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[Q] Tmobile Samsung Galaxy 4G - Custom ROM FLashing questions

Ok so I now own a Samsung Galaxy S 4G, and like everyone else the internal memory is nearly full out of the box.
The solution.......... root your phone and install a custom ROM right!
Phone is rooted and ready, but now I have some questions in regards to installing the custom ROM.
1. How do I back everything up in case I need to roll my phone back to the original settings?
2. I have seen things that say ODIN does not work well for flashing at this point and time and may brick your phone, please confirm if this true.
3. I'm currently thinking about Darky's custom ROM, good distro or not? If its not please recommend a better one.
4. To anybody that has installed a custom ROM how much application space did you gain by this change?
Thanks in advance for the help

Backup the original ROM with ROM Manager.
I do not have a Galaxy 4G so i don't know how much memory it has, but i'm using MIUI on my Desire HD and i got some extra space after flashing it.
The original Sense ROM is about 260 MB, while MIUI is 65MB. So if you want extra space i recommend a CM7 based ROM. (MIUI is based on CM7 btw)
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galaxy s 4g rooted
in regards to freeing more memory, when i ran out of memory i decided to root my phone and then got instructions on replacing fota files in the /data/data directory. Immediately I got about 300 meg extra memory on the phone, cause 2 fota files were 125 meg each. After that I was trying to install OCLF 2.2 but it would not work, period! And I can not find the older OCLF anywhere. Than again, I heard that older OCLF comes with root software and I am already rooted. So i froze all the bloatware using bloat freeze app, and unroot, factory reset and root it again. Now, for some reason I have 416 med available out of 514 total. Probably erased all bloatware that was frozen - really don't care about it tho. So if your phone is rooted, here is your answer! I read on XDA that the custom ROMs are on a way to the public but i don't think they are there yet. I am a noob but I would not flash my galaxy s 4g with vibrant ROM. To me it looks like sure brick, someone correct me if I am wrong

[q] help flashing freinds g1

I said I would flash cyanogenmod on a friends G1 because he was fed up with 1.6. I've flashed many custom ROM's on several different devices before but I've made a mess of things with this G1 and I can hardly hand back an unusable phone so I would really appreciate your help.
I rooted the phone using Androot, backed up the apps and settings using titanium backup and then the texts using a text backup app. I then downloaded Rom manager and flashed the latest clockworkmod recovery. Next I downloaded the latest official cyanogenmod rom for the dream/g1 and placed it on the phones SD card using my computer. I then re-opened rom manager and used it to select the zip file from the sd (to flash it) on prompt I checked two boxes one to wipe data and one to wipe the dalvik cache and pressed ok.
The phone rebooted into the recovery wiped the stuff, supposedly flashed the rom and rebooted. However it got stuck on the t-mobile g1 boot screen(it never showed anything else first or anything after) I left it for ages with no joy. I then tried wiping from the recovery and flashing again - same thing so i put cm5 on and tried flashing that. Same problem. Then i realised that it probably would not work because I would need to use DangerSPL as the /system partition is too small on the dream/g1. To be honest at this point I can't be bothered with to do that and this guy will be happy with anything above 1.6 to be honest so I thought I would try and flash CM4 because that's based on Eclair I believe (and so it not require I use DangerSPL or any other method to repartition the NAND). However, I tried it twice and still no luck.
At this point I'm somewhat panicking as I cannot seem to make the phone boot and it isn't even mine! Is anyone able to help?

Anyone? Please?
Look, at this stage I will forget custom roms etc. If anyone can tell me the easiest way to get this phone booting android again i would be very grateful.
Even if you could just tell me exactly how to restore it to stock 1.6 from here?
I have flashed roms on phones before - never had a problem but this is driving me crazy - please help!

wollac11 said:
Hi I said I would flash cyanogenmod on a friends G1 coz he was pissed off with 1.6 but im having trouble and I can hardly hand back an unusable phone so i really need your help.
I rooted the phone using Androot, backed up the apps and settings using titanium backup and then the texts using a text backup app. I then downloaded Rom manager and flashed the latest clockworkmod recovery. Next I downloaded the latest official cyanogenmod rom for the dream/g1 and placed it on the phones SD card using my computer. I then re-opened rom manager and used it to select the zip file from the sd (to flash it) on prompt I checked two boxes one to wipe data and one to wipe the dalvik cache and pressed ok.
The phone rebooted into the recovery wiped the stuff, supposedly flashed the rom and rebooted. However it got stuck on the t-mobile g1 boot screen(it never showed anything else first or anything after) I left it for ages with no joy. I then tried wiping from the recovery and flashing again - same thing so i put cm5 on and tried flashing that. Same problem. Then i realised that it probably would not work coz i would need to use DangerSPL coz the /system partition is too small on the dream/g1. Tbh i'm tired so I cba to do that and this guy is not that technical so he will be happy with anything above 1.6 so I thought I do CM4 coz thats 2.0 or 2.1 i seem to remember (and it not require I use DangerSPL) - tried it twice and still not luck.
HOW THE HELL CAN A GET THIS STUPID THING TO WORK AGAIN!??
MAJOR PANIC AS THIS IS NOT MY PHONE - PLEASE HELP!!!
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Try this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803482. I hope it helps.

