INTROHi all,
I am starting this thread to help cut down on the noob questions that are irritating our devs and potentially driving them away (less bhundven, who has already left xda).
I know that there is already a thread like this by mad_fitter, but his is outdated. I will start the guide in the second post.
I was a noob, as we all were at one time, and I did a lot of reading in order to get my phone rooted and flashing my first rom (Bionix Frost, back in the good ol' Froyo days ) and the more I read, the more I see the devs getting irritated with the noob questions and I know that if we lose our devs (especially raver) we are screwed as a phone community. I'm not trying to make the noobs feel bad, I remember being one and being so eager to get stuff done I would essentially demand things from devs, then i learned my lesson and started reading and reading and learning and learning and now I flash new roms all the time with no issues. Lesson: READ
And that's the reason I'm writing this, hopefully questions can be asked here (and ultimately, the guide will be good enough that no one will have to ask questions, and they can just read the guide).
I have made this guide inherently redundant. I have posted steps to certain things in two different sections as they are used in different situations and I don't want to force you guys to bounce back and forth between posts.
If you find that my guide is helpful, PLEASE click the "Thanks" button!
Key Terms:SGS4G -> Samsung Galaxy S 4G (by T-Mobile in the USA), if this is NOT your phone or the phone you intend to mess with, you are in the wrong forum.
CWM -> Clockwork Mod Recovery, this is the utility you will use to flash all of your roms, kernels and modems. DO NOT FLASH CWM THROUGH ROM MANAGER!!!! USE THE ONE-CLICK!!!
ROM (Read Only Memory) -> in the traditional sense, a ROM was unchangable (read-only) memory within your computer. One example is that some older computers used ROMs to store the OS on a chip. In order to change the OS, the chip(s) had to be physically replaced. ROMs, as they pertain to your phone, contain the necessary file systems, OS, and apps for your phone to function. Stock ROMs are those released by Samsung though you may find variations of those flashable through means other than Kies Mini (ODIN, CWM, Heimdall). Custom ROMs are the creation of a developer or developers that modifies the stock ROMs.
Stock ROM - A ROM released by Samsung for your phone. This is considered stock as it contains no post-release modifications. This is the ROM officially supported by Samsung on your phone. Official stock releases include the T959VUVKD1 (Android 2.2 Froyo) and T959VUVKJ6 (Android 2.3 Gingerbread) ROMs.
Kernel -> the kernel is the core of an OS. It is responsible for memory management, scheduling, managing other system resources, among other things. (thanks to stephen_w for this definition as well as the definitions for "ROM" and "Stock ROM")
Modem ([Mo]dulator [Dem]odulator) -> helps your phone interpret wireless signals sent from your cell network and wireless routers and also send data back to them (flashing different modems can help improve your cell reception) (thanks FB)
Bootloaders -> these are the files that allow your phone to boot into the system, recovery mode and download mode. These are the equivalent to the BIOS of a computer (once again, thanks FB)
Download Mode -> this is what you need to boot the phone in order to flash through ODIN or Heimdall
Recovery Mode -> this is what you need to boot the phone in order to flash things through CWM (there is a default Samsung recovery, however, you CANNOT flash roms, etc. through that recovery)
ODIN/Heimdall -> these are computer based flashing utilities. ODIN is a leaked Samsung program which ONLY works on Windows, where as Heimdall is an open-source utility developed by Glass Echidna that can be used on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
ext4 (EXTensible Filesystem, Version 4) -> ext4 is the filesystem that you will be running on the /system, /data and /cache partitions of your phone's OS IF you have converted to them through the Voodoo Lagfix menu of CWM (we will cover this later).
Bloat[ware] -> this is a set of applications that either the carrier (in our case T-Mobile) or the manufacturer (Samsung) ships the phone with pre-installed. Most of these apps can be removed with on issues, but be careful before trying to remove them.
First Steps:
Alright, the first step to getting your SGS4G going in the custom direction is rooting. There are three ways to go about this:
You can either use bhundven's One-Click with his custom kernel (Download SMS KJ6 (beta2d) Kernel Stock Rom with Bootloaders), located HERE, or, if you don't want to bother with CWM and JUST want a rooted stock rom to use apps such as Titanium Backup, then you can use the Fully Back-To-Stock UVKJ6 from the same thread as above and root using the method HERE (no, that method is not specifically for our phone, but bhundven stated HERE that it worked).
So that is Step One.
Step Two brings about some more decisions for you to make. There are many different rom/kernel combos you can run, such as:
Custom Rom/Stock Kernel
Stock Rom/Custom Kernel
Stock Rom/Stock Kernel (rooted or unrooted)
or
Custom Rom/Custom Kernel (which is what most people run)
There are a plethora of custom Gingerbread (Android 2.3) based roms including:
AOSP Style 3.3.2 by airfluip1
Valhalla Final by Whitehawkx
Hebrew Valhalla v3.3 by itzik2sh
Valhalla Black FINAL by RaverX3X
Octane V3.0 by RaverX3X
ICBINB (I Can't Believe It's Not Butter) KJ6 by dsexton702
Simply Simple v1.0/v1.5(beta) by Somairotevoli
Unnamed Rom by RaverX3X (but if it has a name, why is it unnamed?)
Sweet Child of Mine v4.4 by erikmm
Valhalla Black FB Edition by FBis251
Barbone SGS4G KJ6 1.0.3 by AntonX
Pure Entity™ Firestorm™ Series v1.1.0 by troby86
LewaOS-SGS4G by erikmm
and
Official KJ6 2.3.6 by Samsung (posted here by RaverX3X)
As for the roms that we have that aren't exactly fully operational right now, we have:
(READ ALL OPs BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO FLASH THESE)
CM7 Kang by bhundven
ICS Mutt by thomas.raines
MIUI rc-0.2.0 by erikmm
and
MIUI by RaverX3X
There are also four custom kernels available for our phones which are:
bhundven's SMS KJ6 v0.2.0 by Team ACiD (this is an edited/updated version of bhundven's kernel, which I have now removed from this guide as the thread is still locked and it seems as though all progress will be listed in FB's thread)
Almost Basic KJ6 v1.1.0 by AntonX
Basic MIUI Modified by hampsterblade (a branch of antonX's kernel built for MIUI only)
and
Stock Kernel + CWM + Voodoo EXT4 Lagfix by drhonk
(drhonk has moved on from the SGS4G, I believe to the HTC Amaze, so these kernels are not being actively developed)
Now onto tweaks. There are four sets of CWM flashable tweak files that can be used on any rom, and one specifically for Valhalla Black. They are:
Adrenaline Shot v15 (beta) by dsexton702
Adrenaline Shot v14-1 by dsexton702
ThunderBolt v2.5.1 by pikachu01
Valhalla Black Booster by dsexton702
and
Lighting Zap Final by thomas.raines
These tweaks can give better performance and battery life, as well as an overall smoother experience to your phone.
Note: Raver has stated that using tweaks other than those that are preinstalled on Valhalla Black OR the ValBlack Booster could cause problems with Valhalla Black.
It is suggested that you flash a rom and let your phone boot and sit BEFORE installing any tweaks in order to prevent issues.
There are also different modems that you can flash and, as stated above, they can provide you with a stronger connection to the T-Mobile network as well as faster connection and data speeds.
You can flash them through wither CWM or ODIN/Heimdall (directions can be found below). Modems are bundled with all builds, and they are the same as the build number, i.e. the KD1 modem was bundled with the official KD1 Froyo release, as the KJ6 modem was bundled with the KJ6 official Gingerbread release. You can use a Froyo modem on a Gingerbread build, and a Gingerbread modem can be used on a Froyo build (although if you are reading this, I would expect you to be on Gingerbread).
Modem Downloads:
Froyo Modems
KB5 - CWM and ODIN
KC1 - CWM and ODIN
KD1 (Official Froyo) - CWM and ODIN
Gingerbread Modems
KF1 - CWM and ODIN
KF2 - CWM and ODIN
KG4 - CWM and ODIN
KG6 - CWM and ODIN
KH1 - CWM and ODIN
KH2 - CWM and ODIN
KI1 - CWM and ODIN
KI3 - CWM and ODIN
KJ1 - CWM and ODIN
KJ2 - CWM and ODIN
KJ3 - CWM and ODIN
KJ5 - CWM and ODIN
KJ6 (Official Gingerbread) - CWM and ODIN
(Thanks to FBis251 for the list of modems and the Source Forge uploads)
There are also two modems from the Sidekick 4G that will run on our phones, they are:
KJ2
and
KD1
(thank you to hamsterblade for the links and OP on those modems)
So have you picked out a rom that you like yet? No? Then look back through that list and find one you like and download it, download one of those three kernels as well if you would like (kernels do come bundled with roms, as the have to in order to run, so you can just use the one that comes with your selected rom if you would like)!
How To Flash a Kernel with Heimdall:
Alright, so to start off, I'm going to show you how to flash a kernel with ODIN so that you will have CWM and root so you can flash a rom.
First, grab Heimdall from HERE
Then grab FBis251's kernel from HERE and extract it.
Now open up the folder that you just got from the extraction and open up the folder called "kernel_flasher" and then move the zImage file somewhere that you will remember (I would suggest your desktop).
Now download THIS file and put it on your desktop (I would ultimately suggest just creating a folder for all of your Android files).
Now open up Heimdall-Frontend and click on the Flash tab. Now select your .pit file that you downloaded and load that into the .pit slot and then select "Add" and change the partition type to "KERNEL".
So your Heimdall setup should look like THIS:
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Now to put your phone in Download Mode. This will require two hands.
Take out your battery, plug your USB cord into the computer.
Then, push and hold the Vol Up and Vol Down buttons and plug the USB cord into your phone.
Then put the battery back in and you should have a big yellow triangle with and Android digging with a shovel in it. This means you are in Download Mode!
Now just click the "Utilities" tab and have it attempt to detect your device (just to make sure). If it detects it then go ahead and click "Start" and let it do it's thing.
How To Flash a Modem with Heimdall:
Flashing a modem with Heimdall is just as simple as flashing a kernel. The steps are:
Boot into Download Mode and plug your phone into the computer.
Open Heimdall, open the Utilities tab and detect device (once again, just a precaution).
Load the .pit file located HERE (this is the same .pit file as you would have used to flash a kernel so no need to redownload if you already have it).
Now, download the CWM package for whatever modem you would like to flash and unzip it.
Open the folder that you just unzipped, navigate through the "updates" folder and move the "modem.bin" folder to somewhere that you will remember it (your desktop, or somewhere else).
Now back in Heimdall, add a new partition and select "Modem".
Select the modem.bin that you took out of the .zip file.
Hit start and let Heimdall do it's work!
How To Flash a Modem With ODIN:Flashing a modem with ODIN is very simple. Here are the steps:
Boot into Download Mode and plug your phone into the computer.
Open ODIN.
Download the ODIN package (it is a .tar.md5 file) of the modem that you would like to flash.
Load the .tar.md5 file into the "PHONE" section of ODIN.
As long as ODIN has detected that your phone is plugged in, go ahead and hit start and let ODIN do work!
How To Flash with CWM:
First off, depending on which kernel you are using you will have a different version of CWM. If you are using any of drhonk's kernels or any of bhundven's kernels BEFORE v3, you will have CWM v3.x. If you are using either bhundven's kernel v3 or v3.1 you will have CWM v5.x. You CANNOT make a backup with v3.x and restore it on a kernel that is running v5.x or vice versa. That said, if you have v3.x, some of the menu terminology will be a little different but you should still be able to navigate the menus all the same.
So now that you have your rom/kernel I'm going to walk you through, step-by-step how to flash a modem, kernel and rom. I am posting these walkthroughs in no particular order. They do not have to be done in this order. I suggest that you have your phone plugged into the charger while flashing anything.
You are first going to need to know how to boot into recovery mode. You can use the Quick Boot app from the market (found HERE) or, if you would like, you can do it manually by turning off your phone and then push, at the same time, the Power, Volume Up and Volume Down buttons until you see the screen where your phone initially powers on (Samsung Galaxy S 4G exclusively by T-Mobile, or something to that affect). Once that screen pops up, release the power button. Then you should boot into CWM (you will see a bunch of red text come up).
So, the first step to flashing anything is downloading it and placing it on your SD Card. Most people say to put it in the root of your SD, meaning not in a folder, but I keep my files together in one folder, that way it is easier to locate all of the files that you want to flash. You navigate CWM using the volume buttons to move up and down and using the power button to select your chosen option.
To flash a kernel or modem follow these steps:
Boot into CWM and select the "Wipe cache partition" option, navigate through the "no" options until you hit the "Yes" and select it.
Then go to the Advanced menu and select "Wipe Dalvik Cache", once again, navigate through the "No" options, select yes, and let it do it's thing.
Then select the "Flash zip from SD Card" option. After that select "Install zip from SD" and locate the modem or kernel you are looking to flash. Select the file, navigate through the "No" options, select yes and let it work (you will see blue and white text flash across the screen that doesn't actually fit the screen, this is normal. When I first saw this, I freaked out too.)
After the process is complete, you will find yourself back at the four option menu you found yourself at after you selected "Flash zip from SD Card", select "Go Back".
You will be back at the CWM Main Menu, select "Advanced" and "Fix Permissions" (this is really just a precaution, but is a good thing to do).
Then navigate back to the CWM Main Menu, select "Reboot System Now" and let your phone sit for no less than 10 minutes to allow for the cache and dalvik cache to rebuild, this will prevent your phone from lagging.
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The steps to flashing a rom are not much more difficult, it just takes time in some cases.
Your first step is obviously to download the file, so if you haven't already, hit that download button for your chosen rom!
IF YOU ARE FLASHING A TEAM ACID ROM (Valhalla Black, ICBINB, MIUI) YOU WILL HAVE THE AROMA INSTALLER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE STEPS BELOW WHILE ACTUALLY IN CWM. YOU CAN DO THEM BY SELECTING "CUSTOM" IN THE INSTALLER SETUP! (You can not however make a NANDROID backup in the installer so you need to do that before you flash).
I suggest doing this with ≥80% battery and having your phone plugged in (I've always done it this way, I don't know if there is any risk in doing it another way or not).
Now to flash the rom follow these steps:
Boot into CWM and make a backup using the "Backup/Restore" option (precaution, just in case something goes wrong). This will take a while depending on how much you have on your phone and this will also take ~1 GB of space on your SD Card, If you make a backup and would like to move it to your computer later, the file will be locate in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. This will backup all of your contacts, texts call logs, apps, etc. I DO NOT suggest restoring any of this through CWM (though I will cover how to do that later on). Instead I would say backup your contacts by going into the Contacts app, hitting the Menu softkey and then hitting "Import/Export" and selecting "Export to SD", using SMS Backup + (on the Market HERE) to backup your texts (or if you use GO SMS Pro, you can backup through their backup/restore system), and Titanium Backup to backup your apps (this is a root application but at this point in the flashing process, I assume you are rooted).
