change ROMs is to odin back to stock.
Here's the funny part. Everything I did up up to and including installing CM7 I did WITHOUT using a computer/USB whatsoever. So I install samsung USB drivers on my 2 PC's (win7 and xp) and I go to connect my phone in download mode. no dice. everytime i plug it in, both of my PCs say the dreaded "usb device has malfunctioned"
2 additional details to note:
1. my friend picked up a stock 2.2 captivate at best buy tonight and i threw it in download mode on the same usb port and it connected fine and installed drivers, + odin saw the device. mine still says malfunctioned.
2. I know USB connectivity works because if i go to the CWM recovery I can mount USB storage.
SO what are everyone's thoughts? did i not read a special instruction? am I missing something really stupid? or am i stuck on CM7 nightly builds for the rest of forever? haha.
Edit: found this in the cm7 nightly post:
**Warning : Not for new users, flash this build only if you know what you are doing !!! Make SURE you can get into Download mode using only buttons (no other method, Download mode from just buttons is essential).**
I didn't read that^ whoops. I cannot get into DL mode using only buttons...does that mean i am stuck on CM7?

3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere

ConeyKiller said:
3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere
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His main problem is odin wont reconize his phone once it is in download mode. Three button fix is secondary mainly because you need odin to flash it.

Try getting jiffy with it
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erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I think you mean jiggy.....as in a jig. Still issue is odin not reconizing phone in download mode.

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p

Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.

whiteguypl said:
Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.
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Your correct.
Good luck OP.

studacris said:
I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p
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Hahaha nice

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I carry a jig in my wallet. Not sure I am up to carrying peanut butter too.

Well I hope you get out of your Jam...
Pun intended
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[Q] Odin doesn't detect download mode

I've been trying to figure this out for hours...
I recently got a Charge (I also have an old Fascinate). and I'm trying to root it. It came out of the box with EE4. I primarily use a macbook pro, but have learned that I can't root EE4 with it. So, I booted up my old school desktop PC.
I can't get Odin 1.82 (or 1.3 for that matter) to recognize my Charge or my Fascinate. I've tried 4 different Samsung driver files, and the computer recognizes the phones in USB Storage mode just fine (telling me that the usb cable is working fine). I can transfer files and everything. And yes, the phones have the yellow road sign looking thing and say "Downloading..."
But when I put either in download mode:
USB device not Recognized.
One of the USB devices attached to this conputer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance click this message.
Basically, acts as though no driver is installed. and when I click the message and go to Update the driver (while still in download mode), I went to C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\, but there's tons of folders and non of them contain a working driver for download mode (I tried them all).
I don't care about the Fascinate. I only mentioned it because I thought there was something to neither phone working. And this is the first (and only) time I've tried to get Odin to work (ie. it hasn't worked ever).
I've searched all over the forums, internet, and soul trying to figure this out. I can't be the only one this has happened to. Or I'm missing something really fking obvious.
I'm on an old custom made desktop with an AMD 1700+ processor running Windows XP (not 64 bit).

tifford said:
I've been trying to figure this out for hours...
I recently got a Charge (I also have an old Fascinate). and I'm trying to root it. It came out of the box with EE4. I primarily use a macbook pro, but have learned that I can't root EE4 with it. So, I booted up my old school desktop PC.
I can't get Odin 1.82 (or 1.3 for that matter) to recognize my Charge or my Fascinate. I've tried 4 different Samsung driver files, and the computer recognizes the phones in USB Storage mode just fine (telling me that the usb cable is working fine). I can transfer files and everything. And yes, the phones have the yellow road sign looking thing and say "Downloading..."
But when I put either in download mode:
USB device not Recognized.
One of the USB devices attached to this conputer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance click this message.
Basically, acts as though no driver is installed. and when I click the message and go to Update the driver (while still in download mode), I went to C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\, but there's tons of folders and non of them contain a working driver for download mode (I tried them all).
I don't care about the Fascinate. I only mentioned it because I thought there was something to neither phone working. And this is the first (and only) time I've tried to get Odin to work (ie. it hasn't worked ever).
I've searched all over the forums, internet, and soul trying to figure this out. I can't be the only one this has happened to. Or I'm missing something really fking obvious.
I'm on an old custom made desktop with an AMD 1700+ processor running Windows XP (not 64 bit).
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the pc itself doesn't sound like the problem, at least not directly... the only things I can suggest would be to either try different USB ports, a different cable, uninstalling and reinstalling the driver: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34782489/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_I510_v1.3.1900.0.exe (which is made specifically for the Charge), disabling any antivirus that may be installed (or running Odin as administrator), and making sure USB debugging is ticked off under 'development' in applications settings

thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately, i've tried all of those except for disabling debugging. and, sadly, that didn't do the trick.
i've tried all of the usb cables i own (about 7). i've uninstalled and reinstalled divers from every link posted, and rebooted after each time. i've tried all of my usb ports on my computer. i've even cleared out the usb history in regedit.
::sigh::

tifford said:
thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately, i've tried all of those except for disabling debugging. and, sadly, that didn't do the trick.
i've tried all of the usb cables i own (about 7). i've uninstalled and reinstalled divers from every link posted, and rebooted after each time. i've tried all of my usb ports on my computer. i've even cleared out the usb history in regedit.
::sigh::
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well if it was just the Charge I would say there may be a problem with the phone or somethings not being done right, I have heard of some people having phones (Fascinate mostly) that won't go into download mode for Odin but will work perfectly with everything else... however both phones not working seems to be some kind of issue with the pc or cable, but I couldn't say for sure as I'm not knowledgable on the hardware of android phones

1700+. That's REALLY old school.
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still can't get it to work...
is there any way to go back to eb01 or whatever without root or Odin?
or can someone post the Download Mode driver?

tifford said:
still can't get it to work...
is there any way to go back to eb01 or whatever without root or Odin?
or can someone post the Download Mode driver?
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If anyone is an ADB guru here they may know how to do it with that, like pushing CWM to the phone and then you can probably flash to stock... I only know how to do basic things like install apk's and logcat

I know with most phones, you can't go back without root because the system doesn't let you. I'm used to the Droid incredible and incredible 2, where rooting and flashing roms is easy as pie with some knowledge of adb and cwm. none of the ed01, ee4, fu69 stuff to worry about. Odin seems very easy, and its damn near impossible to permanently brick your phone if you have it. BUT I can't get it to work.
is there an adb / non-Odin root method for ee4?
if I understand correctly, the gingerbreak method and one click method don't work with ee4. (I've tried both of those too)
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Your on Mac? Have u tried using heimdall?
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I've tried using heimdall on my Mac and can't get it figured out. heimdall 1.3 (older heimdalls like 1.1.1 wont open) requires a framework.XML file which Odin roms don't have. I can create one but the only way I can do that is by using a .pit file (which creates a partition) which I'd have to take from other rom files. the only way can see it working is by Frankensteining it together to get it to flash which does doesn't seem right.
I could be completely misunderstanding how to get it to work. I could just use heimdall in terminal, but I don't understand it enough yet to attempt. heimdall 1.3 looks nothing like the way I thought it would (where I select all the recovery, bootloader, etc files individually)
grr...
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You know we DO have a PIT file right?
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which should I use? depending on the rom I use, does it matter which PIT file I use?
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tifford said:
which should I use? depending on the rom I use, does it matter which PIT file I use?
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there's only one PIT file and its for getting to stock 2.2 Froyo

so, I should only use it for flashing back to stock 2.2?
can I use it for flashing a 2.2 rom like gummy charged 1.9.1?
does it matter which stock 2.2 I use? ed01? ee4?
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tifford said:
so, I should only use it for flashing back to stock 2.2?
can I use it for flashing a 2.2 rom like gummy charged 1.9.1?
does it matter which stock 2.2 I use? ed01? ee4?
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yes only for stock 2.2 because it is what reformats your partitions after they've been converted to ext4 with lagfix/voodoo
as for stock roms EE4 is the latest and hasn't given me any problems when Odining but I suppose the others like ED1 or ED2 would be fine

just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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tifford said:
just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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soft brick, you need to odin EE4 stock with the PIT file and it'll be back to normal.. its almost impossible to permabrick this phone through user error, only if the boot.bin files are corrupted afaik
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

tifford said:
just bricked it.
I was trying to revert back to ed1 so that I could root from there with gingersnap / gingerbreak through adb
I downloaded the Verizon stock ed1 file and pit file, inserted all of the files in the correct place (param = parameters.rfs etc.) it got to uploading kernel and failed. now my phone boots into a picture of a cellphone then an arrow pointing at a computer with a yellow triangle with a !
and I have no way of unbricking it.
I'm going to borrow someone's windows laptop and Odin it back to health (hopefully)
then I'm returning it for a thunderbolt. this phone has driven me mad.
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We don't root through ADB.
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i borrowed a friend's windows laptop. i used Odin to go back to stock ED1
Then ROOTED THROUGH ADB on my mac...
i'm a happy camper now.
Thanks for the help guys

Have fun with ED1.. . If you update it will break root.
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odin not recognizing phone

hey guys, need some help from the guru's here. trying some of the newer latest roms and kinda got stuck here. for some reason im not able to use odin(1.7 or 1.81) to go back to stock. i am able to use the heimdall one click versions (stock froyo, uclb3, and entropy DD kernel) but thats it. im on gb bootloaders and heimdall did ask to download some new drivers, wondering if that was why?
been having problems with this touch screen on several roms and was going to call about warranty. if they want it back, it needs to be stock stock.
thanks in advance for any help
brad

