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[COLLECTION] D2G SBF/ROOT/RSD/ROM Download & Guide Links

***Last Updated May 20, 2012***
I thought I would put all these links together for everyone.
Also there is a FAQ section at the bottom of this post.
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If there are dead links or credit due, let me know and I will do my best to fix it...
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*** DO NOT OTA the .629 official update ***
But if you do,
This is the answer...
Tried, Tested, Good to go!
EASY WAY -
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/top...e(EzSbf-method)-**D2G-A956-only**#entry730130
LONG WAY -
UNBRICK/ROOT the .629 OTA Update
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/top...29-&-root-normal-function-OTA-629#entry624422
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Standard Disclaimer:
Rooting your phone VOIDS THE WARRANTY. Rooting Your phone is against your TOS with your carrier(with few exceptions). Rooting your phone will put you in a position where you CAN NOT rely on your carrier's customer service dept.
Neither I, nor anyone in this forum, nor anyone other than YOU (the person modifying YOUR phone, breaking YOUR contract with YOUR carrier) is responsible for any damage to YOUR phone.
WARNING:
THERE BE DRAGONS HERE...​
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FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ Thread
EZ CD SBF method (THIS WORKS GREAT. A MUST HAVE)
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global-hacks/170060-tool-ezsbf-d2g.html
SBF Flash for unix based operating systems (unix, Mac osX, etc.)
Recommended for this post by x13thangelx
OPTICALDELUSION: sbf_flash updates
--->D2G SBF 4.5.608(GB)
Gingerbread Full SBF 4.5.608 - Droid 2 / R2D2 / Milestone 2 / Droid 2 Global - RootzWiki
--->D2G SBF 4.5.607(GB) download and install instructions
Gingerbread leak - D2G Updated to 4.5.607! - Droid 2 / R2D2 / Milestone 2 / Droid 2 Global - RootzWiki
***Multiupload site down***
--->D2G SBF 2.4.29(Froyo)
Droid 2 Global SBF File (2.4.29) Full and RSDLite - MyDroidWorld
--->D3 root
Pete's Motorola Root Tools
--->RSD Lite 5.4.4
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/common/RSDLite5.4.4.zip
--->Motorola Drivers 5.4.0
http://www.motorola.com/staticfile...al_Drivers/MotoHelper_2.1.32_Driver_5.4.0.exe
HOW TO LOGCAT ​When helping developers fix problem with their app/ROM, it helps to give them specific info from the device in question at the time of the problem(force close, crash, bug, malfunction, etc...).
This info comes in the form of a LOGCAT.
Here are some links to how and why to do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1378491
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19348866#post19348866
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GINGERBREAD KERNAL (RED "M" AT BOOT)
4.5.x
Will NOT work on Froyo
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CM9[BETA][KANG]
GB Kernal ICS Overlay
--->User Thread
Cm 9 user thread D2G - Droid 2 / R2D2 / Milestone 2 / Droid 2 Global - RootzWiki
--->Developer Thread
-for-Droid-2-Global-(ICS/4.0.3)---Update:-3/15/12#entry467557]Cyanogenmod 9 [UNOFFICIAL] for Droid 2 Global (ICS/4.0.3) - Update: 3/15/12 - Droid 2 Global Development - RootzWiki
---> Current build for CM9 [BETA][KANG]
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/28082-[D2G]-CM9-Build-Thread---6/29#entry749488
Developers: MrB206, x13thAngelx, bikedude880, JCalvin
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LIQUID SMOOTH[BETA][KANG]
GB Kernal ICS Overlay
User/Developer Thread
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29094-liquidics-v15-unofficial-port
---> Current build for LIQUID SMOOTH[BETA][KANG]
http://synibox.info/...we-ics-v1.5.zip
MD5: ad36a1b2817e3f8f04ed123fcb937e0a
Developers: x13thAngelx
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AOKP for D2G [BETA][KANG]
GB Kernal ICS Overlay
--->Developer Thread
--->User Thread
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/top...roid-2-Global-[UNOFFICIAL]-[4/28]#entry613702
--->Current Build
http://synibox.info/synik4l/x13thangelx/D2G/AOKP/aokp_droid2we-beta-b35.zip
Developers: x13thAngelx, bikedude880, AOKP team
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Gummy [BETA]
GB Kernal ICS Overlay
--->Developer Thread
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21313-droid2-webeta/
--->User Thread
--->Current Build
Developer: Jonman408, x13thAngelx, bikedude880, Gummy team
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MIUI - Galnet[Unofficial]
GB Kernal ICS Overlay
--->User/Developer thread
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12580-ga...o-charge-ledvolupdated-bootmenu-various-fixs/
---Current build
http://hotfile.com/dl/146038248/9bb51b5/d2gmiuiics2210.zip.html
https://rapidshare.com/#!download|274p2|2314060328|d2gmiuiics2210.zip|132342|0|0
Developers: BeansTown106
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MIUI - US[OFFICIAL]
ICS Kernal
--->User/Developer thread
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21656-of...32012-gsm-phonedatammsstock-camerabeatsaudio/
--->Current Build
SEE THREAD
Developers: BeansTown106
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***This ROM is no longer in developement***
***at least not by the original team.***
CM7GB [FINAL][KANG] RevNumbers
--->User Thread
CM7 for Droid2 Global User's Thread - Droid 2 / R2D2 / Milestone 2 / Droid 2 Global - RootzWiki
--->Developer Thread
Droid-2-Global-CM7-with-Gingerbread-Leak-Kernel#entry70459][DEV_THREAD]Droid 2 Global CM7 with Gingerbread Leak Kernel - Droid 2 Global Development - RootzWiki
Developers: RevNumbers, x13thangelx
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[ROM] Apex GB
[D2G]-ApeX-2.0.0-Release-Candidate-(RC4)-(10/10/2011)#entry108223][ROM][D2G] ApeX 2.0.0 Release Candidate (RC4) (10/10/2011) - Droid 2 Global Development - RootzWiki
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FROYO KERNAL (WHITE "M" AT BOOT)