Next, wipe your cache partition, as you did to flash the kernel/modem.
Then wipe the Dalvik cache, once again like you did before.
Now you need to select the "Mounts and Storage" option and check that your mounts are set to:
Code:
Unmount /cache
Mount /data
Mount /sdcard
Unmount /system
^This is what people mean when they say "UMMU"
Now go back to the CWM Main Menu and select "Wipe data/factory reset". THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA! MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU DO THIS (whether in CWM or the backup apps listed above)
Now double check your mounts in "Mounts and Storage" and make sure that they are set to UMMU
Now select "Flash zip from SD Card" > then "Install from SD Card" and find your rom file just like you did for the kernel/modem. This will take a little longer to flash
Then back out to the CWM Main Menu, select "Advanced" > "Fix Permissions" and let this run it's course
Now, to convert your /system, /data and /cache partitions to ext4, got to the "Voodoo Lagfix" menu and select "enable lagfix" and "/system lagfix on" (they are set as default, but just in case)
Now go back to the CWM Main Menu and select "Reboot System Now". You will hear a voice (her name is Linda) and she will be updating you on the progress of your conversion. Just let her do her thing and once again let the phone sit for at least 10 minutes before messing with it (I know it can be hard to do if you are really excited about messing with your new shiny custom rom, but please resist the urge for at least those 10 minutes )
Potential Problems:
There are some problems that you could face when flashing roms. They are caused by various mistakes, not doing full wipes, etc. and they can also result from bad downloads of roms or kernels (happened a couple of times to me) and if it is your first time experiencing this, it can be fairly terrifying. But fret not, there are ways to fix this.
You do not always have to use ODIN, Heimdall or a One-Click, those are for the more serious problems. Many problems can be fixed by booting into CWM and Fixing Permissions, and/or wiping the cache and Dalvik cache.
How to use ODIN:
ODIN can be used to reset your phone to stock (unrooted in the case of this tutorial) provided that something goes wrong in the flashing process. Download ODIN from HERE (this is and older version as this is the one that I use and am familiar with, so it will be easier for me to direct you if you are using the same version as I am. i have never had problems with it). Now download THIS file to flash through ODIN and unzip it.
Your first step is to boot your phone into Download mode. You can do this by pulling the battery out of your phone, pressing and holding Volume Up and Volume Down, plugging your phone into you computer using a USB to Micro USB cable, and pushing the battery back into position in the back of your phone. If done properly, you will see a yellow triangle with an Android shoveling dirt in it come up on your phone's screen. You can then put the battery cover back on so you don't have to worry about the battery falling out (WHICH WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE IF YOU ARE FLASHING AND THAT HAPPENS)
So now that you are in download mode, open ODIN and set up your files so they look like this:
Once you have your files set like this and you have made sure that the check marks that I have ticked are ticked on your computer, you can plug your phone into the computer and START. Let this run and you should be back in working order shortly after.
Flashing through Heimdall:
Now to show you how to flash through Heimdall (for us OS X and Linux users). Go and grab Heimdall from HERE (I would suggest using the Heimdall-Frontend package, as that is what I will be showing you how to use). Once you download that, you can use the same package as we used to flash in ODIN, just decompress the .tar and then go into the folder and take the three files that end in .md5, remove the .md5 ending and the decompress those (you can then re-add the .md5 to the original files if you would like).
Now you are ready to load your files into Heimdall. You are going to need:
MODEM (extracted from T959VUVKG4-Phone-CL1037720.tar.md5)
CACHE (extracted from SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5)
DATAFS (extracted from SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5)
PARAM (extracted from CODE_T959VUVKG4_CL385158_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5)
FACTORYFS (extracted from CODE_T959VUVKG4_CL385158_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5)
and
KERNEL (extracted from CODE_T959VUVKG4_CL385158_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5, but you can use any of the zImages from kernels. However i would suggest that you use the stock KG4 and then flash drhonks KG4 and flash your selected kernel through CWM after that).
Notes:
I will be adding in a section for themes later
Wiki page.
no, i dont have the guide written yet, im working on it. and that's the issue, no one reads
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Wiki Page
but thats the thing is the noobs dont read the wiki (qnd i will put it in the guide).
and by definitive i meant all the info in one place for rom (froyo and gb), kernels, mods etc. like the bible and wiki in one place. and it's supposed to serve as a place for questions to get asked as well, instead of Development threads
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Good luck man!
thanks! like i said, i wish people read the wiki. or used FB's starter pack, etc. but people aren't taking the time to read how to do things, so they just demand answers from devs, which makes them mad and drives them away. we already lost Krylon and bhundven from xda, and i don't want to see that happen with anyone else
Wiki Page
Are you going to finish the guide or no?
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Dylan08 said:
Are you going to finish the guide or no?
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Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You need a guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G
lumin, leave my thread alone muggle (oh he's punny). yes, im going to finish the guide, i was out all day at super bowl festivities
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You mind doing a One Click tutorial with pictures? Haven't seen one of those around, it'd be greatly appreciated. Been wanting to do a video version but I've been busy with other projects.
itsa great idea sad thing is retards will still never read it
FB, i'll probably make one tonight as i need to flash Valhalla Black Final, i've never used it myself actually.
Raver, thanks for the support, if they dont read it then thats there problem. i would just urge devs to stop answering questions on their roms threads, or if they answer them, direct them to the guide or wiki or whatever. and who is the mod of our forum now? is it still mr. clown? i wanna get this thread cleaned up
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It's kinda hard
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Thanks man
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Related
Flashing Roms with Odin and CWM from a stock phone and of course gaining root!
Warning!:I am in no way what so ever so help me Tom Cruise for any damage caused to your device. Although flashing is rather simple and straight forward you still run the risk of bricking your phone. Rooting and installing non-supported Roms does void and warranty you have with Verizon or Samsung. Warranty can be restored only if you flash back to stock firmware unrooted. Do NOT ever unplug your phone in the middle of a flash even if it appears to be locked up! Doing so will probably brick your phone and render it useless (well it sure would make for a fancy paperweight). ALWAYS make sure you have a reliable usb connection (take care of your usb cord and plug into a usb in the back of the machine). Download all Roms from credible sources and make sure they are complete and not corrupt. READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY. If you don't pay attention you can forever kill your phone!
"Updated, but waiting for DLSR camera for better pictures" T- probably next weekend
Everyone download these tools:
Windows Flashing utility called Odin: (if you decide to go this route
(I've included the links to both 1.85 and 1.83. Some users report errors while flashing and have better luck flashing with 1.83 or the other way around)
Odin3 1.85
Odin3 1.83
Samsung's phone drivers
Download
Latest Recovery CWM
Download
A way to open zip and .rar files I suggest Download"]WinRar[/URL]
Rom of choice! ~Only download ROMS of both odin and CWM zips from The Droid Charge forums. No other phones ROMs will work and you will break your phone.
Odin Roms *Also note only flash .md5 files
Stock latest ROM: Download *if you have stock fp1 ROM from verizon already, Follow instructions from CWM flashing "Part A"
Stock latest ROM "debloated" (no bloatware): Download
Tweakstock (custom developer created ROM): Found at this thread. Sometimes developers will make odin packages that contain a custom ROM,kernel,CWM packaged as on .md5 file. With these packages you can just flash with Odin and can omit flashing Recovery CWM
Download plain custom Rom
Download Packaged Rom that includes custom Kernel,ROM,CWM
CWM ROMS Flashable after Latest CWM is flashed to phone with the help of Odin
Stock Kernel
Download
Stock Debloated rooted
Download
SU Binary- Will "Root the device" No UI or system changes
Download
Tweakstock 2.0 ROM only~ 2.2 is current but you have to update through Tweaktools (a web based utility for modifying Tweakstock)
Download
Tweakstock with PBJ Kernel
Download
Tweakstock with PBJ Kernel and File system formatted to ext4 (improves read and write of the physical memory) you will lose all data
Download
Dictionary....
Odin 1.82or 1.85- Odin is the flashing utility you will run on your windows computer to flash your Droid charge. Pay close attention to what options you press and double check what you click as to prevent fatal mistakes. Remember to give Odin "administrator rights" by right clicking on the icon and selecting "Run as Administrator" if using Windows Vista or 7
Samsung Drivers- these are non-negotiable, download them and install them even if you think you already have them. They are necessary to connect your phone to your computer. Installing these drivers can elude problems that might occur when flashing with Odin
ROM of Choice- This is the Modified or stock "Operating system" if you will. These have to be flashed using either ODIN or CWM depending on what you downloaded.
Bloated (stock)- Contains all the (sometimes) useless garbage that both Verizon and Google put on your phone pre-loaded. This can sometimes cause lower performance and shorter battery life.De-Bloated- Basic app's and packages are loaded and nothing else. The OS is stripped of its extra goodies(usually preloaded apps like "Let's Play Golf"). This version tends to be faster and leaves you with maybe a little better battery (due to less apps running in the background), but lacks some features or programs you might want from the stock ROM
Latest CWM- This also needs to be flashed to your device. It is an added safety feature that can help when flashes go wrong. As well as it contains system tweaks. Also, some roms update through this. Flash this!
WinRar- A utility for your computer to unpackage many different file types. Specifically rar files and 7z files. The trial never stops working. Good program to have on your computer.
Kernel- Pretty much a under laying code that functions under the ROM. Generally this is where the Operating system is told it's limitations and how to do certain functions like charging, processor speeds, GPU speed, etc...
ROM- Stands for "Read only memory". this is because once it is flashed to the phone it cannot be edited or modified. This is where the majority of OS resides.
CWM- Stands for Clockworkmod. This is the Recovery program that will replace the stock program. The stock recovery isn't powerful enough and doesn't allow us to flash custom roms.
Ext4- A file system type. Similar to Fat32 or Ntfs filesystems found on windows hard drives. Stock file system is "rfs". While Ext4 may boost read and write speeds of the device, I find rfs to be more stable and produce less problems. Ext4 conversions will wipe all data.
PBJ Kernel A modified kernel by our dev Imnuts. you can find out more about it here at this >Thread
SuperUser- This is the elevated privilege level know as root. This allows you to read and write the system. This is why it is dangerous for rogue apps to gain root privileges. An app, SU manages apps that are allowed root and will prompt you when an app is requesting to gain elevated privileges.
If you would like more explained feel free to request a definition
****Now is the time to back up all your contacts. I recommend doing it with Google or by sending them to the Sim card. Verizon's backup isn't as reliable in my experiences. Some ROMs my not have Verizon's backup in them as they run in the background.****
What everyone must do: **Programs found above in Downloads section**
-Install Odin3 1.82 or 1.85 (1.85 recommended)
-Install Samsung Drivers
-Download CWM
-Create a folder on your computer to store all your phone download goodness
-Download whatever Rom you want to flash (CWM or Odin) this will take a while so might as well do it while you read.
Ok begin!: Choose you method for flashing! 8 I recommend Part A: CWM, It is the easiest and it harder to screw up your phone. Not to mention almost all new Roms are published as a flash-able .zip file not a odin .md5 file. HOWEVER, I also recommend learning Odin as if anything goes wrong Odins the only program that can save the day( Kind of ironic that it's also the program that can kill your day if you mess up. Don't fear though, if you follow the directions you will be fine).
NOTE: When you flash with Odin you will Lose all data, Also, With CWM flashes I HIGHLY recommend wiping and restoring to factory, but it is not necessary. (less problems occur after flashing between ROMS)
Part A= CWM Method or Part B= Odin Method
Pre-Method- CWM flashers do this first
*omit for Odin flashers.
1. Confirm all downloads are complete and move files to desktop or a dedicated folder.
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3. Open location where you downloaded Odin to and drag Odin icon to desktop
4. Install samsung Drivers (I'm guessing you all are capable of doing this without explaining but if you need help let me know)
5. Open Odin 1.82
6. Turn OFF your phone
7. Now put your phone in download mode
Hold the "Volume down" key and plug phone into usb.
Alternative: Hold Volume Down and press power.HINT: if that is a no go, take out the battery. While holding volume down, plug your usb cable in. Download mode should appear. Put battery back in.
8. Connected to computer via a good OEM usb cable if you haven't done so already. (it is recommended to use the usb at the back of your computer, If flash fails switch to a different one and try again)
9. Notice Odin will pick up the device.
First bottom white slot should now be yellow with a "[COMx] x~ notates any number can be here
10. IMPORTANT: Check PDA and only PDA (under Files [Download])
11. Click PDA button
12. Browse to where your "Recovery MD5" ~you should have downloaded this in the beginning of the post.
13. Double check that you only selected PDA
14. Triple check you only checked PDA
Re-Partition--- Unchecked
Flash Lock--- Unchecked
Auto Reboot--- Checked if you would like your charge to reboot after the flash
F. Reset Time--- Checked
phone EFS Clear--- Unchecked
Phone Bootloader Update--- Unchecked
BOOTLOADER--- Unchecked
PDA--- Checked
Phone--- Unchecked
CSC--- Unchecked
15. Now click Start button
16. WAIT
17. yellow bar should go green and a message should display on the page saying it Passed
18. If flash "FAILED" don't fret. Try it again. play around with flashing with and flashing without the battery in. If continues to fail re-download the Recovery and try again.
19. Custom "Recovery" now installed on device
20. Reboot phone if it hasn't done so already
If flashing process fails or you boot loop (Samsung logo keeps appearing)...
Turn off your phone or remove the battery.
Place phone in download mode (volume down then plug phone into a power source)
Put battery back in
reflash in odin
Pre-Method Finished
Method "A" CWM Flash
1. Complete the Pre-Method
2. If you are just rooting and do not want to flash a custom rom download "Su Binary zip" Here.
If not proceed to step 3
3. While device is on, Connect usb to computer
4. On your Droid Charge, Press "Connect storage to PC" button
5. Click "Continue without scanning" on your PC, if it shows up
6. Browse to the Droid Charges SD card via " Computer" if it doesn't automatically launch
7. Place your "Su Binary" (if just rooting) or Rom of choice either on the root of the card or in a folder of your choice
8. Turn off your phone
9. Now reboot into CWM Recovery on your phone
To boot into Recovery- Hold: Power+ Volume up+ Home buttons when phone is "OFF" until samsung is displayed. Boot should then take you to CWM should be a cyan colored menu screen.