How are you entering download mode, manually or through extended power menu/toggles? Powermenu/toggles never worked for me I always had to go manually for it to be detected
Have you tried different USB ports? For me only one USB port works with Odin...even though the rest work out of download mode for transferring files
You probably do, but do you have drivers installed?
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doesnt matter if i enter download mode manually with the button/data cable method or through extended power menu.
im using the same usb port i've always used that has always worked for me. i'll try a different one.
also, i do have drivers installed because i have used odin in the past.
i honestly think it has something to do with the drivers that were installed when i used heimdall one click, they were a different set of drivers. i just dont know how to reinstall odin drivers or put it back the way it was beforehand.
i do have a replacement device on the way and i would like to have uckh1 installed before i ship it back to them.

Reload drivers. Heimdall drivers aren't used with Odin. Adam O just posted some comments on this in another thread recently.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23886132
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ahh sweet relief.. using another usb port works. thank you!

Defected sgs2 wont connect to pc, install custom rom ota?

Hey
i've been trying to find a custom rom that i can install onto my completely stock sgs2 lte without connecting to pc and flashing with odim. My phone is apparently defected and cannot connect to pc, trying to install custom rom might fix the issue. the phone is completely stock, not even rooted.
can someone direct a link to that rom?
thanksks!

the only way as far as I know is to hook it up to PC. Mine did the same thing. Wouldn't register on a PC. I tried various cables until I found one that would work. That's the best advice I can give you.
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Try different USB Ports and different cables or another computer.
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If your rom version support the zerg rush rooting method you can do it, install cwm and flash a rom from there.
I never had to flash anything using odin, tried using odin only once and even then I dont think it recognized my phone due to bad kies drivers(which I have fixed by now).

you do have the correct drivers installed right? More info in your first post would be an advantage to those trying to help
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Also like the last guy I just thought about it could be your kies installed **** drivers, happened to me the first time, couldn't connect the phone to the pc but it worked great on the mac try completely uninstalling kies and the usb drivers and installing them from scratch.

flickoff613 said:
Hey
i've been trying to find a custom rom that i can install onto my completely stock sgs2 lte without connecting to pc and flashing with odim. My phone is apparently defected and cannot connect to pc, trying to install custom rom might fix the issue. the phone is completely stock, not even rooted.
can someone direct a link to that rom?
thanksks!
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Download wifi file transfer peo and start loading up the phone without ever connecting it. I've never had to connect the phone to the pc ever since I stated using that app.
Everything is mobile Odin or CWM now right off the sd card and wifi for data.
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Get dolphin browser hd from the market. U can download anything u want just like on a pc.
I download my roms directly to my devices. No dealing with a usb cable or pc

kr3w1337 said:
Download wifi file transfer peo and start loading up the phone without ever connecting it. I've never had to connect the phone to the pc ever since I stated using that app.
Everything is mobile Odin or CWM now right off the sd card and wifi for data.
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We are supported by mobile Odin?
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roughneckboren said:
the only way as far as I know is to hook it up to PC. Mine did the same thing. Wouldn't register on a PC. I tried various cables until I found one that would work. That's the best advice I can give you.
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yes i have tried various cables as well as a search result, doesn't seem to budge.
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Try different USB Ports and different cables or another computer.
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yes i have tried different ports and as well as installing kies / drivers on different computers including windows xp, windows vista, windows 7, no conclusion.
roughneckboren said:
you do have the correct drivers installed right? More info in your first post would be an advantage to those trying to help
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yep i tried every single driver for the sgs2 lte that i can search on xda.
kishke said:
Also like the last guy I just thought about it could be your kies installed **** drivers, happened to me the first time, couldn't connect the phone to the pc but it worked great on the mac try completely uninstalling kies and the usb drivers and installing them from scratch.
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i've tried that but never tested on mac because i dunno anyone that has a mac nearby lol.
i have contacted samsung, they said its defected so send it in for repairs, since i dont have warranty they'd charge me up the ass. Its funny because they asked me why do i need to plug to pc, i simply said music, photo... shoulda been like TO MOD YOUR ****.
more or less, i have last resort to sell it on kijiji and buy another same model off kijiji, hoping its not defected. the sgs2 is a sweet phone, real talk lol
silver03wrx said:
Get dolphin browser hd from the market. U can download anything u want just like on a pc.
I download my roms directly to my devices. No dealing with a usb cable or pc
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i dont have a problem with getting roms onto my phone, i have a microsd adapter that i use to transfer, just issue is if can get pass the stupid E:signature vertification failed on the recovery upgrade from zip that be awesome, but that means i have to root, but how do i root without the pc..