2.4.x
Will NOT work on Gingerbread
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***
Please Note
The Official CyanogenMod 7
On the OFFICIAL CM website
Is
FROYO ONLY
2.4.x
See Above for CM7/CM9 on the Gingerbread Kernal
4.5.x
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***instructions on CM7Froyo***
***Thread Name MISLEADING***
-Cyanogenmod-7-For-The-Motorola-Droid-2-Global-::-V7.1.0-(9-Oct-2011)#entry152764][Rom] Cyanogenmod 7 For The Motorola Droid 2 Global :: V7.1.0 (9 Oct 2011) - Droid 2 Global Development - RootzWiki
[ROM][FINAL] HEXEN (Froyo)
[ROM RELEASE] HeXen ROM 1.0.0 (Froyo) FINAL
[ROM] Angel (Froyo)
[Global]-AngelRom-v0.7.5#entry988][ROM][Global] AngelRom v0.7.5 - Hexen - RootzWiki
[ROM][Unofficial] Liberty
[PORT]-Liberty3-D2G-2.0---Unnofficial-(11/29/11)#entry259893][ROM][PORT] Liberty3 D2G 2.0 - Unnofficial (11/29/11) - Droid 2 Global Development - RootzWiki
Increase battery life by underclocking/undervolting
(overclocking instrutions in here also)
-via x13thangelx
Battery Life By Underclocking - Droid 2 / R2D2 / Milestone 2 / Droid 2 Global - RootzWiki
[FAQ section:
These are important excerpts from posts I have read. I will try to keep this section to the point.
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How do you enable sideloading of apks on your AT&T phone?
This link explains it all...
How to enable sideloading on rooted AT&T phones - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com
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For app conflict resolution.
Wipe cache partition
Wipe Dalvik cache
Fix Permissions
If that doesn't do it,
Use titanium backup.
Batch backup all your user apps.
Wipe data and factory reset your current rom.
Verify the problem exists before re installing your personal apps (don't use the market app untill the end of this process).
If the problem exists, I would sbf back to stock and start over from scatch.
If the problem goes away, start restoring your user apps/data one at a time in titanium backup to try to replicate the problem. It could be just one or more apps conflicting with each other.
If you can identify which app(s) are causing the problem, uninstall the app(s) and download them again from the market (or other source) to install them fresh.
This may solve your problem. If not, then either try using other apps or doing without the problem apps (assuming you can identify the offending apps).
After this go ahead and enter the market app for your other/paid apps
As always, every device is different (even the same model, running the same rom, with the same apps installed) and sometimes there are unusual problems for individual phones.
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Question posed by ME
I have been seeing this on multiple threads so I want a clarification. Please.
Cm7 comes with cm recovery baked in (froyo & gb?). Rom Manager won't work with out flashing cwr. For that flash droidx 2nd init.
1) If you are not going to use rom manager, do you need to flash this?
2) bootstrap recovery conflicts with cm7 and MIUI. How do you get to cwr if everything fracks up? When you bootstrap you can get to cwr by doing battery pulls.
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Answer from bikedude880 @ rootzwiki
It is highly recommended to install cwm via Rom Manager as CM7 /removes/ bootstrap entirely on install. Newer version can restore older, but not the other way around. Battery pulls are still applicable.
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Question posed by ME
I have a couple questions.
#1 can I flash a nandroid of a different device to recover this one if things go wrong?
#2 when updating the cm7gb revnumbers kang, do we have to factory reset and wipe data/cache?
#3 can you reflash on top of the current rom to reset the system software/settings etc. (To get rid of scripts and mods and be fresh) without factory reset and wipe data/cache? So as not to loose apps and settings etc...
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Answer from kr3n @ rootzwiki
#1 As long as the nandroid is from a d2g and has the same kernel
#2 No
#3 It will get rid of mods and scripts but I think settings are stored in data
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Question posed by ME
Is there a way to see which CM4D2G (CM7) nightly you currently have installed?
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Answered by x13thangelx @ rootzwiki
Yes, look at the latest zip you have on your sd card
otherwise, no.
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Question posed by : vlambrecht on xda
This is regarding the new .608 gb sbf
So, I can flash that over my current install of Foryo + root + Clockwork?
Also, what about the unlocked status of the phone?
I have no idea how it is unlocked. Is there any way I can tell if the phone has been truly unlocked?
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Answered by : sd_shadow On xda
Yes you can flash it with what ever you have or don't have
You will have to reroot after with petes root tools
Once unlocked the phone is always unlocked can't be locked again
Sbfs and roms don't touch that part of phone
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Question asked by an overseas android owner:
How do I recover my D2G I bought from someone in the USA and shipped to (insert your country)
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This posed the next question.
Is the USA VZW SBF the one you flash for an overseas phone?
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Answered by Gasai Yuno in Rootzwiki Forums:
There are no non-US D2Gs. Use the stock 4.5.608 (or 4.5.629 if it was somehow updated to 4.5.629).
Either try ezSBF or RSDLite the proper official 4.5.608
(the MD5 sum for it is 2152ee89e314f5b282753ee56fa36c07).
Naturally, on CM7, the device cannot be unlocked.
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Droid2 Global
Pooka-CM4D2we-GB-20120330 ***CM7 [Kang]***
tapatalk2beta5