10.Navigate to "Mounts and Storage". (using the volume buttons and power to select)
11. Select mount /System (it will change to /unmount when properly mounted)
12.Select mount /Data (I do this just in case)
13. Select +++++Go Back+++++
14. Select "Install zip from sdcard
15. Find you Rom or the Su Binary zip, select it
16. Select Install
17. WAIT until flash finished
18. select "reboot system now"
19. Let system reboot (will take longer than normal on first boot)
20. Congratulations and pat yourself on the back for a new rooted and\or a fresh new custom ROM
Remember you can substitute the Rom with another ROM, a Kernel, updated CWM, Or any other updated .zip file designed for the charge
Method B
1. Confirm all downloads are complete and move files to desktop or a dedicated folder.
2. Install WinRar to unzip or unrar .md5 file if applicable
3. Open location where you downloaded Odin to and drag Odin icon to desktop
4. Install samsung Drivers (I'm guessing you all are capable of doing this without explaining but if you need help let me know)
5. Open Odin 1.82
6. Turn OFF your phone
7. Now put your phone in download mode
Hold the "Volume down" key and plug phone into usb.
Alternative: Hold Volume Down and press power.HINT: if that is a no go, take out the battery. While holding volume down, plug your usb cable in. Download mode should appear. Put battery back in.
8. Connected to computer via a good OEM usb cable if you haven't done so already. (it is recommended to use the usb at the back of your computer, If flash fails switch to a different one and try again)
9. Notice Odin will pick up the device.
First bottom white slot should now be yellow with a "[COMx] x~ notates any number can be here
10. IMPORTANT: Check PDA and only PDA (under Files [Download])
11. Click PDA button
12. Browse to where your Rom is located ~you should have downloaded this in the beginning of the post.
13. Double check that you only selected PDA
14. Triple check you only checked PDA
Re-Partition--- Unchecked
Flash Lock--- Unchecked
Auto Reboot--- Checked if you would like your charge to reboot after the flash
F. Reset Time--- Checked
phone EFS Clear--- Unchecked
Phone Bootloader Update--- Unchecked
BOOTLOADER--- Unchecked
PDA--- Checked
Phone--- Unchecked
CSC--- Unchecked
15. Now click Start button
16. WAIT
17. yellow bar should go green and a message should display on the page saying it Passed
18. If flash "FAILED" don't fret. Try it again. play around with flashing with and flashing without the battery in. If continues to fail re-download the Recovery and try again.
19. Custom Rom should now installed on device
20. Repeat but now flash the custom recovery and a custom kernel if your Rom was not a "Packaged" Rom
If flashing process fails or you boot loop (Samsung logo keeps appearing)...
Turn off your phone or remove the battery.
Place phone in download mode (volume down then plug phone into a power source)
Put battery back in
reflash in odin
Tips:
If you lose "root" flash the "SU Binary" through CWM
Be patient and pay attention!
~Made for noobs by a noob
if reflashing doesnt work revert to DaleV's unbricking tutorial HERE
CREDITS: A BIG Thank You!- I am not asking for donations, but please consider donating to these great developers
IMNUTS- created the recovery
P3Droid- Provided original leak to us all
danalo1979- Provided a nice reference to links and compiled recovery into ROM for ease of use.
DaleV- recovering after fail tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
Other Devs- that are working around the clock to tweak these ROMs and make them better
awesome
Very nice explanation. This was desperately needed for Newbies. You should also put up the resolve for those that get the "manual movi" thingy and think they briked their phone.
Mig1234 said:
Very nice explanation. This was desperately needed for Newbies. You should also put up the resolve for those that get the "manual movi" thingy and think they briked their phone.
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I would be happy to, Once I'm done with the flashing part I will look it up. I've never encountered it myself, but research can hurt.
Scary..great explanation...the only thing I will add is to go into download mode...you do not have to press the power button....if you hold down the volume down button...it will go into download mode.......
What's the skinny on removing the SIM card?
I have seen it mentioned that it must be removed, that it interfered with odin-flash when removed, and not mentioned at all. Any definitive answers? I have personally odined both with it in and out, and have not encountered difficulty either way. Sometimes battery out works, sometimes it fails, same with different usb ports. Fickle little device, but it is forgiving
hogowner said:
Scary..great explanation...the only thing I will add is to go into download mode...you do not have to press the power button....if you hold down the volume down button...it will go into download mode.......
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oo hey your right. well you need to tap power if it is off
budsy said:
What's the skinny on removing the SIM card?
I have seen it mentioned that it must be removed, that it interfered with odin-flash when removed, and not mentioned at all. Any definitive answers? I have personally odined both with it in and out, and have not encountered difficulty either way. Sometimes battery out works, sometimes it fails, same with different usb ports. Fickle little device, but it is forgiving
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Honestly I always leave it in unless the ROM developer specifies otherwise. I think it has something to do with updating the radio. But I am not positive. A developer or one with more knowledge of flashing probably could tell you. I have seen though if it is in it can cause problems, through reading on the forum. But flashing with stock or leaked firmwares leaving it in shouldn't bother it
For me I've never been able to flash with battery out. A couple flashing tutorials have told me to leave it out however personally i have to leave it in.
Thankyou for mentioning the usb. I probably should mention it is sometimes better to use a back usb port.
are photos too big?
Great reference tool!!! Will keep in favorites...
ok coming from a noob,
This is perfect.
Had my DC for 1 day, then rooted, and running froyo humble 1.3,
Tonight, now the GB 2.3.4.
This really should be sticky'd.
Thanks,
John
Ravanous said:
ok coming from a noob,
This is perfect.
Had my DC for 1 day, then rooted, and running froyo humble 1.3,
Tonight, now the GB 2.3.4.
This really should be sticky'd.
Thanks,
John
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Thanks good to hear. Just be warned 2.3.4 does have some issues that need to be worked out. Not that serious, but you may wish to go with the Humble ROM as you would be getting more support and updates to improve the system over the stock 2.3.4.
Good Luck!
Jeff
works great
I used the EP1H rom.. debloated verzion, err version.. ok bad joke.. so far so good.. i do like the go launcher, but will go back to my favorite launcherpro.. i'll reply after i've had time to post any issues i may come across.. got so used to rom manager with original droid, odin is different, i'll give it that
Once you have the firmware build you want, being froyo EE4 or gingerbread EP1G\H, you can pretty much just flash roms with zips in CWM. Less I touch Odin the better.
please sticky this thread
Thanks for this very informative and helpful post!
The Droid Charge was funny, the only way to get into DL mode was to remove the battery, plug in the USB and press vol. down. But the ODIN process would fail until I inserted the battery after the fact.
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Thanks for this very informative and helpful post!
The Droid Charge was funny, the only way to get into DL mode was to remove the battery, plug in the USB and press vol. down. But the ODIN process would fail until I inserted the battery after the fact.
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Indeed. I have never been able to flash with the battery out. The droid charge can be finicky at times
jamesnmandy said:
please sticky this thread
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You probably wont see many stickies on this site. Just because we have a "Look here First" thread that this is located in
scarygood536 said:
You probably wont see many stickies on this site. Just because we have a "Look here First" thread that this is located in
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I spent a good 20-30 minutes searching manually and using the site search feature before I finally came across this thread. I didn't come looking for GB info specifically. I was looking for a recent Odin download link. True, in the stickies there is a thread with packs which include Odin, along with 650Mb of other files I didn't want. Odin is a 500Kb file and is essential to all flashing at some point. That's why I feel a sticky is certainly warranted because it contains GB info which is where we are going and Odin links as well.
should voodoo be completely removed from phone before the procedure? and thanks awesome thread
SFniner415 said:
should voodoo be completely removed from phone before the procedure? and thanks awesome thread
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Nope I didn't have to. As long as you are going to a stock ROM and not a modified ROM (gummycharged or Humble...) you should be good to go. Just be sure Wipe data and cache (i think you don't even need to do this but do it just in case) Voodoo doesn't even work with GB, so if you download a packaged version (includes CWM and is rooted) of GB you are good to go, However if you download just the firmware itself and no the recovery, make sure you do download a updated CWM from IMNUTS post that is compatible with GB.
I´m not responsible for what you do! This guide could “destroy” your phone if you do something different how it is explained!!!
I do not have any claim of fullness! If here should be any mistakes feel free to correct me!
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Hi folks
I saw that here is missing a basic guide for our device, then I noticed that we have get a lot of new members, too!
This guide will be so noobfriendly that even my grandmother will understand it
I will try to answer here every question and I will add it then to the front page. I will answer very kindly, too! So feel free to ask everything =)
Please follow each step, don´t skip any step and do all exactly how I explain it...
Must haves:
Following things are must haves for every I9001 phone. In this guide I will explain how to get them on YOUR phone.
Most things will be installed automated by a installation of a custom rom, which is then more easily for you to get them!
Busybox
USB-Debugging
Clockworkmod
Root
Deodex
1. Basics:
About Roms:
What is a Rom:
The whole system of your phone is a rom. Windows 7 is a Rom for your computer (just a metaphor)
A rom contains different sections:
boot.img (kernel)
system.img (the main-system)
recovery.img (recovery mode)cache.img (caches)
Stock-Rom:
The Stock-Rom is the system which Samsung is delivering to the store. Samsung built this rom from the google sources and changed android they way they like it.
The stock-rom is the original rom of your phone!
You can find a lot of stock roms in the Index or just here in the dev forum
Custom-Rom:
A custom-rom is a modified rom which has different improvements. The base can be of a stock rom or it is an AOSP-Rom.
You can find a lot of custom roms here in the forum or just visit the Index
AOSP-Rom:
This is a Custom-Rom too, but the base is built from the sources of Google. The advantages are that there is not any garbage, it is more stable and it has more functionality. But the disadvantage is that it is hard to build and it will take long time for being bug free.
Basic knowledge:
What are Tweaks:
Tweaks are changing values in the system. Tweaks ussually improves the whole system
Kernel Description:
The Kernel is a piece of software which controls everything on your system.
The kernel controls the cpu with the governor. The governor decides the behavior of the cpu, like when the cpu has to be on the max. clock or when it has to be on the min. clock.
The kernel controls the ram and sd-card behavior with the scheduler. The scheduler decides how long a process should be saved in the ram and it influences the sd-card read and write speed.
The kernel controls the voltage of the battery on a specific cpu clock, too
The kernels which are offered here are oc (overclocked), UV (under volted), they add new governors and scheduler and the add the init.d support.
Init.d makes it possible to launch tweaks at the boot of the phone if they are in the init.d folder (system/etc/init.d).
A description of governors and scheduler are here and here
You can change the governor and scheduler with AnTuTu CPU Master
I recommend strongly to change the kernel because it improves your system immense, but in the other hand the car cardle will not work anymore with these kernels.
Only Stock Kernel and the stock kernel with init.d support the car cardle
At the moment are following kernel popular:
Skyhigh
Feamod
Vitality
Stock Kernel with Init.d - KQ7
Bloadware:
Bloadware are apps which nobody needs. Samsung implement them in their stock roms. When they are removed there will be more free space for other apps and more ram will be available
Brick:
Your phone is bricked when it can not boot anymore.
There are two types bricks
Soft Brick:
When your phone is soft bricked it can cause a boot-loop (the reboot-procedure begins always as new) or your phone will stick in the boot.
Soft bricks happen often by installing themes over a odex system (more informations in the 8. point)
You can solve soft bricks easily by installing a new rom with the clockworkmod or with odin (more informations in the 2. point)
Hard Brick:
When your phone is hard bricked it will not do anything. You will not be able to enter the clockworkmod or the downloadmode!
Hard bricks often happen by flashing roms of other phones or flashing bad custom roms (at the moment there aren´t any "bad" customs roms for our device)
You can solve SOMETIMES a hard brick with a JTAG. If the jtag could not help you have to send your phone to samsung for a expensive repair
Batterly life:
You can improve your battery life by changing the governor, the scheduler, turning off gps, bluetooth, wi-fi and by changing the brightness of your display.
You can improve your battery life too by changing the max. and min. clock of your cpu. But here is to say you have to find your personal middle way of performance and battery life settings.
Wipe:
A wipe is when you delete everything on your phone. It has the same meaning as "format" and "delete". How to wipe your phone is explained in the 6. point
Other Settings:
Animations:
In the default settings the animations are diactivated, but they look so nice that you have to activate them . If you want for example the old screen off you have to activate the animations.
How to activate animations:
Enter in the settings of your smart-phone
Select "display"
Choose "animation"
Choose "all animations"
Wi-Fi troubles:
If you face Wi-Fi troubles could this method solve your problems
Enter in the settings of your phone
Choose "Wirelless and network"
Choose "Wi-Fi settings"
Press the Menu-Button
Choose "Advanced"
Activate "use static IP"
Busybox:
Busybox is a collection of commands and functions for every android phone. Some custom roms will even not be working properly without Busybox! Normally Busybox will be installed automated by a custom rom installation , but if not you can install the .zip in the post #3 through Clockworkmod (detailed explanation for installing .zips with clockworkmod are in the 2. Point)
USB Settings:
What is USB-Debugging:
USB-Debugging is a function of Android. If it is enabled you will be able to use adb. Make sure that you have it always enabled because you will need it often and by the way it does not have any disadvantages
What is adb:
adb means: Android Debug Bridge
With adb you can change/edit/install files on your phone with your computer. Broodplank1337 made a big configurator which can do incredible things!
Configurator
How To use Adb is explained in this Tutorial
How to enable USB-Debugging:
Enter in the settings of your phone
Enter in the “Applications”
Enter in “Development”
Enable “USB-Debugging”
How to copy files on your internal SD card:
Make sure that you´ve got at least installed the USB Driver if not download them from the download section (if you have installed kies you got the USB Driver installed too)
Make sure that you have enabled USB-Debugging in the Settings of your phone
Connect now your device with your computer with the usb-wire
Now just pull down your status bar and select the usb notification then you choose "connect storage to PC"
Now you can copy files on your internal SD-card
Your internal SD-card is the storage with 5 GB
2. How to install every Rom/Kernel/Recovery/Mod:
General
If it is a zip file you have to install it with Clockworkmod Recovery. If it is a .tar or a .tar.md5 file you have to install it with Odin!
Odin:
What is Odin:
Odin is a program on windows where you can install custom roms and kernel during your phone is in the Download Mode. To use Odin you need the AriesVE.ops and the kernel or custom rom you want to install.
What is the Download Mode:
When you phone is in the Download Mode you will be able to flash kernel, roms, new recovery modes with Odin. You can only exit the Download Mode by taking of the battery or when odin finished flashing!