Whats your rom version?

Android version:
2.3.5
Baseband version:
I727RUXKJ7
Kernel version:
2.6.35.11
Build number:
GINGERBREAD.RUXKJ7

Sigh!! Its so easy with the galaxy ace, rooting and unrooting and installing cmw, all with the stock recovery, which we have on this phone, I was tempted to try it on my 1727 just wanna root so I can freeze the wifi manager with TB.

flickoff613 said:
Android version:
2.3.5
Baseband version:
I727RUXKJ7
Kernel version:
2.6.35.11
Build number:
GINGERBREAD.RUXKJ7
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So it's pretty easy, use think to root your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
Then download rom manager and install CWM.
Then just flash everything you want with CWM without the need for a cable.

kishke said:
So it's pretty easy, use think to root your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
Then download rom manager and install CWM.
Then just flash everything you want with CWM without the need for a cable.
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Yeah i think ill just sell the phone, how am i going to use easy root when i said my pc wont even recognize my phone, yes it is easy if i can get it to connect....

kishke said:
So it's pretty easy, use think to root your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
Then download rom manager and install CWM.
Then just flash everything you want with CWM without the need for a cable.
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Yeah i think ill just sell the phone, how am i going to use easy root when i said my pc wont even recognize my phone, yes it is easy if i can get it to connect....

Oh your right totally forgot about needing a pc for this >< my mistake.

BUMP
Hi, I want some help with this same issue. I'm not sure what forum etiquette is here, whether you guys prefer a bump of an old thread or that I just start a new one??
Anyway my phone is wigging out so I wanted to wipe and flash but I can't figure out how to do this since no PC/cord combo will recognize my phone, though it still charges. I wanted to use ROM Manager to flash OTA, but I can't since I can't figure out how to get cwm installed ota. I've been digging around the forum and googling for a couple days now to no avail.
Version - 2.3.5
Baseband - I727UCKJ2
Kernel - 2.6.35.11
It was rooted but I never flashed any roms. It randomly shuts itself off and upon a battery pull will get stuck in Odin dl mode? If i do a batt pull after that it will go straight back to Odin dl mode or it get's stuck in a vibration loop. Sometimes if I plug it in it will start up with a dead battery though?
Any ideas?
Should I just make a new thread on this??

clean the usb port on the phone, then the usb shall connect, i had the same prob its fixed now

Install Odin and see if it "sees" the phone in d/l mode.
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Root w/ out USB data connection?

Mom deleted her pictures folder so I went to connect her phone to comp to try and run some data recovery program. Won't recognize. Nothing.
Tried all USB ports on 3 different computers with 3 different cables. Tried manually installing drivers, removing old with USB deview and also trying the kies route. Tried all USB modes (Kies, Media, USB data). Tried various modes with and without USB debugging. Ok probably went too far. Bad USB connection. It can charge though.
My question is how can I root without USB data connection? It's my understanding that to be able to run any sort of Data Recovery app on android I would need to be rooted. I'm an iPhone user so not too familiar with the whole android scene. Any help would be appreciated.
She's on 2.2.1 Froyo
Can I use z4root? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
Or can I use wireless adb to install the zergrush root? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371326
Thanks in advance

I don't believe that you'll be able to recover those deleted files. However, if you want to root 2.2.1 (Froyo) but don't have USB access, try this. It says that it's for Gingerbread, but I just tested and it worked to root Froyo.
Gingerbreak v. 1.20 apk - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
After that, update the Superuser app in the Play Store and update su to the latest version from within the app.
NOTE: Earlier, I posted a method that I thought would work using zergRush in Android Terminal Emulator. I've taken that back, because I tested and it didn't work like it does when I do it in adb. zergRush needs adb to work.

Holy smokes. After using Odin to go back to stock Froyo to test for this thread, that was the fastest path to get back to ICS that I've had in a while. From Froyo, I installed the Gingerbreak apk to root, used SGS kernel flasher to flash the kernel image from CM9. Booted into blue recovery, did all my wipes, and flashed CM9. Kind of refreshing not to mess with Gingerbread along the way.
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jscott30 said:
Holy smokes. After using Odin to go back to stock Froyo to test for this thread, that was the fastest path to get back to ICS that I've had in a while. From Froyo, I installed the Gingerbreak apk to root, used SGS kernel flasher to flash the kernel image from CM9. Booted into blue recovery, did all my wipes, and flashed CM9. Kind of refreshing not to mess with Gingerbread along the way.
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I have to pull back my previous thanks.
I've done unconfirmed suspicion that flashing an ics kernel will speed up cm9 install..from any base..as long as you have gb bl.
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