Edit: saving this space...

most stable rom?
This is a great collection, thanks for the legwork.
Noob Question, if I may: I'm currently on Hexen/Froyo and wanting to upgrade to GB. Is there a general opinion on the question of "Most Stable GB Rom", currently? Or some sort of high-level pros/cons discussion? Searching the forums doesn't really yield good results - mostly it's people with problems, or folks who don't know how to sbf. I'm basically interested in finding out which one crashes the least, or conversely, the one that "you just like, even w/ the occasional reboot".
I reckon the following are on the table: Apex, Liberty, MIUI, & CM7; not sure if either Venus, or the VZ stock GB are even worth considering...? (What's the skinny on Venus? I read it's garbage/banned, and then I read elsewhere that it's just fine... big wtf there.)
Thanks in advance; long time reader, 1st-time poster. Have a good one out there.

Stock Gingerbread is very stable. Unlike stock Froyo, it's not as slow as well; the Gingerbread version of Blur is a lesser resource hog.
Stock 2.3 will also give you the best battery life so far, according to my research. (I get up to 36 hours on a single charge with GPS and WiFi on 24/7.) Just root it, and freeze some bloatware. You can also use a 3rd party launcher instead of the stock Blur one.
Random reboots happen with the stock ROM, however not quite often. For example, my phone usually reboots itself after 400-450 hours of uptime.
MIUI and CM7 are only stable for CDMA users. On GSM, there are numerous issues with WiFi and mobile data.