How to get in the Download Mode:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press the Home-button + volume-down + power button until there is an android icon
(In post#2) is a Imagine which could help you)
Installing Custom Roms and Kernels with Odin
Download:
Odin
AriesVE
(downloadlinks are in post#3)
Start Odin.exe
Press on "OPS" and choose the AriesVE.ops
Activate the Option "One Package"
Click on "One Package" and select the .tar or .tar.md5 file
Put your phone in to the download mode
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Press "Start" in Odin
Wait until your phone reboots automatically
(In post#2) is a Imagine which could help you)
Recovery-Mode:
What is the Recovery Mode:
The Recovery Mode is like the BIOS of your computer. There you can manage your phone easily. The Stock Recovery Mode does not have a lot of functions, because of this there were made new recovery mode by good devs. A better recovery mode is the clockworkmod
What is the clockworkmod:
The clockworkmod is actually the most popular recovery mode. At the moment it is the most stable one, too
Other expressions for "clockworkmod":
"CWM"
"Recovery Mode"
"feamod"
What are the differences between Stock-Recovery Mod and Clockworkmod:
With the stock Recovery Mod you can just make a Factory Reset and install simple zip files. You will not be able to install custom roms!
With the clockworkmod you can backup, restore and format your system and install any custom rom
Do I need the Clockworkmod:
Yes it is a must have, you will not be able to install any custom rom or other mods
How to get in the stock-Recovery Mode:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press please the power + the volume up button for 10 seconds
When you see a Box with an android icon press once the menu button to be able to use it
How to navigate in stock Recovery Mode:
Navigating:
Volume Up/Down
Selecting:
Home-Button
How to install the Clockworkmod:
Download:
AriesVE
Odin
FeaModRecovery 1.2
(downloadlinks are in post#3)
Enter the Download Mod
Now start Odin
Select as always AriesVE.ops as ops file
Then activate “one package” option in Odin and choose as “one package” “FeaModRecovery_1.2.tar.md5”
Press "Start" and wait until your phone reboots
How to get in the Clockworkmod:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press please the power + the volume up button for 10 seconds
How to navigate in Clockworkmod:
Navigating:
Volume Up/Down
Selecting:
Menu-Button
Back:
Back-Button
What is "mounting":
If you mount something you will be able to edit/delete/add files to your system. Developer always recommend to mount /system before installing a mod, because if you don´t do it the mod will not be installed successfully
How can I mount /system:
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose "mounts and storage"
Choose "mount /system"
It works with /data , /cache , /efs , /emmc , /sdcard ,too
How to install Custom Roms/Kernel/Recovery/Mods with the Clockworkmod:
Put the zip file on your external-card in a folder (Do not put it in a folder with starting with a ".")
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose “install zip from sdcard”
Choose “choose zip from sdcard”
Choose the .zip file and install it
Reboot
3. Root:
What is a Root:
You can compare "Root" with the "admin" on your computer or with a “Jailbreak” for Apple products. If you have "root" you can modify all on your system. If you have installed root there will be no more borders.
Other expressions for "root":
"superuser""su"
What can I do exactly with a Root:
Firstly you can backup your apps (will explain this later more precise)
You can change the cpu frequency (cpu=processor an electronic circuit which executes computer programs)
You can run every app which needs root access
Does the root pay up:
Yes it does because it is the first border to cross for having the best of your phone
How to install Root with Clockworkmod:
Download the root from post#3
Put the root.zip on your external-sd-card in a folder (Do not put it in a folder with starting with a ".")
Enter the Clockworkmod
Choose "install zip from sdcard"
Choose "choose zip from sdcard"
Choose the root.zip and install it
Reboot your phone
How to install Root with stock Recovery:
Download the root from post#3
Put it on your internal SD card. Please just copy it on your SD-card and NOT in any folder
Enter in the stock Recovery Mod
Then you choose “apply update” and you choose the root.zip and install it
Reboot then your Phone by choosing “rebooting”
How to Unroot:
Download the "unroot.zip" from post#3
Put the .zip on your external-sdcard in a folder
Enter in the clockworkmod/stock recovery mode
Install it like you installed the root.zip
4. How to Backup:
There are two ways of backing up your data.
With Titanium Backup:
Titanium Backup is an app which will only backup your apps
Titanium Backup is a free app but I recommend only the pro version, because the free is too slow
Your backup will be saved on you internal-card in:
/titanium backup/
With Clockworkmod:
With the clockworkmod you can backup your apps and your whole system with all settings. I prefer this method because it is simple and secure...
How to Backup in CWM:
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “backup” and enjoy your backup
Your backup will be saved on your external-card in:
/clockworkmod/backup/
5. Restore:
How to restore the whole system:
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “restore” and choose the date of your backup
How to restore only apps:
Before restoring you should always format your device! How to format is explained in the next point!
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “advanced restore”
Choose the date of the backup
Choose “data”
6. How to format:
Do this every time before flashing a stock- or custom-rom!
Attention!
You will delete everything on your phone! Your phone will not even be able to boot! Only Clockworkmod and the Download-Mode will be left! (Your SIM-Card will be untouched)
Please make sure that you saved only your backups on another device before formatting your phone (like on your computer)
This is the best method for using the full experience of every custom rom! I recommend this method because in the past a lot of users had issues with custom roms. They had installed a lot of different custom roms before and they didn´t format their phone correctly before flashing the new rom. This caused a lot of problems
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose "advanced"
Choose "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Go back to the main-menu by pressing the back button
Choose “Mounts and storage”
Select all after all
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /data
(Format /emmc)
(Format /sdcard)
Formating "emmc" and "sdcard" is not a duty! You will need it if you installed a mod on your internal or in your external card
7. Warranty:
What makes your warranty dissapear:
Root
Clockworkmod
Custom-Rom
Other Kernel
How to restore your warranty:
You can restore warranty easily, you have just to flash the stock-rom which was on your device when you bought it. If you not remember which stock-rom you had installed as first visit Sammobile and search for I9001. Download the stock-rom which is for your country, flash it with odin and you will have your warranty back
(For using the Search you have to Regist on Sammobile)
8. Deodex(ADVANCED):
What is Odex:
All apps are at the beginning odexed. Odex means that the apps are actually "packed". When the apps are odex it is more difficult to modify them.
What is Deodex:
Deodexing apps means that you are "unpacking" the apps. When you deodex your apps you will be able to modify them. A deodexed Rom belongs to basic because you will need it for installing a theme or other mods.
Deodexing your rom will not cause any disadvantages
How to Deodex:
Requierments:
Root
Busybox
Java SDK (Download is in the post #3)
USB-Debugging
xUltimate-v2.3.3 (Download is in the post #3)
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Extract xUltimate-v2.3.3.zip
Start the "Test.exe"
Following must be in the command prompt:
adb = PASS!
odex = PASS!
zip = PASS!
busybox = PASS!
java = PASS!
temp = PASS!
deodex = SKIP!
redex = SKIP!
If something is different please do not deodex you phone because you will fail. If it all matches do following things:
Start the "Main.exe"
Press "1"
When it is finished press please "2"
Enter the folder "origi_app" and delete following files:
Maps.apk
Maps.odex
Phonesky.apk
Phonesky.odex
PlusOne.apk
PlusOne.odex
Enter again xUltimate-v2.3.3 and press please "3"
When it is finished press please "4"
After it is finished start the Deodex.bat (big thanks to nikagl for the commands)
After the automated reboot your phone should be successful deodexed
To check if youre phone is deodexed just run again the "Test.exe" and under the point "deodex" should be "PASS!" or under the point "odex" should be "FAIL!"
Other Tutorials:
How to install CM9 by Arco (alpha2):
Original Post
This tutorial only works if you have installed a custom recovery! How to install a custom recovery (clockworkmod) is explained in the Starter-Guide.
Please make sure that your phone is formated before doing this! How to format is explained in the Starter-Guide ,too.
1. Download please CM9 by arco
2. Unrar
3. Put the folder "2012-05-12.19.54.06" in "clockworkmod/backup" (internal or external is equal)
4. Put your phone in the recovery-mode
5. choose "backup and restore"
6. choose "restore" or "restore from external card"
7. choose "2012-05-12.19.54.06" and confirm
8. reboot
Do following if you do NOT have installed the Clockworkmod by Arco!
9. Download Arco´s Clockworkmod
10. Put your phone into download mode
11. Start Odin
12. Select the ops file
13. Check "one package" and select as "one package" "recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5"
14. Press "Start"
How To Connect both Storages at the same time on pc with CM9:
Original Post
So found an other solution where people were complainig off!
First big thanks to Campi1995 who tested it as well
So the problem was following:
people were not able to connect two storages at the same time with their computer and I found an interesting app in the market, it is called Multi Mount Sd-card
For mounting both storages do follwing things:
Install Multi Mount Sd-card
Add the Widget off the app on any homescreen (in the app drawer, you can add widget)
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Click once at the widget (it should get green)
and BUUUUFF both is connected to the pc
Remember the pay app is better, but the free one works as well.
If there are any questions regarding this post feel free to contact me...
and again:
peace out fabsau
How to mount your external card on /sdcard/external_sd instead of /emmc/ on CM9
Original Post
Ok guys, after a lot of people were complaining about that the external sd card is now mounted as emmc (including me), I searched a little bit in the forum and I want to share what I´ve found!
Tintenfisch wrote a nice tutorial to make you happy, I tested it and it is working.
Tutorial
Just do what he say and you will be able to use your sd-card as external sd-card
(I activated "Alternate dbase mgmt", because tintenfisch it is recommending it, then I deactivated "Handle USB Connection")
Hoped I helped some people, if there are any questions regarding this post feel free to contact me!
peace out fabsau
How to add toggles on your notifaction bar
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1. Enter the settings
2. Click on System
3. Click on Notification Drawer
4. Click on Widget buttons and select your toggles
Credits:
KeksKlip - For the root
manveru0 - For the clockworkmod
Skywalker01 - For making big improvements in this forum (and later for the new clockworkmod)
All people which gave me this knowledge!! ♥
All other Devs that are working hard just to make US happy!!!!
Other Threads:
Index
Wiki
Quick-Flasher
Please remember that the Quickflasher is very noobfriendly and easy to use, but in my opinion you should use this tool if you know how to do the usual way (like it is here explained)
Screenshots
Buttons:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download mode:
Odin (Ready for flashing):
Downloads
Downloads
USB-Driver
Busybox
AriesVE
Odin
FeaModRecovery 1.2
Root
Unroot
Java SDK
fabsau said:
7. Warranty restore:
You can restore your warranty easily! You have just to flash any stock rom via Odin for getting your warranty back and do not change anything!
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Hm.. don't you need exactly the same ROM version of what your phone was before flashing or what your carrier offered you with KIES?
annqx said:
Hm.. don't you need exactly the same ROM version of what your phone was before flashing or what your carrier offered you with KIES?
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some people buy their phone as sim unlocked (not carrier related) , and those are usually shipped with one of the stock roms available on sammobile . for the rest of us who got their phone with carrier bloatware, we need to have a backup of that stock rom.
as for this thread, although i support any help for people who are starting with android or are new to the device, but i pretty much don't see something that is not covered in the wiki. (not hating, just saying).
You enter STOCK RECOVERY by pressing vol up and power, and then MENU, not just vol up + power
more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001 don`t forget to add 9001`s wiki page you can put it on top of your tutorial because LOTS of ppl don`t read it
rayiskon said:
some people buy their phone as sim unlocked (not carrier related) , and those are usually shipped with one of the stock roms available on sammobile . for the rest of us who got their phone with carrier bloatware, we need to have a backup of that stock rom.
as for this thread, although i support any help for people who are starting with android or are new to the device, but i pretty much don't see something that is not covered in the wiki. (not hating, just saying).
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I get your point and I understand you completly, but like I said in the thread more things will come...
glava34 said:
You enter STOCK RECOVERY by pressing vol up and power, and then MENU, not just vol up + power
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Well I just descriped how to enter in the stock recovery, but I forgot to say how to "activate" it. so your I will add the menu-button thing
chasemyass said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001 don`t forget to add 9001`s wiki page you can put it on top of your tutorial because LOTS of ppl don`t read it
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This is a good idea I will do this...
Can someone explain how to restore the warranty because I´m the opinion that every stock-rom is enough. (I will ask some friends too)
fabsau said:
This is a good idea I will do this...
Can someone explain how to restore the warranty because I´m the opinion that every stock-rom is enough. (I will ask some friends too)
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it`s written on wiki and actually is pretty simple just wrote down what ROM you got on your brand new SGS+, then download the correct version of it from web and put it safe....just in case you need it
Nice tutorial man ^^ You really explained a lot!
so guys added a lot of new things! few guides are under construction and I have to rework 7. point but I think I will finish this project on the 08 april, so stay tuned =)
so guys I finished the guide. If someone becomes troubles with something feel free to contact me!
Stickied!
fabsau said:
so guys I finished the guide. If someone becomes troubles with something feel free to contact me!
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I would add @kernels the stock one with init.d support since it's the only one (beside pure stocks) that is working with car cradle
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chasemyass said:
I would add @kernels the stock one with init.d support since it's the only one (beside pure stocks) that is working with car cradle
Sent from my GT-I9001 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6
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thanks for the information!
Because people now will ask what init.d is, I added a description of it, too
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
Moonart said:
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
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at the moment only by flashing a stock rom...
Moonart said:
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
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you can dd the stock recovery.
unable to update after flashing custom rom
I'm having this problem: after flashing a custom rom from sammobile I'n unable to update in KIES. The strange thing is that I get for example XXXKQ7/DBTKP2/XXKPK/ and then the last numbers are of the firmware that previous was on the phone. I think I am doing something wrong but I simply don't know what. Can anyone give me a sollution for this.
Chicane301 said:
I'm having this problem: after flashing a custom rom from sammobile I'n unable to update in KIES. The strange thing is that I get for example XXXKQ7/DBTKP2/XXKPK/ and then the last numbers are of the firmware that previous was on the phone. I think I am doing something wrong but I simply don't know what. Can anyone give me a sollution for this.
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Kies won`t let you upgrade everything ... the CSC code it`s the main rom chooser then. And not all released stocks are available to upgrade using Kies on ANY other stock
So i have taken alot from this community, as in information. I've asked alot of questions and used alot of peoples help and software so i thought it was time to give back to the community and since i have no knowledge of coding(gonna self teach from google/youtube) i decided to make a guide for people new to the O3D or just someone who hasn't figured the potential of there O3D.