It's been way too long since I rooted mine to be of any real help but I shall try nonetheless.
Firstly, there is a guide in the G1 forum to unroot and get back to stock firmware: Here (but note that I've never done this).
I must stress though (admittedly from memory) that if you have flashed an SPL or radio image at all, be VERY careful about the order in which you revert back to stock (or go to get a custom ROM depending on which way you decide to go). The G1 is very picky, and flashing things (mostly SPL and radio IIRC) in the wrong order will brick the device. That said, if you follow the instructions you find to the letter you should be OK. But yeah, read twice, flash once.
There is a lot of information in the stickies in the G1 forum. It could take a while to wade through but it should all be there. Failing that, post in the Q&A or General G1 subforums and I'm sure a current user will help you out.
I apologise if I've just posted a bunch of stuff you already know/have read - like I said, I've not used the phone in a while - just trying to offer what I can.

Thanks
No worries now guys i've done it! It was quite complicated but its all sorted now. If anyone is trying this and has the same (or similar) issue then pm me and I will tell you how I sorted it.
Otherwise thanks guys and you can conciser this thread:
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[Q] Rooting Desire HD using Advance Ace Hack Kit

Hello, I made a live Ubuntu. Did everything as it was written. The process started and stopped at writing 'zip'.. and didn't move any further. I have a 16gb micro sd card inside. What could be the problem? Should I use the stock sd that came with the phone? I read about changing the flash mode by pressing t for toggle...
I unplugged and restarted the phone. Now it is ok. I have a question? What could happen to the phone if the process is interrupted.
Also, how long should the process normally take? Thank you very much.

during the flash rom, unplugged it, I think that will not boot up properly, I'm sure ..
the whole process takes about 3 to 5 minutes, in part because it depends on the sdcard speed, as well as the set of rom initialization.

I just started the Ace kit
I am not doing flashing of rom yet... just trying to to do one step process using the kit.

HTC Desire HD
I have Android 2.3.3

someone help
with Sense 2.1 and software number 2.50.110.5. Did someone rooted this phone successfully? Should I use the stock 8gb card instead of new 16 gb?
How can I back up my current rom in case something goes wrong?

I would like to know the same, if someone with soft 2.50 managed to root it without downgrading?

[Q] Phone reboot help!

My issue has been plaguing me for several weeks now. I just stared developing for Android, so I'm a bit of a noob (forgive any obvious mistakes that I have made, or do make)
I have an HTC EVO 3D that I got about 8 months ago. One of the first things I did after I got it was root the puppy and flash a custom Gingerbread ROM to it. That worked great as a development tool for a while, with no issues, whatsoever.
After some time, I updated my custom Gingerbread ROM to a custom ICS ROM, which again, worked fine, minus the minor inconvenience of it occasionally rebooting when I would hit the debug icon on my IDE (Eclipse). That would only happen every once and a while. However, one day last week, all it did, when I hit debug, was reboot. I figured that the ROM was bad in some way, and flashed a custom JellyBean ROM to it. Same issue. I flashed another JB ROM(CM 10), with the same issue. After that, I've done everything that I can think of to fix this issue. I've tried flashing everything that Clockwork would let me flash (Dalvik, cache, did a factory reset, etc) I tried reformatting the SD card, and even tried 3 new ones. I tried reflashing the ROM, I tried 3 other computers, and even re installed Windows on one of them! In my experimentation, I have discovered that it also reboots when I try to record video with the native JB camera (I say that because I installed another camera app from the Play Store, and that works fine).
I'm thinking maybe a memory leak? I honestly have no idea.
HTC EVO 3D
HBOOT 1.40
S-OFF
Thanks in advance

Next step is to use the Eclipse debugger and read the debug output once it crashes/reboots. The output from the debugger will provide more information about what happened so you can start narrowing the problem down more.

It's a memory or cpu problem (i guess) . Try the cpu a bit lower. I hope it will help you

If you have flashed your phone allot, and you have under clocked your CPU first, it may be a NAND issue. It has been a problem on my end with the HTC HD2 after like 1000+ flashes. You should be able to use a tool to check for bad NAND blocks, don't remember off the top of my head what it was called when I used it but that's something you could do. That is all (if) you have not tried to under-clock your CPU first and make sure the ROM is not bugging out like it sounds like it is.
Another way to test your NAND is to try a SD ROM that runs on your MicroSD card.

[Q] HELP Installed a new rom and it hid half of sdcard?

So I installed the maximusHD 10.0.0 again because I was having problems with the liberty.
When I boot up and go to the folder with my apps in it, theres nothing in there.
I don't think it actually wiped everything because in the free space there is only 1.9gb which is where it was when I installed it.
unfortunately I did not back up my sdcard. however I have installed this rom many times before without it wiping my sdcard.
My phone is s-offed and I don't even know what hboot is currently on there. I think its a newer one but i don't think that matters.
I don't even know what to search for. Any help would be appreciated.