I honestly only have experience with Hexen(froyo) which was great and CM4D2G-GB (CM7).
CM7 has lots of great features but imo is not quite as polished as hexen yet. Stable for the most part on cdma but some users complain of bluetooth issues(think its the bt devices not the phone or rom. There are sooooo many different kinds out there it is hard to build for all.) Also remember we are still in nightlies for cm7-GB. It will get better...
Still both are better than blurstock.
Follow the links I provided if you want a more in depth look at the roms...
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***

Thread stuck

Ran through 'em all quickly
So just a quick report - I decided to get really friendly with RSD Lite today. Overall results:
- no CM7 (what's this 2nd-init business? Maybe I missed something here)
- Apex installed fine
- Liberty installed fine
- MIUI looks kinda freaking AWESOME, but it wouldn't reboot for me, after I'd tried to install Droid 2 Bootstrapper.
I performed the following sequence many times, except when switching from Apex to Liberty, that was the only rom switch that went gracefully. All others required:
- SBF to Froyo .330
- apply upgrade.zip (.607)
- Rooted w/Droid 3 one-click
- Installed Droid 2 Bootstrapper
- - Bootstrapped recovery
- - Rebooted recovery
- Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe Dalvik
- install rom from zip.
Let me know if you think I missed something in that process, w/r/t CM7 or MIUI. Tired of flashing though, probably just gonna settle on a coin-toss between Apex & Liberty.

One more step. After all that and maybee after you get your base of personal apps going, fix permissions.
I am not sure if it makes a difference if you do it in recovery or through rom manager(or another app).
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Once you flash cm7-GB you no longer should use bootstrap recovery. There is a conflict of some kind. Get around this by installing ROM Manager and flashing ClockworkMod Recovery (droid X 2nd init). After that you are good to go. I have had no problems. If you want more info on this, follow the link to the cm7-gb thread and read, read, read.... it is in there or the dev thread (which is linked to in the OP of the users thread)
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***

You must not install Droid 2 Bootstrap on MIUI. MIUI includes CWM. CM7 also includes CWM.
And CM7 installs like every other ROM.
Not sure why would you flash the SBF image every time. You only need to flash it in case you are unable to enter CWM.

Gasai Yuno said:
You must not install Droid 2 Bootstrap on MIUI. MIUI includes CWM. CM7 also includes CWM.
And CM7 installs like every other ROM.
Not sure why would you flash the SBF image every time. You only need to flash it in case you are unable to enter CWM.
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that was the case, i was unable to get into CWR at all. For example with CM7, I did all that, rebooted, and it just hung at the red "M" logo, and I could only get back into the "Android Recovery <e3>" area. i tried a few different ways of re-installing the O.G. gingerbread update.zip (.607) file, but nothing would work, so I just wound up SBF'ing then running update.zip, then re-rooting, then re-installi.... you get the point.
But again, this is only the 3rd rom I've ever tried, and the first 2 were on Froyo and both ran perfectly fine. Thanks for the tip on not installing Droid 2 Bootstrap onto MIUI... hah, "duh" says me.

On ICS MIUI, press Volume Down when you see the LED light up (blue) while the red Motorola logo is still displayed.
This will take you to the boot menu, and from there you can access CWM.

Gasai Yuno said:
You must not install Droid 2 Bootstrap on MIUI. MIUI includes CWM. CM7 also includes CWM.
And CM7 installs like every other ROM.
Not sure why would you flash the SBF image every time. You only need to flash it in case you are unable to enter CWM.
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Hi Gasai,
I am also a GSM user... but I suffer from terrible battery life possibly because of the number of apps I have installed. Do you have very few apps installed ?
Also I understand that our only real option is stock blur minus bloat . Or is there anything else ?