*Note*:
These are my preferences so if you don't like it don't add it please don't complain*
If you are having issues with a particular part you can request help on this thread but you should find the thread about what your having issues with first and ask there(i will link all my sources in this post)*
Got something to add? post it here on this thread or send me a pm with details and i can add it to the guide*
*This guide assumes you have a phone running on gingerbread
MANBEARPIG'S Guide To A Joyful Time With Your LG optimus 3D(p920)
1.Rooting your phone
**** Rooting your phone can brick phone if your are careless****
*The most easy way to root your phone is by downloading the file here: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2012/02/26/rooting-the-lg-thrill-optimus-3d/
***Unfortunately i dont know of a way to root your phone if your using a mac so i can't help you there***
*Now once you have downloaded the file extract it (using winrar or a similar program) to the destination of your choice and open the folder called: "megatron_windows" now make sure your phone is connected via usb and mass storage is turned off. Now run the application called "adb" it should be done within a few seconds.
*after you've installed adb click on the windows batch file
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
now hit ANY key and wait a few minutes and voila your phone is now rooted
*****if you are having trouble users have reported that having to many maps installed stops the root process working*********
Now for those who don't know what rooting is, it is basically needed for everything i will be doing,But in short it just allows the user to have full access of their phone.
2.Roms & Kernels
*This is probably the biggest customization of your phone and if you follow these steps you will have no problems. Roms & kernels are basically someone else's version of android software eg. they can change what the notifiaction bar looks like and port over other phones UI.*Note a rom and kernel are two different things a good description can be found here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=ROM-VS-Kernel
*okay so step one is installing Rom Manager it is a needed tool and you can download the free version off the play store(no need to buy premium as everything needed to be done can be done on the free app).now once you have installed this app and you open it you will see a menu click on "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery:
Now towards the end of the download a littlebox will pop up asking for superuser access(this is asking root access so it can edit files within your phone) tick remember and click allow
****Ok so some users are saying that flashing it using rom manager doesn't work for them so i would suggest using this(i dont want to put it all here as it is not my work): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482713
ok so now we have rom manager organized we will do a backup in case anything goes wrong. your will find this option on the main menu on the tab called backup current rom(this is in case anything goes wrong during the proccess of installing a new rom you can go back to your backup) if you have an external sd card in your phone you can go in settings and change it so when you backup your rom it saves on your external sd card.now click backup rom and your phone sohuld shut off and turn back on entering 'recovery mode' it should then automatically start backing up all your stuff once it is done, using the volume keys to go up and down and the search button to click it, click on 'reboot phone'.
*Ok now you have backed up your stuff you are ready to install roms and kernels.
Everyone has there own preferences so im going to link some roms here each have there own features i preferably like to keep it stock but a lot more faster and less lg and Google stuff.
check out these links and download the file you want or files if you want to try a few out.(i will get to kernels after roms).
***when downloading roms you will need the right rom depending on your software version, you can find this under settings/about phone and look under software version and look at the letter and number combo eg. V20e or v21D and then download a matching rom to your software version.
Some Roms:
Meemo's Roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569029
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1570937(my favourite)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554922
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1571251
Pandaball's modded cyanogenmod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1595639
Thiaiz Roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264023
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520673
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462991
Kamfbestie's roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441506
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605213
so there is some roms, i have not included every single one but here is a few be sure to check out the O3D android development section to find other roms not listed, also please thank all the developers if you liked their roms and if you loved their rom donate to them they out a lot of effort into it.
*Okay now to installing the rom:
open up rom manager and hit install rom form sdcard and fin the place you downloaded your rom (dont unzip the file the rom came in) and click on it.
it will then give you three things oyu can choose,click: wipre data and cache and wipe dalvik cache also click backup existing rom if you havn't dont so already.
*after you hit ok your phone should enter recovery and should automatically start wiping the data and installing the rom, once its done hit reboot phone.
if your phone gets stuck on lg logo or doesn't reboot it means that either the installation failed or something in the rom's zip is missing or could be some kind of incompatibility, if this happens you can turn off your phone then hold the volume down button + power button till the lg logo shows then your phone will enter recovery and you can restore your backup.I cannot help you with any issues faced to do with incompatibility.
ok so once your phone has rebooted depending on what romm you downloaded you might not notice any changes straight away although later down the path you might notice some changes in speed and ram etc.
Installing Kernels
*kernels differ from roms as they provide performance tweaks such as overclocking the processor or gpu and can be applied on top of compatible roms.NOTElease check the rom you installed is compatible with different kernels.
There is not many kernels to choose from as many roms have kernels installed with them but here is the most popular kernel:
Samno's kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1547319
**NOTE:if you have decided to use meemos DNA rom and you have v20e software like me so you downloaded his RTL(right to left) version it says that it is incompatible with other kernels,but i have managed to run samnos titan kernel for V21d just fine on it**
*installing the kernel:
installing the kernel is exactly the same as a rom except when you choose to install rom form sdcard and you click on it dont click wipe data or dalvik cache but you should backup your rom just in case of any incompatibilities.
OverClocking Guide
*This is not my work, i do not know who originally found this i am just writing down the information people have shared with me,sorry if there is already a guide about it,it just seems lost as its not on the first few pages and lots of people are asking about it.*
Before we begin make sure you have a kernel that supports overclocking modules,i use titan kernel as it is a stable and fast kernel.
*also make sure your phone is rooted*
Download the file here:
http://db.tt/ApM2BzbV
Now using a root file explorer/manager take out the files symsearch.ko and opperator.ko and place them at /system/lib/modules
Now to overclock you use a terminal emulator and type: (this is an example to overclock at 1.3ghz change the 3 to a 4 for 1.4ghz
su
echo 1300000000 > /proc/opperator
And now your phone should be opperating at 1.3ghz
*after every reboot to overclock it again you must type this again*
A simple app is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592110
Which does all the code in a nice GUI
3.Some kool apps to download
WARNING:Some apps may be illegal in your country
Wifikill
Wifikill is a pretty neat app it lets you control the wifi network your in and turn off any devices wifi connected to the network your connected to
"please use this app responsibly i mean i use it on my friends iphones and stuff, just please don't go screwing around with someone else's WiFi without their permission Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?4a361cgp7l34buy
Ttorrent
this is a torrent client for android so you can download any torrent file straight to your phone, this can be found on the play store.
Android Network Toolkit
Want to do some penetration testing on your own network well this is the app,it has many tools you can use to see how vulnerable your network is download can be found here:http://zimperium.com/anti.html
(cost $10) but a lit version is available on the play store called ANTIlite. remember with great power comes great responsibility
This is my first attempt at forming this guide more stuff will be added please post below how useful this was and what i sohuld add and if this helped you please thank
NOTE:working on a way to bring your own linux operating system running side by side android just having troubles with it and in contact with the developer also ill be posting up some kool games and more apps so please post your suggestions down in the comments
Please take down the Aptoide link.
Pirating is illegal and so is any links regarding it.
The Dark Lestat said:
Please take down the Aptoide link.
Pirating is illegal and so is any links regarding it.
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Oops sorry i got rid of it
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
For rooting your phone, there's no need to "install" ADB since it's not an installable package. You can just execute run.bat straightaway without double clicking ADB. You'll need the ADB drivers for your phone before executing run.bat, and you'll also need to enable debugging on your phone (settings > applications > development > USB debugging)
Also, for flashing CWM, I highly recommend not using ROM Manager as it sometimes recognises the P920 as the Optimus 2x which is not compatible with the P920. If someone flashes the Optimus 2x recovery on a P920, bad things will happen. I would suggest using this to flash instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482713
pandaball said:
For rooting your phone, there's no need to "install" ADB since it's not an installable package. You can just execute run.bat straightaway without double clicking ADB. You'll need the ADB drivers for your phone before executing run.bat, and you'll also need to enable debugging on your phone (settings > applications > development > USB debugging)
Also, for flashing CWM, I highly recommend not using ROM Manager as it sometimes recognises the P920 as the Optimus 2x which is not compatible with the P920. If someone flashes the Optimus 2x recovery on a P920, bad things will happen. I would suggest using this to flash instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482713
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For rooting your phone some people like me cant just run run.vat str8 away or we get an error saying "adb is not recognised as an internel or externel command" a for flashing recovery i never knew of this issue whenever i flash it it gives me an option of optimus 2x or O3D
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
Great guide you realy helped me!! It is possible to install kernels on a stock rom?
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA
Mitsink said:
Great guide you realy helped me!! It is possible to install kernels on a stock rom?
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Yes, you can. I have titan kernel on 21d stock rom
Sent from my LG-P920 using XDA
MANBEARPIG69 said:
For rooting your phone some people like me cant just run run.vat str8 away or we get an error saying "adb is not recognised as an internel or externel command" a for flashing recovery i never knew of this issue whenever i flash it it gives me an option of optimus 2x or O3D
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Yes many people bricked their O3Ds by flashing recovery through ROM Manager (especially the previous version).
Much safer way is to flash recovery with the tool pandaball suggested or with two other tools that can flash any recovery (CWM, CWM Touch, Stock) you want.
A command line tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540163
A GUI tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598320
botson71 said:
Yes many people bricked their O3Ds by flashing recovery through ROM Manager (especially the previous version).
Much safer way is to flash recovery with the tool pandaball suggested or with two other tools that can flash any recovery (CWM, CWM Touch, Stock) you want.
A command line tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540163
A GUI tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598320
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Ok i never knew of this issue ill take a look at how to use and post it up
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626852
Overclocking modules guide
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
YOU SHALL BE STICKIED!
botson71 said:
Yes many people bricked their O3Ds by flashing recovery through ROM Manager (especially the previous version).
Much safer way is to flash recovery with the tool pandaball suggested or with two other tools that can flash any recovery (CWM, CWM Touch, Stock) you want.
A command line tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540163
A GUI tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598320
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yes i would not use rom manager on this phone ive helped to many ppl fix there 3d because they flashed cwm or a rom with rom manager
there is a windows file to flash cwm touch or normal cwm in the dev thread
Thank you! I was going crazy with ****ing SuperOneClick that didnt work, but this one worked the first time, THANKS!
I suggest you to insert a guide related to Unroot
Sgnao
Any links to baseband files to use with LG Flash tool?
edit:
P920
V21E baseband
V18A baseband
P920 DLL file
P925:
V10E baseband
V20C baseband
V20P baseband
P925 DLL file
You could add one detail to the rooting part of the guide, if you have to many apps installed megatron will fail.
It took me way to long to figure that out after flashing V21E kdz, a factory reset solved that but I hesitated because with no root titanium backup would be useless.
Sent from my LG-P920 using Tapatalk 2
thanks worked for p920 v21e
Thks for the guides;
rooted > CWM-Recovery-Touch setup > flashed with custom rom without any hassle
there was a small hiccup tho' due to my ignorance ... was not able to boot into recovery mode (holding "Power" + "VolDown" + "3D" keys always causing shutoff). After a few tries, found out that i should hv release the "power" key right after boot-up or else will trigger shutdown, stupid me
n0v1ce said:
Thks for the guides;
rooted > CWM-Recovery-Touch setup > flashed with custom rom without any hassle
there was a small hiccup tho' due to my ignorance ... was not able to boot into recovery mode (holding "Power" + "VolDown" + "3D" keys always causing shutoff). After a few tries, found out that i should hv release the "power" key right after boot-up or else will trigger shutdown, stupid me
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Same thing happened to me when was new to this stuff,i flashed a rom that didn't work and couldn't get into recovery mode,thought i bricked it
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda premium
Legend-thanks
WOW- followed your instruction -deleted a few apps -BUT installed-----
download the "LGP920_CWM_5.8.1.5_Flasher.zip" und unzip folder on your PC.
IM OVER MOON AND IVE GOT A STIIFI
GUIDE UPDATED MAY 18/2016
TWRP FILE FOR USE IN THIS THREAD twrp-3.0.0-0-skyrocket.tar.md5
PHILZ IS NO LONGER UPDATING CWM AS OF JULY 2014 HENCE ONLY TWRP IS USED AND SUPPORTED
GUIDE IS FOR THE SAMSUNG GALAXY SKYROCKET SG2 LTE: MODEL# "SGH-I727" FOR ATT & "SGH-I727R" FOR ROGERS.
THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING YOU NEED TO DO TO YOUR SKYROCKET IS TO REPLACE THE STOCK RECOVERY CALLED "3E" WITH A CUSTOM RECOVERY TWRP WITH ODIN, ITS EASY AND TAKES LESS THAN ONE MINUTE.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: YOU ARE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF A TWO PAGE POST
INTRO - READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST PAGE - INSTALLING CUSTOM RECOVERIES
1. INSTALL TWRP ONTO ANY AND ALL STOCK FIRMWARE OR CUSTOM ROMS
1. HOW TO GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE aka ODIN MODE
2. HOW TO ENTER INTO RECOVERY MODE
3. TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN
4. WHY DO YOU NEED A "CUSTOM" RECOVERY
5. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS
SECOND PAGE - ROOT
1. HOW TO ROOT: WORKS ON GB, ICS & JB
2. HOW TO TEMPORARLY UNROOT
3. HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNROOT
4. HOW TO REPAIR ROOT
5. EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE SU FILES DO
6. INFO ON ROOT
7. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS
INTRO: READ IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE SKYROCKET OR ARE A NEWB THEN READ EVERYTHING x2.
IF YOURE IN A HURRY, LAZY, ILLITERATE, DENSE, THE DEVIL, THEN COME BACK WHEN YOURE NOT.PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE YOU PROCEED especially if your are a n00b, newb, newbie:
Newbie, newb, n00b or noob is a slang term for a novice or newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity.
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, STOP!! AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTANT!
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READ DEVS INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THEIR ROMS RECOMMENDED RECOVERY, USUALLY LATEST
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER FOR ANY CWM ACTIVITIES.
CUSTOM RECOVERY'S:
TWRP=TEAM WIN RECOVERY PROJECT
CWM=CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY - DEPRECIATED, NO LONGER USED
THIS IS NOT THE SAME PHONE AS THE FIRST GENERATION SG2 I9100, FLASHING ANYTHING HERE FOR THE I9100 WILL HARD BRICK THE I9100.
PLEASE DO NOT PM ME, ALL ANSWERS ARE IN THIS THREAD, PM'S WILL BE IGNORED, SORRY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS POST IT HERE OR IN THE Q&A FORUM - BUT YOU BETTER READ THE 2 POSTS HERE BEFORE ASKING!!
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Samsung Made The Skyrocket Very Easy To Flash Custom Roms And/or Root The Phone.
There Is No Bootloader To Unlock.
The Skyrocket Has Four Main Partitions > Recovery - Radio - Kernel - System.
All Custom Roms Only Have The Kernel And The System , Which I/We Refer To As "The Rom".
No Custom Roms Include The Recovery And/or Radio Other Than Full Stock Firmwares.
The Recovery Is A Seperate Standalone File/partition And As Such It Is Not Tied/linked/combined To The Rom And/or Kernel.
Odin Is A Windows Program For Installing Stock Firmwares And Recoveries Onto Samsung Phones But We Can Use It To Install A "Custom" Recovery.
The First And Foremost Thing You Need To Do To Your Skyrocket Is To Replace The Stock Recovery Called "3e" With A Custom Recovery Called "TWRP" To Be Installed With The Program Called "Odin", Its Easy And Takes Less Than One Minute.
After Installing The TWRP Custom Recovery With Odin Your Phone Will Bootup To Exactly What You Had Before - It Does Not Touch The Android Operating System On Either Stock Firmwares Or Custom Roms, All Your Stuff Will Be Untouched, Unless You Boot Into Recovery You Would Never Know That You Had Installed It.
Once A Custom Recovery Is Installed You Can Then Install Other Custom Recoveries, Root The Phone, Flash Custom Roms, Kernels, Radios/modems, Bootanimations, Apps Or Any Other Flashable Zip File That You Find Here In The Skyrocket Xda Forum
Using Odin is Not Required Or Needed Anymore Unless You Reinstalled Stock Recovery Via Flashing Full Stock Firmware Or The Standalone Stock Recovery.
Links To The Recovery Zip Files Are In The 1stop Sticky
To Install Custom Roms On Stock Phones w/twrp installed You do Not Need To Root The Phone, Just Follow The Devs Instructions In Their Op On Installing The Custom Rom.
Root Is Only Required if You Are On Stock Samsung Att/Rogers Firmwares And Need To Remove Bloatware And/or Modify System Files, Root Is Not Needed To Install Any Roms Or Recoveries
I Reiterate: You Need To Install A Custom Recovery before You Can Flash Custom Roms Or Root The Phone, You Do not Need To Root The Phone To Install Custom Roms Or Custom Recoveries.
Stock Phones = Use Odin To Flash TWRP Custom Recovery
Staying On Stock w/Custom Recovery = Flash Root Files From 2nd Post.
Flashing Any Custom Roms = If On Stock Recovery Then Use Odin To Flash TWRP Custom Recovery, Dont Waste Your Time Rooting.
Almost Everything For And About The Skyrocket Is In The 1STOP STICKY
Read This b4 posting THE MOST Common Questions Answered HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176593
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PEREQUISTE: PHONES USB PORT WORKING AND RECOGNIZED BY PC. DRIVERS FOR USB INSTALLED CORRECTLY. IF NOT INSTALLED USE EITHER USB DRIVERS FILES OR INSTALL KIES WHICH INSTALLS USB DRIVERS
MAKE SURE KIES, ADB OR ANYTHING THAT HAS USB ACCESS LIKE VM'S ARE NOT RUNNING IN THE BACKGROUND - CHECK WITH WINDOWS TASK MANAGER.
IF PHONES USB PORT IS DEAD THERES NO WAY TO INSTALL A CUSTOM RECOVERY AND AS SUCH YOUR STUCK ON STOCK FIRMWARE W/NO WAY TO ROOT THE STOCK FIRMWARE. DONT BELIEVE ANYONE THATS SAYS OTHERWISE.
NOTE: THIS METHOD IS ONLY FOR WINDOWS, ODIN IS A WINDOWS PROGRAM FOR INSTALLING STOCK FIRMWARES AND RECOVERIES ONTO SAMSUNG PHONES.
FOR MAC'S YOU NEED TO USE HEIMDALL OR USE BOOT CAMP, I DONT HAVE A MAC SO I CANT HELP YOU THERE.
NOTE: MICROSOFTS INTERNET BROWSER SOMETIMES HAS ISSUES DL'ING "TAR.MD5" FILES, IF HAVING A MD5 ERROR USE FIREFOX or CHROME BROWSERS TO DOWNLOAD THE TAR.MD5 FILES.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your devices, these methods have been proven to work but sh*t happens!
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1. HOW TO INSTALL TWRP RECOVERY :
FOR ANY AND ALL STOCK FIRMWARES OR CUSTOM ROMS
NEWBS: READ THE WHOLE POST X2 B4 YOU PROCEED.
1. GETTING PHONE INTO DOWLOAD MODE(aka odin mode):
AT NO TIME IS THE POWER BUTTON TOUCHED FOR THIS PROCEDURE.
Download mode is NOT the same as recovery mode
a. Remove and Reinsert the battery, have usb cable inserted to computer usb port but NOT to your phone until step (c).
b. ATT PHONES - Press and keep down both Volume Up and Volume Down buttons simultaneously.
ROGERS PHONES - Press and keep down only the Volume Down button.
DO NOT RELEASE THE VOLUME BUTTON(S) UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO IN STEP (d)
c. While still holding the volume button(s) down insert the USB cable into your device.
The phone will turn itself on when usb cable is inserted.
* KEEP VOLUME BUTTON(S) PRESSED - DO NOT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON *
d. When You see the screen warning you about installing a custom OS w/a yellow triangle RELEASE the volume button(s)
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1ST PIC: Now press and release the volume "up" button, you should now be at the Download Mode screen w/odin recognizing your phone.
2ND PIC: this is also download/odin mode - the screen will display this when odin or kies has failed/not completed a previous flash, just continue following the procedure and/or read "section #3 troubleshooting odin" below.
1ST PIC >>
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2ND PIC >>
2. DOWNLOAD twrp-3.0.0-0-skyrocket.tar.md5 - DO NOT CHANGE THE FILE NAME.
3. DOWNLOAD Odin-1.85.zip , Extract the contents of odin-185.zip to a folder, within that folder start "Odin3 v1.85.exe" .
4. Prepare Odin: Check "auto-reboot" and UNCHECK ALL OTHER OPTIONS.
Only Click "PDA" and navigate/select the TWRP tar.md5 file you downloaded from step #2.
DO NOT! CHECK "REPARTITION" IN ODIN! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!! SEE COMPUTER SREEN PICS BELOW.
ON YOUR COMPUTER THIS IS WHAT YOUR SCREEN MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN YOUR PHONE IS IN DOWNLOAD MODE AND ODIN IS RECOGNIZING YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU HIT THE START BUTTON.
5. Click Start in Odin. It will flash the new recovery and will reboot the phone when completed.
ON YOUR COMPUTER THIS IS WHAT YOUR SCREEN MUST LOOK LIKE WHEN ODIN HAS FINISHED FLASHING YOUR PHONE
IF YOU HAD ERRORS OR PROBLEMS USING ODIN, GO TO SECTION 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN
If All Went Well Then You are done using ODIN.
6. UPDATING TWRP
How To Enter Recovery Mode Is In Section #2 Below
Do Not Use Odin To Flash "Zip" Files.
LINKS TO RECOVERY ZIP FILES ARE IN THE 1STOP THREAD
TWRP
Read The TWRP THREAD To See If New Updates Have Any Bugs
PREFERRED METHOD: You can use a flashable zip file to be used by TWRP recovery, check in the 1STOP STICKY in the recovery section for latest files, copy the "zip" file to your sdcard and install it via the custom recovery and reboot back into recovery to see if it installed correctly.
ALTERNATE METHOD #1: TWRP now has odin flashable tar files , check HERE for latest TAR FILE to be used by ODIN. - WARNING - these are not tar.md5 files so check the HASH before flashing
ALTERNATE METHOD #2: using img files read this
7. You're done newbie and soon to be a power user, read and educate yourself as much as you can before flashing, happy flashing. :fingers-crossed:
2. HOW TO ENTER INTO THE RECOVERY MODE
ENTERING IN TO RECOVERY MODE IS THE SAME METHOD FOR BOTH ATT AND ROGERS SKYROCKETS.
ENTERING IN TO RECOVERY MODE IS THE SAME METHOD FOR BOTH STOCK AND A CUSTOM RECOVERY.
RECOVERY AND DOWNLOAD(ODIN) MODES ARE NOT THE SAMETHING
Now turn off your phone, unplugged(might work plugged in)
Press and keep both volume keys down
Then press the power button while still holding down the volume keys
When you feel the phone vibrate or see a logo on the screen, release the power button but not the volume keys.
When screen goes black release the volume keys.
Wait a few seconds to boot in to recovery
You are now in recovery mode
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3. TROUBLESHOOTING ODIN
If Odin Shows An md5 Error Redownload The File Again
If Odin hangs at "Getting PIT for mapping" or giving a pit error - Read This Thread and post number 15 for solution
If the phone boots into any rom, make sure windows can transfer from and to internal and external sdcards to rule out driver issues
Does kies recognize your phone, even if you are on a custom rom kies will recognize your phone, this rules out driver issues
Make Sure You Are In Download Mode On Your Phone
If having trouble getting into dl mode try this>> take out the battery and leave it out. Plug the phone into the micro usb cable. Plug the USB end into your comp. Hold volume rockers down(either both or vol "-") and reinsert the battery
Make Sure Kies, Adb Or Anything That Has Usb Access Like Vm's Are Not Running In The Background or Running As A Service - Check With Windows Task Manager.
Restart computer
Make sure battery is charged
Try different usb port, preferably the rear ones on computer
Use original samsung usb cable, or try different cable but still oem
Uninstall drivers and kies, unplug phone & reboot comp, then just reinstall the USB Drivers from here
Try a different computer
Clean phones usb port w/no battery installed
If Phone Boot Loops Or Enters Into Recovery Mode While Trying To Get Into Download Mode(and you are sure you followed above procedure and also did not touch the power button), You Could Have A Stuck Power Button. To Fix That Try To Repeatedly Keep Pushing The Power Button Hard To Try To Unstick It. To Read More About The "Sticky" Power Button Problem Goto the 1STOP info section.
If you tried ALL of above tests and phone is not recognized by your computer you then have a hardware problem with the phones usb port. Read this for possible fix - FIX FOR PHONES USB PORT
4. WHAT IS AND WHY DO YOU NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY
YOUR PHONE COMES STOCK WITH A PROGRAM WE CALL RECOVERY 3e.
TWRP ARE CUSTOM RECOVERIES THAT REPLACES THE STOCK RECOVERY 3e.
ON STOCK FIRMWARE YOU NEED TO USE ODIN TO INSTALL THE TAR FILE(NOT THE ZIP FILE) OF A CUSTOM RECOVERY TWRP, ITS THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING TO DO TO YOUR SKYROCKET TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE TO YOUR PHONE.
ONCE A CUSTOM RECOVERY HAS BEEN INSTALLED YOU CAN THEN BE ABLE TO INSTALL OTHER CUSTOM RECOVERIES, CUSTOM ROMS, ROOT THE PHONE AND INSTALL FLASHABLE "ZIP" FILES.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH A CUSTOM RECOVERY
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS
FLASHING TWRP BY WHATEVER METHOD USED IS NOT ROOTING
INSTALLING A COMPLETE FULL STOCK FIRMWARE WILL REVERT THE CUSTOM RECOVERY BACK TO STOCK RECOVERY.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO ROOT THE SKYROCKET WITH OUT TWRP
CUSTOM ROMS ARE ALREADY ROOTED: FOLLOW DEVS INSTR.
IF YOU DID HAVE ROOT AND FLASHED STOCK FIRMWARE BY WHATEVER METHOD YOU WILL LOSE ROOT.
YOUR PHONE WILL NOT LOSE APPS OR SETTINGS EITHER BY ROOTING OR FLASHING TWRP UNLESS "YOU" PERFORMED A WIPE/RESET
THE PROCRDURES OUTLINE IN THESE TWO PAGES DOES NOT TRIP THE FLASH COUNTER
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL AND/OR UPDATE CWM
5. DOWLOADS AND LINKS
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I would like to thank everyone who help in making this post:
mohan_kr
waiters
sk8erwitskil
[HOWTO] THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR NEWBS TO: ROOT/UNROOT/TEMP. UNROOT your SKYrocket!
GUIDE TESTED ON SAMSUNG GALAXY SG2 LTE: MODEL# "SGH-I727" FOR ATT & "SGH-I727R" FOR ROGERS, IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE "SKYROCKET"
UPDATED: JULY 30/2013
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: YOU ARE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF A TWO PAGE POST
1. HOW TO ROOT: WORKS ON GB, ICS AND JB
2. HOW TO TEMPORARLY UNROOT
3. HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNROOT
4. HOW TO REPAIR ROOT
5. EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE SU FILES DO
6. INFO ON ROOT
7. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS
NOTE: MUST HAVE A CUSTOM RECOVERY INSTALLED FIRST TO ROOT PHONE. A HOW TO IS ON THE FIRST POST.
ROOT IS NOT RQUIRED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS - INSTALLING CWM/TWRP IS REQUIRED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS(1ST POST): FOLLOW THE DEVELOPERS ROM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS .
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your devices, these methods have been proven to work, but sh*t happens!
ClockWorkMod Recovery i will refer it as CWM and Team Win Recovery Project as TWRP.
PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST BEFORE YOU PROCEED especially if your are a n00b, newb, newbie:
Newbie, newb, n00b or noob is a slang term for a novice or newcomer, or somebody inexperienced in any profession or activity.
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, STOP!! AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU DONT UNDERSTANT!
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PRECAUTION:
MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE SUPERUSER OR BUSYBOX APPS INSTALLED
UNINSTALL BOTH FROM SETTINGS/APPLICATION/ALL MENU (if unistalling is not available use disable and restart phone to recovery to flash the SU file before proceeding.)
USE ONLY THE FILES THAT I LINKED IN THIS POST
1. HOW TO ROOT THE PHONE - you will not lose any data
LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS: (what are you doing here)
IF ON STOCK RECOVERY INSTALL TWRP(RECOMMENDED) OR CWM VIA ODIN - HOWTO IN FIRST POST
FLASH SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip IN CWM/TWRP
BOOT INTO ANDROID AND OPEN SUPERSU AND UPDATE BINARIES, DONE, YOUR ROOTED
MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:
DOWNLOAD AND PLACE THE FILE SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip TO YOUR INTERNAL SDCARD
IF YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION OF TWRP OR CWM INSTALLED CONT. TO STEP 3. IF NOT GOTO THE FIRST PAGE: then come back here and continue w/step 3
REBOOT INTO CWM/TWRP: instructions in first page.
STEPS BELOW ARE FOR CWM BUT SIMILIAR FOR TWRP.