I run stock because it's the most stable 2.3 ROM I know as of this moment. Neither MIUI nor CM7 developers care about GSM anyway.
Battery life varies for me from 18 to 32 hours, but I rarely use my phone for more than 1-2 hours a day.

how to remove logwrapper hijack
or this

Finally a shortcut of recovering the phone - GB 4.5.608 full SBF has been released. Thanks to Droid-Life for the link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4ZE995AD

leobg said:
Finally a shortcut of recovering the phone - GB 4.5.608 full SBF has been released. Thanks to Droid-Life for the link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4ZE995AD
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Thanks, so now i can flash directly to 608

Love This Thread!
But Quick Question, I Rooted My Phone This Morning & All I Have Is SuperUser. Anything Else Was Supposed To PopUp Or No?

8o8OhBby said:
Love This Thread!
But Quick Question, I Rooted My Phone This Morning & All I Have Is SuperUser. Anything Else Was Supposed To PopUp Or No?
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no that's it
but now you can use titanium backup, screenshot, edit system files with a file viewer/ explorer(root exlporer), and install roms
edit: superuser is your root control if you want a program to have administrative access you allow/deny that with superuser

sd_shadow said:
no that's it
but now you can use titanium backup, screenshot, edit system files with a file viewer/ explorer(root exlporer), and install roms
edit: superuser is your root control if you want a program to have administrative access you allow that with superuser
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Now Forgive Me When I Ask This,
All I Did Was Root & Thats It, So How Do I Go About To Roms & OverClock & All That Good Stuff?

8o8OhBby said:
Now Forgive Me When I Ask This,
All I Did Was Root & Thats It, So How Do I Go About To Roms & OverClock & All That Good Stuff?
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Follow the links in the Original Post and read the info you find in them...
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***

[Q] Rom Flash - Gummy or CM9

Before I started to flash a new ICS Rom (which I am quite excited about) I had a D2G on Hexen. I flashed the CM9 ROM and got bricked, so I SBF flashed back to stock and tried again. Again, a brick. I tried a third time with the same result and then decided to try Gummy instead (thinking there may be some issues with CM9 because it is in Beta). It also bricked. In the end I just flashed back to my backup that I saved from right before I began this process, but I would really like to take advantage of these new ROMs. If anyone has any advice I would be most thankful.
Some notes:
I was the the newest CWM Recovery Version
I checked all the MD5 and they all aligned perfectly
Thanks for any help I receive, if you want to know something else about my phone data during this procedure, just let me know.

so you flashed back to.33 or .608 before you flash cm9?
Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL using xda premium

odnanreh12 said:
Before I started to flash a new ICS Rom (which I am quite excited about) I had a D2G on Hexen. I flashed the CM9 ROM and got bricked, so I SBF flashed back to stock and tried again. Again, a brick. I tried a third time with the same result and then decided to try Gummy instead (thinking there may be some issues with CM9 because it is in Beta). It also bricked. In the end I just flashed back to my backup that I saved from right before I began this process, but I would really like to take advantage of these new ROMs. If anyone has any advice I would be most thankful.
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Hexen was made for 2.4.x stock firmware (Android 2.2 and the corresponding Motorola kernel).
All newer ROMs (CM7, CM9, Gummy, Apex, etc.) are based on 4.5.x. Update to 4.5.608 (preferably via SBF; do NOT accept any OTA updates once you're on 4.5.608) and proceed from there.

Ah thanks so much, I forgot that Android Firmware numbers had to match up, I will try again later tonight

forgot that Android Firmware numbers had to match up,
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just fyi, not android firmware, moto's system version/firmware

Firmware must be watched
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Unable to remove CyanogenMod 7

I previously had Vahalla Black FB edition and enjoyed it. Prior to that I had Vahalla Black Final. VBF is the rom i'm currently trying to revert back to however since i've installed Cyanogenmod-7 it will not let me flash the new rom via CWM v5.0.2.8. I do not like CyanogenMod 7 and can't figure out how to get rid of it. I've done 3 or 4 different ROMS trying to test if I could have them installed but everytime it reverts me back after system reboot to CMD 7 and it's quite annoying. I no longer want this, how do i delete it to install VB Final or FB Edition? I've followed the install instructions to a T and to no avail.
Model : SGH-T959V
Andriod Version : 2.3.7
KJ6
Kernel : [email protected]#1
Mod Version : cyanogenmod-7-20120615-unofficial-galaxys4gMTD
Those are the current specs. Also, the main reason I switched from Vahalla Black FB edition was because my phone crashed one morning, HARD. It just started force closing and acting up. Thinking it was the ROM i installed this one. Now i want to unistall it, install Black Final ( non FB edition ).