HIGHLIGHT "INSTALL FROM SDCARD", HIT ENTER
HIGHLIGHT "CHOOSE FILE FROM INTERNAL SDCARD", HIT ENTER
SCROLL UNTIL "SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip" IS HIGHLIGHTED , HIT ENTER
SCROLL UNTIL "YES" IS HIGHLIGHTED, HIT ENTER, WAIT FOR INSTALLATION TO FINISH.
REBOOT PHONE
GOTO APPLICATIONS ,OPEN SUPERSU, LET SuperSU UPDATE BINARIES.
DONE, YOU ARE NOW ROOTED
TO TEST IF ROOTING WAS SUCCESSFUL
DOWNLOAD "ROOT TESTER" AND OR "TITANIUM BACKUP" FROM PLAYSTORE AND SEE IF THEY ARE GRANTED SU PERMISSIONS
OPEN EITHER ROOT TESTER or TITANIUM BACKUP AND YOU WILL GET A POPUP MESSAGE ASKING FOR SUPERUSER ACCESS, CLICK ON "ALLOW" OR "GRANT" AS IN PIC BELOW, PIC MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE AND WORDING BUT THATS OK:
THEN THE APP WILL BE GIVEN SUPERUSER ACCESS, WHICH IS "ROOT"
2. HOW TO TEMPORARLY UNROOT TESTED ONLY WITH < ESFILE EXPLORER > you will not lose any data
LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS (what are you doing here)
OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER
RENAME SU FROM SYSYTEM\BIN AND/OR FROM SYSTEM\XBIN
YOU ARE TEMPORARLY UNROOTED AS LONG AS YOU DONT KILL ESFILE MANGER FROM TASK MANAGER AND DONT REBOOT/RESTART THE PHONE
TO RENABLE ROOT RENAME THE SU FILE(S) BACK TO "su"
MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:
OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER
HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON
HIT SETTINGS
ENABLE "UP TO ROOT
ENABLE "ROOT EXPLORER"
ENABLE "MOUNT FILE SYSTEM"
ENABLE "BACKUP SYSTEM APP"
HIT THE HAPTIC BACK BUTTON
HIT "UP" BUTTON ON ESFILE EXPLORER
CONFIRM YOUR IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY IF YOU SEE THE "SYSTEM" FOLDER
THE SU FILE CAN BE IN ONE OR TWO FOLDERS, RENAME BOTH, IF ONLY ONE IS FOUND THATS OK
NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\BIN FIND THE "SU" FILE
LONG PRESS ON "SU", FROM MENU POPUP HIT RENAME
RENAME "SU" TO "SUOLD" OR SOMETHING YOU CAN REMEMBER
NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\XBIN FIND THE "SU" FILE
LONG PRESS ON "SU", FROM MENU POPUP HIT RENAME
RENAME "SU" TO "SUOLD" OR SOMETHING YOU CAN REMEMBER
HIT HOME HAPTIC BUTTON
DO NOT EXIT ESFILE EXPLORER
DO NOT REBOOT/SHUT SOWN PHONE
TEST WITH ROOT CHECKER: SHOULD CONFIRM "NO ROOT ACCESS"
DONE
TO RENABLE ROOT DO THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURE AND RENAME THE SU FILES BACK TO "su"
OR JUST REFLASH THE SU FILE WITH CWM
3. HOW TO PERMANENTLY UNROOT TESTED ONLY WITH < ESFILE EXPLORER > You Will Not Lose Any Data.
NOTE: Flashing Stock Firmwares Will Also Unroot The Phone So You Do NOT Need To Unroot The Phone If Installing Stock Firmware.
LESS DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR POWER USERS(what are you doing here)
MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP
OPTIONAL: DISABLE SUPERSU FROM SETTINGS\APLLICATIONS MENU
DELETE SU FROM SU FROM SYSYTEM\BIN AND/OR FROM SYSTEM\XBIN
YOU ARE NOW PERMANENTLY UNROOTED
TO ROOT JUST FLASH SU AND INSTALL SUPERSU
MORE DETAILED PROCEDURE: FOR NEWBS SOON TO BE POWER USERS: KEEP READING THE WHOLE POST:
PERFORM A NANDROID BACKUP FROM WITHIN CWM BACKUP/RESTORE MENU
OPTIONAL: FROM HOMESCREEN HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON GOTO /SETTINGS/APPLICATION/ALL CLICKON SUPERSU CLICKON DISABLE
OPEN ESFILE EXPLORER
HIT LEFT HAPTIC BUTTON
HIT SETTINGS
ENABLE "UP TO ROOT"
ENABLE "ROOT EXPLORER"
ENABLE "MOUNT FILE SYSTEM"
ENABLE "BACKUP SYSTEM APP"
HIT THE HAPTIC BACK BUTTON
HIT "UP" BUTTON ON ESFILE EXPLORER
CONFIRM YOUR IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY IF YOU SEE THE "SYSTEM" FOLDER
THE SU FILE CAN BE IN ONE OR TWO FOLDERS, DELETE BOTH FILES, IF ONLY ONE IS FOUND THATS OK
NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\BIN FIND THE "SU" FILE
LONG PRESS ON "SU"
FROM THE POPUP MENU HIT DELETE
NAVIGATE TO SYSTEM\XBIN FIND THE "SU" FILE
LONG PRESS ON "SU"
FROM THE POPUP MENU HIT DELETE
YOU ARE NOW PERMANENTLY UNROOTED
TEST WITH ROOT CHECKER
TO RENABLE ROOT JUST REFLASH THE SU FILE WITH CWM AND REINSTALL SUPERSU FROM PLAYSTORE
4. REPAIR YOUR OLD/BAD/BROKEN ROOT FILES
IF ROOT IS NOT WORKING FROM A PREVIOUS METHOD .
UNINSTALL SUPERUSER GOTO SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/ SELECT ALL/ SELECT SUPERUSER AND HIT UNINSTALL(if no uninstall option, choose disable).
UNINSTALL BUSYBOX GOTO SETTINGS/APPLICATIONS/ SELECT ALL/ SELECT BUSYBOX AND HIT UNINSTALL(if no uninstall option, choose disable).
REBOOT INTO CWN AND CONTINUE W/THE TUTORIAL WHERE YOU FLASH THE busybox-su-pack-cwm5.zip FILE.
5. EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE SU FILES DO
When you install the SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip with CWM it installs SU and BUSYBOX and SuperSU (su needs busybox to work properly)
SU "ROOTS" your phone, it gives you SU(superuser) status.
You are now 100% rooted when you installed that file.
The problem is you have no control of what app has root privilges.
SuperSU gives the user control of what app has root privilges.
When an app requests root access, SuperSU intercedes and you see popup window to allow or deny acess to the SU binary(the file you flashed in CWM).
Thats my best way of explaining it, if someone has a better way let me know
6. INFO ON ROOT: PLEASE READ IT
DONT USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL OR UPDATE CWM.
YOUR PHONE WILL BE REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME WHEN ROOTING OR FLASHING TWRP/CWM WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW RECOVERY AND THE SUPERSU APP WHEN FOLLOWING THIS TUTORIAL.
ROOTING ALLOWS USER TO CUSTOMIZE THEIR PHONES BY REMOVING SO CALLED BLOATWARE AND OTHER APPS THAT COME PREINSTALLED ON THE PHONE.
YOU DO NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY TO ROOT
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH A CUSTOM RECOVERY
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ROOTED TO FLASH CUSTOM ROMS
BUT YOU DO NEED A CUSTOM RECOVERY(TWRP/CWM) TO FLASH ROMS
FLASHING TWRP/CWM BY WHATEVER METHOD USED IS NOT ROOTING
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO ROOT THE SKYROCKET WITH OUT FIRST INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY CWM/TWRP.
CUSTOM ROMS ARE ALREADY ROOTED: FOLLOW DEVS INSTR.
IF YOU DID HAVE ROOT AND FLASHED STOCK FIRMWARE BY WHATEVER METHOD YOU WILL LOSE ROOT.
YOUR PHONE WILL NOT LOSE APPS OR SETTINGS BY ROOTING OR BY ONSTALLING TWRP/CWM UNLESS "YOU" PERFORMED A WIPE/RESET
THE PROCEDURES OUTLINE IN THESE TWO PAGES DOES NOT TRIP THE FLASH COUNTER
7. DOWNLOADS AND LINKS:
check the md5 checksums when available
Md5 checker utility.....Direct download
SuperSU-0.93-Busybox-1.20.2.zip ..... THE SU, BUSYBOX AND SUPERSU IN ONE FILE - THIS IS WHAT ROOTS YOUR PHONE
SU Website ......Downloads and info on rooting
What and how ROOT works.... info on rooting ICS, Hit Thanks to mohan_kr
What and how ROOT works .... info on rooting ICS, Hit Thanks to waiters
How to SEARCH XDA and the WORLD ..... Learn how to properly use the search feature on xda, a must read for newbs! Hit Thanks to mindmajick
I vote to sticky this thread anyone else think so
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garydv2002 said:
I vote to sticky this thread anyone else think so
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i requested as such, still waiting to here from mod
garydv2002 said:
I vote to sticky this thread anyone else think so
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+1
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Very informative! Great guide and I love all the links. Excellent for anyone starting out or those in need of a refresher.
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Just 1 comment Vin. Way back I rooted my phone with odin and a file from doom lord.
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stoopendis said:
Just 1 comment Vin. Way back I rooted my phone with odin and a file from doom lord.
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true, but just updating a step by step for rooting as i see too many post asking how to root the new ics
im not saying drumlords doesnt work, i have not tested that one myself, but these instructions seems bulletproof for newbs and the file mohan provides has bbox already included and me and mohan have tested it to work on stock ics with little fuss for the user to implement
Excellent, thank you very much for the updated information. Now I can worry less about using guides from 1-2 years ago lol.
I tried every one click option I could find just for the hell of it, superoneclick, doomlord, gingerbreak, and others and absolutely positivly without a doubt I can say they do not work... this is the only method I found to work on any ics firmware leaked or official
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Hold down Volume Up and Volume Down keys. (NOTE: On rogers phones It's just Vol Down.)
TO ENTER INTO THE RECOVERY
Now turn off your phone, unplugged(might work plugged in)
[*]Press and keep both volume keys down
[*]Then press the power button while still holding down the volume keys
When you feel the phone vibrate or see a logo on the screen, release the power button but not the volume keys.
When screen goes black release the volume keys.
Wait a couple of seconds to boot
You will now see ClockworkMod TOUCH 5.5.0.4 recovery
THREAD FOR [RECOVERY] ClockworkMod TOUCH 5.5.0.4 v4.3
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Just to verify again, entering into recovery for rogers phones is still only the up volume key? Just want to make sure because the two points I bolded seem contradictory so I want to be 100% sure before I do this myself
Recovery and download mode are 2 diffwrent things.
Recovery is the same for rogers and att phones
Download mode is different though between the 2 phones. Rogers phones you hold only the volume down button when plugging in the usb cable to get phone into download mode, then release the volume down key then press volume up key to see the download screen
Att phones you have to press both volume buttons down when plugging in usb cable to get into dl mode then release both volume keys, then press the volume up key to see dl mode screen
i edited the op to clarify that
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thank you. very easy to root the skyrocket because of your guide.
Thank you for this thread. This is one of the most informative and useful guides to rooting a Skyrocket
I'm a longtime lurker and rarely have questions. I use search
I appreciate your time that you take in responding to questions in the various forums.
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i dont plan on rooting, but this guide is awsome. i learned alot about what rooting is and custom recoveries. yes i am new to this stuff, and its nice to read something in these forums meant for users like me.
i also vote to sticky this thread, but where can i do that.
tommygun198 said:
i dont plan on rooting, but this guide is awsome. i learned alot about what rooting is and custom recoveries. yes i am new to this stuff, and its nice to read something in these forums meant for users like me.
i also vote to sticky this thread, but where can i do that.
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ty, to learn more you should read the link thats in my sig. lots more info there
tommygun198 said:
i dont plan on rooting, but this guide is awsome. i learned alot about what rooting is and custom recoveries. yes i am new to this stuff, and its nice to read something in these forums meant for users like me.
i also vote to sticky this thread, but where can i do that.
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You can't stickey it the mods have to lol... you say you don't plan on rooting but I would say why not? Have you weighed the advantages over disadvantages. The only disadvantage is loss of warranty but the advantages are way to many to list them all but a few are
1. Control over your device.
2. Apps like titanium backup that allow you to backup and restore apps without loss of data being able to remove or freeze those unwanted apps.
3. Root access to system files and folders.
And much much more. Also with cwm recovery you can make backups of your current rom you can restore later if something were to mess up on your phone.... just some friendly advice for you to consider and maybe even research on. If you decide to root and get stumped just pm me and I will help you....
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garydv2002 said:
I tried every one click option I could find just for the hell of it, superoneclick, doomlord, gingerbreak, and others and absolutely positivly without a doubt I can say they do not work... this is the only method I found to work on any ics firmware leaked or official
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just to confirm, you tried this on ics leaks and gb, i would like to add that to the op as a confirmation
im 99.99999% sure that this method would work on leaks and gb, just not enough to say confirmed, but i might have time tonite to test it on the leaks and gb and then be able to say it works 100%
garydv2002 said:
You can't stickey it the mods have to lol... you say you don't plan on rooting but I would say why not? Have you weighed the advantages over disadvantages. The only disadvantage is loss of warranty but the advantages are way to many to list them all but a few are
1. Control over your device.
2. Apps like titanium backup that allow you to backup and restore apps without loss of data being able to remove or freeze those unwanted apps.
3. Root access to system files and folders.
And much much more. Also with cwm recovery you can make backups of your current rom you can restore later if something were to mess up on your phone.... just some friendly advice for you to consider and maybe even research on. If you decide to root and get stumped just pm me and I will help you....
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ive talked to him b4, hes a newb(in a nice way) and just trying to understand what all the terms mean, but hes coming along.
as for warranty, its easy to go back to stock and get the warranty repair, just as long his phone can get into dl mode, that info is all in my sticky linked in my sig, oh i see your on tapatalk, cant see my sig, well you can but have to do it the webview way.
heres the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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ty
just to confirm, you tried this on ics leaks and gb, i would like to add that to the op as a confirmation
im 99.99999% sure that this method would work on leaks and gb, just not enough to say confirmed, but i might have time tonite to test it on the leaks and gb and then be able to say it works 100%
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i rooted mine, Stock ATT ICS. fyi.
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garydv2002 said:
You can't stickey it the mods have to lol... you say you don't plan on rooting but I would say why not? Have you weighed the advantages over disadvantages. The only disadvantage is loss of warranty but the advantages are way to many to list them all but a few are
1. Control over your device.
2. Apps like titanium backup that allow you to backup and restore apps without loss of data being able to remove or freeze those unwanted apps.
3. Root access to system files and folders.
And much much more. Also with cwm recovery you can make backups of your current rom you can restore later if something were to mess up on your phone.... just some friendly advice for you to consider and maybe even research on. If you decide to root and get stumped just pm me and I will help you....
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I agree... too many advantages over the warranty issue. for starters, freezing all the bloatware will make your battery last longer. NOT seeing them in the list of apps is awesome!! (yeah, i get irritated just scrolling thru a bunch of useless app. Titanium backup is a definite plus. Not to mention a slew of apps that are specifically for rooted device. ;-)
I didn't bother to download/flash new ROM. The ICS from ATT works ok for me. If it is not broke.. I ain't changing it! :good:
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►►AT&T SGH-I337 USERS: DO NOT USE THIS FIRST GUIDE IF YOU ARE ON MF3 / MK2 FIRMWARE.◄◄
Please instead refer to Post #2 for MF3 & MK2 rooting and Safestrap Recovery installation processes.
This thread exists to keep all the necessary guides and material in one common place for the new users looking for the opportunity to do this right the first time. As always: Know what you're doing. Know what device model you have. Know your limits.
If followed correctly, this 5-step guide can be a useful tool. These steps are listed in the order in which they should be completed. The intent is to seamlessly root, backup and flash, leaving as little room for error as possible. This process will erase and/or reset everything on your device. All steps are assuming you have backed up your contacts, texts, pictures, videos, etc. I do not take credit for any of this material or information. This is all the work of great people that I have simply brought together. Cheers!
**WARNING!** All information and attached links are for the I337 & I337M ONLY! No one here is responsible for anything that may happen to your device. Proceed at your own risk.
>>>>>>Before you begin, make sure your S4 has USB Debugging Mode switched on<<<<<<
Step 1: Read. Read. Succeed.
Your journey down the Android path of rooting and modding can be smooth, fun and educational, based on your attempt at learning everything you can before you begin. This is entirely up to you, the user. There is some excellent material here on XDA that I highly recommend reading over as part of step 1. Don't skip this information!
[GUIDE][INFO] The beginner's info thread (aka. the noob helper): This awesome guide by @Rastabolino is intended to be an all-in-one resource for the new user, covering all the basic material and XDA ground rules that everyone on this site should know.
Frequently Asked Questions: Need I say more? Just about every question asked on this forum is covered in this great little post by @ronnie498. This a short list of frequently asked questions on this device forum and the answers often given as a response. It should serve as a starting point for gathering knowledge and finding solutions to many common problems.
Step 2: Rooting Your Device
For those of you who want to get most out of your Galaxy S4, you will certainly want to root it. Rooting your I337 or I337M provides you as the user many, many benefits. That's why you're here right now reading this. You want it all.
Please note that there is always the chance of error during these processes. Bad or faulty USB cables, USB ports, bad/old device drivers on the computer, an active virus scanner. These are a few of the issues that can cause your device to fail to connect or prohibit a successful root/flash. Use good and original OEM USB cables. Uninstall any drivers you may have installed for Samsung Mobile Devices and disable your virus scanner.
AT&T/I337 Users: [ROOT[RECOVERY] Loki + TWRP + Motochopper CASUAL
The thread linked here is the work of @AdamOutler, aptly named "CASUAL". Casual uses the exploit by @djrbliss and will guide you through the process. You will need to download and execute the CASUAL application then follow the onscreen instructions. After it is complete, you will have root access and Team Win's latest TWRP custom recovery installed.
Canadian/I337M Users: [SGH-I337M] CF-Auto-Root [CANADIAN MODELS ONLY]
The thread linked here is the work of @Chainfire and will successfully provide root access on to your Galaxy S4. CF-Root is the root for "rooting beginners" and those who want to keep as close to stock as possible. CF-Root is meant to be used in combination with stock Samsung firmwares, and be the quickest and easiest way for your first root.
I337 & I337M Users: [Video Guide] How To Root Galaxy S4 I337 / I337m Easy & User Friendly
Additionally, here is great video guide by @TheSmokingAndroid which demonstrates the utilization of @djrbliss' Motochopper tool. This thread provides another easy rooting option for both the AT&T & Canadian S4 variants and will have you on your way in no time.
**If you want to have root access only you can stop here.**
STEP 3: Installing A Custom Recovery
For those of you that did not have the option of installing a custom recovery during your root & unlock process, follow this next step to get one installed.
A recovery image is the system level software for your Android that lets you perform several maintenance and recovery tasks. The stock recovery image is quite limited in what it allows you to do and therefore, flashing a custom recovery image is required to gain full control of your device’s administration. A custom recovery image allows you to perform the following tasks:
- Wipe your phone’s data (Factory reset) and cache
- Make, restore and manage backups of your phone’s operating system and software
- Mount, unmount and format your phone’s internal as well as external storage partitions
- Install a custom ROM or application from a zip file to your phone
- Wipe Dalvik cache and battery statistics
- Make logs for error reporting and debugging
The 2 most common custom recoveries are listed here. Take your pick and download from the Play Store or check out some of the other custom recovery options in the Android Development section.
**ClockworkMod (CWM)**
1. Open Rom Manager and tap on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option in the app.
2. You’ll be asked to select your device, select your device name.
3. As soon as you select the model, it should begin installing the recovery.
4. When it has done installing the recovery, you will get a message for the same on your screen.
*NOTE: I do not recommend Rom Manager as a tool to do anything but just install and update ClockworkMod Recovery Do not flash ROMs from Rom Manager.
**Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP)**
1. Once the download is complete launch Goo Manager.
2. On the top right of the screen there is the “options” menu.
3. Tap on options.
4. Then, click or choose the “Install OpenRecovery Script” option.
5. Select “yes” on the prompts that will follow. Now, the app will download and install TWRP Recovery on your S4
*NOTE: I do not recommend GooManager as a tool to do anything but just install and update TWRP Recovery Do not flash ROMs from Goo Manager.
Step 4: Making a Nandroid & EFS Backup
Making a nandroid will allow you to try out new ROMs while still keeping a safe backup in the event you experience issues during or after a custom OS or kernel installation. Be sure your device is fully charged before proceeding to the backup and flashing procedures.
If you are not already booted into recovery then do so now.
1. Power off your device.
2. Press and hold Volume Up + Home + Power buttons at the same time.
3. Release the power button when the device vibrates and you see the blue script in the top left corner
4. You are now in custom recovery.
5. In CWM go to Backup and Restore and select Backup. In TWRP select Backup. Name and select the options you want. Swipe to backup.
6. In TWRP, after the nandroid is finished, select "Name" and create a name for your EFS backup. Deselect everything except for EFS then swipe to backup.
7. After backup is finished, select reboot system now or stay in recovery to continue with this guide.
*NOTE: Be sure to save a copy of these backups to your computer and/or micro sd card. Having a recent backup saved to your computer and micro SD card can be useful if something happens to your phones internal memory.
Step 5A: Wiping Your Device
When flashing any ROM, it is always important to follow the proper wipe procedures in order for everything to function properly. There are various levels of wiping based on what sort of transition you may be making. In this guide, I will list the procedures for a full wipe, presuming that you are coming from the stock firmware and changing your OS completely. This is all assuming you have made the appropriate backups. ALWAYS perform the appropriate wipe before flashing a new ROM or update!
1. If you are not already in recovery, boot in now (Vol Up + Home + Power. Release the power button at vibrate and when you see the blue script in the top left corner).
In CWM:
2. Select Wipe data/factory reset
3. Select Wipe Cache
4. Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Select Mounts and Storage and format /system
6. If you are transitioning from 4.1 to 4.2 or 4.2 to 4.1, you must also format /data. You will lose all personal data so back it up first.
In TWRP:
2. Select Wipe
3. Select Factory Reset and wipe
4. Select System and wipe
5. If you are transitioning from 4.1 to 4.2 or 4.2 to 4.1, you must also select Data and wipe. You will lose all personal data so back it up first.
Step 5B: Flashing a Custom ROM
AT&T Users: First, check out this link by attn1. It will help provide some understanding of why we need a patch. Understand that with this device, any boot image or custom ROM you flash requires this patch. Pay attention to the thread you are browsing in to note if the developer has posted in the title or OP that the ROM or kernel has been Loki'd already. If the ROM or kernel you desire has been Loki'd, you may proceed with the download and flash in a custom recovery via the steps below. If the ROM or kernel has not been patched yet, download the loki-doki zip located in the link and flash it as directed. See the instructions below.
Once you have selected a ROM for your specific S4 model:
1. Download the ROM - If you are downloading a stock/TouchWiz-based ROM, Google Apps (gapps) will be included. If you are downloading an AOSP-based ROM, be sure to download the appropriate gapps as well.
2. From your PC, place the ROM/gapps on your internal or external SD card. Remember where they are.
3. Boot into custom recovery (Vol Up + Home + Power. Release the power button at vibrate and when you see the blue script in the top left corner).
4. Perform the wipe listed above if you have not already.
5. From the main recovery screen:
>>CWM - Choose the "install .zip from SD Card" or "install .zip from external SD card" option (depending on where you placed the files) then navigate to the ROM file, select it and confirm.
>>TWRP - Choose Install and locate the desired ROM on your internal or external SD.
►►► AT&T users, if you are flashing a custom ROM or kernel that has not been patched, repeat step 5 and flash the loki-doki.zip now ◄◄◄
6. If you need to flash gapps, repeat step 5 and select the gapps package.
7. Reboot system. It will take several minutes to load so be patient and don't worry. Once the phone is booted, let it sit for 5 minutes, reboot and enjoy!
►►AT&T-MF3 / MK2 Root & Recovery Mini Guide◄◄
Concerning AT&T's latest build: If you are an AT&T user on MF3 or MK2, you CANNOT use the steps in the guide above to root, backup or flash anything to your device. Trying to install a custom recovery on your device will result in a brick.
If you are currently running the MF3 or MK2 build, this portion of the guide is for you. Just follow the steps below.
Step 1: Read & Ask Questions.
Official AT&T S4 Safestrap Discussion
@graydiggy has a great discussion thread for the AT&T S4 Safestrap method. Check it out. Lots of good information. If you have any questions about MF3 in general, @TheAxman has assembled a Q&A section here.
Step 2: Root
[ROOT] Saferoot: Root for VRUEMJ7, MK2, and Android 4.3
Checkout @k1mu's thread here which covers and supplies everything you need to get your S4 variant rooted. For you lucky (or not so much) folks on MK2, head this direction for further details.
Root Method for AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 (OTA MF3)
Visit @jortex's root guide in order to achieve root access on your MF3'd device.
Step 3: Recovery
[RECOVERY LOCKED] Safestrap Recovery v3.65 & v3.71 - MF3/MK2
Check out the amazing @Hashcode's thread for everything you need to continue with your device modifications. Root is required. Start at the top of the thread, read everything and enjoy filling those virtual slots.
[Q] But what if i just want to block the update altogether and retain root/recovery on my current MDB/MDL build?
[A] Refer to this guide by @Aou.
[Q] How do I restore my S4 to factory stock with Odin?
[A] Thanks to @Shockndrop, we now have a way for those on MF3 to get back to stock, fix a softbrick, etc with Odin. The newest thread on the topic can be found here. Go check it out and make a donation if this has helped you.
Be sure to thank these guys as you visit their threads.
As always, if you don't have the knowledge to fix any potential issues you may run into, don't root it. Read up and proceed at your own risk.
I'd check over it you stated this as an s3 then said the I337. right under step 2.
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toxicpaulution said:
I'd check over it you stated this as an s3 then said the I337. right under step 2.
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Fixed. Boom. Thanks, buddy.
xBeerdroiDx said:
Fixed. Boom. Thanks, buddy.
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You're welcome. Definitely didn't wanna confuse people Haha.
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Nice. This will help hold down alot of guestions. :Good:
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Very well put together:thumbup:
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thanks for the feedback everyone. that's what makes a great thread. updated OP. guides for both I337 & I337M.
smile and drink a craft beer.
Hey guys are there any easy way to unroot? not with flashing but with some one click method?
Titankahn said:
Hey guys are there any easy way to unroot? not with flashing but with some one click method?
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no one-click method that i'm aware of. Post #2 updated with unroot method. cheers
The beginning of "Unroot your device" in post #2 still says "S3"
Swyped from the 4th Galaxy on XDA Premium.
kevnuke said:
The beginning of "Unroot your device" in post #2 still says "S3"
Swyped from the 4th Galaxy on XDA Premium.
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just when you think you've got it all fixed. ha! thanks for looking out, buddy. :good:
A mod should sticky this.
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Post #2 has been aptly named "Fixes and Additional Resources". Check it out as it will be updated as needed with with troubleshooting information on common S4 errors & issues. If you see a trending troubleshooting question in the Q&A section, hit me up and I'll get it added if necessary. Cheers
please delete figured out
Very noob friendly guide, thank you:good:
Little Bigboy said:
Very noob friendly guide, thank you:good:
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Cheers
Very Nice BD,
Am new to Samsung but flashed alot on HTC phones. Think the Samsung is going to be easier.
I have read extensively since early May when I got phone--slow learner--lol
I think I got it all figured to include flashing recoveries including with loki-flash and terminal.
I prefer TWRP, used it extensively on HTC.
My only question and it is rhetorical as you can just add to OP if you deem it worthy---is to cover a little on how to flash roms on TWRP whether CM or TW. After all my reading and understanding what loki is and what it I am 99.99% sure I know the answer. But want to be 100%. And it may help others.
My understanding is I need to flash a lokied kernel or loki-doki after every rom I flash including CM as TWRP does not auto loki the rom/kernel. But, some places I read led me to believe if the rom (kernel) is lokied and that is stated in Op no need to flash a lokied kernel or loki-doki.
A sentence or two on this would help alot
I think I may have read too much and had it all run together--
rugmankc said:
My only question and it is rhetorical as you can just add to OP if you deem it worthy---is to cover a little on how to flash roms on TWRP whether CM or TW. After all my reading and understanding what loki is and what it I am 99.99% sure I know the answer. But want to be 100%. And it may help others.
My understanding is I need to flash a lokied kernel or loki-doki after every rom I flash including CM as TWRP does not auto loki the rom/kernel. But, some places I read led me to believe if the rom (kernel) is lokied and that is stated in Op no need to flash a lokied kernel or loki-doki.
A sentence or two on this would help alot
I think I may have read too much and had it all run together--
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I agree that it would be beneficial. I appreciate your input. I had thought about adding it at one time but then never got around to it. I need more hours in my day. Thanks again.