Since CM7 is a MTD rom you'll need to use a one-click to get back to BML first. Or you could go to an ICS rom, but... if you want VBF back, you'll need a one-click.

Theraze said:
Since CM7 is a MTD rom you'll need to use a one-click to get back to BML first. Or you could go to an ICS rom, but... if you want VBF back, you'll need a one-click.
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thank you very much

Now back to stock system + root. Thanks again for the info. Now to install CWM and a new rom.

[Q] Phone application force closes after finishing a call...

Hello, all.
I have a T-Mobile Blaze 4G with rooted stock ROM (Gingerbread), flashed radio version T989UVMC6, manually debloated and dewizzed. I'm running Halo launcher and Busybox Free version 9.6.
Since almost the first day I've had this phone, it would occasionally force close the phone process, usually when hanging up the phone with the Bluetooth radio on and paired with an earpiece. It happened bone stock, rooted, after I changed the modem, whenever. It seemed to happen less often after I changed the modem. The process always starts back up, but the Bluetooth device connection and system sound controls are wonky (unusable) until the phone is rebooted.
The only thing that seems to stop it is running Zepplinrox's V6 Supercharger script. That, however, occasionally freezes the entire system when trying to open certain apps, requiring a reboot. I've run earch after search on this subject, and nobody else seems to have this problem. The only thing I haven't tried is wiping the whole thing and flashing a custom ICS or JB ROM. I tried Dark Knight ver. 8 and hated it pretty much instantly.
I have two questions. Number one; Will flashing a custom ROM fix this situation? I figure that this must be a problem with the crappy stock Samsung ROM. Number two; Which ROM is fully functional and stable? I'd really like to keep this phone dependable. I don't care about the latest and greatest funky cool features that are hit-or-miss at best. I just need dependable, fast and functional.

Since you have been having issues for a while, I would suggest starting fresh. With a few runs of black hole wipe from cwm. Add a run of the gremlin remover for extra cleanliness. Then a flash of the latest ICS rooted stock rom and kernel, for reliability.
Black hole wipe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721057
Gremlin remover, FSC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218713
Uvmb1 ics ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329081

Romman0 said:
Since you have been having issues for a while, I would suggest starting fresh. With a few runs of black hole wipe from cwm. Add a run of the gremlin remover for extra cleanliness. Then a flash of the latest ICS rooted stock rom and kernel, for reliability.
Black hole wipe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721057
Gremlin remover, FSC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2218713
Uvmb1 ics ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2329081
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I'll definitely go for the rooted version! Does it matter what order in which the ROM and the kernel are flashed? Also, I take it from the name of the download link that I'll have to go through the process of de-bloating this thing again. S'okay, I actually enjoy that part, but I don't want to screw it up since I've not messed with anything newer than GB. Is there a good guide somewhere on the forum for apps that can be dumped safely? I know there was one for GB stock root.
Thanks for the response.

ionizd said:
I'll definitely go for the rooted version! Does it matter what order in which the ROM and the kernel are flashed? Also, I take it from the name of the download link that I'll have to go through the process of de-bloating this thing again. S'okay, I actually enjoy that part, but I don't want to screw it up since I've not messed with anything newer than GB. Is there a good guide somewhere on the forum for apps that can be dumped safely? I know there was one for GB stock root.
Thanks for the response.
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Flash the ROM then the kernel, rewipe cache and davlik, then profit.
The most recent ICS debloating thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183726&highlight=debloat

Romman0 said:
Flash the ROM then the kernel, rewipe cache and davlik, then profit.
The most recent ICS debloating thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183726&highlight=debloat
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A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?

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A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?
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All the AOSP ROMs for the Blaze needs GAPPs. And yes. The latest CM10 nightly is stable. And you said CM10 ICS? CM9 is ICS and CM10 is Jellybean.

ionizd said:
A few more silly questions; Do I need GAPPS or is that just for CM? Aren't the CM 10 ICS nightlies fairly stable and relatively bug-free? I use CM7 on my Nook color and it's...okay... Just a few little annoying things pop up with that. To be honest, I like the idea of starting with a clean slate and adding stuff I like rather than pulling stuff out of the Samsung stock ROM, but the issues I've had with the Nook and CM7 have sort of scared me off. Your opinions?
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The stock roms don't require gapps, but like Wolf said the cm10 jb variants do.
If your willing to use cm10 it is very stable. Just use the latest CM10 nightly and not the old stable version.
Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922935
The jb gapps 20121011 http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip

xWolf13 said:
All the AOSP ROMs for the Blaze needs GAPPs. And yes. The latest CM10 nightly is stable. And you said CM10 ICS? CM9 is ICS and CM10 is Jellybean.
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Of course. I get a bit confused ever since people started talking about 10.1.

Okay, I went ahead and installed the stock rooted ROM with the stock kernel. Went through the debloating process (mostly, there are some apps that I'm not sure I can do without so they stay for now), and did some customizing. I'm seeing a bit more battery drain. Is this an issue with ICS or do I need to try another kernel or supercharge the phone? I also have this crazy issue with ROM Manager ver. 5.5.3.0. It tells me that there is an updated version of Clockworkmod Recovery, but it freezes when I try to flash from ROM Manager. Also, ROM Manager freezes when I try to reboot into Clockworkmod Recovery. Maybe I need to test a bit more before I mess with it any more.
**EDIT** Well, it looks as if my CWM recovery installation is corrupted. Can I reflash it without messing up my current ROM?

ionizd said:
Okay, I went ahead and installed the stock rooted ROM with the stock kernel. Went through the debloating process (mostly, there are some apps that I'm not sure I can do without so they stay for now), and did some customizing. I'm seeing a bit more battery drain. Is this an issue with ICS or do I need to try another kernel or supercharge the phone? I also have this crazy issue with ROM Manager ver. 5.5.3.0. It tells me that there is an updated version of Clockworkmod Recovery, but it freezes when I try to flash from ROM Manager. Also, ROM Manager freezes when I try to reboot into Clockworkmod Recovery. Maybe I need to test a bit more before I mess with it any more.
**EDIT** Well, it looks as if my CWM recovery installation is corrupted. Can I reflash it without messing up my current ROM?
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Yes, with Odin, in the Dev forum
BTW, stay away from ROM Manager with our device. I've softbricked so many times because of it, it's ridiculous

jparnell8839 said:
Yes, with Odin, in the Dev forum
BTW, stay away from ROM Manager with our device. I've softbricked so many times because of it, it's ridiculous
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Used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011585, it worked well. Still have the battery drain issue, though. : /

ionizd said:
Used this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011585, it worked well. Still have the battery drain issue, though. : /
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Since you have it setup, except for battery life. I would make a backup, then try a mod one at a time and see if any help. Also check the battery stats to see if anything of is seen. ICS will use more juice than GB, generally.
I would suggest Nos/direct injection, supercharger, or cross breeder. I would use one and see, then restore and try another.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=565

Some time later...
I've been using the stock rooted ICS ROM since my last post, debloated and dewizzed of course, with Holo Launcher and T989UVMC6 baseband version flashed. Just over a month has passed, and I have good news!
I FREAKING LOVE THIS PHONE!!!
All of the force close and freezing issues have vanished, the phone's battery lasts almost as long as it did on GB, it's WAY more user friendly, and the phone is as fast as it ever was.
The bad news is that my wife got a GS4 and I lust after it now. : /
Thanks to everyone for their help!

[Q] I can't load CWM on my SGS 4G (T-Mobile)

Hello all,
Okay, I admit that I am gonna get a lot of "use the search tool first" replies, but please hear me out. I have done my fair share of searching. Its not that I haven't found anything, its just the things I found are useless for this SGS 4G. I really wanted to install Cyanogen Mo on the SGS (its not actually mine, a friend asked me to do it since he saw my old SGS GT-I9000 running CM).
I am gonna try and give a detailed report . The phone was originally from T-Mobile and now unlocked permanently. Its running firmware version 2.3.3 that I installed just recently. I found out that I can't install CWM on the stock kernel or bootloader or whatever and I needed a new of the thing. So I went on searching and searching....found a handful of help but none work. Every method breaks at some point and I go to the "firmware update failed" thing on the phone, which I then install 2.3.3 again using ODIN and try another method. I have tried a lot of things. Hemidall, ODIN, SuperOneClick, and a lot of gibbrish-sounding methods. None work. I am now running 2.3.3. Here are some infos:
ABOUT PHONE:
Model Number: SGH-T959V
Firmware Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: T959VUVKF1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-T959VUVKF1-CL270364
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.VUVKF1
The files I used to flash to 2.3.3 using ODIN v1.85:
PIT: Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit
PDA: CODE_T959VUVKF1_CL270364_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
PHONE: T959VUVKF1-Phone-CL1020302.tar.md5
CSC: SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5
I hope the above infos are enough. So, can anyone help me and point me to the right direction on how to install CWM and then install CM10 or 9 on my friends SGS 4G?
Thanks,
Tamrat

Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
For the SGS4G, the kernel, root file system, and recovery file system are all in "boot.img" -- flash one, you flash them all. They can be flashed through Odin (assuming you really like Windows), heimdall (multi-platform), through recovery, or from a root command line (for the adventurous only).
I would say the most robust way to get where you need to be would be to use Lumin's guide to make sure you've got a viable Gingerbread set-up going, then flash something reliable to get you to MTD, like TeamAcid's CM9.
From there, you should know that some of the KK ROMs use slightly different MTD partitioning and aren't a "just flash this ROM and keep your data" kind of thing.

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Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
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A long day Googling... and then a site turned up. One thing I forgot to mention was, before I installed this firmware, I had to use the "remove battery->plug usb->press the button combos->insert the battery" to enter download mode, but now I juts have to press vol down and power button.
Thanks for the reply,

Failure again
UPDATE:::
I tried to update to 2.3.6 as the guide suggests and I also wanted a clean stock OS in case the old one was not. But once again updating to 2.3.6 has been a pain. Kies Mini recognizes the phone but it doesn't recognize the firmware running on the phone. And also, firmware update is impossible since the button is greyed out.
I googled again and found the official 2.3.6 firmware for the phone (file name: T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar.md5) and tried flashing it using ODIN; absolutely no luck. It fails at the stage which says Slb.bin. Restarting the phone after that gives a "firmware upgrade failure" display. Only way to wake up the phone is to flash the previous OS back.
I am really confused here.
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Some how, after like 10 retires and fiddling with ODIN, it finally flashed 2.3.6 to the SGS 4G. Still, fingers crossed.
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Finally, its all working fine now. Thank you @jeffsf, thank you very much.

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forgot an important step and now my IEMI number is gone........
do i throw the phone now, or is there any other way???

Don't throw your phone away! How do you know that you have "no IMEI" on your phone? We'll go from there.

Hopefully, you've backed up your data before starting to play around with ROMS. If so just load your backed up efs folder onto your storage & use Root Explorer to drop it over your existing one , it will overwrite your imei file & you will be good as new.
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I'm also in need of help, I have been running SlimSaber since last weekend, was wanting to try out Beanstalk. First full wipe, install & reboot wipe again, reinstall etc as per Dao's OP, but after the first install, it won't boot past the kernel splash. Tried again with same result. Decided to click it back to stock & start over, using Gremlin Remover (odin). Then saw that others were having similar issue so I tried to load in build from April1st.
But now it only boots back into recovery, won't boot to the OS ( everything indicated install was complete & no errors.)
1 clicked back again & just tried to put SlimSaber back on again, but have the same problem, will only boot into recovery.
I had to first load CM9 to get CWM 6.xx so I could install kk using TWRP
What am I not doing correctly? Thanks for any suggestions.

Flash kernel
Reboot recovery
Wipe all partitions
(Reboot recovery for good measure and wipe again if paranoid)
Install
Boot
If that doesn't do it, it is likely ROM or hardware.
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Since this is running GB VUVKG4, could you recommend a kernel that would work & get me to TWRP (or CWM 5.xx+)?

Either the Team Acid CM9 or Hefe Kernel should work.
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